Chapter 205: Game Master (95k)

"Really? I'm not lying to you. I saw the Black Angel yesterday! She was just behind the mountain. I saw her fly over with my own eyes!"

"I know, I know. You've been talking for a long time. What next?"

"Then, when I went to look for it, it was gone."

"Okay, by the way, have you finished playing Xenoblade 4? Lend me the cartridge."

"I haven't collected them all yet, so I won't lend them."

Sendai High School in Miyagi Prefecture.

A high school student named Guan Junyan gave up trying to convince his friend. How could the other party not care about such an important matter at all?

That's the Black Angel! A typical big boss character, his appearance here must have a meaning. According to the game, a certain boy will have a wonderful encounter and embark on a great adventure to save the world!
Unfortunately, he actually didn't dare to go alone yesterday. The reason he said so much was that he wanted to invite his friends to go together, but unfortunately the other party didn't seem to have any interest.

There's no point in forcing it.

No, I can't miss this opportunity, I must go and take a look!

Guan Junyan encouraged himself and did not notice that the eyes sitting not far behind him, looking out the window, glanced at him sideways, as if thinking about something.

"Hey, Narita-kun is still reading during lunch break, don't you want to pee? Let's go together."

"Come on, don't just stand there."

"Don't pee in your pants."

In front of Guan Junyan, several guys with smiling faces surrounded a boy wearing glasses with his head lowered, and walked out of the classroom with the boy reluctantly but having to obey.

"What a bunch of beasts!" Guan Junyan cursed, but in a very low voice, so low that only the people sitting next to him and in the seats in front and behind him could hear it.

"Shh, don't mess with the seven men's group, unless you don't want to live." Ishikawa poked Guan Junyan with a pen, reminding him to be more careful.

The group of seven boys was notorious in their grade. Although they were not as arrogant as those in some fantasy works, they did bully quite a few people.

Guan Junyan had been tempted before, but although it was not obvious, he was actually full of rebellious spirit and was obviously not easy to bully. And the key was that his uncle was a physical education teacher, so the group of seven boys gave up.

Feeling bad, he returned to the seat next to him and looked out the window boredly, especially at the low hill.

But beyond the mountain is the sea. If the Black Angel really wanted to avoid the crowd, he would definitely not choose there, but should go to the islands further north. Even he could think of this, so he was just holding on to a glimmer of hope.

Maybe I'm also looking for some excitement in my boring life.

After a drowsy math class, when the bell rang, Guan Junyan, who had been kowtowing a second ago, immediately woke up and packed up his things very neatly.

"You're not going to participate in the game club's activities? Didn't we agree to discuss last night's Nintendo press conference?" Ishikawa asked when he saw that he looked like he was in a hurry to leave.

"No, please ask for leave for me." After saying that, he left in a hurry.

When he passed by Cheng Tian who was packing his things, he couldn't help but lean over and whispered to him to encourage him: "Resist, don't compromise!"

Patting Narita on the shoulder, he left the classroom.

Cheng Tian silently watched his back as he left, lowered his head expressionlessly, and continued to clean up.

"Kasahara-san, are you going back so soon?"

"Well, I have some things to do at home today. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

The hill that Guan Junyan was targeting was in a park, less than ten kilometers away from the school. He took the bus to the vicinity of the park and took out the memory map he had drawn yesterday from his bag.

It was a figure that looked very much like an eagle, but it was definitely not an eagle! He saw the outline of a person, and the speed was incredibly fast, and the altitude seemed to be slowly decreasing with the distance flown.

“The location is here”

After determining the direction, he became extremely alert, his head acting like a radar, detecting any suspicious information.

He talked to a few "NPCs" but didn't get much out of their indirect attempts. Before he knew it, he had arrived at the beach.

"I heard there might be a cave under the reef. Could the Black Angel be secretly recuperating there?" With his thoughts divergent, he looked around and didn't see anyone, so he ignored the signs, stepped over the railing, put the bag aside, and carefully climbed down the reef. There was a rocky beach below.

