It was already nighttime; the sun had set beyond the horizon.
"Thud." A figure plummeted straight down from the sky in the woods, snapping branches with a crackle and crashing heavily onto the ground.
Only after making intimate contact with the ground did Kenmyo slowly open his eyes.
"Ouch, ouch." As usual, he could clearly feel the sensation brought by the teleportation, like someone had fiercely struck the back of his head. The grimacing Kenmyo rubbed his head and stood up from the ground.
What was going on?
"Where did it teleport me?"
Due to the after-effects of the teleportation, Kenmyo subconsciously looked at his hand; what met his eyes were the clothes he had worn on the day of the Tengen Assimilation.
His pocket also contained Kenmyo's phone, student ID, and other items. The phone indeed had no signal, just as he had imagined.
Kenmyo punched himself, confirming it wasn't a dream or an Illusion Technique.
After a round of confirmation, he roughly determined that his entire physical body had been transported to this world.
Judging by the composition of the air and the surrounding flora, it seemed there was no difference from Earth.
Kenmyo looked at his hand; first, a hint of azure flashed, followed seamlessly by a trace of red light.
"Psyker Power, Jujutsu, OK."
Kenmyo then tested his passive and active skills; Ryu's power was fine, the System Inventory was fine, and weapon retrieval was also problem-free.
Therefore, Kenmyo instructed Ryu, who was dressed in a black nun's habit, to patrol the surroundings from the air to check for any existing dangers.
However, when Kenmyo tried to summon the [Norn Queen] or the souls he had previously stored in the [River of Death], both attempts showed insufficient authorization and inability to retrieve them.
They must have been banned. Fortunately, Kenmyo's Psyker Power and Cursed Energy were unaffected, otherwise, he would have retired on the spot.
The situation wasn't too bad. Kenmyo could still summon the [River of Death] individually without pressure, and summoning Clones was also fine; the only issue was that the River was empty.
Kenmyo brought up the [warhammer simulator]; he needed to check his current status and the overall situation.
Kenmyo remembered activating a piece of equipment just before losing consciousness, which then mysteriously initiated the teleportation.
The moment Kenmyo opened the [warhammer simulator], all the attributes of that equipment immediately popped up.
It was a black and gold key, large and made of bronze, similar to those used in Western libraries of the last century, and it was flashing with purple light.
[key of transcending time and space] (Future)
Origin: Jujutsu World. Quality: Unknown (Lack of Information). Type: One-time Key Teleportation Tool. Equipment Effect: Using this key as a medium, one can enter the timeline of a future or past world. (Note: There is a 30% chance that the time segment of this world will be offset from the original world, making it a non-original world.) Hint 1: Using this equipment must be paired with the special material - [Sand of Space and Time] (Extremely Rare).
Hint 2: When the [Sand of Space and Time] is depleted, the equipment will shatter, and the host will then be able to return.
Hint 3: If the world the host descends upon via the [key of transcending time and space] is not identical to the host's original world, changing the fate of characters or performing actions inconsistent with the original world's development will not affect the host's primary world.
Hint 4: The host needs to explore the world independently; this equipment and this Simulator will not provide any hints.
Hint 5: The host must ensure their own safety. If death occurs in this world, the host will truly die!!! (Must remember)
Hint 6: Since this item was not obtained within the [warhammer simulator], it is inherently incomplete and has a certain chance of encountering a bug. Please be aware.
Hint 7: No life forms from this world can be taken back to the original world. As for whether the host wishes to expose the fact that they are not a resident of this world, the [warhammer simulator] will not interfere.
Hint 8: Data information is insufficient; cannot display.
Hint 9: Data information is insufficient; cannot display.
Summary: The unknown represents opportunity, but also danger. Even if a traveler traversing space and time knows the future, whether they have the ability to change it remains an unknown.
Perhaps this is the charm of time.
"So, your grandpa transmigrated again, but it's still Jujutsu Kaisen?"
When he obtained this equipment, it displayed the Future Version, not the Past Version.
By checking the equipment attributes, Kenmyo realized he had been brought to the future of another world.
According to the hints, this world could be the future timeline of his original world, or it could be a future timeline from a different, non-existent space-time.
As for the truth? He would have to explore it himself.
