"Hm? Lay her down on the table, I'll run a quick scan of her." Aarim said as Shiro glanced at Aoi who nodded her head and laid down on the table in front of them.
"I'll need your friend with the katanas to step out for a bit since I need Aoi to strip."
Hearing this, Aoi coughed violently as she looked at Aarim in surprise.
"What? I can't see through your clothes like Shiro does. If I want to examine your body properly, I'll need you to strip down." Aarim said with a bored wave of her hand.
Biting her lip, Aoi nodded her head as she waited for Nine to leave the room.
Once he left, Aoi started to take her clothes of as Aarim stared intently at her.
Suppressing the embarrassment, Aoi stayed silent and waited for Aarim's response.
"This is rather difficult. With how things are, I suppose you want me to help her get a proper body. You know that's not my speciality." Aarim said as Shiro nodded her head.
"I do know that. However, I believe that this is a good chance for you hence why I brought her here. I've already made some discoveries using my own powers but it'll take a while for me to fully 'cure' her I suppose. During that time, you can see if you can get some insights on magic." Shiro smiled while handing Aarim a memory stick with all the documents inside.
Her goal for handing Aoi over to Aarim is so that Aarim could learn about the Source Code or something close to that. That way, it provides her with a way to fight Demi Gods or Gods should the need ever arise.
"Hmm…. Alright, I'll look into it along with my current research. Though the progress might be a little slow." Aarim shrugged as she created another mana stick and placed it in her mouth.
"Gotcha, I'll come visit here and there to help out occasionally. Though I am rather curious as to what kind of research you've been up to. Mind doing a small showcase?" Shiro asked as Aarim thought about it for a moment before nodding her head.
"Sure. Aoi, get dressed before I call your friend in then I'll show you all a small demonstration I suppose." Aarim said as she sat down and waited patiently.
After a short wait, everyone was now gathered in her office
"Right then, I suppose I should explain the purpose of my research first. So Shiro, you know that I'm a mage specialised in control and manipulation of space. With the knowledge of other gardens and so on, it got me thinking about breaching the barriers around space and finding an alternate reality I suppose. It's so that we could potentially obtain knowledge or items that we might have missed out on. Let's say if you are in a temple and you can only choose left path or right path and you chose right, the alternate reality would have you choosing left. I'm breaching the barrier to try find a somewhat perfect copy of our reality but with slight differences I suppose. That way, the chances of bringing something over would be more 'successful' in a way. Think of it like a mirror, I need to find a reality that's equal distance from the centre as our world to increase the compatibility." Aarim explained while projecting a hologram in the centre of the room. Using a mirror in the centre, she used a model of the Earth and reflected it on the mirror surface.
Grabbing the reflection, she dragged it over to 'their' Earth and overlapped the two.
"My tower is in a similar state where the 'reflection' is being projected to our world. Though it's not a bridge between worlds, right now it's more akin to me 'saving' what my tower would be in a separate world and loading that save into ours. What we do to this tower does not change anything in the other world. Though I'm working on a proper bridge." Aarim said as the hologram disappeared.
Hearing all of this, Shiro became silent as this sent a lot of ideas into her mind. Things that could potentially change everything.
There was two possibilities with Aarim's discovery. It's either a perfect reflection where their choices are inversed.
Or….
"The side of creation." Shiro muttered with her eyes narrowed.
If things were exactly as her diagram had shown, then the reflection that was equally spaced from the centre would be a garden that's the extreme of creation. As the First Born of Destruction, her 'garden' should never come close to the garden belonging to the First Born of Creation. But that's only in the 'normal' situation.
If Aarim is able to bridge this gap then she'll be able to meet the First Born of Creation.
"Pardon?" Aarim raised an eyebrow as Shiro shook her head.
"Nothing, just me wondering to myself. If your research is successful then it may mean more than you think. Are there any information from the books of the inverse tower that spoke of their pantheon of gods or information about their world?" Shiro asked curiously but Aarim shook her head.
"This tower is essentially a reflection of mine. I would never keep a book on the world but rather document upon documents of research. While I research space and gravity, my inverse seems to be researching time."
"I see… no matter. I'll keep an ear out for any progressions of your research. Though for now, I'll leave Aoi in your care." Shiro smiled as Aarim nodded her head.
Talking for a little longer, Aarim watched as Shiro left with Iris and Nine.
Glancing over at Aoi, Aarim thought for a moment before pulling out two rubber gloves from her inventory.
"Right then, since Shiro has asked me to look into your body state, I can take a look while I have my break." Aarim said as Aoi felt a shiver.
It was similar to the time when Shiro had decided to do a check up on her but this time the feeling was stronger.
Wearing the gloves, Aarim tugged on it lightly before letting go, causing it to let out a snapping sound.
Noticing something in the corner of Aarim's room, Aoi shivered.
"Ah don't worry about that. Some of my old customers seemed to have reached out to me and ordered a few… toys. Though it's only a side job now so you don't need to worry about, it's not for your use." Aarim chuckled as Aoi swallowed her saliva.
"Can I ask what your old job is?"
"Sex toy store owner. Now then, I'll have to ask you to strip again." Aarim smiled.
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Leaving Aarim's tower, Shiro immediately felt Aoi's aura flutter in nervousness.
"Hmm… seems like Aoi is a little nervous with Aarim. Though she'll get used to it soon I suppose." Shiro muttered before looking back at Nine and Iris.
"Let's see… Next is Nine, I'll take you to my friend's detective agency now. You should be able to get some decent training from her that'll help you with gathering information." Shiro said as she locked onto the node that should be in front of Misu's detective agency.
Teleporting in front of the store, Shiro was surprised to see a towering building that loomed over the street. Glancing up, she could now see a giant neon sign that was all too familiar to her.
[Misu's Fantasy 100% Guaranteed Detective Agency]
[Shiro approved, rated 5 stars (WOW!)]
[Voted best detective agency in the world. New Customers get one B class investigation for free!]
Immediately feeling the life drain from her body, Shiro massaged her eyes and sent out her senses to see if she could locate Misu.
Locking onto her signature, Shiro was rendered speechless one more.
In her office, Misu was skipping around with a dumb smile on her face. Around her were piles upon piles of documents that seem to contain information about the investigations.
Reading her lips, Shiro could tell what she was saying.
"Huehehehehe more investigations~ I even got an A class request today. Fufufu~ Maybe I should treat myself to Yin's cooking. Wait a minute…" Pausing in her dance, Misu realised that Shiro was standing outside of her store.
Before Shiro could do anything, the main doors to the building opened as two figures walked out. Both were skeleton that wore suits.
"Your highness, our boss has ordered us to welcome you in." The Skeletons bowed as Shiro sighed and nodded her head.
Walking in, she could see that the building had undergone giant renovations. It similar to the Adventurers Guild with all the functions only that the staff had been replaced with skeletons.
As for Misu's right hand man, Esil, he was nowhere to be seen. Realising that his Aura was on the floor just beneath Misu's office, Shiro could see that he was slamming his head into the table while the documents kept pilling up with no end in sight.
"Poor guy, he can't keep up with Misu's hobby." Shiro muttered as the corner of her mouth twitched.
Following the skeletons, Shiro made her way up the building with Nine and Iris following behind her.
