Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Players become NPCs and dare not look directly at them...
The player who picked up the notebook of the NPC with squinty eyes searched for a long time but couldn't find the correct way to use it.
Finally, under the terrified gaze of the crowd, he took a thick stack of notebooks and hit his forehead.
[Gain EXP+200 through Yanagi's notebook! ]
The player's eyes suddenly lit up.
It’s actually an experience book!
The player suddenly turned around and stared at the NPC who was about to take a detour.
More, more, more, more!
Others who successfully witnessed this scene: "..."
"W-well... Is Yagi alright?"
"No, I don't know... I don't know if he's okay yet... But if you don't rescue Liu quickly, Liu will be in trouble!!!"
“Yagi—let go of that Yanagi, ahhhhhh!!”
The player wandered around for a long time but couldn't find any new loot from the NPC with squinting eyes, which made him feel very disappointed.
It seems that it can only be produced under tasks or special conditions.
The player looked at the squinting NPC reluctantly.
Yanagi Renji: "..."
Yanagi Renji suddenly felt cold sweat on his back.
The notebook that was taken away by the junior was finally returned to him, although there was a deep stamp on it.
Marui: "Haha, it's okay, it's okay, Liu, just think of it as... a special mark!"
The NPCs gathered together again and chattered. The players saw that the matching time was still long, so they took the time to go to the back mountain to water the crops that had not been watered yet.
The fifteenth primary sprinkler in the back mountain has been purchased, and the watering pressure on players has been greatly reduced.
When I came back from watering, the matching time was just coming to an end.
[Countdown 3, 2, 1...matching ends]
[First Grade·Kei Yagi] VS [Third Grade·Renji Yanagi]
Do you accept the challenge now?
·yes
·no
Yanagi Renji closed his notebook, picked up his racket and entered the court.
Compared to the previous hope by the tennis club members that someone could dampen Yagi Kei's spirit, the gazes now filled with more subtle sympathy and pity.
"Alas... Even the staff officer is going to fall into that brat's clutches..."
"That's so cruel... Oh no, so, so pathetic..."
"Ryu said to push Kei to his limits," Marui chewed bubble gum, supported his face with one hand and looked at the two people who were already standing on the court.
"Is this Yagi's limit?" Kuwabara clenched his fists, his face showing tension and worry. "I wonder what this will turn out to be..."
After washing his face and returning, Niou twirled his pigtails and jokingly said, "Well, since the staff officer said so, then I guess there must be a plan."
He narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm really looking forward to it, puri~"
"Game Yanagi vs. Yagi, officially begins!"
Liu won the serve.
A standard serve, the player steps forward and hits A back.
During the back-and-forth process, players have been guessing the possible BOSS status of the squinting-eyed NPC.
However - players can't stand the subtitles in front of the squinting NPC that keep flashing on the screen.
"The probability of hitting a slice ball back to right field is 89.21%."
"The probability of hitting a net volley after hitting a return is 34%, and the probability of defending the baseline is 66%."
"When serving, the probability of using Akaya's knuckle serve is 71.9%, and the probability of temporarily switching to Genichirō's Fiery Aggression is 76.7%."
"The probability of using %￥#@&... on the next shot..."
Player: “…”
Pollution! This is subtitle pollution!!
Players want to report NPC interference!!
"The first 100 balls were going exactly as predicted!" Kirihara Akaya stared at Yagi Kei with wide eyes, his every move following the trajectory described by Yanagi, and sighed deeply.
"It's terrifying! It's like every motive and trajectory was predicted!"
The others crossed their arms and said nothing, just looking at the mushroom head opposite Liu.
Based on Liu's observations and data on the unique style of tennis played, it was normal that it was predicted.
But from the beginning to the end, the purpose of this battle was not to win.
The player was chipping away at the opponent's health bar one hit at a time.
Although the BOSS's health bar is decreasing at a constant speed, the player's stamina bar seems to be decreasing faster.
The player repeats the cycle of dropping - filling up - A up - dropping - filling up. As the game progresses, he finally realizes something is wrong.
This squinty-eyed NPC... is definitely sent by the system to reclaim the food in the player's backpack!?
