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As soon as all the members were added to the Chat I nervously clenched my fist, reading their nicknames, trying to figure out their personalities. I wasn't sure if anyone I knew one way or another would enter the chat, but I had high hopes. UnbrushedAllKnowing, I have an idea who this person might be. The second one is... Exhibitionist, which isn't saying much either. I can think of a few such characters from anime. AmbitionlessShinoa is more interesting and I have an idea who that might be. Same goes for God's Tongue, it's most likely Erina Nakiri.
Is it some kind of magic?
The first message appeared in the Chat, well that means this person or creature in the world has magic.
Tongue of God: Hello? Did you install a virus on my phone? What group chat?
Exbitionist: Your phone? I've got this magical sign in front of my eyes....
Is it the curse of the fallen???
Tongue of God: Who the hell are you? Who dares to mock a member of the Nakiri family!
TongueBoga: Why can't I delete this app from my phone?!
TongueBooga: !
Exbitionist: I haven't heard of such a family...aren't you a Demon?
Reading the incoming messages confirmed my assumption about one Chat member... and most likely the other. The Curse of the Fallen gave me some thoughts on the identity of this person... or rather most likely a Demon as they call themselves.
«One from a sort of ordinary world where food can bring a man to orgasm, the other from a world where there are also gods, but also devils, angels, fallen and so on... well, and also a tit-dragon. - I mumbled, pondering how best to proceed. Group Chat not only binds destinies, but changes them just by its appearance. The other two members haven't written anything yet.....
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Administrator): Welcome to the Spatial Group Chat. I am, as you can see, an administrator and no, to answer your first question, I did not send the invitation or create this Chat. Please before you start writing exclamations of misunderstanding, possibly threats and so on, please check one of the chat options - "Information". There is some basic information about the chat, and I have added a couple of lines to make it clearer to you.
After sending the message I got out of bed and checked the time, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning and I woke up when it was nine. Lena was working on her laptop, and I had nothing to do but university, because Anthony had done his last job a couple of days ago, creating software for a company and getting a couple of thousand dollars. Now my main goal is to get more or less sorted out with Chat, and after that... after that I can spin Gacha again, I have ten more attempts left.
Tongue of God: What other worlds! Are you kidding me?! Do you know who you're trying to joke about?!
Exbitionist: A chat room linking other worlds? I thought it was sacred equipment.
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Admin): No, it's not some kind of sacred gear... We're all from different worlds, literally. Probably from different multiverse and so on, Chat has connected us and allowed us to communicate. And yes, LanguageGod, no one here is kidding. If you mentally wish Chat would appear in front of you instead of on your phone, it will... and I doubt you'll have any more suspicions.
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Admin): While someone will be trying to find a projector or something similar in their room, I'll get back to the topic of discussing Chat. Chat allows people from different worlds to communicate, and it will also occasionally give tasks/missions and will give Chat Points for completing them. These points can be used to buy a lot of things in the Spatial Shop, from different abilities, to divine level items and beyond... if they are available in your world.
Exbitionist: It's hard enough to believe, but no means have yet allowed me to figure out what those plaques in front of me are. There's no magic in them at all.
TongueGod: Have I been put drugs in my food?
TongueGod: No I would feel... then how?
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Admin): As I wrote above, we are from different worlds. Different worlds have magic, Ki, all sorts of other energies, and so on. The Chat itself is created by someone very powerful, so much so that we can't even understand what the Chat is... but it also gives us abilities.
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Administrator): Let's start by introducing ourselves. My name is Anthony Joseph Luthor and I am nineteen years old. The Chat has a photo and video recording feature as well as live streaming, so I'll send my picture to start building some trust between us.
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Admin): "Sent Photo."
Exbitionist: Honestly this is all very interesting. I looked through the Spatial Store and there's even some sacred gear in there!!!
LanguageGod: What is sacred gear? Some kind of recipe?
Exbitionist: No, they are artefacts created by god with different functions, but all of them can enable a creature to attain the power of a god! Only it costs a lot...
Excbitionist: I digress. My name is Rias Gremori and I am the heir to the Gremori clan, I am eighteen years old! Second year of Kuo Academy and president of the Occult Studies Club! And why do I have a nickname like that?
Exbitionist: "Send Photo."
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Admin): You can change your name in Chat. Click on the top bar where it says "Settings" and you can change your nickname there.
Exbitionist: Changed her nickname to "Rias Gremory".
Rias Gremory: Thank you.
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Administrator): No problem.
BrotherSupervillainGenius (Administrator): Changed his nickname to "Anthony".
Tearing myself away from the signs floating in front of my eyes, I stood up and headed for my laptop. Still need to check and make sure of what's going on in the world. Anthony's memory is useful, of course, but it's better to make sure.
