Mash-up Anime World: Creating the SCP Foundation to Contain Anomalies

Time is not a linear concept.

Humans, limited by their own nature, are merely swept along by the river of time, unable to stop or turn back.

Thus, they assume time is linear, flowing straight ahead.

But at this moment, a human named Haruto caught a glimpse of the true nature of time and stepped beyond the river's flow.

With the fragments of divine enlightenment in effect, Haruto's power, "The World," was elevated to a metaphysical concept, gaining a fragment of supreme divinity.

At the same time, Haruto himself underwent a form of ascension.

Things that once seemed impossible could now be achieved effortlessly.

"Za Warudo!"

As his elevated power activated, the entire world darkened; time was frozen, unable to flow.

But unlike before…

Now, within "The World," everything Haruto saw had a progress bar hovering above it.

If he wished, he could adjust it at will.

Inside the cave, there was a plant.

When Haruto manipulated its progress bar, the plant began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye. And when the progress bar was reversed, the decayed plant regained its vitality, its branches retracting until it ultimately transformed into a single seed.

This was the power of the world, a fragment of supreme divinity.

Haruto turned his gaze toward the idol within the shrine.

The idol also had a progress bar, though it appeared far longer than those of the surrounding objects.

Moreover, this particular progress bar seemed rusted, requiring a great deal of effort just to move it slightly.

After attempting it for a moment, Haruto gave up and instead reached out to grasp the idol directly.

From within the idol, Haruto pulled out a stream of dazzling light, which finally took the form of a multicolored, dreamlike butterfly.

This was the Guardian God of Itomori, hidden within the river of time.

Whenever disaster threatened to befall Itomori Town, it would ripple through the river of time, causing shifts in the timeline.

Thus, it protected the entire town.

Come to think of it, this deity could truly be considered a benevolent god.

[Anomaly: Guardian God of Itomori. Anomaly Level 5: Apocalypse.]

[This anomaly manifests as a non-corporeal yet tangible existence, responding to sincere prayers and shifting the timeline to safeguard life within a certain range.]

[This anomaly possesses temporal attributes and holds a fragmentary form of supreme divinity.]

This time, instead of waiting for nine seconds, it was Haruto who controlled the power of the world to end the process.

The world around them regained its clarity, and time resumed its flow.

Mitsuha felt a momentary daze, but when she looked forward again, she found a butterfly of indescribable beauty perched on her fingertip.

"This is... what?"

Mitsuha asked in astonishment.

If she could control her body, she would have surely moved closer to take a better look.

This butterfly was undoubtedly the most perfect, most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life.

"This is the god of Itomori Town, the very deity you pray to every year as a shrine maiden."

Haruto explained.

Mitsuha was so shocked that she momentarily lost the ability to speak.

So, this was the Guardian God of Itomori?

Although she had inherited the role of shrine maiden, she had never truly believed in gods. On the contrary, she had always felt embarrassed about wearing the shrine maiden outfit, performing ritual dances, and making kuchikamizake every year.

And yet, today, she had truly witnessed the deity of Itomori Town.

"When I pray every year, does it actually hear me?"

Mitsuha asked.

"It has received your prayers well."

Haruto affirmed with a smile.

The Guardian God of Itomori—the radiant butterfly, seemed very affectionate as it perched on Mitsuha's fingertip.

It clearly recognized its shrine maiden.

Even though Haruto had plucked it from the river of time, the deity neither resisted nor showed any displeasure.

"It really hears my prayers! That's wonderful!"

Mitsuha's face lit up with joy.

All those years of feeling embarrassed during the annual rituals suddenly gained meaning, making her genuinely happy.

"That said, it still won't be drinking the kuchikamizake, though."

Haruto quipped.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Mitsuha, who had just been brimming with excitement, was struck by a massive blow and let out a mortified scream.

Haruto chuckled but kept his gaze fixed on the Guardian God resting on Mitsuha's fingertip.

It was almost time to wrap things up.

When Haruto had used the power of the world to extract the Guardian God from the river of time, he had sensed that he could communicate with it and make requests of it.

Naturally, that meant he could also have it remove the anomaly affecting him.

However, before lifting it, there was still one more thing to do.

Through the Guardian God, Haruto once again perceived his own body three years in the future.

He needed to retrieve something from that future.

But that was beyond the Guardian God's ability.

Though it could traverse the river of time in spirit and consciousness, it could not retrieve physical objects.

However, Haruto could.

He lent a portion of the power of the world to the Guardian God.

With this, the deity was able to cross time and retrieve something for Haruto.

Something invisible to the naked eye.

The Blacklight Virus.

Haruto's own Blacklight Virus merged into Mitsuha's body.

Over time, the virus would spread throughout all of Itomori Town.

