Infinite Anime Strategy Guide

"Danger!"

Lin Yu subconsciously reminded her, but Xia Na didn't even look at him. With a nimble turn, she slashed out with her long sword, which she had been holding back for a long time. Although there was a huge difference in size between the two, the petite girl easily knocked the giant doll to the ground.

A giant sphere made up of human faces launched a sneak attack from behind Shana, but she kicked it away with a beautiful spinning kick.

"Hey, hey, hey, this little girl is way too ferocious! Their fighting power is on completely different levels!"

The icy blue flame in his memory was like a fleeting phantom, so illusory that Lin Yu couldn't be sure whether he was hallucinating due to the dire situation or whether it had actually existed.

Lin Yu's memories of this world were completely sealed, and he had no idea who the girl in front of him was. But even he, a complete otaku, could clearly see that the once invincible giant doll's body was trembling in front of Shana.

"So that's how it is. You...you are..."

The giant doll's voice was chilling, but Shana didn't give it a chance to speak further, cleanly severing its head with a single stroke.

After the doll's head was severed, no body was left behind; instead, it turned into azure flames that scattered in all directions.

Two monsters that Lin Yu thought were almost unbeatable were so easily defeated by Shana!

"The level of power in this world is just too high!"

Lin Yu broke out in a cold sweat. Although he had no memory of this world, he still clearly remembered the tasks that Gaia and Alaya had given him.

Mission 1: Assist Shana in defeating the mourners in her first battle.

"Regardless of whether she is the Shana mentioned in the mission, if all battles in this world are at this level, wouldn't we be doomed? Those two lolis have really given me a really difficult mission!"

He rubbed his head, feeling a headache coming on, and subconsciously ignored the battle until the flaming-haired girl raised her knife at him.

"Holy crap, even bystanders who don't know the truth are being attacked?"

Lin Yu was immediately taken aback. This ruthless little girl, who could easily kill those two monsters like cutting melons and vegetables, was not to be trifled with!

Although he knew he was no match for the sword, Lin Yu wasn't the type to sit idly by and wait to die. He quickly moved to the side, dodging the attack of the long sword, but then heard a scream.

"Oh my god, I was so scared! It wasn't meant to cut me after all."

Lin Yu patted his chest, watching with schadenfreude as the mature woman behind him, who had been preparing to do something, screamed and clutched her severed left hand.

To prevent mortals from suffering the consequences of a battle between gods, Lin Yu wisely jogged to what he considered a safe distance to watch from the sidelines.

Although he really wanted to slip away as soon as possible, he knew that if he missed the chance to complete the mission, he would still be killed by those two lolis in the end. He was not so naive as to think that if he played with them for a while, those two lolis who had lived for who knows how many years and were still pretending to be young would let him go.

"Do you at least want what's inside Mistis?"

The flaming-haired loli pointed a long sword at the mature woman whose arm she had mercilessly severed and said.

"Holy crap, wasn't Missis talking about me? What else did she want from me before she left? Go to hell!"

Lin Yu initially felt some pity for the one-armed mature woman, but upon hearing the flame-haired loli's self-talk, he immediately became enraged.

Unfortunately, no one present cared about the emotions of this weakling. The one-armed mature woman slumped to the ground, seemingly finally recognizing the petite girl before her: "Flame-haired, burning-eyed, Heavenly Blaze, are you a Flame Haze warrior from Alastor? Damn subjugation tools!"

The one-armed older woman's tone was full of hatred, but the flame-haired loli known as the Flame Haze said nonchalantly, "Exactly, so what?"

"My master will not stand idly by!"

The one-armed mature woman was just like a standard villain in a novel. When she couldn't beat someone herself, she brought out her powerful backer, leaving Lin Yu completely dumbfounded.

"Yes, he'll soon let out a painful scream before he dies."

Faced with the threat, the seemingly naive flame-haired loli answered domineeringly: "But for now, let me hear what you have to say first!"

With her long sword raised high, Shana easily sliced ​​open the body of the one-armed older sister, and a small doll emerged from it.

