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Chat Group!
As someone who had lived through the internet era before transmigrating, Veyron was naturally familiar with the concept of "chat groups."
Adding the word "Dimensional" to it and considering that it seemed to be "visible only to himself, completely undetectable by others," he could already make an educated guess about what this chat group was.
As for whether it was exactly what he imagined…That would have to wait until he joined to find out.
He also wondered how this Dimensional Chat Group compared to the system he had brought along with his transmigration…
After he tentatively clicked [Yes] with his mind, a prompt appeared on the panel, making Veyron raise an eyebrow.
[Generating a unique username for you based on your personal profile…]
[Error… Error…]
[Please enter a username to use in the chat group: ___]
Looks like my system wins this round?
After thinking for a moment, Veyron typed "Ordinary Person" into the blank space.
Before transmigrating, he was just an average guy living in an ordinary world.
After transmigrating, sure, he unlocked a cheat ability, but even after nine years, let alone world domination, as Kaguya once put it, his swordsmanship was probably only good enough to bully weak, low-level yokai.
Against mid-tier yokai or talented low-tier ones, he'd be lucky to end in a mutual defeat—if his opponent gave him the chance.
No matter how he looked at it, "Ordinary Person" was a fitting name.
[System Message: Welcome, new member "Ordinary Person," to the chat group!]
[Earth's Cancer: Whoa, a newbie? Welcome, welcome~]
[Snake Empress: Welcome~]
[Catwoman: Why do I feel like you're way too excited, Chika?]
[Lady Avalon: That's because you haven't been around long enough. Stick around and you'll see — every time someone new joins, Chika-chan gets this excited without fail.]
[Earth's Cancer: Of course I'm excited! Every new member means our chat group just connected to another world, you know?]
[Lady Avalon: You say that like you're actually gonna do something with that connection.]
[Earth's Cancer: 😓 ]
In a classroom at Shuchiin Academy, a pink-haired girl with the username "Earth's Cancer" slumped over her desk upon seeing Lady Avalon's message.
Staaaare~~~
The intense gaze coming from her best friend, Shinomiya Kaguya, sitting next to her, made her quietly sit up straight and quickly regain her energy.
[Earth's Cancer: Well, sure, I can't really do much right now, but we've all agreed that this chat group definitely isn't just gonna stay as some cross-world messaging app, right?]
[Earth's Cancer: So yeah, the more people we have, the better!]
[Lady Avalon: Well then, you know the drill.]
[Lady Avalon: Chika-chan, the "welcoming committee" job is all yours again?]
[Lady Avalon: And judging from this newbie's username, you're probably the perfect person to handle this one.]
[Earth's Cancer: "Ordinary Person," huh… Finally, I'm not alone anymore! 😭]
[Earth's Cancer: Newbie, you here? @Ordinary Person]
[Earth's Cancer: First off, what you're seeing right now isn't an illusion or hallucination or anything like that, so don't worry. It's not magic or psychic powers either. To put it simply, this chat group is a special place that lets people from different worlds talk to each other.]
[Snake Empress: …Maybe they're like me — never really used these "chat apps" or whatever you people keep mentioning. Could be just sitting back and observing for now?]
[Earth's Cancer: Yeah, that's tricky. Guess we'll have to wait for them to get used to all this before we can properly talk.]
[Earth's Cancer: I remember the record for longest lurker after joining was Fubuki-nee, right? Didn't she stay silent for like half a month before finally saying something?]
[Lady Avalon: To be exact — seventeen days.]
[Hellish Blizzard: … ]
[Earth's Cancer: Ah, Fubuki-nee! You're here too?]
[Hellish Blizzard: Yeah, just finished dealing with some weirdo. Heading back to base now. Figured I'd check the chat since I've got nothing else to do.]
[Hellish Blizzard: So, there's a newbie?]
[Lady Avalon: Yep. Seems like they're as cautious as you were.]
[Ordinary Person: Sorry, I just thought it might be a bit rude for a newcomer like me to suddenly jump in, so I wanted to observe for a bit first.]
[Ordinary Person: Would someone mind explaining what exactly this chat group is?]
[Lady Avalon: Chika-chan?]
[Earth's Cancer: No problem, leave it to me!]
[Earth's Cancer: Really, no need to be so formal, newbie~ The fact that you were chosen by this chat group from countless worlds already means something. If you don't mind, just think of us as friends!]
[Ordinary Person: Friends, huh?]
[Earth's Cancer: Er, I mean, I'm just saying! Don't take it too seriously, haha. I mean, we all get along pretty well here for now, but in the end, whether people actually click or not depends on... well, people, right?]
[Earth's Cancer: Anyway, lemme introduce everyone in the group real quick.]
[Earth's Cancer: First up, @Lady Avalon, also known as Miss Merlin…]
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Yep, this is definitely that kind of chat group...
As Veyron listened to the enthusiastic introductions from Earth's Cancer, he mentally sorted through the information.
Earth's Cancer—real name Fujiwara Chika, from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War. A natural airhead and chaos gremlin capable of hijacking other people's animes and walking away with the heroine tag.
Lady Avalon—real name Merlin…. Specifically, from the Fate Series version of TYPE-MOON. Judging from her profile pic, it's the version from Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver (female version of Merlin), later appearing in Fate/Grand Order Arcade and eventually making her way into the mobile game.
Snake Empress— real name Boa Hancock from One Piece. Empress of Amazon Lily, captain of the Kuja Pirates, ex-Warlord of the Sea, and renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world. But judging by her profile pic, she looked like she was only twelve or thirteen here — still a ways off from the adult Hancock seen in canon.
Catwoman— real name Selina Kyle from DC Comics. A world-class cat burglar who targets jewelry and art, but occasionally helps out the heroes. A classic anti-hero. With decades of comics behind her and many different versions, it was hard to tell exactly which Catwoman this was from just Chika's brief intro.
Hellish Blizzard—real name Fubuki from One Punch Man. A powerful hero who mainly uses telekinesis.
Aside from these five, there was one more member who hadn't spoken since Veyron joined—Ghost Spider, real name Gwen Stacy, from Marvel Comics. First appeared in Edge of Spider-Verse, later starring in Spider-Gwen Vol.1, Vol.2, Spider-Geddon, and other works as her universe's Spider-Woman.