The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 572: Battle for Ajian (13)

"What kind of shit game is this!"

Nanajo Masato slammed his fist on the table, his eyes fixed on the screen. On the screen, an old-school anime girl with eyes that took up half of her face was walking towards him with a kitchen knife in her hand and blood all over her face. Then the screen went black and the credits screen appeared.

In order to understand Ajian's obsession and better trap him, Shichijo Masato directly brought an old computer to the office to run this old game that is no longer compatible with current versions of computers. Fortunately, there are many such old computers in the company and many departments are still using them, so it is not a big deal.

After finally figuring out how to install it, he was able to play the game, but the game gave him a wake-up call.

It is obviously just a galgame (a visual novel of the 2D beautiful girl type), but it is unexpectedly hardcore, with countless branching endings. If you often choose the wrong option or fail to meet certain conditions, you will enter some strange branches, and the final ending is also strange. Sometimes you will step into a bad ending if you are not careful. There is no logic at all. The ending just now even gave him the feeling of playing a horror game.

"So where is that Masaki? There's no way I can meet her!" Nanajo Masato rubbed his temple. This game was so unpopular that there wasn't even a guide to find. The reviews online were all shit. Plus, many games of that era were difficult to play without a guide, which resulted in Nanajo Masato being stuck now.

After much thought, he gritted his teeth and called the employee who found the game. This employee was from the technical department, had a sparse forehead, and was a typical stereotype.

"Mr. Nanajo, you're looking for me? Ah, this is..." The employee looked at the computer screen curiously, and then showed a subtle expression: I didn't expect Mr. Nanajo to like this.

Nanajo Masato stared at him and thought: It seems that Ban is still too short.

"It's not what you think. I was...ah, never mind." Nanajo Masato sighed and said, "You found this, right? Where did you find this game? Do you have a walkthrough?"

"He's a friend of mine, a veteran otaku." The employee said, "He's been tinkering with these things since he was young. He currently has a store in Roppongi that specializes in selling anime and game-related merchandise. I found these games after asking him. If it's him, he must know a lot about them."

Nanajo Masato said: "Please ask him for me. There is a character line called Masaki in this game. How to trigger it?"

The employee said, "Okay, I'll call now, he should still be in the store."

Soon, the call was connected. After the employee explained his purpose, he turned on the speaker of the phone, and a middle-aged man's voice came out.

That person said, "I didn't expect that there are still people who like this type of game nowadays~ It's really rare... But it's normal that you can't find Masaki, because Masaki is a hidden character in this game. You need to adjust the system date of your computer to the 00:00 of the 'Promised Day' in the game, and then open a new file and enter the [Battle Royale] ending to have a chance to trigger it. The date of the 'Promised Day' in each file is also randomly generated..."

"Wait...what's the agreed date?" Nanajo Masato frowned. He felt like he'd shortchanged himself a hundred dollars.

"It's another hidden element." He said, "If you max out the favorability of a supporting character, 'Puppy Pochi', then as long as you make the correct choice in the subsequent branches, you will enter the [Alien Line]. After that, you can see a line of text in the corner of the screen in the spaceship scene. It is the alien language created by the game. You need to convert the strokes into Morse code, and finally you can get the exact date of the 'Promised Day'..."

"Only a fool would have thought of that!!!" Shichijo Masato roared, "Can anyone really find such a clue?!" No wonder this game is generally regarded as a piece of shit, with dismal sales and the company went bankrupt before the sequel was completed. It really deserves it!

"You know what, there really was someone who found this clue on his own." The person on the other end of the phone sighed, "That guy was the first person to reveal this hidden character. He can be said to be a super fan of this game. Although this game is indeed a shitty one, it had a group of loyal fans back then because of the hidden route... It's just a pity that he wanted to be the first to buy the unfinished sequel, so he froze outside my store for a night. When I found him the next day, he was already dead... Oh, it's really sad."

The corner of Nanajo Masato's mouth twitched: "The person you are talking about...is he called Jian?"

"Ah? So you knew about this?" There was some surprise on the other end.

Nanajo Masato covered his face and lowered his head and said, "Just now I heard that your store is in Roppongi... Is the building above you Lingkong Office?"

"Do you know me?" It was even more strange over there.

"No, I just passed by there." Nanajo Masato felt very uncomfortable. He had asked someone to investigate Ajian and Ajian's obsession with great fanfare, and he had spent so much effort, but the answer was right at hand. No wonder Ajian became Qian Xiaoyi's employee. It turned out that the place of death was downstairs... Now, everyone in the company probably knows that he is looking for "Masaki". I wonder what kind of rumors have spread.

It was too late to regret now. Shichijo Masato resisted the urge to smash the computer with his fist and said with a straight face, "Thank you, Mr. Manager."

"You're welcome." The store manager said enthusiastically, "You helped me clear out a lot of useless inventory. If you have any questions next time, you can ask me directly."

After hanging up the phone, Shichijo Masato asked the employees to leave and close the door. Then he took a deep breath and began to explore the hidden routes of this shitty work.

As the store manager said, he indeed entered the special alien ending and found alien text in the corner of the scene.

The line of text was composed of long and short lines, which were converted into Morse code in sequence, and then translated into time, obtaining the time of the "promised day".

Then I modified the system time, opened the game again, started a new file, and entered the battle royale route according to the store manager's instructions. The male protagonist was captured and taken to an isolated island, where he fought a battle royale with others. When he was about to be killed, he escaped to the mysterious altar on the island, and the time in the game scene just pointed to 0 o'clock...

Light descended! A UFO appeared in the sky! From the beam of light from the UFO, a girl slowly fell.

——It’s [Space Idol] Masaki-chan!

(End of this chapter)