I, Izayoi Sakamaki, Joined the Chat Group at the Start

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you fail to draw one. You'll be joining Black Rabbit's community in the end anyway. Even if you're dead last and drag everyone down, Black Rabbit won't dislike you."

"Hmm?"

"Hmm?"

"Hmm?"

Black Rabbit's words immediately drew the attention of all three, who looked at her with half-smiles.

"Interesting. But Gift Games should have stakes, right? What are we betting? Gifts?"

"Since this is your first time in Hakoniwa, we'll waive the stakes. As a Moon Rabbit among divine and Buddhist kin, Black Rabbit can afford that much."

"But in order to motivate you all, Black Rabbit has decided that if you win, Black Rabbit can grant you one condition."

Black Rabbit finished speaking with great confidence. Surely, no matter how strange these Problem Children were, they would agree after hearing that, right?

"Any condition?"

Hearing Black Rabbit's words, Izayoi Sakamaki tilted his head and glanced at the Slime Black Rabbit was raising, a wicked smile appearing on his lips.

"Ah, ah, some things are not allowed."

A faint pink tint appeared on her rabbit ears. Black Rabbit hurriedly added some restrictions.

"Then the Gift Game shall begin!"

After shuffling the cards and laying them out on the table in order, a brown Parchment appeared before the three of them. "Now then, you may draw your cards."

After casually signing the contract, Hisato Asuka was the first to choose a card. "Oh? Then I'll take this one."

"Then I'll take this one."

Hisato Asuka and Kasukabe Yō each picked a card and flipped them over. One was a J, and the other was a Q.

Izayoi Sakamaki, meanwhile, looked thoroughly uninterested.

It couldn't be helped. This foolish rabbit did not even know how to cheat. Anyone with even slightly sharp eyes could guess which cards were JQK character cards just from the order in which she shuffled them.

With a casual slap on the table, the cards were jolted into the air. Izayoi Sakamaki swiftly snatched a K from among them.

"Looks like we won, Rabbit."

"Don't call me Rabbit! My name is Black Rabbit!"

Although she was dissatisfied with Izayoi Sakamaki constantly testing the limits of the rules, what annoyed her even more was how this man seemed to have no respect for her at all.

"Congratulations on winning the match..."

"Let's skip the cutscene. I'll ask my question directly."

After exchanging glances with Hisato Asuka and Kasukabe Yō, Izayoi Sakamaki felt somewhat helpless. Why did he have to be the one to say it?

No way, no way. In this short time, have I vaguely become the leader of our little trio?

Shaking his head with amusement, he curved his lips into a smile. "Is this world interesting?"

Still hugging herself protectively, Black Rabbit froze slightly at those words before flashing a brilliant smile. "Yes, it's absolutely interesting."

"In Hakoniwa, a community is equivalent to a nation. Every community has many members..."

Black Rabbit walked cheerfully ahead, occasionally explaining things about Hakoniwa, but she always intentionally or unintentionally avoided mentioning anything about her own community.

"This is really boring. Kasukabe, Spring... you two cover for me. I'm going to take a look at the World's End."

"The World's End? Sure, but won't you get lost?"

Hisato Asuka showed an envious expression. She greatly envied Izayoi Sakamaki's inhuman physical abilities. He could just leave whenever he wanted.

"I won't. I'll leave it to you two, then."

Glancing at Black Rabbit, who was still explaining things to herself, Izayoi Sakamaki patted both girls on the shoulders and vanished with a single leap.

"Way too familiar."

Kasukabe Yō pursed her lips as she watched Izayoi Sakamaki disappear.

"Capable people are all like that. Forget him for now. But Kasukabe, did you notice? Black Rabbit seems to have been hiding information about the community she belongs to."

Narrowing her eyes slightly, Hisato Asuka looked at Black Rabbit ahead of them.

"Yeah. It's probably a very weak community. I don't really care."

"That's true. Rising from the bottom is more interesting."

Group notification: The livestream function has been activated because group activity has reached the required standard.

"Livestreaming? For me, it's less interesting than a fight."

Izayoi Sakamaki, racing through the air, shook his head at the notification in his mind. He paid it no attention and merely sighed.

"As expected of Hakoniwa. It's much bigger than Earth."

He rapidly kicked through the air. In the blink of an eye, he had crossed several thousand kilometers. Before long, an enormous waterfall appeared ahead, with a vast torrent of water pouring down over the edge of the world.

This was the outermost edge of Hakoniwa.

This was also thanks to Black Rabbit's community being located in the weakest outermost region. Otherwise, getting here would have taken quite some time.

I beg everyone for your support—flowers, monthly tickets, evaluation tickets, any kind of support!

Chapter 15: A Single Punch Defeats the Snake God

In the Chat Group. Tsunade: "A livestream? What's that?"

Takanashi Rikka: "The power of the Evil-Eye True Sight is beginning to awaken. It tells me that a livestream transmits one's own surroundings for others to watch."

Tony: "...It's obviously something so ordinary. How does it become so impressive when you say it?"

Esdeath: "I wondered what it was. Boring."

Kurogane Ikki: "Haha... Looks like no one likes having what they do watched by others."

Hawkeye: "The strong disdain the cheers of the weak. @Kurogane Ikki, your swordsmanship is good, but your physical abilities are somewhat lacking. I hope you grow stronger soon."

