Chapter 221: Tokyo Thugs
[After passing the advanced trial, you have become a third-level old-time chess player. You can check the relevant upgrades and changes in the sequence panel. ]
[The trial of the fourth-level old chess player will begin at "level 50", please be prepared. ]
Anson Lu opened his eyes and saw a beautiful face. Asuka Uesugi waved her fingers in front of him, looking as if she was looking at a fool.
"Where did you go just now?" She frowned.
"It's an advanced trial." Anson Lu hasn't recovered yet.
He poured himself a glass of water, thinking that a fourth-level chess player had to be level 50 to advance. According to the previous rules, he should be level 45. In fact, it didn't matter. By the time he defeated the world boss, he would be able to reach level 50.
"Passed in one go?" Asuka put her hands on her waist.
"What else..." Anson Lu picked up the water cup and put it to his mouth, "Who do you think I am?"
The cold liquid poured into his lungs, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, he took a long breath, his eyes regained color, and his restless mood gradually calmed down.
"Oh, you are worthy of being our President Deer." Asuka chuckled.
"So why are you in my house without any explanation?"
"Your door is unlocked."
"Oh, if the door is not locked, they can come in. What is the use of laws?"
"Enough of that nonsense. I want to go to Hawaii with you. Do you want to come?"
"Ah... Hawaii?" Anson Lu said nonchalantly, "You must be kidding. We just need to hang out there for a while. The people who are surfing and sunbathing with us are from the law enforcement team."
"There is an item in the mall that can change your face for a short time, and the travel coupon mechanism is there. If anything goes wrong, just come back immediately. There is no way to fight."
"That's true."
[The player "Uesugi Asuka" has initiated a trade request with you. ]
Anson Lu accepted the trade request and got a "Mask of Truth" from her. This is a disposable prop that disappears after use. Its effect is to change a person's appearance within two hours.
It seems to be very rare, the probability of obtaining it is extremely small, and it can only be drawn through a lottery in the mall.
"You won it in a lottery?"
"Yes, only two." Asuka said lightly.
"So you came to me." Anson Deer scratched his cheek.
"Don't think too much about it. I'm just not close enough to the other members of the union to hang out together."
"Okay, okay, let's go."
"I'm surprised you accepted it," Asuka whispered.
"I'm very happy that you don't hide from me. After all, your self-esteem is so strong. I'm really afraid that you will go into a cold war with me for three or four months." Anson Lu said in a calm tone.
"Really?"
"What else?"
As Anson Lu spoke, he opened the luggage panel and used the props he had just obtained. His facial contours suddenly changed. He adjusted his face, using his cousin as the reference template.
"Hahaha, you look so funny like this." Asuka hugged her stomach.
"You're not going to make yourself look better, are you?" Anson Lu said disdainfully, "I suggest you make your face uglier, otherwise when you go to Hawaii, people will immediately notice that you're weird."
"You mean," Uesugi Asuka hugged her elbows and coughed, "Is my face really pretty?"
"If you keep talking, Crybaby Dragon will have to change its name to Narcissistic Dragon." Anson Lu shrugged, "I'll go to Hawaii to wait for you first, you better hurry up and send me a message on your phone, not the player panel."
"Is this what it's like to be a celebrity? You have to be careful in everything you do so as not to be discovered by others."
"Haha, you're a star?" Anson Lu laughed and teased, "Have you ever heard of an international wanted criminal who wasn't careful? It's a good thing they didn't kill us."
"You seldom smile lately." Asuka stared at his face.
"What's the meaning?"
"Actually, I think you were pretty good before. Even if you acted crazy and stupid, you were still fun to get along with." After a pause, she said, "You look very stressed now."
Anson Deer touched his nose and said expressionlessly: "...Just now, I confirmed something."
"What is it?"
"The principal is dead. I could only tell by intuition before, but now it's a fact."
"Your intuition is the truth."
"But if it hadn't really happened in front of me, I could still play dumb... I would have thought that there was still a chance, there was still a chance. But now there is no chance. He is dead, completely dead."
Anson Lu sat on the sofa, with messy hair, and said slowly:
"When I think about it, he just died in the torrent of time. He has no friends, no family, no identity. He is my past self and my future self. I am the only one who will remember him. No one else knows that this person exists..."
