Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes

Shin Higashiyama not only directly gained the same abilities as the two players, but also successfully unlocked the Gold and Platinum trophies.

Golden Trophy: Crimson Demon Slayer, a sword that has a bonus against demons.

Platinum Trophy: Escape Cave Token, a token with a strange name and no other explanation. Infusing it with spiritual energy will produce a reaction; the patterns on the characters will light up, but that's all; there are no other unusual changes.

And a new achievement: "Discerning Eye - The first invited player achieved the perfect ending."

The reward is a "Power Amplification Bead", which can enhance the effects of certain abilities, but only one ability can be active at a time.

The enhanced abilities do not include attack power; they are more like fashion skins that only add special effects, making them a paper tiger and somewhat useless.

Of course, there are also the 650 points that cannot be ignored.

Originally, a perfect completion of "Subway" only grants 500 points, but inviting a player increases the reward by 10%, bringing the total to this amount.

Shinichi Higashiyama had to admit that, given the rewards for completing the game, a rate of releasing a new game every month wasn't unacceptable.

Furthermore, players can use points to purchase games. Although the purchased games only offer a single reward, and it's unclear whether there are any rotating rewards for players, at least they definitely won't lose out.

The only thing that made him slightly dissatisfied was that the players received very few points.

Iwasaki: 50

Nobi: 40

Uesugi: 20

The items available for exchange are the same as those in Higashiyama Shin's shop, but he can choose to block certain items and change their prices.

After some consideration, and taking into account that they already had too few points, we decided not to raise the price further.

But we can't let them think these goods are cheap.

Dongshan Shen quietly adjusted the price of paper dolls, which they probably didn't need much, to thirty points, then adjusted the price of pills from thirty points to one hundred points, and gave the Little Longevity Pill and Body Strengthening Pill a 30% discount, "only" 30 points!

Considering that Uesugi only had 20 points, Higashiyama Shin even personally gave each of the three players a "huge sum" of 10 points.

This is used to subsidize the player's first purchase of a Small Longevity Pill.

In other words, players only need 20 points to buy their first Little Longevity Pill.

Each player receives a subsidy of 10 points, so a billion players would receive a subsidy of 10 billion points! He is one step closer to becoming a recipient of Pinduoduo's 10 billion subsidy.

However, if he really had a billion players, he would probably have conquered the galaxy by now.

As for the "random knowledge" that costs fifty points, he decided not to include it for now.

Since he had already tried it once, the randomly generated knowledge was "Magic Power Flush Toilet Design Blueprint," which is difficult to evaluate.

Players are advised not to waste their valuable points on opening loot boxes.

I'll buy the blind boxes he designed himself when I have enough points later!

Thank you to "Book Friend 20180813091959851" for the 1500 coin donation.

Thank you to "Void Heart" for the 500-coin donation.

Chapter 92: I killed him.

"Mr. Ikeda, this is Shingo Nakajima from the First Investigation Division. We have made new discoveries regarding the 4.4 case and need your cooperation again. Would you be willing to come with us to the Metropolitan Police Department to assist in the investigation?"

At the entrance of the Ikeda family home.

Shingo Nakajima glanced subtly at his colleague beside him, emphasizing the word "voluntary" slightly.

They failed to obtain an arrest warrant this time because they had no evidence, and the judge might not approve it, even if Minister Iwaki intervened.

So the goal is to get the other person to the Metropolitan Police Department if possible.

Shingo Nakajima probably had a guess about Tatsumi Hiramori's suspension, and the police officer next to him was arranged by Minister Iwaki.

Ikeda Rui, seemingly on his way to school, calmly glanced at the two police officers before him and nodded slightly: "Can I eat something before I go?"

“Of course, would you mind if we came together?” the officer next to Nakajima said before Nakajima could speak.

Ikeda said "okay," turned and walked into the living room, poured three glasses of water, and then opened a bag of cookies on the table.

Ikeda quietly ate honey cookies with a glass of warm water.

Nakajima didn't take any action, and he didn't even drink any water.

The colleague ate one piece, then secretly hid another and put it in his pocket.

Within minutes, Ikeda finished the last cookie and wiped the crumbs from his mouth.

"Officer Nakajima, you should have informed Principal Asano before you came, right?"

"I have already explained the situation to him. Please rest assured that your course will be temporarily taught by another teacher, and the head teacher will also temporarily take over the class."

"Okay, thank you." Ikeda stood up and straightened his collar. "Let's go then."

Nakajima and Ikeda hadn't had much contact before, but he seemed to have changed, as if something was off.

But upon closer inspection, there was nothing unusual.

Except that today's tie is a bit bright red.

But what does that prove?

Nakajima shook his head, thinking he might be suffering from neurasthenia.

The two men, one on each side, led Ikeda Rui to the police car.

Upon arriving at the Metropolitan Police Department, Officer Ishihara, a close confidant of Chief Iwaki, took over from Ikeda Ei and led him into the interrogation room that had been prepared in advance.

"Ikeda Rui, we have obtained new evidence that it is you—the one who murdered the three students in the old school building!"

"The surveillance footage you gave us before was nothing more than a carefully fabricated recording."

"Actually, your main target was only Koizumi Yoshiichi, right? The reason you went so far as to attack all the students present was to cover up your target, create a scene of indiscriminate killing, and frame the legendary ghost story teacher. Am I right?"

