Original God, But It's a Chat Group

"Ah?"

Kazuma, who had just been nodding, looked completely bewildered.

"But wasn't that person acquainted with you?"

Kazuma clearly remembered that Hashirama in front of him had been chatting happily with that Madara earlier. They even seemed like old friends who had not seen each other in years. Was that how one greeted an old friend?

"I do know him, but he's a chuunibyou, you know? He's always thinking about saving the world. He does have some ability, but his brain isn't quite right, you know? The kind of brain that takes everything for granted. You understand what I mean, right?"

"Uh..."

Kazuma really wanted to say that he did not understand, but after looking at the blade in Li Yue's hand, he chose to understand.

"I get it."

"It's good that you get it. Just remember these points: he's a chuunibyou, he wants to save the world, and his brain isn't quite right. Most importantly, he's already dead. He's just a soul in the Pure Land now, so you don't need to be afraid of him, understand?"

"He's already dead?"

"That's right. Like the soul of some deceased hero in a Swords and Magic game. So he can only scare you with his mouth. He can't touch you at all. You understand now, right?"

"I understand!"

Kazuma immediately perked up. What was this? This was trash-talking under orders! What did he have to fear?

Especially since the target of his trash talk was a dead man, the kind who could only flame people online. What did he have to fear?

Kazuma had no idea that Madara would be revived in the future. He only knew that the big shot in front of him had told him to trash-talk that guy.

"Very good. It's enough that you understand."

Li Yue nodded in satisfaction. The task of trash-talking Madara was now yours. He was looking forward to seeing Kazuma face revived Madara in the future!

"Get along well with the other group members. This Chat Group truly connects different worlds."

Li Yue put away Enma's Blade, patted Kazuma on the shoulder, then leaned close to his ear and whispered temptingly.

"Think about it. Some of these worlds are Swords and Magic worlds that only exist in novels or games. As a member of the Chat Group, as long as you build good relationships with the others, you might gain real magic. When that happens, wouldn't you, with magic in your hands, be able to do whatever you wanted in this ordinary world? For example, with all those youthful and beautiful girls!"

In an instant, Kazuma's eyes gleamed brightly. He pointed at the Portal behind Li Yue.

"Senior, can you teach me magic? Like that!"

The ability to directly open a door into someone else's home—he wanted it so badly!

You're really direct. I just finished speaking, and you already want something from me.

"That won't work. That's my special ability. Other people can't learn it."

"Alright."

"No need to rush. Other than me, aren't there other people in the group? And there are only five people in the group right now. More will join later, and then you'll be one of the seniors in the group. You can take your time."

The disappointed Kazuma immediately regained his spirits.

That was right. Aside from himself, the senior in front of him, and that dead guy, there were still two others in the group. Although those two had barely spoken, he could take the initiative and get friendly with them!

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. Remember what I just told you. Mind your online morality and etiquette when dealing with certain people, boy."

Li Yue patted Kazuma on the shoulder again, then got up and stepped back. Under Satou Kazuma's gaze, he walked into the Portal, which eventually closed completely and vanished.

"It disappeared."

Kazuma clenched and unclenched his hand, then rubbed his eyes, making sure that the miraculous Chat Group still existed within his field of vision.

"It's real. It's really real. I really joined a Chat Group that connects Otherworlds, and I really met people from another world!"

After confirming that he was not hallucinating, Kazuma's lips began to curl upward wildly. In the end, he jumped up from where he stood and threw a fist into the sky.

"This is awesome!!"

"Hahahaha! Lord Kazuma's luck is finally turning around! Swords and Magic! Once Lord Kazuma learns those amazing spells, Lord Kazuma can become the god of the New World! Goodbye, trashy real world! I'm heading straight for the peak of life! Hahahaha!!!"

Very Kazuma indeed!

Ignoring Kazuma's wild fantasies, Li Yue returned to Teyvat after leaving that world and plunged back into the Chat Group.

Both newcomers had joined, and he had confirmed the worlds they came from. Both were worlds full of entertainment. Since nothing was happening in Teyvat right now, Li Yue could not wait to visit the New World and have some fun!

Li Yue immediately opened a private chat with Aizen. Oh, the Chat Group had a private messaging function, but with only three people before, there had been little need for private chats.

Meme Lord: Godfather, interested in taking a trip to a new Otherworld together?

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Of course. Rather, I've already been looking forward to it!

