Chapter 71: You Want to Go Fight Saitama?
After reading the private message from the mysterious "Admin," Tatsumaki furrowed her brow in thought for a moment, murmuring: "So that's how it is… Well, at least… if I were a doujinshi character, I…"
If she were a character from one of those doujinshi, and possibly the female lead on top of that—she felt like she'd spontaneously combust on the spot.
Instantly transform into a monster and destroy the entire world, that kind of combustion.
At least the Admin had given her some reassurance.
She was not the lead of some doujinshi.
Good.
No, wait…
Hold on…
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"The Admin just said I'm very likely the female lead of a shonen action anime. But it could also be my sister. Which means…"
Tatsumaki's expression darkened involuntarily. Her psychic powers nearly lost containment.
She was S-Class Rank 2! In the entire Hero Association, apart from Rank 1 "Blast" and the impossibly mysterious "King," virtually no one could surpass her.
And someone like her was going to end up with some… nobody?
The nerve… If she ever found out who that man was—
She'd eliminate him preemptively!
Cut him into eighteen pieces and leave them on the street!
"And even if I'm not the female lead—if my sister Fubuki is—that's absolutely unacceptable too! What kind of scumbag dares set his sights on my little sister?! Does he have a death wish?!"
After taking her frustration out on an innocent water glass—crushing it to dust with her psychic power—
Tatsumaki inhaled a deep breath of fresh air, doing her best to calm down.
Once she'd more or less recovered—
Rationality returned.
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[PM] Terrible Tornado: So that's how it is… By the way, Admin-dono, since my world is a shonen action anime, can I ask who the male lead is?
[PM] Terrible Tornado: I just want to know what kind of person is worthy of being a protagonist.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: …You're not planning to kill him, are you?
[PM] Terrible Tornado: !!!
How did the Admin know exactly what she was thinking?
Truthfully, upon learning she might be the female lead—and that there was a male lead—
She had indeed been considering… eliminating him.
Quietly, of course.
After all, she was an S-Class hero, Rank 2 no less. Her reputation and power both demanded a certain standard of discretion.
In this kind of situation, one had to be… tidy about it.
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[PM] RawrSoFierce: I'd strongly suggest you abandon that idea… You can't beat him.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: The gap in power between the two of you is… considerable.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: …A considerable gap? Is he really that strong?!
[PM] Terrible Tornado: I'm S-Class! The number of people who can defeat me is vanishingly small. You probably couldn't scrape together three or four in the entire world.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: Are you saying that person is even stronger than me?
[PM] RawrSoFierce: He could probably blow up the planet.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: …Blow… blow up the planet? I'm sorry! So… so sorry for asking!!
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Tatsumaki very nearly tumbled off the sofa.
Blow up the planet beneath their feet—what kind of concept was that?
Was this some mythical God-level monster surpassing Dragon-level?
But God-level had only ever existed as a theoretical concept. Among all the countless monsters in the world, not a single one had ever reached the legendary "God-level" designation!
And if the planet actually blew up…
The neighboring planets would be caught in the blast too, wouldn't they?
This felt like something several magnitudes beyond even the concept of God-level…
A being of that caliber actually existed in this world?!
She'd never heard of anyone like that!
But the Admin was the leader of the Dimensional Chat Group. Everyone called him "Admin-dono." Surely someone like that wasn't the type to joke around? And his tone didn't read like he was joking, either.
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"It's… it's just blowing up a planet! Besides, now that I know the future, I'll just keep my distance from him. And the Admin did say I only might be the female lead. Same for my sister Fubuki—only a possibility."
Tatsumaki could only talk herself down like this.
Because what the Admin had said was, frankly, hair-raising.
Come to think of it… why had she called him "Admin-dono" so naturally?
She couldn't recall a single time since becoming S-Class that she'd addressed anyone as "-dono."
Not even the presidents of certain countries warranted that kind of respect from her.
After all, with Tatsumaki's strength and status, nobody was eager to cross her.
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[PM] Terrible Tornado: I see… Thank you very much, Admin… dono.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: e-(´;）Aha!
[PM] Terrible Tornado: If Admin-d… ono ever wants anything, I can purchase it for you. As long as it's not too unreasonable.
Tatsumaki didn't like owing favors. And Ryū telling her all of this counted, in Tatsumaki's mind, as a debt.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: That's not necessary… Hmm, wait. For free?
[PM] Terrible Tornado: Mm. S-Class heroes like us have our activity expenses covered by the Hero Association. Even meals are on their tab.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: Is that so… Do you have any good single-player games over there?
[PM] RawrSoFierce: Ideally bundled with a self-charging laptop.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: With a whole bunch of single-player games downloaded on it~
[PM] RawrSoFierce: And if there's storage space left, throw in some popular anime, novels, movies, and TV shows from your world.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: Huh? That's easy enough. Is that really all you want?
[PM] RawrSoFierce: That's all. That'll do.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: Oh…
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Tatsumaki genuinely could not understand why the Admin of a Dimensional Chat Group would want this kind of stuff. Anime, games, TV shows, movies—what were these good for besides entertainment?
Entertainment… Could it be that the Admin had simply lived too long?
And wanted to use entertainment from other worlds to pass the time?
That was a very real possibility.
When she'd been lurking earlier, she'd noticed a member called "The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden" whose age was at least four digits.
A person whose age had at least four digits—and she was just a regular member.
So the Admin, "RawrSoFierce"… was his age in the five-digit range?
Possibly tens of thousands of years older than Tatsumaki herself!
Could a human really live that long?
Or was the Admin… not human at all?!
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