Chapter 218: The Sixth Time Traveling
Juri's reaction was even more intense than Mina's—she nearly fainted.
But Tolle didn't stop. Using the excuse that halting midway would affect the next session, he forcibly completed the rapid energy transfer.
After all, judging from Juri's constitution, she'd probably react this way no matter how many times it happened.
However, once the transfer ended, Juri didn't look at him with the same resentful gaze as the others.
Instead, she gazed at him with tender affection, making Tolle feel as though she might be developing Stockholm syndrome.
In the days that followed, Tolle continued performing rapid transfers for a large number of female officers. At first, three a day—then increasing to four, five, six…
Within a few days, he was handling eight a day. In truth, each session only took about half an hour; the rest of the time he spent recovering his own energy.
After all, constant contact became dull—and since he couldn't actually do anything beyond the transfers, it was frustrating. It was better to just get things done quickly.
Every day, he also had to instruct these women in martial arts inside a large training hall.
He was the only one clothed; everyone else was completely bare. The scene looked like a breathtakingly beautiful garden of flowers.
At first, most of the women made frequent mistakes during training, prompting Tolle's "timely assistance." After that, they stopped avoiding him entirely—and often stared at him with hungry, wolf-like eyes.
They even began preparing various delicacies for him before class, which eventually made him feel rather embarrassed.
As for Uzumi, he thought this was part of a plan to cultivate super soldiers for Orb. But in truth, all of these women were Tolle's hidden agents—his personal "sleepers," ready to respond to his call at any moment.
It had basically become "That Time All of Orb's Female Special Forces Turned Out to Be My Secret Subordinates."
Still, the frequent energy expenditure had its benefits: Tolle's maximum energy capacity rose to 4200, which wasn't bad at all.
When the number of daily transfers exceeded ten, with each session reduced to about ten minutes per person, Tolle decided to open up the process to male soldiers as well.
Uzumi was delighted and immediately arranged for male officers to undergo the transfers.
Unfortunately, having to perform energy transfers for five men a day was pure torture.
But since female recruits would eventually run out, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and keep going—even if it made him want to puke.
As for Mina's foolish little brother, Gina, he still hadn't joined the program—probably too proud to let another man touch him.
In any case, Tolle had already passed along the regular Oriental Invincible Style martial arts methods to Orb. Gina likely preferred to train on his own, believing himself to be a once-in-a-millennium martial arts prodigy.
Too bad—without the neo DG cells, he'd never succeed. Even if he made some progress, he'd still be no match for those who underwent the rapid transfer; their physical stats had been comprehensively enhanced.
During his spare time, Tolle also helped design the concepts and blueprints for the M1 Astray's flight pack—the Pelorus Pack—as well as the IWSP Pack for the Rouge Strike Gundam.
After all, the M1 Astray's armament was too limited. If it could be equipped with the Rouge Strike's IWSP backpack, Orb's military strength would improve significantly.
While assisting with the designs, Tolle also tried to check whether the Akatsuki Gundam had been built yet. Unfortunately, there wasn't even a shadow of it.
He decided to wait until Orb's first destruction event before sending the neo DG-cell bio-insects to search again.
About a month later, the system's voice echoed in Tolle's mind:
"Host, the energy of the Dimensional Travel Artifact is fully charged. You may initiate travel at any time."
Following his usual routine, Tolle slipped into the restroom and checked carefully for surveillance devices.
Once he confirmed it was safe, he donned his nano-armor and said to the system,
"System, all set. Let's begin the transfer."
"Received, Host. Initiating travel…"
Tolle's vision suddenly went black, and in the next instant, he found himself floating in outer space. The lack of gravity sent him flailing instinctively, like a drowning man.
After floundering for a while, he finally steadied himself and complained, "System, seriously? You just threw me into space! If not for this nano-armor, I'd already be a frozen popsicle."
"Please rest assured, Host. Although the transfer location is completely random, the Artifact ensures your safety even without the armor."
Tolle sighed. Maybe he'd used up all his luck enjoying himself too much lately—or maybe the system was just toying with him.
Either way, there was no winning. He could only shrug helplessly and say, "Fine, you win. Guess I should find out what kind of world this is first."
He summoned his long-unused VF-1SS, climbed into the cockpit, and released a swarm of neo DG cells to scout the surroundings.
Leaning back in the pilot's seat with one leg crossed over the other, he played a song by Lynn Minmay.
After some time, the DG cells transmitted their data: he was currently drifting somewhere between Earth and Mars, in orbital space.
Still with no clear idea of his exact location or timeline, Tolle recalled the DG cells and set course toward Earth, hoping to gather more clues.
He powered up the VF-1SS Valkyrie's engines and began his journey.
But soon after takeoff, the cockpit's communications and radar systems started experiencing interference.
On the optical display, Tolle located the source of the jamming—a battleship.
It was an armored assault ship—and judging from its design, it clearly matched the style of Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.
Tolle was stunned by his sudden good fortune. Without even needing to search for hints, he immediately knew which world he'd landed in.
He spoke to the system: "System, that ship confirms it. This is Iron-Blooded Orphans, right? No need for further verification."
The system hesitated for a few seconds, then replied,
"Host, confirmation complete. Current world: Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.
Access level increased.
Travel duration extended by 30 days—next travel in 300 days.
Rank upgraded to Warrant Officer.
Storage space expanded—current capacity: a cubic area 1000 meters per side. Segmented spaces expanded proportionally."