From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

Once you accept the premise he had set up earlier, this logic suddenly makes sense.

"If you all have the same powers as the characters in this game, can you still defeat Sano?" Natsukawa continued to ask.

As he said these words, he couldn't help but start fantasizing, it would be great if such a spell really existed.

The puppets he could make now were not flexible enough. If they could really move like the characters in the game, it would be too...

"Games and actual combat are completely different!" Moriyama Chiyu answered seriously. "A guy like Sano, if you make him feel pain, he will immediately kneel on the ground and surrender!"

Xia Chuan was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "What if he is controlling the character? Don't forget, we humans can now create very advanced robots. If he controls the robot to fight you, can you still guarantee that you will win?"

Such an assumption itself is unfair. Why does one have to go up himself while the other can hide in a safe place and fight with a remote-controlled robot?

Moreover, if there were robots like this, why would Akasaka still use that slow tracked remote-controlled robot?

Unfortunately, Chiyu Moriyama didn't know this.

"Of course, none of this has anything to do with you." Xia Chuan immediately changed the subject before she could figure it out. "But have you ever thought about it? The fighting skills you learned before were designed and summarized based on the human body's functions. Can they really fully exert your abilities and potential? Because of your lack of imagination and creativity, you have unconsciously been constrained and restricted by the things you learned in the past, locking your upper limit and limiting your power to the scope of humans. Now, what you have to do is to break through the shackles created by this existing concept, liberate your imagination and creativity, and explore and find a fighting method that can truly exert your 100% ability and potential. So, with your identity and the resources you can access, what is more convenient and effective than games?"

This time, Chiyu Moriyama was completely stunned.

"The battles in the game are indeed fake, but the skills and experiences you can explore from them are not necessarily fake. Those fighting methods full of creativity and imagination may not be something you may use or encounter in the future. You can throw away things that are not applicable, but there are some things that you can learn from and use. Just like the move I used before, do you still think it is just a made-up nirvana in the game? If our strengths are similar, and I use this move while you continue to use the things you learned before, what will be the result?"

How about that? After being fooled to this extent, isn't your leg still lame?

"I'm sorry!" Chiyu Moriyama bowed her head in admiration. "I misunderstood Kamiya's efforts. I will definitely work harder! And... I will compensate you for the controller as soon as possible!"

"I'm glad you understand." Xia Chuan was almost fainting from laughing. He really wanted to know what path Moriyama Chiyu would eventually take. However, with him watching from the side, he would not let her waste her time and go astray.

"Don't worry too much about the controller. Just ask Sano to call the store and have them send it over. As the old Chinese saying goes, learning without thinking is useless. You can't just practice blindly. You must seriously summarize and think about it. It's just right. While you're waiting for the new controller to be delivered, you can think back on what you learned from yesterday to today!"

"Yes! I understand!" Chiyu Moriyama said seriously.

Chapter 50: We are so immature that we are afraid of ghosts

Kenta Sano and others were very surprised at the change in Chiyu Moriyama. They couldn't imagine what Natsukawa said to her on the rooftop to make her start playing games honestly again.

But people have a strong ability to adapt, and these guys are all otakus who are used to accepting everything, so they soon became familiar with Moriyama Chisuke's practice of fighting and failing over and over again, and treating playing games as a belief and mission.

Apart from being called over as a sparring partner one after another, enjoying the torment of fighting against beautiful girls, and being afraid of the other party going berserk at any time, the days seemed to be unchanged.

It's nothing more than cleaning up, not being as loud as before, not talking as casually as before, and being careful about many behaviors. But to be honest, for them, being in the same club with such a beauty recognized by the whole school is actually something worth showing off.

Especially for the freshmen, Chiyu Moriyama rarely had the chance to punish people after they entered the school, and most of the things about her were hearsay. Although she did look a little weird, a little cold, and a little violent, for these guys who rarely get the attention of beautiful girls, being able to stay in the same room with her for several hours every day, breathing the same air, drinking the same drinks, and even playing the same games was enough to satisfy all their imaginations about beautiful girls.

Not to mention, Chiyu Moriyama would ask them for advice on her gaming experience, which was something they had never imagined.

The only thing that made them feel regretful was that Chiyu Moriyama only played one game. She was not interested in games that were cuter and more suitable for girls, such as level-passing, development, role-playing, and guessing games. She was also dismissive of sports and shooting games that were more interesting, competitive, and confrontational. The only exception was when they brought a newly launched large-scale fantasy action game and she took a quick look at it. But it seemed that the skills of the protagonist in the game did not meet her aesthetic standards. After watching them play intermittently for more than an hour, she returned to the fighting game that she first came into contact with and had been playing.

