In the early hours of the morning, Fuyuki City.
A string of lightning suddenly erupted in the pitch-black alley, bleaching the darkness stark white. Howling winds swept up scraps of garbage and paper, sending them spinning out into the street.
A moment later, a petite figure crouched on the ground slowly rose from behind a dumpster. Her bright red twin ponytails swayed in the wind as the girl opened her eyes, scarlet radiance gleaming from within them.
"I will be... cough cough!!"
Before she could finish speaking, however, the stench from the nearby dumpster made her cough several times. She hurriedly backed away, waving a hand in front of her face.
"So gross... Movies really are different from reality... Ptooey, ptooey!!"
Fang Zheng, transformed into Red Ponytail, fanned the air with her hand, then sighed helplessly and walked out of the alley. It was still the middle of the night in Fuyuki, and there was no one to be seen on the streets. But that did not matter to Fang Zheng.
"Alright, let's get this over with and go home to sleep."
As she spoke, Fang Zheng held out her hand. Soon, Grimoire appeared in her grasp.
There was no helping it; this was why Fang Zheng had come to this parallel Nasuverse in this form. His true body was simply too powerful, like a weight heavy enough to tip either side of a scale. If Fang Zheng had appeared here in his true form, this parallel world might have tilted out of balance even faster. So he remained in the Nasuverse and sent Red Ponytail, his avatar, into this parallel world.
To Fang Zheng, it was a little like playing SAO. He had entered a game, created a character, and controlled that character as it interacted within the game.