Offer a savior to the infinite world!

Jianzi sighed softly.

I'm a little confused about my mood.

Whenever he encountered something he didn't understand, he would subconsciously ask Senior Lin Yi for help. When the other party really appeared in front of him and he saw that the other party had returned to his normal posture, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. But when the other party decided to leave, this feeling of annoyance was so clear again.

I probably never had such worries in the past.

"Savior...huh?"

Taking out the tactical dagger engraved with beautiful patterns given by Lin Yi, the girl looked at her face reflected on the blade of the dagger and took a deep breath again.

My life has changed dramatically compared to the past.

Perhaps, it is impossible to go back to the way things were before.

In the future, I will also participate in rescuer missions again and again like Senior Lin Yi, looking for a powerful path that suits me and transcends my cognition, and become a hero who helps, saves, and leads others.

I always feel a little unreal, as I am just an ordinary high school student.

But if, it was with Senior Lin Yi.

If I were with my seniors...

"What the hell is this?"

The girl, who had never experienced anything like this, covered her face and let out a low cry.

At this time, the dragon hunter armor standing quietly beside him suddenly turned around and looked to the side. Hearing the sound of the other party moving, Jianzi subconsciously turned his head and looked over, and then he saw a twisted ghost, staring at him with eyes as big as basins.

Ah, I saw it again.

Because he was temporarily relaxed, Jianzi did not pretend not to see in time this time, and responded clearly to the ghost.

Almost immediately, the ghost opened its bloody mouth, roared "I can see, I can see" and rushed forward.

click-

Amid the sound of armor colliding, the dragon hunter armor raised the giant axe in his hand.

Boom! ! !

The burst of thunder and lightning caused the ground about ten meters above to collapse, and also blasted a shallow pit of nearly half a meter in the grass of the park.

The roaring monster had been completely torn apart, leaving only a pool of rotten flesh that slowly dissipated into the air.

"Hey?"

Blinking, Jianzi lowered his head somewhat belatedly to look at the big hole on the ground that was smashed extremely violently, then looked at the dragon hunting armor quietly waiting beside him, and his breathing suddenly became disordered.

It seems that I can understand what Senior Lin Yi said.

This system assistant called Dragon Hunting Armor is so cool!

Not to mention that after becoming interested in macho wrestling matches, Lin Yi started to like heavily armored tough guys in a Western fantasy style. At this moment, he had returned to his own world. He yawned, and before he could do anything else, he received another call.

This time, the contact came from Tanjiro Kamado, whom he met during the first mission.

"Well, you have also completed the third mission, that's pretty good. Well, I have also completed the third mission here."

"Non-emergency mission? I've heard of this thing. I guess I can go to the Savior Community tomorrow to see what's so special about it."

"Did you encounter any special situations over there? Um, the lines on your face?"

During the chat, Lin Yi and Tanjiro roughly exchanged and talked about each other's experiences during the mission.

According to Tanjiro, he encountered a very urgent situation in the third mission. Due to some mistakes, he accidentally came into contact with the main force of the enemy without being able to figure out the specific situation in the early stage. He had to fight a desperate battle with the enemy when his teammates were unable to come to support him.

After that, Tanjiro, who continued the mission with injuries, encountered many thrilling battles. Finally, when facing the source of the crisis of that mission, an extremely powerful inhuman monster, Tanjiro, whose body was already on the verge of limit, fought the enemy with all his strength, and as a result, some changes occurred in his body during the battle.

[Tanjiro Kamado: How should I put it? I didn’t actually notice any changes in myself at the time.]

[Tanjiro Kamado: I learned about it because my companions on that mission noticed that I had some special lines on my forehead. And because the lines disappeared after the battle, I was unable to record what they looked like.]

[Tanjiro Kamado: After that mission, the Savior System scanned and investigated me individually, and told me that I had awakened a special ability called "Markers". It also told me that this ability would overdraw my life, and then it said that it helped me repair this defect of overdrawing my life. In short, a lot of things happened.]

When the body temperature reaches above 39 degrees and the heart rate exceeds 200 beats, stripes will appear on the body, and the combat capability will be greatly improved, surpassing the limits of the human body.

This is the evaluation given to Tanjiro Kamado by the Savior System after the scanning test.

