Chapter 70: Spring Is Coming
Yukari very nearly coughed up blood she'd been holding for millennia. In Kaguya's eyes, she actually came across as… that kind of person?
Did she really seem like that? It was just a massage!
Granted, the specific area she'd offered to massage was… a touch sensitive.
But they were all girls here!
What was there to get worked up about?
It wasn't like it was a massage from the opposite sex.
"The truth is clear: the Admin must have secretly bribed little Kaguya-chan. Yes! That's extremely likely. In fact, that IS what happened."
Yukari forcibly convinced herself. After all, she was the great Youkai Sage.
How could someone of her stature possibly have… those kinds of tendencies?
She cared deeply about the healthy development of youths and young maidens!
A Youkai Sage who cared so much about the wellbeing of the young—
How could she possibly be a pervert?
Impossible! All lies!
Kaguya-chan had clearly been bought off via private message. She must have received some kind of kickback. There was definitely some shady backroom deal going on.
The mighty Admin of the Dimensional Chat Group, extending his wicked clutches toward a female member…
Kisama!
How infuriating!
How… enviable!
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"Wait… why did I just think that? Could it be because this one has been single for so many years? And spring is almost here, too…"
Yukari considered this for a moment. Actually… that checked out.
After all, spring was nearly upon them. The season when even youkai felt certain… stirrings.
But did that have anything to do with her?
Naturally, no one in the group could read minds across dimensions.
So whatever chaotic scenarios were currently playing out inside this gap youkai's head, only she would ever know.
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The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Regardless! The Admin is a pervert!
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: I will not accept any rebuttals! I'm not listening! I'm NOT listening!
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: () Hmph~
RawrSoFierce: Gorgeous Yukari-mama, live-streaming cuteness.
Crazy Diamond: Gorgeous Yukari-mama, live-streaming cuteness.
Kaguya-sama: Gorgeous Yukari-mama, live-streaming cuteness.
Terrible Tornado: Gorgeous Yukari-mama, live-streaming cuteness.
Terrible Tornado: Huh? So that's what the +1 thing is—a quick copy-paste reply? Also, what does 'Yukari-mama' mean…
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: It's a rude nickname the Admin gave this one a while ago.
RawrSoFierce: Old hag = mama. Yukari + old mama = Yukari-mama.
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Pfft! What kind of ridiculous logic is that?!
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Withdrawing his consciousness from the Dimensional Chat Group, Ryū turned and glanced out the window.
It was already nearly evening. He hadn't realized he'd spent that long chatting.
So the new member was from the One-Punch Man world.
Thinking about that particular series made Ryū's face twitch involuntarily.
The power scaling in One-Punch Man was truly absurd.
The S-Class heroes, the Dragon-level monsters—those were manageable.
The problem was the protagonist: Saitama.
He'd broken through some kind of "limiter."
That alone sounded dubious.
With his limiter broken, what level of power did Saitama-sensei actually possess? Even in the anime, his full strength had never been shown. The only time he'd gone all-out was in a dream—fighting the "Subterraneans."
Every other time, it was one punch. If one punch didn't do it, two punches.
And it was precisely because of Saitama's existence—that absurdity of a being—
That One-Punch Man's entire power scale was wrenched up to a terrifying level.
"It's just like Wolffy—completely unreasonable!"
Ryū couldn't help but voice a rare complaint.
Breaking a limiter sounded totally unreliable.
But the man had gone and done it anyway.
Protagonist halo for you.
* * *
"Speaking of which, when I got isekai'd, One-Punch Man Season 2 had just aired its second episode. What a shame… I wonder if J.C. Staff butchered it."
Ryū sighed to himself. Stuck in the Naruto world, beyond his control.
If he could, he'd love to go back to watching anime, binging shows, and playing games every day.
But this place didn't even have computers.
Forget anime, TV shows, and games… they'd only just gotten some kind of basic music player on the market in Konohagakure. As for what technology it was based on—that was outside Ryū's area of expertise.
The tech tree in the Naruto world was, he had to admit, only slightly less crooked than One Piece's.
"What a blunder! I should've grabbed a couple of solar-powered laptops while we were doing the Group Quest in Kaguya's world. Downloaded some big single-player games, then brought the whole setup back."
As a former gaming and anime shut-in, two months without touching a game or watching a show was genuine torture for Ryū.
The only time he didn't feel bored was when he was chatting in the group.
Otherwise, given his tendency to stay home and rarely go out—
All he could do was stare at the ceiling.
Just… stare.
At most, he could practice the Armament Haki and Observation Haki he'd just learned today. The Six Powers were already at Perfection tier from Points investment, so drilling those was pointless.
And practicing Six Powers indoors? He was afraid he'd demolish his own house.
One casual Rankyaku and the walls were gone.
One Shigan and there'd be a hole you could see through.
Use Geppo and he'd probably punch straight through the not-very-high ceiling.
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Just as Ryū was lost in thought, a "ding-dong" notification chimed in his mind, pulling his consciousness back into the Dimensional Chat Group.
But to his surprise, it wasn't someone @-ing him in the main chat. Someone had sent him a private message.
The sender was none other than the newly joined Tatsumaki.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: …Admin, are you there?
[PM] Terrible Tornado: I have something kind of personal I wanted to ask you.
[PM] RawrSoFierce: Tell me what it is first, and I'll decide if I'm here. (manual smug face)
[PM] Terrible Tornado: …The Admin really is someone with a sense of humor.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: The thing is… I'm not great at reaching out to people on my own. I might be a little incoherent. I just wanted to ask—I was reading everyone's conversation earlier, and I'm really curious: why was my future connected to things like anime and… doujinshi?
[PM] RawrSoFierce: Ah, that? Just think of everyone in the group as characters from various movies, anime, and games. That's basically the deal.
[PM] Terrible Tornado: So I really am a character from a doujinshi?!
[PM] RawrSoFierce: Mm, no. You're a character from a shonen action anime. I'm not entirely sure if you're the female lead though—your sister's pretty popular too.
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