GA: Chapter 45 – Dagu Is My Light! Don't You Respect Heijue's Resolve to Save His Mother?
Being part of this chat group was truly a stroke of luck for him.
Not because the group would somehow boost his strength or alter his fate, but simply because he could meet them, chat with them, and just… be part of it.
Of course, that was his perspective. He wasn't lacking in power. If he were in the position of the group owner, he probably would have had a lot more on his mind.
"Why does the topic feel so heavy all of a sudden, meow?"
"Indeed, it's heavy, but there's some joy mixed in," Turn Da Gu into Soup replied.
"Creating our work and seeing it loved in another world, seeing it influence people in their lives… that's far more satisfying than simply knowing you exist as a character in a story."
Dagu paused, a little nervous. "I wonder… do the people in that world feel positively toward my work? Or could it inadvertently lead them to do bad things?"
In the past, he might have fretted over being just a character in a story. But knowing that countless people in another world cherished his work, recognized it… that worry gradually faded, replaced by something else entirely.
Excitement. Pride. And a tinge of fear.
He wanted to bring light, to bring hope. Yet his own world's story was filled with the darkness of human nature. He wanted those in another world to watch his story and believe in hope, in justice.
"Already thinking this deeply? Not bad, Dagu."
Child of Nature's voice carried a rare admiration. "Don't worry. In my world, countless people are influenced by you. They believe in light and hope that one day they can become light themselves, like Ultraman defeating evil."
"I'm back," the ordinary group owner suddenly chimed in.
"I just skimmed the chat history… and somehow we ended up talking about youth."
"Dagu is my light!" the group owner added emphatically.
"I don't even get what the people arguing about Ultraman's violence were thinking. They don't care about the story's meaning at all!"
"Violence?" Uchiha Dance King scoffed.
"Sure, Ultraman and the monsters are powerful, but come on—those few repeated moves? You call that violent? Then what about facing a hundred thousand enemy shinobi in the Ninja World with effortless slaughter?"
"Because Ultraman was something we watched as kids," the group owner explained. "So we hold it to a higher standard."
"But most normal people probably wouldn't be affected."
"Maybe their kids are different," the group owner added.
Bai Xuan wasn't sure what to say. Not just Ultraman, even Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf hadn't escaped critique. Even the high-quality Rainbow Cat & Blue Rabbit got reported.
After all these years in this world, had anything really changed?
"Enough about that. How's the effect of the spiritual qi pearl I gave earlier?" Child of Nature asked.
"It's powerful!" the group owner replied.
Dongfang Bubai: "Two-level continuous breakthrough."
"Feels like my body is much lighter, kuralala," Be My Son added.
Uchiha Dance King: "My soul feels a little firmer. But without a physical body, the absorption speed is too slow. Plus, in the Underworld, I can't think properly—only instinctively absorb."
"Should I use the Rinnegan? Nah… better wait until I'm resurrected in the future," he concluded.
"Are you even sure you'll come back to life?" Golden Flash asked with a twitch at the corner of his mouth. He'd already seen the memory copy—he knew Uchiha Madara sought peace, but he didn't approve of indulging in dreams and certainly wouldn't allow Madara's resurrection.
"Do you think your wisdom can match Heijue's?" Uchiha Dance King asked.
"The future is never set in stone. I respect Heijue's resolve to revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya," he continued.
"With your current abilities? I don't think you could outsmart him."
"Right now, you should focus on handling the Nine-Tails, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Danzo. As the Fourth Hokage, you can't even fully control Konoha. In terms of sheer authority, you're the weakest among all Hokage."
Golden Flash chuckled dryly. "Harsh, but fair."
Even as the Fourth Hokage, control over the Anbu remained with the Third. Root? Don't even mention it.
The Konoha clans—the Ino-Shika-Cho—might follow his orders publicly, but when it came to matters involving him and the Third, they stayed neutral.
Even the Hyuga weren't focused on him.
Among Konoha's clans, the Uchiha were the ones most likely to support him. Fate truly enjoyed toying with him.
"That spiritual qi pearl is really something else!" Lighthouse Tycoon exclaimed.
"I only took one, and I haven't slept for three nights straight."
"They couldn't even handle it… Wait, what did I just say?"
Ding! "Lighthouse Tycoon has retracted a message."
"Obsessed with forging and can't stop. If not for material limits, I would've built a perfect steel armor set," he added.
Child of Nature: "You didn't think we wouldn't notice just because you retracted it, did you?"
"Give them credit—they play the game well!"
Lighthouse Tycoon: "Can't ruin people's fun. No choice here. I haven't even started with Pepper Potts, and that pearl's effect is too strong. What can I do?"
"Then why not confess to Pepper?" the ordinary group owner asked.
"That's…"
Most Evil Spirit: "Shy, maybe?"
"Shy? I'm Iron Man! How could I be shy?"
"It's just the timing. When the time's right… forget confessing, I'll go all-in!"
"Ts ts ts," the group owner muttered.
"Shiba Inu refuses.jpg" Northern God of Glory commented.
"No spreading dog-food allowed," he added.
Bai Xuan didn't join the rest of the chat. He just watched, smiling occasionally.
This feeling… it was amazing.
He glanced at his points. Not much—just over two thousand, enough for two lottery draws.
Some were from daily sign-ins, the rest from recycling mutated creatures' corpses and spiritual qi pearls.
In the chat group's recycling system, both spiritual qi pearls and mutant corpses held considerable value.
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