Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Chiba Zoo has undergone cognitive rewriting. When Kanroji Mitsuri came here before, players couldn't detect anything wrong with the animals. Even the most outrageous behavior would be subconsciously taken as normal behavior by ordinary animals. However, Medea is not affected now. This is not due to Medea's magical skills, but rather a kind of "teammate protection mechanism".

After Jolyne joined Chiba Zoo yesterday, he discovered that Kanoko no longer rewrote his perception of him and the people in the apartment.

The specific principles... just as Jolyne never understood Kanoko's strength, Medea only had a guess about how this understanding would rewrite her.

However, there's no need for Jolyne to think for herself. Jolyne came to Chiba Zoo today to find Shinoko and clarify some things.

"Medea, I'll be leaving for a bit."

With a sigh, Jolyne stood up.

When Medea returned, she saw Jolyne handing a medium-sized potato to the fat orange cat.

"...Why not a big potato?"

Fat Orange was a little dissatisfied.

Medea: “…”

"Are all the animals at Chiba Zoo sick?"

"But how come Master can actually keep up with these animals' thought processes?"

Medea was still a little doubtful about life, but the fat orange cat who had received the bribe spoke up again: "Lord Jolyne's player nickname should be Darwin, right?"

"Huh? This matter?" Jolyne frowned.

On his way to buy fries, he had already guessed that the chubby orange cat would tell him some melodramatic plot, like, "Kanoko has a lot of suitors, and now these suitors are annoyed with you and are about to deal with you."

So... you mean the player's nickname?

Wait, how did this orange cat know my player nickname?

Jolyne stared at the fat orange cat, who pulled out a weekly magazine from behind its back.

"Well, Lord Jolyne's deeds have already spread throughout the player community."

"..." Jolyne took the weekly magazine, which was thin and only had a few pages.

The cover is simply called [Weekly].

There are two more sentences below:

We observe, we record, we use extraordinary methods to be the park's frontline reporters.

The weekly magazine is hiring reporters... Five social insurances and one housing fund, generous benefits, and training provided before starting work...

Fat Orange: "Although it says 'reporter' on it, everyone calls them paparazzi."

Jolyne: "..."

Medea: “…”

Turning to the first page, Jolyne saw the reason why Fatty Orange was gloating over her misfortune.

There, in bold black font, was some kind of shocking headline about saving the news agency.

[Shocking! A new S-rank rookie has emerged! The mentor of Hengyu Workshop has been defeated!]

[Even after readily offering their nickname, they still won't let it go! The highest evolution has been given such a humiliating title!]

[Oh, endless curly-haired baboons! Is this a distortion of humanity? Or a decline in morality?!]

Jolyne stiffened her neck and looked at the main text.

Half of it was unfounded speculation about his identity, and the other half was an introduction and boasting about that "mentor".

Although the entire report uses a lot of "maybe," "perhaps," and "this reporter believes," it only tells one thing after reading the whole thing.

That is: A veteran player in the Americas Hengyu Workshop had his nickname stolen by a new S-rank player, and the modified nickname is the extremely insulting "Curly-haired Baboon," which everyone is laughing at!

The article also included the source of the information at the end.

The white-bearded old man in the photo is secretly talking about this with a man.

Information provided by: Richard von Romanoff

Reporter: Babos

Weekly Comment: Our toughest reporter, Babos, is continuously following and documenting this amusing incident. Please subscribe to support us...

Jolyne: "...Isn't this just paparazzi?"

This isn't a weekly magazine; it's just a funny show put together by some entertainers!

Now the question is.

The S-class character that the paparazzi described as "slaying his mentor," "not letting him go," and "humiliating" is Jolyne.

The park didn't say that the opportunity to change his nickname was simply taken from someone else!

And if you're going to steal it, at least leave the person whose nickname was stolen blank and let them choose a new one. Why did you have to directly exchange my nickname with theirs?

Darwin really turned into a curly-haired baboon, right?

Chapter 320 Weekly

"Where has this news reached?"

Jolyne asked the chubby orange cat, sounding a bit exasperated.

"Oh... not many people know yet, but in a day or two everyone will probably know."

Fat Orange pointed to the weekly magazine and introduced it as: "The largest amateur paparazzi team in the main world, dedicated to spreading every bit of fun and drama."

Because the magazine is printed and is available weekly in the Paradise Shop at a discounted price of 10 Paradise Coins, its spread among players is unstoppable, and it is currently the best-selling entertainment newspaper among players.

It's said that the paparazzi there are deprived of their concept of death before starting work.

Jolyne remained expressionless; the orange cat's words were a clear indication that the players were in for a treat.

However, he wasn't too worried. Now that Jolyne had joined Chiba Zoo, even if the sky fell, there would be Kanoko to hold it up.

After a moment of silence, Jolyne asked, "Our Chiba Zoo doesn't have any animals with mouths as big as Richard's, does it?"

