[You all have a day to prepare your supplies or anything else you want with you during the mission.

The time in your world would not move, so you would return to the exact time as you started the mission.]

[Now that's all, and good luck with your mission]

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'Song of Ice and Fire,' Mike frowned as he came to this conclusion.

He is not 100% sure that the world referenced in this mission is the same as he thought, but at least he is fifty percent sure that he is correct.

'... Wait, I can check it in the shop, right?'

With that thought, Mike immediately opened the group shop and searched for items related to the world of Planetos.

[Items:

Inferior-quality Iron sword pack (contain 20)

Price: 1 point

Iron sword pack (contain 10)

Price: 1 point

Good-quality Iron sword

Price: 1 point

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Dragon Glass pack (contain 100 small pieces)

Price: 1 point

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Valyrian steel sword

Price: 50 points

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Inferior Dragon egg

Price: 1000 points

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]

'Yep, my guess was correct. It is the same world as that show,' Mike thought, but it didn't exactly fill him with confidence. After all, this world is a bit tricky.

Meanwhile, the other group members had already started discussing the mission.

[Ultimate Meatshield: Alright, be quiet for a sec. I found some information about this world]

Then Mike focused and tried to think about all the information he had on them as the group chat automatically created a file filled with that information.

[Ultimate Meatshield has sent a brief summary of ASOIAF]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Read it. In this, I have put everything I found about that world and its plot.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: After that, I want to talk about something with you all.]

[Sure]

[Okay]

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A few seconds later, Zatanna became the first to reply.

[Daddy princess: Seriously, an undeveloped magic world in which the plot mainly revolves around a throne made of swords. That kind of shit only looks good in novels, not in real life.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: You finished it rather quickly.]

[Daddy princess: What can I say? Practice makes the woman perfect.]

Zatanna replied with a smile as the magic energy around her head disappeared.

[Ultimate Meatshield: You used some magic bullshit to finish it quickly, right?]

Mike was not buying her bullshit. He definitely knew she used magic, but it didn't bother him as much as her attempt to feed him such bullshit.

[Daddy princess: So, what is the important thing you want to talk about?]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Let's wait for others to finish first since it would also affect them.]

[Daddy princess: So...your world also has superheroes and villains, almost like my world, right?]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Yes, so what about it?]

[Daddy princess: ...I was just hoping you could tell me something honestly.]

'Why is she speaking like this?' Mike thought but still replied.

[Ultimate Meatshield: Sure, ask anyways.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: And if it is something you don't want others to know, then you can private message me.]

Zatanna thought for a moment before opening a private chat.

[Daddy princess: So, now I can ask?]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Sure!]

Seeing him agree, Zatanna took a deep breath before typing.

[Daddy princess: So, according to you, your and mine world have a lot of similarities, right?]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Yeah, they are almost like brothers that went different ways. They are different on the surface but nearly the same inside.]

'That's quite a stretch,' Zatanna thought with a half smile before asking her doubts about something.

[Daddy princess: So, how does your world deal with all this bullshit? I mean, you weren't even faced after knowing Ino and Zoro kill people for living like goddamn villains. So how does it work in your world?]

'Okay, so that's the important thing she wants to ask,' Mike thought as a deadpan look appeared on his face.

[Ultimate Meatshield: I don't have a definite answer for it, but what I can tell is that my world is not all rainbow and shit. It's a dark world, just like yours. In some cases, it's a bit better, but in others, it's a lot worse.

Each and every world have something bad about them, and it's normal. So, don't think much about it. After all, no world is perfect.

As for why I didn't react much when we found out about Ino and Zoro, I don't think we have a right to judge them. I mean, we never being in the world, so we don't know the customs and what is considered right and wrong there. We cannot just impose our society's rules on someone else. That's just slavery with extra steps.]

[Daddy princess: No, it's different, we are not...]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Not what? They have to follow your unreasonable rules and do what you say when they don't want to do it, especially when their opponents are not following your rules.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: I think we should end this topic right here. The others are also done reading. So we can now plan for our mission.]

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Back in the main chat, after reading the file about that world, Ino, Zoro, and Gray were discussing the possible things they need to worry about while staying in that world.

[Ultimate Meatshield: You all are done with reading that?]

[Slightly less useless fangirl: Yeah, we are done. What about you finishing talking with the princess?]

[Daddy princess: If you start calling me that, then be ready to be called a fangirl all the time.]

'And here they go again with this,' Mike thought as they both started going back and forth.

[Ultimate Meatshield: So, what do you all think of the mission?]

[Slightly less useless fangirl: We were in a middle of a conversation. So can you just step back while I teach this little girl about how to behave?]

[Lost Cause: Can you two do it some other time? I thought we were about to discuss how to effectively complete this mission, not fight among ourselves.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Zoro is right. Can you both please stop with this passive-aggressive thing? I want to discuss something before I leave to gather the right supplies for the mission.]

[Slightly less useless fangirl: hmm]

[Daddy princess: hmm]

'Did they both just use 'hmm' on me?' Mike thought with a shocked expression.

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[Ultimate Meatshield: So what do you all think is needed for this mission?]

Almost immediately, all four of them sent their suggestions at the same time.

[Slightly less useless fangirl: Weapons, food, and money.]

[Lost Cause: Transport, Sake, and Food.]

[Unqualified Stripper: Money and Food.]

[Daddy princess: Medicine and Food]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Good, now we have the preliminary list of supplies to gather.

I will take care of the transport, money, and some special weapons to take down our target.

Ino, can you get some weapons like shuriken, kunai, senbon, and smoke bombs? You know, the standard Ninja items.]

[Slightly less useless fangirl: Sure, I can get them in a few hours.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Zoro, can you get food for all of us? It would be ideal if you could get three months' worth of food for at least ten people.

If you need some money to cover it, then I can send some, okay?"]

[Lost Cause: Money... point to money exchange, right?

Then there is no need for that. I have enough to get all of that. It would only cost half a million at most.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: Okay, then after purchasing them, send them all to me. I will keep them in my inventory.]

[Daddy princess: Wait! You have an inventory in a pocket dimension that keeps things static.]

[Ultimate Meatshield: The very same.]

[Daddy princess: But how? Your stats don't show it?]

[Ultimate Meatshield: It's one of the privileges I get with the manager rank, an inventory of almost infinite size.

Anyways, Gray and Zatanna, can you both get the medicines and anything else you both think is useful for the group, okay?]

Mike asked, and they both replied with a yes, and then all got to work. After that, they talked for a bit before all of them went offline to gather the supplies as quickly as possible.

'Now I just have to go and meet her,' Mike thought while entering his shower.

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