THE LEGENDARY TRAVELER WITH SYSTEM (DxD/Multiverse)

[+2,000 AP]

It cost 700 AP to create a skill for Ai Hoshino, and it earned him more than double that.

'With the skill "Intent Reading," I hope she can have a better life.'

Zaydas, who had seen Ai, practically recognized her as soon as he met her.

Of course, the fact that she herself said her name was Ai Hoshino confirmed that he was right in his guess.

For now, he wouldn't interfere with Ai's subsequent choices. Everything he wanted to do, he had already done. The rest was up to her.

In a restaurant in downtown Tokyo, Zaydas was eating ramen while watching the street through the window.

After flying for a few minutes through the city and gaining access to the internet on this planet, he noticed a few things.

One of them was the existence of heroes.

Yes, this dimension had DC heroes.

'Great Sage, wasn't this supposed to be a Mid-Rank dimension?'

[Responding. Yes, exactly, this is a High Mid-Rank dimension. And, although there are DC heroes, this is an AU universe.]

'Even so, it's still dangerous...' Zaydas thought about what he had seen on the internet, in a news report about Supergirl defeating a villain and saving Tokyo.

Yes, that's right. Supergirl was living in Japan. And the area she mainly protected was Tokyo.

Not just her: Batgirl was also in Japan, specifically in Kyoto. There were even reports that Wonder Woman lived in Osaka.

'Why is it like this?' Zaydas was confused by such a development.

If they were still in Gotham City, for example, it would make sense, but for several of them to be in Japan?

He didn't know what level of threat they represented either, but they shouldn't be weaker than a Mid-Class Devil, right? At the very least, they should be on par with a High-Class Devil...

But something bothered him. If it was DC, why was Ai Hoshino there? And if she was there, was this some sort of crossover between DC and anime worlds, or even anime in general?

[Alert! Connection 100% Established!]

[Alert! Time difference 1/100]

His thoughts were interrupted by seeing this alert.

'I'll investigate a bit more about this world, understand it better before-'

"BOOM!"

"Run! A villain is attacking!!"

"WEEEEE-OOOOOO, WEEEEE-OOOOOO!"

At the same time, a loud alarm echoed.

It was a disaster warning alarm. Soon, the doors of all the nearby shops began closing, transforming into fortresses with damage-resistant metal plates.

However, the ramen shop where Zaydas was didn't have the same luck. Before the alarm went off, something had crashed into the glass wall.

"Ahhh, my eye, my eye!!"

A shard of glass flew and hit the eye of a boy about 15 years old.

"Ho ho ho! The Adorable Santa Claus is here to have some fun~!!"

Flying with a red sack on his back, a man with a large belly and a white beard, dressed as Santa Claus in red clothes with white trim, had a twisted and fierce expression.

Emerging from the shattered glass, a woman dressed in a superhero costume walked through, stepping on the shards and producing the sound of crunching glass.

"Don't get too happy, Fake Santa." Placing her hands on her hips, she said confidently: "Because I, Supergirl, am going to defeat you!"

"It's Supergirl! We're saved!"

"Please, Supergirl, take down this Fake Santa!"

"Damn, I think I don't like Christmas anymore..."

"My hand, my hand..."

"Mommy, I'm scared!"

'It really is her...'

Wearing a light blue latex shirt with a diamond-shaped emblem containing a red "S" in the center, she paired the outfit with a red skirt and a long cape of the same color. Her eyes had an ocean-blue hue, while her hair showcased a dazzling platinum blonde.

The curves of her body stood out, giving her striking and sensual beauty. Even under the shirt, the outline of her well-defined abs and the fullness of her chest, approximately "C-Cup" size, were noticeable.

Zaydas hadn't been hit... Or rather, a barrier had protected him. As he stood up, he walked over to the girl whose eye had been pierced by the glass and who was crying in pain.

He stood before her and said, "Hello."

The girl, her hand hovering near the glass but too afraid to worsen the pain, looked at him with her other eye, seeming surprised as tears streamed down.

