『 The scene shifted, transitioning into a city background filled with neon colors.
Previously on Cosmic Ninjutsu Inscriptions
[ A long, long time ago in a world far away, there was a city that flourished under the rule of a Ninja Hero for many generations. It was known as the Ninja Capital. ]
[ Under the protection of the Ninja Hero, the people of the city thrived. They lived and worked in peace and happiness could be felt even in the sewers of the Ninja Capital. ]
[ Until an evildoer known as Evil Ninja Osaru murdered the Ninja Hero and laid claim to the city. ]
[ The happiness of the past instantly dissolved into bubbles… ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "A sudden change in art style?"
Stelle: "What on earth is this?"
Stelle: "Why did it suddenly start telling a story?"
March 7th: "Cosmic Ninjutsu Inscriptions?"
March 7th: "The Ninja Capital??"
March 7th: "Could this be Miss Rappa's hometown?"
Paimon: "It must be!"
Paimon: "I get it now!"
Paimon: "Miss Rappa's hometown was destroyed by Dr. Primitive!"
Paimon: "That's why she became a Galaxy Ranger, preparing to seek revenge on Dr. Primitive!"
Hu Tao: "Well-reasoned and logical. I think so too."
Rappa: "Is it truly a tale regarding the Ninja Capital?"
Rappa: "…"
Rappa: "It truly fills this one with nostalgia!"
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『 56th Year of Ninja Era, the Ninja Capital—
In a hidden place within the city, a devout young girl was kneeling before Master Kucha.
[ O child new to the way of the ninja, I recognize your determination. Henceforth, you shall be the successor to my Dazzling Ninjutsu. ]
Master Kucha nodded, consenting to the girl inheriting his mantle.
[ Thank you, Master Kucha. This disciple is deeply honored. ]
A look of joy appeared on the girl's face.
[ Look at this city-state shrouded in gloom! ]
[ Suffering, hatred, and sorrow grow in this soil steeped in sin. The waves of blood and tears will drown all hope. ]
[ All because of the heartless, tearless Evil Ape Ninja, who uses wicked arts to make the people sink into depravity, indulging evil forces to bully others, drawing the wrath of the whole world. ]
[ You will take up the legacy of the Ninja Hero, settle the scores of the Evil Ninja, end the long night of the Ninja Capital, and return a peaceful world to the people. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Furina de Fontaine: "Is this the scene of Miss Rappa becoming a disciple?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Is this Master Kucha, Miss Rappa's master?"
Stelle: "She actually has a real lineage."
Stelle: "I thought Miss Rappa was just a bit chuunibyou."
Stelle: "As expected, the world is vast, and there are all kinds of wonders."
March 7th: "I really haven't heard of a place called the Ninja Capital before."
March 7th: "Could it be… already destroyed by Dr. Primitive?!"
Dan Heng: "…Yes, it's possible."
Dan Heng: "With Dr. Primitive's strength, dealing with an ordinary world is not very difficult."
Lumine: "Miss Rappa… is your hometown still there?"
Rappa: "Hometown?"
Rappa: "It has been gone for a long time…"
Rappa: "Even Master Kucha…"
Lumine: "I'm sorry, please accept my condolences…"
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『 [ An astounding recitation of the ninja mantra, Master Kucha! I swear I will train hard until I become the Dazzling Ninja! ]
The girl looked at Master Kucha with admiration, setting her goal in her heart.
[ What an admirable resolve! ]
[ To contend with the Evil Ninja, you also need a new name, a name belonging to a ninja. ]
Master Kucha looked at the girl.
[ Then what should this disciple be called? ]
The girl asked with some curiosity.
[ I don't know, my disciple. Your name will carry your ideals, your convictions, and your destiny. Your ninja name belongs to you alone. ]
[ —Therefore, you must decide it yourself. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Qingque: "It seems Miss Rappa's experience is an inspirational story?"
Qingque: "To become the Dazzling Ninja Hero—she has already successfully achieved it now!"
Li Sushang: "If Miss Rappa's master could know this, he would surely be very gratified, right?"
Guinaifen: "I always feel that every Galaxy Ranger carries an untold, tragic past."
Welt Yang: "Perhaps it is precisely these pasts that forged their will of The Hunt."
Stelle: "If we go by that logic, doesn't that mean all Galaxy Rangers have had it incredibly rough?"
Stelle: "That's a bit too pitiful."
Boothill: "Sister, if you define having experienced misfortune in the past as tragic."
Boothill: "Then I can only say…"
Boothill: "Muddle fudger, almost all Galaxy Rangers really do have a miserable past."
Boothill: "Even this sister Rappa is no exception."
Boothill: "In fact, her background is far more bizarre than you think."
Rappa: "Tragic?"
Rappa: "But in this one's view, this is actually also a form of cultivation!"
