Chapter 98: Between me and Lorenzo, who is the one you want to follow?
[The winner of the second game - Lava Coaster is 'Hell Lighthouse'. ]
[Current score: Hell Lighthouse (2 points): Law Enforcement Team (0 points)]
[The third game will start in 6 hours, please prepare in advance. ]
After the second game, they returned to the familiar monitoring room.
The surveillance footage changed from the two dark passages to the footage of two lava cave entrances.
President Lu took out a bottle of 'Nano Medical Spray' from his bag and threw it to Chu Qimo, "Teacher Chu, take it."
"Thank you, President." Chu Qimo took the bottle of spray and said lightly: "Also, don't call me teacher. I'm only one year older than you, and you're number one in the world."
"It's just a small matter. Take care of your wound first." Anson Lu said.
To be honest, he originally wanted to summon the 'Bishop Statue' to help Chu Qimo with his treatment, but that was too inefficient, so he just gave Chu Qimo a bottle of medical spray directly.
Chu Qimo treated the wounds on his body with spray, closed his eyes, and took a rest while holding his sword bag.
Asuka Uesugi walked out of the bathroom.
She looked around and everyone seemed a little tired except Urushihara Ritsu.
[In the settlement phase of the dungeon, the higher the total score of the team, the higher the settlement reward each team member will receive; the team that wins the dungeon will receive a higher reward.]
[Evaluating the contribution of each player in the team to the second game. 】
[NO.1——Anson Lu (former chess player): [Contribution accounted for 35.2%] ★MVP
NO.2——Yuri (Snow Country Walker): 20%
NO.3——Chu Qimo (Dark Sky Sword): 17%
NO4——Uesugi Asuka (Crimson Dragon Wing): 15%
No.5——Urushihara Ritsu (Crow Gambler): 5%]
"Wait, did I hear it wrong?" Anson Lu gave him a disdainful look:
"No one's contribution is only 5%, right? No, that person also happened to bring a set of 'inflatable bed' and 'vacation eye mask', and slept soundly in the dungeon, right?"
Urushihara Ritsu took a sip of water and said calmly, "After all, in this kind of situation, my room for improvement is really limited."
"Wow, we have such a big advantage, what is there to review?" Asuka said.
"No, we have to review it and see if any actors are AFK!" Anson Lu retorted.
Asuka Uesugi ignored Anson Deer and said unhappily:
"I give up. This dungeon doesn't even give us a place to eat, so we have to sit here and reflect on our mistakes?"
Anson Lu took out a piece of bread from his bag and threw it to Asuka:
"Here, this is for you."
"Thank you."
Asuka Uesugi took the pineapple bun, tore open the wrapping paper, and put it in her mouth.
"When you enter the next game, there should be a place similar to a cafeteria." Urushihara Ritsu said, "Before this, there were very few dungeons that did not provide a source of food."
"Here," Yuri suddenly said, "You can watch the video."
Anson Deer cast his gaze towards her. The Icelandic girl was lowering her head, fiddling with some buttons on the console with her hands. The surveillance screen then jumped, and the surveillance screens of both teams could be seen.
Uesugi Asuka raised an eyebrow, "I remember that before, it couldn't be reversed."
"That's right, it wasn't possible before." said Ritsu Urushihara.
"Oh?" Anson Lu approached the monitoring station, "Then I can observe what this 5% contribution insider was doing just now."
From the surveillance footage, it can be seen that Urushihara Ritsu was sitting in his seat almost the entire time.
He kept moving his deep eyes, as if observing the situation above and below him. Finally, after confirming that he had nothing to do with it, he just started.
"Lu-kun, rather than this," Urushihara Ritsuya approached the monitoring station, "shouldn't we observe the performance of the law enforcement team in actual combat?"
"I've seen some videos and that Lorenzo does have some skills," Asuka said.
Urushihara Ritsu said calmly: "Since even Miss Uesugi said he has the ability, he should not be underestimated."
"Just 'a little'."
Asuka Uesugi added disdainfully, sitting down against the wall and biting the bread silently.
Anson Deer finished his bread and patted the crumbs on his hands:
"Wait, it sounds like I'm the only one who doesn't know the sequence of skills of the 'Crazy Bell Pope'?"
Yuri adjusted the console, and the surveillance screen on the right reversed to the time before the game started. The roller coaster slowly drove into the lava cave.
