[Multiplayer Mission "Save Setsuna Shimazaki" has been completed. Distributing rewards.]
[Reward distribution as follows: Souta receives 5,000 points, Tokisaki Kurumi receives 3,500 points, Altair receives 800 points, Shinobu receives 700 points.]
After Setsuna was resurrected, the system promptly announced the mission's completion.
Souta, Kurumi, and Shinobu exchanged a glance—being very considerate, they immediately returned to the real world.
Altair and Setsuna had just overcome the barrier between life and death, reuniting in a touching moment.
Obviously, they needed some alone time to "cherish" the moment overnight.
And just to clarify—"cherish" here didn't mean anything lewd.
They were just expressing their emotions, hugging, and crying together out of joy.
Back in the real world, Souta stared at the mission system on his phone, occasionally glancing at Shinobu, who had elegantly resumed drinking tea.
Something about this felt off.
Shinobu got 700 points?
It wasn't that Souta didn't respect her, but...
She basically did nothing the entire mission, right?
Honestly, Souta wouldn't have been surprised if the system didn't give her any points at all.
There just wasn't any combat situation that required someone with brute-force melee expertise like her.
At least Altair had contributed—she used her Representation Exposition ability to create a vacuum barrier, ensuring their voices didn't reach Piccolo.
And after everything was done, she helped pick up the Dragon Balls.
Sure, it was just picking up some orbs, but hey—contribution was contribution.
Yet, Altair only got 100 more points than Shinobu?
That didn't seem right.
Shinobu casually glanced at Souta, seemingly reading his thoughts. She wasn't pleased.
"You're underestimating my contribution, aren't you?" she said with mild annoyance.
"Uh... You actually contributed?" Souta blinked.
"Of course. While it's true that I did nothing from start to finish, I was a safety net for you all. If your time-stopping plan failed, who would have fought Piccolo? Me. Without me there, your risk would have doubled—in fact, if something had gone wrong, you might not have even made it back."
"I would have made it back," Souta retorted.
All he had to do was mentally say "Return", and he'd be instantly teleported back to the real world.
"You, perhaps," Shinobu admitted, "but would you have abandoned Kurumi and Altair?"
Kurumi, who was in the kitchen making tea, had been eavesdropping on the conversation.
When she saw Souta rendered speechless, her lips curled into a smile—a smile that carried a sense of happiness.
"...So the system even considers hypothetical safety nets as mission contributions..."
He might have just learned an important lesson about future missions.
If he was capable of completing something alone, he probably shouldn't bring strong allies along to slack off.
Because apparently, the stronger the ally, the more points they'd get—
Even if they did absolutely nothing.
At this moment, Kurumi returned with the tea and placed a cup in front of Souta.
Then, she pulled up a chair and sat beside him.
Shinobu, seated across from them, merely glanced at Kurumi but said nothing.
"Souta, the seven Dragon Balls got scattered across Altair's world. Is that okay?" Kurumi asked, tilting her head.
"It's fine," Souta reassured her. "I already asked the system—because that world's laws of reality are different, even if someone collects all seven Dragon Balls, they won't be able to summon Shenron."
He explained further, "Only we, the Friends Group members, have the Worldview Integration function(Cross-World Synchronization Effect), which lets us break those rules and summon Shenron across dimensions."
When Shenron granted Altair's wish, he vanished, and the Dragon Balls scattered as usual.
Souta had actually wanted to stop them—
But those orbs shot away at insane speed without warning, turning into stone before he could even use Time Stop to halt them.
Honestly, he had thought of a crazy loophole—
If he could stop the Dragon Balls, then have Kurumi use her Four Bullet to rewind time on them...
Wouldn't they revert back to their usable state?
If so, he could potentially create "Infinite Wishes."
Even though early-era Shenron wasn't very powerful, free wishes were still better than nothing.
...Too bad he missed his chance.
Just as he sighed at the lost opportunity, his phone vibrated—
Actually, all three of their phones vibrated.
Kurumi, Shinobu, and Souta froze.
Souta quickly pulled out his phone and checked.
[A Friends Group member's wish fulfillment conditions have been met. Issuing new mission...]
[Multiplayer Mission: Save the Date A Live World.]
Your friend, Tokisaki Kurumi, wishes to change the tragic past of the Eurasian Sky Disaster, ensuring that all Spirits survive while still preventing the catastrophic effects of Mio Takamiya's Sephira Crystals.
As a friend, you should help each other out. Show your bond of friendship by assisting Tokisaki Kurumi in saving the world.
💠 Divine Spark x1 (D&D Ultimate Overhaul Edition)
Note: This mission allows up to three participants. The Group Leader will decide who joins.
A new multiplayer mission was issued.
Souta had expected this.
When he had traveled to the Date A Live world to pick up Kurumi, he had already triggered her wish-based mission.
But the system only issued one multiplayer mission at a time.
If a new mission was triggered while an existing one was still incomplete, the new one would enter a pending state—
And only be officially activated once the current mission was completed.
So, this wasn't surprising.
What was surprising, however...
Was the mission reward.
"A Divine Spark... and it's labeled 'D&D Ultimate Overhaul Edition'?
Souta felt a mix of curiosity and confusion.
Mentally, he asked the system,
"What exactly does this Divine Spark do?"
[It allows the user to become a god.]
His mind flashed to the Dungeons & Dragons lore.
"Are we talking about the kind of god that ascends, rules a Divine Domain, and becomes immortal?"
[No. It grants divinity according to the 'Ultimate Overhaul Edition' of the D&D system.]
"...What does that even mean?"
This label was so weird that he couldn't help but question it.
[Overhauled D&D Gods function differently:
💠 The Divine Spark is their Divine Domain, allowing it to merge with their body.
💠 They can freely walk the mortal world without constraints.
💠 No longer require faith or worship to maintain divinity.]
Souta's eyes widened.
"Wait. That's actually kind of broken."