Boothill: "Treating suffering as cultivation—sister, you really are something else!"
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『 The scene shifted, coming to Stelle.
[ What a baffling dream… This should finally be the Paperfold University, right? ]
After leaping into the Dream Bubble, Stelle's vision went dark.
When she woke up again, she found herself on a street.
[ Stelle—we're over here! ]
At that moment, near the distant gate, March 7th waved at Stelle.
[ Stelle, you're late! Did you run off to Aideen Park with someone to clown about again? ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "You might not believe it if I told you."
Stelle: "A bunch of monkeys kidnaped me!"
March 7th: "I believe you, I totally believe you!"
March 7th: "Because I saw it!"
Stelle: "Speaking of Aideen Park…"
Stelle: "Where was that again??"
Stelle: "Oh, oh!"
Stelle: "I remember!"
Stelle: "That's the place where Hotaru took me to play games!"
Hotaru: "Mhm, yes, there are many entertainment facilities there."
Paimon: "Speaking of which, the place Miss Stelle arrived at this time is indeed the Paperfold University, right?"
Robin: "That's correct, this is the entrance to the Paperfold University."
Robin: "Walking further in, you can enter the campus of the Paperfold University."
Stelle: "Finally, I didn't fall into a monkey nest again."
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『 [ I met a lot of monkeys… ]
[ And I also met a ninja… ]
[ The monkeys are monkeys that go Bana bana... ]
Stelle told March 7th and Dan Heng about the strange dream she had just entered.
[ Monkeys, ninjas… doesn't sound like something that happened in Penacony, more like a Dream Bubble. ]
After hearing Stelle's story, Dan Heng speculated.
[ Hmm… the monkeys you mentioned, could you be referring to them? ]
March 7th turned around and pointed to the two monkeys beside them.
[ That's them! ]
[ Why are they here too? ]
[ Am I still dreaming? ]
Looking at the familiar monkeys, Stelle's brain went completely blank.
[ I knew you had to be talking about Slumbernana Monkey. ]
Seeing Stelle's expression, March 7th was a bit surprised.
[ Slumbernana Monkey? ]
Stelle looked at March 7th in confusion.
[ Allow me to introduce you to the most popular little guy in Paperfold University! It's more beloved than Clockie. ]
[ Slumbernana Monkey likes goofing off and loves eating bananas. It lives a carefree life in the Moment of Slumbernana. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "What?! These monkeys are more popular than Clockie?!"
Stelle: "AS A CLOCKIE LOYALIST, I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS!!"
Dan Heng: "March, why are you so familiar with this thing?"
March 7th: "How should I know?"
March 7th: "I must have asked around at school."
March 7th: "It's really surprising. What on earth are these Slumbernana Monkeys, and how did they manage to get onto the campus?"
March 7th: "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
Lumine: "Since they are the creations of that Dr. Primitive, it should be a bad thing, right?"
Lumine: "But these monkeys don't look like they pose any harm…"
Paimon: "Other than making weird banana noises, we indeed haven't seen any obvious danger."
Dan Heng: "We cannot let our guard down. Dr. Primitive's methods are beyond the imagination of ordinary people."
Dan Heng: "There must be some conspiracy hidden within this."
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『 [ Is it also an animated character created by the Watchmaker? ]
Hearing March 7th say this, Dan Heng couldn't help but ask.
[ No, no, it only appeared recently. It's a... What's it called again? A me... A meme(mimeme)! ]
[ No one knows what the source is, but it became popular overnight. ]
[ Fans have put together a set of Bananese that only banana-meme fans can understand, and they've even made all kinds of emojis and fan art for it! ]
[ The most popular one is the Slumbernana Song. ♪ Ba na na na~ Ba na na na~ ♪ ]
March 7th began to hum the Slumbernana Song.
[ You really are an expert at surfing the net. ]
Hearing March 7th know so many details, Stelle couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
[ Heehee~ Of course! This young lady is now a female college student who keeps up with current events. ]
March 7th giggled.
[ Where did you learn all this from? ]
Dan Heng didn't quite understand.
[ The alumni group chat, of course! Joining the group chat to get familiar with everyone before school starts, isn't that common sense? ]
[ Being so unsociable, be careful not to make any friends after you enroll. ]
[ Come, let me pull you guys in too! ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Oh my~ you haven't even enrolled yet, and you've already joined the group chat?"
Stelle: "March, you really are something!"
Lumine: "This is the benefit of having communication devices!"
Lumine: "Teyvat is still a bit too primitive."
Paimon: "Mhm, on Teyvat, if only we could have something as convenient as a mobile phone…"
Zhongli: "Based on universal rationality, this is indeed an extremely convenient tool."
Zhongli: "Perhaps we can try to imitate and invent something similar."
Zhongli: "I have heard that Liyue's Cloud Retainer is highly skilled in the art of adepti mechanics!"
