Night blanketed the city. Neon lights shimmered.
At 12:07 AM, Miss Vela ended her day of work.
Vmmm... Vmmm...
A Rayfield Excalibur floated smoothly from the dark hangar of Arasaka Tower.
Its exterior shimmered with a special coating usually reserved for top-tier ...
2025-05-11 16:03:39 +0000 UTC View PostCyberspace.
Simply put, it could be considered the open-source internet of the past.
Why of the past? Because someone blew it up.
That's why cyberspace is now more often referred to as the Old Net.
Countless gradients of green, blue-white, and deep red 1s and 0s formed mat...
2025-05-11 16:03:37 +0000 UTC View PostNot until dusk had fully swallowed the city—when dazzling neon lights replaced the last of the warm sunlight—did Vela finally lift her head in the lab codenamed "Umbrella." Tired, she rubbed her temples and stopped writing the synthesis program at her workstation.
In the cyberpunk world...
2025-05-11 16:03:35 +0000 UTC View PostPersona, something I desire; gratitude, also something I desire.
This time, Vela stood with her spine perfectly straight, her body held upright, and bowed her head deeply. It was a formal bow, expressing her thanks to the Arasaka Memorial before her—or more precisely, to the name...
2025-05-11 16:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post"You want the beacon for the Cosmic Juggernaut—don't tell me you're planning to head for the Imaginary Tree?" Kevin asked, furrowing his brow in surprise.
The Second Divine Key, the Cosmic Juggernaut, could open a gate to the Imaginary Tree. At zero-rated output, it was even capable of cr...
2025-05-11 16:03:32 +0000 UTC View PostWhat entered her sight was a gloomy sea. The sky was covered with dark clouds, dim and lightless. The sea was calm, glimmering with scattered light, and a chilly breeze blew steadily, carrying a subtle, bone-chilling cold. Looking out into the distance, the water's surface was littered with the w...
2025-05-11 16:03:30 +0000 UTC View Post"If you two had taken even a few more minutes, you really would've missed the closing ceremony. I should've just called you earlier," said Eiren Kanagawa as she started the car and took the shortcut toward the art museum. As was her habit when driving, she popped a mint into her mouth.
"Sor...
2025-05-11 16:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostBzzzz—!
Golden magical light blotted out the sun, covering Selene's entire field of view. From the rift torn in the sky, the vast cosmos came into view, twinkling with countless stars.
At the very center of that starry expanse shone the most brilliant star of all.
Jus...
2025-05-11 16:03:27 +0000 UTC View PostFujino Asagami didn't doubt Eriri's words. All she wanted now was to go back a few days to when her father was still alive—to question him, to demand why he had treated her the way he did.
Of course, that was just a passing thought. Not only was it impossible for her to go back in time, b...
2025-05-11 16:03:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Setsuna returned to the capital once again, he had a dazed, swirly-eyed dragon girl slung over his shoulder like a trophy.
Elma's strength was on par with Tohru's, but facing a 3-on-1, she barely lasted a single round.
"Oh?"
"Commander, you went back to Tohru's hometown and...
2025-05-11 16:03:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe instant Felt met Noah's gaze, her consciousness was struck with a dizzying jolt—as though invisible hands had seized her soul and hurled it into the cosmos.
"Ah!"
Panicked, Felt thrashed like someone drowning, glancing wildly about.
She had suddenly arrived in a space beyo...
2025-05-11 16:03:22 +0000 UTC View Post"Arasaka Academy, 2074 Freshman Entrance Ceremony. A speech, huh."
Vela laid the opened invitation flat on her desk, lighting a premium women's cigarette with a hint of self-satisfaction, her fingers tapping idly on the armrest of her chair.
She hadn't smoked in the past, but the grue...
2025-05-10 16:07:44 +0000 UTC View PostCorporate Plaza, Arasaka Tower Underground Parking Garage.
Accompanied by the muffled hiss of noise-suppressed brakes, a vehicle bearing the Arasaka Security Division's internal recognition signal came to a smooth stop.
After passing security verification, and following the routine sa...
2025-05-10 16:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post"..."
The vehicle glided smoothly through the air. Vela lay back on the soft rear seat, quietly watching the world outside the window, eyes half-closed in feigned sleep, seemingly contemplating the contents of an upcoming work meeting.
In a dimension unnoticed by the two Arasaka bodyg...
2025-05-10 16:07:39 +0000 UTC View Post"Power's coming back—slowly, but enough."
Kevin nodded in satisfaction after absorbing the last of Chiyou's energy. At this point, forcefully breaking out of the Sea of Quanta was no longer a real challenge.
But without coordinates for the real world, such a gamble would be unwise. ...
