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At that moment, the rest of the group also stepped out of the portals one after another.
And just like Pirate Renzo, they all froze the moment they saw the long-haired newcomer.
"Huh?"
"What's going on?"
"Where did this little girl come from?"
"Holy crap! The only people who can show up here are Renzos, so… does that mean Renzo finally stopped being a man?!"
"This is huge!"
"Oh no… this is a disaster! The reputation of the Renzos is about to take another hit!"
Everyone couldn't help but throw out their own remarks.
After Eevee, Python, and Hentai Renzo, this was yet another brand-new variety—A female version?!
"So… what do we do?"
The group exchanged glances, communicating telepathically.
"Let's just ask directly! I'm great with girls! Leave it to me!" Hentai Renzo stepped forward confidently.
Before he could take a single step, Demon Slayer Renzo pulled him back and scolded, "Are you out of your damn mind? That's literally one of us! What the hell are you planning to do?"
"What? Nothing! I was just gonna say hi and ask what's up!" Hentai Renzo blinked innocently.
"Get lost." Demon Slayer Renzo didn't buy a single word of it.
Among all the Renzos, this guy was currently the most shameless.
Demon Slayer Renzo used to think he was the most morally bankrupt of the group, but after witnessing Hentai Renzo's memories…
Yeah. He had been way too naive.
Shamelessness is relative.
Compared to Hentai Renzo, he was basically a saint!
"I'll handle this." Pirate Renzo, who had already recovered from his initial shock, cleared his throat and extended a hand toward the newcomer.
"I'm Pirate Renzo, from the One Piece world."
"Judging by your outfit, you're from Hogwarts, aren't you?"
"And with that curly hair and top-student energy… don't tell me—you got reincarnated as Hermione Granger?"
The newcomer: "…"
She stared at Pirate Renzo, enunciating each word carefully: "What did you just say your name was?"
"Pirate Renzo."
Pirate Renzo shrugged, completely unsurprised by her reaction.
"…What the hell is going on?" The newcomer looked utterly dumbfounded.
"Ugh, enough talking! Just grab hands, and you'll understand everything."
Demon Slayer Renzo, already losing patience, strode forward, grabbed the newcomer's hand, and instantly activated Memory Sharing.
"HOLY SHIT!"
The very next second, the newcomer shouted out in shock.
"You're telling me… this is what's going on?! You're all just different versions of me?!"
At this point, she didn't even care about acting ladylike anymore.
Screw dignity—this situation was insane!
Pirate Renzo groaned dramatically, "My image of Hermione is ruined."
Demon Slayer Renzo shot him a look, unimpressed.
"And why are you so sure she's Hermione? What if she's someone else?"
"Impossible."
Pirate Renzo shook his head firmly, then pointed at the newcomer—who had stopped cursing and was now sitting in stunned silence, still processing the flood of memories and abilities she had just received.
"Look at her outfit. Look at that familiar curly hair!
Look at those little front teeth! If she's not Hermione, do you really expect me to believe that?"
Demon Slayer Renzo took a long, hard look at the girl.
After a moment, he nodded slowly. "Fair point."
"'Fair point' my ass! Hurry up and share the memories—I wanna know what's going on with the newcomer!"
Pirate Renzo didn't waste any time. He slapped a hand onto Demon Slayer Renzo's shoulder and immediately initiated another round of Memory Sharing.
"Us too!"
"I'm super curious!"
"This is gonna be good."
"A female Renzo? Oh, ho…"
The others all swarmed over, placing their hands on Demon Slayer Renzo or Pirate Renzo, joining the shared memory link.
It didn't take long for everyone to finish processing the information.
Then, they all turned to look at each other.
Silence.
This was…...
Yep! There was just no way to sum it up in words.
"Why the hell am I the unlucky one?! Why did I have to reincarnate as a girl?!"
By this point, the newcomer had processed most of the shared memories and had a rough idea of the situation.
And she was not happy about it.
That's right—she had really reincarnated as Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.
Full name: Hermione Renzo Granger.
She had insisted on adding Renzo to her name back when she was little—As a way to honor her past life.
Except…She wasn't just an ordinary reincarnator.
She had actually split into thirty-six different versions of herself.
And worst of all?
Out of all the possibilities…She got stuck as Hermione freaking Granger.
This life was bullshit.
"Come on, don't be ungrateful." Eevee rolled its eyes at Hermione's complaints.
"At least you're still a person. Look at me and Brother Python—we're not even human! You hear us complaining about it?"
"That's completely different!" Hermione shot back, clearly still fuming.
