13 Ch 13 – Japan in Another World

(An Unknown Amount of Time Later)

"Ughhhh," Braun lets out a groan the moment he regained his consciousness, opening his eyes, he was greeted by a blurry view due to the damage his eyes went through, but after some team erupts from his whole body, he regained his vision and looks around the area.

"I-it fucking worked," he mutters, a smile cracking on his face while plopping his head down on the dirty ground with a sigh of relief escaping his mouth.

Putting his hands down on the ground, he forces himself up to lean on the wall of the dark alley he was currently inside and glances at the portal gun in his right hand with the liquid glowing green.

'I thought it wouldn't work, but maybe due to me being in the literal multiverse, the portal fluid was able to send me into a universe out of the curve. But…' he mutters, glancing at the green portal fluid with intrigued eyes.

'Theoretically, this would either kill me or send me back to the curve. So I need to get a form of housing first where I can alter the liquid to allow me true multiversal travel instead of it being virtually useless right now.' He thought, cracking his stiff neck while suddenly, a floating screen props up in front of him as he smiles, but with that seemingly relieved smile, a glint flashed in his eyes that seems to hold the coldest places in the known universe.

"Whew, I thought I lost you my dear cheat, but in the end, we're back again with each other, reunited as one," he mutters, glancing at the screen where all of his save files are now gone and saves the first save file in this new universe he was in.

Standing up with his wounds finally being healed through his regeneration, he glances around the alley and looks at the light in the distance, and walks towards it while organizing Rick's memories in his mind into another corner to not interfere with his current memories.

'I could still feel my titan powers in my mind, so I have a secret trump card at least in this wo-' he thought, stopping his monologue when he looks at the open street where normal humans walk… right alongside humanoid reptiles, people with wheels under their feet, or wings on their back and a bunch more of wacky shit, making Braun chuckle at the sight as he sighs.

'So a superhuman world? Hmm, this could go two ways, either I make my own superpower bestowing concoction or try and gain those power for myself either through a body transplant or some other stuff. But oh well, this world's danger level is already through the roof when there is the slightest chance a precog or time manipulator could exist, it seems like I would have to be very careful from now on and if there's a fucking time traveler that appears right in front of me right now, then it's do or die to alter the portal fluid I have right now and get the fuck out of this universe.' He thought, rubbing his forehead at the number of precautionary measures he will have to do in the oncoming future to guarantee his safety.

'Rick did face against time travelers and precogs but he has access to time crystals and the such so they're virtually no danger to him. But I'm stranded and all alone in a universe where the portal algorithm for finding desired universes and worlds is useless and the cords for other planets are zero. So fuck me, I guess my life would be in danger until I alter this portal fluid once I gain access to some tools to use.' He thought, walking out of the alley and onto the open street while looking around everywhere with a calm gaze while a slight grin prop on his face.

Glancing around the area, he sighs at how the people here look and how he has no reference for what countries, continents, history, or any of that for this world.

'Is there any library around here?' he thought, and as he heard the people around him talking, he instantly learns that it is Japanese and browsed through Rick's database of language, sitting down on a bench he found in a park, he closes his eyes and rapidly reads through the Japanese section and after a few minutes, he opens his eyes and stands up.

"Hello miss," he said, startling the lady who was sitting beside him.

"Uhm, hello, what can I help you with?" the lady asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Where are we right now?" Braun asks with an amicable smile.

"You mean the city?" the lady asks as Braun nods.

"Oh, we're in Musutafu, Shizuoka Prefecture right now," the lady said, as finally knows where he is, he nods his head and asks one more question.

"Is there any library around here?" Braun asks.

"Oh, uh… let me check real quick… Oh yes, the library is right over here," the lady said, pointing at her phone as he nods his head.

"Thank you, well I'll be on my way then," Braun said, leaving the blushing lady alone who was entranced by his charismatic face.

'So I'm currently in Japan right now huh, who would have thought I would find Japan in another universe. Okay, I'll just gamble stuff if I find a casino or steal some money, then buy some materials so I can alter the portal gun and the portal fluid. But for now, I need to understand this world's current state and history.' He thought, walking throughout the city and finally reaching the library after a few minutes.

Without talking to the lady at the counter, he enters the library with his presence lowering at a drastic rate and went to a series of books in the history section.

Grabbing a few, he brings them towards a table in the library and cracks his fingers, preparing to go into a concentrated reading state to absorb all of the books' knowledge at a fast rate.

Soon, a big chunk of the world's history was shown to him and how the general direction went.

A few centuries ago, these things called quirk appeared from nowhere to bestow powers to the whole world.