Immediately, the dome's fans began spinning frantically.
In an instant, Lorenzo, who was sitting at the back, stood up, and a huge golden bell appeared in the air. The golden bell vibrated at a terrifying frequency, and gray characters continuously emerged from it.
"What is this?" Anson Lu stared at the characters.
"Emotional characters." Urushihara Ritsu explained, "The Mad Bell Pope can collect the specific 'emotions' that others have towards him and turn these emotions into his own power."
"Oh my god, this sounds too intense?" Anson Lu was shocked.
The huge golden bell shook violently in the air, and the deafening roar covered the hurricane generated by the fan.
Then, Lorenzo's figure was enveloped by golden emotional characters - these characters spun wildly in the air, like planets rotating around the earth, lingering on his body surface.
"Awesome." Anson Lu commented.
"In my understanding, this is a two-sided ability." Urushihara Ritsu looked at Lorenzo with his deep eyes.
"Double-sided?"
"That's right," the crow continued.
"If others have positive emotions towards Lorenzo, then Lorenzo will also gain positive energy, such as hope, faith, worship, love, etc."
In the picture.
Lorenzo's body was dragged upwards by the golden characters. He was like a god flying in the sky. From beginning to end, his body was wrapped in the sphere formed by the golden characters.
The next moment, Lorenzo slapped the golden bell in the air.
"Bang!"
Along with a loud bang, a deep palm print appeared on the surface of the golden bell. The golden bell was violently knocked away and hit the fan directly, getting stuck in the gap between two fan blades.
The fans no longer worked and the game's difficulty plummeted.
"But if others have negative emotions towards Lorenzo," Urushihara Ritsu said dimly, "then Lorenzo will gain a negative force, a tyrannical power."
"Uh, what do you mean by negative emotions?" Anson Lu raised his eyebrows.
"Fear, hatred, disgust." Urushihara Ritsu said patiently, "Negative emotions like these can all be absorbed by Lorenzo."
"He can only absorb humans' emotions towards him?"
"No, it can also absorb monsters." said Urushihara Ritsu.
Anson Lu said in surprise, "That sounds awesome, so why can't he collect both positive and negative emotions at the same time to activate both types of skills?"
"It can be done." Urushihara Ritsu said slowly:
"As the 'Crazy Pope', Lorenzo must accept both positive and negative emotions. In fact, the power associated with 'negative emotions' is even stronger than the power of 'positive emotions'."
“That’s too fierce.”
On the screen, Lorenzo's brown windbreaker swayed in the wind, his elegant long hair curled up, and his blue eyes were full of majesty.
What he didn't expect was that even though he stopped the fan from working, the roller coaster still fell down unstoppably.
"His teammates don't seem very reliable?" Anson Lu said.
Lorenzo's other four teammates have the following serial names: Gu Qiu (The Matrix), Kamishiro Ruri (Peerless Sakura Sword), Deckard Kiel (Eagle of Transcendence), and Cosimo (Cyber Strike).
At this time, Kamishiro Ruri pulled out a katana from somewhere, and countless cherry blossom petals fell from the blade of the katana.
“Whoosh!”
“Wow!”
Petals were flying, and she cut open the rear carriages of the roller coaster at an incredible speed.
This appears to have been done to reduce the overall weight of the roller coaster.
And at this moment, Cosimo's entire body was equipped with bloated cybernetic prostheses.
“Bang!”
This little blond boy seemed to turn into a 2-meter-tall mechanical giant in an instant, shooting towards the bottom of the track and using his strong mechanical arms to catch the front of the car!
"Bang!"
Cosimo's arms were deformed and almost broken in an instant.
He groaned, and his body was pressed down continuously!
“Huff—!!!”
At this moment, Deckard Kiel also took action. He spread his huge eagle wings, protected Cosimo, and used the wings to prevent the front of the car from falling further.
At this moment, they were only a step away from the magma pool.
Cosimo relied on the golden emotional characters and then fell from the air - he looked a little hesitant, as if he was about to use some skills, but he didn't make a move.
Just then, Decca and Cosimo could no longer hold on.
"Bang!"
The roller coaster rumbled down.
Deckard Kiel dragged Cosimo's heavy body, flapped his eagle wings and soared into the sky, thus escaping the fate of falling into the molten pool with the roller coaster.
"Oh my god, what is that guy called Gu Qiu doing? He's just playing with his cell phone." Anson Lu was shocked.