"Holy crap, does this have to be this bizarre?!"

Lin Yu's eyes widened. He had originally thought she was a beautiful, mature woman, but he never expected that there would be a plush doll hidden inside? What kind of development is this?

Just as Shana was about to finish off the rag doll that had flown into the air with one strike, the spherical monster that she had kicked away earlier flew out again.

"Even a weak extra is working so hard."

Lin Yu squinted, his deadpan eyes filled with pity as he looked at the spherical monster. After all, apart from its larger size, it was practically indistinguishable from a soccer ball.

All I do is get kicked...

Clang!

Well, Lin Yu was wrong this time, since the spherical monster wasn't kicked this time.

If it had a choice, Lin Yu guessed it would prefer being kicked around like a ball by a beautiful girl rather than having close contact with the long sword in the girl's hand. The poor spherical monster failed to sneak attack several times and finally exploded into a sky full of phosphorescent fire amidst a miserable howl and disappeared.

"whispering sound."

Although the rag doll in mid-air was somewhat unwilling, seeing that things were not going well, it had no choice but to take the opportunity to escape without a trace.

"She escaped. Judging from her tone, the guy behind her might be quite powerful."

"Perhaps we can defeat the long-absent 'Crimson Lord'." Shana gazed in the direction where the doll had disappeared, the pendant on her chest emitting a slightly deep sound.

"Um, little sister, can you tell me what's going on here?"

Seeing that the battle was finally over, Lin Yu emerged from the corner.

"Urusai urusai urusai! We'll talk about it later!" (Urusai is a transliteration of the Japanese word for "talkative," Shana's signature catchphrase. Translating it doesn't make it cute anymore. If you haven't seen it, go watch the anime!)

Faced with Lin Yu's question, Shana seemed a little impatient. After witnessing the little girl's ferocious strength, Lin Yu could only chuckle twice and remain silent.

After glancing at Lin Yu, Shana raised her right hand high, extended her index finger, and under a burst of light, human figures gradually took shape in the blue flames.

"Is that Hirai-kun?"

A flood of information suddenly appeared in his mind, all about the girl who had reappeared in the flames in front of him.

"Is this the identity information that Gaia and Alaya prepared for me?"

Lin Yu rubbed his head, feeling a bit of a headache. This identity information was like a file that had been forcibly inserted into him, and it wouldn't have any effect on him. It would only pop up on its own at certain times, like a computer pop-up.

Just like now, when Lin Yu met this girl who was his classmate in the identities that Gaia and Alaya had assigned him, all the information about her flooded into Lin Yu's mind.

Not only people, but even the streets damaged by the battle were restored to their original state as if time had reversed in the light.

"It's all done."

He withdrew his raised hand, and the world, shrouded in deep red, suddenly returned to its original color, and the forbidden street once again became bustling with people.

"Blue flames? Could it be the one I saw before? No, it doesn't have that chilling feeling. It's different from the flame I saw before! These flames are like..."

"Like being devoured by those monsters!"

The bustling street once again saw figures, but in Lin Yu's eyes, each person had a blue flame hidden inside their body, but these blue flames were different from the one he had seen in the crisis.

Lin Yu keenly noticed the abnormality of these humans, and the next moment, the child disappeared while holding hands with his mother. What chilled Lin Yu to the bone was that the mother seemed to be completely unaware and walked away alone into the distance.

"The flames have gone out. Does that mean that once the flames are out, we will die completely? No, not only will we die, but we will even be forgotten about our existence?"

Lin Yu couldn't believe that a mother could be completely unaware that her child had suddenly disappeared from her side, while she herself could calmly leave as if nothing had happened.

"Oh? You've already discovered it?"

A slightly deep voice sounded beside Lin Yu. In Lin Yu's eyes, a mysterious little girl, who was very likely the protagonist of this world, stood beside him at some point. Her bright red hair and crimson eyes had turned into ordinary black, and the one who spoke was the pendant on the girl's chest that looked like a flame gem.