Sometimes she would run to the rooftop, lock the door and do something unknown there. Then, after coming back, she would give up using a certain special move, or start trying a new combination of special moves.

Perhaps because of this focus, her skills were improving almost by the hour, and she was becoming more and more familiar with the fighting habits of Sano and others.

Sano and the others soon found that it was becoming increasingly difficult to win easily, and the outcome was becoming increasingly unpredictable. If it weren't for Moriyama Chiyu's stubborn refusal to use certain skills, they might have been killed by her in a row.

With intelligence, attitude, concentration, an open-minded attitude to learn and hard work, Chiyu Moriyama really crushes these losers in all aspects.

This kind of thing is easy to talk about, but for people like Sano who almost watched the entire process, it was quite shocking and inspiring.

"Can't lose!"

Although no one said what they should do, Xia Chuan didn't even say there would be any punishment if they lost.

But Japanese people have the habit of exaggerating ordinary things.

Maybe there is nothing worth promoting about playing games, and there are no public competitions for the game they play. It seems that there is absolutely no value in investing so much energy into it.

Seeing that Chiyu Moriyama had made such a big breakthrough through her own efforts in just a few days, they did not know why they had a strange sense of crisis, and even a sense of honor and mission that even they themselves could not understand. They would not let Chiyu Moriyama, a novice, defeat them so easily.

"I'm betting my twelve years of gaming soul on it!"

"Everyone, wake up! Show us our true strength!"

"I'm sorry, Moriyama-senpai, this is not a personal grudge!"

Needless to say, the people who were sent as sparring partners also gave up their entertainment and practiced wholeheartedly.

"Are they all crazy?" Xia Chuan, who was wandering outside (actually he was distracted by paying attention to other tools), saw this scene after entering the room. After listening to Sano, his lackey, quietly reporting what happened, he didn't know how to evaluate their behavior.

However, being in the middle of a collective outbreak of this kind of chuunibyou, everyone around him has the same idea, taking it for granted, and even getting excited about it. As the instigator, how can Natsukawa remain immune and pour cold water on them?

"Well, in that case, let me witness it with my own eyes!" He sat down facing the TV and said loudly, "The deadline is nine o'clock tonight! Chiyu Moriyama, let me see your true nature! Don't you want to create a miracle? Then start from here!"

"Yes!" Chiyu Moriyama said with the same excitement.

At this moment, this is no longer a game, but a battle of faith!

Sano and the others had no idea what the two of them were talking about, but that didn't stop them from responding to Moriyama Chiyu's challenge with extremely conflicting feelings.

Including Xia Chuan, it would still be an almost impossible task to defeat all twelve people in a row, even if her skills had indeed reached that level.

They don't want Chiyu Moriyama to succeed easily, but they also don't want to see her fail after such efforts.

No one gave up, everyone fought with Chiyu Moriyama wholeheartedly using the character and method they were best at.

Victory, defeat, cheering, regret, when it is their turn, everyone feels like they have really stepped onto the ring and are fighting a battle with their lives at stake.

The light outside the house began to fade, darken, and turn black. The voices of people in the campus began to become smaller, weaker, and quieter. Hunger and thirst began to torment them, but no one wanted to leave the battlefield, and no one even went to the toilet.

This is a confrontation between will and technology, belief and obsession!

"You guys..." The security guard suddenly broke into the activity room without knowing the time. He probably saw the lights and came over to see what was going on.

Everyone looked at him fiercely, as if he had interrupted some sacred ritual. The pressure brought by that powerful thought made him shrink back instantly, and he even swallowed the words of reprimand.

"Sorry...I'm really sorry." He retreated in a hurry, but didn't realize something was wrong until he reached the first floor.

Huh? Why should I apologize to them?

"Moriya, this is the final battle." Xiachuan said solemnly.

"Come on! I will definitely succeed!" Chiyu Moriyama answered loudly.

They chose a one-game-determining mode, and after failing countless times, Chiyu Moriyama finally reached the last level.

So……

K.O!

In just ten seconds, the character controlled by Natsukawa fell to the ground, while the character controlled by Moriyama Chiyu didn't even lose a drop of blood.

There was no way. After countless times of training, her control over this character had almost reached perfection. Her entire set of combos was completely impeccable. However, Xia Chuan's skills were not that good to begin with, and he had never had a chance to learn from her. He could only watch from the side.

That's it?

