Chapter 69: Collecting Evidence
Tatsumaki, who'd only just joined the Dimensional Chat Group, very nearly lost control of her psychic powers and demolished her own home after reading the Admin's latest messages.
She knew exactly what "that kind of content" meant.
Disgusting!
Tatsumaki was twenty-eight. She wasn't some sheltered young girl.
And if even Kaguya Shinomiya knew what doujinshi meant—
There was no way Tatsumaki didn't.
But wait… something felt off. Knowing someone's future and that kind of fan content—what did those two things have to do with each other? Was there any logical connection at all?
The realization hit Tatsumaki like a brick, and she fell into deep thought.
What did fan-made content have to do with knowing the future?
Was this some kind of in-group code?
Or did it mean something else entirely?
Tatsumaki, brand new to the group, experienced a total brain crash.
She kept turning the question over and over.
But couldn't figure out a single thing.
All she had was confusion.
Piles and piles of confusion.
She kept watching the chat. If there was an answer to be found, it would come from following the conversation.
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Kaguya-sama: Why does the Admin look at that kind of stuff?!
Kaguya-sama: And… and it's stuff involving ME!
Kaguya-sama: And Chika-san!!
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Come to think of it… if the Admin has watched Kaguya-chan's, does that mean he's also watched this one's?
RawrSoFierce: Are you sure you want me to tell you the cruel truth?!
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Bring it on! The Youkai Sage fears nothing!
RawrSoFierce: Watched it.
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: …There actually IS one?! Curse you, kisama!!!
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: This kind of unwholesome content that corrupts youth, warps developing minds, and leads young people astray—it should be consigned to the dustbin of history! We need a full-scale cleanup campaign!
Kaguya-sama: Ten billion percent support! Crack down on indecency! Prioritize the crackdown!
Kaguya-sama: This material seriously damages the healthy development of young people, endangers societal harmony, and increases crime rates! Eradicate it! It must all be eradicated! 404 everything! 404 ALL OF IT!!
RawrSoFierce: Well said. We must firmly resist such unwholesome publications!
Kaguya-sama: Then why were YOU looking at them, Admin?!
RawrSoFierce: I was merely collecting evidence before filing a report.
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Ryū said this with the utmost righteousness. He had once been a socially responsible young man of the modern era. Whenever he encountered unwholesome content or websites that could lead young people astray, he reported every single one.
Of course, he wouldn't report something just because it rubbed him the wrong way.
Reporting an offending website required submitting screenshots.
Therefore, he needed to collect sufficient evidence.
And then—conduct a righteous report!
As for having seen the doujinshi in question—
That was simply an unavoidable side effect of the evidence-collection process. He'd accidentally glanced at a few pages. Purely accidental.
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RawrSoFierce: Every time I find one of these websites, I report it.
RawrSoFierce: This stuff has zero benefits. Only harm.
RawrSoFierce: Actually, you should all be thanking me. I've reported at least a hundred offending websites. Seventy or eighty of them got taken down. And here you are, not thanking me—just roasting me. Heartbreaking…
Kaguya-sama: …I suspect the Admin is lying, but I have no proof.
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: I also suspect the Admin is lying. And I've already begun collecting evidence.
RawrSoFierce: Sigh. Even good deeds get misunderstood. Tears flowing a thousand miles~
RawrSoFierce: This world… is not worth it.
Kaguya-sama: …
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: …
Terrible Tornado: …
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Watching the exchange between Ryū, Yukari, and Kaguya, the already-bewildered Tatsumaki became even more lost.
Her brain couldn't keep up. She couldn't figure out what doujinshi had to do with the future…
And why had these three gone from talking about that to… the healthy development of young people?
Wasn't that a bit of a logical leap?
Could someone please explain? And if she asked directly, would that come across as rude? Wait… since when did she care about being rude? But… aaaagh, why was she so conflicted?!
A thoroughly baffled Tatsumaki continued lurking and screen-watching, lost in her own spiraling thoughts.
She had no idea how many questions were piling up inside her, or how to even begin asking them.
The one thing she was sure of: the person these members called "Admin-dono" was extremely mysterious. Why else would everyone address him with such reverence?
Thinking about it, Tatsumaki let out a quiet breath and murmured: "Someone who can be the Admin of a Dimensional Chat Group… must be an incredibly powerful person, right?"
As for exactly how powerful—Tatsumaki had no way of knowing.
She could only speculate in the privacy of her own mind.
Even if nothing concrete came of it.
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Terrible Tornado: Um… can I ask something? You were saying earlier that the Admin knows my future. But why did the future get mixed up with… that other stuff?
Tatsumaki had finally voiced the question burning brightest in her mind.
RawrSoFierce: Great question. The answer is: they're completely unrelated!
RawrSoFierce: We just accidentally went off on a tangent.
Terrible Tornado: Huh?… Off on… It was just… a tangent?
Terrible Tornado: It has nothing to do with the so-called doujinshi? Phew. I was overthinking it.
Kaguya-sama: New member, where did your mind go?! And Admin-dono, don't think you can change the subject and wriggle out of this! I now believe the probability that you were lying earlier is at least seventy percent!
Kaguya-sama: How could the Admin—the leader of this entire group—be looking at that kind of thing?!
RawrSoFierce: Bah. I told you, I was collecting evidence on offending websites.
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: I KNEW the Admin was a big pervert! The pure and innocent Youkai Sage, Yukari Yakumo-sama, cannot help but shed a crystalline tear.
RawrSoFierce: Bull. You're the most impure person in this entire group…
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Slander! Pure slander! Kaguya-chan, come tell everyone—who's more impure, the perverted Admin or the pure and innocent Youkai Sage?
Kaguya-sama: …Um, Yukari-nee-sama, do you want me to be honest?
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: Go ahead! Yukari-nee-sama has your back!
Kaguya-sama: I feel like Yukari-nee-sama is more impure than the Admin… That offer to 'give me a massage' earlier was definitely something only a… a pervert would do.
The Eternally Seventeen-Year-Old Maiden: _(`"∠)_ Pfft! I never expected you, Kaguya-chan—with your delicate features and your status as an underage maiden—to betray this one.
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