🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
The lobby is loud.
Not the normal "busy" kind of loud.The "three universes colliding in a food-scent-induced panic spiral" kind of loud.
Naruto babbling about ramen.Goku muttering about "food nirvana."Luffy crying about treasure-smell philosophy.Sakura rage-breathing like a volcano.Chi-Chi lecturing Goku at max volume.Nami yelling at Luffy for emotional instability.Vegeta swearing under his breath.Sanji praying to a culinary god.Piccolo quietly assessing dimensional stability.Robin smiling like she's reading a forbidden book.Kakashi trying to leave but failing.Jiraiya taking notes for a research paper on multiversal stupidity.
I raise a hand.
Not to quiet them.
To keep myself from laughing again.
These are my first guests.
What a nightmare.
I clear my throat and use the avatar's voice—calm, smooth, polite, slightly echoing:
"I need everyone's attention."
Shockingly, they listen.
The smell is distracting enough to tie them together in unified hunger.
Time to begin.
🔶 POV: Naruto (First-Person)
Okay, okay, focus.This giant faceless hotel guy is talking.I should pay attention.But also the food—THE SMELL—I'm starving—
No, Naruto. Focus.This is important.This is serious ninja business.
…But what if they have ramen?Real ramen.Better ramen.Endless ramen—
🔶 POV: Bulma (First-Person)
This is insane.
A building with infinite interior space.A being with no ki signature.No detectable energy structure.No gravity inconsistencies.
I need answers.Whether this thing is alien, divine, extradimensional, or something new.
"Excuse me—giant faceless man—WHAT is this place?"
🔶 POV: Zoro (First-Person)
I don't like this.
The building.The weird guy.The smell.
Mostly the smell.It's too good.It reminds me of Mihawk's aura—except edible.
But also—…where the hell am I?Did I get lost again?
🔶 POV: Chi-Chi (First-Person)
If this "hotel person" doesn't explain what's going on, I am dragging Goku home by his ears.
🔶 POV: Piccolo (First-Person)
I sense no malice.But immense power.And a structure that is not… alive, but is.Not a spirit.Not a demon.Not a machine.
I need details.
🔶 POV: Sanji (First-Person)
Whoever cooks here—I need to find them.Learn from them.Marry them.Or die trying.
🔶 POV: Sakura (First-Person)
If Naruto gets us killed—I am resurrecting himjust to kill him again.
🔶 POV: Vegeta (First-Person)
This is beneath me.Everything here is beneath me.Except that smell.Which might be above me.Which I hate.
🔶 POV: Luffy (First-Person)
I found One Piece.
I KNOW IT.
This place smells like the final destination of adventure.Treasure.Meat.Joy.
I'm crying again.
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
Chaos swirls in the air like a hurricane of stupidity, curiosity, and hunger.
Time to answer their questions.
Alex lifts a hand and speaks:
"This place is the Infinite Hotel.I am its guardian, caretaker, and consciousness."
The Straw Hats flinch.The ninjas tense.The Saiyans stare.
Alex continues:
"You are not in danger.You are not being controlled.You are not trapped.You are inside a neutral extradimensional structure."
Then he gestures to the wall.
"Please review the rules behind you."
Everyone turns.
They see:
1. No fighting2. All weapons confiscated3. No swearing near children4. Auto-healing5. Payment required
Immediately, three universes begin talking.
🔶 POV: Nami (First-Person)
"PAYMENT!?"I grab my wallet reflexively.
🔶 POV: Kakashi (First-Person)
The "no violence" rule…Sakura is in danger.
Good.
🔶 POV: Robin (First-Person)
A structure outside the Omniverse itself?Delightful.
🔶 POV: Jiraiya (First-Person)
No fighting?Well, that rules out 90% of my concerns.
🔶 POV: Goku (First-Person)
Payment?…Does food count as payment?I can give him food.…Wait, that defeats the purpose.
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
He lifts both hands, calming the multiversal storm:
"I'm aware this is confusing.But your worlds are not merging.You are not being teleported.You simply entered a place where all worlds can be visited safely."
A ripple passes through the room.
Shock.Wonder.Curiosity.
And hunger.
Mostly hunger.
Alex sighs internally.
These are the multiverse's heroes.
Wonderful.
Time to begin introductions.
"Now then,"Alex says politely,"who wants to ask the first question?"
All three idiots raise their hands at once.
Naruto.Luffy.Goku.
Of course.
Alex internally:I hate my life.