Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

The brother and sister were completely petrified.

They stared blankly at the girl on the monitor screen, who seemed as if she might disappear into the background at any moment.

A full half minute passed.

Kong Cai murmured to himself in a trembling, dreamlike tone.

"Great, the presence of the Limitless is so faint that even instruments and monsters cannot detect it."

"Invincible! This is practically a causality-level superpower at level 250!"

"This is the god of assassination!"

The next second after finishing his rant,

He suddenly grabbed the walkie-talkie next to him and, in a tone as if calling for a savior, frantically shouted at Su Chen, who was present at the scene.

"Assassin! Can you hear me? Assassin! This is Master! Respond if you hear me! Respond if you hear me!"

"Huh?" Su Chen was taken aback by his sudden strange shout. What Master, Assassin, Sora, are you going to start the Holy Grail War?

"Su Chen!" Kong's tone was filled with fervor. "This girl, this girl is a treasure! She's a born Assassin! She's the ultimate fantasy of every stealth game player! She's a Big Boss walking among humans!"

"We must do everything we can to get her on our side!"

"..."

Su Chen looked at the brown-haired bob-cut girl in front of him with an innocent expression that seemed to say, "What did I do wrong?"

Then I heard the roar of that completely insane genius over the walkie-talkie.

A kind and friendly smile appeared on his face.

He hesitated no more.

A formal invitation to team up with Kato Megumi was extended.

"Kato-san."

"Would you like to play a game with us?"

"A dungeon called 'Apocalypse Survival'!"

Chapter Sixty-Three: On the Way Forward

"An ultimate hardcore game called Post-Apocalyptic Survival?"

Kato Megumi looked at the man in front of her, who had a kind smile on his face but whose words were incredibly cringeworthy.

Those brown eyes, which usually showed little emotion, were now filled with utter bewilderment.

This man named Su Chen seems to be the boss of this group.

Judging from how easily he killed those monsters, as if they were chickens, he is very strong, as strong as a superpowered person in a comic book.

She thought about it.

I've been wandering aimlessly for so many days in this deathly silent city, where only the roars of monsters can be heard.

It was indeed quite boring.

The people in front of me all look strange, full of all sorts of weird and wonderful settings and protagonist templates.

But it would probably be safer to go with them.

then.

She looked up at Su Chen, who was still extending an invitation to her, and nodded gently.

"Um, okay."

"Anyway, I'm all alone, and it's pretty boring."

Kong, on the other end of the walkie-talkie, was overjoyed.

"—YES!"

"Did you see that? Bai, a Grand-rank powerhouse has joined our team! That's fantastic!"

He raised his hand and gave Bai a high five, then hugged Bai and spun around to express his joy.

"I hereby declare that, from this day forward, Kato Megumi is our 'Blank' team... no, Su Chen's team, a walking EX-rank stealth treasure, second only to Boss Su Chen and you, Grandpa Blank, myself! Everyone else, step aside!"

"..."

Su Chen listened to Kong's inexplicable words and smiled helplessly.

However, with this, the team also welcomed its seventh and most buggy core member.

Although this new member doesn't seem to have the same burning passion and sense of responsibility that comes with joining the team.

Oh well, there's always another day.

After getting into position, the team continued their journey deeper into Central Avenue.

Kato Megumi, who calls herself an "ordinary high school girl," walked confidently in the middle of the empty road, carrying a large backpack full of supplies that she had picked up from who-knows-where.

It's like going for a walk after dinner.

Those "patrol soldiers" monsters that roamed the streets like zombies walked right past Kato Megumi as if she were a pebble on the roadside!

At the closest point, a monster with mantis-like claws was less than ten centimeters away from her arm!

But he still ignored her.

I didn't even have the interest to take a second look.

Under the guidance of this "BUG-level" "Humanoid Invisibility Cheat 2.0 ProMaxPlus Ultra Collector's Edition".

The group arrived at their final destination with ease and enjoyment.

—The UDX Building in Akihabara.

"stop."

When they were about 100 meters away from the building, in an excellent observation position, Su Chen called a halt to the team via walkie-talkie.

Because he saw something unusual.

The blank space in the command room was also seen simultaneously through the real-time monitoring footage from the drone.

That terrifying scene made everyone gasp in shock.

All that could be seen was the wide plaza surrounding the UDX building.