Everyone felt as if they had suffered an inexplicable internal injury and had a feeling of blood in their throat.

With your level, do you have the nerve to act as the final boss?

But when she saw the big word "KO" on the screen, Chiyu Moriyama was completely stunned.

Did I really win?

Although it was not a big deal, and it was even possible that I was just being teased, but why was there such a sense of relief, such an indescribable sense of satisfaction and pride?

"Congratulations, Moriyama-san, you succeeded." Xia Chuan put down the controller and said with a smile. He was killed in 10 seconds, this is simply... But can you eat face?

"You have surpassed yourself. You have even done this. What else can't you do?"

Why did my eyes suddenly become blurry and my nose become so sore?

"Moriya-senpai, so cool!"

A freshman finally couldn't help but cheer.

Although they existed because of the difficulties that Chisuke Moriyama overcame, as a witness of this scene, he was also deeply inspired and moved.

"Moriya-chan, you're awesome!" Everyone cheered.

Chapter 51 Notes

"Kamiya-senpai and Moriyama-senpai?"

"I do not know."

Two freshmen sat in front of the TV, each holding a controller, but for some reason, the games that used to be fun suddenly became useless and boring.

Is it because all the thoughts were used up last night?

This is simply the refractory period!

"This is not something you should ask about!" Kenta Sano also felt empty in his heart, as if he had lost something.

There are obviously a lot of things to play with in this house, and a lot of ways to kill time, but for some reason, I don't have the slightest desire to do any of that.

Empty, bored, lonely, cold.

There were only two guys writing furiously. They were the members who were on duty yesterday but forgot to clean up because they were too excited, so they had to accept punishment according to the new rules.

Why do you think they are so motivated?

Sano looked at the piles of teaching materials beside him and suddenly had a strange urge.

No, no, no, this is impossible. I must be possessed.

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"Is this how you exorcise spirits?" Xia Chuan pondered as he watched the spirit that was quickly dissipating in the air.

Chiyu Moriyama had won the previous bet, so Xiachuan was willing to accept the defeat and was ready to teach her something really useful.

However, he was not going to directly take out what he knew and let Chiyu Moriyama choose. Instead, he was going to see what she could do first and then consider what to teach her.

So, he deliberately found an evil spirit that had not been discovered by Akasaka to practice with her.

"Is there something wrong?" Seeing his expression, Moriyama Chiyu felt a little uneasy.

"Not really. After all, I'm just an ordinary high school student. This is the first time I've seen something like this."

Chiyu Moriyama had to take another long breath to suppress her impulse.

Is it fun to keep playing jokes like this?

"But, have you never thought that you could use this energy?" Xia Chuan coaxed. "Just like in the game God Slayer, after killing monsters, can't you absorb their remaining energy?"

Doing so actually has hidden dangers. Moriyama Chiyu doesn't even have the concept of absorbing spiritual energy, and of course it is even more impossible for her to know how to suppress the side effects that come with it.

If she really figured out a way to absorb spiritual energy, the end result would probably be a rapid increase in her strength, but she would also quickly lose her mind and be killed by Akasaka.

For monsters, the most important thing is always the method of controlling and using power.

The family behind her didn't even tell her this. It seemed that she was really completely abandoned.

"Absorb?" Chiyu Moriyama said in surprise.

She immediately began to try, but the spiritual power had already disintegrated and disappeared, and she only absorbed a small part of it.

"No one has ever taught you these things, so how do you know them?" Xia Chuan asked.

Of course he knew the answer, but Chiyu Moriyama didn't know that he already knew it.

And this is also a test.

Chiyu Moriyama hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "My father left me a notebook, but I can only understand a small part of it."

"Can you let me take a look?" Xia Chuan asked immediately. "Although I can't guarantee that I can understand it, maybe I can help you understand it from a different perspective?"

"Then I'll leave it to you." said Chiyu Moriyama.

Since I have mentioned that there is such a notebook, I have already made such preparations.

Moreover, she didn't think the notebook had any value to a pure-blooded monster like Hiro Kamiya.

If it really contained something extraordinary, those people would not have allowed her to take it out.

In the end, she did not take Xia Chuan to her home, but asked him to wait in a nearby cafe. After a while, she brought out the notebook.

Xia Chuan had actually been curious about the contents of this book for a long time. However, he could peek into the contents of this book without any psychological pressure for strangers. If the other party was an ordinary person who did not know the real world, he might even forge a fake to replace it. Because for them, owning such an item would bring disaster.

But since he was someone he knew, and he knew that the notebook must have important meaning to the other person, he couldn't do anything to him after all.