"You seem different from the previous torchbearers."

Shana's voice sounded somewhat surprised; this was the first time she had encountered someone like Torch who had guessed the truth almost perfectly without her explanation.

“Torch? From the very beginning you’ve been calling me Mistis and Torch, and…” Lin Yu paused for a moment, “It’s like you’re talking about an object, not a person.”

Having just arrived in this world, he lacked sufficient information to make further judgments, but Shana's tone made him somewhat uneasy.

"Yes! You're not a person, you're an object!"

The worries in her heart became a reality at this moment, and Shana told the truth directly without any beating around the bush.

“Not just you, but all those who can see flames in their bodies are! Human replacements who disappeared after their existence was devoured by the ‘Crimson Denizens’—the Torches.”

"Devoured existence? Does that mean those monsters possess the power to steal even existence itself? No wonder that mother couldn't even notice her child had disappeared."

Lin Yu frowned deeply. Such an ability was simply unbelievable to him, but after analyzing the available information, he could only admit that it was all true!

"I see, I understand now."

“Those monsters possess the power to devour existence, and that red space just now could briefly cause a kind of stagnation in space. However, if existence itself is completely plundered, the moment space resumes its rotation, the lost existence will cause chaos in the world. But if we let the flames burn away gradually as a substitute, perhaps we can minimize the damage?”

"So, the so-called torch is just a tool to reduce the damage to this world by maintaining its remaining existence?"

In the past, Lin Yu would never have made such a judgment, since his original world did not have such supernatural phenomena. However, as an otaku, he knew very well that it was not surprising for anything absurd to appear in the world of anime. Therefore, if he deduced the truth according to the logic of the anime world, he might be able to find out the truth.

As it turned out, he was right.

"A terrifying talent."

The pendant's deep voice was filled with admiration, and even Shana's gaze towards Lin Yu changed somewhat.

"Talent?" Lin Yu gave a wry smile and looked up at the sky.

"Leaving aside what that icy blue flame I saw actually was, what was the point of those two wicked lolis sending me to this world and then killing me off so early?! Give me a hint!!!"

Are you satisfied with the male protagonist's off-the-charts intelligence?

004. Kidnapping a Lolita?

[The contract was sent out this afternoon, and it's expected to be changed to an A-level contract status next Monday. Everyone, a new round of battle is about to begin! Whether we get a good recommendation spot depends on your support!!! Let's climb the new book charts together!]

[Ahem, at least we should make it onto a category chart, right? The signing charts are full of top-tier artists; let's see how many we, a nobody, can manage.]

"It can even devour existence itself, it's truly amazing that you, little sister, can fight those monsters!"

Walking along the riverside path, Lin Yu looked at Shana, who barely reached his chest, with admiration and spoke from the bottom of his heart.

“You are quite calm. We have seen countless torchbearers become self-destructive or even commit suicide after learning the truth. We have never seen anyone like you who can even analyze the truth on their own.”

A deep voice came from the pendant on Shana's chest, and Lin Yu was surprised to find that he actually got along quite well with the pendant.

"Those are cowardly actions, but I don't entirely agree with what you're saying either."

Lin Yu stopped in his tracks and looked intently into Shana's eyes.

"Although you think I'm dead and that I'm just a substitute, I see myself as having the same thoughts as before. So much so that I feel no difference except for the flame that's now inside my body. Therefore, I don't think I'm dead. I'm just living in a different way. If I had to say, I could call myself a ghost now?"

Isn't that right? A thing that can continue to exist even after it's dead—what else could it be but a ghost? The difference is that ghosts are invisible and intangible to normal people, while a torch can live like a normal person until it burns out.

As for the blue flame in his body, Lin Yu was certain that it was not the same as the one he had seen at first. The icy blue flame he had seen at first was not as peaceful as this blue flame. If Lin Yu really had to describe that flame, he would only describe it as 'ice in flame form'.

"Well, if we look at it from a human perspective, then yes."

Even the voice coming from the pendant, which was either a communicator or something else, became hesitant.