The stones were very slippery, and he slowly climbed down using his hands and feet. He looked around and saw the waves splashing. The white foam wet his clothes and brought a salty smell. On the relatively flat beach, there was no trace of any caves except some garbage.

There are still a few places where he won't give up so easily.

"How come there is a glowing toad?"

Guan Junyan, who was about to climb up, noticed that at the very edge of the beach, there was something like a frog stuck in the cracks between the rocks. The difference was that it seemed to be reflecting the sunlight like a diamond.

He pondered the possibility of going there, his brain constructed a path, and his natural curiosity encouraged him to move forward.

"Aren't the hidden props in the game hidden in these corners?"

Lowering the chassis, he sometimes half-crouched and sometimes crawled, slowly approaching the position of the glowing toad.

"Hey!"

Lying on the slippery reef, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the glowing toad.

"Is this jade? What a beautiful color."

He squatted and looked carefully at the emerald-colored toad in his hand, which felt like the jade described in the books.

When he turned the toad's face towards himself and wanted to get closer to see it more clearly, the toad's eyes suddenly lit up and emitted a golden light, which scared him so much that he opened his mouth and almost dropped it.

In an instant, the toad's mouth opened wide, and an unidentified object was ejected, rolling directly into Guan Junyan's throat with a gurgling sound.

"Cough cough! What the hell is this! What did I eat! Ugh—" He stood up in panic, feeling a little stuffy in his chest.

Wow!

A huge wave hit him, his feet slipped, and he was swept into the receding waves, gulping down a few more mouthfuls of sea water.

"Help! Help—Goo!"

He could visibly see that he was getting farther and farther away from the coast.

thump!
In a trance, he felt like he was going to die and regretted taking such a risk.

But if it happens again, he will probably come again, but he will choose a safer method.
A hand held him.

He couldn't see the other person's face clearly, and his instinct prompted him to hold the other person tightly.

"Huh—Huh"

Guan Junyan finally surfaced again and breathed in the air greedily.

At this time, someone was holding him by the neck and head, and he was approaching the shore little by little.

After a while, his hand was caught and placed in a crack in the rock.

He naturally understood that this was a request for him to hold on tight, so he held on tightly.

The other person came ashore and stretched out his hand to him.

At this time, he finally saw the appearance of his savior.

It was a girl wearing their school uniform, with her face covered by wet long hair.

"Thank you, thank you!"

After getting ashore, Guan Junyan dry-heaved a few times, pressed his chest, and sincerely thanked the other party.

The girl parted her long hair, revealing her innocent face, and lowered her head to squeeze the water from the hem of her skirt.

"You are, Kasahara Chiba!" Guan Junyan said in surprise after seeing the other person's face clearly.

He didn't expect that the person who saved him was not only from the same school, but also from the same class. This was too much of a coincidence.

"How about this as your thank you gift?" Upon hearing this, Kasahara took out the emerald green toad and looked at him indifferently.

"This thing may be dangerous, but if you want it, just take it. After all, it's not mine." Guan Junyan said what was in his heart.

"Thank you." Kasahara thanked Guan Junyan in return, and his eyes finally showed a little more curiosity towards him, but he had no intention of continuing to explore, so he walked back along the reef.

Guan Junyan was still sitting on the reef, feeling his heart throbbing.

There seemed to be something extraordinary added to his body.

【Adventure Journey】

Brave man, your fate is engraved in an ancient prophecy tablet. In this long role-playing game of life, you will be actively or passively involved in disputes of varying sizes, and personally experience many events, some of which are tragedies, some comedies, and perhaps even farces. The process may be full of dangers, or perhaps God will reward hard work. There is no doubt that with hard work, you will eventually grow into the well-known——

Level: Lv1
Skills: Strong Body, Brave Aura, Waiting for Inspiration
Mission: Please remember the creed of the brave and explore on your own

The more he listened to the description of his own abilities, the brighter his eyes became. He knew the game well!

He is the gaming expert in the school!

At this moment, the unchanging life seemed to have taken a major turn. Even the sea that almost swallowed him just now seemed so delicate and lovely, and the waves seemed to be winking at him.

