Chapter 79: But What About the Humans?!
The five days passed in a flash. And what had Ryū spent those five days doing? The same thing on repeat: playing video games.
He was on the verge of clearing a second single-player title. If it hadn't been for the Dimensional Chat Group's Children's Day event kicking off this morning—prompting him to actually stop grinding the night before—he'd have beaten it by six AM today.
Which meant that across these five days, he'd slept exactly one night.
He'd fallen asleep at eleven PM and woken at six AM.
Five days. Seven hours of sleep total.
Staying up is bliss.
And staying up forever…
Is forever bliss!!
Given optimal conditions, pulling seven straight all-nighters wouldn't be a problem for him. Any longer than that, though, and it wasn't his body that would give out—it was the laptop. The poor machine had endured five days of continuous abuse, and several keys were on the brink of failure.
If Ryū hadn't been vigilantly controlling his finger pressure the entire time, the laptop would've been perforated with holes.
Using Armament Haki to type on a keyboard…
He was probably the only person in existence who'd ever done that.
* * *
Teeth brushed, face washed, shower taken, hair done—once everything was in order, Ryū entered the Dimensional Chat Group. The members were already chatting up a storm.
That was par for the course. Everyone existed on different timelines—when it was nighttime in one world, it could be broad daylight in another. His Naruto world was currently at dawn; some other world was probably already well into the afternoon.
He was thoroughly used to this by now. Same principle as time zones, really.
Terrible Tornado: "[Image] [Image] [Image] Sorry about this—I checked the layout, and my place is too small to fit everyone from the group."
Terrible Tornado: "So I borrowed some rooms at the Hero Association. Each one is at least 200 square meters."
Terrible Tornado: "The Hero Association HQ is the fanciest building I could find in my world. I hope nobody minds…"
Edward Newgate: "Gurararara! As long as there's a place to sleep, it's fine. No need to be so polite, little Tatsumaki."
Crazy Diamond: "+1. Also, 200 square meters per room is already huge!"
Crazy Diamond: "My house is only about 140 square meters, yard not included."
Kaguya-sama: "[Image] Late-night hours. Staying up makes me happy."
We, Ying Zheng: "[Image] Also late-night hours…"
Kaguya-sama: "Speaking of which, Ying Zheng-ojisama—you're the ruler of an entire nation. Is it okay to disappear for three days?"
We, Ying Zheng: "We have already arranged everything. Three days shall pose no difficulty."
Green Grasslands Wolf King: "I've also requested three days' leave from the missus~"
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: "This one envies those who have a wife."
RawrSoFierce: "…You're a female youkai. Why are you envious of someone having a wife? What kind of play is this?"
RawrSoFierce: "Hiss… distinctly sapphic vibes here…"
Ryū couldn't help but wonder if Yukari had been in Gensōkyō too long. After all, Gensōkyō was populated almost exclusively by women—and virtually every single one of them was at least an eight out of ten.
Had living there for so long… bent her preferences?
Come to think of it, that possibility was alarmingly high.
Youkai were technically a type of animal, right? And all animals experienced the arrival of "spring"—that was basically a universal constant. Even humans weren't exempt. Surely youkai wouldn't be the exception.
So how exactly had Yukari dealt with that particular biological issue during her "spring" seasons?
The legendary technique of… improvising with what's available?
Or had she just white-knuckled it?
For several thousand years straight?
Terrifying.
The willpower…
Staggering.
* * *
RawrSoFierce: "Everyone ready? If so, I'm opening the transfer permissions now!"
Kaguya-sama: "Ready!"
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: "Ready!"
Green Grasslands Wolf King: "Ready!"
We, Ying Zheng: "Ready!"
Edward Newgate: "Ready!"
Crazy Diamond: "Ready!"
The Little Wandering Planet: "*A bottom-tier member sheds tears of envy*"
RawrSoFierce: "@The Little Wandering Planet — actually, you might want to try. Because when I opened the permissions just now, this popped up: [Image]"
The image Ryū posted was a screenshot of a system notification. It read:
[ System Notification ]
A group member with excessively large physical dimensions has been detected.
Dimensional transfer may cause irreversible, catastrophic natural disasters.
Apply proportional reduction to member's volume and mass?
This service is FREE for this event!
This prompt had appeared the instant Ryū tried to open the transfer permissions. It took him a good ten seconds of staring before it clicked.
It was clearly designed for members whose physical size was… somewhat beyond the norm.
Like, say, a sentient planet.
He hadn't expected this Group Event to actually account for that. He'd genuinely assumed the Wandering Planet was out of luck.
And he wasn't alone in that assumption. Everyone had thought the same thing.
Including the Wandering Planet itself.
But here was a pleasant surprise nobody saw coming.
* * *
RawrSoFierce: "Looks like you CAN participate in the Children's Day event after all. And it's free, too."
RawrSoFierce: "No Points needed. Doesn't get better than this."
The Little Wandering Planet: "Is… is this real? I… I can't believe it!"
The Little Wandering Planet: "Admin-dono is invincible! The GOAT! Number one in all the dimensions!"
RawrSoFierce: "…Pfft. Why are you simping for me?"
The Little Wandering Planet: "All I need to know is that Admin-dono is the GOAT!"
Kaguya-sama: "Excessively real. Admin-dono truly IS the GOAT, after all."
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: "Ara ara~ Little Kaguya shouldn't be using language like 'the GOAT' so often. It's not very ladylike."
RawrSoFierce: "You—a shameless Gap youkai—have the audacity to lecture anyone on decorum?"
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: "Ahahaha~ What lovely weather we're having today~"
RawrSoFierce: "I've opened the transfer permissions. If you want to go, just activate the Dimensional Corridor. The process is straightforward."
Kaguya-sama: "Oh—wait! Admin-dono, what about the humans on Little Planet?!"
Kaguya Shinomiya had suddenly spotted a blind spot and rushed to flag it in the group.
RawrSoFierce: "Umm… it should be fine, right?"
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