In the next few days, more and more participants went to the Tiandao Palace to participate in the "Gift Game", and it even felt like a festival.
This made Black Rabbit and Leticia both happy and disappointed. They were happy that the station in front of them had finally regained some of its original popularity, but they were disappointed that with their current strength, they simply could not support such a large festival. Although the Tiandao Palace provided a lot of funds and materials to "No Name" in the name of "rent", they were still short of manpower. Those children could not do the reception work, and it was really difficult for Black Rabbit and a few other people to play a big role.
Fortunately, all the participants here are here for the gift game, and Fang Zheng does not set any conditions like other gift games. Anyone who is willing to spend money to buy a card can enter.
Of course, there will be some disputes in the game, but Fang Zheng can solve them as the GM in the game. Anyone who wants to cause trouble will be put on the blacklist and will never be received again. At the beginning, there were a few young men who wanted to show their bravery, but they were immediately killed by Fang Zheng as an example. As a result, the next participants immediately became obedient monkeys and dared not to cause trouble again.
Apart from Fang Zheng, the other two were not idle either.
Shokuhou Misaki is worthy of being the "Queen". She is popular everywhere. Although she doesn't play games, she hangs out in them all day long. Some girls who call her "Sister" have been won over by Shokuhou Misaki. Looking at Shokuhou Misaki's behavior, it is only a matter of time before she builds another "faction" in this world like in Academy City.
But what's more important is Shokuhou Misaki's ability to gather intelligence. You have to know that the girls she interacts with are all rich or noble, and are considered the upper class in this small garden. Naturally, some of the information obtained from them is very useful to Fang Zheng.
Unfortunately, there is still no clue about the true identity of the Demon King Community that attacked the Black Rabbit Guild, as if they appeared out of thin air.
Although there are many participants in Fang Zheng's gift game, not many are willing to join Tiandao Palace. On the one hand, the forces within the box garden have basically been formed, and everyone has their own forces. No one will resign and change jobs for nothing. On the other hand, although some people want to join, Fang Zheng still has very high requirements for the character of his community members. Those who want to join must go to Shokuhou Misaki for a psychological test.
The result is self-evident.
There are only about 20 members in the Tiandao Palace community now. At the same time, they have also formed a guild in the game according to Fang Zheng's instructions to carry out dungeon and boss battles. So far, it has been going smoothly.
As for Homura Akemi, she had no interest in the game, and only focused on serving Fang Zheng and handling the affairs of the community for him. She also had no interest in dealing with other people - this was normal, Homura Akemi didn't like to socialize with others like Shokuhou Misaki did. Although her experience in the magical girl world made her gradually become more cheerful, in a new world, she still preferred to be autistic by instinct.
As for Snow White and Leticia, as maid number one and maid number two, they mainly work for "No name". After all, there are more than a hundred children in "No name", and Black Rabbit could not handle it alone before. Now with the addition of Snow White and Leticia, the situation has finally improved.
As for Fang Zheng, he has been busy writing games for participating in the "Fire Dragon Birth Festival" during this period. After all, this is the first shot fired by Tiandao Palace as a community in the North District, so naturally he has to do it to the extreme.
However, just as Fang Zheng was concentrating on this, a few special guests arrived at the gate of the Tiandao Palace Annex...
"Is this really okay? Sally..."
The girl wearing black armor and with short black hair looked anxiously at her friend with brown hair tied in a ponytail beside her, and the latter nodded vigorously.
"I have already done some research. This community was established not long ago and is very short of manpower. Moreover, their reputation in the East District is quite good. I think that given our current situation, joining this community is the best choice."
"Miss Sally is right, Miss Maple."
At this moment, a girl wearing a black tights and long black hair smiled slightly behind the two of them.
"We have been in the Little Garden World for several months. Although we have won many Gift Games, it would be quite disadvantageous for us if we don't have a good community to support us. You probably don't want the situation like before to happen again. This world is not as peaceful as ours."
"But what if something like that happens in this community..."
Hearing the black-haired girl's words, Maple dropped her shoulders and sighed helplessly.
"I just wanted to play games happily, how could it turn out like this..."
"Okay, there's no point in thinking about this now. Anyway, let's go say hello first."
As she spoke, the girl with a brown ponytail came to the door with a smile, grabbed the door knocker and knocked hard a few times. After a while, the door slowly opened and Shokuhou Misaki walked out. Looking at the three people in front of her, Shokuhou Misaki smiled slightly.