"I was so sad, my heart felt like it was about to break apart... I felt very strange myself," he said tiredly, "I should have hated him, but when I saw him standing in front of me, my mind went blank."
"Then I realized that the reason I hated him so much was because I couldn't believe he had kept it from me for so long. I couldn't believe he had left without saying a word. I just... wanted him to come back to me, that's all, but there was no chance."
Anson Lu could imagine that the players who died in the evolution game would be reborn one day in the future, but he could not imagine the principal returning to that high school.
There is absolutely no room for redemption, just like Anson Lu who is gradually heading towards the abyss.
He could only stand on the other side of the world and watch their backs disappear from afar, feeling so lonely and desolate.
"Hmm..." Asuka Uesugi shrugged, "You really have changed."
Anson Lu lowered his head with a complicated expression. He opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond.
"In my impression, you would pretend to be fine even if you were sad. Whenever someone asked you about it, you would just brush it off with a simple answer and put on a frivolous smile."
"What about now?" Anson Lu asked in a low voice, "Is the gap big? You found out that people like me also have troubles."
"Now...you gave me the right to comfort you."
"I don't need comfort."
"You look like you're crying."
"It doesn't matter..." Anson Lu said, "I can walk alone. I have always walked this way."
"When I saw you... I was thinking that no matter how strong a person is, they will have a vulnerable side." Asuka said softly, "My father told me that only by accepting your own vulnerability can you become strong. You are too harsh on yourself. You always ask yourself to be so strong and calm in front of others. You always take on everything by yourself and move forward silently, but you always take care of other people's feelings."
"The principal is gone, but at least his wish has come true. You have become a very good person. I think everyone who knows you will admit this. The people in the union, Teacher Chu, Yuri, Yuliu, and Crow, everyone recognizes you. Even Cosimo and others from the law enforcement team, who were hostile to each other at the beginning, gradually recognized you later. They all know that you are a very good person who is willing to sacrifice your reputation for others. Those who don't know the truth scolded you so harshly, saying that you are a traitor and a monster with a double heart. I clicked in with the mentality of watching the fun at first, and I couldn't read it anymore, but you kept laughing and didn't care at all... like a fool, but I was moved by you."
"Thanks, Crybaby Dragon."
"I'll be waiting for you in Hawaii. Now, don't become a crying chess player and look so depressed."
"Even if you take the opportunity to attack me, you can't get rid of the name of Crybaby Dragon."
"It doesn't matter. I allow you to call me that, and I only allow you to call me that."
"Thank you, Asuka." Anson Lu said, "It's almost May. If...something happens to me then, remember to slap me to wake me up."
"I thought you would only say this to your personal guard Crow... or Yuliu."
"The crow is the same as Yuliu." Anson Deer raised his head and said slowly: "If that happens, they will just put the gun to my head."
"They're not that cruel."
"Never mind... It doesn't matter. See you in Hawaii."
"Wait, I'm going to change into a swimsuit. Um...you should change too. Didn't you pick out a suit from the Sea Train last time?"
Anson Deer had a nice afternoon at the beach in Hawaii.
He sat on the beach, basking in the warm sun.
The sea and sky are reflected in the eyes, the refreshing blue waves occasionally pass over the beach, and young boys and girls in swimsuits come and go. Their beautiful figures and pretty faces can make people almost forget that the end of the world is coming.
Children were building castles with sand. Sailboats on the horizon were sailing across the sky like seagulls. White flags were swaying slowly in the wind, and even the wrinkles were so clean, tinged with the scent of the sea and sky.
Asuka Uesugi was surfing. Her fair skin seemed to glow in the sun. Her slender figure appeared and disappeared in the gap between the sun and the sea water. Sometimes she was swallowed up by the waves, but she would soon return to Anson Lu's sight.
As if to reassure Anson Deer, she didn't run too far.
After that, Anson Lu also saw Kamishiro Ruri from the law enforcement team. She was not particularly famous among the sequence players, but she also had a large number of supporters.
Kamishiro Ruri was wearing a swimsuit that showed off her figure very well, which showed her confidence. As soon as her fair and slender body appeared on the sofa, a large group of citizens came to ask for her autograph.