Player: Look at you with your thick eyebrows and small eyes, you actually did such an evil thing!
"Within the past 200 balls, we've still been following Liu's data..."
"Two hundred and fifty goals is also..."
"The number of balls is now... 400..."
"Yanagi is streamlining his attack area, trying to minimize physical exertion in exchange for maximum physical exertion on Kei's part," Marui was affected by the stuffy atmosphere and couldn't stop fanning himself.
Liu Sheng, who saw it clearly, pointed out: "But the situation on the field seems... Liu Jun's plan doesn't seem to be working."
With more than 500 balls going back and forth, this game lasted for a full hour and a half.
Liu's face was covered with sweat. On the other hand, Yagi Kei on the opposite side, although not completely refreshed, was still in a warm-up state and did not show any sign of fatigue.
Of course, it could also be related to his expressionless face and lifeless eyes.
Kirihara Akaya gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on Yanagi who was counterattacking again, and then moved to Yagi who was being constantly consumed by Yanagi who saw through the ball's trajectory.
He was worried about the younger generation.
Players are addicted to scraping.
The feeling of shaving for a long time and then looking up to see that you have only shaved a single digit is really fascinating.
After scraping for a while, the player finally gained experience, and jumped left and right repeatedly to the rhythm to immerse himself in the game.
The balls cut into Liu's health bar one by one, and it was finally reduced to the bottom line of 20.
It's the kill line! The player's heart tightened, and he immediately looked up at the NPC opposite him——
Suddenly, a narration flashed before my eyes without warning.
[——The time has come, it’s now!]
The player who was almost blinded by the light:?
What? What now? What happened?
There was no wind, and the sound of pages turning over could be heard continuously.
The player stared blankly at the squinty-eyed NPC across the net, surrounded by notebooks filled with words...experience books, with words flowing out of the pages and tightly surrounding him.
Holding a tennis racket in one hand and a notebook in the other, the squinting NPC raised his face, slowly opened his eyes, and shot a sharp gaze straight at Yagi Kei opposite him.
Player: —Again? ?
“—Open your eyes!!”
"Liu actually opened his eyes!!"
"That is to say... Liu must have seen something!"
The NPCs outside the net suddenly shouted excitedly.
The player who was a little confused by the BOSS's attack waited for a while.
The player waited patiently for a while.
It seems like... nothing happened?
So, what’s the point of adding this cool, crackling CG to this squinty-eyed boss?
In the deep silence,
Liu saw more.
If everyone's (speed, strength, physical strength, mental strength, and technical) data can be measured and judged using a five-dimensional graph,
The '5' at the top of each item is the upper limit, the limit that ordinary people can achieve.
But now he's looking at the other side of the net.
A junior, Kei Yagi, holding a tennis racket in both hands, squats down and waits for the serve to be returned.
His calibrated and visualized five-dimensional index is...
A string of garbled characters.
Perhaps it can no longer be considered a string of garbled characters, but rather a positive infinite number composed of countless '0's and '1's, with no end in sight at a glance.
Speed: +∞
Strength: +∞
Mental Strength: +∞
Technology: +∞
He slowly read to the end, which is physical strength: 47
If that were all, it would be fine.
But after physical strength, there is a bracket.
Stamina: 47 (Reserve Stamina: 1198)
willow:"……"
He fell into an unspeakable silence.
The people who were waiting for Liu to open his eyes and launch a counterattack waited and waited, but nothing happened.
"What's wrong with Liu? Why isn't he moving?"
"I don't know... He must have seen something, and the expression on his face has disappeared..."
Most of the Rikkai players outside the field were anxious, while the two people inside were one confused and the other silent.
The referee in the middle looked left and right, and blew the whistle tentatively to urge the serve.
After a while, Liu finally moved and swung his racket to serve the ball again.
As soon as he moved, people inside and outside the field finally felt relieved.
"It's okay, it's okay... Liu is still fighting, so there's no problem!"
Someone immediately echoed, "Yeah, yeah, that means Liu has definitely figured out how to defeat Yagi!"
The thought of witnessing this possibility made the great devil Yagi, who usually exploited them, restrain his arrogance, and everyone began to enjoy the bright future uncontrollably.
