Multiverse: Why does the world show a health bar? !

Academy City had been dyed with the colors of Li Mo.

The Dark Side would never disappear. Even if it were to vanish for various reasons, it would quickly rise from the ashes. Darkness always existed within this city.

At least, as long as Aleister remained the Board Chairman of Academy City, this would be the case.

Aleister had re-entered the life-support pod. The wavelength that once belonged to him was now concealed, and the complex aura he exuded was masked. The life-support pod's artificial vitality became his most excellent disguise.

From a mystical perspective, one would never think that the person who had stepped out and the one now submerged in the life-support pod were the same.

"What do you want?"

Aleister had once again entered a machine-like state.

Li Mo asked, "How does the Chairman plan to deal with the Magic Gods?"

No beating around the bush—it was a direct question.

Aleister aimed to end all mysticism, and the biggest obstacle in his path was the Magic Gods. These were beings who had "entered the realm of gods through the study of magic." They were complete monsters. At their peak, their mere presence could cause the universe to collapse, and with a wave of their hand, they could reshape the cosmos.

Magic Gods had to be weakened through certain methods before they could enter reality.

After a pause, Li Mo added, "Oh, right. This isn't something I should be asking, and I don't really care about the answer. But... Chairman, I might be able to show you a new way to deal with the Magic Gods."

Aleister remained silent.

Li Mo had revealed various pieces of information, all of which touched on every aspect of Aleister's life. It was as if the other party had observed his entire existence, like a surveillance device he hadn't even known was watching him.

He knew his goals.

Aleister finally spoke, "What do you want to say?"

The other party had not become an obstacle.

His plan revolved around Accelerator and Kamijou Touma, with the city as its foundation. The other party knew this well and had avoided forming any significant connections with these two from the beginning.

The other party stood on his side. Just like Kihara Gensei...

Aleister offered a brief moment of trust.

"For the Magic Gods, they are like cacti, and the world is a balloon. Their presence alone causes the world to be destroyed involuntarily."

"Then, if the current world cannot accommodate the Magic Gods, why not find another world? If we can find a new realm, wouldn't that solve the problem?"

Aleister asked, "A new realm?"

His tone carried a hint of doubt. The universe was singular, and multiple phases were not separate from it but part of the same cosmos. The world was singular, not plural. The parallel universes and multiverses theorized in science did not exist.

Aleister did not refute this. At this moment, the life-support pod's question-and-answer-type thinking assistant AI began its calculations.

Did other worlds beyond the observable universe truly exist?

The possibility, once zero, began to shift subtly.

"Are you from a 'new realm'?"

Aleister, for the first time, voiced a question.

Based on the results provided by the question-and-answer-type thinking assistant AI, the other party's words held a non-negligible degree of truth.

The other party's body bore too many traces that did not belong to the current mainstream system...

"Yes, I am from a new realm. Chairman, the universe is not limited to just this one."

Li Mo continued, "I don't know why, but the Magic Gods cannot see the worlds beyond this one. That level is far beyond me. But the fact that I stand here proves that there is more than one world."

"Words alone are not enough. I will present evidence soon. I hope you can take care of those children in the meantime."

"I owe you a favor, and I will remember it."

Li Mo opened the system panel and clicked the return button.

The favors he owed were not few, and verbal promises had almost become a habit.

He disappeared.

But the next second...

Aleister's magical wavelength reappeared in the room. The magician who had once refused to become a Magic God, now within the life-support pod, shed his disguise. In a unique, incomprehensible manner, within nanoseconds, he disrupted the teleportation and then inserted something into Li Mo's body.

Then, the room fell into silence.

"Aiwass, what do you think?"

It wasn't just Aleister who had acted. The Holy Guardian Angel, Aiwass, had also intervened.

Aiwass spoke, "It's indecipherable, incomprehensible. It's knowledge that does not belong to this world, more alien than magic itself. In that instant, he left this planet, this universe. All phases showed no trace of him."

"He disappeared."

Aiwass gave the final conclusion.

"Yes, disappeared." Aleister reached the same conclusion as Aiwass. "The possibilities have multiplied."

"You're right. If the Magic Gods knew of the existence of other worlds, they would be ecstatic. This world is too familiar to them, so familiar that it's boring."

To the Magic Gods, the world was like a toy. The current world was a toy they had grown tired of, while a new world would mean a new toy.

When children face new toys, they always invest their energy and joy.

"But, Aleister, did you understand the method of his departure in that final moment? Can you use it to find a way to leave this universe?" Aiwass asked.

Aleister replied, "There's no need to seek the same method. We only need to know that other new worlds truly exist."

In that moment, both of them had sensed an aura that did not belong to this world.

—The multiverse exists.

What's more terrifying than not being able to achieve something is the realization that the goal doesn't exist in theory.

Conversely, when the theory exists, for a genius like Aleister, reaching that goal is only a matter of time.

"Alright, but I'm more interested in something else, Aleister. What did you sense from it?"

"Most of it was indecipherable, but one thing is certain. There were traces of Gnosticism within it," Aleister said.

In that brief moment of obstruction, Aleister had clashed with the force that allowed Li Mo to leave. From that clash, he had sensed something.

"Gnosticism," Aiwass said. "Humans are gods in the process of refinement. As long as they continue to refine themselves and obtain the body of a god, they can freely manipulate divine miracles."

Thinking of the various circumstances surrounding Li Mo's body, both fell silent.

...

...

"Damn."

The world Li Mo saw again was his own small bedroom.

The moment he landed, Li Mo couldn't help but curse.

The situation left him no choice.

In his eyes, the system was omnipotent. Yet, even the system's teleportation had been obstructed by Aleister. Although the obstruction lasted only a few nanoseconds—barely enough for Li Mo to react—it was still a significant event.

But...

The breakthrough from "0" to "1" was monumental.

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AN: As you can see, this story's system is different from your typical systems, and the characrters presented here too. The system isn't some mighty all powerful existence that no one can sense, some of these worlds and characters are so cracked that they deserve their power levels portrayed right. It's like expecting Lucifer or OAA to not be able to notice something like a system.