Zongman: Evolution Paradise

However, even wolves can't use it.

This is an item prefix, not a skill book.

Only skill books dropped from treasure chests in the park can be used to learn something instantly by simply slapping them on your head. This is just a copy; you have to figure out how to learn it yourself.

"But, is a human-faced dog considered a wolf?"

Jolyne thought of that idiot.

Leaving the storage room, he soon found the human-faced dog playing fetch with Hanako.

Hmm... the human-faced dog is in charge of retrieving the ball.

Fortunately, she didn't pick it up with her mouth, otherwise this game would have looked really perverted.

Seeing Jolyne approach, Hanako shrank back and explained at lightning speed, "I've been cultivating all night. A little fun can help me cultivate even better."

"It's alright. Anyway, don't even think about returning to the main world until you reach the level of Rapunzel. I'll have Jorogumo entrust you with all the network construction work on Disheartened Planet."

Ignoring Hanako's miserable face, Jolyne walked up to the optimistic human-faced dog and solemnly handed her the book of the 12 Forms of the Silence of the Lambs.

"Owner?"

The human-faced dog didn't even glance at her; it just kept wagging its tail at Jolyne.

"As expected, this guy is a dog!"

While mentally complaining, Jolyne still pinched the human-faced dog's tail and earnestly told her, "I hope you can try to learn the Twelve Styles of the Silence of the Lambs. If you can learn them, there will be a reward."

"Is it okay to go for a walk in the park?"

The human-faced dog showed a hopeful expression.

"……Can."

Jolyne sighed, released her hand from the human-faced dog's tail, and gently rubbed it.

Chapter 399 Returning to the Main World

After Jolyne left, the ghost stories all gathered around to see what the human-faced dog was supposed to learn. When they found that they couldn't understand it at all, they regretfully said that if it were them, they would definitely ask for a special reward. The human-faced dog's suggestion of going for a walk in the park together was still a bit too stupid.

Then Sadako retorted that such a wish would actually earn her more favor from her master.

Hanako disagreed. She used Yukino Fuyuki as an example to demonstrate that no matter what the reason for the breakthrough in the relationship with the master, as long as the relationship is broken, things will be different. At the very least, one can become the number one in the ghost stories and become the leader of all the demons!

In the end, the discussion went further and further as these strange tales were compiled into a group chat that loaded dozens of pages and began to split into two factions based on these two theories.

The human-faced dog didn't participate; in order to get the chance to go to the park with its owner, it had already hidden away and started learning the twelve forms of the Silence of the Lambs.

However, this is not something that can be learned easily. The moves are too abstract. Even after watching for two days, the human-faced dog still couldn't understand how to practice them.

Back at Nakano Satsuki's side, her three-day trial had ended. After temporarily bidding farewell to those ghost stories, she finished the game and headed to the amusement park.

Jolyne has also returned to the main world.

When I came out, it was dawn in the main world, and the sounds of insects and frogs echoed in the Shikagami Shrine.

Nonoko has gone back to the deer park to sleep, only Maruo Nakano is still sitting at the table.

"Hey, it's still here."

Jolyne observed that Nakano Maruo was still looking handsome, and his hairstyle was not messy. She wondered if Kanoko had disciplined him.

"Ah."

Nakano Maruo responded with a hum, his face cold as he did not respond to Jolyne's idea.

It's true that supernatural methods can't detect Jolyne's thoughts, but he's a psychologist, not someone who can only use supernatural abilities. By observing micro-expressions, Nakano Maruo roughly understood what Jolyne was thinking.

"That deer..." Nakano Maruo felt a sharp pain in his teeth and was about to lose control of his emotions. He sighed inwardly and returned to the main topic, asking, "Did May and the others have any accidents?"

"That was indeed a bit unexpected."

Jolyne sat down facing Nakano Maruo and briefly explained Nakano Satsuki's mission.

Nakano Maruo remained expressionless, showing neither surprise nor any sign of deep thought.

Jolyne observed him carefully, trying to confirm whether Nakano Maruo had anticipated this situation before entrusting Nakano Satsuki to him.

The result, of course, was no result. With Nakano Maruo's abilities, it was far too easy for him to hide his true thoughts.

"You previously said that the difficulty of the park would increase dramatically if the five of them entered the park separately, but now that they have merged into one person, the trials they encounter when entering the park are not at a normal difficulty level that prospective players would face. Mr. Nakano, do you have anything to say to me?"

Ultimately, Jolyne decided to be direct.

He's in the lead now, so even if he makes it clear, he's not afraid of Nakano Maruo suddenly retaliating.

And Nakano Maruo?

It doesn't matter whether he answers or not, because not answering in itself is an answer.

The atmosphere between the two froze. Nakano Maruo slightly raised his eyelids and stared at Jolyne without any emotion. He looked like a stagnant pool of water at the bottom of a cave, or a ghostly dragon with half its body sticking out from the underworld. It must be a very powerful eye technique.

"What are you doing?"

Nakano Satsuki's voice rang out; she had returned from the amusement park and appeared here as well.

Standing quietly to the side, Nakano Satsuki stuffed the glowing meat bun she was holding into her mouth and chewed it quickly and happily like a hamster.

"It's alright, did you get the S-rank?"

Nakano Maruo looked away, and after receiving Nakano Satsuki's affirmative reply, he nodded and said, "I'm leaving their affairs to you. You can name your reward now."

The Nakano Five Sisters have a secret, and Nakano Maruo already knew it but didn't want to tell anyone.

