In a crossover anime, the only way to become stronger is by marrying a wife.

"Don't worry, she's taking a nap next door," Hiratsuka Shizuka said with a smile.

Their lips and teeth touched gently, and the two embraced again.

……

……

Futada Goichi no longer needs to hide in a safe place and eke out a living like before.

He had been starving for five days when the Otherworld opened last time, and he had already secretly decided that he would eat and drink well the next time he came to the Otherworld!

So he found the two highest-level bodyguard players he could find at that time.

The effect was significant; at least their safety was guaranteed, and they were able to grab a lot of food.

Originally, their team consisted of eighteen people: eight students and ten bodyguards who were hired by each other. It was quite a capable team.

However, upon entering the inner world this time, he encountered three people of the same age who knew each other.

About 50% of the new players in the Otherworld come from people around the veteran players, while the other 50% are randomly selected.

This brought the number of people to over twenty.

The three newcomers—a young couple and a woman with blond hair who reeked of alcohol—looked around in bewilderment as they followed the group, not yet fully understanding the situation.

The leadership of the team fell entirely into the hands of Futada Satoru.

He was walking at the front, chewing on an apple he had snatched from another player. The crunching sound could be heard throughout the team, and he never stopped eating.

The two bodyguards brought by Futada Goichi were the strongest players, and no one else dared to disobey his orders. Although some complained, they dared not say it openly.

The group walked silently along the road, and even Fujiwara Chika, who was usually very lively and liked to joke, did not say a word.

Moreover, this is no time for jokes. In this oppressive atmosphere, it feels as if speaking a single word could lead to certain death.

No one can laugh when they are on the verge of despair, or when they are being oppressed by a threatening person.

Miko Iino also sensed an unusual atmosphere spreading among the team.

She was furious with Futada Goichi, and kept clenching her fists.

Along the way, his two bodyguards also robbed another group of their belongings. If the other group hadn't also had some self-defense skills, they would have been wiped out.

The students, who were usually polite and elegant at dances, were completely different people in this alternate world.

Or rather, it's because without anyone else to restrain them, their true nature is laid bare.

Chapter 57 No one will give up experience points

However, she couldn't do anything about the other party. In this other world, strength reigns supreme, and the two bodyguards she brought were not as strong as Futada Goichi's bodyguards. They could only obey the other party's orders.

As for Fujiwara Chika, her eyes darted around a few times, and after assessing the atmosphere and situation around her, she and Iino Miko quietly walked at the back of the group, suppressing their usual liveliness and naturalness, trying their best not to stand out.

In such a dangerous situation, where everyone in the team has their own ulterior motives, those who like to show off will not have a good ending.

While searching for shelter and food, the group passed by a venomous spider's nest, and the bodyguard players' expressions immediately lit up.

To newbies, these are terrifying monsters, but to players who are level 10 or above, they are the best source of experience points.

"Hurry up and kill them! Quickly level up to 20 and go farm dungeons!"

Someone shouted, and ten bodyguard players rushed into the cave and began to slaughter everyone.

"Hahaha! Die! Die, all of you!"

Jiuwu, wielding a machete, hacked wildly at the giant spiders. His massive size made him like a tank, rampaging and reaping experience points.

Miyamoto Taichi took out his pistol and kept hitting people headshot with precision, while also frantically absorbing experience points.

The other bodyguards also brandished their weapons, chasing after the monsters and constantly unleashing their skills, afraid that others would steal their experience points.

The students of Shuchiin Academy could only stand outside and watch. Their level was still 1, and they were no match for these monsters, let alone level up.

Iino Miko got angry.

“Wait a minute, you should leave some experience points for us! And this isn’t our primary objective right now!” she said.

The students of Shuchiin Academy originally planned to find a place to stay and enough food, but when they passed a spider's nest on the way, these so-called pros forgot about their sugar daddies' primary goal.

However, no one listened to her; these people continued to frantically absorb experience points.

"Anyway, we don't need to become stronger. Just like in the original world, we spend money and they provide the labor. Why bother competing for these experience points?"

Futaba Satoru stood behind and sneered.

Iino Miko glared at the other person fiercely, then walked towards the two bodyguard players she had hired.

She can't command other players' bodyguards, but her own bodyguards have to listen to her, right?

“You guys help us subdue some monsters, and Chika-senpai and I need to level up,” Iino Miko said.