The interrogation room lights were off, and two desk lamps sat on the aluminum alloy tabletop, both of which were on at maximum power and pointed at Ikeda Rui.

Officer Ishihara braced his hands on the counter, his tone resolute, staring sternly at Ikeda Rui, as if everything was under his control.

Ikeda Rui remained silent and did not speak immediately.

Inspector Ishihara remained silent, and a heavy atmosphere settled in the small interrogation room, making every slightest movement all too noticeable.

Ikeda Rui suddenly laughed silently.

He raised his head, looked directly at Ishihara's backlit silhouette, and spoke.

"You're right, I killed him."

Ishihara opened his mouth, about to let out a cold laugh, but then frowned.

what?

Did he mishear?

He's already confessed?! He was prepared for a long battle!

This is just the appetizer among appetizers.

Ishihara couldn't help but look at his deputy to make sure he hadn't misheard.

The deputy also looked surprised and nodded hesitantly at Ishihara.

"Okay, okay! Tell me, what was the motive, how did you commit the crime, and where did you put the murder weapon?" Ishihara was overjoyed and eagerly pressed for an answer. "If you're willing to confess, I can treat it as a voluntary surrender!"

"I will cooperate."

Ikeda Rui lowered his head with a big smile on his face.

"Tell me everything you know."

"Dear students, Ikeda has taken some time off due to some unforeseen circumstances, so I will be temporarily in charge of Class 3, Grade 1. If you need anything, please come to my office."

The coach's speech left the students unsure whether to be happy or worried.

Although Ikeda acts like a tough guy in the club, after a week of getting to know him, everyone found that he was actually a pretty good person. He was also very quiet and practically never talked nonsense, so he never wasted their time.

The coach, on the other hand, is the other extreme; he is not only strict but also particularly good at spouting correct but meaningless platitudes.

They had already learned this lesson at the opening ceremony.

Sure enough, at the morning meeting, the instructor started giving a long speech, intending to give Group 3 of Grade 1 a proper lesson.

However, a righteous man named Dongshan Shen secretly intervened, using the magician's hand to cause trouble, causing the instructor to accidentally slip and fall flat on his face. He lost face and lost interest in continuing to talk nonsense, leaving with half of his buttocks rubbing.

The students let out a low cheer of victory.

"The police couldn't find any clues, so they started resorting to desperate measures."

Chiba looked out the window. It was cloudy outside, and there was thunder in the clouds, but it wasn't raining.

"The power of public opinion is indeed quite useful within certain limits." Dongshan was considering whether to unleash a torrential rain to expend his excess energy.

Chiba nodded in agreement, then continued reading his book, but seemed a little distracted. After reading only a couple of lines, he couldn't help but look up at Higashiyama Shin's back.

A few seconds later, she gently poked Dongshan's shoulder with the pen.

"My mother is free tonight and would like to invite you and Higashiyama to have dinner alone at Matsumoto-ro."

Matsumoto-ro, a Western-style restaurant that has been operating since the Meiji period, is located in Hibiya Park.

For certain reasons, Higashiyama Shinto had long admired his name.

Despite its rich historical background, the price is not high.

As expected of Chiba's mother, she really put a lot of thought into it.

Inviting him to dinner isn't unusual, but he usually cooks at home and rarely goes to restaurants.

"Okay, but he told me he's having dinner with the badminton club tonight and won't have time."

"Should I ask Mom to reschedule?" Chiba suggested reluctantly.

"No need. He'll just feel uncomfortable if he's with us."

He can make decisions for Dongshan on his own even for such a small matter. Does he not understand the true value of an elder brother acting as a father?

That's actually the case. If Dongshan were chosen alone, he might go with her out of politeness, but deep down he would definitely prefer to have dinner with his clubmates.

Coincidentally, Shinichi Higashiyama also had an excuse to go to Hibiya Station.

He planned to use the illusion and the magician's hand to place the possessed paper doll in the tunnel he passed through in advance.

Hajito, you better not do as he thinks, otherwise... my blade is never dull, and even the heavenly thunder is thirsting for power.

Should I have her come pick me up?

"No need to trouble you, Auntie. After we finish our club activities, we can head to Hibiya Station early and then visit the park."

Higashiyama Shin had made a plan.

"it is good."

Chiba nodded and continued reading.

Chapter 93: Confidentiality Agreement

Early in the morning.

After washing up, Goto took a deep breath, tried to smile at himself in the mirror, fixed his expression, and carefully observed himself to make sure there was nothing wrong before exhaling a long breath.

He then pulled down his sleeves to cover the bruises on his arms, ready to start his new day's work.

Before heading over, I glanced at the monitor to see if Mr. Iwasaki had woken up.

However, the monitor was completely black, indicating that the power was off.

Is it malfunctioning?

The monitor was connected to the rehabilitation bed designed specifically for disabled people. Although the malfunction wouldn't lead to any serious consequences, it was certainly not a good thing.

Goto left the duty room somewhat anxiously and jogged to Iwasaki's room.

Just as she was about to arrive, she saw that annoying caregiver, Kamei, come out from inside.

She also saw Goto, gave him a provocative sneer, and without saying hello, swaggered off in another direction.

Goto ran to Iwasaki's door, just as Kamei entered the room she was in charge of, leaving Goto speechless.