Thousands of monsters completely surrounded the skyscraper.

Their patrol routes intersect with each other like precise clock gears, covering all 360 degrees without any blind spots.

Their surveillance ranges overlap, forming an all-encompassing radar network without any gaps!

This is practically like a demon army led by the demon king!

"Hey, hey, hey...you're kidding, right?"

A somber voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"So many monsters? There are even more than we had before!"

"To get in with so many monsters on your hands is a hundred times harder than beating through the highest difficulty level of Metal Gear Solid in one go!"

"We'd better avoid them; it'll be trouble if we get spotted."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yukino and Utaha's expressions both turned somewhat unpleasant.

Even the brother and sister duo, the "gods of games," found it challenging, which means it's truly very difficult.

Su Chen looked at the perfect defensive line in front of him, composed of hundreds of monsters, which could be described as an "impregnable fortress".

He turned his head and looked at the girl beside him who was still doing nothing, looking at the sky as if to say, "Ah, the wind is so noisy today."

He revealed an extremely "kind" smile, as if a strange uncle were luring a little girl.

"Kato-san."

"Hmm? What's wrong, Su Chenjun?"

"Our team received an urgent mission to infiltrate that heavily guarded enemy base ahead," Su Chen said, spouting nonsense with a straight face.

"However, this mission is extremely difficult, and the enemy's defenses are flawless. And our team happens to lack a specialist who can carry out such a challenging stealth mission."

He paused, then looked at her expectantly.

"So, here comes your first and only 'S-rank' mission since you joined the team, which only you can complete."

As Su Chen spoke, he slowly raised his right hand, made a perfect "V" shape, and placed it next to his temple.

He pulled his hat brim down in a childish way (even though he wasn't wearing a hat), put his other hand in his pocket, and struck a classic pose that was extremely standard when Lelouch issued the Geass absolute command.

Then, in what he considered to be a charismatic, deep, and magnetic voice, he issued his first sacred command as "King."

"Listen up, Kato Megumi!"

"In the name of my team leader, 'Su Chen,' I hereby command you!"

"Immediately, infiltrate that heavily guarded enemy headquarters ahead! For me, for all of us, bring back the most crucial intelligence that leads to victory!"

"In my name, I uphold the contract! Go!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

The entire scene (of Li's) fell into a deathly silence, so profound that even a crow flying by would be embarrassed to the point of crashing.

"puff!"

Shi Yu was the first to lose her temper. She abruptly turned her face away, her shoulders trembling violently, clearly trying her best to suppress her laughter.

Yukino silently rubbed her forehead, her face showing an expression that said, "I don't know this idiot."

Yui was the only one who cheered, her eyes sparkling with "Wow, so handsome!", her hands clasped together in front of her chest, revealing a lovestruck expression.

Kato Megumi, who was being commanded by him with his over-the-top, chuunibyou-esque kingly orders, calmly tilted her head.

She replied with her signature completely expressionless face.

"Um, Su Chenjun."

"By the way, are you a bit of a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferer?"

"..."

Su Chen's pose, which he thought exuded "kingly majesty" and was incredibly handsome, instantly froze on the spot.

It's all ruined.

A complete and utter defeat!

Chapter Sixty-Four: The Tech Guys' Battle

Su Chen's epic display of "royal majesty" and "ritual" was dismissed by Kato Megumi's nonchalant remark, "Are you a bit of a chuunibyou?"

It was ruthlessly exposed in front of everyone.

He was like a balloon that had been punctured by a needle, deflated with a "whoosh".

'Damn it...' Su Chen's kingly expression froze for a moment as he frantically reflected on himself.

'I miscalculated! I completely forgot! Megumi is a character born with the passive skills of "the strongest defense-breaking aura" and "the mood-breaker." Trying to be cool or show off in front of her is like trying to teach a fish to swim—it's just asking for trouble!'

However, as the leader of the team, you can fail at pretending to be cool, but you absolutely cannot lose face!

The task still needs to be carried out.

Su Chen felt somewhat awkward, but still forced himself to remain calm and composed.

He withdrew his hand, which was still in the "Geass" pose, without changing his expression, and cleared his throat.

He glanced around with a look that seemed to say, "Oh, I was just joking to lighten the mood, don't take it seriously," and then quickly reiterated the mission details in plain language that normal people could understand.