There was chaos, then villains and heroes appeared, then now the world became one filled with the themes of heroes and villains where being a hero is considered a professional job and the greatest schools around the world are for aspiring heroes.

'Sigh, a very stupid world. They should have instead put their focus on growing their understanding of quirks. Though it has only been a few centuries so it's pretty fair. But this power is similar to one world Rick knows where the people gained superpowers through a weird nameless energy that granted them superpowers that appeared from nowhere which might be from a wormhole from another universe. Though the source of quirks is still unknown so I guess that would be my main thing to explore in this world for now.' He thought, standing up with a groan as he made a general plan in his mind.

Bringing the books back to their shelves, he stretches his back and heads out of the library to the open street once more.

'So how do I earn some cash right now?' he thought, walking around the place trying to find a way he could get some quick money until he stops right in front of a restaurant with the smell of delicious food wafting through the air causing his stomach to rumble.

Chuckling, a floating translucent window appears right beside him, and as he clicks on the only save file on there, he confidently presses the load button causing his whole vision to shift.

Opening his eyes, he finds himself back in a dark alley causing his eyes to widen in surprise.

"W-what?" he mutters, looking at the floating translucent window in front of him with a suspicious gaze.

'Another mystery to solve. Oh well, I guess I have Temporal Save and Load now, this makes things a lot easier.' He thought and looks at the entrance of the alley in the distance and walks towards it with a calculating gaze.

'I guess I'll just steal some money.' He thought, propping down a new save file and glancing around the people walking around trying to find the perfect target to steal from.

'Hmm, that guy over there is wearing only a shirt and jeans and his wallet is in his back pocket, an easy picking.' He thought, walking towards him and as they walk through the street, he bumps his right arm on his butt, and with a swift unnoticeable grab, he steals the wallet without anyone noticing and put it inside his own pocket, hastily leaving the area with a grin.

'Now I only need to buy some materials like a wrench, some random old tech like radios for a very low price, some wires, solder, and then just alter the portal gun to allow myself to traverse the infinite realities.' He thought, heading over to the general store in the distance, and after looking around, he buys some usual tools like a screwdriver, drill, bolts, nails, wires, an old radio, batteries, and other cheap goods he could use for now and as he leaves the store, he was left with a few ten thousand yen that could last him a few more days.

And as he turns around a corner, he was greeted with an iconic thing for Japan.

'A love hotel, how convenient.' He thought, glancing at the plastic bag of goodies in his right arm, he walks towards the love hotel and after bribing the lady on the counter to allow him to be in without any credentials, he was down to less than 10 thousand yen.

Inserting the key to his room, he opens it to see a surprisingly clean room without any cum stains whatsoever but he didn't mind if there were.

"Okay, let's get down to business before an evil version of me in the future fucks me over by creating a time paradox or a time loop," he mutters, dropping his bag on top of a wooden table and dragging the wooden chair back and on he went to start altering the portal gun.

Opening the case, he was greeted by the motherboard filled with tons of wires and techno gizmos, using Rick's memories, he slowly changed some stuff and as he clicks on the set of buttons that appeared when he moved a certain wire, he slowly used the formula Rick knows and as the portal fluid that was stored in the container whirls to life, it finally glowed yellow as Braun let out a sigh of relief, finally releasing his mental finger on the load button because if he were to even do one mistake, he might either destroy the whole world, create a black hole or something else that would surely end his life and on to another reincarnation he will go to.

"Finally," he mutters, wiping the sweat away from his forehead, and looks at the new portal gun in front of him that has yellow portal fluid instead of the usual green.

'Now I finally have a sure-fire way out of virtually any danger in regards to time fuckers. Those hacks, sigh, how am I even going to enter the 4th dimension to get some time stuff?' he thought, letting out a groan while leaning his back on the chair and glancing at the remaining materials left.

'What can I make with them? Lasers? Forcefields? The lasers though work by using plasma and there are some air manipulators so… eh, I could just make a rail gun but the energy requirements would be unfeasible. Hmm, fuck it, laser gun it is. The laser should be too fast and is still deadly even if the air is thinner so I guess that's my main weapon for a while.' He thought, disassembling the old radio and grabbing some nails and on he went to build a simple laser gun.

AN: This is 2040 words, you're welcome.

The yellow portal fluid being for the multiverse isn't cannon and if it gets proven wrong, I have a backup plan called tainted portal fluid due to it being expose to the multiverse and some random particles, so yeah, my brain is big as fuck when it comes to plotholes.

And he only fucking said "Theoretically, bla bla bla die or get sent back to the curve," so yes, everything is according to keikaku!

(May 20, 2022 – 177th day of writing)