Shiraishi Hang, who was far away in the snow and ice experimenting to make the snowman move, seemed to be thinking about this.

Even with his immature predictive abilities, he only knew that throwing the Golden Mouth Jade Toad in this direction might lead to the discovery of a suitable person. He never expected that this suitable person would come to his doorstep so proactively.

That’s right, the Golden-mouthed Jade Toad is actually the product of his experiment, and there are several parasites placed inside it.

Improving abilities and granting them are just superficial; the real purpose is to find the right person in the setting.

This was a very mysterious concept, so he didn't hold out much hope. He just let Ito lead him around, so that when he was chased around Tokyo, he would naturally come into contact with more people.

And the facts prove that it is indeed mysterious.

If Guan Junyan hadn't been panicked by the parasite spray, if there hadn't been a huge wave, if the golden mouth jade toad hadn't been stuck in that position
Nor would he experience death unexpectedly and thus mutate.

In fact, there are many people who have experienced life and death without any reaction. If Shiraishi Kou were asked to choose, he would never choose such an ordinary high school student. He looks very optimistic and does not have a face full of hatred and resentment. His self-control must be average, and he must have defended himself a lot. He does not meet the three elements of mutation: emotion, rationality, and death at all.

But he is a mutation, and it is a very clear upgradeable ability.

Bai Shihang took a look at the ability inherited to himself, and the level was actually "???", which was very much like a big boss. This brave man would not end up defeating this big devil, right?

But what use is this ability to him?

It doesn't seem to have been strengthened much, and the skills are basically what I already have.

Instead, the hero's halo in the skills turned into the protagonist's halo.

But he doesn't have any opponents who need to be forced to lower their intelligence.

Let me research it.

shore.

While Guan Junyan was still feeling his own abilities, Kasahara Chiba had already walked up and took out a cell phone from his bag.

"Mother, I'm safe, but I'm in trouble and I need you to pick me up."

After agreeing on the location, she looked back at Guan Junyan who had just started to climb up, and walked towards the location she had agreed to meet with her mother in the cold weather with her clothes soaked.

Soon, a valuable luxury car drove up and out of the car got a smartly dressed, very young woman who looked like a sister to Kasahara.

Junko Kasahara.

Although not ranked high in the country, the Kasahara family is one of the leading families in Miyagi Prefecture, running industries such as fisheries, real estate, and food processing.

When she saw Chiba's state, there was more curiosity than worry in her eyes. As for scolding and anger, how could it be possible? She knew very well that her daughter would not fall into the water for no reason, and she would not call her after she fell into the water and was fine, using the agreed code word "I'm safe" to ask her to pick her up.

"Let's talk about it when we get home." Qianye's face turned a little pale.

Junko gave her the spare clothes she had in the car, so that even if she didn't change them, she could wipe off the water stains.

After returning home, Chiba hurriedly changed her clothes and went to the study without even taking a shower. Junko had already made ginger tea and was waiting for her.

"Mother, does this thing I found look like the extraordinary treasure you showed me?"

Chiba took out the golden-mouthed jade toad wrapped in clothes and handed it to Junko.

Junko's expression immediately became extremely serious. She walked to the soft leather sofa holding the golden-mouthed jade toad, and then she dared to begin to look through it carefully.

"It looks like you found it on the beach?"

Chiba opened her mouth and wanted to say that she got it from a classmate, but when she thought that this might cause him a lot of trouble, she changed her words temporarily.

"I was at school and heard that someone saw a figure that looked like a black angel flying to the seaside, so I followed the clues and finally found this on the reef."

"Black Angel, this should have nothing to do with her. The official name of this treasure is the Golden Mouth Jade Toad. It was originally confirmed to be in the body of the Flame Man Ito. The last time he appeared was in the Shinagawa Monster. Perhaps it was because of that incident that the Golden Mouth Jade Toad was swept away by the waves. It's too coincidental. How did you just happen to find it?"

Junko shifted her gaze to Qianye's face: "Could it be that you and this treasure are destined to be together?"