After the markings are activated once, this ability can be stabilized and can be activated again when needed. However, although the physical fitness and combat ability can be greatly improved, this ability is an overdraft of life. Therefore, after the markings are activated, Tanjiro Kamado will die before the age of 25. This is the biggest flaw of this power.

Although it is said so, the Savior System has a powerful healing branch function, so the vitality that Tanjiro Kamado overdrawn when he opened the Mark has now been fully replenished by the system, so he does not need to worry about the problem of life span at all. However, according to the survey results given by the Savior System, the ability called Mark that Tanjiro possesses can be spread among other Demon Slayer swordsmen who use breathing methods in a way similar to [Resonance], which will make it possible for other people to open the Mark, and those people cannot rely on the system to replenish their overdrawn vitality like Tanjiro.

It is for this reason that Tanjiro, who is worried that he might harm his teammates, now doesn't even dare to go back to where he lives and hides in the woods alone.

"Is there such a thing?"

Scratching his head, Lin Yi became slightly interested in what the young man said at this moment.

Intermission 3-04: Community reunion, volunteer mission

In the end, Lin Yi's plan to take a day off was completely unsuccessful.

After finishing the nerve-wracking mission, Lin Yi had to stop his original plan to relax a little. He went to the Savior Community and met Tanjiro Kamado, his friend from the first mission, at a flower shop, trying to find a way to help him.

"Anyway, because of that thing called stripes, you are worried about whether it will cause any harm to your friends, right?"

Kamijou Touma, who happened to be in the store, yawned, and after learning the general situation from Tanjiro, he nodded slightly, moved a stool and sat down.

"Uncle Kamijou, do you have any solution for this matter?"

Upon learning of Tanjiro's situation, Suzuran, who had come along with him, wagged her tail gently and asked with concern.

"Mr. Kamijou, I can't do anything about this. After all, I'm not an expert in this area. Um, Othinus, come and help me. Don't read books all the time. Come and help the younger juniors solve problems occasionally."

The middle-aged man scratched his head, smiled helplessly, and then asked his wife for help very straightforwardly.

The process of asking for help was not easy. The blonde girl named Othinus, who was said to be a demon, was quite lazy. She never responded much to Kamijou Touma's request for help. For this reason, Kamijou Touma had to begin to implicitly express his willingness to pay a price. The specific price was unknown, because Kamijou Touma only used words like "3 hours", "5 hours", "half a night no more", and no one knew what he was trying to express.

In short, in the end, Othinus was persuaded to come to Tanjiro and help him check the situation.

"I see. The ability to overdraw vitality in exchange for improved physical fitness seems to be a unique talent of humans in that universe, although it is really pitifully weak. Well, this thing does have the property of spreading, but there is no need to worry. It should only be spread to those who have trained their physical fitness to the top level, and whether to activate it can be completely controlled by oneself, and it will not be uncontrollable."

"Also, even if this situation really happens again, can't you just find a way to replenish their overdrawn vitality? There are all kinds of things in the Savior Community, and vitality supplements are not particularly rare. The Holy Grail bottle used by the man next to you is an extremely weakened vitality supplement."

Othinus, who had just taken a quick look and determined the situation in less than a second, yawned and gave Tanjiro some pointers. After thinking for a moment, the boy finally breathed a sigh of relief after he was sure that it was not a big problem. He thanked Othinus and Kamijou Touma and returned to his own world.

Unlike Lin Yi, who lives a regular and dull life, Tanjiro lives in a world where man-eating monsters called "ghosts" exist. Therefore, he also needs to take responsibility in his daily life and fight those ghosts to protect the innocent.

After this rescue mission, Tanjiro will participate in a ghost hunting mission. According to him, there will be a [Pillar] to lead them, so overall it should be safe.

The Pillars are the top members of the Demon Slayer Corps, the organization that Tanjiro belongs to. They represent the top combat power of the Demon Slayer Corps. There are nine of them in total. According to Tanjiro himself, if the Pillars were to fight the monster that Bessey transformed into during the first mission, they would probably be able to kill it in just one second without spending so much energy. Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, the gap between the Pillars and ordinary Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen is so outrageous.

As for the time of the ghost hunting mission, it will be about three or four days later. At this time, it is still in the preliminary preparation stage. It is said that the [Pillar] has already done preliminary reconnaissance. After confirming the basic situation, Tanjiro will go to the mission site with his two companions and act under the leadership of the Pillar.

In addition, the location of the mission is a place called [Infinite Train].

