Chapter 68: Kaguya Shinomiya: ???
In the One-Punch Man world, Tatsumaki sat quietly on a sofa. She appeared to be resting with her eyes closed, but in truth she was inside the chat group, reading through the Group Announcement—which was already pushing two thousand words.
She didn't know how long she'd been reading before she finally opened her eyes.
Even as the S-Class Rank 2 hero—
Right now, she was struggling to process the shock.
She'd played it cool in the Dimensional Chat Group.
But just how staggered she actually felt?
She knew better than anyone.
Even though Tatsumaki's world was already full of monsters, heroes, espers… it was by no means an ordinary, everyday world.
But the existence of a Dimensional Chat Group was something else entirely.
If someone had told her about such a thing before today, she would have dismissed it ten thousand times over.
But the evidence was right in front of her.
How could she not believe it?
The Dimensional Chat Group in her mind was indisputably real!
Because she was S-Class Rank 2. No one in this world had psychic power that rivaled hers. There was no monster alive that could have invaded her mind.
It took several full seconds before Tatsumaki finally collected herself.
She couldn't help exhaling a slow breath: "Spend 1,000 Points for a Dimensional Transfer… Daily Sign-In earns 1 to 100 Points… A chance to become a Moderator… A chat group that bridges all dimensions…"
It was all so absurd. And yet this absurd thing—
Tatsumaki had no choice but to force herself to accept its existence.
"So if I accumulate enough Points, I can travel to other worlds—maybe even meet espers from other dimensions!"
Suppressing the excitement surging through her, she forced herself to calm down.
Her consciousness entered the Dimensional Chat Group again, tentatively.
And sure enough—she was back in the chat!
This was no hallucination!
And she wasn't dreaming!
* * *
Terrible Tornado: Finished reading the Group Announcement. It really is hard to wrap your head around. Took me a while to process.
Kaguya-sama: That's perfectly normal! It took me half a day to come to terms with it!
Terrible Tornado: So everyone in the chat group comes from a different world?
RawrSoFierce: That's basically it. Everyone's from their own respective world.
RawrSoFierce: Though it's theoretically possible that two members from the same world could end up in the group someday. The odds are just extremely small.
Terrible Tornado: I see… Phew! What a miraculous creation.
Terrible Tornado: I think I'm actually running out of words to describe it.
RawrSoFierce: @Terrible Tornado — New member, you should check out the Group Files. There's a detailed Six Powers training manual, Armament Haki training methods, Observation Haki activation guide, Gensōkyō Magic System compendium…
RawrSoFierce: You're an esper, so these systems work differently for you, but they're still worth studying.
Terrible Tornado: Got it… Wait. Hold on. Admin, you seem to know I'm an esper? I don't think I mentioned being an esper in the group?
* * *
Tatsumaki had suddenly noticed a blind spot. She'd only joined the group less than half an hour ago—not even twenty minutes.
She was fairly sure she hadn't revealed her identity, her name, or the fact that she was an esper.
And yet the person everyone called "Admin-dono"—
How did he know she was an esper?
Was he from her world?
But no matter how she thought about it, that seemed impossible!
It couldn't be that much of a coincidence!
The probability of randomly pulling two people from the same world into a group was already microscopically small.
Let alone a group that bridged all dimensions!
If two members turned out to be from the same world, those odds would be absurdly tiny.
A coincidence like that just shouldn't happen.
So the question remained: how did the Admin know?
A giant question mark bloomed in Tatsumaki's mind.
* * *
RawrSoFierce: I don't just know you're an esper. I also know your sister is an esper too. If I'm not mistaken, her name is Fubuki, and she's a B-Class hero.
RawrSoFierce: And you're Rank 2 among the S-Class heroes in the Hero Association!
Terrible Tornado: !!??
Kaguya-sama: …How does the Admin always know everything about everyone?
Terrible Tornado: ??!!
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Fufu~ Kaguya, would you like Yukari-nee-sama to give you a nice shoulder massage? This one has very skilled hands, you know~
Kaguya-sama: I'm shocked! Yukari-nee-sama is actually a… a… flirt!
Terrible Tornado: …
* * *
Tatsumaki suddenly had a thousand retorts she wanted to fire at the Admin, but couldn't figure out how to say any of them.
Because she recalled that the Group Announcement had mentioned the Admin had powers to "mute and kick members." That thought alone was enough to force her into a state of absolute rationality.
She'd only just gotten into the Dimensional Chat Group. She did not want to be kicked out.
But how did the Admin know so much about her?
Was he really from her world?
Wasn't that a bit too coincidental?
Then again, the possibility wasn't zero…
After all, even the smallest probability was still a probability.
* * *
Kaguya-sama: @Terrible Tornado — New member, there's really no need to panic. The Admin doesn't just know YOUR information. He knows everything about every member in the group.
Kaguya-sama: Admin-dono even knows our future trajectories!
Seeing Kaguya's message, Tatsumaki paused.
He knew every member's future trajectory?!
Was this some kind of precognitive ability?
That would explain it, at least.
* * *
Kaguya-sama: You might be a character from some anime, and the Admin might have even watched your… um… ahem… well, of course, given the Admin's age, he's probably long since lost interest in that sort of thing.
RawrSoFierce: Pfft… Little Kaguya, where exactly did you learn the word 'that sort of thing'?
Kaguya-sama: I heard my classmates talking about it…
Kaguya-sama: Admin-dono, you haven't actually watched any, have you?!
RawrSoFierce: Yep. Watched yours.
Kaguya-sama: (°ー°)
Kaguya-sama: ∑(°Д°)
Kaguya-sama: W-watched… watched mine… my… MY…?!
RawrSoFierce: Watched the one with you and Fujiwara Chika.
Kaguya-sama: …AAAAHHHH! ADMIN, YOU PERVERT!!!
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: This one suddenly has a very bad feeling about this…
Terrible Tornado: Sh-sh-shivering…
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