Chapter 4 - Chat Conversation (2)
No Ambitious Shinoa: Yes, I'm probably another Chat participant…
No Ambitious Shinoa: I've been trying to figure out how it works for a long time. I thought it was my Demon's doing.
Rias Gremory: A demon? Do you have Devils? Are you in someone's peerage?
Ambitious Shinoa: A demon... and yes, I have a demon inside of me.
Rias Gremory: Are we in the same world? It's just that demons don't seem to exist inside a person… You're human, aren't you?
No Ambitious Shinoa: Yes, as far as I know.
Anthony (Administrator): Don't forget that we are from different worlds. This means that in the world of "Ambitious Shinoa" there are demons inside a person. There are demons in my world, too, only they are rather vile sinful creatures who are not averse to tasting human flesh or taking over the world.
Rias Gremory: Seriously?
Anthony (Administrator): Yes, that's why I want to convey the idea that there are different beings in different worlds. For me, Demons are literally creatures of sin who want to get on earth and eat people, command them, and so on. You, Rias, judging by your communication, Devils are more human, no matter how it sounds. I'm sorry, I don't want to offend you, but this is the conclusion I made from communicating with you. You're a nice conversationalist with a good appearance, judging by the photo, but with us, demons are that kind of abomination…
Rias Gremory: I... understand and I'm not offended. You're right Anthony-kun and thank you for the compliment)))
Anthony (Administrator): "Without Ambitiousness," do you mind telling us your name? No Ambitious Shinoa: I'm Shinoa Hiragi... I'm fifteen years old.
No Ambitious Shinoa: Changed her nickname to "Shinoa Hiragi"
Anthony (Administrator): I'm glad you're chatting with us and I think I know what world you're from... this, by the way, applies to you two.
Rias Gremory: What do you mean by that, Anthony-kun?
Anthony (Administrator): When I became an administrator, it was only after that that the search for participants began and it seems to me that this search was conducted according to a fairly unambiguous criterion the administrator must know something about your world. I came to this conclusion when I found out about your name, Rias. And to check... you have one of the peers with an effeminate appearance named Gasper, who is afraid of his powers and hides in some kind of box. In addition, you "hold" the territory of the city of Kuo. Also in your peerage, there is a sadistic sweet girl Akeno and another swordsman who hates holy swords, am I right?
Rias Gremory:...Yes. How do you know that?
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In one remote world, a beautiful red-haired girl with blue eyes was sitting in a spacious room, looking at her phone with excitement. Her whole posture changed from relaxed to tense.
"So much different information... but I have already checked that the Chat is clearly much stronger than my recognition abilities, even my brother's abilities, which was very surprising." The girl with the name Rias muttered. If she hadn't summoned from somewhere Devilish berries that grow only in one season and wither very quickly and cannot be preserved in any way, then this whole Chat was too much like a Sacred Gear... some kind. Or an illusion.
But the girl wished that "the screen floated in front of her and specially called Greifia and said that she missed her brother ... he was, of course, very happy, but the girl was not laughing because none of them had seen it! And she did not talk about her problem to her brother, she could handle it herself. After all, she wanted independence for a reason…
Her close friend Akeno has already noticed that she looks nowhere too often, so it was best to disguise the Chat and wish that it was on the phone. But she is unlikely to be able to hide this from her friend for a long time…
Now Anthony-kun also said that he knew about their world and the young girl's curiosity was unstoppable…
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Anthony (Administrator): Everything is much simpler and more complicated at the same time. I was thinking about whether to say it or not… but in the Information option of the Chat, it is not just written that the Chat changes destinies. And now I seem to understand how. Rias your world is familiar to me by…
Anthony (Administrator): It's kind of embarrassing to write this... for some works of fiction. Anime and manga in particular.
Rias Gremory: …
Shinoa Hiragi: What is it?
Anthony (Administrator): Something like books and cartoons... in general, works of art.
Thinking about the correctness of my actions, I took my eyes off the screen hovering in front of me for a moment. Of course, it was possible not to report that they were all characters in a work of fiction... but that's not the case. More precisely, I am now also in the DC world, essentially a comic book. All these worlds are somehow real.
Anthony (Administrator): Shinoa... can I just call you by your first name? It's just that I'm from America and it's somehow more convenient or something... if I didn't bother you, of course. Rias, this also applies to you, maybe I'm too familiar with you?
Rias Gremory: I'm fine with this Anthony-kun... do you... do you really know about my anime and manga world? And you know about... my problem?
Anthony (Administrator): Are you talking about the burning "immortal" cockerel?)
Rias Gremory: Haha, no one has called the Phoenix family yet
Anthony (Administrator): It's just my impression after his appearance and what I saw reading the manga…
Rias Gremory: I totally agree.
