Chapter 35: Sky Drive
07:30 am Japan time, Shiba Park, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
If the city of Tokyo at night is like a beautiful slut, posing under the neon spotlight, then Tokyo in the early morning is as simple and bright as a girl washing clothes by the stream.
It is beautiful, but in comparison, it does not have the magic that makes people want to stop and watch.
Ji Minghuan stopped in front of the traffic light, and the red indicator light flickered dimly in the rain.
He raised his arms to shield his head from the drizzling rain and glanced down at the messages on his phone.
[Anonymous: There is an underground room in 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and a room in the third section of the house. 】
Once again admiring the system's sense of humor, Ji Minghuan sighed and muttered as he turned off his phone, "Please... When will my character memory be in place? Or do I look like I can speak Japanese?"
The next moment a prompt panel popped up in front of his eyes.
[System prompt: The memory of the second character is being loaded. The five-second countdown ends. The memory of the second game character, "Xia Pingzhou", will be instilled into your mind. Please be mentally prepared.]
When the prompt sounded, it was as if a slide show was playing at a hundred times the speed in Ji Minghuan's mind.
In a short moment, he went through the memories of Xia Pingzhou's nineteen years of life.
What impressed Ji Minghuan the most was naturally the scene half a year ago: when Xia Pingzhou returned home, he saw the torn bodies of his relatives hanging on the balcony. The city in the distance was brightly lit, shrouded in warm light, and the evening breeze blowing from the city brought the bloody smell of the corpse to Xia Pingzhou's nose.
He stared at the bodies of his family members for a long time, then backed away until he hit a wall with no way to retreat. He then slowly slid to the ground, roaring silently.
It was much later that Xia Pingzhou realized that his family was probably just standing on the rooftop chatting at the time.
They happened to see "Jack the Ripper" passing by the alley downstairs. He just looked at her twice and she cut him into pieces and hung them on the clothes hanger for people to admire.
Later, it was in order to track down the evil exorcist codenamed "Jack the Ripper" that Xia Pingzhou joined the White Crow Brigade. Although he didn't know enough about the members at present, he was sure that there was a 90% chance that the Ripper was hiding among them.
And today was the day he met with the members of the White Crow Brigade for the first time.
The message I just received was from a member of the brigade, and that was the location where they were meeting.
Because Xia Pingzhou had studied Japanese for a period of time, after loading his memory into his mind, Ji Minghuan was no longer confused when he looked up at the Japanese on the neon sign.
In Xia Pingzhou's memory, in addition to the scene where his entire family was dissected into pieces by the Ripper and their organs were hung on the balcony to dry, what impressed Ji Minghuan most was the scene when Xia Pingzhou first awakened "Tianqu".
At that time, Xia Pingzhou was watching TV and there was a chess game on the screen.
Suddenly, a black and white halo surged out from his body and enveloped his entire body uncontrollably. After a moment, the halos gradually surrounded him like chess pieces, like a satellite rotating with him as the center.
Xia Pingzhou got a total of four chess pieces at that time, namely: the king, the queen, the soldier, and the cannon cart.
After awakening Tianqu, whenever he had a thought, the four chess pieces would appear as expected, wrapped in a stream of black and white light, slowly rotating around him.
By picking a chess piece from it, he could summon the corresponding soldiers into reality, and they would obey his orders completely.
Not long after that, the people from the Exorcist Association followed the energy fluctuations emitted when Tianqu awakened, found Xia Pingzhou, who was only 17 years old, and invited him to become a member of the association.
Because of his poor family background, Xia Pingzhou had been forced to drop out of school and had to make a living in an unfamiliar city. Faced with the high salary offered by the association, he gladly accepted the invitation.
It was through Xia Pingzhou's series of memories that Ji Minghuan finally completed his understanding of the "Tianqu" mentioned by the exorcists and the definition of "exorcist" itself.
Two years ago, Xia Pingzhou demonstrated his "Heavenly Exorcism" ability to the members of the Chinese branch of the Exorcist Association.
Because he believed that the unique value of his Heavenly Exorcism should not be underestimated, the president of the Chinese branch of the Exorcist Association came to meet him in person, and the two of them talked a lot at that time.
"What exactly is Tianqu?" Xia Pingzhou asked.