2025-05-10 16:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post"Pacifistas," Kaguya said coldly and with disdain, "just a pile of scrap metal, yet you praise them like they're something grand. Vegapunk is overrated."
"Don't you dare speak of him that way!" Sentomaru's eyes blazed with fury. "His brilliance is far beyond what ignorant people like you co...
2025-05-10 16:07:36 +0000 UTC View PostAfter making sure everything was in place, Kotomi Izumi started typing.
Although she had already sent several volumes of Sword Art Online's manuscript to Haruno Yukinoshita, and didn't need to worry about deadlines in the short term, this time Dengeki Bunko had decided to publish volumes 2 ...
2025-05-10 16:07:35 +0000 UTC View Post"Senpai!"
"Master!"
"Fujimaru!"
...
Everyone was calling his name, but Fujimaru Ritsuka barely heard them. Confronted by that mocking, crimson gaze—and the deathly black light that tore through time, space, and the protection of countless Servants to reach him—he could...
2025-05-10 16:07:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhether it was Eriri's suggestion that moved Artoria, or the heartfelt persuasion from Irisviel and the others that took effect, it was hard to say.
But after nearly ten minutes, Artoria finally gave a slow nod.
She then removed the gauntlet from her right hand and gently raised it to...
2025-05-10 16:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post"Oooohhhhhh—"
The Eternal Snowfall burst through the clouds and soared upward, soon breaking through the atmosphere and entering outer space.
Looking down from above, the planetary structure here looked quite different from the solar system.
Both the orbits and the number of p...
2025-05-10 16:07:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe world annexation process automatically began.
There was no need for the system to run an analysis.
A world without magic offered little in terms of additional "World Power" or new "Rules" to the current Teyvat Universe.
While not entirely insignificant, its contribution was ...
2025-05-10 16:07:29 +0000 UTC View PostNight City, Westbrook.
Corporate Housing, Unit 414, Russell Residence.
Just before dawn, Vela woke up from a deep sleep and slowly sat up in bed.
"Ugh... not even a day off. What a bunch of vampires."
A soundless murmur. Rubbing her drowsy head—groggy from shutting off h...
2025-05-09 16:15:03 +0000 UTC View PostNorthern California, Night City.
City Center, Corporate Plaza.
Gray-white clouds clustered loosely in the sky. Under the clear heavens, a colossal 140-story building stood silently in the heart of Night City like a pitch-black tower.
Compared to the neighboring Militech Offices ...
2025-05-09 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostNoisy, clamorous.
This was a city full of charm and vitality. At least it once was…
Wooo… wooo…
Under the blazing sun, in broad daylight, flames and smoke rose in bursts amid the sirens of martial law, erupting in the bizarre corners of the metropolis.
The a...
2025-05-09 16:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostSunlight shone down on the girl.
Ji Xuanyuan's eyes welled up with tears. After five thousand years, this long-lost warm sunlight felt like salvation.
But soon, Ji Xuanyuan realized she was wrong. It wasn't the sunlight that had saved her—it was the boy beside her.
If not for ...
2025-05-09 16:14:57 +0000 UTC View PostAfter transforming into Black Saber, Kaguya had lost her once-proficient Riding Skill. It was like she had gone from driving a BMW or Benz to clunking along on a hand-pulled tractor—and not even the kind with a trailer.
Thankfully, the mount card she drew came with a Riding Skill. The onl...
2025-05-09 16:14:56 +0000 UTC View PostJust as Eiren Kanagawa was about to leave, she noticed a man in a suit, name badge pinned to his chest, hurrying over in a sweaty panic. It was obvious without even looking closely—this was the manager of the five-star hotel's lobby.
"Hello, hello! I'm the lobby manager. My name's Mori. M...
2025-05-09 16:14:54 +0000 UTC View PostIt is well known that gods cannot become Heroic Spirits.
Because they have not perished—they simply departed.
Since the end of the Age of Gods, the connection between heaven, earth, and the human world has been severed. The same applies to beings like fairies, spirits, phantasmal be...
2025-05-09 16:14:53 +0000 UTC View PostAt around 9 a.m. the next morning, a white car came to a smooth stop in front of the hotel where Eriri and the others were staying.
Riding in the car were Rin, Sakura, and Aoi Tohsaka. The three had departed from the Zenjou residence early that morning and had just arrived in Fuyuki City. 2025-05-09 16:14:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—
The group didn't stay long in the human city.
Tohru transformed back into her dragon form and carried the others as they flew toward dragon territory.
Along the way, Setsuna marveled at how fascinating this world truly was.
Not only was...
2025-05-09 16:14:50 +0000 UTC View Post