Chapter 406: Return
Eternally Seventeen: Ten days and nights straight, no sleep, no food, no bathroom breaks — all just to game... genuinely the world of a hardcore shut-in. Terrifying.
Eternally Seventeen: Good thing Admin-sama trains in hand-to-hand combat — otherwise a lifestyle like that would've killed him within six months, easily.
Edward Newgate: Gurararara, which is exactly why hand-to-hand cultivation is the superior discipline!
Eternally Seventeen: Hold on, that's not fair — Gensokyo's magic system is plenty impressive too!
Terrible Tornado: Each has its strengths, honestly. Physical training's got the body, magic's got the mind — different advantages, different tradeoffs.
My True Form Is Cola: Yep, exactly right, Tatsumaki-nee's making a lot of sense there, I feel the same way.
Wandering Little Planet: Same here.
I'm Rolling In It: Know why Admin-sama specializes in physical cultivation, everyone? Because only a body that durable could possibly satisfy his whole harem — otherwise even Yukari-senpai alone might be too much for him to handle.
I'm Rolling In It: Though Admin-sama's welcome to come consult Uncle Tony on the subject anytime — I've got plenty of firsthand experience in that particular department, it's honestly one of my specialties.
[Member "I'm Rolling In It" has been muted by moderator "Eternally Seventeen" for 10 minutes]
Crazy Diamond: Knew Mr. Stark was overdue for a mute, honestly saw that coming a mile off. Same tired formula, same predictable outcome.
Hero for Fun: Huh? Is this "Mr. Stark" guy always this reckless about digging his own grave?
Kaguya-sama: The Dimensional Chat Group's reigning champion of empty boasting and self-sabotage — Mr. Stark, unfiltered mouth and all.
Kaguya-sama: So if you ever notice Mr. Stark's gone quiet for a while, don't be surprised — he's probably just sitting in the Shadow Box again.
Kaguya-sama: Honestly... ever since Admin-sama and Yukari-senpai got together, I haven't once seen Yukari-senpai muted, come to think of it.
Terrible Tornado: Well, gotta protect the wife, obviously. Meanwhile I'm just sitting here accidentally force-feeding myself cold couple-goods secondhand. Terrifying...
Edward Newgate: Gurararara, wasn't little Tornado dead set on staying single forever? Can you even taste secondhand couple-goods if you've sworn off it entirely?
Terrible Tornado: Emmm... fair point, actually, I've got nothing to say to that.
Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit: Single forever... what exactly does that mean?
Kaguya-sama: Means being a proud, permanently unattached single pup for life.
Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit: Ah, I see! Single forever — so basically a lifelong virgin, then?
Eternally Seventeen: Ahahahaha, given how emotionally frigid Little Tornado is, that's genuinely not out of the question!
Admiral Kizaru: Being single's great, honestly — I'm single too, living my best carefree life every day!
Senbei Is So Tasty: That's entirely because nobody's ever actually liked you, that's all.
Admiral Kizaru: ...That stings, Sengoku-san.
Ying Zheng The Sovereign: Wasn't Kizaru just insisting a while back that he's not ugly at all?
Senbei Is So Tasty: Which just goes to show, his self-awareness finally caught up with reality.
RawrSoFierce: [Image] [Image] [Image] Hunted down a few hundred magical beasts, packed Wolffy's storage ring completely full — figure that's enough rations to last me several months.
Edward Newgate: Gurararara, only expected from our Admin. Old Whitebeard here only managed a hundred or so.
Wandering Little Planet: Rest easy, beasts... hm, add a little more cumin, thanks, smells amazing.
Eternally Seventeen: Wait, can Little Sphere even eat things?
Wandering Little Planet: Apparently not... this is so unfair! sob
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After chatting in the group for a while, Ryū — deep in the beast forest somewhere without quite realizing how far he'd wandered — looked at the storage ring now completely stuffed with magical beast carcasses and nodded, satisfied.
He'd spent his final stretch before leaving Battle Through the Heavens stocking up several months' worth of provisions — a genuinely solid, unexpected bonus to close out this particular group event.
As the minutes ticked away, the group event's full ten days and nights finally drew to a close, and a pop-up appeared in the chat.
[The "New Year's Eve/Lunar New Year Grand Event" has ended. All members may remain in the Battle Through the Heavens world for another 30 minutes.
You may leave voluntarily at any point within that window. Once the 30 minutes elapse, you will be forcibly returned to your home world!]
The pop-up had barely finished displaying when another one immediately followed.
[The group event's gift box has now been distributed. Since this event combined two separate holidays, the gift box's rewards have been doubled from the usual amount.
Click the link on the right → [link] to claim your event gift box!]
Ryū didn't hesitate for a second. The moment he claimed the gift box, his figure vanished instantly from the Battle Through the Heavens world.
When he next appeared, he was already back in the Naruto world — specifically, in the upstairs bedroom of a small two-story house, on some particular street, at some particular address, in Konoha, the Land of Fire.
Breathing in Konoha's familiar air, Ryū brushed the dust off his clothes — the ones he was currently wearing, purchased back in Wutan City, naturally covered by the chat group's usual event expenses.
He hadn't brought a change of clothes along to Battle Through the Heavens, after all, and there was no way he was wearing the same outfit for ten straight days and nights without switching it up. His constitution made him basically immune to sweating, sure, but going ten days without a fresh change of clothes still felt like it was pushing things a bit far, somehow.
Just as he was about to open his event gift box, a notification chimed from the chat group.
His consciousness slipped in, and he blinked, surprised to find a private message waiting from Umaru.
My True Form Is Cola: Admin-sama, want any new season anime? Just got back and noticed most of this season's shows have basically wrapped up — I can bundle them together and send them your way if you want.
RawrSoFierce: Definitely, yeah! Though skip anything Western-fantasy themed — I'm kind of burned out on that genre.
My True Form Is Cola: LGTM, and conveniently, Group Files just got updated so it can actually handle sending stuff like this now — sending it right over!
["My True Form Is Cola" has sent a file. Accept?]
["RawrSoFierce" has successfully received the file from "My True Form Is Cola"!]
RawrSoFierce: LGTM, got it, thanks — smooch, little Umaru!
My True Form Is Cola: !!!
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