So be it if Tiga had ties to Yuzare—but what did he have to do with the Captain?
And Camilla?
There wasn't anyone like that around him at all!
Xia Shizi: "Camilla is Tiga's girlfriend. Tiga was originally a Giant of Darkness. Because Yuzare stripped Camilla and the others of their power, he abandoned them and turned to the light."
Xia Shizi: "Since you already know you're a character from a show, don't you know about this?"
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "…"
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "I don't even know where to start."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "Because the main Tiga storyline isn't finished yet, the theatrical movie hasn't been released."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "But that has nothing to do with Daigu. The one he likes is Rena, that's all. He only obtained the ability to transform into Tiga—he's not the real Tiga."
Xia Shizi: "That's not so easy to say."
Xia Shizi: "If Daigu merely accepted the power to transform into Tiga, then why did he recall certain memories later when he saw Camilla?"
Xia Shizi: "Maybe Daigu is Tiga's reincarnation."
Nature's Child: "Reincarnation presupposes that Tiga's true body is dead."
Nature's Child: "It's only a hypothesis."
Nature's Child: "Perhaps Daigu isn't special in himself; rather, after accepting Tiga's power, he ceased to be a purely human being."
Nature's Child: "As for the memories, they could be an incidental property carried by Tiga's power itself."
Nature's Child: "There are too many possibilities involved, and no definitive conclusion. It's all speculation—not worth digging into."
Boil Daigu Into Soup: "That's true. Whatever the past, right now I'm just a human who can transform into Ultraman Tiga. The one I like is Rena, not anyone else."
Xia Shizi: "Fine."
Xia Shizi: "Either way, it doesn't have anything to do with me. I just didn't expect that characters from anime and tokusatsu would actually exist."
Xia Shizi: "Uchiha Madara, Minato Namikaze, Whitebeard, Daigu, Tendō Sōji—there are quite a lot I recognize."
Xia Shizi: "And that guy who joined the group with me—the Captain of the Fifth Division. With a name like that, you're definitely Aizen Sōsuke, right? The most oppressive villain Su-da ever created—the man who's practically a god."
This round of chat group additions, aside from [Xia no Oka], included one more member: [Captain of the Fifth Division].
For those unfamiliar with the Bleach world, that title might not mean much; but anyone who knew Bleach at all would instantly recognize it.
Because it pointed to the most successfully crafted character in Bleach—Aizen Sōsuke!
Oldest Godslayer: "A man who's 'practically a god,' is it? How interesting."
Oldest Godslayer: "I wonder what rank of god he compares to—and how difficult the hunt would be."
Xia Shizi: "And you are? 'Oldest Godslayer'? Never heard of you."
Xia Shizi: "If you style yourself a godslayer, I do wonder whether your strength matches the title."
Xia Shizi: "Also, Aizen Sōsuke is a Shinigami himself. If Ichigo Kurosaki's power hadn't spiked like a cheat code at the end, there's no way he could have beaten Aizen. In fact, whether Aizen truly lost at the end—or just got bored—isn't definitively settled."
In the Saekano world, Kasumigaoka Shiwa—Xia no Oka Shizi—glared at the chat, anger rising.
Su-da was the person she admired most. She would not allow anyone to tarnish his work.
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "???"
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "As entertaining as this is—who is 'Su-da,' exactly?"
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "Isn't the author of Bleach Kubo?"
Xia Shizi: "Kubo? Who's that?"
Xia Shizi: "The author of Bleach is Su Yan, called the God of Light Novels. He debuted with Naruto, then released Bleach and One Piece. One Piece is still running."
Xia Shizi: "The Ultraman and Kamen Rider series were also works he created from the hero fantasies of his childhood."
Xia Shizi: "He puts out one every year."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "Su Yan… I think I've got the picture."
Roxie Vale shook her head in exasperation. Which plagiarist had transmigrated into the Saekano world this time?
Under normal circumstances, everyday worlds should have these anime already—but for some reason, it was as if they had all vanished, replaced by titles no one had ever heard of.
Richest Man: "Another transmigrator, huh."
Richest Man: "Any mission posted to the group?"
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "I asked. He's just a plagiarist with imported memories—no System or anything."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "He hasn't done anything, either."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "The chat group definitely has no intention of sending us to 'deal with' him."
A transmigrator without even a System—naturally the chat group had zero interest.
Never mind the chat group; Roxie herself had none.
Saekano was just an everyday world, without a shred of mystic power. The transmigrator hadn't even done anything. Why spend a thousand points out of pocket for no benefit? She'd have to be brain-damaged to take that job.
Xia Shizi: "What are you all talking about?"
Kasumigaoka Shiwa frowned at the scroll of messages, a suspicion taking shape in her mind—but—
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "It's what you think: the 'Su-da' you're talking about is a transmigrator. His 'works' are all titles from his previous world; he just ported them over to yours."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "Because he hasn't done anything that harms the world, and he doesn't have any sort of golden finger, the chat group isn't issuing a mission to 'deal with' him."
"Ding. Group owner has uploaded a memory archive."
"Ding. Group owner has uploaded a memory archive."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "You've probably guessed it by now: your world is also an anime world—possibly a light-novel world. I've only watched the anime for your setting, so all I can upload is anime."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "The first memory archive is the real authors of the Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach anime. The second covers the anime of your own world."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "Take a look."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "And dial back the snark in here. If you have to be sharp-tongued, at least pick your targets. Everyone in the chat group comes from another world, with their own personalities."
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "Take Marquis Voban. He's truly an ancient godslayer who treats gods as prey—the 'Devil King upon the Earth.'"
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: "If you talked to him like that in his own world, you'd already be dead."
(End of this chapter)