Crossover Anime: Edit everything, join the chat group

Shuchiin Academy, Student Council Room.

The daily routine of the "Super Love Club" has also returned to normal.

"Yukino, the details of this ice sculpture are getting better and better." Gu Chuan exclaimed sincerely as he looked at the lifelike ice butterfly made of cold air on Yukino's fingertip.

"...It's just a matter of practice makes perfect." A barely perceptible blush appeared on Yukino's pretty face. She withdrew the butterfly from her fingertips, but she couldn't stop her heart from beating faster because of his praise.

The past few days together had made their relationship incredibly natural and intimate. Gu Chuan would often use harmless jokes to make this icy beauty reveal a captivating smile, like the first melting of snow, a smile she herself was unaware of.

“However, our club only has three people now, which feels a bit deserted.” Gu Chuan took a sip of black tea, his gaze sweeping over Fujiwara Chika, who was playing with “Cat Momo,” and Yukino, who was taking notes diligently beside her. He suddenly said, “It’s time to recruit some new members.”

During the afternoon break, Gu Chuan put his plan into action.

He went straight to Class 2-C next door, and amidst countless curious and amazed gazes, walked directly to the two girls.

"Yuigahama-san, Kato-san, do you have some time? I'd like to invite you to join a very interesting club."

"Eh? Me? Me?" Yui Yuigahama pointed to herself, her face showing a surprised and flattered expression. She hadn't expected that someone as legendary as Gu Chuan would take the initiative to invite her.

Beside her, the girl with delicate features and a gentle temperament, wearing a beret, simply raised her head calmly, looked at Gu Chuan with her clear, all-seeing eyes, and nodded gently.

It's Kato Megumi.

"Kato-san, your physique is quite special." Gu Chuan's gaze fell on Kato Megumi, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.

In Gu Chuan's observational perspective, Kato Megumi's presence was so faint as to be almost an "unwritten rule." She sat there quietly, seemingly blending into the background of the world, and would almost be ignored subconsciously unless one was deliberately "observing" her.

This is an innate, top-tier talent for "stealth".

"Huh?" Even the usually composed Kato Megumi showed a hint of surprise and shyness on her face after he said that. "Gu Chuan-kun...you can see me?"

“Of course.” Gu Chuan’s face showed a matter-of-fact, gentle smile. “Discovering a dazzlingly beautiful girl hidden in the crowd is something I, as an observer…”

"It's destiny."

These words, full of teasing yet utterly sincere, made Kato Megumi's heart skip a beat for no reason. She lowered her head, two charming blushes rising on her fair cheeks, and whispered, "...Thank you."

"Wow~ Kawa-kun's mouth is still so good at lying!" Yui Yuigahama, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but tease her while watching this scene. Her tone carried a hint of sourness that she herself did not realize. "There are so many girls in the whole school, your aesthetic range is really wide."

"There's nothing I can do," Gu Chuan shrugged, looking at the two very different yet equally adorable girls before him, and said frankly in a half-joking, half-serious tone:

(Qian Zhao) After all, all the beautiful girls who appear in my field of vision are within my hunting range.

This sentence, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirred up silent ripples around the small desk.

Yui Yuigahama's cheeks flushed bright red, like ripe apples, and she stammered, unable to speak.

Kato Megumi lowered her head again, the brim of her beret obscuring her eyes that shone with an unusual light.

Even the girls around them who had been eavesdropping fell into an eerie silence filled with shyness and excitement.

Seeing their reactions, Gu Chuan simply chuckled softly.

The relationship between the three was quietly brought closer in this warm, everyday, and slightly heart-pounding ambiguous atmosphere.

A new hunt seems to have begun.

83 Hidden Shadows

When Gu Chuan returned to the student council room with the two freshly submitted applications from Yui Yuigahama and Ena Kato, he was greeted by Yukino Yukinoshita's icy gaze, which seemed to freeze the air.