Zhongli: "If we can invite her, we might be able to attempt to recreate a mobile phone!"
Cloud Retainer: "Ahem…"
Cloud Retainer: "Such a miraculous creation, even this adeptus dares not make grand promises."
Cloud Retainer: "One can only say, I shall do my best."
Lumine: "The main thing is that we don't have a real sample. If we don't even know the principles, with Teyvat's technology, it would be very difficult to build a mobile phone, right?"
Nahida: "Is it difficult?"
Nahida: "Why do I feel… with some modifications to the Akasha Terminal, we could build something with similar functions?"
Nahida: "The only difficulty is that the Akasha cannot cover the entirety of Teyvat."
Welt Yang: "Well, I think you would need a satellite."
Welt Yang: "When we have some free time, I can explain the technology in this area to you in as simple terms as possible."
Welt Yang: "As long as you can build a satellite to transmit signals, you're halfway to success."
Lumine: "Then thank you very much, Mr. Welt!"
Stelle: "Tsk, I hope the live broadcast room has a private chat function."
Stelle: "Otherwise, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the bullet comments will be filled with formulas and principles that I can't understand! (derp_face.jpg)"
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『 With that, March 7th opened her phone and pulled Stelle and Dan Heng into the alumni group chat.
⚠︎, Paperfold University Fresh Banana Group
" /Say~Cheese~: Pulled in two new bananas! "
" /Banana Lover: Welcome! "
" /Banana Lover: (Slumbernana_Monkey_eating_a_banana.jpg) "
" /Chaletka: (Slumbernana_Monkey_eating_a_banana.jpg) "
" /Peelin' Richie: (Slumbernana_Monkey_eating_a_banana.jpg) "
" /Nanabloom-chan (Hardworking Edition):(Slumbernana_Monkey_eating_a_banana.jpg) "
" /Dan Heng: Hello, everyone. "
" /Stelle: Hello, everyone~ "
" /Stelle: (Slumbernana_Monkey_eating_a_banana.jpg) "
" /TreasureNana: So you like Slumbernana Monkeys, too! "
" /Peelin' Richie: That's great! " 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "March, your username is still so unique."
Guinaifen: "Are these Slumbernana Monkeys really that popular?"
Guinaifen: "Even the freshman group has turned into a 'Fresh Banana Group'?"
Qingque: "Not only that, it's even entirely filled with people sending Slumbernana Monkey emojis."
Himeko: "Earlier, little March said that this thing became popular overnight."
Himeko: "So sudden, and so fast…"
Himeko: "This must be someone deliberately pushing it behind the scenes."
Welt Yang: "Did the Family not notice anything at all?"
Welt Yang: "Or is it that Dr. Primitive is hiding too deeply?"
Stelle: "To be honest, why does it feel like Penacony's Family has become… after losing the Dreammaster and Sunday…"
Stelle: "Why does it feel like they've become so weak?"
Silver Wolf: "Isn't that normal?"
Silver Wolf: "When the Dreammaster and Sunday were around, they were the ones holding down the other Families and keeping up appearances."
Silver Wolf: "Now that both of them are gone, Penacony's Family is basically missing two major generals."
Furina de Fontaine: "I have to say, although the Dreammaster was a remnant of the Order, he indeed had a lot of guts."
Furina de Fontaine: "I still remember the scene where he threatened Miss Acheron."
Hu Tao: "I'm quite curious, if we swapped in that old Oti, would he dare to do that?"
Lumine: "That old Oti is a pure merchant. He probably wouldn't dare to risk his own life, right?"
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『 [ It's about time. Let's go through the enrollment procedures. ]
After greeting everyone in the group chat, Dan Heng put down his phone.
[ Let's go, let's go. A colorful campus life is waiting for us. ]
March 7th and Stelle also put away their phones, following Dan Heng as they walked into the campus.
[ But speaking of which, why is The Family running a school in a dream anyway? Do people really come to the Planet of Festivities just to study? ]
March 7th, who was looking around as she walked, raised a question at this moment.
[ Paperfold University was established during the Pioneering Era. It was initially a training ground for Dreamweavers and was founded by Glaux, head of the Nightingale Family. ]
[ Later on, the Iris and Alfalfa Families also got involved in university operations, and the education landscape expanded into the three academies we have today: Dreamweaver, Charmony, and Fortune. From there, Paperfold University became known as the top arts school in the cosmos. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "Dan Heng knows so much!"
March 7th: "So the Paperfold University is also divided into three colleges?"
March 7th: "Then this young lady wants to join Charmony!"
Paimon: "Wow, I really want to go to that Fortune College…"
Paimon: "That way, when I graduate, I will definitely be able to make lots and lots of money, right?"
Lumine: "What if you can't graduate at all, Paimon? (derp_face.jpg)"
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