"It seems these people were slave traders as there are many people and monsters in the underground cell," said Kurumi upon the arrival of Akira and the others at the hideout or village of the slave traders.
"Hmmm..." murmured Akira, expanding his senses to see everything in the underground cell. "I found the man called Shibazaki Yousuke."
"What! Seriously?" Tabane and everyone else couldn't help but be astonished upon hearing Akira's words.
"Yes, it's the man wearing glasses sitting in the cell," said Akira with some confusion as he did not expect them to be so surprised.
"By the way, Akira, can you tell us how you know the man named Shibazaki Yousuke?" Yukihime couldn't help but feel puzzled, especially since the chat group provided no information about Shibazaki Yousuke except his name and that he is not from this world.
"Oh, didn't I tell you?" Akira recalled he hadn't told them something important upon hearing Yukihime's question. "This world is an anime in my world, and Shibazaki Yousuke is the main character. This applies to all of you, as you are all from anime in my world."
"Huh!!" Yukihime couldn't help but scream as she did not expect to be a form of entertainment in Akira's world.
"Ara~ ara~" Even Kurumi was shocked and unconsciously spoke her famous line.
It wasn't just Yukihime and Kurumi; everyone was stunned as no one could grasp such a revelation suddenly.
"Anime? Do you mean that anime everyone knows?" asked Asuna, unwilling to believe what she had heard.
"Indeed..." Akira nodded and continued upon seeing everyone's faces grow more serious, "But there's no need to worry. Although there's an anime about you, it differs from your real world as far as I've heard from you."
"I see..." Yukihime muttered, closing her eyes for a moment before opening them and staring at Akira. "Can you share these animes with us to watch?"
"I don't mind, but you'll have to wait until I return to my world, as I don't have them on my phone," Akira nodded without hesitation, not really caring whether they watched the animes or not. "And I don't think it will take long since the task is easy. Well, maybe because it's the first task."
"It seems we have no choice but to wait until the task is over," said Kurumi, staring at Akira with undisguised curiosity, as she felt a tremendous spiritual power from him.
"So I will go to rest now. See you all tomorrow," said Akira, waving to everyone, surrounded by a golden light, his armor disappearing, and his clothes turning into his school uniform as he entered the slave traders' hideout.
"Then Tabane-chan will also go to rest," said Tabane, entering the slave traders' hideout behind Akira.
Because of the bomb Akira had dropped, everyone was puzzled and went to rest, thinking about their lives and whether they were just something written for entertainment.
As for Shibazaki Yousuke, he was forgotten as Akira ignored him, needing to discover his strength by staying alone.
Certainly, it wasn't that he was too lazy to talk to the old man.
Please believe him.
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The next day.
"Hoooah~" Akira yawned and got out of bed without facing the cliché incident of waking up to find a girl or two naked hugging him while he slept.
Boom*
"You finally came out!!" shouted Shibazaki Yousuke, who had exited his cell after talking to the Spirits and blowing up the cell.
"Shut up!! You're noisy so early in the morning," Akira didn't hesitate to punch Shibazaki Yousuke on the head, causing the other to crash into the ground.
"Ouch!!" Yousuke could only hold his head in pain, as despite Akira holding back, the punch was still extremely painful.
Although the pain was immense, it quickly subsided, allowing Yousuke to see Akira.
"I apologize for causing trouble so early in the morning," Yousuke didn't hesitate to apologize respectfully, as Akira's aura was extremely frightening, and he was in the wrong.
"Well, since you apologized, there's no need to pursue it further, as I was already awake," Akira said indifferently, not caring anymore.
"By the way, you are Shibazaki Yousuke, right?" Akira asked, clearly sure of the old man's identity. "I will help you return to Japan, so stay with us for a while, and then I will take you back to Japan."
"Seriously!!" Yousuke couldn't help but be excited, as he missed his games and wanted to return to playing Guardian Heroes.
"Seriously," Akira nodded, curious about how this person's mood could change so quickly. "By the way, my name is Nifuji Akira, and I am also from Japan."
"Awesome!! I didn't expect to see someone from my homeland in another world," Yousuke couldn't help but stare at Akira curiously, as it was a strange feeling to see someone from his homeland in another world.
"Technically, we are not from the same... Well, even if I told you, you wouldn't understand," Akira sighed, deciding not to bother explaining. "Let's go. I'm hungry and want to eat, and you must be hungry too."
"Ah, I just remembered I haven't eaten anything for three days," Yousuke couldn't help but touch his stomach, having forgotten his hunger due to the joy of escaping the cell and seeing someone from his homeland.
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