Monster Hunter Gathering

"Didn't you notice? Is this also a problem caused by creation?"

Meteora, standing beside Kikuchihara Aki, also said, "While I don't know the other party's true identity, I can be sure that the content they uploaded... is because they knew the rules of [Recognition] and deliberately wanted to exploit them."

On the current Internet, the contents of animations, comics, or novels that Nie Chiwu uploaded before have been spread with the help of the Internet.

The 2D world didn’t care where these contents came from, they only knew that... suddenly a large number of stories worth reading appeared directly in front of them. Now many people are reading the [stories] posted by Nie Chiwu while quickly discussing them on social media.

Aki Kikuchihara frowned. "Could this have been done by the princess in military uniform?"

"I'm not sure... but maybe we don't need to worry too much." Meteora pondered for a moment and said, "Whether the person behind this is the princess in military uniform or an independent party we don't know about, his purpose in posting this is probably to gain recognition for this content..."

"But the characters that are able to appear in reality now have all gone through a lot of recognition and approval before they can do so."

Meteora said confidently, "At least for a short while! The characters in these stories won't appear in reality! Because recognition is insufficient!"

Chapter 301 Military Princess and Black Dragon

[Off-topic: If you want to catch up on the main plot of RE Creation, the approximate timeline is after episode 14]

The official Self-Defense Forces and guards continued to discover a large number of stories being uploaded on the Internet over the following period of time.

When they tracked down the IP address, they could not find any trace of the other party.

This recurring phenomenon made Meteora and the others believe that this was a plan premeditated against the rules of recognition. What worried them the most was... they still had not figured out the opponent's real purpose.

"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Cardcaptor Sakura, Fate/Stay Night, etc..." Aki Kikuchihara looked at the various stories that were being uploaded to the Internet in recent days with a headache.

Although she has not been in constant contact with the industry, judging from the current response on the Internet, these works have indeed set off a craze on the Internet. As [stories], they have been discussed very frequently.

"We need to speed up our plans," said Meteora, also with some worry. "These works have received exceptionally good responses, and their recognition is gathering momentum incredibly quickly... If they were long-running series, the characters in these stories might have already appeared in real life."

"Could he not know about this?" Kikuchihara Aki pushed her glasses up with suspicion. "If his purpose in uploading these stories is to gain recognition, then he should have the means to achieve his goal."

"...That being said, we're in a passive position," Meteora said worriedly. "Now we can only hope that our opponent isn't on the side of the princess in military uniform."

Meteora and Aki Kikuchihara looked worriedly towards the big screen, which displayed discussion areas of some social platforms on the Internet, which were refreshing rapidly at the moment.

What they don't know is that, beneath the veil of the Internet, someone is preparing to realize their despicable desires online with endless anger...

In a gathering place for homeless people under a bridge, four hunters were huddled next to two laptop computers in a cardboard fortress.

Kazuma was in charge of hiding, Jotaro was in charge of intelligence, Laos was in charge of field exploration, and Nie Chiwu, the captain, came here to slack off. Kazuma in the middle was so angry that his face turned red because of the scene on the screen in front of him.

"let me go!!"

Kazuma, with his hands pinned down by Qiao and Nie Chiwu behind him, angrily rushed to his computer keyboard: "These guys... these guys... they're cyberbullying me! Let me use my keyboard to yell back! Yell back!"

On the computer screen, a group of people were discussing just how abstract the character of Sato Kazuma was...

"It's normal. There will always be dark and violent things on the Internet. Just ignore them." Nie Chiwu muttered to Kazuma.

Then, Nie Chiwu asked Er Qiao next to him: "JOJO, did you find any information on the Internet?"

"No, but..."

In Erqiao's sight, his Hermit Purple had already entered the host of a computer next to him.

As Erqiao read and wrote, some images were input onto the screen, revealing a dark shadow inside.

“I want to write some pictures.”

As Er Qiao wrote down the message, a corner of the Black Eclipse Dragon's body appeared on the screen, proving that the Black Eclipse Dragon was indeed in this world at the moment.

