Chapter 174: This One Is Even More Heavyweight

【Su Haoming: I still don’t understand…】

【Su Haoming: You mean, after you die, time keeps moving forward until a year later, when it resets?】

【Bai Ze: Correct.】

【Su Haoming: Why?】

【Su Haoming: And how do you know this?】

【Bai Ze: This brings me to my second reset.】

【Bai Ze: This time, it went better—I pushed the Holy Grail War all the way to the final battle and maxed out Kiritsugu Emiya and Rin Tohsaka’s affection.】

【Bai Ze: Especially the latter, which granted me access to countless hidden-world knowledge.】

【Bai Ze: Unfortunately, I lack the talent to become a magus. Even with this knowledge, I’m still just an ordinary person.】

【Bai Ze: But none of that matters. What matters is that among these knowledge, there are many established rules—like magus codes of conduct—that must be strictly followed.】

【Bai Ze: One of them concerns a restricted zone in Japan.】

【Bai Ze: I was curious at the time, but didn’t have time to investigate—until I was killed by King Gilgamesh and went through my third reset. Only then did curiosity drive me to look into it…】

【Bai Ze: And here’s the twist—I found out the restricted zone was just an ordinary city.】

【Bai Ze: The only noteworthy place was the school at its center—Private PK Academy.】

【Lin Yu: …】

【All group members: …】

【Su Haoming: I think I get it.】

【Lin Lie: I get it too.】

【Xiang Yunye: What exactly do you get?】

【Xiang Yunye: I don’t understand a thing.】

【Fan Xian: Me neither…】

【Li Shimin: +1】

Private PK Academy, from the anime *The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.*, is even more dangerous than the already perilous Fate universe—its protagonist is top-tier!

Lin Yu’s expression twisted as he couldn’t help saying, “So your world also fused with Saiki K.?”

Bai Ze sighed deeply and replied with a bitter expression: “Yes.”

【Fan Xian: Who is Saiki K.?】

【Lin Yu: A comedic school anime. The protagonist is an invincible psychic with countless abilities—including time travel and time reversal.】

【Lin Yu: If I remember right, in Saiki K.’s world, there’s a super volcano capable of destroying the planet.】

【Lin Yu: Every year, he checks it. If he can’t solve it, he reverses time by one year…】

After reading Lin Yu’s explanation, everyone finally understood.

【Xiang Yunye: So you don’t have any powers at all—it’s Saiki K. reversing time, and you just get revived along with it?】

【Bai Ze: Sigh…】

【Su Haoming: That’s not entirely fair—he still keeps his memories!】

【Lin Yu: Wait, if I recall correctly, Saiki K. only resets the entire Earth and human state. Everyone retains their memories, though their perceptions might be altered—they don’t even notice the time shift.】

【Lin Yu: But your world seems… different.】

【Bai Ze: Right. I believe the Saiki K. in my world has true time reversal.】

【Bai Ze: In the original, after Saiki K. resets, time still moves forward. But in my world, time actually rewinds to exactly one year ago.】

【Bai Ze: For some reason, I’m the only one who remembers the world before the reversal.】

Bai Ze: Of course, all this is speculation. Saiki K.'s powers are insane—he has super telepathy. I dare not go near him, so I've never seen him in person.

【Bai Ze: But I’ve confirmed information about the female lead, Teruhashi Kokomi, and her celebrity brother. This world definitely contains Saiki K.】

*Hyouka*, *Fate*, *The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.*…

Three anime characters have already appeared in that world. No wonder Bai Ze calls himself a multiverse traveler.

【Bai Ze: After realizing I didn’t have any reset ability, I broke out in cold sweat.】

【Bai Ze: Since then, I finally accepted reality. I fled Winter City overnight and transferred to a remote county high school—the one from *Hyouka*, in Kamiyama City.】

【Bai Ze: But it’s only a temporary fix.】

【Bai Ze: If Saiki K. still can’t solve it this year, time will reset again—and send me back to Winter City.】

【Fan Xian: Hold on—I have to vent.】

【Fan Xian: If Saiki K. is this invincible, why can’t he just destroy the volcano?】

【Su Haoming: …】

【Su Haoming: You’re trying to reason with a comedy anime? Then why don’t you ask why Tom can’t catch Jerry?】

【Lin Yu: If you insist on explaining, maybe he doubts his own abilities—or isn’t sure he can destroy the volcano without killing everyone.】

【Su Haoming: That’s not the point. The point is—you won’t run this time, right?】

【Bai Ze: Absolutely not!】

【Bai Ze: I just checked—the group has invitation letters and cross-world talismans. Once I upload the files and earn points, I’ll invite all you greats to lend a hand!】

After sending this message, Bai Ze immediately switched to the group files tab and eagerly uploaded his knowledge on magi.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu and the group members had finally processed all of Bai Ze’s revelations and turned their attention to another silent newcomer.

