Dragon Raja: I started out as Erii's older brother

"Completely wrong!"

"That's not some kind of advanced incantation at all."

Su Mo recalled the hot current that brushed past her ear.

"In my opinion, that's just a novice mage who hasn't mastered the skill points and is just casting a fireball spell."

Sakurai and the bodyguard captain exchanged a glance, their faces full of question marks.

[A novice mage...]

Fireball spell...

What is all this?!

Su Mo completely ignored their confusion and continued his professional analysis.

"First of all, the intro to the chant is too long."

"There was at least a 0.5-second delay between when he raised his hand and when the attack was launched."

"When masters clash, such a long delay is enough to kill them eight hundred times over."

The bodyguard captain nodded subconsciously and wrote in his notebook: [Chanting prelude?]

"Secondly, the ballistic velocity is too slow."

Su Mo gestured.

"When that light flew by, I could even see its trajectory, which shows that the way energy was compressed and propelled was very primitive."

The bodyguard captain continued recording: [Ballistic velocity?]

"The most important point!"

Su Mo slammed his hand on the table.

"The special effects are so cheap!"

Have you ever seen a truly advanced form of incantation?

"Those all have their own halos, particle effects, and space distortion! His? It's just a beam of light! Not even a sound! Cheap! So cheap!"

I'm cracked!

[With this level of skill, they wouldn't even survive past the starting village in a game!]

Sakurai, the butler, froze in mid-air, his hand holding the pen.

He felt that his worldview had been impacted like never before.

Although I didn't understand a single word, why does it seem to make so much sense?

"and..."

Su Mo lowered her voice, her expression becoming mysterious, and said, "I smell it..."

"What do you smell?" Sakurai asked nervously.

"I smell the enemy."

Su Mo leaned closer to them and spoke in a voice that only the three of them could hear.

"There was no sulfurous or ozone smell in that wave of spiritual energy that you might imagine."

"It has a unique fragrance... a mixture of cheap plastic and inferior ink."

Sakurai: "..."

Bodyguard Captain: "..."

[My stomach hurts, this is hilarious! Hahaha! ^_^]

What the hell am I spouting?!

Su Mo suppressed a laugh and continued to spout nonsense with a straight face.

"Therefore, I concluded that the attacker must have been a cosplay enthusiast with limited financial means."

"All his equipment was probably cheap, substandard stuff bought online for 9.9 yuan with free shipping."

"Because I don't have the money to buy official skill books, I can only learn on my own, which is why my Word of Power is so poorly cast!"

As soon as Su Mo finished speaking, an eerie silence fell over the entire tea room.

Sakurai and the bodyguard captain's brains had completely shut down at this moment.

They looked at Su Mo as if he were a creature from another planet.

Su Mo walked to the center of the tea room, opened his arms, and delivered his final concluding remarks.

His voice was filled with undeniable confidence.

"The enemy is enraged by poverty, and loses their mind when their beloved figurines are smashed!"

Therefore, there is only one truth!!!

"The enemy is very likely hiding in a figure shop in Akihabara, working as a lowly, subservient clerk!"

"I suggest we immediately seal off Akihabara and start by confiscating pirated game discs! Following the trail, we'll definitely be able to find him!"

After saying that, Su Mo casually tossed his head, picked up his teacup, and drank it all in one gulp.

【Perfect!!!】

[This level of deduction is so convincing, even Sherlock Holmes would have to offer me a cigarette!]

Inside the tea room, all was still deathly silent.

Sakurai, the butler, and the head bodyguard were petrified.

. . .

The family's highest meeting room.

The atmosphere is so solemn that even flies would have to be switched to silent/vibration mode.

The patriarch and several core elders sat at the head of the long table, their old faces longer than Changbai Mountain itself.

Sakurai, the butler, and the bodyguard captain stood in the corner with their heads down, like two elementary school students who had made a mistake, wishing they could disappear on the spot.

At the heart of this low-pressure storm, Su Mo stood in the center of the conference room, holding a laser pointer in his hand, with a huge projection screen in front of him.

He was radiant and full of energy, feeling like he was Steve Jobs changing the world at the press conference.

[Help! Why do these old fogies look like they're at a funeral?]

Smile! The moment of truth is about to arrive!

Su Mo cleared her throat and pressed the button on the laser pen.

"Smack."

On the screen appeared a stunning PowerPoint cover that he had created using drawing software while staying up all night.

The title is: "In-depth review and strategic countermeasures report on the Akihabara attack".

Below is a line of smaller print: Speaker - Specially Appointed Crisis Analysis Consultant, Su Mo.

The elders' lips twitched collectively.

"Ahem." Su Mo completely ignored their reactions and began her passionate speech.

"First, I define this attack as a 'premeditated, organized, but extremely unprofessional' targeted killing operation."

He switched to the next slide, which was a map of Akihabara that he had drawn, with various locations marked with red arrows and circles.

"After analyzing the residual 'magic' fluctuations at the scene and the enemy's unique 'poverty' aura, I've created this 'activity heat map' of the enemy!"

He drew a large circle on the map with a laser pointer.

"Look, a maid café, an idol merchandise store, and a secondhand game store! I call these three places the 'Enemy Nest Golden Triangle'!"

"Based on my calculations, these are the enemy's main spawn points and supply depots!"

Finally, one of the elders couldn't hold back any longer and asked with a frown, "Lord Uesugi, forgive my ignorance... what does 'refresh point' mean?"

Su Mo turned around and looked at him with an expression that said, "How come you don't even understand this?"

"Respawn points are where monsters spawn! If you don't even understand that, how can you keep up with the times and win the information war?"

I'm devastated! This leadership team is utterly incompetent!

The elder was so choked up that his face turned red and he couldn't speak.

Su Mo continued his analysis, the laser pointer flying across the map.

"I deduce that the enemy's organizational structure is similar to that of a large gaming guild."

"And that assassin was most likely just a 'cannon fodder tank' responsible for engaging enemies and scouting ahead!"

"His operation failed this time not by accident, but because it was inevitable! There are three reasons!"

Su Mo edited... He paused here, scanned the room, and continued.

"First, the equipment is terrible! A free-to-play player dares to challenge a high-difficulty dungeon?"

"Second, a positioning mistake! You stepped into an 'environmental trap' in the arena, which is the Hatsune Miku figure, causing you to be forcibly affected by the 'slip' debuff!"

"Third, and most importantly!" Su Mo's voice rose eight octaves, "His skill animation is too long; his DPS is simply insufficient!"