"As a stand-in for the Intelligence Department, your Hermit Purple is truly useful..." Nie Chiwu praised, then moved closer to Er Qiao's computer. "Can you read and write more? This little bit of information alone isn't enough to deduce the Black Eclipse Dragon's location."

"No problem." Er Qiao made a gesture and continued to read and write. As the Hermit Purple continued to unleash its power, the screen on the computer was gradually changing.

"I still find it strange." Laos stared at the screen, frowning. "According to the Grand Commander, he's already found a lot of Black Dragon sightings online, and the internet in this world should be very developed..."

"Why has the Black Eclipse Dragon been able to stay in this world for so long?" Laos scratched his hair. "Logically, a creature like this that constantly emits scale powder would be discovered by humans very quickly."

"But the current situation on the Internet... gives me the impression that the humans in this world haven't found the exact location of the Black Eclipse Dragon." Laos was confused.

At this moment, the image that Er Qiao was reading was clear enough to show that the Black Eclipse Dragon was probably in the ruins of an uninhabited building, surrounded by gray and abandoned buildings.

"I have some guesses about this." Nie Chiwu paused and replied to Laos: "In fact, I have already confirmed in the hospital that someone has been affected by the Crazy Dragon Virus, although it is not serious..."

"But there is one thing that concerns me, because the general location of those sick people does not coincide with the range where the Black Eclipse Dragon was sighted."

"So I gathered all the information I could find on Black Eclipse Dragon sightings and discovered that the patterns of Black Eclipse Dragon sightings and Mad Dragon Virus infection were different. This is very unusual... As for why the Black Eclipse Dragon hasn't been fully discovered yet." Nie Chiwu licked his dry lips and said, "There's only one person in this world who could do this."

"Military Princess, Altair."

"And I... have a way to prove this." Nie Chiwu turned to Er Qiao and said, "Er Qiao, read and write Altair."

"Understood." Er Qiao stopped reciting the Black Eclipse Dragon without hesitation and started reciting Altair again. Soon, the image of the princess in military uniform appeared on the computer screen. The broken walls and ruins behind her... were almost exactly the same as the nearby buildings where the Black Eclipse Dragon was just now.

"Do you understand now? The reason why the Black Eclipse Dragon has been able to remain hidden until now in this world with a highly developed internet network is because of Junji. Although I still don't know why Junji did this, I believe that the abnormal spread of the Crazy Dragon Virus was also caused by Junji."

"I see!" Laos' eyes lit up, but he still had some questions: "The military princess must have affected part of the Black Eclipse Dragon's ecology! That's why some anomalies are occurring... but I still feel like some of these anomalies don't make sense."

"Then we can only continue investigating, but before that..." Nie Chiwu paused for a moment: "I think we have been discovered."

At this moment, on the screen that Er Qiao was reading, the military girl who was originally looking elsewhere had turned around and looked directly at the screen, as if she was looking at the hunters behind the screen.

"Is it true that a third party has appeared that I'm unaware of? Are you my match?" Junji stared off the screen. "According to the existence described in those unusual stories... it's you, right, Joseph Joestar?"

Chapter 302: Crazy Dragon Monster Invasion

"OH MY GOD!" Joetsu exclaimed, "She actually found out! No... How could she be the same as Dio?"

As Er Qiao exclaimed, something resembling a magic circle appeared in front of Jun Ji on the screen. "Where on earth did you come from? From nothing to something... But I roughly know your purpose."

"You are here for this black dragon that carries the disease, right?" Some marks appeared on the magic circle in front of Jun Ji, and those marks roughly showed three camps.

"So that's how it is. Are you the ones chasing it?" Jun Ji stared at Nie Chiwu and others in the picture. Even Nie Chiwu didn't know whether the other party could really see him.

Among them, there are two parties representing the military princess and the other party represented by Serega, Meteora and others.

As for the third party, Nie Chiwu knew that it represented the hunter camp.

On the side representing Jun Ji, Nie Chiwu recognized a mark that he could recognize.

The mark looked like a black dragon that had entered a mad dragon state, with a group of tentacles growing on its ferocious dragon head.

Guns and sabers suddenly appeared in Altair's hands, and Jun Ji said the last words to the screen.