After Li Yue began scamming Uchiha Madara, Aizen had stopped speaking and merely observed in secret. Watching Li Yue's actions, he had also concluded that these two worlds contained the sort of entertainment Li Yue wanted. What would Li Yue do when he saw something entertaining? Naturally, he would go find that entertainment himself. Thus, Aizen had been waiting early on for Li Yue to bring him along to the New World!

Meme Lord: Wait a moment. I'll be right there!

Indra Returns as King, Unifies the Ninja World for Eternity

In the Land of Fire of the ninja world, Li Yue and Aizen walked leisurely side by side through a lush forest.

"Godfather, we haven't seen each other in dozens of days. How far has your research progressed?"

"Li Yue-kun, that thing you sent me before was very interesting. It brought about an abundance of negative conditions. I fused it into a Hollow's soul, and just like a Bleach's initial Hollowfication, the Hollow that absorbed those things immediately went berserk. Furthermore, the power it erupted with after going berserk was even more exaggerated than an Arrancar transformation. As a means of increasing strength, it truly is quite a good thing."

Aizen pushed up his glasses, extremely satisfied with the Karmic Debt Li Yue had sent through the Red Envelope.

"There is only one issue: that thing is uncontrollable. It is far too difficult to control because it is mixed with too much resentment and lacks a unified consciousness. It is even more chaotic than a Menos, a creature born from the fusion of multiple souls."

Menos were born when ordinary Hollows devoured one another. The Gillian formed from the fusion and consumption of large numbers of Hollows were the most basic kind of Menos. Above Gillians were Adjuchas, and above those were Vasto Lordes.

The Karmic Debt on Xiao's body had also mixed the resentment of countless monsters and even Demon Gods, so it was more chaotic and violent than Hollows. Even though Zhongli gave him medicine from time to time to suppress it, Xiao still worried that the Karmic Debt on his body would affect others, so he stayed away from the human world.

"Unfortunately, things like that are hard to come by. There might have been a chance for them to arise in the old Teyvat, but there are fewer and fewer Demon Gods now, so there are fewer and fewer things like that too."

Li Yue shrugged helplessly. Xiao was the only one who had reached that extent. All the others were dead.

"Indeed, such things are hard to come by. And Li Yue-kun, you may not know this, but this thing you call Karmic Debt remains constant. Do you know what that means?"

"Constant..."

Li Yue gave it some thought.

"Does that mean it isn't consumed?"

"That's right. It is a very interesting trait. After I fused all the Karmic Debt you gave me into one Hollow's body, that Hollow immediately went berserk after bearing the power, erupting with strength far beyond what an Arrancar of its level should possess. In the end, it dispersed after exhausting all its Reishi, but after the Hollow vanished, the Karmic Debt remained. It could be collected and used again."

"This thing called Karmic Debt seems more like a catalyst that allows its host to squeeze out every bit of power in its body. It is truly an excellent thing!"

As he spoke, Aizen looked at Li Yue, unable to stop the corners of his lips from rising. For a researcher, encountering something like this was simply delightful. Li Yue was a good brother—when he found something good, he really gave it to you!

And now he had brought him to a new world too. Good brother, this was awesome! His original choice to cooperate with Li Yue rather than find a way to control him had indeed been the right one!

"Alright, I'm done talking about my research. Li Yue-kun, tell me about this world's intelligence. You had such a lively conversation with that street dancer in the Chat Group. You should know his situation very well, right?"

Recalling how Li Yue had confused the newcomer with just a few words in the group, Aizen found it amusing. Could this newcomer be an exceptionally naïve fellow?

"That's right. Madara is a legendary figure in this world. Even though he's dead now, he's still stirring up the winds and clouds of this world."

Thinking of Uchiha Madara's bizarre actions, Li Yue wanted to laugh.

"Let me explain this world's background to you, Godfather. Every story in this world began with an alien race."

"Somewhere in the universe, there is a planet inhabited by the Otsutsuki clan. This clan possesses a power called Chakra. With it, they can travel across star systems through the universe. Their purpose in crossing star systems is not tourism, but gathering power. They possess something called the God Tree. They take the God Tree to planets with life force and plant it there. The God Tree absorbs the planet's life force as it grows, eventually bearing a Divine Tree Fruit."

