This was the fastest delivery Shiraki had ever received.
He placed the order, and by evening, SF Express was at his door.
After sending off the unusually polite and super-attentive delivery guy, Shiraki returned to his apartment and opened the package.
The exquisite, tightly sealed packaging screamed high value for money!
First to catch his eye was a warm note from the 'seller,' roughly saying they aimed to provide the best service, urging him to voice any dissatisfaction, and offering heartfelt apologies for any potential oversights during the process.
Clearly, this was an apology for planting the pinhole camera without permission.
Shiraki skimmed it, tossed it into the trash with the packaging, and opened the tightly sealed main contents.
"Whoa!"
An indigo-bound ancient book, curled edges, aged yellow pages, and slightly faded, authentic-looking brush calligraphy.
This was the result of dozens of national-level archaeology professors collaborating on a forgery.
Forget Taisho-era folks—even if Shiraki took this book for antique appraisal, it might pass as centuries old.
"Not bad, not bad."
Flipping to the section on the blue Spider Lily, Shiraki nodded in satisfaction.
He had no idea his actions had sent many people scrambling to binge Demon Slayer's anime and manga overnight.
By the way, they'd already binged everything related to 'Reverie Metherlence' from Elemental Gelade.
The ancient book spun twice in Shiraki's palm before vanishing at some point, reappearing in Reverie's fair, jade-like hand.
"Good thing I bought the magic wands and those toys in the Honkai world. If I'd bought them here…"
Just imagining the consequences sent a chill through Shiraki, like plunging into an icy abyss.
Probably the most ultimate social death in human history, right?
Across three worlds, the Shirakis had nearly completed all their tasks, everything progressing smoothly.
In the Honkai world, Kiana endured harassment from the Paradise Yuri Queen, waiting for Mobius to develop the recovery serum and human-transformation drug.
In the Demon Slayer world, Reverie finished transferring the high-explosive grenades and micro-bombs. Kochou Kanae distributed them to the Pillars, teaching usage protocols to avoid self-injury.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya, meanwhile, spent his days in his study or garden fishing… er, I mean, reading—very seriously reading!
He genuinely believed this ancient book was how Shiraki learned about the blue Spider Lily.
The forgery claim was probably Shiraki's way of easing his psychological burden, right?
Worthy of Kanae's husband, so gentle-hearted!
Thankfully, the unknown compilers didn't slap together nonsense beyond the blue Spider Lily section, opting for semi-plausible herbal knowledge, or they might've misled Ubuyashiki Kagaya.
For Ubuyashiki Kagaya's condition, Reverie was helpless. It was a disease—or rather, a curse—unknown in both the real world and the Honkai world.
After sending the ancient book, Shiraki didn't cross worlds. Instead, he opened Jingdong to shop, picking a random computer customization seller and listing his requirements.
Once again, the baffled seller received a call with an official telecom warning from the 'National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity.'
The next day, a high-end computer setup—every guy's dream, paired with an 8K monitor—arrived at Shiraki's tiny rental. They even threw in a premium custom desk and esports chair.
Self-proclaimed 'after-sales' staff helped Shiraki set it up, their service attitude perfectly balanced to avoid annoying him, clearly professionally trained.
If not for Kanae's memories letting Shiraki spot their exceptional physical skills, he wouldn't have seen through them.
After they left, Shiraki eyed the now-cramped room. "Time to find a new place to live."
If Kanae and Kiana came over, this bed wouldn't fit four people.
Back when he could only dream of a setup like this, Shiraki would've geeked out all night tinkering. Now… okay, he was still pretty excited!
Shiraki downloaded Premiere and started editing the video.
Yup, the one shot in the Honkai world—Kiana entering the Elysian Realm and meeting the Flame-Chasers.
The Honkai world's civilian tech was close to the real world's, and that zero-yuan-purchased 8K camera worked with a USB port.
Shiraki mused that grabbing a high-level AI from the Honkai world to edit would beat his half-baked otaku skills.
Too bad Prometheus was gone, or he could've dug her up to do it. Maybe snatch one from a world bubble?
Until his enthusiasm waned, Shiraki planned to keep filming otherworldly videos to bless the silly netizens.
His growing soul strength enhanced his memory, and for things he was interested in, Shiraki's learning ability was already strong.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even dabble in fortune-telling.
"Music, check. Dialogue, check. Sensitivity, check. Time spent, seconds. Video editing complete~!"
Shiraki reviewed his real-life Elysian Realm cut two or three times, tweaking minor details to hit his personal passing grade—good enough for now.
Then, he opened Bilibili and uploaded the video.
As a Level 6 'newbie,' Shiraki had zero followers, and this was his first upload.
Naturally, it was like a pebble tossed into water—no ripples at all.