"It will help me achieve my final goal. No matter what you want to do to it, you will not succeed." The next moment after Jun Ji finished saying this, she activated her ability, and the laptop computer that was being read and written by Er Qiao's substitute also made an abnormal sound, and then suddenly smoke came out.

"Woc! This is a computer I bought with money!" Nie Chiwu pressed the laptop computer under the big sword with some heartache. With a dull sound, the big sword under Nie Chiwu shook, indicating that the self-destruction of the laptop computer was over.

A pungent smell spread inside the cardboard house, and the sound of the explosion also vaguely attracted a number of homeless people who originally lived under the bridge.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the hunters took advantage of Kazuma to sneak out of the bridge and the cardboard house they had just built, leaving only a little debris caused by the explosion and the smell in the air.

While leaving the bridge, the hunters were also communicating with each other.

"I feel like something's wrong!" The shrewd Qiao Qiao keenly noticed something amiss. "It seems like Jun Ji is deliberately trying to stop us? And why did she run into the Black Eclipse Dragon?"

"That's the kind, like using the Black Eclipse Dragon to do something like that." Kazuma muttered, "Her ability is just too awesome! She even has her own anime! Why should she have every ability she wants? I still have to painstakingly choose my own skills... Since they say I'm a character in a comedy anime, at least give me the combat power of a comedy anime!"

"Didn't I give it to you? I just gave it to you in batches..." Nie Chiwu said casually: "The strongest recovery Aqua, the strongest attack Huihui, the strongest defense Darkness, the standard combat magic priest iron triangle."

"Hey! My heart hurts even more when you say that! Why do we have to divide them into groups like this? They are just a burden because they only have one aspect and have problems with their brains!!!" Kazuma shouted in grief and anger.

Nie Chiwu shrugged helplessly: "What can I do? This is my fate."

"The effects of the Mad Dragon Virus...are these the only ones?" Laos asked with some concern. "What should we do next? Continue to find a place to upload the story? Or should we make some preliminary contact with Junji or Meteora?"

"We really need to find an opportunity to show everyone in this world first, so they can have a preliminary understanding of our existence. And one more thing... don't forget the most important thing: we still need to update our equipment."

Nie Chiwu said seriously, "Don't forget that we have to hunt monsters properly to craft the corresponding high-level equipment."

"Then... shall we go back to the base's world to hunt first?" Laos suddenly became excited when he heard that they were going hunting.

As soon as he returned to his own world, he would be dragged by Kabul and Malushiel to do the king's work. That is, only when he came to the assembly did he have an excuse to be lazy and do his favorite job of interacting with non-human creatures.

This time, the Black Eclipse Dragon Laos also volunteered to take on the task of organizing the investigation data. Laos was already convinced that he was deeply attracted by the ecology of the Black Eclipse Dragon.

"In that case, let's go back to the gathering and see if there are any monsters nearby that we can capture." Nie Chiwu scratched his head. "If there are monsters that are destroying the ecology, we can subjugate them... but there aren't many monsters that need to be hunted."

Nie Chiwu counted on his fingers and said, "Unless it's infected with the mad dragon virus, parasitized by gnawing insects, or a monster like the Tyrannosaurus Rex that caused significant damage to the ecosystem..."

Nie Chiwu sighed, "After all, we are hunters. If we poach casually, we will be punished by Granny Cat."

"Capture it! If I do, I'll definitely be able to see for myself what the monster's scales and fur feel like!" Laos's breathing became heavier at this moment. "Come to think of it, I still haven't tried using the Kinsect's dragon-riding skills... The thought of being able to fight monsters together is really exciting! I must try it when I get the chance!"

"Hey!" Nie Chiwu raised his index finger. "Speaking of riding monsters! There's actually a way to ride monsters that's a little different from the hunter way! You fight with monsters as your partners..."

"But that method requires something called a bondstone, and the monster that forms the bond is called a bondmon! As we all know, the orthodox Pokémon is with us hunters!" Nie Chiwu happily talked about some things in [Monster Hunter Stories].