"This Divine Tree Fruit is an ultra-concentrated Chakra fruit. The Otsutsuki clan continuously strengthens itself by consuming these Divine Tree Fruits. They usually travel in pairs: one is a higher-ranking member of the main family, while the other is a servant from the branch family. When the God Tree reaches its final stage of growth, it must devour a member of the Otsutsuki branch family to produce the finest fruit. That is why they always set out in pairs, but only one returns in the end. The branch family exists solely to be sacrificed for the main family."

"One thousand years ago, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki of the main family and Otsutsuki Kaguya of the branch family came to this planet and planted the God Tree. On the eve of the Divine Tree Fruit's maturity, unwilling to be sacrificed, Otsutsuki Kaguya ambushed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and offered his body to the God Tree. In the end, Otsutsuki Kaguya obtained the Divine Tree Fruit and became the holder of Chakra. On this primitive planet a thousand years ago, she was known as the Rabbit Goddess."

"Under humanity's blessings, Otsutsuki Kaguya gave birth to two sons, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura."

At this point, Aizen became interested.

"Let me guess. These two sons caused some trouble?"

"That's right, though the situation was a little different. Although Otsutsuki Kaguya had dealt with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, she also knew that the Otsutsuki main family out in the stars would eventually notice that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had not returned and send people to investigate. To fight the Otsutsuki clan that might arrive, she began creating her own army."

"She used the God Tree to turn humans into mindless White Zetsu, numbering as many as one hundred thousand. She tried to use those hundred thousand White Zetsu to fight the Otsutsuki clan. Oh, the combat strength of a White Zetsu is roughly that of an ordinary Seated Officer in Bleach, while the low-ranking Otsutsuki she intended to fight possess the strength of a Captain level with centuries of power, and the top fighters even possess strength on Old Man Yamamoto's level."

"Isn't that a bit..."

Aizen felt deeply speechless. What had Otsutsuki Kaguya been thinking? Against true powerhouses, these things did not even count as cannon fodder. Forget one hundred thousand—even a million would be useless.

"Sounds stupid, right?"

"And that's only the beginning."

Li Yue smiled and continued his introduction.

"Her two sons could not stand what she was doing. To protect humanity, they chose to rebel against their own mother. With the help of an Adepti native to this planet, the two sons sealed Otsutsuki Kaguya away on what was now the moon. As the younger brother, Otsutsuki Hamura lived on the moon and took responsibility for guarding Otsutsuki Kaguya's seal. As the elder brother, Otsutsuki Hagoromo sealed the Chakra of the God Tree within his body to control the God Tree that had gone berserk after losing Kaguya, becoming the God Tree's Jinchuriki."

"Because he possessed the God Tree's power, he replaced Kaguya as the new god among men. He established the Ninja Sect. Believing that Chakra was a power that could allow people to understand one another, he began spreading this power and letting humanity wield it."

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Aizen tilted his head slightly in confusion, but did not ask. He simply continued waiting for Li Yue's explanation.

"During this process, he also had two sons: Asura and Indra. Asura inherited his powerful body, while Indra inherited his eyes with special powers. Both sons were exceptional, but there could only be one successor to the Ninja Sect. So he made his two sons compete. Whoever could complete the task he gave them would become his successor."

"What happened afterward was simple. Indra was more outstanding, but his ideals differed from Otsutsuki Hagoromo's. So Otsutsuki Hagoromo, as the judge, personally entered the contest and declared Asura the winner, making him the successor of the Ninja Sect. Dissatisfied, Indra left. After Otsutsuki Hagoromo died, he returned with those who followed him and launched an attack."

"Thus, the ninja world was plunged into complete chaos because of the Otsutsuki family's internal problems."

"This chaos continued for a thousand years. During those thousand years, Indra and Asura's Chakra continuously reincarnated. Every host their Chakra attached itself to became a fated opponent, fighting each other all the way to the present. Madara from the Chat Group is the previous carrier of Indra's Chakra, while the Hashirama he speaks of is the previous carrier of Asura's Chakra."

Thinking of Uchiha Madara's attitude toward Hashirama, Li Yue could not help wanting to laugh.

"Unlike every previous generation of Asura and Indra, the Asura of their generation was overwhelmingly powerful and successfully beat Indra into submission. They became close friends, even setting aside their hatred to establish a village called Konoha together. But Madara was a chuunibyou. After being deceived, he believed that he bore the destiny of saving the world, so he rebelled again. In the end, Hashirama beat him up once more, but he escaped by faking his death and continued making plans in secret."

