He didn't expect Kaito to be online all the time, but if possible, it would have been great if Kaito could log in with the same frequency as Ako... no, Mika.
Ako was completely active online all the time, while Mika would log in to play for a few hours when she had time.
Apart from being online frequently at the beginning, he then didn't log in for a month and a half, and now he was only staying for one night.
What difference was that from a returning player who decided to quit again right after coming back?
"Kaito-nii... Actually, we all know you're not from our world."
Asuna bit her lower lip, and after thinking for a long time, she decided to say it.
They were able to know this because of Ako.
Naturally, they couldn't know about the chat group; even if they did, they would quickly forget, but when Ako mentioned it, she said she used a magical ability to connect to other worlds.
Thus, Asuna and the others knew that Mika, Ako, and Kaito were all from other worlds.
Among them, Mika and Ako were residents of Japan in a parallel world, while Kaito was a resident of China in another parallel world.
The fact that people from two different worlds could gather to play a virtual online game and become friends with them still felt magical to them.
Perhaps this was also fate!
Because of fate, they met, became friends, and became the most trusted partners who could entrust their backs to them.
They knew that in this online game world, dying meant real death...
Being able to entrust one's back to others was essentially placing one's life in their hands.
If that person betrayed them, fled in battle, or suddenly attacked them from behind, they could easily die.
"Well... you all know now..."
This matter did catch Kaito somewhat by surprise.
But it was fine that they knew. It wasn't like they would tell everyone. People in this world couldn't really harm them anyway.
These everyday worlds weren't like the Toaru Majutsu no Index World or the Fate World.
Where either there were Magic Gods or Counter Forces.
"Yes, and... I also know that Kaito-nii... you're doing something very important, right?"
Ako hadn't said much, but it was easy to deduce that the reason Kaito hadn't been online was because he had something very important to do.
"That's true. You might not believe this, but in another universe, I became the Overlord of the Universe."
Kaito said it easily, then looked at Asuna's reaction.
Stunned?
Dazed?
Suspicious that Kaito was joking?
"I'm telling the truth. Outside this world, I possess the power to destroy planets."
"I-I really can't tell... Kaito-nii, you're not messing with me, are you? After all... I've received an elite education and am way past the age where I'd indulge in fantasies as a girl..."
Yeah, Asuna now wasn't the young girl Asuna, but the eighteen-year-old, mature Asuna.
Cough cough!
Both in temperament and looks, she was much better than the young girl Asuna.
Kaito smiled and drank another cup of tea, then shrugged.
"This isn't the real world, so I can't show it, but one day, I can take you out of this world, even take you out of your real world."
"To be precise, I have a GM account. I can log you out anytime, back to real life."
He came clean. He wasn't hiding it anymore.
He was someone with a GM account. Want some divine gear? Want to max out your level directly?
"I-Is that true?"
"Of course it's true. Look at my level."
Up, up, up, up, up...
Level 24, one level higher than Asuna, the current highest level.
Seeing Kaito's level change, Asuna immediately believed him.
No wonder, no wonder Kaito's leveling speed was faster than anyone else's when he took them on adventures!
Not only that...
One day, when Ako, who was usually slacking off, was almost killed by a monster, a red window popped up saying [Indestructible] when her HP was down to the last point.
And a program appeared, scanned the area, and wiped out the surrounding monsters.
Fortunately, not many people knew about it at the time, otherwise it would have caused an uproar!
This was Kaito's way of protecting them before he logged off.
"But... why didn't you tell us earlier, Kaito-nii?"
Asuna's emotions were very complicated at this moment.
If Kaito had a GM account and could log them out, why didn't he use it from the start? Why let them stay in this world, constantly worrying during every battle?
"For a simple reason: to let you experience a second life that ordinary people could never experience in their lifetime, and such an otherworldly life at that."
"That... I don't quite understand. If Kaito-nii was willing, could you let everyone not die and play the game normally?"
"Yes."
"Then why did you..."
"Because I don't have such a lofty ideal of saving the world. Besides, they're all strangers to me."
Well...
Saying something that would make him so unlikeable instantly made Asuna's face pale.
Kaito, who could have saved everyone, kept this secret because he had no ideal of saving others, even treating them as strangers.
It was like being able to save many people's lives but choosing to look on coldly.
For a moment, this made Asuna feel extremely uncomfortable.
She felt that the Kaito-nii she liked and admired shouldn't be like this...