Disconnected from the Root, although it made Shiki Ryougi and Manaka Sajyou a little uncomfortable, it felt as if a debuff had been imposed on them.
Especially for Manaka Sajyou, the disconnection from the Root had an even greater impact on her than on Shiki Ryougi.
First, Shiki Ryougi once lived directly within the Root, passively absorbing a lot of knowledge while sleeping there. This is like downloading and saving data locally; the data can still be used even after the network is disconnected.
On the other hand, Manaka Sajyou's connection to the Root was more like browsing through a search engine on the Internet. Not only had she not downloaded much data, but because she was young and hadn't used it as long as Shiki Ryougi, she didn't have much inventory.
This resulted in Manaka Sajyou losing most of her abilities after being disconnected from the Root. Secondly, it was because of her Magic Circuits. The reason Manaka Sajyou was able to connect to the Root was entirely because she possessed very high-quality Magic Circuits. But once she was disconnected from the Root and had only these Magic Circuits, her strength was naturally not as great as before.
It could be said that this wave of weakening caused Manaka Sajyou to fall from the sky to the ground. Even though she landed on a mountain peak and her strength was still much greater than most magi in the Moon World, she now belonged to the category of mortals. The gap between her current and original strength could be said to be worlds apart.
However, Manaka Sajyou didn't care about this; instead, she enjoyed this feeling very much. (Refer to Saiki Kusuo losing his superpowers.) The same was true for Shiki Ryougi, and a smile appeared on her usually stoic face.
But Shiki Ryougi was not entirely satisfied, or rather, she was a little annoyed. Because in comparison, her situation was much better than that of Manaka Sajyou. Except that she could not achieve omniscience through the Root, her abilities were almost the same. She could still use the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and her strength had basically not declined.
This made Shiki Ryougi regretful. Why did she go to the Root to sleep back then? Now, having absorbed too much knowledge, it was difficult to restart. If she hadn't absorbed so much knowledge, she could have wiped her account and started over in Dimension City. Instead, it was equivalent to using a high-level account to stomp newbies, which took away a lot of fun.
While the three of them looked around curiously and had mixed reactions, Tiamat finally let go of Takumi.
"Aaaaaah? (Is this me?)"
Tiamat looked at her hands blankly, with a hint of joy in her confusion. Although there was no change in appearance, she could clearly feel that her ability had disappeared. No, to be more precise, the ability was still there, but it could not be used, nor would it have any impact on the outside world.
Seeing this, Takumi explained to her with amusement: "As long as people come to Dimension City through the Dimensional Gate, I can suppress their strength through the gate's authority. I have blocked all your abilities just now, so even if you unlock the self-seal now, it will not have any impact."
Tiamat's problem was very troublesome in the Moon World. Her Beast Authority would be activated subconsciously, summoning the Sea of Life, from which endless new species would be derived. If this were placed elsewhere, just by letting Tiamat stay, it wouldn't take long for existing species to become extinct and new species to replace them.
But this problem was very simple for Dimension City. Takumi only needed to use the authority of the Dimensional Gate to suppress Tiamat's power. Under this suppression, let alone Tiamat inadvertently activating the ability, even if she took the initiative to use it, she would not be able to. At the same time, this was one of the reasons why Takumi dared to accept Tiamat. Because Tiamat's problem was not a problem at all to him.
"Aaaaaah~ (Great, so I don't have to worry about causing trouble for anyone. Thank you, my child.)"
When Tiamat heard Takumi's explanation, she suddenly felt happy. She hugged Takumi again with some excitement and kissed him on the forehead.
"..."
Takumi was almost used to Tiamat's behavior of treating him like a child. Although he was speechless, he didn't bother to correct it.
"Is there such a good thing? Then do it to me too."
At this time, the two people on the side also heard the conversation. Especially when they heard Takumi say that he could suppress their strength, their eyes immediately lit up, and they quickly came forward, asking Takumi to suppress their strength as well.
Shiki Ryougi was just annoyed that she had brought a high-level account here. Now hearing that Takumi could actually ban their accounts, she quickly took the initiative to ask for her power to be sealed.
"And me, I want it too."
Manaka Sajyou saw this and came over as well.
"Why are you joining in the fun?"
Takumi was dumbfounded by the two of them. Others want to be as strong as possible, but you are afraid that you are not weak enough.
However, Takumi thought about it and still agreed. He sealed Shiki Ryougi's strength so that she could only perform at the level of an ordinary person.
After all, her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception were very dangerous. Takumi was not sure whether Shiki Ryougi could control them now. After all, she was cut off from the Root. It would take some time to adapt. And during this period, if she hurt other people, it would not be fun, so he would simply temporarily ban her account first.
Anyway, what he valued more was the knowledge from the Root within Shiki Ryougi's mind, and the abilities she gained because of this knowledge. So there was no problem even if her strength was sealed. Since she liked to be banned, then he would ban it.
As for Manaka Sajyou...
Takumi shook his head and said: "Forget what you said. Anyway, with your current strength, you can't be much stronger in Dimension City. There is no need to seal it anymore. Moreover, living in Dimension City does not require abilities at all."
"Even if her strength is sealed, she still has a lot of knowledge and other abilities, so it doesn't matter. But in your case... your strength is your main asset, and your other abilities are not outstanding. In this situation, if your strength is sealed, the value of your human resources will be greatly reduced."
"Ah? Why is this?"
Manaka Sajyou could naturally hear the meaning of Takumi's words. She couldn't help but pout with some dissatisfaction and looked at Takumi with resentment.
"Okay." Takumi reached out his hand and gave her a playful chop on the head. "It is not impossible for you to experience the feeling of being sealed. The reason why it is not done now is that Dimension City needs you to use these abilities to contribute. When you go on vacation in the future, you can come to me at any time, and I will seal you then."
As long as it didn't affect work, Takumi didn't care how Manaka Sajyou wanted to torment herself.