Wrong, my team members are from daily life

Xia Jia thought for a moment:

"I can't really recruit many 'players', and the impact is too wide, which is not a good thing. I'd better announce it as a closed beta test to the outside world. Try to minimize the impact."

"However, in this case, the official website, forums, video accounts, etc. must keep up and try not to leave any loopholes."

What a hassle.

By the way, please ask Kobayashi and Doma-san to do this. Aren’t they programmers?

He did it as soon as he thought of it and quoted a sky-high price. Chen begged the poor programmer to work overtime.

Xiao Lin: "Your company is able to make such an awesome game, but you don't have time to build an official website?"

Xia Jia: "Actually there is no game at all. I was summoned to another world by accident."

Xiaolin: "A new novel idea? Or a promotional advertisement? Do you want me to help you promote it?"

Xia Jia: "Don't, when you find a dragon in the back mountain, you will know what I mean."

Xiaolin: "Haha, you're so funny for picking up a dragon or something."

Xia Jia: "Well, actually, all programmers are put into maintaining our potato server. Three of them died of exhaustion yesterday. If you help, I can reserve a ticket to travel to another world for you."

“I feel like you’ll need it.”

Xiao Lin: "How pitiful... Well, if I show up, I can save a few of my colleagues from dying."

Xia Jia has given up completely. Let's just play the game. When you feel something is wrong, you will naturally believe me.

To patch up the everyday world, Xia Jia officially draws lucky group members and gives them tickets to the second dimension.

After Astraea's instruction, Shaga conducted a more rigorous screening of the next test candidates.

"Just money, talent, etc., that's too narrow-minded. I want to do something more meaningful..."

After screening the group, I still couldn't find anyone who met my lofty goals.

"It would be nice if I could contact Yuuki, and Miyazono Kaoru. April next year seems to be the plot year..."

Woo woo woo, my April is so sad.

Suddenly, a message from Iwanaga Kotoko popped up.

"this……"

Xia Jia's face was solemn. This was the only person he had found who had anything to do with mystery.

"She's actually not bad. She's been dealing with monsters for years, so I think she needs to use force. It's a pity that she didn't find the male protagonist who ate the mermaid. With immortality and a lock on the future, this kind of talent can quickly turn her into a [Gluttony] Chardo."

Xia Jia opened the window and saw a sentence from Iwanaga Kotoko.

【I discovered your secret. 】

"?" Xia Jia slowly typed a question mark.

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "It's okay if you don't say it, but you probably need to recruit so-called talents. Do you mind if I recommend some?"]

【Xia Jia: “Are you so kind?”】

Xia Jia became alert. If he was just interested in the game, it would be fine, but this guy took the initiative and his goal was mysterious?

This made Xia Jia feel as if he was being plotted against.

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "Of course, I have something to ask of you. Well, it has nothing to do with the gods behind you. I simply want to ask a favor of the best-selling author "Adventer" teacher."]

God? This man guessed something.

Shaka's brain was thinking and his fingers were flying.

【Xia Jia: What help? 】

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "Don't be so nervous. As both of us are lucky people favored by God, I think we should be honest with each other. Let me give you some advice first."]

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "Don't let ordinary people know too much about the mystery."]

After Iwanaga Kotoko confirmed the identity of the priest Natsuka, everything seemed to make sense. Even in the Sakura Province, the gods had to select their subordinates in advance.

Its name is, Kizuna.

Rather than seeking good spirits after death, it is more efficient to train reserve forces while one is still alive, and they will not leave midway.

[Shaka: "I'm just running a new game. Or I'm telling you that I was accidentally summoned to another world as a hero, with the goal of defeating a dragon or something. Would you believe it?"]

As a member of the mysterious side, Xia Jia was ready to reveal his cards first, but he didn't expect that she would come to him on her own?

Xia Jia hesitated to leave room for the text.

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "You don't have to force yourself to say it if you don't want to. Even if you are being kept by a goddess now, I won't be surprised. This is obviously a setting from a light novel, so don't use it to deceive me, Adventer-sensei."]

【Xia Jia: “Why don’t you believe it?”】

It seems that the more people understand the mystery, the better they can explain the unknown with their own understanding. On the contrary, Toumori now seems to really feel that he is in another world...

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "Your current attitude is good, please keep it up to the outside world. There are too many inside stories that I can't tell you, so I'll just reveal a little bit. Check out the latest news about the slit-mouthed woman."]

……

Xia Jia didn't continue typing.

This guy is actually a very smart guy. He is revered as the "God of Wisdom" by monsters, so he must be very capable.

What's more, what she is best at is using unfounded reasons to explain the truth behind the monsters' chaos.

Its name is "Fictional Reasoning"!

It's like walking into science.

Even Kudo Shinichi next door called him an expert.

Xia Jia opened the news and saw the report about the woman with the slit mouth.

It was probably that many murderers suspected of being the slit-mouthed woman appeared and specifically asked her on the roadside whether she was pretty or not. No matter what she answered, her mouth would be cut open.

The news also gave an explanation that the person was a copycat with mental problems. But since Iwanaga Kotoko brought it up, it must not be as simple as the report said.