What is the Infinite Train? Is it a train that runs in a loop with the front and the rear connected? I always feel that this name is a bit childish.

After experiencing three savior missions, Tanjiro's strength has greatly improved compared to the past, and he has obtained the power of the stripes. Now he is full of confidence and is very sure that this mission can be completed smoothly.

Considering the results of Tanjiro's training during the previous training sessions, although Lin Yi had never seen the evil spirit that the boy mentioned, he thought it should not be a big problem.

Well, there should be no problem.

"As a result, things keep happening one after another. Ah, I am really exhausted."

After Tanjiro left, he also left the flower shop and sat in front of a ramen restaurant called Ichiraku Ramen on the side of the community street, planning to have a bite to eat.

Lin Yi did not leave alone. Similarly, Linglan, who had just completed a rescue mission, did not rush back to her native world after taking time to come to the community. Instead, she followed Lin Yi and sat in front of the ramen restaurant. Because of her height, Linglan took out a thick dictionary from her backpack and put it under the stool. It seemed that she often encountered this kind of awkward height problem and had already prepared a solution.

"It's been a rare time for me to meet you. How are you doing?"

While waiting for the ramen to be served, Lin Yi looked at the fox girl beside him and asked curiously.

"It's okay, well, or I can't really say it's okay. Some time ago, I went to a place called Warrenmude with sister Yaye... Well, how should I put it? In fact, there is no difference between good people and bad people. Everyone has their own difficulties and reasons. It's just that it turned out like that in the end. It's really..."

As she spoke, the girl couldn't help but sigh, and she looked very tired.

Everyone has their own difficulties. Whether it is Tanjiro or Suzuran, they all live in an unstable world, so their situation is completely different from that of people like Lin Yi who live in a peaceful world. Therefore, seeing that Suzuran didn't want to tell her previous experience in detail, Lin Yi didn't ask any more questions and just listened quietly as a listener.

"In fact, generally speaking, there is a lot of good news during this period. Dr. Kal'tsit and Amiya are not as busy as before."

"Rhodes Island is still as lively as ever. Sister Huang was talking about holding a music event, and it seems that quite a few people responded. Oh, and the doctor. A few days ago, I saw the doctor pouring boiling water into his mouth to make instant noodles. I always felt that this was dangerous, but he just wouldn't listen."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Lin Yi, would you like to meet the Doctor? I feel like you two have a lot in common. I don't know how to put it, but Mr. Lin Yi, your temperament is really similar to the Doctor's. Sometimes I feel like you two are the same person, although you don't have the weird behaviors that the Doctor does."

She was away from Rhodes Island where she usually stayed and away from her usual living environment.

Lily of the valley seemed to relax a little and began to chat casually about various topics.

It can be felt that this child still has some accumulated pressure, and now he is just relieving it in this way. Therefore, Lin Yi just quietly listened to the other party's chat, and spent this time leisurely.

Not long after, the ramen was served on the table. Lily of the Valley ate the noodles in small sips, blowing on them very reservedly. Lin Yi, on the other hand, did not feel restrained at all. He swallowed the entire bowl of noodles and soup in big gulps in less than half a minute.

Probably because of his improved physical strength, Lin Yi's appetite is now about three to five times that of a normal adult male. During the rescue mission, he can rely on special supply capsules to ensure that he can go without food for several days in a row, but in his daily life, he naturally has to make good use of this capacity to enjoy all kinds of food.

"So, you probably have something else to say, Lily of the Valley."

After finishing the noodles and waiting for Lily of the Valley to finish eating, Lin Yi looked at the petite and cute fox girl and asked thoughtfully.

"Well, Mr. Lin Yi found out."

Linglan shrank her head slightly, and her tail and ears swayed slightly as she spoke in surprise. In fact, the girl had just been thinking about how to find a topic to talk about what she wanted to say, but she didn't expect Lin Yi to find out the clues first.

"I can probably tell from your expression that you do seem to be a little worried, so what exactly is it? Is there anything I can help with?"

While saying "Another bowl" to the shop owner, Lin Yi looked at Linglan and smiled.

"Well... in that case, Mr. Lin Yi, can you accompany me to participate in the [Volunteer Mission] tomorrow afternoon?"

So in the next moment, Linglan, who had made up her mind, raised her head, looked at Lin Yi seriously and asked.

……

Volunteer mission.

