Yomagn’tho · Ren Kurose: Hello, everyone.
I’m the newcomer, so please take care of me!
Is anyone around to chat?
Waiting in this void for a human to summon him was honestly rather boring.
So Ren Kurose decided to speak in the Chat Group and kill some time, hoping that chatting with the others would relieve some of his boredom.
However, that single message caused a tremendous disturbance throughout the Chat Group.
**** · Ren Kurose: Hello, everyone.
I’m the newcomer, so please take care of me!
Is anyone around to chat?
Unlike what Ren Kurose himself could see, from the perspective of the other group members, the four characters representing Yomagn’tho did not appear at all.
Its name could not be spoken.
Fortunately, Ren Kurose’s original human name could still be displayed.
Otherwise, he couldn’t exactly communicate with everyone using nothing but censored characters every single time.
Not long after Ren Kurose sent his message, someone noticed it.
Bai Yuekui: Huh?
Why is the newcomer’s nickname censored?
In a certain post-apocalyptic world, an assault vehicle was speeding across a desolate wasteland.
Driving it was a woman with long silver hair, while several of her teammates sat nearby.
The silver-haired woman was Bai Yuekui.
Some time ago, she had joined this strange Chat Group.
And honestly, she found it rather interesting.
The idea that everyone inside came from different worlds sounded ridiculous even to Bai Yuekui, but considering that the apocalypse itself had already happened, it wasn’t something she found completely impossible to accept.
A newcomer had joined a few days ago as well.
Only now had that newcomer finally spoken.
After sensing activity in the Chat Group, Bai Yuekui immediately brought up the terminal to see what had been said.
In a wasteland like this, there was obviously no need to obey traffic laws.
So she drove with one hand and typed with the other.
Unfortunately, Bai Yuekui soon paid the price for doing so.
The moment she merely saw the sentence Ren Kurose had sent, the influence of the Outer God Yomagn’tho had already begun to take effect.
Anyone who came into contact with an Outer God would inevitably suffer a powerful influence.
Even a single line of written text was no exception.
And then—
Boom!
The assault vehicle Bai Yuekui was driving slammed directly into a rock beside the road.
Her teammates inside immediately began complaining.
“I told you we shouldn’t let the captain drive!
Something was bound to happen sooner or later.
See?
Today’s the day!”
As Bai Yuekui’s teammate, Xia Dou had always been terrified of her captain’s driving habits.
However, she quickly realized that something was wrong.
Their captain, normally the strongest among them, still hadn’t responded.
“Captain, what’s wrong?”
Xia Dou hurried over and discovered Bai Yuekui clutching her head, obvious pain written across her face.
“Did her old condition flare up again?”
…
Bai Yuekui wasn’t the only one affected.
The other group members who were currently online suffered the same influence.
Nico Robin: My head…
hurts so much.
I feel like I want to slaughter anything I see.
In the world of One Piece, Nico Robin, who was still a member of Baroque Works, had been deciphering a Poneglyph.
Yet at that moment, an intense headache suddenly struck her.
At the same time, a violent urge to kill began surging through her heart.
Robin found the sensation extremely strange.
Mitsuri Kanroji: Huh?
Ow, ow, ow!
My head hurts too!
What’s happening?
I suddenly feel like going out and killing demons.
No, I think I’m going to faint…
I haven’t even finished my food yet!
In the world of Demon Slayer, Mitsuri Kanroji, one of the Hashira, was likewise struck by the powerful influence.
Her mind and sanity were rapidly deteriorating.
Rikka Takanashi was affected as well.
However, from her perspective, what was happening seemed perfectly understandable.
Rikka Takanashi: My head hurts too!
What’s going on?
Wait…
Could it be—damn it!
Why is the Tyrant’s Eye awakening at a time like this?!
All four of them had been influenced by Ren Kurose to varying degrees.
Their sanity and minds were under assault, and their SAN values were plummeting.
Only the other two group members, who were currently offline, had escaped the effects.
It could be said that the entire Chat Group’s SAN value was continuously falling.
The situation became so severe that even the Chat Group itself issued an alarm.
Ding!
Warning!
Warning!
The Chat Group’s SAN value is continuously decreasing.
Further decline will cause severe harm to group members.
Danger!
Danger!
Ding!
Power leakage detected from **** · Ren Kurose!
Ding!
**** · Ren Kurose has been muted and isolated!
SAN value decline has stopped and is gradually returning to normal!
Three notifications appeared in succession.
Only then did the Chat Group’s SAN value finally stabilize.
Bai Yuekui and the others gradually recovered as well.
Back in the wasteland world, Bai Yuekui regained consciousness.
Afterward, she felt both lingering fear and deep confusion.
What exactly had happened inside the Chat Group?
Something there had actually affected her directly.
That was far too terrifying.
Bai Yuekui looked at Xia Dou and the others beside her, then glanced at the assault vehicle that had crashed into the rock.
The corner of her mouth twitched.
Her perfect record of zero traffic accidents…
had finally been broken.
Bai Yuekui felt like crying.
Meanwhile, in another world, Nico Robin also recovered.
The murderous urge inside Mitsuri Kanroji vanished as well, and clarity returned to her eyes.
As for Rikka Takanashi, she merely looked puzzled.
Her Tyrant’s Eye…
had finished awakening already?