"Hey...hey, my tennis bag is finally saved."
"Hehe... I don't have to do 500 push-ups with Yagi standing on my back anymore..."
"Liu—charge! Everyone's hopes are on you!!"
The hope of the entire village, Yanagi Renji: swinging the racket mechanically.
After observing the data, Liu did not directly believe what he saw, but made another attempt through additional combat.
The data will flow and change, but what remains unchanged is the four-digit number above Yagi Kei's head.
...four digits.
Does this really exist?
The original intention was to push the opponent to his limits, but now it seems... Yagi Kei is a completely endless abyss.
An existence that is beyond common sense and full of "irrationality".
Liu swung his racket, sweat rolling down his chin, and his eyes were fixed on the younger student on the other side of the net who was returning a precise shot as usual.
...There's absolutely no limit.
What a terrifying opponent.
"Game Yagi: 6-2!"
"Yagi wins!"
Inside and outside the field, everyone was filled with deep sadness, except for the few people Liuhe and Yagi had fought against.
There were many members who wailed "my golf bag" and said with tears in their eyes, "I don't want to train anymore." Some even knelt on the ground in a gloomy manner.
Inside the tennis court, Liu, who had returned to his normal self, walked to the net and shook hands with the junior who was several heads shorter than him.
"It was a truly meaningful competition," Liu said calmly, "I gained a lot from it."
Players who were forced to shake hands due to urgent tasks: So this NPC just used a big move... What did he use?
Kill the player with open eyes, or the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception?
Soon he stopped paying attention to these things, as the prompts that popped up distracted his attention.
[First grader Yagi Kei vs. third grader Yanagi Renji has won]
[——Ding Dong!]
[Congratulations to the player for winning the final victory in the school ranking competition! ]
[Rewards calculation for the 'School Ranking Tournament' dungeon is now underway!]
[Obtain Rikkai Grand Shogun uniform SET×1]
[Rikkai University regular team member uniforms: The regular team members of the Rikkai University Affiliated High School tennis club wear the same uniforms, showing their domineering spirit.
Charm +20 Speed +5
【Get 5000 yen】
[Get 1000 EXP]
[Achieve the title 'Abyss' (Beginner)]
[Title: 'Abyss' (Primary): When worn, increases mental strength by 10, physical strength by 10, and intelligence by 10]
Player: “!!”
A title was revealed! And it’s an advanced one!
Before the players could even catch their breath, the tasks started to be settled.
【Task 4: Successful Start (Completed)】
[Now proceeding to Task 4: Successfully start reward settlement!]
【Get 5000 yen】
[Get 1000 EXP]
[Obtained the hidden achievement - 'If you dare to show your health bar, I'll kill you!']
【Achievements have been unlocked! 】
A net income of 10,000 yen, and even an advanced title that can increase the upper limit of physical strength and a set of pretty good numerical appearance.
It’s a fortune, players have made a fortune!!
The happy player rolled forward and then double-jumped and bounced out of the tennis club.
"How's it going, Liu?" Looking at the figure that came out later, Ren Wang outside the field took the initiative to speak.
"You feel it too, right? That kind of—"
Liu closed the notebook that contained Yagi Kei's data and said, "Yeah."
Marui: "What? What did you feel?"
Kuwabara speculated: "Could it be related to Yagi?"
Kirihara, who caught the key words, pricked up his ears.
Liu lowered his eyes, "...unfathomable."
Niou whistled, "The staff certified 'unfathomable', huh? Hmm, it's indeed..."
"--Don't worry about that for now, there are other more important things--!!" Someone rushed over,
Marui turned around: "What's wrong? Why are you so anxious?"
Sanada's face turned black: "Too lax!"
Sangyuan comforted: "Speak slowly, speak slowly..."
"Yagi...Yagi him!"
The visitor's face was broken.
“—He actually built a chicken coop… next to the student dormitory!!”
Everyone: “…”
Everyone: “…”
—W-what?!
The author has something to say:
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Rikkai Public: It's your abyss (push push push)
Others: No no no, it should be your abyss (push push push)
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