"Good morning, what brings you to Tiandao Palace?"
"Ah, that's it!"
Perhaps because of seeing Shokuhou Misaki, the girl named Maple relaxed a lot and raised her hand hastily.
"Um...we hope to join your community!"
"oh?"
Hearing this, Shokuhou Misaki raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at the three people with interest. Then her gaze lingered on the black-haired girl behind the two for a moment.
"Okay, then, Xiaoyan, please take them to the reception room first."
"……?I see."
Hearing Shokuhou Misaki's request, Homura Akemi looked at her with some confusion. You know, in the past Shokuhou Misaki always dealt with these visitors by herself. However, she was too lazy to think too much, so she just nodded and turned slightly.
"Come with me."
After saying this, Homura Akemi walked deeper into the corridor, and the three girls followed her hurriedly and nervously.
Shokuhou Misaki had been standing there, looking at the three people with a smile, especially after the last girl's figure disappeared at the end of the corridor, she narrowed her eyes slightly.
"This is going to be interesting..."
After saying this, Shokuhou Misaki immediately walked up the stairs, then came to the door to the third floor and knocked gently.
"Come in."
Soon, Fang Zheng's voice was heard from inside, and Shokuhou Misaki pushed the door open and walked in without any hesitation.
"Hello, Mr. Fang Zheng, I hope I didn't disturb you."
"I'm fine...what's up?"
Fang Zheng asked casually while typing on the keyboard, and in response to Fang Zheng's question, Shokuhou Misaki smiled lightly.
"It's like this. Just now, a few people wanted to join our community. I hope you, Mr. Fang Zheng, can go and interview them in person."
"Hmm? What's going on? Can't you handle it?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng turned his gaze away from the code in front of him in surprise and looked at Shokuhou Misaki at the door. Logically speaking, Shokuhou Misaki's "psychological control" is enough to filter out most people. Could it be that a few more difficult guys have come?
However, in the face of Fang Zheng's question, Shokuhou Misaki's smile remained unchanged.
"No, I just think it would be more interesting if you, Mr. Fang Zheng, went to the interview in person."
"What are you up to again?"
Although he said this, Fang Zheng still stood up and stretched.
"Forget it, I'll go take a look, and I can take a break at the same time."
Fang Zheng then left the study and followed Shokuhou Misaki to the reception room. He then pushed open the door of the reception room, entered, and saw the three girls who were sitting on the sofa, looking nervous.
Fang Zheng didn’t feel anything when he saw the first two people, but when he saw the last person, he was stunned for a moment, and the other person just - jumped up!
"Mr. Fang Fang Fang Zheng——!?"
"Kuroyuki-hime?"
That’s right, the black-haired girl who appeared in front of Fang Zheng at this moment was none other than Kuroyukihime, the former president of the Dark Nebula Guild in the SAO death game. At that time, she had fought side by side with Fang Zheng and others, and successfully broke through the final boss of the 100th floor.
After that, Fang Zheng occasionally contacted her, but now...
"Why are you like this?"
Fang Zheng looked up and down at Kuroyukihime in front of him in confusion. Although Kuroyukihime didn't seem to have changed at the moment, she was wearing a shamefully thin black translucent evening dress, and there was a pair of huge butterfly wings on her back... Well, Fang Zheng said that he had never seen her with such a thing before.
"No... before that, why were you here?"
Facing Fang Zheng's question, Kuroyukihime gave an answer somewhat helplessly.
It turned out that she had also come to the Little Garden world a few months ago, but they seemed to have entered this world by mistake for some reason, and the same was true for the two girls around them. After they came to this world, they had been trying to find a way back, and in the process, they also learned the rules of the Little Garden game.
After that, the three girls participated in several gift games in succession and gained a lot. For example, Kuroyukihime's butterfly wings were one of the gifts she obtained. But then there were some troubles.
Although the three of them are very talented in games, and one of them is a European emperor, they often win in the Gift Game and have no problems in life. However, it is not easy to find a way to leave the small garden and return to their own world. What's more troublesome is that not long ago, they had a conflict with a member of the community. The two sides decided the winner by playing the Gift Game. Although Kuroyukihime won in the end, the two sides also had a grudge.
In this situation, the three girls can only seek to join a community, hoping to use the power of the community to protect themselves.
They also played Fang Zheng's gift game these days. The three of them were very good at it, so they quickly decided to apply to see if they could join this new community.
But what Kuroyukiji didn't expect was that she would actually see her former companions here...