Thinking of that photo, Jolyne was even more bewildered.

Dude, how could you, from Hengyu Workshop, spread such an embarrassing thing around like this?!

Now everyone's here to enjoy the show.

Regardless, this is ultimately a problem.

If possible, Jolyne still hoped that Hengyu Workshop would stop keeping an eye on her.

Those who knew he had become an S-class member included Yukino Yukinoshita, Kaguya Shinomiya, Ai Hayasaka, Nonoko Kanoko, and Chiba Zoo, which he had just joined.

I felt that Jolyne wouldn't be in any trouble in the first few weeks.

Chiba Zoo behind...

Jolyne looked at the fat orange cat eating fries in front of her and felt that they probably didn't have much sense of decency.

Fat Orange noticed Jolyne's gaze, a wicked smile curving his face as he said, "The weekly magazine is offering a 10,000 Paradise Coin reward for a new S-rank identity."

Jolyne: "So..."

Fat Orange: "So..."

Medea: "Want another bag of fries?"

"I want a large portion this time."

Fat Orange made up his mind and explained, "Although no one knows why, Lady Kanoko is quite fond of you. Without her permission, the players at Chiba Zoo wouldn't dare to reveal your identity. But even if they did, it wouldn't matter much."

Hengyu Workshop wields considerable power and has numerous ties to the Temple of Liberty in the Americas. Given that mentor's status, it's unlikely he would come to kill over such a trivial matter.

Hmm... Unless you directly ask someone from the weekly magazine to publish your intentional provocation in the next issue.

As for the reward I mentioned?

That was published in a weekly magazine, not by Hengyu Workshop.

The weekly magazine is only looking into your identity to provide more entertainment for everyone, and incidentally, to fill a few issues with follow-up reports.

As for Hengyu Workshop... instead of focusing their attention on you, they are now spending more of their energy hunting down that reporter, Babos.

Hengyu Workshop believes your curly-haired baboon was unintentional, and players all over the world who are enjoying the spectacle, as well as the weekly magazine reporting this news, all know it was unintentional.

Those paparazzi just like to have fun, and their knowing but deliberate violation is undoubtedly a provocation to Hengyu Workshop.

"...These weekly magazine reporters sound even more amazing than some website subtitle groups."

After listening to what the orange cat said, Jolyne retorted.

"Indeed, aside from the occasional low-quality articles in the journal, these guys still have professional ethics."

Fat Orange got up and rubbed against Jolyne's legs, then raised its head to indicate that Jolyne should scratch its chin.

Jolyne touched it; it felt quite nice, the kind of texture Yukino Yukinoshita would like.

"By the way, what's your name?"

Jorun asked.

Judging from its voice, Jolyne felt it was a female kitten.

I glanced down at the orange cat's genitals again; they were still protected by a holy light, so I couldn't see any specific features.

"...You jerk, you know I'm intelligent, yet you still make such a rude gesture!"

The orange cat stared speechlessly at Jolyne, then began to show disdain for Jolyne's fingers and ran over to Medea to get a new massage from its owner.

"So what's your name?"

Medea also asked it.

“...My name is Monica.”

Fat Orange answered seriously.

Jolyne quickly deduced from his serious demeanor that this guy was definitely using a fake name.

"Let's go find Kanoko, Kanoko."

With a sigh, Jolyne decided to get down to business.

No matter how troublesome Hengyu Workshop and the weekly magazine are, they are not things he needs to deal with right now.

Instead of worrying about that, Jolyne would rather think about what to eat for dinner.

"...Give me back the weekly magazine."

Fat Orange leaped forward and appeared on Jolyne's shoulder.

"I traded this for French fries."

After buying two tickets from the ticket seller, Jolyne picked up the orange cat and weighed it in her hands.

"I said, you should weigh 12 pounds by now, right?"

Monica, I remember a study that said a 12-pound fat cat is equivalent to 200 pounds in human weight.

"...That's human research, what does it have to do with me, a cat?" Fat Orange retorted. "Besides, my human form is perfect."

"Cat girl?"

Jolyne, quite interested, lifted it into the air and said, "Show me one."

The orange cat looked disgusted and stretched out its paws to quickly engage Jolyne in combat, but Medea, who was standing beside her, suddenly remembered something else.

I got this bracelet from Yukino Yukinoshita, which I was going to modify for Saber's new outfit, but I haven't used it yet.

"No one should be fighting me for it tonight, should I use it myself first...?"

Medea's face quickly flushed red as she fantasized about becoming a catgirl.

Before long they arrived at the deer park.

As soon as they arrived, the fat orange cat named Monica jumped off the ground and took the opportunity to run away.

Then Jolyne and Medea began to stare at Nonoko, the deer in the deer park, through the fence.

Nonoko asked, "Would you like to buy deer crackers? You can feed the fawns with them."