"Every exorcist has his or her own 'divine weapon', which is also known as 'heavenly weapon'. Those who are qualified to become exorcists will have the embryonic form of 'heavenly weapon' in their bodies as they grow up." The president said, "Heavenly weapon can be a gun, a sword, a bow and arrow, or a variety of strange objects, such as glasses, a broom, or a razor. The specific shape it takes depends on the 'exorcist's inner shape.'"
"Are there different levels of exorcists?" Xia Pingzhou thought for a moment and asked again.
"Exorcists are divided into three levels. Every time they advance to a higher level, they can sign a contract with a demon. After signing the contract, the demon will be integrated into their 'Sky Exorcist' and become a part of the weapon."
"So what is an exorcist's job?"
"And an exorcist's job is literally just that: to expel demons."
"What is a demon?"
The president smiled and said, "Each country has different Feng Shui customs, so 'demon' has different names in their country. For example, in ancient China, local exorcists were often called 'Taoists', and local 'demons' were often called 'ghosts', '魑魅魍魉', etc. The Japanese call them 'monsters', and only Americans call them 'demons'."
He paused for a moment. "Later, exorcists from various countries began to come into contact with each other. They found that the names for demons were different from each other. So, in order to facilitate communication, exorcists from various countries gradually reached a consensus and formulated a set of naming standards. Regardless of which country, demon hunters are collectively called 'exorcists', and demons are collectively called 'demons'. This saves the effort of distinguishing them."
"Then why did you come to me?"
"When your Sky Drive awakened, the power fluctuations it emitted reached 'double S-level', which is extremely rare in the entire world."
At this point, the president's tone became more serious: "We need you... If you persist on this path, you are destined to become a legend unparalleled in the world, or even the leader of the entire association."
Shortly after this, something happened to Xia Pingzhou's team. Exhausted both physically and mentally, he refused the association's repeated attempts to retain him and chose to return to ordinary life.
But this peaceful life did not last long, and his family met "Jack the Ripper".
In order to take revenge on the Ripper, Xia Pingzhou once again picked up the pursuit of power and launched an investigation into the "White Crow Brigade".
Unfortunately, his revenge had not yet been taken. Just as Xia Pingzhou was about to take a plane to Tokyo, Japan and meet with the White Crow Brigade, Ji Minghuan's consciousness was loaded into the body of this game character.
He then took over all of Xia Pingzhou's operations.
"Compared to the previous character, is it necessary for this character's background to be so dark? After walking through these memories... I feel like I'm about to get depression."
Ji Minghuan scratched his hair and thought to himself.
Of course, no matter how complicated the character's background is, it is only serving the derived "main mission" and does not have the meaning to make him emotionally invested.
What Ji Minghuan cares more about is the potential of this character and the development value of its skill system. After all, Black Pupa's skill system tends to be in the two dimensions of "reconnaissance" and "assistance", and it doesn't look like it can serve as the main combat force.
If the system of this second character is suitable to serve as the main combat force, then it will naturally make up for his shortcomings.
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan called up Xia Pingzhou's "skill tree system".
The next moment, the outline of a giant tree popped up in front of me, with three branches extending upward.
He took a look and saw that the general shape of this skill tree was no different from the "Black Pupa", but there was a slight difference in color: the branches and background of Xia Pingzhou's skill tree were "black and white", while the skill tree system of Black Pupa was "red and black".
Ji Minghuan looked up at the details of the skill tree.
[Branch 1 (Group): Recruiting soldiers (needs to consume "1" skill point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]
[Recruit soldiers: Get two "soldier chess pieces." ]
[Branch 2 (Brave): Chess evolution (Condition: You need to consume a total of "3" skill points in other branches before you can learn this skill) (Learning this skill requires "1" skill point) → Unknown → Unknown...]
[Chess Type Evolution: All your chess types will evolve. This evolution will make your chess pieces jump from "Black Iron Body" to "Bronze Body", and the basic attributes of the chess types will be comprehensively improved.]
[Branch Three (Soul): Demon Hunter (needs to consume "1" skill point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]
[Demon Hunter: After the chess pieces participate in killing the demon, you have a chance to obtain a unique chess piece related to it. (This chess piece can only be "materialized" once, and after being destroyed, it will not be reborn like ordinary chess pieces)]
Ji Minghuan, who was proficient in various RPG role-playing games in his early years, naturally saw the positioning of this character at a glance.
"Summoning flow, this is..."
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