Yesterday, the US Army was once again trying to catch "Superboy" as some are now calling Superman. He appeared about two years ago in Metropolis and in the beginning he was running around the city at a great speed and beating criminals, jumping very high, so that he could fly over high-rises. Even Anthony himself saw him, I remember it from his memory. An unsettling feeling...I can partially understand Luther, that he was just afraid of Superman's capabilities. If bullets, explosions, nothing at all took him down early in his career, it wouldn't be long before he could fly at all. Batman also from comics was worried about it, that there was a creature on Earth, which simply could not be controlled by any means. And if he wanted to fly and destroy the US government now, no one would be able to stop him. I know about the kryptonite, but I don't know where to get it... but I also know that Clark's a good-hearted guy, and for now I just have to stay out of his way.
Batman's been active in Gotham for about three years now, putting fear in the gangsters... and he's being hunted by the police. Now it's just for show, but two and a half years ago he was really being hunted and considered as much of a criminal as anyone else. In two years after appearance of the man-mouse, antipodes of Batman began to appear, that is people who began to consider themselves villains... in general it is fun there.
Judging by all this information about no alien invasions yet and is out of the question, I found nothing about Wonder Woman, no photos from the Second World War, where she appeared in films. Apparently here she appeared much later....
My brother is considered a genius and the pillar on which LexCorp stands... and he's also considered a somewhat control freak business tycoon. So far, the company is only based in Metropolis, but there are acquisitions in other American cities. The company has not yet become diversified and multinational, but it is striving to do so. The company started with aerospace engineering and absorbed cash-strapped firms such as Inter-Continental Airlines and Atlantic Coast Air Systems. His brother later renamed them LexAir. Anyway, business is going his way... and knowing what he can do keeps me on my toes.
And I don't know what to do. I'm pretty sure my sister and I are alive because we're not in any way involved with him. Otherwise he'd obviously be worried about his child and would have considered us a threat and just hired people to eliminate us. I remember from Anthony's memory that Lex was... he clearly didn't care about us when he left and he always pretended to be a "brother" when he needed something from us before. Anyway, if we get in his way, my sister and I are dead. It's a good thing that even though I've gained Anthony's memory and many of his feelings, I'm still me, and I realise that I'd rather kill Lex quietly... it's for the greater good, yes.
«Anthony, are you still there? - Lena's voice sounded a little agitated.
«Yeah, I'm here. - As I left the room, I noticed a girl sitting in front of the TV that was playing the news.
«Whew. - she exhaled, and I could tell she was relieved. - There was a bank robbery going on near us. - she said and returned her attention to the TV. There was a report on the Daily Planet, or Daily Planet. It's a big enough and popular enough newspaper in America and especially in Metropolis that it often tries to pull off Superman or The Boy in Red or a lot of other stupid names. And now a young black-haired girl reporter was talking about a recent event .
«... dozens of robbers and three injured police officers. If it hadn't been for the timely arrival of the guy in red. - a video of something red flashing across the screen in the corner, scattering the robbers and literally stopping a bullet fired at one of the cops. - There would have been no loss of life. The robbers are now in custody and under investigation, for they may be part of a crime syndicate....
«It's terrible," said my sister quietly. If I didn't know we were in Metropolis, I'd think of Flash... but he hasn't shown up yet.
«Yeah, but that guy in the red is good. - I said.
«You think so? Maybe he's a government experiment gone out of control... or an alien. - grinned the girl at the end. - But still, such power is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
«Yeah..." I exhaled and threw a glance at my sister's legs. The paralysis of her lower limbs came gradually, first she began to feel one leg badly, then the other... then she couldn't move one of her legs at all. For a long time doctors tried to understand what was wrong with her, they took analyses and so on. In the end they found out that Lena had polio, which affected her nervous system and eventually led to paralysis of her lower limbs. We found out all this late, as all the tests cost a lot, and we had almost no money at that time. So the muscles could not be restored to their previous state, and the girl still has no feeling in her legs. In the end there is a possibility of surgical intervention to try to restore leg function, but it costs four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
«I'll keep working. - said Lena, making sure I wasn't going anywhere yet. I looked into the chat room and a previously silent member finally posted.
UnambitiousChinoa: Hi...
Rias Gremory: Hi, are you another one of the chat members? I've done a couple of experiments, and no one can see it but me... apparently it's happening for real after all. And I even spent one Chat shop point and bought Devil Berries, and they were delicious, so I've confirmed that I'm not dreaming it all up.
TongueGod: Devil berries? Something like strawberries?
Rias Gremory: No, they're more like prunes, but juicier and can be eaten by normal people. There's a mail function here, if you want I can send it to you.
Tongue of God.
TongueBoga: I'd appreciate it, thank you....
Rias Gremory: I mailed an item to a member of TongueBoga.
TongueBoga: As soon as I clicked accept berries appeared next to me... this isn't all a dream after all.
TongueBoga: Quite a nice flavour and they can be used for many dishes! By the way, I haven't introduced myself... I'm Erina Nakiri, I'm fifteen years old, and I'm a member of the council of the Elite Ten of Tootsuki Academy.
LanguageGod: "Sent a picture."
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