Waking up from my sleep, I was inside a room.
A room where the flow of time is different from the outside.
Once you enter, you wonāt be able to leave until after you passed a full 24 hours inside. And thus Iām currently inside this room, farming for EXP Crystals at first, but then Iāve gotten so exhausted that I fell asleep.
Since thereās literally nothing around me, I could only use my arm as a pillow to sleep on the floor, but without noticing, Iāve already fallen asleep.
[Iām sure this is because of Emilyās effect.]Ā (Ryouta)
Since she herself went through the effort in making this area as comfortable as ever, the entire room has transformed into a place where people go to worship Gods.
And even though I was using my arm as a pillow to sleep, my body did not hurt at all, and all the fatigue in my body was blown right off.
[Well then, letās get right back to it.]Ā (Ryouta)
I stood up, then looked up at the ceiling.
As what my friends have said, there is a clock over there.
When you first enter, the clock would start a 0, but now itās almost over.
And even after I farmed for the EXP Crystals, defeated those Slimes, and even taking a rest.
Itās only 1 minute in real time.
Iām now imagining how much Iāve earned with all that effort, so I was looking forward to going out.
The clock further tick, and not even a minute is left.
All of a sudden, a door appeared.
It was the door that disappeared when I entered the door. So I guess it appears once again when the timeās almost up.
Holding the doorknob, I twist it and swung the door open.
What awaits on the other side, is a room from our world.
Sunlight entering the floor, and the shadows of the trees shaking from the gentle wind at a tremendously slow pace.
With just a simple calculation, thereās a difference in time flor of about 1440 times.
And as the clock starts ticking, thereās not even 30 seconds before I have to exit.
[I better get out now, I do want to check whether I can go out safely.]Ā (Ryouta)
I thought, as I went through the doorāāand it was at that moment.
A white thunder struck my head.
It felt like when someone thought of an idea, where the light just goes ākyupiin!ā.
Thatās the amount of time left.
And I wondered, if Iām inside this room where time flows at about 1440 times faster, what would happen if I fired the Speed Up Bullet in that state?
ā¦..No time like the present to find out.
I loaded the bullet, and fired onto myself.
Iām currently inside the accelerated world.
The clock in the room has slowed down as well.
Inside a room where time is sped up, Iām also sped up as well.
Which also means that the world outside is going at a slower speed as well.
The shadows are practically stuck there, but if you look real close, itās as if youāre using a slow motion camera to film that scene.
It looks kinda funny to be honestā¦..
[āāāā!]Ā (Ryouta)
Something suddenly caught my eyes.
In front of me, something suddenly appeared and disappeared from the door.
I thought that it was impossible.
Thatās because Iām looking at the world that has been slowed down by a thousand times.
So itās impossible for something to appear and disappear in this super slow motion state.
Itās impossibleā¦ā¦However.
If I look at it carefully, and focus on it.
There it isāāāRight there.
The āSomethingā was flickering, and was floating.
Itās probably because it was always there, but itās just that I couldnāt see it.
And itās probably the first time noticing it, being in this double the accelerated world.
And I wanted to know what it was.
The one time that it is constant.
[Itās right there!]Ā (Ryouta)
Remembering that feeling, I grabbed it with a spinal reflex.
The moment I grabbed onto it as it flickered, it became a clear shape.
An old-fashioned decorative sword used for ceremonies.
Was it completely an intuition, or is it because I saw it before.
In my head, two objects emerged; A mirror, and a jewel.
[The Sword of Kusanagiā¦ā¦ā¦]Ā (Ryouta)
What I was searching for all this time, and it was always so close to me.
The last key of Nihoniumā¦ā¦is finally in my hands.