My avatar is becoming the final boss

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 message 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 complete? Or do I look like I can speak Japanese?"

The next moment, a prompt panel popped up in front of his eyes.

[System prompt: Loading the memories of the second character. The five-second countdown ends. The memories of the second game character, "Xia Pingzhou," will be instilled into your mind. Please be mentally prepared.]

When the prompt sounded, Ji Minghuan's mind seemed to be playing a slide show at a hundred times the speed.

In a short moment, he had gone 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 precisely 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 is the day he meets 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 their meeting place.

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 words on the neon sign.

In Xia Pingzhou's memory, in addition to the scene where his entire family was dismembered 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 emerged from his body and enveloped his entire body uncontrollably. After a moment, the halos gradually surrounded him like chess pieces, like a group of satellites rotating with him as the center.

Xia Pingzhou got a total of four chess pieces at that time, namely: king, queen, soldier, and cannon cart.

After awakening Tianqu, whenever he had a thought, the four chess pieces would appear as expected, wrapped in a black and white light, and slowly revolve 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 members of the Exorcist Association followed the energy fluctuations emitted when Tianqu awakened, found the 17-year-old Xia Pingzhou, 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 wander around in an unfamiliar city to make a living. 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 had a long conversation at that time.

"What exactly is Tianqu?" Xia Pingzhou asked.

"Every Exorcist possesses their own 'Destined Weapon,' also known as 'Heavenly Drive.' Those qualified to become Exorcists will develop the embryonic form of this 'Heavenly Drive' within them as they grow up," the president explained. "This can take the form of a gun, a sword, a bow and arrow, or even a variety of bizarre objects like glasses, a broom, or a razor. Its specific form depends on the 'Exorcist's inner form.'"

"Are there different levels of exorcists?" Xia Pingzhou thought for a moment and asked again.

"Exorcists are divided into three ranks. Each time they advance to a higher rank, they can sign a contract with a demon. Once the contract is signed, the demon will be integrated into their 'Sky Drive' and become part of the weapon." "So what is the job of an exorcist?"

"And an exorcist's job is literally that: to cast out demons."

"What is a demon?"

The president smiled and said, "Each country has different feng shui customs, so 'demons' have different names there. For example, in ancient China, local exorcists were often called 'Taoists,' and local 'demons' were often called 'ghosts,' 'chimei monsters,' etc. The Japanese call them 'monsters,' and only Americans call them 'demons.'"

He paused for a moment. "Later, as exorcists from various countries began to interact, they discovered that their names for demons varied. To facilitate communication, exorcists from various countries gradually reached a consensus and developed a standard set of names. Regardless of country, demon hunters were collectively referred to as 'exorcists,' and demons were collectively referred to as 'demons.' This saved the trouble of distinguishing them."

"Then why did you come to me?"

"When your Sky Drive awakened, the power fluctuations it radiated reached 'Double S-level', which is extremely rare in the entire world."

At this point, the president's tone grew more serious. "We need you... If you persist on this path, you're destined to become a world-class legend, perhaps even the leader of the entire association."

Shortly after this, something unexpected 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 avenge 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 when Xia Pingzhou was about to fly 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 this character's background really that dark? Thinking back on this memory... I feel like I'm about to get depressed."

Ji Minghuan scratched his hair and thought to himself.

Of course, no matter how complicated the character's background is, it only serves the derived "main task" 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, Hei 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 that of 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 the Black Pupa was "red and black".

Ji Minghuan looked up at the details of the skill tree.

[Branch 1 (Group): Recruiting Soldiers (Requires 1 skill point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]

[Recruit Soldiers: Obtain two "Soldier Chess Pieces."]

[Branch 2 (Brave): Chess Evolution (Condition: This skill can only be learned after spending a total of 3 skill points in other branches) (Learning this skill requires 1 skill point) → Unknown → Unknown...]

[Chess Type Evolution: Evolve all your chess types. This evolution will elevate your pieces from "Black Iron Body" to "Bronze Body," comprehensively improving the basic attributes of your chess types.]

[Branch Three (Soul): Demon Hunter (requires 1 skill point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]

[Demon Hunter: After the chess pieces participate in killing a demon, you have a chance to obtain a unique chess piece related to it. (This chess piece can only be "materialized" once and will not regenerate like ordinary chess pieces after being destroyed.)

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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