Urushihara Ritsu said calmly: "I guess he, like me, has sequence skills that are not suitable for this situation."
"Explaining for others and exonerating yourself at the same time, you are indeed a scheming bitch." Anson Lu narrowed his eyes.
At the moment when the carriage was about to be engulfed by the magma, Gu Qiu also used the sequence skills of "The Matrix". His body turned into a large string of data streams and flew towards the sky.
As for Kamishiro Ruri who stayed at the rear of the car, she swung her sword into the air.
“Wow——”
Countless cherry petals flew up into the sky, and her body flashed to the end of these petals.
It seems that this skill is similar to Urushihara Ritsu's "Phantom Crow", both of which use some kind of object to move - the only difference is that he uses crows, and Kamishiro Ruri uses cherry blossoms.
At the moment the roller coaster fell into the lava, the game was declared won by Anson Deer.
If it was two seconds later, the ending of the game might have been different.
Everything seemed to be blamed on Lorenzo's hesitation.
He seemed to want to use some skills in the middle of the challenge, but he didn't make a move and watched the challenge fail.
Anson put his hand on his chin, "I watched the video, and Lorenzo didn't seem to use any skills related to 'negative emotions'."
"Indeed, there is a reason for that."
"Why?"
"Because it would make him lose himself."
"Crow, have you ever come into contact with him?" Anson Deer asked calmly.
Urushihara Ritsu refused to deny it, "As you said, I did meet him once."
Anson Lu continued: "Let me guess, it's the time between the first and second copies."
"Yes, that was the time."
"Uh, so during that time, you not only investigated the matter of the Icelandic girl." Anson Lu thought thoughtfully.
The Icelandic girl tilted her cheek and gave Anson Deer an expressionless look.
"It's none of your business." Anson Lu glanced at her.
Yuri turned his head nonchalantly, his snow-white hair swaying gently.
Urushihara Ritsu remained silent, waiting for Anson's question.
"So, you also went to meet this 'Crazy Bell Pope' at that time."
Anson Lu paused, then continued, "It is likely that you met him to determine who you want to follow between me and Lorenzo."
"I can't deny it, Lu-kun." Urushihara Ritsu put his hands behind his back, "You are both unique. I see a similar quality in you and him."
"You really admitted it." Anson Lu took a deep breath and said persistently:
"Crow, you must be the traitor sent by the law enforcement team, right?! Otherwise, how could your contribution in the last game be only 5%!"
Urushihara Ritsu shrugged and said nonchalantly:
"That's not necessary, Lu Jun. Although he is similar to you in some aspects, he is far inferior to you in terms of talent and potential."
"oh?"
Anson Lu questioned, "What's the difference? I need you to write a 5,000-word explanation."
"You are now number one in the world, which proves where my sights are." Urushihara Ritsu chuckled.
"That's enough." Anson Lu held his forehead and said with a headache:
"By the way, this Lorenzo brother didn't have a good impression of you. You negotiated with him, but the second time he saw you, he wanted to put you back in the Tokyo prison."
He still remembered what Lorenzo said: Urushihara Ritsu should be locked up in Tokyo Prison instead of being at large, which showed that the handsome Italian guy really had a big opinion about Crow.
Urushihara Ritsu said calmly: "Yes, I humiliated him."
"I went and humiliated him?"
"That's right."
"How humiliating?"
"It's probably because he's too hypocritical." Urushihara Ritsu rested his hand on his chin, "I've almost forgotten, but in terms of hypocrisy, Lu Jun, you're even worse than him."
Anson Lu rolled up his sleeves and said, "If you go to the law enforcement team to attract hatred again, I will kick you out of the union!"
"Of course not, Lu Jun."
Urushihara Ritsu said with interest: "Did you notice that in the previous game, Lorenzo seemed to be ready to attack at the end, but he didn't release any skills."
"That's the skill related to 'negative emotions', right?" Anson Lu asked.
"Well, this is the difference between you and him. He trapped himself in a false appearance," Urushihara Ritsu said slowly:
"And your hypocrisy can be discarded at any time in order to better serve the purpose."
"Crow, if you want to call me shameless, just say it directly. There's no need to be so subtle."
"I say, don't you guys take a break? The third game will start soon!" Uesugi Asuka complained, "If you don't sleep, we still have to sleep!"
"Agreed." Yuri said, "Rest."
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