She hugged her shoulders, smiled, was very patient, and responded almost one by one.
In this era, when people meet a top sequence player, it is just like meeting a superstar on the street in the past, and the significance of the sequence player is even greater. He is also the only savior that people can count on.
Soon, Kamishiro Ruri got rid of the crowd and walked to Anson Lu's side.
"Hey, long time no see, bro."
"How did you recognize it?"
"My eldest daughter's surfing moves are so good that even if she changed her face 10,000 times, I would never fail to recognize her."
"What about me?"
"I was thinking that the young lady couldn't sneak out to play alone, there would always be someone in your union watching her." Kamishiro Ruri smiled, "And you stared at her motionlessly, I noticed you very quickly."
"I wasn't staring at her motionlessly." Anson Lu raised his chin.
"I am very familiar with your eyes. It is a look that no one else can replicate. It is as calm as a lake, yet it makes people shudder." Kamishiro Ruri said faintly.
"So, you're here to arrest me?" Anson Deer asked.
"Of course not." Kamishiro Ruri smiled, "I came to ask you for a friend. The authorities have relaxed their inspections, so they won't know that there is an old chess player in my friend list."
Asuka Uesugi came back soon. She unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle and took a big gulp. Only then did she realize that Kamishiro Ruri, the leader of the law enforcement team, was standing next to Anson Deer. The scene looked extremely incongruous.
Anson Deer yawned, made a throat-slitting motion with his hand, and rolled his eyes, indicating that their identities had been exposed.
"you……"
Asuka Uesugi frowned and stared at Kamishiro Ruri in disbelief.
"I know. I won't disturb the young lady's date with her boyfriend. I hope you have fun." Kamishiro Ruri teased.
Asuka was stunned for a moment, her ears, cheeks, and neck all turned red. She was about to retort when Kamishiro Ruri smiled and waved her hand, leaving the two of them and walked away.
"Let's go..." Anson Lu turned his eyes away and observed the surroundings with his peripheral vision. "Thanks to this famous person from the law enforcement team, a lot of people around have noticed us."
"Okay..." Asuka sighed, covering her red face, "That's true."
It was late at night. After returning to Liukan Town, Anson Lu received a trade request from Jiang Yiji.
After clicking to agree to the transaction request, his bag was immediately filled with a total of one thousand ordinary-grade materials and twenty legendary-grade materials, which just met his requirements.
Jiang Yijie didn't say much nonsense. The Chinese captain always followed the creed of being humble and modest. He just posted a message on the message board - "Happy cooperation."
Anson Lu didn't know what they were cooperating on. Jiang Yiji didn't ask him for anything at all. He just gave him the materials unilaterally. Yuliu and Crow would at least ask him for evolution coins.
Perhaps thinking about the fact that Hell Lighthouse would soon join the Chinese national team, Jiang Yiji didn't care about such a small matter. However, Anson Lu felt that even if this didn't happen, Jiang Yiji wouldn't ask him for any compensation.
Jiang Yijie was one of the very few people he knew who was both upright and had no obvious personality flaws. He was not like Lorenzo, who was both upright and crazy, arrogant and humble.
"No matter what, now I can advance to Natasha and strengthen the Floating Shark King at the same time." Anson Lu murmured. While checking the materials, he pushed open the door and walked into the room.
Asuka Uesugi sent him two photos. In the photos, Anson was sitting on a chair on the beach drinking coconut juice, with his profile hidden in the shadow of the sunshade.
As for the other photo, it was taken with Asuka grabbing his wrist and forcing him to take the photo.
Just then, Anson Deer's eyes moved away from the phone. He looked up and saw a crow flying in from the window.
"What's wrong?"
The crows' feathers scattered, and Urushihara Ritsu landed on the ground with his feet, and explained his purpose in a concise manner.
"A team of Sequence Players has appeared in Shinjuku, Tokyo. They have gone completely berserk and are slaughtering citizens wantonly."
"Where are the people from the law enforcement team?"
"I was the first person to get the news." Urushihara Ritsu said, "Oh, by the way... Abyss Dancer Avril was surrounded and killed by them. She didn't have time to react."
"Let's go, it'll be over in a minute." Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and said in a cold voice.
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