Kenmyo carefully checked the equipment's attributes, as this determined whether he could rely on this thing to return.
Hint 1 mentioned the [Sand of Time], which Kenmyo seemed to recall as a type of colorful grit that shone like the Milky Way in the sky.
Kenmyo tapped his finger, and the information regarding the [Sand of Time] also appeared.
[Sand of Time]. Origin: Great Self-Sufficient Heaven. Quality: Silver. Type: Special Consumable. Effect: Possesses preliminary and incredible abilities to transcend space and time, restricted only to this world.
Summary: The crystalized essence of a world burning its life. Its source and method of acquisition are both unknown.
Currently, this grit was slowly dripping down like an hourglass.
If Kenmyo wasn't mistaken, once the contents of the hourglass finished dripping, he would likely return. However, judging by the rate of the drip, it looked like it would last a long time.
Hint 3 meant that the world Kenmyo was currently in should be similar to his original world, possibly set in the future.
Hint 5, on the other hand, warned Kenmyo not to treat this [Teleportation] like the previous [Simulation]. It hadn't sent his spiritual power out; instead, Kenmyo's physical body had been completely transported here.
This meant that if Kenmyo died accidentally, he might truly be gone. This wasn't a game; death was real.
Although it was the future, he felt that being a little cautious wouldn't hurt.
At the same time, Kenmyo felt that the probability of meeting his future self was virtually zero.
The main reason was the existence of the [warhammer simulator].
The status of the [warhammer simulator] definitely ranked higher than the entire world he was in, existing beyond all space and time.
Even the [Sand of Time] was a product of something called the Great Self-Sufficient Heaven in Kenmyo's original world, so it was fundamentally impossible for it to create something comparable to the [warhammer simulator].
If the transmigrated Kenmyo met his counterpart, the one who transmigrated would have the [Simulator], and the other would not. Generally, that was how it worked.
The hypothesis of two hosts of the [warhammer simulator] existing was impossible; it couldn't spontaneously create an existence more formidable than itself.
The only thing that annoyed him was that any life forms he killed in this timeline could not fully integrate into Kenmyo's [River of Death], giving him a strange feeling of wastefulness.
But thinking about it, if he could kill people from the future and then resurrect them from the [River of Death], it would be equivalent to knowing everything about the future.
This would be a serious bug exploit. Therefore, Kenmyo decided to treat this trip as a vacation to relax and temper his murderous intent.
Regarding Hint 7, even if Kenmyo revealed the fact that he came from the past, nobody would likely believe him. Some people might even call the police and try to have him committed to a mental hospital.
He would treat this business trip to the future as a vacation following the end of the Tengen period.
Speaking of Tengen.
Kenmyo suddenly shuddered. Wait, if he remembered correctly...
He seemed to have killed Tengen.
Holy cow, Tengen, whom the Jujutsu World Higher-ups considered a major threat, had been directly slaughtered by Kenmyo with a slash across the throat.
Although Tengen's death felt a little hasty, the large amount of points he gained couldn't be faked.
Kenmyo remembered. "Twenty million!"
He immediately opened the balance display. "Holy cow, it really is twenty million."
Kenmyo's points balance instantly broke through the million-point level to the ten-million level.
The balance reached an astonishing [Twenty-one million five hundred thirty-seven thousand four hundred forty-five].
At the ten-million level, did this mean Kenmyo could afford a B-rank Simulation?
After all, C-rank Simulations only cost millions, but the authorization for B-rank Simulations seemed not yet unlocked for Kenmyo.
When Kenmyo tried to perform a B-rank Simulation, the same message still popped up: Insufficient authorization, unable to use.
However, something slightly different appeared above it: Authorization can be unlocked, but unlocking is not permitted in the current state.
Kenmyo guessed that because he was currently under the effect of the key of transcending time and space, he could not unlock the authorization and would have to wait until he returned.
"If I had known Tengen was that easy to kill, I would've gone straight for her."
All the points Kenmyo had painstakingly accumulated by killing Cursed Spirits over time were less than what he gained from eliminating one Tengen.
This showed that the old thing, Tengen, still had some substance after living for so long. "You really worked hard, living until now just to wait for me to kill you."
And what about the so-called Child of Prophecy that Tengen spoke of to Kenmyo? King of Eternity sounded impressive, but it might just be a trick to fool people.
