Original God, But It's a Chat Group

Then he handed the bank card to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Thanks!"

Li Yue waved his phone at the clerk, then turned and walked straight out of the store, with Kasumigaoka following behind him.

Although there would be no internet once he returned to Teyvat, that did not stop him from wanting a phone. After all, besides making calls and browsing the internet, phones could take pictures and record videos. For Li Yue, who did not have a Vision to store things, a phone was far more useful than a kamera, especially since he did not have to pay for it himself.

"Senpai, let's make another trip to Akihabara."

"Akihabara?"

Kasumigaoka looked at Li Yue.

"Right, Li Yue-kun, you're from that kind of place."

"What does being from that kind of place have to do with it?"

"Don't people from there always visit a maid café after they come over?"

Kasumigaoka said it as though it were only natural.

"That's only some people, and going to maid cafés stopped being trendy ages ago. Besides, people from my side who come here even pay to shoot videos. Does that mean I'm going to shoot videos too?"

"Li Yue-kun, that was an extremely perverted thing to say."

Kasumigaoka looked at Li Yue with disgust. Clearly, she understood what shooting videos meant.

"So what are you going to Akihabara for?"

"I'm going to Akihabara to buy Solar Panels."

"Solar Panels?"

Kasumigaoka looked at Li Yue in confusion.

"What are you buying those for?"

"To generate electricity, obviously!"

Li Yue held up his phone, looking at her as if she were an idiot.

"My dear senpai, you know what the Teyvat continent I live in is like, right? There aren't any generators there. Once I take this phone back, if I want to keep using it, I need somewhere to charge it."

Charging a phone required very particular conditions. Since Li Yue had bought a phone, he naturally had to consider how to charge it. Teyvat had the Electro element as well, but how was Li Yue supposed to know its voltage, whether it was direct current or alternating current? If the voltage was wrong, a phone's lithium battery could explode on the spot! Squeeze it too hard, and it could explode on the spot! Let it get too hot, and it could explode on the spot! In short, it could explode in all kinds of ways!

As for why he chose Solar Panels instead of a diesel generator, Li Yue did not know whether Teyvat even had diesel. But Liyue Harbor was always sunny. Teyvat had its own laws of physics.jpg

"Or should I come to your room to charge my phone whenever it runs out of power? Of course, if senpai doesn't mind, I don't mind either."

He grinned as he waited for Kasumigaoka's answer.

"Tch. Then you should just buy Solar Panels."

Akihabara was widely known for its many stores related to anime culture, such as maid cafés, game shops, light novel shops, and manga stores. But in truth, Akihabara had originally been an electronics shopping district in Tokyo, where one could buy every household appliance imaginable, including the Solar Panels Li Yue wanted now.

Kasumigaoka took Li Yue and the other two to Akihabara's Electric Town, where they bought Solar Panels and Batteries.

But Li Yue was not done yet. Since he had already bought Solar Panels and Batteries, he might as well buy some appliances too. After purchasing a batch of Solar Panels, he added a refrigerator, washing machine, Air Conditioner, and Electric Massage Sofa to improve his quality of life. Teyvat had none of these things. He had everything delivered to Kasumigaoka's apartment.

As the receipts in her hands continued to pile up, Kasumigaoka's expression grew darker and darker. She had said that, as a local, she would treat Li Yue to some hospitality, but she had not meant this kind of hospitality.

In stark contrast to Kasumigaoka's dark expression, Li Yue felt incredibly refreshed.

"I understand Zhongli's feelings now. Spending someone else's money feels this good."

Can I? Can I? Can I?~

"What interesting things. They're clearly not large, yet they can perform so many functions. And the price is merely supplying them with some mild Electro element."

After following Li Yue through his shopping trip and leaving the department store, Venti could not help sighing in amazement.

"Humans even have a way to extract mild Electro element directly from nature, even extracting it from the sun, just like..."

In Teyvat, it was not impossible to extract Elemental Power from nature. However, one generally needed the corresponding elemental affinity to extract the corresponding Elemental Power. Yet the Solar Panels before them could directly draw the Electro element from sunlight. It reminded Venti of that element.

"After all, this world doesn't have Elemental Power that can be used directly. Humans are ordinary and weak, so they can only keep advancing through technology."

"That is indeed the case. Without extraordinary methods like Elemental Power to strengthen individuals, they can only use technology to strengthen the collective. Teyvat is actually walking the same path, only far more slowly than this world."

"Still, these things are not entirely suitable for Teyvat. Teyvat has Elemental Power and its own path to follow."

