Chapter 111: Chapter 111: Haruto from Three Years Ago and Primal Fear
Upon learning that her best friend was actually a stranger, a big brother—
Suzume suddenly became tense.
Thinking back on all their past interactions, especially her somewhat bold behavior,
Her face turned slightly red.
At the same time, Suzume grew extremely curious about Haruto.
"Then… who exactly are you? Why are you using Mitsuha's body? And where is Mitsuha?"
Suzume was genuinely worried about her best friend.
"Mitsuha is still here, inside this body. She can hear everything you say, and she can speak too, but only I can hear her."
Haruto briefly explained Mitsuha's situation.
He had no intention of hiding anything from these two. After all, they had already witnessed supernatural phenomena. And at this point, he didn't even have the means to erase their memories.
So, he might as well just let things be.
The scenery outside changed.
Itomori had long disappeared from view.
Before long, they arrived at their destination and got off the bus.
At the station, Haruto used Suzume's money to buy tickets.
Seeing the crowds moving through the station, Suzume felt a bit overwhelmed. It wasn't until Haruto returned with the tickets and confidently led her onto the Shinkansen that she finally felt a sense of stability.
"Big brother… Are you actually from a big city?"
Suzume asked.
After all, Itomori didn't have subways or bullet trains.
She had nearly succumbed to social anxiety just now, yet Haruto navigated everything smoothly.
Haruto nodded.
"I currently live in Chiba."
In this world's Japan, the Four Great Clans had established themselves in Chiba, concentrating a vast amount of educational resources there. With education as the core, commerce and real estate flourished rapidly.
As a result, Chiba had become Japan's second-largest city, second only to Tokyo.
Hearing this, Suzume couldn't help but let out a small "Wow."
In Haruto's mind, Mitsuha also let out a similar "Wow."
It seemed their curiosity about the big city had now transferred onto Haruto himself.
After a series of transfers, the two of them finally arrived in the district where Haruto lived.
Looking at the familiar yet foreign streets, Haruto felt a mix of emotions.
"By the way, big brother, who are you going to meet?"
Suzume asked curiously.
Earlier, she had assumed that her best friend was going to see her boyfriend. But now that she knew the person beside her wasn't actually Mitsuha, it was obvious that this wasn't some love-driven runaway case.
Who, then, was so important that he would travel all this way using Mitsuha's body?
Suzume's mind immediately spun up an entire tragic romance story.
A young man who had died unexpectedly, his soul lingering in the world due to an unfulfilled wish—
Possessing someone else's body, doing everything he could just to see the one he yearned for one last time.
The more she thought about it, the more heartache she felt.
Glancing at Suzume's strange expression, Haruto was puzzled.
"I'm going to meet myself."
Haruto answered truthfully.
This response left Suzume and Mitsuha completely dumbfounded.
Before they could even process it, they arrived outside Haruto's apartment. If he had counted correctly, today was the seventh day since he had transmigrated.
In the distance, a young boy was approaching the apartment.
He wore a clean white shirt, his face carrying a faint, unreadable smile, a presence as refreshing as a gentle breeze.
Seeing him, Suzume froze.
Could that… be big brother?
No… He looked even younger than herself and Mitsuha.
Mitsuha, too, was shocked as she observed the boy.
So, this was the person currently inhabiting her body?
He didn't seem like it at all.
Her impression of Haruto was that of a calm and reassuring figure, nothing like a boy their age.
At the same time, a question arose in their minds.
If this boy was perfectly fine and walking around…
Then who exactly was the "big brother" inside Mitsuha's body?
As the young boy approached, he noticed the two standing near the apartment and paused.
"Miyamizu Mitsuha? Iwato Suzume?"
He called their names in surprise.
Wasn't this Chiba? Why were these two here?
Hearing his voice, Haruto chuckled.
"So, you still remember, huh?"
At the same time, his eyes turned blood-red,
Three black tomoe-shaped blades slowly spinning.
The young boy: ?
He was completely dumbfounded.
No matter how composed or experienced he was, this was something beyond his comprehension.
Miyamizu Mitsuha… awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan?!
Before he could even react further, Haruto reached out and pressed a finger against his own forehead—
Or rather, the forehead of his past self from three years ago.
Perhaps because their souls were fundamentally the same, with just the power of the Mangekyō's spiritual connection, Haruto managed to link with his past self's soul.
Memories surged into Haruto's mind.
The once-corrupted and fragmented memories began to piece themselves back together.
Miyamizu Mitsuha, Iwato Suzume.
Nao, Kaguya, Shiro…
Countless names and memories overlapped.
Only now did Haruto realize—
There had been so many heroines around him. He had simply forgotten them.
Of course, that didn't really matter.
What was more important than the story itself was the impressions these people had left on him.
After all, unlike the original timeline, their fates had already deviated from the intended path.
But the real question was…
Why had Haruto lost these memories?
Within the vast recollections of his past life, Haruto finally found the answer.
