Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

That's strange, I haven't done anything noteworthy, have I?

Gao Hai was very puzzled as to why he was attracting so much attention.

Clearly, in his relaxed state, he had completely forgotten about the two beautiful girls who had been naked in the small living room the previous evening, and naturally, he didn't think about what the maids might have thought after seeing him leave that small living room.

"Phew... I'm really back..."

Only after waking up and getting out of bed did Gao Hai mutter a sentence to himself, feeling genuinely relaxed.

Then he noticed that he was wearing a very simple set of men's pajamas and was still properly covered with a blanket. Keep in mind that he hadn't even taken his clothes off when he entered the guest room before lying down on the bed. So, someone changed his clothes while he was asleep? And he hadn't even woken up during that time?

Realizing what was happening, Gao Hai pulled up his pajamas and brought them to his nose to smell them.

It smells like Hayasaka Ai's scent.

So that's how it is. Because it was someone I trusted, and they didn't have any ill intentions towards me, I didn't have any instinctive defensive reaction at the time?

But Hayasaka just got back and she's already taking care of me? Isn't that a bit too much work for her? Or are all anime maids this powerful? Being turned into a dog and locked up for several days, and then immediately returning to work after recovering, isn't that a bit too much of a hassle and too much of a pushover?

As he pondered, Gao Hai sensed a change occurring within his mind.

It was a blessing power that was activated during his sleep, which had silently merged into his body and soul.

The blessing power given to Takami by Chiyo Hachiya, a little girl who was once carefree but was stripped of all happiness and eventually driven mad to become a witch and destroy everything, after finally finding her own happiness.

This is the third blessing I've received from an underage girl, right?

Close your eyes.

At this moment, Gao Hai carefully felt this power.

Unlike Hirano Sosuke's blessing, which focuses on a direct confrontation, Hachiya Chiyo's blessing power currently appears to be more spiritual, representing a transformation of spiritual power.

The first ability this blessing grants Gao Hai is the reshaping, replication, linking, and transmission of spiritual power; it is a complex blessing with low energy consumption.

Through this power, Gao Hai can split and link his memories at any time, forget what he wants to forget, and recall it whenever he wants.

Furthermore, Gao Hai can also use a blessing ability similar to Xiong Mi's, which creates personality fragments. He can use his own spirit as a blueprint to create unconscious mental fragments to protect himself from various mental erosion damages. He can also embed these created fragments into the minds of other people. In other words, he can now cast a fixed sanity shield on himself and others at any time.

Beyond this, the blessing possesses another powerful ability: the linking and transmission of memories. Using this blessing, Gao Hai can store memories of close teammates who consider each other family through a mental link. With this ability, Gao Hai can completely discard the memory storage function of the black watch, freeing up a new slot in the watch's 12 sections. Simultaneously, the watch's function of sharing willpower within that range can also be replaced by this blessing, and its effective range is much greater, extending a full 30 meters.

In other words, as long as Gao Hai is willing, he can share the mental energy of everyone within a 30-meter radius at any time. However, compared to the watch function, the forced effect of this blessing is weaker, and it may encounter resistance from people who are unwilling to share and have strong mental energy.

"This blessing... well, it takes about 3 hours to create one mental fragment. Each mental fragment seems to have more than half of my mental strength. Hmm, the mental fragments themselves don't have the ability to think. They can be sensed by me when linked, but they don't seem to be very manipulating. Judging from this strength, well, a Dark Night level player should be able to withstand 3 of my mental fragments, and a Red Moon level player with strong willpower should be able to withstand more than 5."

It seems these Blessing Fragments regenerate automatically, with a storage limit of around 10. To put it in more numerical terms, if Gao Hai's willpower is 139, then one Spirit Fragment he creates is equivalent to a Spirit Shield with 80 Willpower. Furthermore, even if this shield suffers an attack exceeding its limit, it can protect the fragment holder's spirit at the cost of its own shattering. Considering that these fragments can be stacked, even a weaker Dark Night-level player can stack 3 fragments. It's no exaggeration to say that a player with enough fragments can disregard the rules of the supernatural tales and recklessly charge through obstacles.