Though he found it interesting, Venti had no intention of simply transplanting all the things of modern society into Mondstadt. The Teyvat continent had its own technology. Elemental technology was not nonexistent there, after all. Teyvat had its own laws of physics.jpg

"That's right. Teyvat has its own path, but I'm still very curious about the principles behind how these machines operate."

As for Nahida, she had no intention of bringing these things back to Sumeru either. Rather than bringing them back, she wanted to understand the knowledge contained within these household appliances. The physics knowledge contained in home appliances was what she wanted.

Rather than a God of Wisdom, Teyvat's God of Wisdom was more like a god of big data, possessing all kinds of data and knowledge. Knowledge and wisdom were two different things. Knowledge represented the quantity of information and data, while wisdom was the ability to apply knowledge.

No matter how much knowledge one had, if one could not use it, one was merely a database. That did not represent wisdom. Clearly, neither Greater Lord Rukkhadevata nor Nahida was a qualified God of Wisdom. They were merely rather rigid server data administrators.

Still, Li Yue could support Nahida's desire to learn the operating principles behind these modern products.

"Nahida, do you want to learn how they work?"

Li Yue looked down at Nahida.

"Yes. This is knowledge I have never seen before, and I'm very curious."

Nahida opened her adorable eyes wide and made her request to Li Yue.

"Li Yue, can you help me obtain that knowledge?"

"I can't help you get that, because I don't have any money."

"Knowledge can be bought with money too?"

Nahida opened her little mouth in surprise.

"That's right. So if you want to learn, you need money from this world."

Li Yue pointed at Kasumigaoka, who had come out behind the three of them.

"But the money your dad uses to buy things is all paid by Shiyu-senpai."

Following Li Yue's gesture, Nahida turned her gaze toward Kasumigaoka.

Holding a pile of receipts as she had just exited the mall, Kasumigaoka had only just managed to recover some color when she heard Li Yue tell Nahida to ask her for money. Her face darkened again.

Good grief. Not only had he fleeced her himself, but now he wanted his daughter to fleece her too? And did he seriously treat the god he had picked up as his own daughter?

"Miss Kasumigaoka."

However, as she looked at Nahida, who was gazing up at her with beautiful wide eyes full of pleading, Kasumigaoka's expression softened again.

The one who had conned her was Li Yue, not this adorable Nahida. She could not blame Nahida.

After all, she was only a pure child of five hundred years old who thirsted for knowledge.

"It's fine."

Kasumigaoka smiled as well and looked down at the adorable child who was only five hundred years old.

"If it's only books, I can help with that easily enough."

"But there is a lot of knowledge I can buy here, and it covers a very broad range. If you want me to buy all the knowledge you could possibly learn at once, even ten of me couldn't afford it. So I suggest choosing a direction first. I can buy you some foundational knowledge in that field, because everything has to start with the basics."

"That would be appropriate."

Nahida nodded in agreement. As the God of Wisdom, although she was not particularly clever, she still understood the fundamentals.

"Mm... As for what I should study..."

After Kasumigaoka asked her, Nahida touched her little lips with her index finger and began thinking. After all, she did not understand this Otherworld.

Seeing Nahida struggle in thought, Li Yue offered his own suggestion.

"Physics. Physics covers the most foundational rules of the world. Every world has its own laws of physics."

"Since Li Yue thinks physics should be learned first, I'll listen to Li Yue."

Nahida, who did not yet have much of an opinion of her own, chose to follow Li Yue's suggestion. Li Yue immediately made the decision and placed an order with Kasumigaoka.

"Get her a set of basic physics textbooks that middle school students would use. Junior high and high school sets are both fine. They shouldn't be expensive, and they'll be enough to keep her studying for a while."

"Li Yue-kun, while I don't think your choice is a problem, there's something I've been wanting to ask."

Kasumigaoka frowned slightly.

"Li Yue-kun, you can understand Japanese because of your personal circumstances, but can she understand Japanese?"

Because of the Chat Group, Kasumigaoka had seen quite a bit of Teyvat writing during Li Yue's livestreams. She had not understood a single word. Even Aizen had been unable to understand it during the livestream without a corresponding reference. That proved Teyvat and her world did not use the same writing system at all. Yet now they were going to buy Japanese textbooks for her to study? Seriously?

"Though it's ridiculous, one thing is certain: after coming to this world, all three of us can understand written Japanese and spoken Japanese. It's like how I'm speaking Chinese right now, yet you can understand me. Didn't you just have a normal conversation with Nahida?"

Li Yue's words made Kasumigaoka pause.

That was right. She had spent so much time with these three people from another world, and they had communicated constantly without ever encountering a language barrier. Li Yue had stated during the Chat Group livestream that he spoke Chinese, while the natives of Teyvat spoke the common Teyvat language. Yet she and Aizen had both been able to understand them.