"You're back?" Her voice was cold and devoid of emotion, but her slightly pursed lips betrayed her displeasure.

"Yes, you're back." Gu Chuan casually placed the application form on the table, then sat down opposite her with perfect ease. "What's wrong, my Miss Antibody? Judging from your expression, you seem a little dissatisfied with my hunting results this time?"

"Please don't use such frivolous terms," ​​Yukino replied coldly. "I'm just wondering, Gu Chuan, is your so-called club activity really for researching paranormal phenomena, or for satisfying your personal fetish of hunting beautiful girls?"

She emphasized the word "hunting" very much.

Fujiwara Chika, who was standing to the side, and Yui Yuigahama, who had just entered, both sensed the subtle atmosphere and dared not utter a sound. Only Kato Megumi maintained her saintly calmness and silently observed everything.

"Of course, it's for the healthy development of our club." Gu Chuan said frankly. Looking at Yukino's awkward "I'm very unhappy" expression, he couldn't help but find it a little funny and decided to tease her.

"Besides, Yukino, I'm doing this for your own good."

"Thinking of me?" Yukino's eyebrows twitched for the first time, purely out of confusion.

“It’s 413,” Gu Chuan nodded seriously. “Look, you hardly have any friends at school, right? You’re always alone, like a lonely little cat that might freeze itself at any moment. If I don’t recruit more cute girls, our club will become your own ice castle, which would be too lonely.”

"you--!"

Gu Chuan's words, precise and merciless, exposed the most vulnerable truth hidden beneath Yukino Yukinoshita's facade of "perfection" and "strength"—she had no friends.

Yukino's pretty face flushed bright red instantly, half from embarrassment and half from anger. She wanted to retort, but found that every word the other person said was an undeniable fact.

"Who, who said I have no friends! You, you are..." In her haste, she almost blurted it out, but she swallowed the words back and just glared at him fiercely with her icy blue eyes, filled with shame and indignation.

"Me?" Gu Chuan pointed to himself, feigning surprise. "I'm not your friend."

"I am your... doctor."

This teasing, ambiguous, and double-meaning reply instantly broke Yukino's defenses. She could no longer maintain her cold facade and could only turn her head away, muttering in a voice barely audible, "...shameless man."

Seeing her adorable appearance—clearly shy but trying to appear calm—Gu Chuan and the other girls present couldn't help but chuckle. The somewhat tense atmosphere in the student council room instantly became lively and warm.

After Yui Yuigahama and Megumi Kato officially submitted their applications, the club with the ridiculously long name "Shuchiin Academy Paranormal Phenomenon Research and Love Psychology Game Practice Club" finally gathered the minimum number of members required to be established.

"Alright, I'll be right back." Gu Chuan stood up, holding the two application forms, and prepared to find the teacher in charge of club approvals to get them stamped.

The person he was looking for was the instructor of the Service Club, who was also the most "easy-to-talk-to" Japanese language teacher in the entire school—Shizuka Hiratsuka.

"Dong dong dong."

"Come in." A slightly lazy and impatient voice came from inside the office.

Gu Chuan pushed open the door and entered, only to see Hiratsuka Shizuka grading homework with an unlit cigarette dangling from her lips and a look of utter despair on her face.

"Oh? It's you, Gu Chuan." Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes lit up when she saw the person. "Is there something you need? If it's one of those tedious student council duties, we can talk about it another time. I just want some peace and quiet right now."

"It's not official business, teacher." Gu Chuan smiled and handed over the application. "I'm here to add a new, vibrant club to our school."

Hiratsuka Shizuka took the application form, and when she saw the ridiculously long club name, her lips twitched involuntarily: "Extraordinary phenomena... Love psychology game? What kind of weird things are you young people thinking?"

"It's a positive exploration to solve students' problems and maintain peace on campus, teacher," Gu Chuan replied earnestly.

