NOVEL NEXT Chapter 497: Chapter 497: This Is Just Too Strange
The sudden appearance of the group chat left her completely bewildered.
"What the heck is this?"
After slowly sorting through the information in her mind, Gabriel was dumbfounded.
"Is this a cheat code?"
Once Gabriel had processed the information, she became rather intrigued. Without wasting time, she hurried to change her group nickname.
"What kind of name is 'Wipe It and It Works'?"
Gabriel couldn't help but complain inwardly.
Takumi: [Gabriel?] [My wife is named Gabriel!]
Just as she finished changing her name, she saw Takumi's message, which left her even more confused.
Gabriel: [????] [What is this nonsense?]
Chika Fujiwara: [It's Gabriel.] [Is she considered an alternate universe counterpart of Gabriel?] [I remember there's also Raphiel.]
Sagiri: [Simple and pure!]
Megumi Kato: [Vignette is the real angel.]
Everyone began to confirm the new member's identity and started chatting enthusiastically.
So it was this shameless one.
Gabriel: [????] [You guys are way too knowledgeable!] [What's even going on here?]
Gabriel was thoroughly confused.
Alternate universe counterparts?
Takumi: [Hold on a moment.]
Looking at Gabriel in the group, Takumi suddenly had a great idea. In the next instant, he disappeared from his house. When he reappeared, he had arrived in the celestial realm, right inside Gabriel's office.
Seeing Takumi appear so suddenly, Gabriel looked puzzled.
"Takumi?"
"What brings you here?"
"Is it about Kanade?"
"She's already enrolled in the angel academy, so there's nothing to worry about."
Gabriel assumed Takumi was here about Kanade.
But Takumi shook his head.
"It's not about Kanade."
"There's a Gabriel in the group chat."
Takumi's lips curled up into a faint smile.
Hearing the name, Gabriel froze.
"Gabriel?"
"The one whose halo keeps working if you just wipe it clean?"
Gabriel quickly understood who he was referring to. After all, she had been watching a lot of anime lately. She had, of course, seen Gabriel DropOut, especially since the main character shares her name.
She even remembered Raphiel — a sadistic, scheming angel. Honestly, calling them angels felt more like calling them demons.
A hilarious world.
Now Takumi was saying that version of Gabriel had joined the group chat?
So it really was her.
She was instantly curious.
"You want me to do something?"
Since Takumi had made a special trip, it couldn't be a simple matter.
"I want to send you to her world."
"Also, help me set a mark there."
"Can you check out their version of Heaven while you're at it?"
Takumi's plan was to send Gabriel to the world of the other Gabriel. While she was there, she could mark the world so he could retrieve it later.
Hearing this, Gabriel's eyes sparkled.
"Sure!"
She agreed immediately. No objections — it sounded fun.
"Alright, I'll send you now."
Takumi handed her his mark, then took out a dimensional bracelet and stored Gabriel inside.
Takumi: [Gabriel's exclusive red envelope.]
Without explaining further, he sent a red envelope to Gabriel in the group chat.
Gabriel received the red envelope and accepted it without thinking much.
A bracelet appeared in her hand.
Looking at it, she was confused.
Gabriel: [What's this?]
A bracelet?
Takumi: [It's good stuff. Inject your mental energy into it and open it.]
Takumi said this cheerfully.
Gabriel was a bit puzzled, but followed the instructions.
She infused it with her mental energy and activated it.
The next moment —
A wave of holy light instantly filled Gabriel's entire room.
The sudden surge of holy light also triggered a response from Heaven in her world.
All the angels there were baffled.
"What's going on?"
"Such intense holy energy — is the old man God back?"
Gabriel, meanwhile, was stunned.
"Whoa!!"
"So much holy light!!"
She felt like she was going blind.
Gradually, a powerful angel — no, a majestic one — appeared before Gabriel.
Radiating divine brilliance, the angel stood in stark contrast to the lazy Gabriel slumped on her tatami mat.
Nothing shows contrast better than this.
Even Gabriel herself was stunned.
"This... this is what a real angel should look like, right?"
Gabriel (the original one) had entered Gabriel (the anime one)'s room.
Her gaze landed on the disheveled girl.
"Hello."
"I'm Gabriel."
"From now on, I'll call you Lil' Gab."
She smiled gently at Gabriel.
Hearing this, Gabriel was even more confused.
"What the hell is going on?"
Why did a powerful angel suddenly appear?
And such an overpowering one at that.
Even stronger than her sister!
"You... you!!"
Gabriel stared at Gabriel in shock.
The real angel's smile only grew brighter.
"What an adorable reaction."
"Technically speaking, you are me, and I am you."
"But we're also different individuals."
"Takumi sent me here to check out this world."
"And to leave a mark."
As she said this, Gabriel took out the imprint Takumi had given her.
A stream of Honkai energy flowed into the void.
Just like that, Takumi's mark was imprinted on the world.
Now he could access it anytime.
Gabriel (anime) watched in complete shock.
Then, at that moment, another wave of holy light descended into the room.
It wasn't as overwhelming as Gabriel's appearance.
But to Gabriel, it was even scarier.
As the light arrived, she shivered and stood straight.
She quickly got up, changed clothes instantly, and, under Gabriel's astonished gaze, cleaned and donned her angel halo.
After all that, she stood respectfully to the side.
The new arrival was her elder sister — Zelel.
Zelel's appearance scared Gabriel to death.
She was terrified of her big sister.
Zelel didn't even look at her foolish little sister.
Her eyes were fixed on Gabriel.
She'd never seen this angel before.
But Gabriel radiated a presence very similar to her sister.
It puzzled her.
It was almost like... this angel was also her sister Gabriel.
Just that thought alone was baffling.
Who was this angel?
She had power stronger than even God.
Yet somehow felt exactly like her sister Gabriel?
It was truly bizarre.