However, the clever Kasumigaoka still noticed a flaw.

"Wait. If that's the case, then I should be able to understand Teyvat writing too. So why can you understand Japanese while I can't understand Teyvat writing?"

"Good question. I want to know too, because although I can communicate with people from Teyvat, I can't read Teyvat writing either."

Li Yue spread his hands, looking completely innocent.

"You can't read it either?"

"Right, I can't read it either."

What kind of strange bug was this?

"Forget it. I don't understand what's going on either. I'll just buy the middle school physics textbooks you mentioned, and after that, it'll depend on the child herself."

When Kasumigaoka agreed to buy books for Nahida, Venti, who had been listening in, brightened immediately and shamelessly approached her.

"Since Nahida is getting a gift, Miss Kasumigaoka, could you prepare some gifts for me too? Of course, I'll reward you with a performance by Teyvat's finest bard!"

"Uh..."

Kasumigaoka wanted to say she was not particularly interested in his performance, but Venti did not give her the chance to refuse. He moved closer, opened his eyes wide, and began acting cute.

"Can I~? Can I~~? Can I~~?"

"All right. What do you want?"

Kasumigaoka could not withstand it and agreed helplessly.

"I want to taste this world's special alcoholic drinks. Not much, just enough for one good drinking session!"

Thus, Venti also received his own meeting gift from Kasumigaoka.

After spending a great deal of money buying appliances for Li Yue, Kasumigaoka's wallet shrank a little more. She felt as though she had become an ATM.

Fortunately, Kasumigaoka had earned enough in royalties from her books. Otherwise, her living expenses would have become a problem before the next royalty payment arrived.

Although they had bought quite a few things, the appliances would take several days to arrive. So Li Yue had Venti and Nahida play around in the world of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend first, while he opened a Portal once more and headed to the world of Bleach.

Godfather! Yue Finally Gets to See You!

Seireitei, the headquarters of the Gotei 13. After the Fifth Division's captain, Aizen Sousuke, finished practicing calligraphy in his office as usual, he left with his Zanpakuto. The Fifth Division's Vice-Captain, Momo Hinamori, was, as always, sleeping peacefully in the adjoining room. The girl was such a sleepyhead. Whenever Aizen practiced calligraphy at night, she would say that as Vice-Captain, she had to keep him company. Then, before long, she would fall asleep.

And that was exactly what Aizen needed. Only after Momo Hinamori had fallen asleep could he begin his real life.

After leaving the Fifth Division barracks, Aizen walked quietly along the roads of Seireitei. The patrolling Bleach officers he encountered along the way completely ignored his existence, because every one of them was under Illusion's control. Throughout Seireitei, aside from the blind man from the Ninth Division, everyone was controlled by Illusion, including Captain-Commander Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai.

After leaving the Fifth Division barracks, Aizen headed straight for the Third Division. The Third Division's captain, Gin Ichimaru, was one of only two of Aizen's subordinates in Seireitei, aside from that blind man from the Ninth Division who wanted to overthrow Seireitei's nobility in the name of justice. Although Gin Ichimaru had not become Aizen's subordinate because he truly wished to help him, but rather to reclaim the soul Aizen had taken from his childhood friend Rangiku Matsumoto, that did not change the fact that he was currently working under Aizen.

"Good evening, Captain Aizen."

Gin Ichimaru had both hands tucked into his broad sleeves like an old man afraid of freezing his hands in winter. With narrowed eyes, he smiled at Aizen.

"Good evening, Gin."

Aizen smiled in response.

"Have you arranged everything in your division?"

"Mm, it's all arranged."

"Then let us depart."

Aizen had originally conducted his Hollowfication research and experiments within Seireitei, but he had now moved those experiments outside it. Through the memory files Li Yue had given him, he had learned that the Wandenreich, founded by a group of Quincy, was hiding in Seireitei's shadow. Although Aizen did not think much of Yhwach or those Quincy who could all be dealt with using a single Illusion, he had no desire to remain under someone's surveillance. Therefore, he had moved his laboratory outside Seireitei.

The two left Seireitei without making a sound. The Bleach officers guarding Seireitei's gates were just like those on the road earlier, as if they had not seen the two at all. Such was Illusion's power.

Soul Society was a place where human souls gathered. After souls arrived in Soul Society, most became separated from their former relatives and never met them again. Since large numbers of people often died at nearly the same time, even those who left the Human World from the same place and at the same time were usually separated. However, souls could choose to gather together, forming new families and living alongside one another. The eras and historical backgrounds of the Human World from which they came might differ, but they could all communicate, interact, grow close, and even marry. Many child souls born here would even enter Seireitei and become Bleach officers.