Chapter 84: Players march into the Four Heavenly Treasures Temple!
"—Everyone, thank you for your hard work in preparing for the Kanto Tournament these past few days."
"Rikkai University's 16th consecutive victory in the Kanto Tournament is inseparable from everyone's joint efforts so far. Thank you for your continued support, struggle, and hard work until now."
"But our goal is far greater than this. After the Kanto Tournament, we will also compete in the national tournament. Rikkai University's 16 points and 3 assists will definitely be achieved this year."
A week after the Kanto Tournament Awards Ceremony and Closing Ceremony, the Rikkai University Tennis Club
Department Director Seiichi Yukimura, wearing the Rikkai University regular team uniform jacket, stood at the front of the line with his arms folded, glancing at everyone. He was calm and spoke forcefully.
The 16 consecutive victories in the Kanto tournament brought this "Kanto Overlord" a halo of honor.
The atmosphere in the entire Rikkai University tennis club was unusually cheerful, with everyone's face glowing with pride.
Minister Yukimura Seiichi finished his speech, and Deputy Minister Sanada Genichirō followed.
Known as the Black-Faced God by many, Sanada Genichirō, who always had a sullen and serious expression, rarely showed a normal expression and just looked at everyone calmly.
“—Don’t let up!”
As soon as the familiar words came out, everyone who had been worried because of Sanada Genichirō's unusually normal expression and behavior immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
They all screamed like masochists,
"That's right! I want this Black-Faced God flavor!!"
"Yes, yes, more! Vice Minister Sanada! More!!"
Silently watching the situation develop in a strange direction, Marui Bunta slowly turned his head and said, "Why do I feel like... these guys are acting weird now..."
Jack Sangyuan laughed, "Maybe... maybe I'm too happy..."
"After all, it's great that our 16-game winning streak at the Kanto Tournament didn't end with us... It's understandable that everyone is acting a bit strange..."
When he said this, Marui immediately felt the same way.
"Yeah, Sangyuan, you're right. Everyone is acting very..."
His brain jumped, "No, there is one missing!"
Niou Masaharu, who was also standing nearby, watching everyone's strange reactions with a twitching eye, chimed in, "Who's missing, Piyo?"
"That's certainly less—"
"——Kyu!!"
Kirihara Akaya opened his hands like a megaphone and hurriedly ran 360 degrees, shouting up and down, left and right as he ran.
"Kyu! Where are you?! Kyu--!!"
“…”
“………”
"Do you know who is missing now, Niou-kun?" Yagyu Hiroshi reminded lightly.
Niou Masaharu: “…”
He smiled wryly, "You don't need to remind me when necessary, partner."
Not only Kirihara Akari noticed the disappearance of a certain figure,
Yukimura Seiichi discovered it from the very beginning.
Suppressing his uneasy emotions, he wore a gentle smile on his face, trying his best to maintain the stability of the Rikkai University Tennis Club.
From the award ceremony and closing ceremony of the Kanto Conference, Yagi Kei remained very quiet and did not make any movement for a whole week.
As soon as I open my eyes in the morning, I start farming, watering, picking eggs, rummaging through trash cans, and occasionally running over to help "train" everyone in the tennis club and feed them juice.
Besides that, I was fishing.
Fishing in the morning, fishing in the afternoon, fishing in the evening,
Nothing bad happened at all, this is totally unlike him!
Generally speaking, based on existing experience, if the chicken is quiet and the cat is silent, it is definitely going to cause trouble.
However, the younger generation's outstanding performance in this Kanto Tournament made Yukimura unable to stop trusting him more.
A junior who will definitely become the pillar of Rikkai University...
"——Kyu! Where on earth have you been——"
Kirihara Akaya made another circle and came back to search everywhere, even lifting the hat of Sanada Genichirō who was standing here like a black-faced god.
After lifting it up, he looked inside for a long time to confirm that it was not there. Then he said to himself, "Why is it not here either?" and walked away.
Watching this scene, Yukimura Seiichi smiled but his smile was slightly cracked: "..."
Sanada Genichirō, whose face was already so bad that it couldn't be looked at any longer: "..."
"It's okay, it's okay, Genichirō," Yukimura unexpectedly took the initiative to speak, and he spoke softly and gently.
"Aka is just too worried about Kei. Isn't it something we all like to see the younger generations have good relationships with each other?"