The answer was obvious. Jolyne didn't say much and simply took off her Yinluo robe. "Help me upgrade this equipment to the top level. I don't think Mr. Nakano can't find a top-notch craftsman, can he?"

I'll pay you, and you'll complete the task.

We can't trust each other yet, so there's no need to explain anything else.

That's what Nakano Maruo meant.

Jolyne had no objections; such a simple and direct transaction was a good thing.

At least Nakano Maruo can afford to pay the price.

There are too many strange tales on the planet of despair. Although Medea has used the river god's power to create two new Yinluo Spirit Palaces to control these tales, this one, which is Jolyne's exclusive weapon, still needs to be rebuilt. At least it shouldn't be in the state of being about to burst like it is now.

Hmm... I'm bursting.

The original version of this outfit is now covered with various ghost stories, so much so that it's almost unable to maintain its ability to transform into other forms.

Thinking this, Xu Lun took out his Yinluo Spirit Mansion as well. "These two pieces of equipment are somewhat similar in effect. When crafting new equipment, you can directly fuse these two pieces of equipment together."

As for how to integrate them, that's up to Nakano Maruo. I believe he can find enough materials and a skilled craftsman to accomplish this.

"Top-of-the-line?"

Maruo Nakano cautioned, "Equipment has conditions for use, and the more powerful the equipment, the more unavoidably demanding the conditions for use."

Do you want the top-of-the-line model?

Even if I found a master craftsman, it's impossible to remove all the usage conditions. The result would most likely be a powerful piece of equipment that you can't use right now.

"for example?"

Jolyne shrugged. "For example, what conditions would arise for this equipment to be used after it's been upgraded?"

"Let me see."

Nakano Maruo picked up the Yinluo Robe and Yinluo Spirit Mansion for a quick examination. The strange aura on them was truly astonishing, especially the Yinluo Robe's condition of "achieving a kill of ten thousand people," which made Nakano Maruo wonder to himself if Jolyne's development direction might be some kind of demonic path.

"Judging from your two pieces of equipment, there is a high probability that the user possesses divinity and that there are certain conditions for their use based on specific deeds."

"Then there's no problem. Having divinity is not a problem."

Anna already possesses divinity, so there's no need to worry about it causing any debuffs. He can place divinity on Joan of Arc, who is his guardian spirit, and he can use it directly once the conditions for use are met.

"That's it."

Nakano Maruo did not refute further; Jolyne was not someone who needed his guidance.

"Let's go back in May."

"Oh."

Nakano Satsuki remained focused on her rice, and these meat buns were made by Kanroji Mitsuri. The two, who shared a love for food, quickly became fast friends after spending a short time together, and even made a pact to compile a comprehensive guide to otherworldly cuisine.

Chapter 400 Yukinoshita

on Tuesday.

Swipe past the punctually appearing crescent moon cat on her phone, and Jolyne returns to her campus life.

Shibamoto Yoshiteru bent his waist at a 90-degree angle and lifted a rather thick book directly up.

"Jolyne, this is my first draft. Please, with all your humility, read it and leave some sharp comments—not too sharp, really!"

"It sounds like you've received a lot of negative comments."

Jolyne reached out and took it; just looking at its thickness, one had to admire the sheer audacity of this chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) individual.

The title of the book is really problematic.

"The Rebirth and Return of General Chaimuk"!

"This name, um... I already told you not to use your real name as the protagonist in a novel. People who know you will just think this is a self-indulgent piece of writing, right?"

Just looking at the title, Jolyne had absolutely no interest in reading it. "It would be more like a story about a swordsman general or a celestial king's rebirth..."

"Will you be able to see it after changing it?"

"Issue Yoshiaki asked."

"will not."

Jolyne firmly denied it.

He returned the draft and contacted the members of the Service Club, but unfortunately only Hachiman Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama took a look and gave some negative comments that were slightly better than the online reviews.

At that moment, Megumi Kato arrived at the classroom and was somewhat surprised to see Jolyne, who had arrived early that day.

"Hui, it's been a long time."

"Didn't we just see each other yesterday?"

Kato Megumi put her backpack down, turned her pretty face to the side, and asked, "Jolyne, do you want to go to Hawaii?"

"What a sudden question."

Then Jolyne saw Kato Megumi pull a small golden ball out of her bag.

"Yesterday when I went to the mall, I happened to win the grand prize, which was three family packages to Hawaii. Unfortunately, I can't go with my parents. Because I'm so inconspicuous, they might forget about me in Hawaii."

Kato Megumi told a lame joke, "If the embassy doesn't even notice me, then I'll have no choice but to find a cruise ship to smuggle myself back to Japan."

"Although it's a joke, it's a bit tragic."

But is it really possible to get this through a lottery?

Jolyne was puzzled. Although in her past life she always won various travel prizes in Crayon Shin-chan and Detective Conan and achieved the feat of traveling around the world, it was surprising that a shopping mall in the real world actually gave them away!

It's still a family meal, not a voucher.

"That's because the mall staff didn't notice me when they were talking."

Megumi Kato: "Hmm... They just said that the grand prize would be stuck to the top corner of the lottery box, so I tried it and it actually came out."

Jolyne: "..."

Very beaver-like, but this operation sounds like a slice-of-life comedy. He feels like this is the script that Twilight and Anya should be in.

“Because of the time limit, they’ll expire soon if you don’t use them,” Kato Megumi asked. “Does Jolyne need these Hawaii tickets?”

Well... anyway, it's become Zongwu University.

Since it's a university, there's no requirement to stay on campus. Asking for leave from her "counselor," Mafuyu Kirisu, to go on a trip is perfectly fine.

"Well, it's not really necessary."