You say this is a love game?

Mizutani Makoto's mentality is now very different.

In the past, he would mutter about whether his good brother Sun would help him, but now he just jokes about it.

The reason why Mizutani Makoto was able to grow so quickly, in addition to the insignificant help from Tongzi, was more importantly due to his fights and apprenticeships with various teachers.

If you just kill small monsters, you will never become a strong person in your life.

The current Mizutani Makoto and the Mizutani Makoto who just stepped into the private Hiiragigaoka Academy both possess the same spiritual power. He can definitely kill his former self instantly.

Skills, mind, swordsmanship... everything he is good at was honed in life-and-death battles.

It is true that the giant snake boss under the swimming pool is an obstacle, but it is also a whetstone for Makoto Mizutani.

"Based on past experience, these bosses disappear once you kill them..."

"If I let someone else help me defeat the boss, then I won't have any bosses to fight..."

Knives always need to be sharpened.

His tolerance for error is the highest when he is in the rift. If we don't sharpen our sword now, do we have to wait until he gets out of the rift and has to fight to the death with others in the real world before we can sharpen it again?

That's just too stupid.

This high tolerance is the capital for his growth. Who would be so foolish as to give up his own advantage?

Mizutani Makoto would rather use some fancy tricks and rely on the items at hand to weaken the BOSS before fighting. At least he is relying on strategy to defeat the BOSS. The sense of trial and accomplishment is very different.

Soul wandering means playing around while cursing.

Even if you use a combination of props and all sorts of weird strategies to defeat the BOSS, it was at least achieved by you personally, and intelligence is also a part of strength!

Makoto Mizutani took a nap in the sacred realm of Ootenzu. After he had rested and stretched his muscles, he accompanied the group to walk around various places in Kyoto. When they returned late at night, he once again threw himself into the battle of the rift.

It took two days to explore this map.

……

……

Tuesday, August 13th.

The weather was clear and cloudless.

Putting aside Makoto Mizutani's exploration at Misawa Medical Center, he did receive some unexpected news.

First up is Mai Yajima.

After so many days of feeding, Yajima Mai finally broke through the paper level yesterday. The petite quasi-god Pokémon immediately swelled up, and a new ability was added to her ability interface.

[Ability: Good and evil identification, snake fangs and tiger bites]

Snake Fang and Tiger Bite, a close-range combat skill, seems to be derived from the legend of Nue's "Chimera" and "its indescribable shape", allowing Yajima Mai to manifest snake tails and tiger claws at her sides. Those phantom snake tails and tiger claws are real close-range combat capabilities.

Tiger feet can crush rocks, and snake tails can ooze poison.

As expected of a big monster that has swept across Japan, even at the middle level, its racial stats and skills have already begun to distance itself from some roadside monsters.

Mai Yajima, who controls the tiger claws and snake tail, has a combat power that is not something that ordinary paper-level people can match.

"It won't be long before Mai can truly devote herself to combat."

This refers to high-intensity combat.

As for killing small monsters, Mai Yajima can help now. This girl fights in the form of a tiger thrush, flying through the air, slapping or whipping with her tiger claws and snake tail. Ordinary paper-level monsters can't withstand her destructive power at all.

...Very different from Yoshiko.

Being of the same paper rank, Kako could only buff him, while Mai's domineering racial value had begun to show.

Once she reaches the same rank, Mai will probably be able to leap up and become a beloved general on the same level as Chidori.

The upgrade of Mai Yajima is the first good news, and the second good news is that Yinli Peach Blossom Demon has also returned to the same level with the help of Makoto Mizutani.

Hidden.

"Thank you, sir."

Today, the image of the peach blossom demon is somewhat similar to the ancient cypress that I have seen before.

The peach tree became exceptionally tall and sturdy, and a woman's half body, as if carved out of the tree, extended from the trunk of the peach tree, with the base of her thighs embedded in the trunk, while her upper body saluted Mizutani Makoto in a dignified manner.

not bad.

Mizutani Makoto took a few more glances. The half-body of the woman carved by the Peach Blossom Demon was particularly exquisite. She was wearing a thin gauze dress, which was very different from the previous bare-chested Gu Chun.

"I have a gift for you, my Lord."

The half-body of the Peach Blossom Demon woman leaned towards Mizutani Makoto. Even though it was made of wood, thanks to a certain spirituality, this half-body looked particularly agile and exquisite.

In front of the peach tree, a woman hung down, holding a small wooden box in her hands, and handed it to Mizutani Makoto.

Inside the wooden box were ten small snacks.

【Peach Blossom Wagashi】

Description: The Peach Blossom Demon gathers newly opened buds from treetops, carefully selecting vibrant petals and crafting them into lovely wagashi. These peach blossom-shaped wagashi embody the Peach Blossom Demon's inner gratitude and kindness. Those who eat them will be filled with a lingering fragrance, imagining a mountain of peach blossoms transformed into a crimson rosy cloud. Consuming them can restore significant vitality and strengthen the weak.

[Evaluation: Is your wagashi made of gold?]

"It's not a particularly rare gift. I thought... I couldn't come up with anything useful for Master Mizutani right now, so I made some snacks. I hope Master Mizutani enjoys them."

No, it’s called a snack, but it’s actually a prop of very good quality.

The consumables that Mizutani Makoto had ever gotten were nothing more than small snacks with terrible appearance and unique taste produced by the cafeteria of the private Hiiragigaoka Academy. Where had he ever seen such exquisite snacks with good color, fragrance and taste?

"Please try it."

Peach Blossom Demon said softly, with a gentle smile on her face.

"If you think it's okay, I can provide you with more in the future, Master Mizutani."

