Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Huh?

Doujin Artist: Wait, this group can level up?

Curly-haired Guy: What the hell, it needs 150,000 total points?!

If it keeps going like this, it's gonna be 500,000 next!

This is an Actor: Nope. It'll be one million.

Machete Girl: That's insane! Even if everyone in the group works together, it'll still take forever.

Soul Society's Bad Guy: The main issue is that there aren't enough people in the group right now.

Wig Guy: True. But stuff like this is out of our hands anyway. We should just ignore that number.

Doujin Artist: Ignore your ass! Let's be real—it's you two idiots being lazy and not doing the group tasks!

Curly-haired Guy: Shut the hell up. Why don't you do them then? And those group tasks aren't even meant for normal people!

So far, there've been three group tasks in total.

Only two were completed—Sakata Gintoki robbing someone for their underwear, and Kongou doing a hula dance.

Katsura Kotonoha once took a task not long after joining. She had to sing, dance, and rap on a grave.

But it flopped because the mood wasn't right.

That just shows how messed up these tasks are. Some of them don't just need to be done—they have to be done *with emotion*!

Like, seriously, who can deal with that?!

Doujin Artist: That's exactly why *you two* should do them. You're obviously not normal people!

No shame, no dignity, and not even good-looking. These tasks are *perfect* for you!

Curly-haired Guy: Screw you! Who are you calling ugly? Besides the leader, I'm the best-looking guy in this group!

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: So you're not denying that you have no shame or morals, Gin?

Curly-haired Guy: Still better than Wig Guy, at least a little. This guy even asked a Hyakka member for her chest wrap yesterday! That's beyond shameless!

Shark-Faced Guy: Unbelievable. That's Mr. Wig for you.

Doujin Artist: Wig, you're basically being a creep now, right? Didn't the cops arrest you?

Wig Guy: It's not a wig, it's Katsura! In Yoshiwara, the Hyakka are the only enforcement force. And I had a valid reason! If I want to be part of Hyakka, I have to understand their daily lives in detail. Studying chest wraps is an important part of social research.

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Pfft!

Scarlet Lotus Fairy: You really are shameless.

Wig Guy: I swear I was just doing research! Please believe me!

Amegakure Village's Angel: We'll believe you after you get surgery.

Machete Girl: Yeah, Konan's right! Mr. Kotaro, go get the surgery already!

Wig Guy: I think this kind of thing needs more discussion.

Doujin Artist: Hah, you sure know how to use idioms well.

[Notice: Group upgrade complete]

[Random travel, daily check-in, and item recovery functions are now available]

[Group owner privileges updated]

[Member Perk: Personal space activated]

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Whoa, looks like there are a lot of new features again this time.

Doujin Artist: I checked in and got 80 points. What about you guys?

Shark-Faced Guy: 30.

Scarlet Lotus Fairy: 50.

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: I got 60. Can't believe A-Ri-chan's not at the bottom this time?

Doujin Artist: Ruiko-chan, what's that supposed to mean? Are you saying I'm always the unlucky one?

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: No, no! Just take out the "always" part—you *are* the unlucky one!

Doujin Artist: Fine, I won't argue. From now on, we're done. You're no longer my good little sister. (emoji: wave)

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Mmkay, then I'll graciously take on the role of your big sis! (emoji: tongue out)

Doujin Artist: You're just a middle schooler, keep dreaming!

Soul Society's Bad Guy: 60 points.

Curly-haired Guy: Something's wrong! This check-in system is messed up. How can a handsome guy like me only get 5 points?! These rules are clearly jealous of me—damn it!

Doujin Artist: Jealous of how shameless you are? Come on, face reality, Chief of the Unlucky Tribe.

Curly-haired Guy: Bullshit! Gin-san is not some unlucky chief! Gin-san's going to become Napoleon IV!

Machete Girl: Was there a Napoleon the Fourth?

Doujin Artist: Kotono-chan, I made fun of that line back in the day too.

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Of course there wasn't a Napoleon IV. Gintoki just made that up.

Scarlet Lotus Fairy: I've actually been wondering about that for a long time. A guy called Napoleon IV? Gintoki, are you exposing your preferences here?

Wig Guy: Gintoki?

Curly-haired Guy: What the heck kind of question is that?! Mochou-chan's clearly just making stuff up. My preferences are totally normal!

Doujin Artist: [Image] Oops, slipped.

Pretty Boy from Skull Island: Is that Hijikata Toushirou from Gintama hugging Gintoki?

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Pfft, that old classic pic!

Curly-haired Guy: Slipped my butt! You totally did that on purpose! You blond loser! Fine, I won't forget this! Watch your back after school!

Doujin Artist: Ehehe, school's canceled! 😆

Wig Guy: Gintoki, I can't believe you have that kind of thing going on with the Shinsengumi...

Curly-haired Guy: Shut the hell up. I'm not explaining anything to a tiny-brained moron like you. You wouldn't get it anyway!

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: "Tiny-brained moron," hahahaha!

Saten Ruiko laughed so hard she almost couldn't breathe. Her friends really were the most fun.

Grinning, she looked toward a few new buttons that had popped up on the screen.

After thinking for a bit, she tapped on the one labeled "Recycle."

Buzz.

Suddenly, the entire world in her eyes shifted strangely. Red and gray filled her vision, and within those two colors, she noticed a patch of bright green.

She turned her head and saw that it was the Zanpakuto lying on her desk.

Why is it glowing?

Curious, Saten Ruiko reached out and touched the blade.

A message popped up on the screen: "Recycle this item?"

She froze for a second and then clicked "Yes" without thinking.

Whoosh.

The Zanpakuto on her desk turned into a stream of light and vanished.

She blinked. Then blinked again.

She sat there frozen for a long while, her small mouth slowly opening wide.

"Huh? Huh?! HUH HUH HUH?!?!"

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