Ding. Group member Hawkeye has sent a Red Packet. Go grab it now.

Ding. Kurogane Ikki claimed the Red Packet and obtained Rokushiki and Armament Haki.

Ding. Esdeath claimed the Red Packet and obtained Conqueror's Haki.

Ding. Takanashi Rikka claimed the Red Packet and obtained Observation Haki.

Having just landed at the edge of the waterfall, Izayoi Sakamaki heard the Red Packet notification and instinctively grabbed one.

Then he felt a strange power appear within his body, assimilate with him, and slowly grow stronger.

Ding. Congratulations, you have obtained Three Haki.

"Not bad. It suits me quite well."

Izayoi Sakamaki was somewhat surprised. Why had Hawkeye suddenly sent out Red Packets?

After scrolling through the chat records, he finally understood.

So Hawkeye was a tsundere. After fighting Kurogane Ikki, he had acknowledged Kurogane Ikki's talent and wanted to help him grow stronger. But he was too embarrassed to send something only to him, so he simply sent out a Big Red Packet. Whoever got it, got it.

Tony: "Holy crap, that fast? The Red Packet was gone in one second?"

Tsunade: "Yo, Shithead didn't grab one? Tsk, tsk."

Kurogane Ikki: "@Hawkeye, thank you. I definitely won't disappoint your expectations."

Takanashi Rikka: "Eh? It seems Tony was the only one who didn't get a Red Packet?"

Tony: "..."

Minamiya Natsuki: "Observation Haki? It does have its uses."

Izayoi Sakamaki: "@Hawkeye, is it okay for you to send out so many Red Packets?"

Hawkeye: "It's fine. I only gave out some Haki seeds. I can recover them after training for a day or two."

Fūrinji Miu: "@Izayoi Sakamaki, where did you go? Just now, I felt like I lost something."

Izayoi Sakamaki: "Oh, you mean that? I've come to another world. It's a very interesting world."

Esdeath: "Interesting? How interesting?"

Fūrinji Miu: "Have I been abandoned?"

Seeing Miu's message in the group, Izayoi Sakamaki was speechless. They were all in the same Chat Group. It was not as though they would never see each other again.

Izayoi Sakamaki: "@Fūrinji Miu, it's fine. Once the Chat Group activates its world-travel function, won't we be able to meet again?"

Tony: "The big shot traveled to another world? Heavenly Realm or Divine Realm?"

Izayoi Sakamaki: "This world is called Hakoniwa. It's not the Heavenly Realm or Divine Realm, but it's not far off. What matters is that it's very interesting."

Hawkeye: "How interesting? Are there many strong people?"

Izayoi Sakamaki: "Hehe, let's put it this way. There are countless experts capable of destroying stars with one blow. There are also quite a few Gods and Creator Gods here."

Esdeath: "Is this the world of the strong?"

Hawkeye: "It seems I still have a long way to go. @Izayoi Sakamaki, what level are you at now?"

What level?

Izayoi Sakamaki stroked his chin. To be honest, although he had perfect control over his strength, he did not know whether he was Four-digit—capable of destroying the surface of a planet up to Star-Busting Level—or Three-digit, at the galaxy level. Still, shattering the sun with a single blow would be effortless.

Izayoi Sakamaki: "Hmm... I can probably only destroy a sun. I haven't tried destroying a galaxy yet."

Hawkeye: "The sun..."

Tony: "A galaxy..."

Esdeath: "So strong!"

Fūrinji Miu: "Izayoi, you're bragging again..."

As for Miu's words, everyone splendidly ignored them. They knew that the strong had the pride of the strong. They would only underestimate their own Combat Power and would never exaggerate.

"Star-Busting Level? That's far too outrageous."

Tony looked at the masterpiece he was about to complete and smiled bitterly. He had once thought that humanity could never surpass the limits of its world—that they could not possibly become stronger than the planet that had birthed and raised them.

But he had been a frog at the bottom of a well.

"No. As long as I find stronger energy sources and materials, I can definitely create even more powerful Mecha."

Thinking of how he might become the lowest-ranking person in the group in the future, Tony secretly resolved to create Mecha capable of rivaling gods.

He had not even dared to imagine it before. Now that he had the Chat Group, anything was possible.

Hawkeye: "@Izayoi Sakamaki, I want to see the gap between myself and the strong."

Izayoi Sakamaki: "Sure, but how much strength I use will depend on your ability."

Ding. Group member Hawkeye has opened Battle Space.

Takanashi Rikka: "@Izayoi Sakamaki, let me witness the heroic bearing of my contractor!"

Tsunade: "Same here!"

Esdeath: "I wonder how much of your power a livestream can display."

That previous battle, that punch, had already made Esdeath—invincible in her own world—feel the urgency of becoming stronger. At the same time, it had cast a certain shadow over her heart.

If she could overcome that shadow, she would definitely take another step forward!

I beg everyone for your support—flowers, monthly tickets, evaluation tickets, any kind of support!

Chapter 16: Shattered Space

"A livestream? Fine. It can count as a benefit for the group members from me, the administrator."

Izayoi Sakamaki thought about it. He had nothing he could not show, so he opened the livestream.