"Not long ago, he died of old age. However, he had already prepared a plan to revive himself, and he would be resurrected before long. By then, no one would be able to stop him. He would become the strongest ninja in this world and finally realize his ideal of saving the world."

"Let me guess. Is that why he said in the Chat Group that he would prove himself?"

Aizen accurately stated the answer.

"That's right. But what he doesn't know is that everything he has done was arranged long ago by someone else. Before Kaguya was sealed, she gave birth to a third child, Black Zetsu. To rescue his mother, Black Zetsu had been secretly inciting wars in the ninja world. Uchiha Madara was deceived by Black Zetsu into believing he was saving the world, when in truth everything he did was merely to free Otsutsuki Kaguya, who was sealed on the moon."

Li Yue spread his hands helplessly.

"An ignorant Otsutsuki Kaguya, an equally ignorant Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and Indra and Asura, who inherited that ignorance, created this world's thousand-year history of war. Humanity spent nearly all of those thousand years in war, and even afterward would fall into the same cycle."

"And after his death, Otsutsuki Hamura hid in the Pure Land and watched for a thousand years without doing anything. That is the main background of this world. Aside from that, there are also some bizarre smaller stories. For example, someone who constantly talks about keeping the village stable chooses to massacre his innocent entire clan, young and old, yet hypocritically spares his beloved younger brother. Someone blames his teacher for failing to save the woman he loved because of his own incompetence, then chooses to kill the teacher who had always cared for him. Someone wants world peace, so he first makes the world feel pain and goes crazy carrying rice. And there is an ultimate master of talk-no-jutsu who will forgive you with his mouth no matter what you did to him."

"In short, the ninja world is a grand stage. If you've got the guts, come on in!"

Li Yue's examples made Aizen frown. What was all this? Although the Five Noble Clans made the Soul Society full of darkness in the Bleach world, at least the Seireitei still maintained overall order. Was this world truly so chaotic? And in the plot Li Yue uploaded about Bleach, Ichigo Kurosaki had truly shown no mercy at all when cutting people down.

"So, Li Yue-kun, what is your plan? Or rather, is there anything you want to do?"

Li Yue pointed ahead.

"The direction that passing merchant gave us leads to Konoha, the village founded by the previous Asura and Indra. It is also where the new generation of Indra and Asura were born."

"Uchiha Madara may not have personal charisma on your level, Godfather, but he has plenty of it. And isn't he already a group member? We'll all be good partners from now on. As his good partner, of course I have to help him out!!"

"So you want to...?"

Li Yue grinned, revealing an innocent smile.

"Of course, help him save the world!!"

Li Yue had already thought of the script's title: Otsutsuki Indra Returns as King, Unifies the Ninja World for Eternity!

The Five-Year Term Has Arrived, Please Take Your Place, Clan Head!

Uchiha Madara was a man with ideals. He believed that humanity was always at war and therefore never had peace, so he wanted to create a peaceful world. However, he lacked knowledge. After all, he came from a mercenary background and had never received systematic education, so he easily believed Black Zetsu's deception.

He wanted to become the new Sage of Six Paths and place the entire world inside an illusion. As long as everyone was dreaming, everyone would become happy. And since everyone would be dreaming, there would no longer be war, and the world would achieve peace.

All that could be said was that his goal of bringing peace to the world was good. Unfortunately, his lack of knowledge meant that the things he could think of were truly limited.

As his beloved Group Leader, Li Yue naturally had to help him solve his worries properly!

When he had asked a passing merchant for directions earlier, he had also learned some information about this world, such as the current year and events from the past few years.

For example, five years ago, the Uchiha clan of Konoha had been massacred by the rogue ninja Uchiha Itachi, leaving only its sole surviving bloodline, Second Pillar. Uchiha Itachi massacred the Uchiha clan in Leaf Year 59, while the protagonist graduated from the Ninja Academy in Leaf Year 64. It was now Leaf Year 64, and it was spring in March. In other words, the story was beginning right now. The new generation of ninjas was about to graduate from the academy, be assigned into teams, and officially begin their ninja careers!

Good, good, good. The timing could not have been better!

Dressed in a black suit, Li Yue headed straight toward Konoha. Outside Konoha's iconic gate, the Leaf Gate Guardians, Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, stood as usual at the entrance, inspecting those entering and leaving through the Leaf Village Gate.

Li Yue reached the gate, and Kotetsu Hagane immediately stepped forward.

"Hello, welcome to Konoha. Please state your identity and your purpose for coming to Konoha."