But for the department staff monitoring Shiraki's every move 24/7, it wasn't a pebble but a massive chunk of sodium metal.
Boom!
A thunderclap out of nowhere!
Those in the know felt their minds explode, like a cloud bomb detonating in their heads, blasting from Tokyo to Yokohama.
Another world!
The video showed a real other world!
No wonder they couldn't find 'that person' anywhere nationwide during his disappearance—he'd actually crossed worlds!
The power to transcend space and time!
That wasn't even the real shock.
From Reverie's existence and Shiraki's forged blue Spider Lily book, national expert teams had already deduced that some worlds from human fiction might actually exist.
When intelligence agents reported the otherworldly content in the video, the top brass felt like they'd gone from midsummer heat to a frozen wasteland.
Hon! Kai!
HON!! KAI!!
For a moment, the top brass wanted to string up miHoYo's writers and beat them senseless!
Of course, calming down, they knew mere human imagination couldn't create worlds.
To uncover the secrets, they'd need to contact Shiraki.
But first…
Shiraki's intel and data, already top-secret, were upgraded to ultra-top-secret, accessible to only a handful nationwide. Leaking it would be treated as endangering national security and treason, with authorization to execute first and report later if needed.
The guy who suggested close-range camera surveillance was toast, and soft contact with Shiraki became a red-level priority.
Then, a major Tokyo conference swiftly drafted new laws.
The term 'malicious wage demands' vanished. Severe crackdowns hit unpaid migrant worker wages and bride price scams, with penalties up to death for the former and life imprisonment for the latter, based on impact.
Campus bullying was added to the criminal code, with up to life imprisonment.
The laws were rough drafts, to be refined later.
Most crucially, enforcement was unprecedentedly strict.
Beyond that, workers' weekend double rest was implemented, anti-overtime culture enforced, and rest time guaranteed, with mandatory overtime pay.
Labor arbitration windows expanded, nearly always ruling in workers' favor.
The holiday shift system was scrapped, and triple pay for statutory holidays was enforced nationwide.
Piloted in Tokyo and Shiraki's hometown, enforcement was unheard-of strong.
Countless migrant workers and laborers teared up!
Shiraki's hometown was just a third-tier city. For a mega-city like Tokyo, standard work hours could hurt economic growth, but they enforced it anyway!
Boosting national happiness at all costs!
Forget the Honkai's civilization-wrecking mechanics—just a bit of economic loss could be offset with a sprinkle of black tech from Shiraki's friendship!
Social media exploded, with Shiraki topping trending discussions. He stayed silent, sighed, then opened his chat with Maiya, replying with more than two words for the first time.
Without intel on other worlds, Shiraki would've ditched for the Honkai world long ago, but now…
It was for smoother real-world activities later, he figured.
Even amid the explosive public buzz, Shiraki's little pebble still made waves.
"It's the ultra-invincibly mega-freaking-cute Kiana!!!"
"What the—? What the↗ What the↘↗ What the↘!"
"Kiana! Elysea! Living Kiana and Elysea!"
"UP, no, DAD!!! Gimme the cosplayers' info! Any of them, please!"
The video was titled What If Kiana Was the First to Enter the Elysian Realm?, but comments and danmaku ignored the 'plot,' floored by the dimension-crushing beauty.
Some bigshots started suspecting—
"What company's beauty filter can pull this off?"
"No, pure filters can't do this. Beauty's not the point—these cosplayers are too perfect!"
So perfect that if Kiana and Elysea existed in 3D, they'd look exactly like this.
From the dawn of subculture to now, no cosplayer had ever achieved such 'flawless' character portrayal.
"Kiana's hair… no way that's a wig, right?"
That long, silky, flowing silver-white hair, visibly smooth like satin.
"And look, Sakura's ears are moving!"
"And my waifu's toolbox—how'd they do that? It's actually floating!?"
That was Mobius.
Views, likes, coins, and favorites skyrocketed, hitting the daily leaderboard's top spot, visibly pulling away from second place.
Honkai Impact 3rd's official account popped up in the comments, alongside active Bilibili voice actors.
Shiraki's Bilibili inbox exploded with private messages, buried among big-name UPs and even miHoYo's official offers for commercial collabs.
Shiraki didn't reply to any.
The little surprise for netizens seemed to work well.
This was just everyday Elysian Realm footage. If he filmed battles with Honkai beasts later, wouldn't it blow up completely?
miHoYo's contact might be worth noting. He could swing by with Kiana to mess around later.
Maybe say hi to the writers and planners.
Shiraki holed up in the real world for another ten days, binging anime without leaving home.
Through backend tracking of his account activity, monitoring staff and their expert teams binged alongside him.
Paid anime-watching, basically.
On day eleven, Shiraki finally made a move.
The fish took the bait!