It is also called non-emergency tasks, variable tasks, free tasks, community tasks, etc. It is a special form of savior task in addition to the main tasks regularly assigned to saviors by the savior system.

The Savior System originally did not have this type of mission, and for a long time, the system did not support, or even oppose, this type of mission. However, with the initiative of more and more Saviors, as well as some top-level Saviors who were able to negotiate directly with the system, the system finally compromised and gave this special mission classification.

The so-called volunteer mission is actually a special mission that rescuers voluntarily apply to participate in, and they can enter and leave the mission world at any time.

In the mission world of this kind of savior mission, the danger that can cause a devastating blow to civilization has already occurred, but it has not officially entered the hazard stage. It is still in a state of brewing and concealment, and has not entered the actual extinction countdown period. However, since it has been classified as a mission world, it is certain that as long as this disaster breaks out, the civilization will absolutely have no room for recovery and will inevitably perish without external intervention.

Normally, rescuers will only be deployed at the most critical time. Before this critical time, the system will only observe the world in crisis. No matter how much sacrifice and despair there is, as long as it has not reached the most critical moment of destruction, the system will not deploy rescuers. Doing so can certainly minimize the impact of rescuers on the disaster-stricken civilization, which is for the long-term healthy development of civilization, but the overly cold and inhumane aspects of it are also criticized. Volunteer missions can essentially be understood as a product of compromise, a compromise between the system and rescuers who are eager to help more people.

All volunteer missions are carefully selected and will inevitably become official rescue missions, but the time has not yet come. These volunteer missions do not have two divisions: disturbance level and fluctuation level. The system only divides the most intuitive content, [hazard level], which means that it only establishes the intensity level of the danger that rescuers may encounter during the mission. This is because the mission world of the volunteer mission has not yet reached the critical point, so the system cannot make a complete calculation. Of course, despite this, for safety reasons, the system will still make a rough judgment on the disturbance level and fluctuation level to ensure that rescuers are allowed to enter within a safe range.

In addition, the biggest feature of volunteer missions is that you can join and quit at any time. As long as the system determines that you can play a practical role in resolving the crisis in this mission world, you can join the mission. Therefore, for volunteer missions, the number of participants is often uncertain.

Moreover, in the volunteer mission, the rescuer system will not change the parameters of the universe's time velocity, and will provide less support and help. It will only provide teammates' coordinate function services, and various safety protection measures for rescuers are one level lower than those of normal rescuer missions. After all, the system itself does not approve of this mission mode, so it naturally requires rescuers who actively join this mission to take more risks. However, this mission is relatively different in another way, that is, the rescuer can bring his own system assistant in as a helper. Well, although Lin Yi feels that Iino Miko may not be willing to go with him.

In short, the so-called volunteer mission can be understood as a special mission with greater uncertainty, greater risk, unknown teammates and the risk of disconnection. To be eligible to participate in this kind of mission, you must first complete three savior missions. In other words, Lin Yi is now qualified to participate in this kind of mission. With his current personal savior level, he can accept volunteer missions with two levels of danger, Spark and Vlam. And Linglan is exactly the same.

"So, you want to participate in the volunteer mission?"

After roughly understanding what the volunteer mission was, Lin Yi looked at the petite girl in front of him and roughly understood what she meant.

"My current strength is far from enough. I hope to hone myself better so that I can better respond when encountering various unknown situations. Therefore, I think volunteer missions, which are tasks with great uncertainty, are a good opportunity. I plan to give it a try."

She nodded slightly, with a determined look on her face.

"It's just that among the fellow saviors I know, not many have participated in volunteer missions, and everyone has various things to do in their daily lives. I met Mr. Lin Yi again today, and I want to know if Mr. Lin Yi has the interest and time to participate in volunteer missions. We have had the experience of cooperating in battles before, and I think it would be a good thing to cooperate again. What do you think, Mr. Lin Yi?"

The little fox girl blinked her big, clear eyes and made a serious invitation to Lin Yi.

I was invited to do another mission just after I came back.

Tsk tsk, this kind of thing...

"Of course, no problem. I've actually always been interested in that volunteer mission. Let's work together then."

Lin Yi nodded in agreement happily, and the owner of the ramen shop brought the second bowl of noodles to the table, with an appetizing and delicious aroma spreading out.

Interlude 3-05: Yotsuya Miko's training day

Today is a brand new day.

It is a truly new day for the girl named Yotsuya Miko.