Chapter 32: Church Crows

Late at night, Sapporo city, Tanukikoji shopping street.

After the initial round of testing the Boss was completed, Urushihara Ritsu made two copies of the camera's video and sent them to Adel and Yu Mingdao, who were then responsible for sharing the information with all players.

After doing what needed to be done, Anson Lu and Urushihara Ritsu came to Tanukikoji Shopping Street.

Anson Lu took advantage of him a lot. The opening fees of the restaurant, clothing store and hotel were all paid by Urushihara Ritsu, and Urushihara Ritsu was also happy to pay the insignificant 15 evolution coins for Anson Lu.

Ritsu Urushihara picked out a black suit in the clothing store, while Anson Lu chose a gray hooded sweater.

Since you have opened up permissions with Evolution Coins, the clothes in there are free, and you can wear them even after the copy is over.

Anson Lu is really not suitable for wearing a suit; but Urushihara Ritsu looks quite good in it, and if he wears glasses, it wouldn't look out of place if he were a lawyer, doctor, or something like that.

A gentle and peaceful gambler and charlatan.

This kind of contrast makes it really hard for people not to punch him in the face.

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It was late at night in a room at the Yokowa Hotel.

This room has exactly two beds, one for each of them.

After taking a shower, Anson Lu walked out of the bathroom with a wet towel draped over his shoulders, and his career panel was open in front of him.

Urushihara Ritsu sat on the bed, leaning against it, his deep eyes staring calmly at the video of "Castle on the Sea".

He said, "Lu Jun, judging by the damage, the health bar of the Ghost General is about as long as 70 Ghost Warriors combined."

"To be exact, there are 72 of them." Anson Deer stared at the class panel and said nonchalantly, "Since I fired a shot at it with the artillery vehicle, I have measured the approximate length of its total health bar."

"As expected of you, Lu-kun, this means it is not invincible." Urushihara Ritsu paused, "But if we want to defeat it without any casualties..."

"It's very fanciful, but it's theoretically possible." Anson Lu wiped his hair with a towel, his brown eyes drooping. "It's just a theory. I've said that if they are calm enough, they won't die. So who can I blame if they die because of my lack of execution?"

"really……"

"What's wrong?"

"You are just like what I understand you to be, friendly on the surface, but indifferent on the inside."

"Here we go again..." Anson Lu was used to it. "Since I met you, your favorite thing to do is to label my buddies all the time."

"I'm just curious, do you really know yourself?" Urushihara Ritsu said calmly, "If you don't know yourself well enough, and you're surrounded by mediocre people, then I think I can help you understand yourself to a certain extent."

"I told you, I'm just a lousy person. I don't have any special skills except playing chess."

"If this is what you really mean, then..."

Anson Lu interrupted Urushihara Ritsu and said impatiently: "Rather than this, let's analyze you. What kind of person are you? How old were you when you entered the casino?"

"When I was thirteen." Urushihara Ritsu answered calmly.

"Oh wow, you're still a kid and you're addicted to gambling." Anson Lu was surprised. "So, why did you go to the casino? At the age of 13, you started to fight for the support of poor artists?"

"At that time, a painter died in front of me." Urushihara Ritsu said slowly: "He was British. I still don't know his name. When I opened his room, his body had already rotted. There was an unfinished painting on the easel. It was a crow perched on the dome of the church."

"No way, how do you know him?"

"The slums, that's where I was born, I go back often to take a look." Urushihara Ritsu raised the corner of his mouth and said slowly:

"I met him there. You know, Lu Jun, he was in a hellish environment, but as long as he picked up the paintbrush and faced the drawing board, his eyes were still so persistent and resolute, as if emitting light, just like God, which made people yearn for him."

Anson Deer tilted his eyebrows, "Wait, you were born in the slums?"

"Yes, there are many slums in Japan..." Urushihara Ritsu said calmly, "When I was still young, I seized the only opportunity in my life and showed a rich man who passed by that I had talents, intelligence, and aesthetics that surpassed my peers. He adopted me."

"You can call being a middle school student aesthetic, right? You're amazing..." Anson Lu said helplessly, "Then why do you insist on gambling? Logically speaking, with your ability, if you live an honest life, you can achieve great success, right?"

"At first, I just wanted to help the painter through his difficult time. I firmly believe that with his talent, he will eventually be seen by the world." Urushihara Ritsu said calmly:

"But this world is so cruel. When I got the first sum of money and went to the slums to find him, he was already dead. He was dead and his body was disgustingly smelly. But... he was still holding the paintbrush tightly in his hand."

Anson Lu was silent for a moment, and he glanced at Urushihara Ritsu's profile out of the corner of his eye.

This was the first time he saw such an...unspeakable sadness in the eyes of this charlatan.

"You like Crow very much, isn't it because of the painting he left behind?"

"Objectively speaking, this is the case." Urushihara Ritsu picked up a picture album, "Lu Jun, I firmly believe that talented people should be seen by the world. They should stand out instead of rotting in narrow and dark corners."

"So, why are you so obsessed with me..." Anson Deer asked with a tingling scalp, "In other words, what talents do you see in me?"

"If it was a week ago, I would have told you that this is a talent that does not belong to this era." Urushihara Ritsu said meaningfully:

"But now, the world has entered this era, and your existence is just right, Lu Jun."

"Riddler is almost done." Anson Deer shrugged, "Besides playing chess, I don't know what else I can do?"

"No, your potential is far beyond your imagination." Urushihara Ritsu flipped through the anime book and said faintly, "It's just that you can't clearly recognize this. Your experience has constrained you..."

"Forget it. I'll go crazy if I talk to you too much." Anson Lu ended the conversation. After a moment of silence, he asked:

“So, what should our union be called?”

"What?"

"The union, you don't really want to be called 'a loving family', do you?"

Urushihara Ritsu closed the album and looked away from Anson Lu, "I thought you really wanted to name it that way."

"Of course, I have no objection if you really want to call me that..." Anson Lu put his hand on his chin and said thoughtfully:

"Well, actually the first name you thought of is not bad, Hell Lighthouse, although it is still super chuunib."

"That's fine then." Urushihara Ritsu said with interest, "This world is about to become a purgatory, Lu-kun, and we will shine in hell, so we are the lighthouse."

"Great, that's great." Anson Lu nodded expressionlessly, looking uninterested. "By the way, can I use your materials?"

"Materials? What are you going to do with them?"

"Upgrade your chess type." Anson Lu flipped over the career panel and said with his chin in his hand:

"The materials I have on hand right now are 77 pieces of 'Decayed Blade' and 77 pieces of 'Decayed Armor'. To upgrade the chess pieces on hand, I need a total of 100 pieces of ordinary-level materials...

So, I might need to use the material you and that Icelandic girl left with me before, but since she didn't reply to my message, I should borrow it from you first?"

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(End of this chapter)