Believe It

-Worm-

-Location Brockton Bay, Hebert's House-

Taylor Hebert was exhausted, mentally and physically but, she was still feeling giggly about what happened a while ago!

She took LUNG! Holy shit, she might not have done it alone but she still managed to beat him.

Though a part of her knew that it was more of Luck than anything, it was a fluke.

However, it didn't stop her from being happy anyway.

"I can't believe it…I really beat Lung…" It was really a close call, if it weren't for Hellhound or Bitch's dog, she would have died, that's the worst thing that would happen to her.

The first night, and she's already dead? How pathetic, she would have proved Sophia, Madison, and Emma right!

Though she also felt complicated about Armsmaster, he took credit for her work, but she couldn't really stop him, but on the bright side, he owns me.

Right?

Then there are the Undersiders, they offered her a place in their group, and I accepted for several reasons.

Good reasons, they're a villain group, and she's a hero, it's pretty obvious why she wanted to join them.

It was to spy on them and with a little curiosity on her part, they didn't seem like bad people, so she wanted to know their reasons why they became villains.

If they proved that they were good people, maybe just maybe she could convince them to switch sides.

But little did she know, how naive she is, as she didn't realize back then, the world isn't white or black, good people weren't always good, and bad people aren't always bad.

The world was gray.

Taylor decided to change her costume to her usual clothes, looking at her costume once more, she couldn't help but smile wryly, she does look like a villain wearing this.

But then again, her costume was made using spider silks, as seeing she's just a teenager she doesn't have much money.

After changing her clothes, she looked at the mirror in front of her, she couldn't help but think how plain and boring she appeared.

It wasn't that Taylor was plain, she's definitely above average in looks, if she only has the confidence and the right equipment.

But due to the constant bullying of the trio of her school, she believes herself unattractive.

No one really calls her beautiful, everyone calls her ugly freak, maybe except for her father, but it doesn't count he's a family, it would be obvious he'd say she's beautiful, she is after all his daughter!

When does a father call her daughter 'ugly'? Maybe if they're adopted, but that rarely happens.

However, it would be the opposite for the boys, their father would say, they look better than you back in their younger days.

Further resistance would only dig a deeper hole.

"I look ugly…" Taylor bit her lips out of bitterness.

All of sudden, a blue screen pop's out in front of her, making her jump in fright!

She almost screamed, but she stopped herself because if she did, her father would find out about her costume and he would know that she's a cape!

Seeing that this blue thing in front of her didn't outright assault her, it may not be hostile, taking a deep breath and forcefully calming herself down.

She warily stared at the blue screen in front of her, she just realized it had some words written in English.

[ Would you like to be a real Hero? ]

[ Join us! We guarantee you'll become a Hero! ]

[ Yes/No ]

…..

Taylor was too speechless to say anything, she couldn't help but shout internally. 'What the hell is this cheap recruitment banner?!'

It was too obvious, not to mention too suspicious they'd be crazy to accept this offer!

B…but…but…!

Even if it's super suspicious..!

A hero!

Being a hero is her dream…!

No matter how suspicious this recruitment is, it's not like she'll lose something right?!

Taylor reluctantly, pressed yes and after that the blue screen announced.

[ Welcome to the group chat Skitter! ]

[ Now, please introduce yourself from the rest. ]

"W…. what is this…?!" Taylor exclaimed dumbfounded.

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-Blake-

-Location Inside His Room-

Skitter (Member):

"W…. what is this…?!"

KnightArc (Member):

"A new member?! You invited another one Blake?"

Blake (Administrator) (TheKnowItAll):

"Shush you, Skitter, let me welcome you to our group chat. I hope we get along since you'll be with us for a long time."

Still, I wonder what did the group chat do for her to react like that, now that I think about it, how does the group chat invite others aside from me, was it different from how I got recruited or the same?

For now, I'll forget about it and focus on communicating with our newest member.

Skitter (Member):

"W…who are you, people?! Wait, are you the ones that send that cheap advertisement to recruit me?!"