"H-Hello," she stammered in a tearful voice.

"I can heal you," Zaydas said directly. "If you allow me, of course."

"P-Please...!" she pleaded with her eye, extending her hand toward him.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing to that girl?" Supergirl seemed to notice him at that moment.

Without turning, Zaydas calmly replied, "Healing her."

"Healing her, you say?" She sounded skeptical.

"Don't interfere with me," Zaydas said, glancing at her from the corner of his eye. "Go deal with the guy outside if you're so free."

"You..." Supergirl was furious at his words but soon sighed and pointed at him. "Fine, but if you do anything strange to her, you'll regret it!"

"Sure, whatever," Zaydas replied, not taking her seriously.

Turning his attention back to the girl, he said gently, "It might hurt a little. You need to endure it, okay?"

"Mm." She nodded.

Pointing his hand toward her, he began removing the glass using telekinesis while simultaneously preventing the blood from flowing out with the same ability.

"Urghhhh!"

"Well done, you held on great." Zaydas gave a reassuring smile. "The hard part is over. Now, I'll heal you."

Placing his open palm over her eye, a red light with green strands surrounded his hand, penetrating the wound, regenerating the cells and delicate tissue. The process seemed slow but lasted only a few seconds before he removed his hand.

"You're all set. You were very brave." Zaydas gently touched her head, smiling softly.

"My... my eye..." Her reaction came delayed. Feeling the touch on her head and seeing Zaydas with both eyes, she blinked.

'An angel?' she thought.

Shaking her head while closing her eyes, she opened them again and thanked him deeply, her voice trembling: "T-Thank you!!"

"Haha, I'm heading out now."

Walking to the counter, he left a bill and exited, while the shards of glass seemed to move aside to make way for him.

From another person's perspective, it looked as if he repelled everything in his path; nothing dared to obstruct him.

"Who is he?"

"A new hero?"

"An Ikemen superhero?"

"How can he be so handsome?"

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"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"Damn, you're strong...!"

Supergirl didn't want to admit it, but after exchanging several blows with this Fake Santa Claus, she couldn't gain the upper hand. She was even starting to feel that she might lose if things went on like this.

"Ho, ho, ho!" The Fake Santa laughed loudly, saying, "Before I became like this, I was a personal trainer and wore the realistic Santa costume to surprise her and my daughter. But imagine my surprise..."

"I, a good father and husband, was murdered by her supposed boyfriend. Can you believe it?"

He began rambling about his life:

"And before I died, she even had the audacity to tell me that my daughter wasn't mine but his. Ho, ho, ho! But you should've seen her face when I started to heal... and became the True Santa Claus!"

"Ah, Supergirl, you should've seen her expression, especially when I 'played' with her little boyfriend in front of her and her bastard daughter before brutally killing all three!"

His eyes no longer seemed human, and as he spoke with growing euphoria, his appearance became increasingly inhuman. Then, suddenly, his head drooped forward, as if he had fainted.

"KILL!!!!"

When he raised his head again, his eyes were ablaze, but strangely, the fire didn't burn.

Then, cracking sounds echoed, and the Fake Santa's body began swelling like a balloon, but grotesquely, with bubbles forming all over his body.

"He's entering the second phase!!"

"Supergirl, finish him quickly, or we're all dead!!"

"You have to kill him; capturing him alive is no longer an option!!"

"He's not human anymore, Supergirl!!"

"Supergirl!!"

Zaydas, who had no idea what was happening, could feel the people's fear in their screams.

It was well-known that Supergirl didn't kill, but something like this wasn't easy to capture. And even before the second phase, she was already struggling to gain an advantage.

Meanwhile, Supergirl was having an internal battle. She knew she should kill him, but something was stopping her from doing so. She didn't want to, but she had to...

'What do I do, what do I do...'

"Just kill him."

"What?" Turning mechanically, she was a little surprised to see who it was.

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