"Hmph, all talk and no action." Hiratsuka Shizuka complained, but still readily picked up the stamp. "Fine, since you're somewhat pleasing to the eye, I'll grant you the stamp. But I'm warning you, no strange ceremonies at school, and absolutely no deceiving girls' feelings!"

"Don't worry, teacher," Gu Chuan took the stamped application form, blinked, and joked in a relaxed tone, "Our club, Yueyi Qi 23 Ball 49 Qi (4), welcomes beautiful girls."

"Get out! You brat!" Hiratsuka Shizuka laughed and scolded, kicking him out of the office.

After completing the club's "official certification" with great satisfaction, Gu Chuan unexpectedly bumped into a familiar figure in the corridor.

"Ah! Sorry!"

Golden twin tails, a familiar school uniform, and that pretty face that, even with a hint of fatigue, was still as delicate as a doll's.

It is Eriri Sawamura Spencer.

"It's you." Gu Chuan helped her up, but his gaze immediately fell on her beautiful blue eyes and the faint, light blue dark circles under them.

"Looks like our Kashiwagi Eri-sensei stayed up all night again yesterday to work on her deadline," he joked casually.

"W-How did you know?!" Eriri reacted instantly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She instinctively covered her face, feeling flustered and guilty.

How can this guy even see through something like this?!

Ever since the last "paranormal event," she has developed a mixture of awe, curiosity, and a slightly awkward feeling towards this mysterious and unpredictable boy.

"Because lately, it seems like you've been deliberately avoiding me." Gu Chuan didn't answer her question, but instead said something that made her feel even more guilty.

"N-No, I didn't!" Eriri immediately retorted, but her voice unconsciously weakened. "I... I was just busy with the school festival! And... and didn't you also start some weird club and recruit a bunch of new girls? Hmph, you must have forgotten about me, the chief art consultant!"

The complaint and jealousy in his tone were almost overflowing.

Gu Chuan couldn't help but chuckle at her adorable, contradictory expression. He didn't tease her any further, but instead reached out and, very naturally and gently, ruffled her incredibly soft golden twin ponytails.

"Don't overthink it." His voice softened considerably. "I've just been a bit busy lately. Thank you for your hard work, Eriri."

"!"

The warm touch from above her head, and the gentle, slightly indulgent "Eriri" in her voice, were like the most powerful magic, instantly shattering all of the girl's psychological defenses.

Eriri's body stiffened abruptly. A scalding heat instantly spread from her scalp throughout her entire body. Her cheeks flushed crimson, as if they were about to bleed. She could even feel her heart pounding like a drum in her chest.

"What...what are you doing! No, don't touch my head like that!" she protested, but her body didn't flinch at all. In fact, she even tilted her head back slightly, as if she was enjoying the feeling.

“Alright,” Gu Chuan withdrew his hand, looking at her completely blushing appearance, and said with a smile, “Let’s walk together after school. It just so happens that I have some things I’d like to discuss with you, the chief art consultant.”

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards his classroom.

Eriri stood there, stroking her hair, which still held the warmth of his fingertips. Her heart was filled with a sweet, almost cloying sweetness.

And none of them noticed.

In the shadows near the trash can at the end of the corridor, a bespectacled boy with a gloomy demeanor stared intently at their departing figures with eyes filled with jealousy and resentment.

84 Nami

Just as Gu Chuan was enjoying his daily campus life and thinking about how to incorporate the new members into his interesting "hunting" plan, in the chat group of the [Cross-Dimensional Movie Club], an avatar that hadn't appeared for a long time and represented treasure and oranges suddenly started flashing wildly, attracting everyone's attention.

[Little Cat Thief]: Help! Help! Everyone! Someone please save me!

Nami's cry for help, filled with extreme fear and despair, was like a boulder crashing into the originally relaxed and cheerful group chat, creating ripples everywhere.

[March 7th]: Nami?! What's wrong?! What happened?!

