[{"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-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: Starting Off Invincible in the Combined Anime World!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2258589,4408,"Chapter 16: You","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>“Miss, I’m Wen Shengzai—sort of a longtime friend of this guy’s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tong Ren’s friends are my friends. If you need to borrow money, I’ll give you the highest limit possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And when you repay, I’ll accept either real-world currency or SAO currency.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the figure sitting beside Tong Ren was fully wrapped in a cloak, Shengzai knew exactly who it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the person weren’t wearing a cloak—even if they were naked… cough, it’s none other than the legendary Hentai Na.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, having read many of her works, Shengzai recognized her instantly, even with her face and figure hidden beneath the cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re willing to lend me money? And I can repay in real-world currency?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you so certain we’ll ever escape this death game?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asuna was taken aback by Shengzai’s words. From what those others had said, borrowing from Shengzai seemed to come with a generous limit—but she’d never heard anyone could repay in real-world money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the SAO world, perhaps a contract could prevent default.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if real-world currency is acceptable, that means repayment can wait until we return to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet once we’re back in the real world, wouldn’t he fear I’d just vanish and never pay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, contracts within this game hold no power over those who’ve already returned to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I just say? Tong Ren’s friends are my friends.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re a friend, you get special treatment. Borrow as much as you want—I’ll cover it, as long as it’s within my means.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for your second question: we will absolutely clear this game and return to reality.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t ask why I’m so sure—if I didn’t believe it myself, what’s the point of lending money if I don’t even expect to get it back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joking aside, Shengzai knew Asuna was a bona fide rich, beautiful, and refined girl in the real world—her defaulting was practically impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why he was so certain they’d return—it was obvious, because he was a transmigrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Shengzai’s explanation convinced Asuna, making her believe he was doing this to give himself a reason to keep going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood that feeling—when she’d first been trapped in the game, she’d gone through the same period of doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t know how to keep going, then create a reason to keep going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Asuna’s eyes, Shengzai lending vast sums to others, hoping to collect in the real world, was precisely the motivation and belief they needed to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Tong Ren, Shengzai was doing this purely to save face for him—this stirred a tiny pang of guilt in Tong Ren, who had just betrayed his… oh no, his best friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Shengzai’s true thoughts: this was a rare chance to fleece a wealthy patron—Asuna was nothing like Tong Ren’s broke-ass self. If he didn’t take advantage now, he’d be betraying himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a restaurant in Tolbana, Shengzai sat across from Asuna and Tong Ren, who were devouring their meals, and he could only stare in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… you came to borrow money just to have a proper meal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Asuna, wrapped in her cloak, eating like a commoner with zero grace, Shengzai was utterly speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just minutes ago, he’d imagined lending her a fortune and reaping a massive reward in the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected she’d borrow money not to strengthen herself or improve survival odds—but simply to eat a decent meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if I die now, I have no regrets…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Asuna, now fully sated after eating enough for three people, slump back in her chair with a satisfied hum, Shengzai’s mouth twitched involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had the strange feeling that this Hentai Na was nothing like the one in his memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asuna was a foodie, yes—but no one ever said she ate like a bottomless pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Shengzai’s twitching mouth, Asuna finally realized her behavior had been uncouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back home, she’d have been scolded for eating like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here, in the game, with Shengzai and Tong Ren just meeting today, she shrugged: “Hmph. If you’d eaten nothing but rock-hard, tasteless black bread for a month, you’d understand how I feel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And yes, you can lend me a lot—but I’m still just a stranger to your so-called friend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the daughter of the Kusunoki family, Asuna had strong morals and impeccable upbringing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for a month of black bread pushing her to the brink, she’d never have begged anyone for a loan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In SAO, beyond combat mechanics, there were life-simulating systems to enhance realism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a character went too long without rest, fatigue accumulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, failing to eat regularly triggered a “satiety” warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once satiety dropped below the threshold, the character began losing HP continuously—until death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cheapest food in the game was the black bread Asuna mentioned—it provided minimal satiety but tasted like chewing a rag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Ren could endure it, but Asuna had been a pampered heiress who loved fine food. A month of this tasteless gruel was pure torture for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after borrowing money from Shengzai, her first act wasn’t buying gear—it was going straight to a restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she generously treated her new creditor and teammate, Shengzai and Tong Ren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since SAO fully immersed the senses via brain control, taste was perfectly replicated—this was why Asuna had sighed so deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shengzai, do you think this raid will succeed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating their fill, Tong Ren finally raised the question weighing most heavily on his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",911,"2026-06-19T15:18:33.595Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d238a0be372a6537e4b73611c26958be5742fc447210d4c0647426940cd7770a","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-17","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-15",587,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-cover.jpg"]