【Xiang Yunye: @Anzu, why is the new member silent?】

【Xiang Yunye: Your name sounds foreign—can you even read Chinese?】

Anzu’s original group name was Anzu Uru Gōng, but Lin Yu, curious about Bai Ze, used admin privileges to change it beforehand—so as not to shock Su Haoming or Lin Lie, who might have seen *Overlord*, and disrupt their self-introduction order.

Seeing Xiang Yunye’s message, Lin Yu replied: “Don’t worry—he can read. The group chat has built-in translation. Even my continent’s common tongue gets converted into each member’s native language.”

Xiang Yunye exclaimed, “Really?”

Watching the chat scroll by, Anzu sat on his bed, hesitating.

After a moment of silence, he made his decision and slowly sent his first message.

【Anzu: Hello everyone.】

【Su Haoming: Finally!】

【Su Haoming: We’ve all introduced ourselves already. Why don’t you do the same?】

Anzu paused briefly, then replied: “My name is Anzu. I come from the Kingdom of Ryssetje and am a mage of modest achievement.”

Upon reading this, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and replied with interest: “Is that so?”

Without waiting for Anzu’s reply, Lin Yu continued: “Don’t be so cautious!”

“From the earlier conversation, you should realize—everyone here is a traveler from some fantasy work. Do you really think you’re the exception?”

Anzu froze, then his heart sank. He ventured: “What do you mean?”

【Lin Yu: Let me remind you—I, as admin, can see your full name.】

【Lin Yu: Anzu Uru Gōng. That name isn’t as obscure as Bai Ze’s just now.】

【Lin Yu: Ask the others—they might recognize your name too.】

As soon as the message was sent, replies flooded in like a screen scroll.

【Su Haoming: !!!】

【Bai Ze: What?!】

【Bai Ze: You’re the Bone King?!】

【Xiang Yunye: What’s the Bone King?】

【Bai Ze: The protagonist of the anime *Overlord*! Ruler of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the Level 99 King of the Undead!】

【Bai Ze: From what I know, he crossed over with his game character and his entire guild’s wealth into another world…】

Bai Ze was still introducing Anzu in the group, but Anzu’s mind was in turmoil.

He stared at the chat in shock, utterly unprepared—someone here actually knew his identity and had detailed his life before and after the crossover.

Could it be… he really was a character from some fantasy work?

Anzu stared at the word “Overlord.” It was his race and class—Lord of the Dead. He never imagined it was also the title of the fantasy work he came from.

【Lin Yu: @Anzu, do you understand now?】

【Lin Yu: If you wish, I can upload the original novel so you can glimpse your future fate.】

【Lin Yu: The only question is… do you want to see it?】

Anzu fell silent, his thoughts churning like a stormy sea.

After a moment of thought, he slowly typed one word: “Yes.”

【Lin Yu: Good.】

【Administrator 'Lin Yu' has uploaded group file: *Overlord*】

Anzu immediately downloaded it. Other curious group members did the same.

The entire group fell silent, until half an hour later, when Anzu finally came back to himself and looked at the chat with a complex expression.

【Anzu: Is this really me?】

【Lin Yu: What do you mean?】

【Anzu: The Anzu in the novel.】

【Lin Yu: The Holy Kingdom arc?】

Anzu fell silent, not replying.

He had only recently crossed over and still retained his humanity. In essence, he was a kind and forgiving man—and the horrific, inhuman atrocities of the Holy Kingdom arc now filled him with deep discomfort.

[Lin Yu: Don’t want to answer?]

[Lin Yu: Good. That means you still retain some humanity—at least for now.]

[Lin Yu: As for your question, let’s set it aside for now. Let’s talk about something else—since joining the chat group, has your forced calmness appeared at all?]

«...»

Ainz paused slightly, then suddenly realized, his heart surging with shock.

Yes, since accepting the invitation, his emotions had been in constant turmoil.

Whether it was the shock of his identity being exposed, or the complex feelings upon reading the novel’s content, both had far exceeded his emotional threshold—yet his forced calmness had never once activated…

What is going on?!

(End of Chapter)