Not a single word from the old thing could be trusted.
Kenmyo would not completely believe in any so-called destiny based on someone else's one-sided statement.
However, Tengen was already his person. When he returned, he could summon her from the [River of Death] and ask her, and then he would know the truth.
For Kenmyo to link things together and guess alone now was meaningless.
"I just feel like it's unreliable." "Hmm?"
Kenmyo suddenly sensed that Ryu was calling him from nearby. She seemed to have found something unusual and wanted him to go over.
So, Kenmyo walked toward the location where Ryu sent the message. It wasn't far, about one kilometer away.
When Kenmyo arrived at Ryu's location, he was immediately astonished by the sight.
"What the heck is that thing?"
Kenmyo couldn't help but widen his eyes. He rubbed them, thinking he had seen wrong.
But he wasn't wrong. That thing looked exactly like the object in his imagination.
Kenmyo blurted out directly. "EVA?"
The land in the surrounding three hundred meters looked as if it had suffered artillery bombardment, riddled with craters. A large patch of forest had been vaporized, exposing charred underground soil, and half of the reservoir gate had been blown away, causing a leak.
Lying in the forest was a massive, battle-damaged version of a giant robot. Its surface, painted silver, was complete with hands and feet, but covered in scorched brown patches from the bombardment.
The thing before him reminded him of an anime he had watched in his previous life that felt quite dated, an anime that also featured a massive humanoid robot like the one presented before him.
Actually, if it were just that, it would only look like a robot, and it wouldn't nearly give Kenmyo that "EVA" feeling.
The main point was that the robot had a huge charging cable attached to its back. The cable was severed, and the distant power source was nowhere in sight.
Furthermore, the robot's head was missing, seemingly blown off by something. All that remained was a bare neck connected to numerous mechanical components. A metallic spine could be seen flashing and emitting blue light, leaking oil that resembled blood.
Overall, what lay before Kenmyo was an extremely tragic post-battle scene.
The air, the ground, and the forest all retained vast amounts of Cursed Energy Residue, testifying to the ferocity of the battle.
Based on the residual warmth still present in the distant soil, it could be estimated that a fierce battle had erupted here approximately an hour ago against an unknown Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
The losing side was clearly the giant robot.
Kenmyo asked Ryu to hold him and take him into the air.
He planned to check from high altitude to see just how big this thing was.
Once in the air, the field of view broadened instantly. He estimated the robot's height to be about one hundred meters, constructed purely of machinery.
Its entire body was covered in scars and damage.
The power source for this thing appeared to be Cursed Energy; the body and torso were driven by Cursed Energy.
Thanks to the high flight, Kenmyo could see the robot's head.
Holy cow, only half of the head remained, the other half was heavily embedded deep inside a mountain slope. It looked like it would take a great deal of effort just to pull the head out.
This made Kenmyo very certain that if the thing had a pilot, the pilot probably couldn't have survived.
Otherwise, the mere shock of impacting the mountain range would have been enough to kill the pilot.
Kenmyo approached the robot's head and asked Ryu to put him down.
The robot's head should have originally had six eyes, somewhat resembling Unit 02. Now, half of them were gone, and half of its cheek was missing.
Half of the head was completely hollowed out, exposing the cockpit inside.
Wow, the cockpit was truly gruesome.
The entire cockpit was covered in bloodstains; it looked as if the pilot had been completely exploded from the inside out.
There were fragments of a torso everywhere.
The internal layout was exactly like the cockpit he had imagined: one pilot's seat and push-pull joysticks on both sides.
The sight made Kenmyo feel nauseous. He pried off a section of the robot's head casing to get a closer look, hoping to find some information about the pilot.
This would help him better understand the machine.
The seat in the cockpit was full of scratches, and fragments lay all around.
Kenmyo peered inside. Something seemed to be written on the wall nearby.
He wiped it with his hand before he could clearly read it. "Ultimate Mechamaru?"
What a strange name.
At the same time, Kenmyo discovered a photograph in the pool of blood.
It was a blue-haired girl wearing a black suit, smiling very shyly.
The photograph was not contaminated by dirt or bloodstains, making it one of the few things in the entire cockpit that remained intact.