And upon discovering it,
For the first time, he felt fear.
Just as he had suspected all along…
The world he came from had also contained supernatural anomalies.
In fact, the truth was—
His original world no longer existed.
An anomaly, an ultimate divine anomaly; caused a collapse, an erasure, a complete nonexistence.
Haruto was the sole survivor of that world.
By sheer coincidence, he managed to escape death through transmigration.
And the name of that anomaly was:
The Sevenfold Destroyer (SCP-2747).
Also labeled as "As below, so above."
[The Sevenfold Destroyer (SCP-2747), alias: The Sevenfold Destroyer, The Lord of Non-Existent, The Lady of Black Thorns. Anomaly Level 6: Supreme Divinity!]
[This entity exists beyond metaphysics and narrative structure. It has the ability to destroy any story that incorporates its information beyond a certain threshold. Many meta-fictional narrative layers have already perished due to it.]
[When its record reaches a certain limit, it will draw its gaze. Then, the world in which the record exists, along with the layers of worlds nested above it, will be annihilated.]
[This anomaly is of supreme divinity.]
(T/N: Now yall know why mc need to be powerful, its cuz of SCP's like this.)
The properties of The Sevenfold Destroyer cannot be documented, only explained through factual descriptions.
In Haruto's original world, there was an anime called Detective Conan.
In Detective Conan, Inspector Megure possessed a record called I/O. Within that record was a seven-minute-long song.
The song told the story of seven youths who gathered seven mysterious gems and defeated the Demon King. Collecting the seven gems required clearing seven different games, one of which was called The Sister I Never Had.
This game was a fantasy horror RPG in which players controlled a six-person party exploring a ruined kingdom.
The objective was to find a missing companion named "Sister."
Throughout the game, NPCs repeatedly mentioned an item known as the Charcoal-Black, Thorned Scroll. Reading it granted immense power.
At this point, are you feeling confused?
What kind of convoluted, nested nonsense is this?
But that's precisely the problem.
Every world is layered within another.
In Haruto's original world, that Charcoal-Black, Thorned Scroll reached a limit in documentation, drawing the gaze of The Sevenfold Destroyer.
As a result, that scroll ceased to exist.
The game The Sister I Never Had, which contained the scroll, ceased to exist.
The song that narrated the game ceased to exist.
The I/O record, which contained the song, ceased to exist.
The Detective Conan anime, where Inspector Megure owned the record, ceased to exist.
And then… Haruto's world ceased to exist.
That is the power of The Sevenfold Destroyer.
When documentation reaches its limit, entire chains of multiverses collapse, are erased, and are annihilated.
Now, if Haruto were to document what he knew here, this world too would be destroyed.
Moreover, this process is irreversible. It cannot be stopped.
The only way to preserve these records is through Haruto's cognition alone.
Only Haruto, who possesses a fragment of the Divine Intellect, can record these things without attracting the gaze of the Seven-Horned Devourer of Origins.
It was evident that this anomaly could not be contained.
However, this journey was of immeasurable importance.
Haruto now knew the truth and could prevent this world's records from drawing the anomaly's gaze.
At least, until he had the strength to oppose it, he must not allow it to notice him.
Three years ago, Haruto set a cognitive block in his own soul.
He made himself incapable of documenting any nested stories related to The Sevenfold Destroyer.
This cognitive block would persist until three years later when he acquired the fragment of Divine Intellect. To his soul, countless years seemed to have passed, but in reality, only an instant had elapsed.
Haruto moved his fingers away.
The boy from three years ago looked at the two girls before him with some confusion. Why did they seem so familiar, yet he couldn't recall them at all?
But he quickly set aside his thoughts and entered his apartment.
He still needed to work hard to get into Sōbu High School.
Suzume was puzzled. She had no idea what Haruto had just done.
And…
"Is that really big brother? Then who are you, big brother?"
Suzume felt dizzy, completely lost in the layers of confusion.
Haruto chuckled.
"I'm from three years in the future, the future version of that boy."
"Eh!?" ×2
Mitsuha and Suzume both exclaimed in shock.
But Haruto only smiled and said,
"Let's make a promise, you and Mitsuha. Three years from now, come back here and find me. By then, I'll remember you."
Suzume nodded, her eyes filled with anticipation. Mitsuha also silently engraved those words into her heart.
Only Haruto himself…
He was already plotting—he couldn't erase their memories right now. He had to trick these two into coming to find him in three years.
And when the time came, he'd hit them with an A-Rank Memory Wipe Package!
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T/N:
Need some help.
Anybody knows the raw of Wife Simulation? Where MC simulates his life throughout history, he became the Eternal Night Roman Emperor smth like that in his first simulation. Where it also have a chat group theme but only the potential harem members are only in there. His also the brother of Sora iirc.
The translator was Loved One, he was also translating a Danmachi fic that also got deleted. I dunno if WN deleted the fic or he just dropped it but I can't find shit.
Prolly wanna read it or perhaps....