🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
The room calms slightly, though not by much.Three universes full of idiots, geniuses, warriors, and pirates still swirl with confusion, hunger, and nerves.
Then someone asks the question:
"Since we're… outside the Omniverse… can we see it?"
Alex blinks internally.
Oh. Right. They don't know what it looks like.This could break their minds.…Eh, they asked.
He lifts a hand.
A portion of the lobby wall ripples like water.
Then becomes a window.
A window into infinite existence.
And everyone sees it.
The Omniverse.
Infinity.Color.Light.Galaxies birthing galaxies.Infinite clusters of universes.Branches of reality fractaling out.Cosmic rivers of creation flowing into void seas.Worlds within worlds within worlds.Eternity laid bare.
The room goes silent.
Absolutely silent.
The ninjas feel insignificant.The pirates feel unmoored.The Saiyans feel humbled.The humans feel tiny.The scholars feel overwhelmed.
Existential dread sweeps through every character—
Except three.
🔶 POV: Goku (First-Person)
Pretty colors.
🔶 POV: Naruto (First-Person)
Whoa.Shiny.Cool.Where's the food.
🔶 POV: Luffy (First-Person)
Is that meat?
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
He has never felt more justified in calling these three his "Idiot Trinity."
Then Luffy wipes his face and steps forward, eyes serious in a way that startles his crew.
"Is this… the One Piece?"
Alex's avatar freezes mid-blink.
Then he responds, dry, honest, blunt:
"No. The One Piece is on Laugh Tale."
The Straw Hats explode into noise.
"HE JUST SAID IT LIKE IT'S NOTHING—!!""YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THE ONE PIECE'S LOCATION LIKE THAT!""LAUGH TALE ACTUALLY EXISTS!?""WE KNEW THAT, BUT HE KNOWS THAT! WHY DOES HE KNOW THAT!?"
Luffy, still serious:
"Where's Laugh Tale?"
Alex shrugs (as much as a faceless avatar can).
"Somewhere in your world. I don't know the exact location.I don't get out much."
Luffy cries again.
🔶 POV: Bulma (First-Person)
Okay, okay—focus.Focus, Bulma.Ignore the rubber kid screaming about treasure.Ignore the ninjas panicking.Ignore Goku drooling again.
We need logistics.
🔶 POV: Goku (First-Person)
I raise my hand.
"Yeah, uh—how much does the food cost?"
Everyone stares at me like I became smart for five seconds.
Which I guess I did.
Even the faceless hotel guy looks surprised.
🔶 POV: Vegeta (First-Person)
Kakarot.Asking a MONEY QUESTION.
I must be hallucinating.
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
Shocked.Deeply shocked.
He didn't expect Goku's first real question in life to be about financial logistics.
But Alex clears his throat and answers:
"Your currency automatically converts into whatever your world's currency is.Prices are reasonable relative to your world's economy.Food costs what it would cost in your world's upscale restaurants."
Goku nods like he understands economics.
He does not.
🔶 POV: Nami (First-Person)
I IMMEDIATELY analyze prices.
If Luffy eats here, we're dead financially.
🔶 POV: Kakashi (First-Person)
Naruto is going to bankrupt the Leaf.
This is fine.
Everything is fine.
🔶 POV: Piccolo (First-Person)
This is going to be a disaster.
🔶 POV: Robin (First-Person)
"…Fascinating."
🔶 POV: Sakura (First-Person)
Naruto is definitely going to ruin us.
🔶 POV: Alex (Third-Person)
Now come the real questions.
Bulma steps forward.Robin follows.Piccolo sharpens his senses.Kakashi's eye narrows.Jiraiya pulls out his notebook.Nami prepares to calculate.Vegeta crosses his arms.Sanji takes a polite stance.
The adults.
The sane ones.
The responsible ones.
Alex braces himself.
They all speak at once:
"What is this place?""How did we get here?""Why can we all see each other?""What are the boundaries?""Is this stable?""Can we leave whenever we want?""What happens if someone breaks the rules?""Are there weapons here?""Is this safe for children?""How does the dimensional architecture function?""What is the power source?""Are there any hostile entities?""How far does the infinity go?""Is time consistent between worlds?"
Alex answers everything.
Calm.Polite.Detailed.Thorough.
Except one.
The last question.
"What exactly are the consequences of breaking your rules?"
Alex tilts his head.
Voice smooth.
Tone unreadable.
"That… is up to me."
Every adult shivers.
Naruto, Luffy, and Goku don't notice.
They're too busy sniffing toward the dining hall.