The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 573: Battle for Ajian (14)

After playing the hidden ending, Nanajo Masato had a very strange expression. If the previous game experience made people feel like eating feces, occasionally tasting some shrimps and corn kernels, and normal people couldn't stand that kind of illogical gameplay, then this hidden route is undoubtedly a breath of fresh air. If you just look at this line, it actually feels pretty good, especially compared with the previous one.

In the plot, time reverses after the appearance of the cosmic idol Masaki at the end, and a new file opens with a brand new plot. The protagonist will have a dream, dreaming of the ending of the previous episode, which is the UFO at the battle royale ending. At the end of that ending, the male protagonist made a wish.

If he goes to school again, he will find that there is a transfer student in the school who looks exactly like the cosmic idol he saw in his dream.

In the setting, the protagonist is a person who is bullied, but the appearance of Masaki allows the protagonist to gradually stand up, get rid of his timidity and inferiority, and return to society. In the final ending, Masaki was picked up by a UFO, but she and the protagonist agreed to meet again on the next agreed date.

So they are like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, separated by the starry sky, looking at each other from afar, waiting to meet again.

This new agreed date was the release date of the sequel, but the company went bankrupt before the game was completed.

"So, did Ajian project himself into the game?" Nanajo Masato didn't have many thoughts after finishing the game, because he had never encountered the experiences of the protagonist in the game, and even found them a little absurd.

However, he still somewhat understood Ah Jian's thoughts. A humble otaku, who was bullied and discriminated against, hid at home and dared not face the society. However, he unexpectedly found redemption in a game, which became his spiritual pillar...

Looking at the time, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Nanajo Masato breathed a sigh of relief, finally finishing the game. He had now become accustomed to the big-eyed anime style in the game, and even found it somewhat pleasing to the eye, which made him shudder.

"No, no! Get out of my mind!" He quickly shook his head to get rid of that feeling.

Then he walked out of the office and found that it was brightly lit outside and almost all the employees were still working overtime.

"Has everyone not left work yet?" Nanajo Masato was a little surprised. He usually always left on time. He didn't expect that the company's employees were so hardworking?
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Nanajo."

"The work isn't done yet."

The employees all said they were not tired.

Nanajo Masato nodded. As expected of his subordinates, they were so loyal to the company. So he handed the game package of "Tokimeki Bishoujo Adventure" to one of his subordinates and said, "Then please take some more effort to help me find the copyright holder of this game and buy the copyright."

Then he left. He had worked too long today and it was time to have a good rest.

The acquisition of the game copyright went very smoothly. It didn't take long to reach an agreement with the publisher who owned the copyright. The copyright was sold to pay off debts shortly after the game company went bankrupt. It was a piece of junk that was piled up at the bottom of the warehouse. I heard that when the game publisher was negotiating, he didn't know that he had the copyright of this game, and he searched for a long time in the inventory before finding it.

So two days later, Inuyama Heita found a piece of mail in the mailbox downstairs of the apartment building.

"Is there an email?" Ah Jian leaned over and asked curiously, "What is it?"

"I don't know." Inuyama Heita opened the brown paper bag, which contained a document. As soon as he took it out, before he could see it clearly, Ajian beside him screamed.

“Ahhh! This is!!!”

Inuyama Heita took a closer look and found that it was a copy of the copyright certificate of "Tokimeki Bishoujo Adventure".

When Inuyama Heita saw this, he understood everything: "It's Mr. Nanajo. He actually bought this game? This means... he can definitely find someone to remake a sequel!"

But when he looked at Jian, he found that although he was a little excited, he did not lose his mind and clamor to go to Shichijo Masato. "It's just the copyright of the game." Jian explained, "It's useless to have the copyright alone. I like this game, not because of its name, but because of the plot, characters, and artistic atmosphere. Even if he buys it, it will be useless if he can't recreate the feeling of the past, unless he has found the producer, screenwriter, artist, and music of the past..."

While Ken was explaining nonstop, another letter fell out of the brown paper bag. Inuyama Heita picked it up and said, "Mr. Ken, it seems to be from Mr. Nanajo."

"Humph, bribery again?" Ah Jian said disdainfully, "That young master is really shameless. I don't believe that a man like him is capable of making a sequel to such a masterpiece. Let's see what it says."

I opened the envelope and found only a few words inside:

[Would you like to become the producer of the sequel to this game and meet Masaki again on the promised day? Takeru, I'll be waiting for you at a nearby maid cafe tomorrow afternoon.]

Ajian opened his mouth wide in shock.

Inuyama Heita knew that this guy had taken the bait, so he couldn't help but sigh.

"Are you going, Mr. Ken?" Inuyama Heita asked. Although he didn't want Ken to contact Shichijo Masato and become a tool to eliminate the curse, he also had no right to stop Ken from fulfilling his obsession. It was because of the obsession that they stayed in the world and could not be stopped.

"Go... go?" Jian's eyes dodged, and he said hesitantly, "I want to go. Inuyama, can you take me there? I also want to hear what that young master has to say."

"I understand." Inuyama Heita nodded.

The next day, he brought Ajian to the agreed location, and Nanajo Masato had been waiting for them in a booth in the corner for a long time.

"Mr. Nanajo." Inuyama Heita sat down opposite him, and Ajian also came out. Ajian looked absent-minded all day.

"Heitaro, Mr. Ken." Shichijo Masato nodded. The other party had indeed come. Just as Fushigi In said, these ghosts could not resist the temptation of obsession.

Ah Jian couldn't help but ask first: "You said... let me become a game producer, is that true? But I... I don't know music, I don't know writing, I don't know programming, and I don't know marketing. I don't know anything."

Nanajo Masato said with a smile, "You don't need to understand those things at all. All of those things can be solved with money. No matter what kind of music, programmer, artist, or screenwriter you want, I can find them for you. It's also a piece of cake to outsource them to a technically mature studio. As for how the game turns out in the end... you know my purpose, so it's okay even if this game loses money completely."

Inuyama Heita was surprised and said, "Although I don't really understand, it must cost a lot of money to make a game..."

Ah Jian asked tentatively: "Can you find the people who made this game back then?"

Shichijo Masato frowned slightly. "Although it is difficult, if that is your request, I will try my best to find them and help you make an authentic sequel to the game! As long as you can help me too."

Ken looked embarrassed and turned to look at Inuyama Heita: "But... I promised to protect the Inuyama clan..."

"Go ahead, Mr. Ken." Inuyama Heita suddenly said, "I'm fine, go do what you want to do."

Nanajo Masato took out an ugly pot that looked like a strange urn. He said, "This is a soul bottle that I commissioned other exorcists to make. If you agree, you can live in it."

Ajian looked at the soul bottle on the table and fell into silence and confusion.

(End of this chapter)