My train is experiencing delays, someone fix it

As the days passed, Huang Luan's life was simple, eat, sleep physically be at school, play hide and seek with Momoyo during lunch, getting the daily sign-in rewards in the group chat. But this repetitive daily life has come to a close as the day of the school trip to Osaka has arrived.

As the school day comes to an end, Huang Luan and the rest of the second-year Kawakami students are waiting at the train station, she feels her phone vibrate.

[The Quests have function has been unlocked.]

This notification prompts the others in the group chat to come online, but Huang Luan has a different thought before entering the chat, 'Something stupid is gonna happen. I can feel it.'

[Retired Loli Sovereign is now online.]

Retired Loli Sovereign: "So we do have quests?"

Advocate of Gender Equality: "Yeah, but…"

Konakona: "It isn't like I thought it would be."

Clicking on the Quest tab of the interface, Huang Luan quickly understands what they meant.

[Quests are missions created by the users. The Chat System will provide a reward of points proportional to the Quest's difficulty. Any additional reward is to be provided by the Quest giver. Additional notice(s): If any Group Member dies in another world and possesses the ability to revive, then the revival will take place in their original world. User "God-Emperor of Mankind" is unable to move across worlds due to the state of the physical body; User must either die and become a true warp entity or restore the physical body to move across worlds.]

Retired Loli Sovereign: "Looks like being a decent parent isn't the only thing the Emperor of Man can't do."

Advocate of Gender Equality: "Don't half of his kids kinda like him. Not to say he isn't a bad parent, but at least some of them don't hate his guts."

Lightning Archpriestess: "But still, half of his sons did try to kill him."

God-Emperor of Mankind: "I did some testing with Black Star and found I can influence other worlds to a degree as long as they bought something in the shop that originates from my world. Would you like to experience what it would be like to be stuck in a Warp Storm?"

Retired Loli Sovereign: "I can see their purchase history, they bought the WAAGH! Connection."

Advocate of Gender Equality: "Damnit! Don't sell us out like that!"

Lightning Archpriestess: "I humbly apologise for my rudeness your Imperial Majesty. Please don't ruin my territory with a Warp Storm."

Advocate of Gender Equality: "Hey, don't apologise before me! I'm also sorry Emperor!"

Retired Loli Sovereign: "I'm gonna come to your world later Kazuma."

Advocate of Gender Equality: "Huh? Why? When?"

Retired Loli Sovereign: "Whenever I feel like it. And because I want to buy and give the Axis Cult the WAAGH! Connection."

Kazuma doesn't respond as he just stares at Huang Luan's message, the colour draining from his face as soon as he thinks about the consequences of what Huang Luan wants to do.

"What's wrong Kazuma, you're just staring into space with an empty look?" Megumin says, looking up towards Kazuma from the ground. "Oh, I understand. You're completely enamoured with the beauty of my explosion on the caste just now. I completely understand. Now can you pick me up and carry me back… please."

"You don't understand at all! I just saw a horrible future!"

"Stop kicking at the ground, you're getting dirt in my mouth!"

While Kazuma is dreading the future, Huang Luan has already moved on in the chat group.

Retired Loli Sovereign: "So on more important notes, I'm going on a school trip to Osaka today and the train is late."

Konakona: "Can you get me some Bâton d'or?"

Yokai Supreme Commander: "Some Kui-daore Taro Pudding for me."

Great Teacher Onizuka: "Pick me up some takoyaki flavoured food."

Retired Loli Sovereign: "Why do you think I'm going to get you souvenirs? And why would I give you all food instead of eating it myself?"

Retired Loli Sovereign: "Train is here."

[Retired Loli Sovereign is now offline.]

Tossing her phone into her pocket, Huang Luan boards the bullet train alongside the rest of the second-year students and are soon on their way to Osaka.

Sitting in the aisle seat is Huang Luan, to her right is Wu Song, and next to Wu Song in the window seat is Kazuko. On the opposite side of the aisle are Yamato and Kazama.

Kazuko was energetic at the start of the ride but quickly got bored and tried to run around the train, only to be reprimanded by Yamato and the train staff. Wu Song spent her time reading while Huang Luan was playing mahjong on her phone.

"Hey, Huang-san, Wu-san, are there any interesting places in China to go see? I was thinking about travelling around China over the summer." Kazama suddenly asks.

"Cap, when did you come up with this idea?" Yamato asks.

"Just now. Look," Kazama points to the magazine he was reading, "It says there's a bunch of cool and interesting places to see in China, like the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall. But I want to know if there are any less known interesting places to see. Like those ruins I went to a couple of weeks ago or the underwater cave I found a few months ago."

"When even was the last time I was properly in China… I can't remember," Huang Luan says.

Wu Song puts down her book, "There are many beautiful places to visit that aren't as popular as the big tourist destination. Hidden scenery known only to a few, tucked away in the mountains. Is it not more like an adventure to find them on your own?"

Kazama has a large smile on his face as he nods, "That's right, the very essence of being an adventurer is finding the new and unexplored."

As Kazama opens a map on his phone to plot out his next adventure, Yamato says, "Sorry about his abrupt interruption. Cap can be a bit impulsive when he wants to do something."

"It's fine. On the contrary, it would be good for Lulu to get along with our classmates more," Wu Song says.

"But Naoe is a bit much. I mean I saw him talking with Yoiyoi, and they were talking like a pair of chuuni's. It was on the rooftop, right before they came to the welcome party for the clones," Huang Luan says.

"Yoiyoi… oh, you mean Nasuno Yoichi," Wu Song says.

Hearing them, Yamato can't help but feel as if he was pierced with an arrow, 'I didn't think anyone else was there…'

"Can I ask you to forget about that?" Yamato says with a wry smile.

"No way, I even recorded it."

Once again, Yamato felt himself being pierced by an arrow. "So I noticed you tend to stay awake during our history classes. Do you like history?" Yamato asks in an attempt to divert the topic.

But sensing his empressement, Huang Luan ignores his shift in the conversation as her lips curve into a mischievous grin, "I wonder what would happen if I uploaded this to the net."

"I'm begging you, please don't."

"Haha, alright. That's enough teasing for now. Any more and I get the feeling that wife of yours will try to shoot me in the back," Huang Luan says with an eye turned to Miyako who had been staring at her from the seat behind Yamato.

"Did you hear that Yamato, she called me your wife. I love you, so you should take responsibility and marry me," Miyako says.

"I like you as a friend so I will have to decline your proposal," Yamato replies.

…

At around the halfway point, the train stopped at the station in Kuoh Town.

"Attention passengers, there is currently a problem at the station and we are experiencing some delays. It is currently undetermined when the issue will be resolved. Thank you for your patience and we apologise for the delays."

"Do you feel that, Wuwu?" Huang Luan whispers

"It's faint, but I can tell there is some fighting going on. Should we do something about it?" Wu Song asks.

"Hmm… I think I know what's going on, if the information from the Khaos Brigade is correct then I think the problem is caused by a little crow. I don't really want to deal with it unless I have to. Oh, I've got an idea."

Opening up the Chat Group from her phone, Huang Luan creates the group's first Quest. A notification rings out amongst the members of the Dimensional Chat Group

[A new Quest has been created.

Quest Name: My train is experiencing delays, someone fix it.

Quest Giver: Retired Loli Sovereign

Description: Fix the problem.

System Difficulty Ranking: B

Number of Participants: Unlimited.

Reward: 500 points, 3 Wound Distortion Talisman.]