“…”
"Including Akaya, who is now climbing up and down the roof like Kei."
Yukimura Seiichi: "...^^?"
Marui Bunta: "Come down, ahhhhh Akaya!!! Don't climb so high!!!"
Jack Kuwahara: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry—someone come and catch him! Where's the mat, the mat!"
Watching this scene from afar, Niou Masaharu sighed, "As expected, you have the personality to play well with Keina-kun, Akaye..."
Yagyu Hiroshi adjusted his glasses and said, "Niou-kun and Yagi-kun also get along well."
Niou Masaharu: “…”
Niou Masaharu: "No, let's not talk about this for now... Puri."
While watching everyone scrambling to save Akaya, he was still worried about a junior who had not appeared yet.
Yukimura Seiichi took a deep breath and said, "Let's rescue Akaya first. After rescuing Akaya, we can split up into two groups and look for him..."
"Keep the change, please,"
With a loud noise, Liu Wu opened his mouth.
As soon as his voice fell, everyone looked at him.
Liu tapped the phone in his hand, and the red dot's location was displayed on the screen. "It's been found."
"This..." The more they looked, the more familiar it looked, and the more frightened they became. "Could this be the legendary—"
"Yes, this is the locator."
Liu said calmly, "I had a feeling it would be needed someday, so I kept it open during this abnormal period."
"... Kind of scary, dark data guy..."
"I can hear even the quietest whispers,"
"--Feel sorry!!"
Marui and Kuwahara silently zipped up their mouths. Yanagi turned to Yukimura and the silent Sanada.
"Yagi's trace is here,"
Yukimura and Sanada exchanged a glance, and finally, Yukimura reached out and took Yanagi's phone.
As for Kei... where would he be now?
No matter how I think about it, it should be the same as the past few days, either fishing, picking eggs, or rummaging through the trash can...
Yukimura persuaded himself to dispel his doubts about his junior. After all, Kei, except for the occasional unreliability... the rest of the time, he was still pretty reliable...
Then let him see where the younger generation is now——
“…”
Yukimura Seiichi looked at it for a while,
Yukimura Seiichi looked at it for a while.
He slowly said: "Hey... Osaka?"
…
[——The Web Valley (Shitenhoji) area is now officially open! ]
[Congratulations! Players can now explore on their own!]
The Shitenhoji map is unlocked when the player completes the pre-quest "Champion of the Relationship Competition".
However, when the player tries to go there, the teleportation anchor fails to be placed.
The puzzled players tried hundreds of methods and finally confirmed that -
They said they were going to "explore on their own", but it really was going to explore on their own!?!
There is no transmission anchor, no portable method,
Players can only rely on their own two legs and run around the map.
The player also died after hearing this.jpg
Looking at the long, long straight distance on the small map, even players can't help but fall into a deep emotion.
Damn it, which game’s players are so miserable!
Report, report, must report!
After giving feedback to the game for the 10086th time, the GM finally popped up a solution.
[Navigation Mission: Fishing, and then catch...]
[I heard you wanted to go to the other side of the sea. Come fishing! Hey! There are so many fish!]
Although the task was released, I don't understand what the task is for.
But there is no other way but to fish!
This is why Yukimura Seiichi watched his little back fishing almost twelve hours out of the twenty-four hours a day.
Twelve hours a day, seventy-two hours in six days,
Day 7, at the last minute when players’ patience is about to run out!
【——Beep!】
The fishing rod that was cast suddenly reacted extremely exaggeratedly, and it was almost like it had caught a sea king.
The swim bladder kept drilling down, and even players with a fishing level of lev.9 could barely catch it.
But this abnormal situation just means that a big one has come.
For the new map, for the new resource points, for the new tasks!
Let’s go!!
The player used all his strength and fought with the fishing rod with all his heart and soul. It was difficult and dangerous.
Stuck at the last second when the fish is about to be unhooked,
【——Beep beep! 】
[Ding!]
[Hooked!]
A series of message pop-ups appeared, filling up the screen in front of the player.
But this still can't resist the animation that suddenly starts playing in front of the player.
From the shallows in front of us, a sudden ripple spread out,
The black shadow that followed broke through the water, with a clear and crisp splash.
In the sunlight, the water splashed everywhere, like transparent pearls, and the crystals refracted the colorful light. In the center of the light, a figure emerged from the water.