What does she mean? Anyway, it seems that she's using voice chat, not text chat, but to be fair most of us are using voice chat, texting seems a pain in the ass, plus we got used to voice chatting.

Blake (Administrator) (TheKnowItAll):

"Not sure what you mean, but yes I did send you an invitation to join the group chat."

There's no point in lying anyway.

Skitter (Member):

"I…I didn't expect this…are you guys the Protectorate?"

KnightArc (Member):

"The what? Blake, do you know what she meant?"

No honestly, I don't but let me Google it first, if she's a fictional character she should be here…somewhere…

Oh..!

Found her!

I've just put Skitter and Protectorate together in a Google search and I found Worm and Taylor Hebert.

So that's where she came from, and Taylor is her name. I read her character description and my expression was becoming grimmer and grimmer as I continued to read.

And in conclusion, her life was shit.

Oh gods, just by looking at this I already knew her world was shit, shitter than mine.

But not as much as Archer, of course, Nasuverse is just in another league.

Blake (Administrator) (TheKnowItAll):

"Yeah, I do yeah…but damn Skitter your world is shit, you have my condolence."

KnightArc (Member):

"I'm afraid I'm out of context here, please explain!"

Skitter (Member):

"W-what do you do in my world? Don't you guys live in the same world as mine?"

That's it, now I'm having nostalgia back when the rest of the members asked me similar questions in the past.

Blake (Administrator) (TheKnowItAll):

"No, I'm afraid not we are not from the same world, or even universe for that matter, everyone here came from different kinds of reality, KnightArc here for example came from a world called Remnant, it's not the earth, like mine or yours. I know it's unbelievable but it's the truth."

Now, I'm waiting for her to deny it like everyone else. If she accepts it easily then something is seriously wrong with her brain.

Because it's not normal to believe in something so easily unless you're a nut job or just an idiot.

Clearly, Taylor is neither of those.

Skitter (Member):

"A-are you taking me for a fool?! Different reality and universe, you expect me to believe that?! I-i can't believe I even tried to join this group filled with crazies.."

Yep, that's totally a normal reaction and I don't blame her for it, but that can't be said for the others though.

KnightArc (Member):

"Oi, I take offense to that!"

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QueenofHell (Member) (CEO) (Devil) (Strongest Member):

"Girl, careful what you're saying, next time you include me, I'll have to punish you."

Wait, how did she know that Taylor is a girl? Is this also one of the many bizarre abilities of the legendary sixth sense?

Skitter (Member):

"I...I don't want to be here anymore, how do I quit?"

Okay, first of all, it's impossible, she can't quit because she already signed a contract. The act of accepting the invitation is the same as signing, second of all she doesn't even know how useful this group chat is!

Being a member here could literally change your life, your future, and fate, look at me for example.

I'm the perfect example of that.

Blake (Administrator) (TheKnowItAll):

"Taylor Hebert, calm down none of us are crazy here, I can't really blame you for believing, trust me I understand, however, each one of us is indeed from different realities and we'll show you a proof."

Skitter (Member):

"Y..you, how do you know my name?! Who are you?! A-are some kind of villain?! No..no…but I wore a mask to keep my identity safe..!"

Okay, I think I've broken her, should fix this.

Blake (Administrator) (TheKnowItAll):

"Hey Jaune, where are you right now?"

KnightArc (Member):

"In my combat class, why?"

Blake (Administrator) (TheKnowItAll):

"Do a Livestream, show her your world I think she'll believe after seeing your classmate fight with futuristic weapons, and aura."

KnightArc (Member):

"Alright? Not sure about it though, but I guess we'll see."

[ KnightArc has started live streaming. ]

[ You've all been automatically invited to watch the Livestream. ]

And the first thing we saw was Jaune's stupid face.

"Oops, I pointed the camera the wrong way." Jaune laughed awkwardly at his mistake.

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Yeah, Taylor has major trust issues she won't just believe if you wouldn't show her proof, next chapter we'll see the live stream from her perspective.

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