Date a Live: The Inverse Spirit of Paradox
Chapter 7: Angel [1]

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On the outskirts of Tengu City, a lonely boy sits under a tree. This scene could be called normal, except for a few details.

"With this.... Ahaha! Understood it! Finally!" exclaim the boy.

There were several balls floating around him, emitting light. He also had a ball that was emitting light in his palm, but compared to the others, the one in his palm was surrounded by clumps of sparks and had a strong gravity that attracted almost everything to it.

"Finally [Black Hole] was made. Phew. It took a long time for me," said [Spirit] with a tired tone, wiping the sweat on his forehead.

Considering the time he spent on it, which was a full week, he did not know whether he should be happy or not because he created it before the time he declared himself, he did not know whether he should be happy or not, but he could only make [Black Hole] with 1/10 chance of success.

After all, an achievement is an achievement. He, Rei Ainsworth, achieved his goal, which he had been fighting for a week.

Rei then scattered the other spheres, which dissolved into particles of light in the air. Looking at his palm, he could not wait to try this new ability, which was the result of his hard work during this week.

"Hehe. Now to check it out ..."

Rei then flew into the sky and threw the ball to a distant place, far enough away that Tengu City would not be injured.

The ball just flies straight at high speed. And it was precisely when he came into contact with the tree near where Rei had recently rested, that this was what happened.

*BOOOM!!!*

There was an explosion, and the ball began to slowly enlarge to a height of nearly ten meters. Sparks of electricity and fire also surrounded him as he expanded.

It took about ten seconds to expand to its full form, and after those seconds, the ball began to pull everything around it like a vacuum that lasted for three seconds.

After which, the ball quickly distorted and disappeared. What was left in place was a crater left behind by the destruction, not even leaving a speck of wood on it.

"The test is done. Heh, now this one can be called a trump card. Now I just need to practice making [Black Hole]

until I can use it perfectly in battle!"

Rei said happily, trying to summon another ball in his palm, but this resulted in another failure. It did not make him despair, but it was still disappointing because he could not do another like this in a row.

'It seems that success was just a coincidence brought by luck.' he thought inwardly as he let out a heavy sigh.

"However, no doubt I have succeeded in creating it. So that doesn't mean I can't make [Black Hole] anymore." he muttered, as if trying to console himself.

Rei then focused and collected the mana in his palm. Mana concentrated and applied the concept of [Spaces]....

[Understanding] the concept of [Spaces] is harder than one might think. In particular, the process of making [Black Hole] in a matter of seconds was theoretically considered impossible.

Some studies even say that, at very rough estimates, you would need the energy produced by the sun for over 100 million years to make [Black Hoke] the size of a grapefruit.

However Rei tried to make an artificial hole in just a few seconds. In fact, he's already succeeded once. Although its destructive power might be nothing compared to the natural [Black Hole] in space, it did not change the fact that it was also a "Black Hole" which can literally tear any creature to pieces with its gravitational pull alone, acting like a vacuum.

Slowly and surely, [Black Hole] started appearing right in his palm. One wrong move can lead to failure, so he needs to focus on it without being distracted by foreign interference.

*ZNNGYY*

The ball on his arm trembled, oscillating around the place. As expected, this was the phase where he gathered "where" from the surrounding area to support the creation of an artificial [Black Hole].

*Skritt Skritt*

Immediately, an electrical discharge began to form, followed by a purple flame.

Some may wonder, what is the relationship between fire and electricity in creating this [Black Hole]?

Furthermore, as the energy began to accumulate, an enormous gravitational pull began to form. Rei then activated his [Barrier] to surround the forming energy in his palm, storing it in a confined space.

As he molded it into a spherical shape, squeezing it even more while using [Barrier] as well as [Space Manipulation] to further strengthen the barrier, otherwise it would collapse and be sucked in by the [Black Hole] that formed within it.

When the tremors and fluctuations in the air stopped, he knew the outcome of this attempt.

It's success.

Once again he threw the ball into the desert, now it contained nothing but air.

*MM BOOM!!*

With the exact same result as last time, he succeeded twice. Seeing this, his lips curved into a joyful smile.

Enjoying his success, he let his body fall from the sky and landed with a collision on a grassy field.

Did it hurt him? Of course not, something like falling from a height of several meters would not hurt [Spirit], right?

Looking at the clear blue sky, he remembered all his preparations. Although it was difficult to call him smart or a genius at someone, he was by no means stupid. He knew that there were some nuances in his preparations that he was not aware of at the moment. To cope with this unexpected event, he believes in one concept that can help him deal with it.

All he needed was great strength. To the extent that his power could be considered "absolute" and "unshakable".

'Because in the face of absolute power, all strategies and schemes are meaningless.' thought Rei inwardly as he yawned.

He was sleepy after all this exercise and training with his new skills.

You might think that building a [Black Hole] is not complicated or just a little tiring, but it's definitely not the right idea. Trying to make a hole alone puts a lot of pressure on the mind and body because of the great concentration and whichever needs are needed to make a wormhole.

The only reason he could do that was because he was a [Spirit] whose physique was really much better than an ordinary person. With his [reiryoku] magnitude stored in his body, there was no doubt that he could make this [Black Hole] without worrying too much about mana reserves. But the biggest problem was in his brain, to be exact, that he was overloaded, during his 13th failure.

However, he continued to suppress himself until he succeeded. And he did. He's reaching.

Reaching out to the clear blue sky, he tried to grab onto something. As for what he wanted to take ... well, who knows?

Ray then thought that he should now investigate the [Angel] he had all along. The way to do it is .. he has no way to do it.

You know this is strange: "Shouldn't the [Spirit] have understood what their [Angels] were from the beginning?" That was what he thought as he pondered this question.

He at least understood some details as to why he still did not have any knowledge of what kind of [Angel] he had.

Rei is a riddle.

An anomaly in this world, caused by his selfish desires and the will of God.

After thinking too much, his head started to hurt. Clearly, the cost of training his new abilities, coupled with some trivial thoughts and deeds in the future, even made him think "too much thought might kill you".

Thinking of this, Rei tried to relax and dispose of unnecessary thoughts, enjoying the cool breeze of spring and gazing at the bright blue sky.

"....There won't be a problem if I take a break, will you?" Rei said to himself, feeling his eyelids start getting heavier.

He remembered himself. The failover. Its success. Regrets of his past. And next and next. In the end, there is no point in remembering and empathizing deeply with this.

Realizing that he was thinking too much again, he let out a heavy sigh and said, "Nothing will change even if I think too much about it."

Thus, Rei fell into a dream under the clear blue sky rays, not experiencing much attention from the outside world.

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