He has bald hair, flat cheeks, and twinkling eyes——
"——Golden Xiaochun, that's me~!"
A male fish-man who looks like a shy girl... a man...
Anyway, I grabbed the swim bladder with both hands, blew a kiss, and shook my head. Although there was no hair, water splashed everywhere.
With a sexy voice, deep and clear, she said:
"Are you my prince~~Darling~~"
“…”
This is the first time that players feel that the attack button in this game is quite backward.
I silently met the gaze of the 'Darling' man... fish, man... uh, who was speaking in a sheep-like voice.
The player silently reached out to grab the unknown thing and put it into his backpack.
No matter what, if you catch something, it belongs to the player.
It looks like a key prop, so I'll put it in my backpack first.
The last second, he was still chasing and flirting with Yuji Ichi in the tennis club.
The next second, he was caught by a fishing rod that came from nowhere and thrown into the water by the collar.
Golden Xiaochun learned his lines without any teacher, and even vaguely sensed his mysterious identity -
He is the one who is destined to lead the way for his Darling!
So, dear Darling please...it's not about why this guy is so rude! ! ! !
The player found that what he caught was not a fish, but a special task NPC, so he had to let go of the hook with regret.
Golden Xiaochun finally managed to save his life. He covered his neck and coughed loudly. It took him a long time to finally recover.
He lay on the ground, weak, pitiful, helpless, wronged and bewildered.
After all, he! Golden Xiaochun! Not everyone can conquer him——
Now he is willing to lead the way for the destined Darling, but if the other party does not cherish him, even he——
The black-haired boy standing in front of him half-knelt down, his narrow, dead fish eyes slightly lowered, and his gaze from top to bottom was slightly cold and overly rational.
I felt a little shudder for no reason, as if I was being looked at coldly but also thoroughly.
Golden Xiaochun looked up at him blankly.
As I watched, my face turned red.
The player just needs to move closer to check the status bar of the special task NPC.
I found out that the other party was the quest guide for [Navigation Quest·Fishing, and then Catch…],
I almost looked away,
As soon as you look away, a red debuff suddenly appears on the player's status bar.
【Blocked】
Player:?
Looking down, the player's calf was hugged, and the golden-haired girl blinked her big eyes shyly.
"Dear Darling, let me lead the way for you~~"
Player: “…”
What are you talking about? Special mission NPC!
Players who only care about tasks, resource points, and new maps are completely unimpressed by Golden Xiaochun's moves.
Silently tied the NPC back to the fishing rod and jumped—
Golden Xiaochun: "Oh! Dear Darling, is this what you jump, I jump——"
The player said nothing and just opened the new map [Shitenboji (Netlu Valley area)].
Golden Xiaochun: "Ah, ah, there's really nothing I can do about you..."
Still Golden Xiaochun: "Gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle..."
Meanwhile, in Osaka,
Tianbao Temple,
"Hmm...you mean, while Xiaochun was running, he was hooked by a fishing rod thrown from somewhere and was dragged into the pond?"
Shiraishi Kuranosuke stroked his chin and listened to Ichiuji Yuji, who was so tense that he couldn't speak normally, complaining bitterly.
"Well... calm down first, Yuji."
"Of course... you might not be able to calm down in your current state..."
However, Ken Oshitani who was passing by also noticed the two of them squatting by the pond, and curiously peeked over.
"What happened?"
Shiraishi Kuranosuke: "Oh! You're just in time, Kenya. Did you bring your tennis racket?"
He was at a loss, but as Osaka's speed star, he was also the lucky star on the tennis court.
A tennis racket is a must of course!
So he took out his tennis racket very honestly.
He watched helplessly as Shiraishi Kuranosuke took his tennis racket and started fishing in the pond, fishing everywhere.
Kenya Oshitari: “……?”
He said with difficulty: "What are you doing..."
Shiraishi Kuranosuke took a moment out of his busy schedule to glance at him, "Huh? Can't you see, Kenye? I'm trying to save Koharu!"
Ken'ya Oshitari: "..."
"So why use my tennis racket..."
Shiraishi Kuranosuke scratched his head. "Because yours is more convenient?"
Silence was as long as Ninjago. I endured it for a long time but didn't say anything in the end.