[Jewel Magician]: Hey! Little thief cat! Something happened over there? Is it the Navy? Or some other pirate?

[Butterfly Dance]: Miss Nami, please calm down and tell me slowly. Where are you now? Are you safe?

However, Nami's next words plunged everyone's hearts into despair.

[Little Cat Thief]: It's Arlong...it's Arlong! That bastard! He's back! He's back with all the fishmen! They...they're even more terrifying than before! Nojiko...she's been captured while protecting me!

[Little Cat Thief]: I hate it! I hate it so much! Why! Why are these monsters just haunting me! I'm so scared... I'm so scared... Miss Bellemere... Mom...~...

Nami's speech was filled with incoherent chaos and a blood-curdling hatred. Even through the screen, everyone could feel the immense fear brought on by her deep-seated nightmare of "fish-men."

In Cocoyasi Village, in that small wooden cabin in the orange grove that belonged to Nami and Nojiko.

Nami huddled in the corner of the room, trembling uncontrollably. Outside the window, the fish-men's mocking and brutal laughter echoed, along with the villagers' painful groans of oppression and enslavement.

Just half an hour ago, the nightmare that should have been defeated by Straw Hat Luffy long ago—Arlong, the sawtooth shark man—returned from hell like a demon, bringing with him his even more ferocious and powerful fishman pirate crew, and once again descended upon the village he had ravaged for years.

Moreover, this time, Arlong's eyes no longer held the disdain and amusement of the past; only undisguised, deep-seated hatred and murderous intent towards Nami. He seemed... to have retained the memory of his defeat in a past life!

"Find her! Drag that treacherous little thief with the orange hair out of the village!" Ah Long's roar, like thunder, echoed through the village. "This time, I want more than just her treasure; I want... to crush her throat with my own hands!"

To cover Nami's escape, Nojiko was captured by the fish-men executives, and his fate remains unknown. Nami, in utter despair and fear, retreated to the small house filled with memories of her, Bellemere, and Nojiko, and sent out her final plea for help.

She hated her own weakness, her own powerlessness, and even more so, the monsters called "fishmen" who had taken everything from her!

Just then, D, which she thought would never respond and was like a god, lit up.

[Observer]: Nami, look up.

Gu Chuan's voice, as if carrying a peculiar magic, resounded directly into Nami's mind through the cold screen, giving a jolt to her chaotic and trembling soul.

[Observer]: What you fear is nothing more than a group of pathetic losers who have been eliminated by the times.

[Little Thief Cat]: Losers? Ah Long and his crew... are so powerful...

[Observer]: Powerful? No. Faced with the true tides of the world, they are utterly fragile. Nami, remember this: on this planet, among all intelligent races, humanity possesses the highest potential, the largest population, and will ultimately stand at the pinnacle of all things—the "strongest race." Fish-men, giants, long-armed races… these so-called "demi-humans" are nothing more than pitiful creatures who have strayed from the path of evolution. They may lord it over in a small corner, but before the torrent of history, they will ultimately be crushed.

Gu Chuan used a higher-dimensional tone, as if stating the truth of the world, to describe to Nami a grand worldview that she had never imagined.

These words were like a lightning bolt that cleaved through the darkness, allowing Nami, who had always lived in the shadow of the fishmen, to see for the first time a light called "hope".

So...they weren't invincible after all?

So...we humans are the strongest?

However, this glimmer of hope was fleeting, because she remembered the cruelest reality.

[Little Cat Thief]: But...but I can't beat him! And you can't get here either! Even if we are the "strongest race," it doesn't change the fact that I'm about to be killed!

Nami's questioning made the atmosphere in the group heavy again. Yes, even the grandest theories cannot solve the current crisis.

Gu Chuan also fell silent. He indeed could not arbitrarily travel between worlds to interfere with a normal worldline that had not yet been judged as "apocalypse" by the system.

However, just when everyone felt powerless—

【bite--!!!】