"Forever with Sis" Joins the Chat Group

Somewhere beneath a forest within the Land of Fire.

Cold. Shaking.

The black-haired girl woke up in a coffin, stared into the profound darkness before her, and sighed.

"Three days..."

Three days ago, she had still been an ordinary overworked office drone from Huaxia.

She had never expected that, on a rainy night, she would be struck head-on by a dump truck—more precisely, she had clearly dodged it, but the dump truck suddenly transformed and punched her, sending her straight into the Naruto world as an Uchiha Clan member buried alive underground.

And...

She was even a girl.

Uchiha Hikari. That was her name now.

When she had first transmigrated, Uchiha Hikari had agonized over the change in gender.

But now, she no longer cared. She only wanted to escape this damned place as soon as possible. Transmigrating into a coffin was one thing, but having layer upon layer of seals placed on her body, leaving her unable to move even a finger—what the hell was that about?

Fortunately, while sealed, her bodily functions had nearly come to a halt. She did not need to eat or use the bathroom. Combined with the powerful mental strength brought by the fusion of two souls, she could continuously replay anime and novels from her previous life in her mind, allowing her to endure these past few days safely. But now, she was close to breaking down.

Darkness, chill, loneliness...

In this environment, only the tiny progress bar crawling along before her gave Uchiha Hikari a trace of warmth. "Come on, System Big Brother!"

[System loading: 98%...]

[99%...]

After a long wait.

Uchiha Hikari finally heard a pleasant ding.

Dimensional Chat Group activated!

"Nameless" has joined the chat group. As the first group member, you have automatically been promoted to acting group leader.

"A chat group?"

Uchiha Hikari blinked. She was a little surprised, but not too surprised.

As a transmigrator, she had read plenty of web novels in her previous life and was familiar with this kind of cheat. What appeared before her was a panel somewhat like a QQ group, only simpler, with several functional modules: check-in, red packets, livestreaming, and travel.

Check-in was a basic function. Each use granted between 1 and 50 points. Points could be used for transactions between group members, exchanged for time spent in another member's world at one point per day, or saved up for a ten-pull drawing of random items from group members' worlds.

There was nothing much to say about red packets and livestreaming.

Travel had to be used on a designated group member. With their permission, one could travel to their world. Afterward, one could return on their own or be kicked out by the other party. Theoretically, as long as both sides agreed and had enough points, staying in that world for the rest of one's life would not be a problem.

Uchiha Hikari casually checked in and received 15 points.

Just as she was about to figure out how to invite people into the group, several new notifications flashed in succession—

"Genius Girl Longing for Love" has joined the chat group.

"Iron Head Kid" has joined the chat group.

"Forever with Sis" (soul state) has joined the chat group.

The system automatically assigned members their nicknames, though they could change them after joining. Before they did, however, Uchiha Hikari could only guess their identities from their current nicknames. "No idea who the genius girl is. Maybe the heroine of some romance anime? Iron Head Kid... could he be Third Brother from Calabash Brothers?"

As for Forever with Sis...

There was no need to guess that one.

But could people from the same world join the group too? Or was the Pure Land counted separately?

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Hikari decided to lurk first.

Forever with Sis: May I ask where this is? Have you all used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal as well?

Genius Girl Longing for Love: Dead Demon Consuming Seal? What's that? Also, is this some scientist's latest invention? Chat software that can connect different worlds... what a genius idea! Are you really all from other worlds?

Forever with Sis: May I ask who you are...

Genius Girl Longing for Love: The place where I live is called Earth. I'm the daughter of the president of Capsule Corporation, and I'm still in high school. As for what this world is called, I don't really know how to name it.

"Capsule Corporation?"

Uchiha Hikari's eyes flickered as she lurked, and she immediately guessed the genius girl's identity.

What romance anime? This was clearly Bulma, the female lead of the Dragon Balls series!

That made sense.

She really was an incredibly intelligent genius. Her father, Dr. Brief, had invented Capsule Corp, while she herself had built a spaceship, a Gravity Training Room, and a Time Machine by hand. As for "longing for love"... Bulma's original purpose in searching for the Dragon Balls had been to wish for a Prince Charming. The label fit perfectly.

