In the cracks between spaces—within the special domain known as the "Gap."
The golden-haired youkai stared at the now-triggered upgrade prompt that had been hidden inside the [+], took a deep breath, held it for a few seconds, then exhaled slowly.
A smile crept onto her face, delicate and deeply complicated.
It turned out that when you were truly speechless, even youkai smiled.
Something this important, hidden like that?
Without using pure mental control like before, Yukari raised a hand and firmly tapped [Yes] on the prompt asking—
Do you agree to upgrade the Hyperdimensional Mutual-Aid Group to the full version?
[Group Announcement: With unanimous consent, the Hyperdimensional Mutual-Aid Group will now be upgraded to the full version.]
[Group Prompt: Upgrading… 3, 2, 1]
[Group Prompt: Upgrade complete.]
[Group Announcement: Feature "Red Packet" upgraded. Feature "Live" upgraded. Feature "Enhancement" implemented. Feature "Tasks" implemented.]
Baiye checked the changes brought by the upgrade one by one.
First: the two existing features that were upgraded—Red Packet and Live.
Red Packet (Upgraded)
Previously, red packets could only send points.
Now, in addition to points, you could also send items whose ownership clearly belonged to you, or items fully under your control.
In simple terms:
You could send a house whose land and structure were registered under your name.
Or you could bend down, pick up a pebble, and stuff it into a red packet.
But as for doing a handstand and sending the Earth to your groupmates…
Nice thought. Don't.
To stuff a planet into a red packet, you only had two possibilities:
The planet was, in an absolute legal/metaphysical sense, declared to be yours.
You were capable of holding a planet the way you held a pebble.
Live (Upgraded)
The upgrade added a new option: Immersive Experience.
Previously, whether in third-person or first-person, viewers could only watch through a screen.
Now, if the streamer enabled Immersive Experience:
Third-person: viewers could "enter" the live feed like they had crossed over, but could only move within the camera's captured range and could not affect anything there. No one but group members could see, hear, or sense the viewers' presence.
First-person: the viewers' senses synced with the streamer's. What the streamer saw, heard, felt—touch, spirit-sense, and so on—viewers could share.
Then came the two newly implemented features:
Enhancement
Just as Chika had guessed earlier:
If a system handed out points via daily sign-in, there had to be a place to spend them.
Enhancement was that place.
By spending points, group members could enhance anything, in any direction:
enhance yourself
enhance an item
even enhance someone else or another sapient being
Point income—aside from receiving points via red packets—came from two channels:
Daily sign-in: 1 point
Completing tasks via the newly implemented Tasks feature
Tasks
The task board refreshed random tasks. Completing them awarded points. Sometimes, tasks also included extra rewards offered by whoever posted them.
And beyond passively waiting for tasks—
Members could also post their own tasks to request help from others.
Naturally, if you were asking for help, you paid the reward yourself.
In the chat:
"Cancer of the Earth": Whew~ Now it finally looks like a "Hyperdimensional Mutual-Aid Group."
"Cancer of the Earth": That point enhancement… have you all tried it?
"Esdeath": I have. It's excellent.
"Esdeath": I've only been in the group for a bit over half a year. The two hundred-plus points from daily sign-ins made my strength noticeably improve.
"Esdeath": If I fought my pre-enhancement self, I'm confident I'd kill that version of me in three moves—max.
"Kasumigaoka Utaha": That example is… kind of spicy, but…
"Kasumigaoka Utaha": [GIF: breaking off a corner of a 1cm-thick hardwood tabletop with bare hands]
"Kasumigaoka Utaha": The effect really is insane. And I've only used a small fraction of the points I saved over the past year. If I dumped all of them into physical enhancement, it would be even more extreme.
"Kasumigaoka Utaha": And the weirdest part is, even with that much increase, I don't feel like I'm losing control—no accidental pen-snapping, cup-crushing, anything like that.
"Youkai Sage": It really is a terrifyingly good new feature.
"Youkai Sage": On paper it's just "Enhancement," but in practice it covers everything we can imagine. If there's any flaw, it's only that points are scarce.
"Youkai Sage": What do you think, Baiye-kun? @Newbie
"Newbie": It's fine.
"Cancer of the Earth": Oh—right! Baiye-san, you joined today. Want me to lend you 100 points or something so you can feel the enhancement effect?
"Newbie": No need. Today's 1 point is enough for me to estimate the value of points.
"Youkai Sage": You must have very precise control over power.
"Newbie": Average.
"Newbie": Besides, I don't need to pin it down to the smallest unit. I just need to know how much time one point saves me, right?
"Youkai Sage": Fair.
"Newbie": Anyway, I've got something to handle here.
"Cancer of the Earth": Okay okay—go ahead, Baiye-san. We'll chat later~
"Newbie": Sure.
Baiye closed the chat.
While they had been talking, the conversation at the Matou residence ended.
The man in the red suit—Tohsaka Tokiomi, head of the Tohsaka family—finished speaking with the cane-bearing elder—Matou Zouken—and turned to walk toward two figures not far behind.
As for the little girl who had stood beside them during the talk—
Tohsaka Tokiomi's younger daughter, whose surname had already changed from "Tohsaka" to "Matou" through adoption—Sakura—
She stood blankly in place, watching her father—no, now her former father—walk away toward what used to be her mother and sister.
Only when the family of three vanished entirely from view…
Did she, at the call of the "grandfather" behind her—whose presence filled her with unease—move her hesitant legs and step through the gates of the "new home" she had previously only glimpsed from afar.
Seeing that, Baiye knew it was time to stop watching.
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