Chiba didn't know that if it was fate, the thing was actually found by Guan Junyan; if it was not fate, but Guan Junyan was saved by her, the treasure naturally fell into her hands.

"Someone has to discover it eventually. If not me, then someone else. I just got there first." This was the only explanation she could give.

Without further hesitation, Junko solemnly handed the Golden Mouth Jade Toad back to Qianye: "We now have three choices. One is to present the treasure back to the Holy Infant Society. With a high probability, we will get a place to join, but not necessarily a place to take the pill. The second is to choose a backer and hand the treasure over to the other party in exchange for resources. But now because of the Black Angel incident, they are all in a mess. If we join them, we may even be liquidated by the Black Angel."

"Third, if we keep it, we may be able to enter the extraordinary class with it. However, it is a crime to possess the treasure. Once the news is exposed, it will be difficult to choose other ways."

Qianye touched the jade toad in his hand and said, "Mother, you are in charge of the family, and it is up to you to decide. I can't feel any extraordinary power or revelation."

"Maybe it takes some opportunity. If I were to choose, I would keep it for now. In fact, it may not be the Golden Mouth Jade Toad, but from now on, you must keep it close to you and not let the fifth eye see it."

"Yes."

Chiba thought of Guan Junyan. Should he talk to him?

"I'm back."

"You're all wet! Is it raining outside? Go take a shower quickly or you'll catch a cold!"

"Hey~ My brother stinks--Ah! Mom, help me!"

After playing for a while with his younger sister, who was still in elementary school, he was sent to the bathroom.

"Mom, I haven't got my clothes yet."

"Use a bath towel."

"I'm not used to it."

"Cut the nonsense!"

When his mother yelled, the new hero couldn't stand it and washed his body obediently.

"Have I become the protagonist of the game just like this?"

"Is it an arpg or a jrpg?"

"Will fighting others force me into a turn-based system?"

"It can't be the soul system!"

"Quests, tasks. There are no quests released by the system. Do I have to find them myself? Or is this a game that requires me to discover quests based on a few words from NPCs? It's hardcore enough. It's worthy of being called life. It's really difficult enough."

Guan Junyan was complaining but in a very good mood. He quickly took a shower, got rid of the smell of the sea, and ran to the room upstairs with a bath towel rolled up.

"Mom, why doesn't my brother use the bath towel to wrap the top?"

"Cough cough."

He returned to the room, put on his clothes quickly, and turned on the game console, all in one go.

"Let me find inspiration in the game!"

Perhaps, he is the only one who, after obtaining super powers, thinks of playing games first.

"My adventure was caused by the Black Angel, so my final boss is the Black Angel!"

Shirai Kyoko: 6
"But according to the setting, there may be a powerful villain lurking behind the scenes who is manipulating the world, a hidden boss."

"No. What is that jade toad? Should I study it?"

Heroes usually appear in troubled times.

If we could look at the world from an omniscient perspective at this moment, we would find:

The chaos in Tokyo has not yet subsided, the financial system is almost collapsed, housing prices have plummeted, and hot money has fled frantically.

The war in the Land of Conflict is still going on. The terrifying black wolf has completely become an eternal nightmare in the hearts of the David Kingdom's heavenly soldiers. The waves of resistance in the Pakistani Kingdom are rising one after another. The tremendous pressure has made Neihu almost crazy.

The eggs of evil elves that were secretly escorted all the way from the Arctic Circle research station to the underground military research base were quietly accumulating negative emotions while scientists were working overtime to study them, and they might not be far from hatching.

In the remote town in the north of South Australia, a mysterious church has appeared. They gather together to share food, praise the sea and the unknown name, and attract locals and rare tourists to join.

America, on the other side of the ocean, has already stationed heavy troops in important border towns. This time, it is not just for profit, but to once again pick up the long-abandoned banner of human justice, determined to completely eliminate the aliens who dare to divide human power.

"Mission name: Operation Sled Dog."

"Mission objective: Kill Thornburg."

"Everyone, America is behind us."

(End of this chapter)