Mizutani Makoto didn't refuse and directly called out his shikigami and gave snacks to each of them.

This taste... is really good!

It was like a snack with special effects, and Mizutani Makoto really seemed to see the amazing sight of peach blossoms blooming all over the mountains. After he came to his senses, he was still savoring the scene.

Peach Blossom Demon also said that this thing is just a snack and not that precious.

As for the description of "strengthening the body" at the end, it is useless to Mizutani Makoto. His physical fitness has already reached the limit of human beings, and he cannot benefit from the physical enhancement of Peach Blossom Demon at all.

"It's delicious. You can bring two pieces for Miss Miko."

There are six pieces left in total.

Mizutani Makoto clapped his hands and began to study in secret.

He recently discovered something.

There are mostly ruins of houses here, and he can destroy those broken houses manually, and the destroyed houses will be transformed into [wood] and [stone] under the effect of Tongzi.

But Tongzi's home system also requires other types of materials.

Makoto Mizutani was standing in front of a ruin, wondering if he could find any other materials from the ruins, when a warning window suddenly popped up in front of him.

[In the dark, a small-scale attack is about to take place——]

【Countdown:00:29:41】

Chapter 172: The Return of the Zombie Iron Rat Thief Fukui Prefecture's History of Yuzhongjin.

attack?

There's going to be a zombie tide in the village, right?

Mizutani Makoto complained secretly.

He did not delay and went straight back to his home.

In front of the home, the Peach Blossom Demon was already on full alert.

"Lord Mizutani, I sense the earth's restless agitation... A disturbing aura seems to be emanating from the fields."

The Peach Blossom Demon actually had a premonition of the attack.

This is a unique ability of flower spirits and tree spirits. The peach blossom spirit, rooted in the earth, is extremely sensitive to the tremors and changes of the earth.

"What is Mizutani-sama going to do?"

The Peach Blossom Demon asked.

Mizutani Makoto: "You stay here and watch. I'll go outside to meet the enemy."

He returned to his home purely to remind the Peach Blossom Demon. Since the Peach Blossom Demon also had a premonition, the home would be left to the Peach Blossom Demon to guard.

Mizutani Makoto carried Chidorimaru and rushed to the fields outside the village.

"A monster has appeared."

There were still seven minutes left in Tongzi's countdown, but when Mizutani Makoto was rushing through the village, he had already run into scattered little monsters. Those old rats rushed in from outside the village, with their heads raised, their noses trembling slightly, and their heads turned towards his home.

When Mizutani Makoto passed by here, he naturally left behind a pile of minced meat.

Why think about his house when there are so many other things to think about?

The tiger-thrush flew up from Mizutani Makoto's shoulder, and Yajima Mai soared into the sky, looking into the distance.

There were indeed a large number of monsters gathered in the fields. They seemed to be watching. A small group of monsters could not resist the temptation and left the main group, running towards the village alone. The tiger-thrush looked further and further away, and the mountains in the distance were motionless.

“It’s a pretty large number.”

"No matter how you look at it, there must be more than 300 monsters..."

"It's indeed a small-scale beast tide. Most of them are in the front, with a small number scattered around. It looks like they will break through from all directions."

Mai Yajima reported the direction of the attack to Makoto Mizutani.

Mizutani Makoto fell into thought.

"It seems like this is encouraging me to train more monsters."

Only by having more monsters can we avoid a life of exhaustion and hardship.

This first wave of attacks was relatively okay. The gathered monsters were generally weak, with only a few conspicuous monsters of the same rank. But as the monsters' strength gradually increased, Mizutani Makoto would definitely have to leave the small monsters to the defending forces to deal with, and then he would go to carry out the decapitation plan.

Now, facing this situation——

"Chidori, just act on your own."

Let Chidori control Chidorimaru to fight, and there will be an extra combat unit.

As for Mizutani Makoto, it is true that his twin swords are still being forged, but he also has a long-retired [Sword Devil's Nodachi] hidden in his backpack.

Ever since Chidorimaru got it, the execution usage of this Odachi has been replaced by Chidorimaru, but Mizutani Makoto still sympathizes with his old friend and did not sell the Odachi to Ippon Taro, but kept it in his backpack for emergency use.

"Jia Zi, follow me. Let's go and deal with those monsters of the same level."

"As for Chidori and Mai, you two should deal with those paper-level monsters. Just get rid of the big heads. Even if there are some that slip through the net, it's no problem. Leave them to the Peach Blossom Monster to deal with."

Makoto Mizutani, holding Kenki's wild sword, called on Yoshiko Sanatori, and without even waiting for the beast tide to break out as Touko had suggested, he rushed directly towards the gathered monsters.

Am I still waiting for you?

joke!

"Good luck is coming!"

There was a hint of excitement in the girl's petite low voice.

The young mother worked hard to give Mizutani Makoto a buff to increase the drop rate of materials.

In the blink of an eye, Yoshiko Satori attacked again in black form, turning into a deep spiritual light and directly crashing into Mizutani Makoto's chest!

Mizutani Makoto felt for the first time in a long time the feeling of Yoshiko nestling in his arms and him and Yoshiko being in tune with each other.

His figure became blurred, his clothes fluttered, and the elegant nobleman returned for a limited time.

Mizutani Makoto lowered his head slightly and gently placed the bird demon mask in his arms on his face. His tall nose bridge fit perfectly with the bird's beak. A strange aura enveloped him, making him look like a charming demon nobleman.

"Squeak?"

An old rat was roaring with its head raised, its eyes full of bloodthirstiness and madness.

Before it could react to what was happening, the ghostly figure rushed over from the front. As the young man stomped on the ground, a sharp sound of breaking through the air passed through the air!

Stab! !