Kaden, as a legendary hero, knew an incredible number of secrets about the world. Many of them, even Mo Wang, a veteran player, was unaware of (mostly because the side quests in Guardian Tales were just too damn numerous and tedious).
He was glad to have the old man on his side. He couldn't wait to see the looks on everyone's faces when they saw Kaden as a girl.
To share the joy, he opened his phone, only to find the group chat in a state of unprecedented excitement.
[A Certain Dumb-faced Rookie Knight Who Loves the Little Princess the Most]: What's going on? Why is everyone so hyped?
[A Certain Hyperion's King of Slacking]: Good news! Great news! The best news since this group was founded!
[A Certain Dumb-faced Rookie Knight Who Loves the Little Princess the Most]: What, did someone finally get a girlfriend?
[A Certain Teyvat Blondie]: Bah! That's not good news! How dare someone get a girlfriend?! Off with his head!
[A Certain Dumb-faced Rookie Knight Who Loves the Little Princess the Most]: Then what is it?
[A Certain Savior of Human Order]: The answer is, we have new members.
The Kanterbury Mo Wang's face soured.
[A Certain Dumb-faced Rookie Knight Who Loves the Little Princess the Most]: Ugh~ I thought it was something important. Just some new members. So what? Some new anime-watching pro?
[A Certain Video Store Owner]: Don't be so dismissive! A mere anime-watching pro is nothing compared to these two!
[A Certain Train's Trash King]: We've got two heavyweights this time! Heavyweights in every sense of the word!
What kind of new members could get these salted fish so excited?
He scrolled up through the chat history and saw for himself.
Half an hour ago—
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge] and [A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village] have joined the group chat.
[A Certain Hyperion's King of Slacking]: Yo? Newbies? A rare sight.
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: What is this? An alien illusion? Why do I have a phone in my hand? And why do I see so many familiar names?
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: Is this... some strange future technology? Wait, this looks a lot like that... before I was isekai'd.
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: Hmph, the evil aliens have read my memories and dug up my old smurf accounts? Do they think this is enough to defeat me?!
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: What's with this guy? Why is he going on about evil aliens? Aliens are pretty friendly, you know.
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: Hmph, so the evil aliens are trying to whitewash themselves in a place like this! Let me see where you are hiding!
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: Hey! I'm getting pissed! You're calling me an evil alien? I'm a native-born earthling, thank you very much!
[A Certain Zoffy in the middle of a charge]: A mere alien, daring to show off in front of me, spreading misinformation, pretending to be an earthling?! Eat my Spacium Beam!
[A Certain Hyperion's King of Slacking]: Stop bickering! Newbies, read the group announcement. It's too tiring to explain. Remember to claim your memory gift pack after you're done. Why are the newbies so noisy this time?
After receiving the memory packs, the two new Mo Wangs instantly went from battle mode to salted fish mode.
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: So, it's just a bunch of me's. I thought I was being set up by aliens.
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: So, this is the legendary cheat system, huh? I thought my best buddy was my strongest cheat.
[A Certain Ark's Succubus]: So, what worlds are you guys from? Aliens, future technology...
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: Me? I'm in... Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3, I think?
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: And I'm... in the Doraemon universe, probably? I don't know what game it is yet.
[A Certain Soul Player Aspiring to be the King of Games]: What the fuck!! Ultraman and Doraemon?! Holy shit! We finally got a good pull!
[A Certain Little Red Cap Destined to be a Chick Magnet]: After all this time, a real powerhouse has finally arrived?!
[A Certain Most Hype Pokémon Trainer]: Holy crap! Ultraman! A heavyweight!
[A Certain DFO's Salted Fish]: All hail the great one! Please carry us!
[A Certain Monster Musume Slayer]: I kneel before the great one!
...
[A Certain Dumb-faced Rookie Knight Who Loves the Little Princess the Most]: Crap! I woke up and the world has changed! I just recruited the old man, and now you're telling me I'm invincible?!
[A Certain Hyperion's King of Slacking]: Now we can really do whatever we want. Ah, it feels so good not to have to try.
[A Certain Teyvat Blondie]: So, which Ultraman are you? In UFE3, it could be Tiga, Dyna... it can't be Gaia or Agul, can it?
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: My name is Zoffy, what do you think?
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: Damn it, you guys were just calling me a great one, and now you're already complaining. Sorry I'm not a Heisei Ultra.
[A Certain Soul Player Aspiring to be the King of Games]: Ahem! Captain Zoffy is great too! He's the strongest of the Ultra Brothers, isn't he?
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: Damn it! I swear, one of these days, I'm going to travel across the universe and give each of you an M87 Ray!
[A Certain Train's Trash King]: Ahem, ahem, let's not get carried away. The other new member is no slouch either! Doraemon, one of the pinnacles of the multiverse! The legendary Sea King Nobita is finally born?!
[A Certain Ark's Succubus]: The strongest gunslinger in the entire galaxy!
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: That's an exaggeration. I don't have that many titles yet. I'm having a hard enough time with these elementary school problems.
[A Certain Dumb-faced Rookie Knight Who Loves the Little Princess the Most]: Ahem, even if you don't have that many titles, you still have Doraemon, right? That makes you a powerhouse!
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: Hehe, it's Doraemon, but I don't know which universe I'm in. There doesn't seem to be a main story. By the way, what kind of games can Doraemon even be in?
[A Certain King of Kivotos]: Looking at your group nickname, it's Infinite Novice Village, so... Resident Evil?
[A Certain Mankind's Strongest Martial Arts Genius]: I know! It must be that classic Doraemon fan game! Nobita's Resident Evil!
[A Certain Zoffy in the Middle of a Charge]: I remember, in that game, weren't most of Doraemon's gadgets sealed away?
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: Hehe, yeah, but at least it's Resident Evil. If it was that horror game, I'd be screwed.
[A Certain Teyvat Blondie]: By the way, aren't you a high school graduate who got into college? Why can't you do elementary school problems now?
[A Certain Sea King in the Infinite Novice Village]: What makes you think you can do elementary school problems after lazing around for three months of summer vacation? Besides, have you ever seen an elementary school student do calculus and linear algebra?
[A Certain Video Store Owner]: That's how it is in a world with advanced technology... As expected of Doraemon, they're doing calculus in elementary school.
[A Certain Train's Trash King]: So, he's a genius. My respects.
[A Certain King of Kivotos]: I bet this one will awaken [The Erudition].
[A Certain Mankind's Strongest Martial Arts Genius]: What? [The Erudition] in Doraemon? Nous would probably get dismantled the moment he showed up.
[A Certain Strongest Demon Lord]: Sea King Doraemon, terrifyingly powerful. Even the Aeons would have to bow before him.
With the arrival of the new members, the already chaotic group chat became even more so.
Meanwhile, one Mo Wang, sitting at his desk, felt no excitement at all.
In fact, he was in a state that could almost be described as... post-nut clarity.
(End of Volume VIII: Demon Lord Peacefull (NOT!) life in kanterbury Empire)