The Divine Tongue: "This is... my future?"
Sword God Sodros: "So the realm beyond the Sword God is called 'Apex'? It's truly something to be admired."
The information uploaded to the chat group fully integrated into their minds within the blink of an eye.
The two were inevitably shocked after digesting the information.
Yuyuko Saigyouji found it quite interesting.
As one of the earliest members of the chat group, she had naturally experienced similar things, but what she saw now was a different world, separate from Gensokyo.
A different perspective.
Stories with different styles.
For a wise youkai who had lived for thousands of years, this opportunity to expand her horizons was invaluable.
The Divine Tongue: "But why does the group leader know about us?"
Sword God Sodros: "Indeed... if it were about the past that has already happened, it wouldn't be surprising, but to know even the future, that's simply shocking."
They did not doubt the authenticity of the information, after all, it was impossible for it to be fake.
Fang Mingjing didn't hide anything about it.
Stinky Sprout: "It's manga, you see."
Stinky Sprout: "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma is a manga I once read, and Dungeon Fighter Online is a game."
The Divine Tongue: "Manga!?"
The Divine Tongue: "You mean to say that we are characters from fictional works!? This -!"
Even through the chat group, everyone could sense how shaken Erina Nakiri was.
It was understandable, being suddenly told that you are a character created by some work would make anyone feel absurd and unbelievable.
Seventeen-Year-Old: "The newbie's getting hung up on details."
The Divine Tongue: "... What getting hung up on details, how am I supposed to accept something like this?!"
Seventeen-Year-Old: "I think it's something completely unnecessary to worry about."
Seventeen-Year-Old: "A character from a fictional work? Then think about it, everything that constitutes your existence, your current thoughts, your actions, are they coming from your own heart or being given to you by someone else?"
Seventeen-Year-Old: "The essence of life is nothing more than flesh, breath, and pulse. When you cut open a vein, will ink splatter out? Will you hit a picture frame when you run to the end of a road? Since everything before you is so real and vivid, why must you question if it's all fictional?"
The Divine Tongue: "..."
After being questioned, the girl seemed to have calmed down a bit.
Stinky Sprout: "Purple Mom is amazing."
Seventeen-Year-Old: "Mhm, if the little group leader praises me more, I'm okay with that too?"
Sword God Sodros: "Whether the world is real or fake is another matter. I'm more curious about what kind of existence the group leader is. After all, being able to create this chat group is simply beyond my comprehension."
Stinky Sprout: "I'm a manly man."
Sword God Sodros: "?"
Seventeen-Year-Old: "Heh, the little group leader is a very cute child, why don't you share the pictures you saved last time with them."
Seventeen-Year-Old: "Picture"
Yuyuko Saigyouji shared the picture Fang Mingjing had given her before without hesitation.
The picture showed Fang Mingjing sitting on the grass, looking up at the sky in the twilight, and in his hand was a string of candied haws that he hadn't eaten much of.
He was very cute.
Just looking at it would make people feel a sense of luxury.
Or rather, his very existence could make people realize "beauty"... an overwhelming beauty.
Stinky Sprout: "I'm a manly man."
He emphasized it again.
Unfortunately, no one agreed.
Yuyuko Saigyouji simply chuckled inwardly, while Erina Nakiri stared blankly for a while before hesitantly, but quickly, saving the picture.
Sodros didn't know what to say.
Initially, he had high expectations for Fang Mingjing, the group leader, but in the end...
Stinky Sprout: "Well, I'm not anything special right now, it was just a coincidence that I became the group leader of this chat group."
Fang Mingjing never intended to put on a mysterious act in the group, to pretend to be some kind of big shot.
That would be troublesome, and there was no need.
After all, everyone who entered the chat group wasn't stupid, realizing how powerful this chat group was, no one would be unwilling to befriend him, the group leader.
【Sword God Sodros has sent a targeted red packet.】
Sword God Sodros: "I saw this function in the chat group just now, and I thought I'd give it a try. Please accept it, group leader, as a token of appreciation for showing me a wider world."
His actions mirrored Yuyuko Saigyouji's from earlier.
After all, for those who were already strong, the world, while seemingly infinitely vast, was also small enough.
And the chat group that could traverse the myriad realms was a platform that allowed them to reach a higher level.
This opportunity could even be considered a blessing.
Fang Mingjing didn't hesitate to accept the red packet.
【Stinky Sprout has received the red packet.】
【You have obtained "Sword Insight".】
The thing he got made his eyes light up, he knew Sodros was strong.
In the story of Arad Continent, he was a living legend, with a special mastery and understanding of swordsmanship, not only was his mastery of great swords, short swords, katanas, light swords, and blunt weapons unsurpassed, but his mastery of all of them reached a level that no one could match.
For a goal, he even trained alone for 2,000 years in the hellish Death Tower.
The insights accumulated by such a person, as a gift, couldn't be considered anything less than substantial.
The Divine Tongue: "..."
Should she also send something?
The young lady of Totsuki may not be knowledgeable about social etiquette, but she wasn't stupid.
Looking at the dish she had just finished on the table in front of her, Erina Nakiri hesitated for a moment before sending it as a red packet.
Fang Mingjing, Seventeen-Year-Old, and Sword God Sodros snatched the red packet.
Seventeen-Year-Old: "Food, after seeing the information just now, I'm looking forward to it."
Sword God Sodros: "... Speaking of which, in these thousand years in the Death Tower, I haven't eaten anything decent."
Stinky Sprout: "Delicious!"
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【Look for the extras in the "Related to This Work" section of this book】