Under Haruto's control, this virus would not cause any physical changes in humans. Its sole function was to induce blindness in the infected at a specific moment three years in the future.

The blindness would last for seven days.

This way, the anomalous outbreak caused by the "Shy Guy" (SCP-096) in the future would never happen.

Because no one in Itomori Town would be able to see its face.

(T/N: Fuckkk, I messed up. -_-!)

And such a large-scale case of sudden blindness would undoubtedly attract the attention of the SCP Foundation.

When the Foundation's investigators arrived in Itomori Town and made contact with any of the townspeople—

The Blacklight Virus would infect them, carrying an embedded piece of information:

A report on the anomalous properties of the "Shy Guy" (SCP-096).

With this, even if Haruto was not in the main world at that time, the SCP Foundation would still be able to contain SCP-096 successfully.

With that, the Guardian God's purpose for pulling Haruto back three years in time had been fulfilled.

This journey through time was about to come to an end.

"Mitsuha, farewell for now."

Haruto said.

Mitsuha was taken aback before quickly realizing that Haruto was about to leave.

A sudden wave of urgency overtook her.

She had always known that this day would come, but its abrupt arrival left her flustered.

In the end, she shouted from the depths of her heart,

"I will definitely come find you! It's a promise! Haruto, I've remembered your name, so please remember mine too!"

Hearing this, Haruto smiled.

"Yes, I remember, Mitsuha Miyamizu."

The promise was made.

The next moment, Mitsuha staggered.

The girl regained control of her body.

She looked down at her hands in confusion, feeling somewhat lost.

At that moment, the butterfly on her fingertip also prepared to fly away. In a moment of desperation, Mitsuha untied the ribbon from her hair.

"Divine One, here! Please take this to Haruto!"

Time seemed to lose meaning.

When Haruto opened his eyes again, he had already returned to his own body.

Sitting up, Haruto checked the time.

Barely any time had passed on his own timeline.

It was still the morning of the following day.

But for Haruto, this morning was different.

He had embarked on a journey and met two wonderful girls.

Preserving the memories in his heart, Haruto got up to take care of unfinished business.

At that moment—

From seemingly nowhere, a radiant butterfly fluttered into existence and landed on Haruto's fingertip.

The tiny butterfly struggled to fly, burdened by an orange-red hair ribbon wrapped around its body.

Haruto paused for a moment before reaching out to take the ribbon.

Its vivid color was unmistakably Mitsuha's signature hue.

"You've worked hard."

Haruto said to the Guardian God.

It must have used the last remnants of the world's power to deliver this ribbon.

Truly, it had gone above and beyond.

Tying the orange-red ribbon around his wrist, Haruto gently stroked the Guardian God's butterfly wings, lending it another fragment of the world's power as payment.

Then, he set off for the containment site.

There was still a mountain of trouble to deal with.

[Anomaly successfully contained: Guardian God of Itomori.]

[Containment Level 5: Apocalypse. Containment status: Perfect.]

[Reward: One Level-5 Lottery Draw.]

In the end, the Guardian God of Itomori was placed under the SCP Foundation's containment.

Haruto personally carved a jade butterfly statue for it and would occasionally offer it fragments of the world's power.

"Itomori Town's protection is my responsibility now. You needn't worry."

Haruto assured the Guardian God, though he wasn't sure if it could understand. Regardless, the deity obediently cooperated with the containment process, showing no resistance.

Afterward, Haruto gathered all the SCP Foundation personnel responsible for network operations and programming.

Under his command, they developed an advanced super-virus program—

A technology thirty years ahead of its time.

It was named the "Pure Holy Grail" program.

The purpose of this program is to lurk within the world's internet and monitor all forms of records.

When the recorded content reaches a certain limit—

The "Pure Holy Grail" program will proceed with mass deletions and modifications of that record. Furthermore, the modifications cannot be queried, nor can they be restored.

The fundamental purpose of the "Pure Holy Grail" program is known only to Haruto.

It is to restrict records and prevent them from reaching the limit that would attract the gaze of the Sevenfold Destroyer.

This purpose must not be known by anyone.

Every member involved in the development of the "Pure Holy Grail" program was only responsible for a small part of its functionality. Additionally, communication between developers was strictly prohibited during the development process.

Once the "Pure Holy Grail" program was completed—

All personnel involved in its development underwent an A-level memory erasure procedure.

After the "Pure Holy Grail" program was deployed onto the network, it rapidly spread, infiltrating the entire internet.

Only then did Haruto finally breathe a sigh of relief.

And lastly, regarding ItomoriTown—

Haruto checked the containment records related to Kisamori Town and the Shy Guy (SCP-096) project.

As expected, with the timeline's changes, the event records had also been altered.