"You guys still have your… you know...that thing."
"And besides, aren't you both working on transforming into human form anyway? With the way things are going, we'll definitely reach that point eventually."
"Who knows? Maybe some big shot will show up and just take you guys along for the ride. Poof! Transformation complete, easy as that!"
"But me? I went from being a guy to being a girl! What the hell am I supposed to do with that? You expect me to just... get married or something?!"
She didn't even get a chance to undo this.
There was no way to go back. No way to fix it.
"Uh..."
The other Renzos visibly cringed at the thought.
They all shook their heads so fast they looked like a bunch of bobbleheads.
"Nope!"
"Absolutely not!"
"Do not even think about it!"
"Didn't you say in your memories that you wanted to become Hermione the Scholar, the First Legendary Witch, Minister of Magic, Hermione Renzo Granger, and the Dumbledore of the Wizarding World?"
"Yeah! Snap out of it!"
If Hermione actually got married and then shared memories, they might just end up killing themselves out of sheer horror.
That was absolutely unacceptable.
"Hah... typical men."
Hermione let out a cold chuckle.
"You all complain about having it worse than me, but the second I mention this, you can't handle it?"
"Actually, here's something to consider!" At that moment, Swordsman Renzo chimed in.
"If a really powerful big shot shows up, changing from male to female—or vice versa—shouldn't be that hard, right?"
"Or better yet, why not just go full-on 'Rebirth'? Start fresh! If the person's strong enough, that shouldn't be impossible either!"
Hermione stared at this pretender sage in white robes, deadpan.
"Then what if that 'Rebirth' turned me into a woman again."
"That's literally the exact same situation I'm in right now!"
Swordsman Renzo: "..."
"…Well, you get the idea."
After dropping that completely unhelpful suggestion, Swordsman Renzo casually walked away.
"Forget it. Thinking about it now won't change anything."
In the end, Hermione shook her head, walked over to a chair, and sat down.
She closed her eyes and focused on processing the overwhelming flood of memories and abilities she had just absorbed.
Honestly, she had already been reincarnated for years now.
She had long since passed the stage where she couldn't accept reality.
Her earlier outburst had just been an emotional reaction after getting hit with the memories and experiences of the other Renzos.
It was just frustration. A sense of unfairness.
Now that she had calmed down, there really wasn't anyone to blame.
They were all in the same boat. All versions of the same person.
…Of course, some of them had really lucky reincarnations.
Like a certain someone.
Back in her old life, she probably would have been jealous as hell about that.
Now? She just felt pure secondhand embarrassment.
"Can I kill Hentai Renzo?"
Suddenly, Hermione opened her eyes and shot a disgusted look at Hentai Renzo.
She was looking at him like he was a walking dumpster fire.
"Uh…"
The group had no idea what to say to that.
They weren't Hermione. They couldn't exactly understand how she felt.
Hentai Renzo: "..."
What the hell did I do?!
Since when was it a crime to be this attractive?! Every single woman in those memories was the one being horny and asking for his favor… Yeah, he was innocent!
Was he supposed to just reject the MILFs? The young, busty girls? Or what—turn away the naked women who just happened to appear in his bed?
Even those cheating wives—he never told them to do that, right?
Actually, every night, he made sure to tell them it was wrong to cheat and that they should just leave their husbands.
He was a good man. A real gentleman.
Thinking about it, he felt like he needed to say something to clear his name.
He actually wanted to defend himself—but before he could, Demon Slayer Renzo yanked him back
"Ugh, whatever. Think what you want." Hentai Renzo let out a long sigh and shook his head.
"I do feel bad about what happened to you, but that doesn't mean you get to take it out on me."
"If you had ended up in my position, do you really think you'd be any better than me?"
"At the end of the day, we're all just different versions of the same person. Who are you to act high and mighty?"
"Tch."
Hermione scoffed.
"You're not wrong. But after seeing your memories, I just can't help but feel disgusted, okay? Sue me."
"Fine, fine, you win." Hentai Renzo finally surrendered, raising his hands in defeat.
"Pfft—"
Then, Hermione actually laughed.
She was laughing at Hentai Renzo.
And also… at herself.
"I was being too dramatic."
Shaking her head, Hermione let out a sigh, then turned to Hentai Renzo.
"Sorry about that."
After that, she looked around at the rest of them and said, "Well, what's done is done. I can't change anything right now, so I might as well deal with it."
"At least I got a cheat ability out of it. That's better than nothing."
"And honestly? I need power right now."
"So really, you guys showed up at just the right time."
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