Shinoa Hiragi: You can address me like this…
Rias Gremory: Shinoa, you still haven't sent your photo. Are you shy?
Shinoa Hiragi: ...
Anthony (Administrator): I think she just doesn't trust us... I know your Shinoa story and the world you live in. This is a terrible world where vampires hold people for cattle and you try to fight them back. As I wrote before, we are from different worlds... but you don't want to open your heart to anyone because of a demon, am I right?
Shinoa Hiragi: You know a lot…
Shinoa Hiragi: Exited the Chat
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In one of the rooms of the Japanese Imperial Demonic Army, which is fighting against vampires and demons with the help of cursed weapons, a girl with purple hair was sitting. The girl closed her eyes and took her gaze away from the hanging sign.
"Demon Shikama Doji, is this your antics?" she said softly into the void, holding a wall of mental protection around the "demon" so that he could not take possession of her, that is, in fact, not letting anyone into his heart and not getting attached.
Due to a mysterious virus in 2012, the human population of the earth decreased by ninety percent, killing all people over the age of thirteen or those who did not receive the vaccine on time. At the same time, the "Horsemen of the Apocalypse" appeared, mindless monsters attacking only humans and ignoring vampires and demons. Demons are vampires who have not drunk blood for a long time or whose heart was torn out and not given back.
Over time, people have learned to seal demons in purified and holy equipment-weapons that then become much stronger and can greatly weaken the regeneration of vampires. Such "cursed weapons" are owned by all the strongest people to resist vampires. Seven people with cursed weapons should be able to kill one unarmed vampire, this shows the gulf of power between an ordinary person and a vampire, and there are still Progenitors, in fact, the strongest and noblest, the oldest of vampires. After the apocalypse, vampires offered people protection from the Horsemen, in exchange, they become... cattle.
"Other worlds… I don't believe it." the girl said softly and opening her eyes, she did not see the sign in front of her. But there is a small icon in the corner of her vision, and as soon as she thought about it, the sign reappeared.
Shinoa Hiragi is an army sergeant and has already fought with a couple of vampires. Continuing to keep a detached look, she clicked on the Spatial Store…
"The lieutenant colonel is calling you." she heard the response of a man passing by her room.
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Anthony (Administrator): I can understand her because her demon can begin to influence her when she opens her heart to someone.
Rias Gremory: So... he can take her? And what do you mean that vampires keep them for cattle?!
Anthony (Administrator): Well... their world…
While I was explaining some information about the Shinoa world to Rias, I was also thinking about what I should do next. Chat is good, but I'm the weakest of all right now... I'm just a person with no abilities at the moment. Asking for books on magic from Rias is pointless so far since surely the schools of magic are different because we have different worlds. But... the chat serves to change destinies, maybe that's what I need to do.
Rias Gremory: It's just awful! An apocalyptic world where vampires keep people like animals! Disgusting!
Anthony (Administrator): I agree. And yes, Rias... if you want, I can send you the "history" of your world that I know. Just keep in mind that this is just a story and only you write your destiny. The chat connected us and it has already changed a lot.
Rias Gremory: I tried not to think about it... but I'm interested in looking at the history of my world. I didn't find anything like that in the Spatial Store.
Anthony (Administrator): Do you have anything in the Store that you don't recognize?
Rias Gremory: Scandinavian magic is not very well known to me... some Sacred Gear, but what?
Anthony (Administrator): Just checking the similarity of the spatial Store.
I wrote the answer. The girl's answer was very interesting, does it mean that they can buy everything from their own world, but not from others like me? Or is this a limitation while they have only been in their world? After all, I have access to all the items from the worlds of the participants, including my own.
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Hidden Task Completed: Learn more about Spatially Group Chat.
Group Chat has many uses and non-intuitive functions that you, as an administrator, should be aware of. You guessed one of the facets.
Reward: + 500 Chat Points
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An inscription popped up in front of me and it was nice, so the Chat still rewards for trying to learn more about it and its functions and limitations. There was manga DxD and anime in my Store and it all cost one Store point, but there was also a "Copy of the Memory of the DxD World", which already cost two points. It's like you're watching the plot of a realistic third-person movie... very realistic, I have to say. After spending a total of two points, I bought the last ones, but I sent the plot to the Chat only until Issei defeats Phoenix ... there will be another mess going on and it is desirable that Rias did not do anything stupid.
Anthony (Administrator): "Sends "A copy of the DxD world memory"
Anthony (Administrator): Rias, do not take this as the ultimate truth, it can be said to be an "echo" that has reached another world, from your parallel reality.
Rias Gremory: I understand... and thank you. I have to go.
Rias Gremory: Exited the chat
"Erina hasn't written anything yet, apparently she's gone into cooking with the new berries that Rias sent her." I thought, exhaling heavily. It's been a couple of hours since he woke up, so I decided to go outside and get some air.