Before Tsunade could explode in anger after being told she was terrible at gambling, the small and energetic March 7th asked her question first. Tetsuya was also curious and immediately checked what these points could be used for.
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: For now, points can be used to draw the lottery, 1,000 points per draw, and to travel to another member's world, which costs 1,000 points per hour. There may be other uses in the future. After all, this is just the beginning.]
[March 7th: That's awesome! But it's really expensive.]
[Tsunade Senju: Lottery? That's gambling again, isn't it?!]
[Saeko Busujima: I'm more interested in traveling to your worlds using these points.]
[Boa Hancock: Can points only be obtained through daily sign-ins?]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: No, probably not. There's also a mission function. When a group member triggers a mission, we can complete it for a large amount of points. And there should be other ways to earn points as well.]
[Tsunade Senju: Other ways?]
[Saeko Busujima: By the way, since we're all from different worlds, our situations must be different too, right? What are your worlds like? My world is just modern Earth.]
[March 7th: Earth? That's the same name as Uncle Yang's home!]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: Your world isn't just an ordinary modern Earth, Saeko-senpai.]
[Boa Hancock: Oh? How do you know that? Aren't we all in different worlds?]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: I know some things. Don't ask how. Just think of it as prophecy or something like that.]
[Tsunade Senju: My world is called the ninja world.]
[Saeko Busujima: A ninja world? Is it like what I'm thinking?]
[Tsunade Senju: I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm the granddaughter of the God of Shinobi of Konohagakure!]
[March 7th: Wow! The God of Shinobi?! Is that like an Aeon?! Your grandfather is an Aeon?!]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: No, March-chan. That's just a title. Tsunade's world is indeed called the ninja world, but it's not ninja like what Saeko-senpai is imagining. They can use techniques called jutsu, which honestly are more like magic, you can spit out water and fire from your mouth. The only thing that really resembles "ninja" is that they use kunai and shuriken.]
That was true, wasn't it? Even in the anime itself, Sasuke Uchiha said that ninjutsu and genjutsu were essentially forms of magic.
[Saeko Busujima: …Ninjas can do that?]
[March 7th: Oh… I thought Tsunade-nee's grandfather was an Aeon, hehe.]
[Tsunade Senju: …]
[Boa Hancock: Ninjutsu? Is that the power of Devil Fruits?]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: No. Tsunade's world uses an energy system called chakra. They don't need to eat Devil Fruits.]
[Saeko Busujima: By the way, Tetsuya-kun. You said my world isn't an ordinary modern Earth. Can you explain?]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: Mm. Saeko-senpai's world will face a zombie apocalypse.]
[Saeko Busujima: …]
[March 7th: Zombie apocalypse? What's a zombie?]
[Tsunade Senju: I don't know, but the word "apocalypse" sounds very unpleasant!]
[Boa Hancock: I've heard of zombies. They are corpses, or dead creatures, that walk.]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: Hancock is right. They're walking undead with no intelligence or reason, and they prey on humans. Specifically, from what I know, they eat human brains.]
[March 7th: That's horrible! Will Saeko-san's brain be eaten?!]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: Don't worry. In the future I know, Saeko-senpai won't be eaten by zombies. Besides, she has excellent sword skills. Since the zombie apocalypse hasn't started yet, and now that there's this chat group, you can start investigating or gathering resources to prepare in case it really happens.]
[Saeko Busujima: I understand. I'll do that. Thank you for the warning, Tetsuya-kun.]
[March 7th: Tetsuya! Tetsuya! Then what about me?! Do you know what's going on in my world too?! Will my world have an apocalypse as well?!]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: A world with highly advanced, cutting-edge technology, so advanced that it can achieve intergalactic travel. A world where beings called Aeons exist, each governing a concept along their own Path. I don't know whether your world will face an apocalypse or not, but it is indeed dangerous, with many powerful entities like the Antimatter Legion and Stellarons.]
[March 7th: Eh, Tetsuya, you know so much…]
[Tsunade Senju: Tsk! What the hell is this? Concepts I can't even understand.]
[Saeko Busujima: That's… terrifying.]
[Boa Hancock: Is March 7th's world really that frightening?]
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: Compared to your worlds, yes. Aeons possess power capable of destroying the universe when they act. Forget the Aeons, there's also technology called Star Destroyer ships, whose cannon fire can destroy planets.]
[Tsunade Senju: !!!]
[Boa Hancock: !!!]
[Saeko Busujima: !!!]
[March 7th: ??? What's wrong with everyone?]
Among the four of them, only March 7th was confused by Saeko and the others' reactions. After all, she already knew about Star Destroyer ships and their planet-destroying firepower.
[Tetsuya Hiratsuji: They're just shocked. There's nothing like planet destruction in their worlds, so it's natural for this concept to scare them.]
[Boa Hancock: No… Even the World Government's Buster Call isn't that terrifying. Does something like that really exist?!]
[Tsunade Senju: Damn it! What the hell is a Star Destroyer ship?! Even the God of Shinobi couldn't do that! You're telling me it's just a machine, and one cannon shot can do it?!]
[Saeko Busujima: This… this is too shocking. Too many unbelievable things in a single day.]
That was only natural.
After all, even Tetsuya hadn't believed it at first when he saw Yotsuya Miko and realized this world was filled with evil spirits. Let alone Saeko and the others, upon learning that there existed a world whose technological level was advanced enough to create ships with planet-destroying cannons.
At that moment, the lunch bell rang.
"Tetsuya-kun, do you want to have lunch with me?"
Megumi, sitting beside him, asked. Since class had started, she had noticed that Tetsuya wasn't paying attention to the lesson or listening to the teacher at all. He looked dazed, staring straight ahead, while his thoughts were clearly elsewhere.
Even when the lunch bell rang, he remained seated. Megumi couldn't hold back anymore and invited him to eat lunch together.
She was holding a lunch box in her hands.
Hearing her voice, Tetsuya closed the chat group and turned to look at Megumi. He smiled and nodded. "Of course."
A faint curve appeared at the corner of Megumi's lips, but no one noticed it at all.
They then left the classroom together after Tetsuya picked up his lunch box.
"Ah! Wait, Tetsuya-kun, Sato-san! Don't leave me behind!"
At that moment, Marin came running toward them with her lunch. She had originally wanted to invite Tetsuya to eat lunch alone, but since her seat was in the front, far from Tetsuya's, she had been beaten to it by Megumi, who sat right beside him.
However, Marin was a girl with extremely high social skills. If she couldn't eat alone with him, why not eat together with Megumi too? After all, they were friends as well.
Hm~ hm~ She really was a genius.
The two of them turned around. Tetsuya smiled at Marin as she ran over. On the other hand, Megumi seemed to mutter something indistinct, and for a brief moment, her expression turned gloomy, but no one noticed it at all.
Only Marin flinched slightly when she reached them. She wasn't sure what had happened, but she felt something cold crawl up her spine, along with a faint sense of hostility directed at her.
That had to be her imagination, right?
Marin quickly returned to her cheerful self and walked together with Tetsuya and Megumi.
"You're eating together? I'll join too!"
"Sure, no problem," Tetsuya nodded and looked at Megumi. "How about you, Megumi?"
"Mhm. It's fine."
"Yay!"
Marin cheered like a child, clapping her hands. The three of them then walked together, Marin chatting brightly, Tetsuya responding calmly, and Megumi quietly listening.