So...

Was her world currently at the point of the first Dragon Balls arc?

Only during the first arc could Bulma still be considered a girl.

As Uchiha Hikari pondered this, she felt the window shake.

Genius Girl Longing for Love @Nameless: Are you the inventor of this software?

Nameless: No. I just entered before you did, but for certain reasons, I roughly know a little about the nature of this chat group, as well as... your situations.

Uchiha Hikari spent several minutes roughly explaining everything she knew about the chat group.

Then, after carefully considering her wording, she began typing the next message.

Nameless @Genius Girl Longing for Love: As far as I know, the world you are in is called the "Dragon Ball World." There is a legend there that says the gods created seven Dragon Balls. Whoever gathers them can have any wish granted. And you should soon begin your journey to search for them...

Genius Girl Longing for Love: Huh? How do you know that? I only finished making the Dragon Ball Radar a few days ago!

Genius Girl Longing for Love: Also, this nickname is way too weird. Can I change it...

Nameless @Forever with Sis: As for you, you are in the "Naruto world." As the Fourth Hokage, you sealed away the powerful Nine-Tailed Demon Fox some time ago, but perished alongside it, your soul sealed inside the Death God's stomach... By the way, I'm in this world too. My name is Uchiha Hikari.

Forever with Sis: Uchiha... are you a clansman of Obito and Fugaku?

Nameless: If we go by seniority, I should be their ancestor.

Forever with Sis: ?

Behind the screen, Uchiha Hikari let out a long sigh.

From the moment she transmigrated, she had inherited the memories of the original owner of this body. In those memories, she had been born during the Warring States Period and had once been a Humanoid Weapon painstakingly created by the Uchiha Clan, codenamed "Nameless." Because her power was too great and feared by the other ninja clans, the Senju Clan and others had eventually joined forces to seal her away, leaving her to slumber beneath the dark earth.

This had happened at least seventy or eighty years before the start of Naruto's main story, perhaps even more than a hundred years.

—Because Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju had not even been born when she was sealed.

So not only did the current Uchiha Clan have to call her Grand Ancestor, even Uchiha Madara might have to call her Great-Grand Ancestor upon meeting her.

Nameless: That is roughly the situation.

Nameless: The people who sealed me back then have long since entered the grave, and I have no intention of taking revenge on them. Fourth Hokage, could I trouble you to help remove the seals on my body? In return, I can help fulfill some of your unfinished wishes from before your death, such as looking after your descendants.

If it had been anyone else, Uchiha Hikari certainly would not have revealed her circumstances so readily.

But Minato Namikaze... his character was trustworthy enough.

Forever with Sis: ...I never expected something so cruel to have happened during the Warring States Period. I truly want to help you, but I am already dead. I simply cannot interfere with the Real World in any way.

"..."

That was true.

There were methods in the Naruto world for souls to return to the Real World, but the requirements were harsh. Either one life had to be exchanged for another, or a sacrificial ninja technique like Impure World Reincarnation had to be used. A soul alone could not exist... The exception was Dan Katō's Reika no Jutsu, but even that required a physical body as a vessel first.

Moreover, Minato Namikaze's circumstances differed from an ordinary death. Rather than entering the Pure Land ruled over by the Sage of Six Paths, he had entered the Death God's body. Under such circumstances, rashly using the chat group's travel function could lead to unpredictable consequences.

Uchiha Hikari believed the chat group could solve these problems, but Minato Namikaze clearly did not want to take such a risk lightly.

Minato Namikaze seemed to think for a while before speaking again.

Forever with Sis: Based on what you just said, this chat group can send photos, correct? You can send me an image of the seal pattern first. I learned some Sealing Technique from my wife in the past, so perhaps I can spot some clues.

Nameless: Is that so? Then I'll thank you first, Fourth Hokage.

Nameless: [Sealing Formula Diagram.jpg]

Meanwhile.

Having watched from the sidelines for so long, Bulma could not help joining the conversation.

Bulma: I don't know what this "seal" you are talking about is, but if you are trying to escape from somewhere, I might be able to help. Hmm... would bombs work? No matter how sturdy a seal is, if the yield is high enough, it should be destroyed, right?

Nameless: ?