Perhaps it was because, for Chiyo Hachiya, having lost everyone, all she could cherish were the beautiful memories, that she offered this blessing.

Incidentally, this blessing also seems to enhance willpower, but... Gao Hai felt that his willpower was already close to its limit, so the effect of this blessing was hardly exerted. If you had to say, it might only be a tiny bit of improvement, which is practically the same as no improvement at all.

And naturally, the Red Moon-level blessing does indeed have more than one function.

"call……"

Take a deep breath.

Then, the crimson light began to spread.

The ground was twisting, and dark red bloodstains began to appear on the bed, curtains, walls, and other things.

A faint, suppressed sound of weeping and wailing spread out.

The mutilated corpses began to appear out of thin air on the ground, twitching and trembling as if they were coming to life.

With his own will, Gao Hai twisted this guest room into a bizarre, blood-soaked horror scene reminiscent of the area around Bee House Chiyo.

This is the second blessing effect given by the "witch," a blessing that is similar to expanding a domain, forcibly transforming the space within a certain range around it into a special area.

Although the scene may appear somewhat bloody and disgusting, as long as one is inside this domain, Gao Hai and those he approves of can continuously recover their life force and mental energy. Those not approved of him will have their life force and mental energy drained. When monsters try to break through this domain, they will be hindered by obstacles approaching the level of the Red Moon-level supernatural rules. These obstacles are so powerful that those who are not of a sufficient level will inevitably be intercepted. This is a powerful blessing that combines protection, attack, and recovery.

If Gao Hai were to expand this bloody domain within the instance, he would need to contend with the instance's own supernatural rules to a certain extent. Therefore, the more he understood the instance's bizarre and rule-based structure, the larger the domain he could expand and the longer it could be maintained.

As for expanding this field in the real world where there are no supernatural creatures...

Gao Hai closed his eyes and roughly sensed the area, confirming that he could cover a small part of Tokyo. As for draining the life force of ordinary humans within the area, well, it shouldn't take more than 10 seconds.

"Are all Red Moon-level blessings like this? If this power falls into the hands of someone with ill intentions, I wonder what it will become."

Gao Hai couldn't help but sigh softly.

However, it's unlikely that someone with wicked intentions would reach the Red Moon level, let alone have the ability to resolve their core obsessions.

Mental transformation, domain release, and a willpower enhancement that no longer had much effect on him—these were the three blessings that Chiyo Hachiya bestowed upon Takami.

It's certain that Kaguya and Hayasaka received the same blessing. I wonder if the three of them can release their domains together for a super multiplier effect. Speaking of which, these blessings are all support-oriented. Does this mean I'm going to switch from being a damage dealer to a support? They say damage dealers come and go, but support characters remain constant. Does this mean I've become the so-called "must-have" SSR in gacha games?

With a jumble of thoughts running through his mind, Gao Hai walked into the bathroom in the guest room, casually washed his face and brushed his teeth, then went to the guest room door, opened it, and went out.

The next second, Takahashi saw Hayasaka Ai dressed in a maid outfit in the corridor, who seemed to have been lingering around for a long time.

"Good morning, how's your recovery going?"

Gao Hai, looking completely at ease, waved and greeted them, asking a question.

"..."

The blonde girl, her face slightly flushed, stopped and looked over without saying a word, her azure eyes fixed on Gao Hai.

what's going on?

For some reason, Gao Hai sensed a certain pressure in the girl's eyes.

"Master..."

When Hayasaka opened his mouth, his voice trembled slightly and hesitated for some reason, as if he was struggling intensely about something.

"host?"

Takahashi paused for a moment, unsure of what Hayasaka wanted to say.

The next moment, instead of hearing Hayasaka's well-organized and logical words, he heard her approaching footsteps. The girl pounced on him like a puppy, instinctively nuzzling against his chest, her voice soft and sweet, almost like a spoiled child.

"Master~"

Interlude 3-14: Discussion of issues and serious matters concerning the puppy and the maid.

For a moment, Gao Hai was shocked and subconsciously thought that he had accidentally entered the world of O-rated anime. He suspected that the girl he knew had been cursed by O-rated anime, which was why she called him "master" as soon as they met and hugged him while rubbing against him.

