Star Rail: I, a Researcher, Joined the Chat Group

She had thought Chen Mu knew what kind of heroine she was!

Chen Mu: "Actually, it's not just you. Kochou Kanae too—in the anime, she was killed and eaten by a demon. She was completely just a background character, never appearing in a single episode. She only showed up briefly in flashbacks."

Kochou Kanae: "???"

Good lord.

There was no such thing as the most miserable.

Only someone even more miserable, huh?!!

PS: Is anyone reading this book...? Please give me some data, I'm begging you, big shots...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong with Just Playing Music?

Gotoh Hitori: "???"

Tokisaki Kurumi: "???"

Watching the tragic fates appearing one after another in the group chat, Gotoh Hitori and Tokisaki Kurumi, as mere spectators, were completely stunned.

Gotoh Hitori had never expected it.

Hoshino Ai and Kochou Kanae would actually meet such endings.

If everyone was this miserable, then wouldn't her own fate be no better?

Would her band fail, leaving her to become a freeloader at home for the rest of her life, turning into the kind of adult who only knew how to numb herself with alcohol all day?

Or would the band finally become popular, only for her to be assassinated and die young before she could enjoy it because of something or other?

Don't say that a slice-of-life world had no danger.

Wasn't Hoshino Ai's world a slice-of-life world too?

Gotoh Hitori immediately became frightened. She was the type who loved to overthink things to begin with.

And there was even less need to mention Tokisaki Kurumi.

Kurumi knew perfectly well that, considering what she had done and what she intended to do, it would be entirely normal for some champion of justice to eliminate her.

To be honest, when Chen Mu said he knew all of them through anime and manga, they had secretly felt delighted, wondering whether they might be heroines of some story.

But reality gave them a resounding slap in the face.

Kochou Kanae: "I—I'm going to be eaten by a demon? Then what about Shinobu?"

Chen Mu: "Naturally, she inherited your will and continued exterminating demons. After you died, she became more and more like you. In the end, she paid with her life to kill the demon that ate you and avenged you."

Chen Mu: "Come to think of it, you sisters really had it rough. You were both killed and eaten by the same demon."

Chen Mu: "Oh, right. You only appeared briefly in Kochou Shinobu's flashback."

Kochou Kanae: "..."

Was he really going to twist the knife after killing her?

Hoshino Ai: "S-so that's how it was. No wonder Lord Chen Mu told me earlier that I shouldn't get into a relationship easily. I never imagined Kamiki Hikaru was that kind of person."

Hoshino Ai: "Thank you so much, Lord Chen Mu. Otherwise, I really would have been in for a miserable fate."

Hoshino Ai was also filled with lingering fear at that moment.

Chen Mu: "No need. Like I said, that's only one of countless possible futures. Even without me, your future had already changed long ago."

Chen Mu: "But you really need to be careful from now on, Miss Ai. Don't let men fool you so easily."

Hoshino Ai's face flushed slightly.

Gotoh Hitori: "Mr. Chen Mu, may I ask what my future is like, according to what you know?"

Chen Mu paused. "You? You'll be fine. As long as you don't end up like Miss Ai, what could possibly go wrong with just playing music?"

Hoshino Ai: "..."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "What about me, Lord Chen Mu?"

Chen Mu: "...You'll be fine too."

Only then did the two of them let out sighs of relief.

After seeing the miserable fates of Kochou Kanae and Hoshino Ai, they no longer hoped to be heroines of any story.

It was enough to be an ordinary passerby who wouldn't get caught up in anything.

Meanwhile, Kochou Kanae and Hoshino Ai were still in a daze.

Demon Slayer World.

Kochou Kanae glanced at Kochou Shinobu, who was seriously instructing Kanao Tsuyuri not far away.

Her gaze was gentle, yet filled with determination.

"I absolutely won't let something like that happen again. Things are different now," Kochou Shinobu said.

Meanwhile, in Oshi no Ko World.

Hoshino Ai shuddered all over.

Just thinking about her fate left her at a loss for words.

Remembering how Kamiki Hikaru had confessed to her yesterday, Hoshino Ai felt a lingering fear and gritted her teeth.

"I never expected that guy to be such a beast in human skin. You really couldn't tell at all."

"Love really is too complicated. I'd better stop thinking about it from now on and focus on being an idol."

Hoshino Ai muttered to herself.

Chat Group.

Chen Mu: "Oh, right. My research is finished over here. I'm planning to visit your world tomorrow, Miss Butterfly. Would that be convenient for you? @Kochou Kanae"

Kochou Kanae froze for a moment. "Tomorrow... It should be fine, right? Just come over, Mr. Chen Mu."

Although she still had a mission tomorrow.

Kochou Kanae felt that it would not affect anything.

So she agreed without hesitation.

After all, Chen Mu coming to her world was a good thing. He was coming to help her.

Chen Mu: "Alright, then tomorrow it is. We'll be in touch then."

After saying that, Chen Mu went offline again.

At the same time.

In some corner of the universe.

The Stellarons Hunters.

Kafka briskly entered Silver Wolf's room and said, "Silver Wolf, it's been decided. The operation will be tomorrow. Chen Mu won't be at the Space Station tomorrow."

"Alright, got it."

Silver Wolf replied casually, a lollipop in her mouth.

Seeing how unconcerned Silver Wolf looked, Kafka gradually relaxed as well and joked, "Specifically choosing a day when Chen Mu isn't at the Space Station to carry out the mission... It makes it seem like we're avoiding him."

Silver Wolf shook her head. "We are avoiding him. There's nothing to deny about that. What I'm worried about now is whether we really won't run into that guy tomorrow. The fact that he'd leave the Space Station already feels pretty strange to me."

Kafka paused, then said uncertainly, "It can't be, right? Elio's prophecies have never failed."

Silver Wolf shook her head again.

Common sense?

Did common sense really apply to that guy?

That guy had no common sense to speak of...

Star Rail world.

Space Station.

Chen Mu looked at the million Points in his balance, thoroughly surprised.

Honestly.

He had only logged in this time to tell Kochou Kanae when he would be going to Demon Slayer World.

He had not expected such an unexpected gain.

"What should I spend these Points on?"

Chen Mu muttered as he pondered.

Back when he only had around a hundred Points, he had not thought much of them and had never considered what to use them for.

But now he had a million Points. Naturally, he was deeply interested.

As he studied the Points.

One discovery made him freeze, before a delighted expression appeared on his face.

"What? Points can actually be used like this?!!"

Ability Fusion.

This did not refer to the conventional sense of ability fusion.

It meant allowing the abilities within inventions Chen Mu had created to fuse into Chen Mu's body, completely becoming Chen Mu's own power.

For example, the Space Teleportation Chen Mu had just developed still required a Teleportation Array—an external device—to function.

This was also the technological side's weakness compared to the mysterious side's innate power.

Of course.

The mysterious side's personal strength would always belong to only one person, whereas once the technological side achieved a breakthrough, it could be applied to many people, even the entire world and the entire universe.

In terms of Stellar Gods, the mysterious side could produce a Stellar God, while the technological side could create one.

Both had their pros and cons, each with its own advantages.

As for the function of points—

They could transform the Space Teleportation Chen Mu had developed into his own Space ability.

It was equivalent to combining the two, leaving no further need for external assistance.

How could Chen Mu not be delighted?

"System, fuse the Space ability!"

Chen Mu discovered that every power he could fuse was technology he had once developed himself.

Without the slightest hesitation, he chose the newly developed Space ability.

Ding. "Space ability" selected successfully. 1 million points deducted.

Chen Mu watched as the points in his balance rapidly vanished.