Referring to the somewhat vague plot of "Fictitious Reasoning", Xia Jia deduced that it was completely created by the world through delusions and rumors—a monster of imagination.

Simply put, because so many people believed it, the urban legend became true!

"I think I know what Iwanaga Kotoko wants me to do."

If you want to solve this fictional monster, you need to use a more realistic story to cover up the current rumors.

Perhaps, she was attracted by her identity as a popular light novel writer.

At this time, the message popped up again.

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "Don't hide in front of me. I have great respect for gods."]

Xia Jia considered: If the other party has a request for me, then he has no ill intentions. Maybe there is some mysterious idea behind investigating me, but that doesn’t matter.

I'm telling you the truth but you don't believe me and insist on checking...

Xia Jia could only say: As long as you are happy.

Thinking of this...

[Xia Jia: "Okay, what's your plan?"]

Iwanaga Kotoko: "It was just out of kindness, and I had the resources at hand...

Anyway...

Here is a more interesting plan that requires the support of the most advanced stealth equipment.

I originally contacted Kayaba Akihiko, but they rejected my request with a bad attitude, citing a shortage of equipment. 】

Fortunately, it was rejected... Xia Jia wiped the cold sweat for others.

He was thinking, maybe he could report it before the game officially goes live...

[Iwanaga Kotoko: It just so happens that the equipment you have seems to have the same effect, and the people recommended to you are all patients, so it's a win-win situation for both of you.]

[Xia Jia: "It seems that you do know a lot."]

[Iwanaga Kotoko: "Wouldn't it be more efficient to make a child who is about to become a spirit into a divine tool rather than a healthy child? This way, the gods behind you will also be happy. This is just an equal exchange."]

You misunderstood me. I don't know how to perform that ritual.

It's just a sacred weapon... Isn't that the spiritual weapon in the story of 'Noragami'?

Are there so many gods in the real world?

……

Kohoku General Hospital.

Iwanaga Kotoko stared at a young girl in front of her with a sad look.

It was a huge monster snake covered with bone armor and with empty eyes. Its tongue kept moving in and out of its mouth, as if it was cursing the purple-haired girl.

This monster has a different name in each different story.

Hollow? Monster? Ghost? Evil spirit? Demon?

Anyway, that's it.

And at this time...

"Please, God, it doesn't matter what happens to me. I hope Youki is okay..." The girl stared at the skinny girl in the intensive care unit and prayed continuously.

Konno Aiko, Yuuki's twin sister, suffered from severe bleeding at birth, and her blood was contaminated during a blood transfusion, causing her to develop an immunodeficiency syndrome (similar to HIV).

The family has held on until now, but their parents are both terminally ill and are about to pass away, and she has to face the situation of paying huge medical bills.

Her health was failing and she had to leave her remaining savings behind.

However, before that, she wanted to take one more look at her sister.

Kotoko Iwanaga quietly watched the scene through the glass, her sharp eyes fixed on the giant snake hovering around Aiko.

Monsters have always existed in the world, but recently, some evil spirits that should have been sleeping in the underworld suddenly returned to the world. At this time, this giant snake was pretending to be a god and bewitching this desperate girl.

"Leave her." Yan Yong Qinzi said lightly.

"You, you can see it! You can see it."

The giant snake seemed to have found a toy and turned its head to stare at Iwanaga Kotoko.

"I order you to leave her."

Kotoko Iwanaga's eyes were fixed on the giant snake without shifting.

"You, you are..."

The giant snake retreated, as it sensed from Iwanaga Kotoko that it was someone who was not to be trifled with.

That was the smell of hundreds and thousands of compatriots. It was certain that the man in front of it could single-handedly set off countless Night Parades of a Hundred Demons if he wanted to.

The look in his eyes confirmed that he was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

The giant snake's silhouette slowly dissipated and disappeared into the darkness.

Iwanaga Kotoko heaved a sigh of relief. To be honest, she was just a bully. She could do nothing about some irrational monsters.

After driving away the evil spirit that was trying to deceive the living, Iwanaga Kotoko sighed:

"I really just happened to see it, but I couldn't bear to stand by and watch."

If left unattended, Lan Zi, who is tempted by the demon, may become an even more desperate evil spirit, and the twisted love may become the claws that kill her loved ones.

At this moment.

In front of the screen, Xia Jia was silent.

He knew about Iwanaga Kotoko's plan. After the public beta of SAO, other full-dive games were developed one after another, and some of them were used for medical treatment.

Medical stealth equipment can completely stop patients from experiencing physical pain, or allow them to experience the feeling of a healthy body again. Some patients with impaired vision and hearing may be able to recover through such equipment.

But this type of equipment is more commonly used in hospice care.

Completely stealthy mental block can completely replace anesthesia, let some patients bid farewell to pain, and let the rest of life have a happy ending at the cost of 24 hours of full stealth.

"I remember that the team that Zetsuken Yuuki belonged to, [Silent Courtyard], was a guild formed by a terminally ill patient. They fought hard in many stealth games and left their names in the game forever."