"Hey!! Why did Pokémon come out too?! So there are Pokémon in your world too!" Kazuma complained loudly.

"Stumbling Stone..." Laos's face was filled with anticipation. "I must get one if I get a chance! Let me think, which monster would be a good partner for me..."

Just as Laos was excitedly fantasizing, the assembly panel suddenly popped up in front of Nie Chiwu and others, and a commission popped up that surprised all four of them.

The commission content is...

"A mad dragon-transformed monster has entered this world?" Nie Chiwu was startled, then suddenly overjoyed: "Got it, got it, got it!!! We've got our equipment!"

"Set up the pot right here! Let's eat our fill of cat food and get ready to hunt!"

"If you're really sleepy, come and use your pillow! My sword is thirsty for air!"

Chapter 303: Killing each other! Cool!

"but……"

Nie Chiwu quickly suppressed some of the hunter's instinctive joy at the prospect of a hunt, then stared at the commission before him. "I originally thought the impact of the Black Eclipse Dragon and the Mad Dragon Virus alone was already severe enough, but I didn't expect there would be a Mad Dragon-transforming monster."

"That sounds bad!" Kazuma became nervous, clutching the bow and arrow in his hand. "Why are there still monsters invading? Don't we have to deal with only monsters from other worlds? And this place is full of reinforced concrete, there's nothing for monsters to eat! Are they going to eat humans?"

"Who knows? Maybe the mad dragon monster has lost its mind and ran to a place like this." Nie Chiwu spread his hands. "But you remind me... If the mad dragon monster that appears is really a ferocious carnivorous monster, it would cause casualties. It would be terrible."

"Let me see where the monster is marked on the map I was entrusted with... What kind of monster is it..." Nie Chiwu said as he opened the details of the commission panel. Then Nie Chiwu saw an enormous bird's beak in the center of the screen...

It was the most classic monster among the bird dragon species, a giant bird that looked like the slime you saw when you walked out of the novice village.

“Fuck!! Teacher Yang Kuku!!!! {①}”

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At this moment, it is night in the Creator's world, and it is also the time when events often happen.

Accompanied by a burst of violent bird calls, in a field near the countryside, a huge strange bird rushed out of the mountains and forests with black air of the Mad Dragon Virus rising from its mouth and strange purple-red eyes.

Moreover, the giant bird, which had become aggressive due to its transformation into a mad dragon, directly used its huge body to crash into a small farm truck parked in the field.

"boom!"

The monster's enormous force overturned the small truck and sent it flying, crashing into a tree not far away with a loud noise.

If there weren't many people around the field at this time, the appearance of the giant monster bird would undoubtedly have caused great panic.

But... two people in the distance still discovered the appearance of the big monster bird. In fear, one of them hid behind a warehouse, and quietly took out his mobile phone, exposing the camera and shooting in the direction of the big monster bird.

The other person took out his cell phone and called the police.

"We found a monster here!!!"

Just as the two people were nervously avoiding the big monster bird, the person filming suddenly noticed several dark shadows gradually approaching in the sky.

When he zoomed in on the image, the camera captured a man in rough full body armor carrying a sword as big as a door panel on his back, and three other people with different styles were hanging under the pterosaur and flying towards the direction of the big monster bird.

Among them is an old man in beige clothes (Er Qiao in makeup), a young man with a green shawl carrying a bow and arrow, and a man in armor with short beige hair.

"! What is that!"

The two people who were attracted by the sudden situation saw a situation that was beyond their common sense.

At this moment, Nie Chiwu was looking at the huge monster bird that had transformed into a mad dragon and was destroying the truck below, and he was also full of hunting desire.

"Great! The open space is huge. While there's no terrain advantage, there aren't any nasty stairs or anything like that!" Nie Chiwu waved his hand after landing, "Leave the big monster bird to me! Today, I'll show you my moment of glory as the Grand Commander! I'll show you what it means to be a seasoned hunter with double-digit years of hunting experience!"

"No one is competing with you for it!" Kazuma complained.

Laos' eyes were shining, holding a camera in one hand and a notebook in the other, he watched excitedly as Nie Chiwu rushed towards the direction of the big monster bird.