However, he quickly realized that Hayasaka Ai was probably experiencing a lingering effect from her previous transformation into a dog, which was why she was behaving in such an intimate way that would have been impossible for her given her personality.

"Master... I'm sorry, Mr. Gao, I... I just blurted it out unconsciously..."

At this moment, the girl with a flushed face clearly realized what she had just done. She nestled in Gao Hai's arms, making timid sounds, but refused to leave his embrace.

Thoughts and instincts were fiercely clashing in her mind.

A strong urge to act spoiled made her want to immediately abandon all constraints, cling tightly to Gao Hai, rub against him, lick him, let him pat her head, roll around on him, and play all sorts of games with him. At the same time, her rationality was desperately pulling her back, warning her not to act so irrationally, to stay calm, to be composed, to maintain the self-respect of a member of the Hayasaka family's new generation, to…

"Wow..."

The sound, like a puppy whining, came naturally from Hayasaka's mouth.

Gao Hai's gaze had become sharp.

He could certainly sense that the little maid in his arms was currently experiencing severe aftereffects. The three-day ordeal of being turned into a dog at Hayashi Elementary School had caused her immense psychological trauma, and she would need to work twice as hard to recover. What Takami didn't know was that due to the KP "writer's" reckless rule-changing behavior, Hayasaka's already near-critical dog-like state had increased even further, to the point that she had needed Kaguya's help to get dressed all night.

At this moment, after reuniting with Gao Hai, the girl's mental problems, which had not been suppressed, immediately became serious again.

After all, this is her owner.

It wanted to pounce on its owner.

It wants to rub against its owner's face and wants to lick its owner.

I want to be held by my owner while I sleep, and I want to be with my owner anytime, anywhere.

Ahh... Master, my master... No, no, no, what am I doing? Stop it! Stop it! Quickly regain my usual calm demeanor! This embarrassing reaction, this shameful appearance, will definitely make Master think I'm very strange!

Lower your head.

Hayasaka buried her head directly in Takami's chest, almost burying her entire body in Takami's body.

"..."

Naturally, Gao Hai couldn't hear the girl's intense inner struggle. But figuring out the current situation wasn't particularly complicated for him; after all, Hayasaka's expression, as if she'd taken some kind of magical origami potion, was all too easy to understand.

Sure enough, her problem is quite serious.

Gao Hai's expression was very serious.

Such severe aftereffects are clearly affecting people's quality of life.

We need to find a way to help her recover; we can't let her continue like this.

While thinking, Gao Hai reached out and put his arm around Hayasaka's waist, while his other hand instinctively moved down and gently patted her buttocks.

"Ugh?!"

The blonde girl, her body trembling slightly, looked up, looking like a wronged puppy who had been bullied.

At this moment, only one word remained in Gao Hai's mind: War!

Pshaw, no, no, even if we were to sleep with her, we couldn't take advantage like this. Her mentally twisted aftereffects need proper treatment. Just because she's cured doesn't mean I can't sleep with her anymore. Taking advantage of someone in distress is just too indecent. That's right, that's right. Since her aftereffects are turning into a dog, then let her experience human pleasure properly. Let her experience positions and movements that dogs can't do, so that Xiao Ai can properly understand the fact that she's a woman. Pshaw, wait, how did we get onto this again?

It is undeniable that Gao Hai is indeed a lewd person, and his willpower has never been particularly reliable when it comes to se-se, especially when there is nothing serious pressing on his head.

"Hayasaka... um, do you mind if I call you Ai? You can also just call me 'Kai'."

He exhaled softly, moved his fingers back to the girl's slender waist, and spoke to her in as calm a tone as possible.

"...Master, is it not allowed?"

The deep blue eyes were fixed on Gao Hai, and the voice that came out made Gao Hai feel as if he had encountered a succubus.

"..."

Gao Hai was speechless.

Unlike other young ladies like Maki and Chika, Hayasaka Ai received extensive training as Kaguya's head maid. Her ability to master a variety of personalities and transform into different people is also due to this training.

Therefore, although she wasn't very willing, Hayasaka Ai had learned some tricks for dealing with men. And today, unconsciously, she used these theoretical skills in practice for the first time, on Takami, who had never encountered this type of girl before.

"Owner……"