After all, looking at the expression of Yuji Ichi who was squatting next to him, if he asked for his tennis racket back now, he felt that he would be bitten by him.
For the sake of life safety...just use a tennis racket.
Kenya Oshitari joined in, and the three of them squatted by the pond and watched Shiraishi Kuranosuke fish in the water with a tennis racket.
Shitenhoji's coach, Watanabe Osamu, passed by with a toothpick in his mouth, "Shiraishi, why aren't you guys training yet?"
Ken Oshitani repeated it,
Watanabe Osamu slowly looked from Ichiuji Yuji to Shiraishi Kuranosuke,
After a long pause, he finally spoke, "Are you sure... the tennis racket can rescue Xiaochun?"
“——!!”
Asked out!!
Kenji Oshitari was shocked, and Shiraishi Kuranosuke was also shocked!
No, you're the initiator, why are you so shocked?!
Ken Oshitsuki also endured and endured, trying his best to suppress his impolite words to the minister.
The next second, Shiraishi Kuranosuke reached into the water with his tennis racket—and was suddenly grabbed tightly!
The defenseless Shiraishi Kuranosuke: "!!"
Staring straight at Yuji Ichi who immediately became excited: "!!"
Kenya Oshitari, who was still confused and didn't know what was going on, said: "......?"
Two pale and desolate hands tightly grasped the tennis racket that was immersed in the water.
Shiraishi Kuranosuke grabbed the tennis racket and shouted, "Koharu, is that you?! If it's you, just say something!!"
Yuji Ichiuji: "Wa ...
Seeing this scene, Kenji Oshima couldn't help but get nervous.
Although, however,
Watanabe Osamu said slowly: "Is there a possibility... Xiaochun, he is in the water and can't speak at all..."
Watanabe Shu had a headache. Another passing figure approached.
At first glance, you can see a thousand years and a thousand miles away!
Watanabe Shu was overjoyed. Finally, someone with brains came to Shitenbo Temple.
"Chitose, come quickly--!"
I was just passing by when I saw four people being stabbed by the pond. I instinctively wanted to avoid them but I couldn't escape.
When my name was called, I had no choice but to walk over and take a closer look.
Wow!
Tug of war in water!
Although it was not clear what they were doing, but according to the style of Shitenboji, it seemed that nothing they did was strange. Chitose Chisato chose to respect them and walked over to say hello.
"Coach Watanabe,"
"You came just in time—"
Watanabe Osamu shifted his position, and suddenly, Chitose Chisato was transferred to the middle of Shiraishi Kuranosuke and Oshitari Kenya.
Without even understanding the current situation, they start "pulling carrots".
Chitose Chisato: “……?”
Shiraishi Kuranosuke was pulling out a tennis racket, and Chitose Chisato who had strayed into it was at a loss and had to catch Shiraishi Kuranosuke. By the way, he was also caught by Kenya Oshitani.
The three of them work together to break the iron!
"Splash——" a huge sound of water breaking!
A black shadow suddenly emerged from the pond of Shitenhoji Temple!
Watanabe Shu was relieved, holding a toothpick in his mouth. "It seems that this is the strength of our Shitenhoji Temple..."
Thomas spun 360 degrees in the air ten times, then suddenly fell from the sky and headed straight for Watanabe Osamu who was standing there.
Watanabe Osamu: “…”
Watanabe Osamu: “???”
"——Koharu!!"
At the critical moment, Ichiuji Yuji flashed away!
She stood in front of Watanabe Osami, opened her arms to welcome him with tears in her eyes——
"I can't live without you, Xiaochun—"
The shadow kicked him, and Ichiuji Yuji, who was holding his arms wide open and defenseless, was kicked away.
When I flew away, tears as thick as noodles were still on my face. Three parts of emotion, three parts of loss, three parts of joy, and one part of confusion, together formed a fan-shaped statistical chart.
It looks quite miserable indeed.
And the even more bewildered Watanabe Shu watched helplessly as Ichiuji Yuji was kicked away by the shadow.
He slowly turned his head and at some point his eyes met with the black shadow coming towards him.
Watanabe Osamu: “…”
"Do I... want one too?"
The black shadow said nothing and just kept kicking away.
After knocking two people away in succession, the momentum gradually slowed down.
The black shadow rolled forward, landed on his hands, shook off the water on his body, and raised his face surprisingly!
Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Oshitari Kenya and Chitose Chisato who finally arrived after following behind looked at Ichiuji Yuji and Watanabe Osamu who were standing on the ground,
My brain reacted for a moment, and then I looked at the completely changed appearance of 'Golden Xiaochun' after she emerged from the water.
Hesitant to speak, hesitant to speak,
Finally, Shiraishi Kuranosuke spoke from the bottom of his heart, "This person who fell into the water... can actually have plastic surgery?"
Ken'ya Oshitari: "..."
Qiansui Qianli: "..."
No, no matter who sees it, this is a completely different person, right?!
The 'Golden Xiaochun' who came out of the water, the real player, as soon as he was transferred to the Shitenbao Temple (Netlu Valley area) map, a new map index was opened.
NPC? Not important, kick them out.
Explore resource points and mark them!
Because the situation was so unexpected, the people from Shitenbo Temple were confused and didn't know what to do with him.
Especially the black shadow that emerged from the water, standing there steadily, without speaking or moving, and after kicking the two people away,
Kenya Oshitsuki and Chitose Chisato didn't dare to get close to him.
The two of them looked at Shiraishi Kuranosuke, who was in the middle and had made up his mind.
Shiraishi touched his chin and said, "I don't know how the plastic surgery was so successful, but since it's Xiaochun, it's better for us to go over and contact her..."
——So I told you that it wasn’t Koharu!!
Shiraishi Kuranosuke approached with his troops at the head,
Not close to success yet,
The black shadow moved!
Chitose Chisato, who was a little further away, watched the shadowy figure dribbling the ball... oh no, dribbling the tennis racket past the opponent.
No, where did this tennis racket come from?!
Kenya Oshitari was shocked: "When did my tennis racket end up in his hands?!!"
The case is solved, it turns out to be you!
But he took out the tennis racket when he disagreed with something. What on earth did he want to do?
Chitose Chisato watched nervously as he jumped into the trash can with his tennis racket without looking back.
Hold on,
In the trash can?
It was as if a nerve in his brain had broken, and he couldn't successfully connect it for a long time.
Even until I saw the person who jumped into the trash can and ran away staggeringly with the trash can on his body, the string was still stuck there for a long time.
No...is this still the world of the living?
"Is that Koharu..."
"That doesn't seem to be Xiaochun..."
“…”
"If it's not Xiaochun, then who is it?"
“…”
"Black Xiaodong?"
Looking at the figure wearing a trash can and hopping around crookedly, and then listening to the conversations of the annoying teammates around him.
Even Qiansui Qianli, who remained calm even when faced with a huge crisis, wanted to pinch his brows.
It's okay, it's okay,
He just came out of the water and kicked Ichiuji and Coach Watanabe away.
He just crawled into the trash can and ran away carrying the trash can.
I just bumped into Kintaro Toyama who was walking by...
"Wow!!! It's the Trash Can Man! So cool!!"
Toyama Kintaro's eyes lit up, "Wait, wait ...
The trash can becomes two.
And still the same short.
In addition to Qiansui Qianli, there was also a silent golden Xiaochun who climbed out of the water wetly.
"Wow... Darling, how cruel and heartless you are to abandon me like this~"
“…”
As if seeing a ghost, the three people from Shitenbo Temple slowly turned their heads.
Golden Xiaochun's eyes weren't the only ones dripping with tears; his bald head, wet clothes, and more...
Some spicy eyes,
However, as he said this, Ichiuji Yuji, who had just fallen to the ground, suddenly jumped up from the spot.
"Koharu!"
Golden Xiaochun was shocked, "Ichi-kun!"
Yuji Ichiji was furious: "Another affair? Do you want to die?!"
Golden Xiaochun burst into tears: "No - I didn't -"
On the left, Kenya Oshitari was at a loss as to what to say to Golden Koharu and Ichiuji, who were about to start a sad and tragic love soap opera in the afternoon.
On the right, Shiraishi Kuranosuke, with one hand in his pocket, pretending to be cool, smiled as he looked out at the two trash cans that were running side by side in the distance.
Only the thousand years and the thousand miles in the middle remain.
Coach Watanabe was lying on the ground unconscious with a toothpick in his mouth.
Thousands of years and thousands of miles of silence,
He was silent for a long time.
The scene has become a mess.
Otherwise... let's leave quickly while there is chaos.
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