[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc":3,"chapter-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: Starting Off Invincible in the Combined Anime World!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},2258574,4408,"Chapter 1: The Blade and Sword Prologue: The Chinese Youth Who Inherits the Dojo!","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>In 2022, Tokyo District, Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The major electronics and machinery manufacturer “ARGUS” developed a next-generation consumer terminal called the NERvGear, which was finally released to the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made full-network virtual reality immersion accessible to mainstream online games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Art Online, abbreviated as “SAO,” was the first large-scale VRMMO to utilize this advanced technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black-haired boy who had just left a department store held an unopened NERvGear terminal, preparing to go home and try it out, when his pocket phone suddenly rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shengzai, did you get your NERvGear helmet today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Shengzai answered the call, a male voice filled with urgency came through the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from the voice, it was easy to tell the speaker was about the same age as Shengzai—likely a middle school student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I had no chance to buy one, but the salesgirl happened to be our school’s senior working part-time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Out of kindness for her cute junior, she pulled some strings for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And she even politely slipped me a little note with her contact info, saying if I had any questions, I could call her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have to admit, big companies are different—even their part-time girls provide top-notch service.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing his friend’s words, Kirigaya Kazuto couldn’t help but roll his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Out of kindness for a junior? Big-company service? Someone gave you a note because they liked your face!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Kirigaya Kazuto found Shengzai’s special treatment utterly ridiculous, he wasn’t truly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, he had seen far too many similar incidents happen to Shengzai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shengzai’s full name is Wen Shengzai—a name with a distinctly Japanese flavor, yet he is actually Chinese.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kazuto once asked why Shengzai had such a name, and Shengzai explained that “Wen” was a compound surname.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient Eastern tradition, “Sheng” means sacred and beautiful, while “Zai” is a grammatical particle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shengzai’s parents died in an accident when he was very young; he was raised by his grandfather, who recently passed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shengzai’s family runs a swordsmanship dojo, and both Kirigaya Kazuto and Kirigaya Suguha are students there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Kazuto was seven, he gave up swordsmanship because he found it boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shengzai and Kirigaya Suguha, however, persisted—and Shengzai fully inherited the “Wen Sword Style.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as a first-year middle schooler, he entered the national kendo championship and defeated numerous second- and third-year students, ultimately winning the national title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having grown up together since childhood, the three are childhood friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Kazuto and Suguha’s strained sibling relationship, Shengzai got along well with both of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kazuto, his like-minded buddy, aside, Kirigaya Suguha idolized Shengzai completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, winning the national kendo championship as a first-year middle schooler made Shengzai, in Suguha’s eyes, a natural-born swordsman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still in middle school, Suguha knew her Shengzai-nii had already reached the “Menkyo Kaiden” level in the Wen Sword Style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even competing as a middle schooler in the high school kendo championship, he could easily secure a top ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Wen Grandpa’s death, the dojo has been closed; if Shengzai achieves a strong placement in the high school championship and proves his “Menkyo Kaiden” level, he is fully capable of inheriting the sword dojo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only is he handsome, but he’s also a young kendo champion with outstanding grades—anyone could guess how popular he is at school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why Kirigaya Kazuto wasn’t surprised by the special treatment Shengzai received.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides his own fangirl sister, Shengzai had never lacked admirers since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having such an outstanding friend, Kazuto could only say it was his luck—and his misfortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His luck: Shengzai was fiercely loyal; if you needed help, he’d show up, and there was almost nothing he couldn’t handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His misfortune: having such a friend put immense pressure on him; now, his main role at school was delivering messages or love letters to Shengzai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His decision to quit kendo at seven wasn’t just because he found it boring—it was also because the pressure was too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone trained together, same age, all boys, yet Shengzai advanced by leaps and bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only dominate Suguha—and that made Kazuto feel he had no talent for kendo, so he quit decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, though Shengzai excelled in every area, it didn’t mean Kirigaya Kazuto was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After quitting kendo, Kazuto unexpectedly discovered he had a natural talent for gaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only in gaming could he avoid being completely crushed by Shengzai—he even won more than he lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boy who already loved games now found the one area where he could beat his friend—and naturally, he immersed himself even deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SAO was the first large-scale VRMMO released using the NERvGear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a game, its attention was unprecedented; as a gamer, Kirigaya Kazuto couldn’t possibly ignore it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was he interested—he was also lucky enough to be selected as an internal tester and became one of SAO’s first players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With SAO’s public test imminent, NERvGear units were in high demand; as an internal tester, he had no worries, but his best friend Shengzai couldn’t afford to miss out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an “internal tester,” he had already experienced SAO’s allure; in that world, he might truly defeat Shengzai with swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already skilled at games, and now he’d enter the public test as an internal tester—even if the game featured swordsmen as a mainstream class, he should at least stand a chance against Shengzai, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, Kazuto worried Shengzai wouldn’t get a helmet partly because he feared losing his only friend to play games with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But mostly, he wanted to show off in front of Shengzai!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right—having such an outstanding friend put immense pressure on Kirigaya Kazuto; he’d only reclaimed his dignity through gaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he’d win back some ground in Shengzai’s own domain—even if it was only in a game!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",964,"2026-06-19T15:18:33.595Z","Qwen3-Next 80B","3c5bc565a9915ff476d9cd104ff9ab93ab7d0c3a28546136745f9c481aea2623","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-2",null,587,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-cover.jpg"]