"This one……"

However, the two bodyguards that Iino Miko had hired looked troubled.

These two bodyguard players, a man and a woman, were originally fitness instructors, and their excellent physical abilities allowed them to gain an early advantage. However, compared to professional fighters and special forces soldiers like Hisatake and Miyamoto, they were far inferior.

It's not just the difference in level and equipment; they also lack the skills and experience for direct confrontation.

"I'm sorry, Miss, experience points are very valuable right now, especially in this early game. If our leveling speed slows down... we might become prey for others."

The male bodyguard player glanced at Hisabuki and Miyamoto Taiga, who were cutting down the poisonous spiders like butter at the front, and thought, "Those two are player hunters. If I were a lower level, I might become their target too."

"Moreover, dungeons can be unlocked at level 20, and we all need to reach level 20 as soon as possible, otherwise others will seize the opportunity. This is also for our own benefit."

"Player Hunter? Didn't that guy Futada check the bodyguards when he hired them?" Iino Miko was quite surprised.

Even if you haven't encountered them, you know what kind of player Hunter is just from the chat room.

"Who knows? Maybe it doesn't matter to him what kind of player hunter he is." Another female bodyguard shrugged, resting a baseball bat on her shoulder, looking indifferent.

"So... even getting us to level 10 or higher isn't enough?" Iino Miko was taken aback. "I paid a lot of money to bring you here, and it's all stated in the contract."

The two bodyguards looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Sorry, even if it's stipulated in the contract, we won't abide by it. Doing so would cause us to lose a lot of experience points, and with the team operation underway, we wouldn't be able to grab many monsters to farm anyway..."

The female bodyguard player answered again, shrugging and saying indifferently, "Now, no one should be willing to give up their experience points to others."

Then, after a pause, he added, "Except for the previous one, Tsukikawa Shu."

"How could you do this? My contract clearly states that you must help us level up, and I've already paid a deposit."

Miko Iino was so angry she almost cried.

“That won’t do, my lady. We cannot compromise on this alone,” the male player’s bodyguard said.

After saying that, he didn't say anything more and threw himself back into the battle of gaining experience.

The female bodyguard player also gave Iino Miko a cold glance, seemingly afraid that someone else would steal her monster, and followed behind to continue grinding and leveling up.

"how so……"

Iino Miko squatted down, a wave of despair, frustration, and fear washing over her. "What am I going to do?"

If your level isn't high enough, it means you have no ability to protect yourself, and danger will always be present.

"I actually agree with Futada's point of view."

At this moment, a quiet and unassuming boy pushed up his glasses and said, "I don't think we need to become stronger. After all, our bodyguards are our own people, so it would be better to concentrate our resources more."

"Yeah, look at all those things you kill every day, they're all filthy, I don't want to do that."

“We’ll just pay for it. Look at those important politicians, do they need to train themselves to be this strong? Aren’t they all protected by bodyguards?”

The girls mostly agreed.

But Iino Miko clearly sensed the biggest difference between the underworld and the real world.

Her original plan was to first rely on the protection of two bodyguards, and then gain more experience to level up as quickly as possible in order to obtain the most basic guarantee of survival.

Now it seems that the wealth, status, and power of the original world are being rapidly replaced by the powerful forces of the inner world.

The reason why players in the underworld accept their orders is simply because the other party is not yet strong enough and cannot escape the pursuit of money and power.

But when the other party truly becomes powerful, like Tsukikawa Shuu, all the money and power in the world are no different from garbage in his eyes...

Fujiwara Chika had been silently observing what had happened during this period of time.

When she learned of these cruel realities, Fujiwara Chika was unwilling to believe it and felt lost and desperate for a while, but now she has become more open-minded.

But we can't just sit here and wait to die...

She kept staring at the chat window on the system, at the guy named Tsukikawa Shuu.

Should she send another message? She hesitated.

Chapter 58 Marriage Contract (Second Update)

The sound of the strings, like tearing silk, pierced the night sky, followed by a burst of firelight illuminating a corner of the horizon.

The lizardman, whose body was covered in rocks, let out a shrill roar and spat out long tongues of fire, but his limbs were bound by a strange purple mist, rendering him unable to move.

Immediately afterwards, a brass knuckle engulfed in flames crashed down from mid-air, the flames transforming into a gigantic lion that roared as it tore its prey apart.