Danrito, become a consultant for the Millennium Game!

With a soft, cottony belly and a huge body, Ruo Zao felt like burying herself in it. Rubbing her cheek against the furry softness, Ruo Zao felt her mood jump up a bit: "This feeling... When we get back to the hotel, I want to try hugging myself tightly. It must be very comfortable..."

"Hey, isn't this the person I met in Xialai?"

A man's voice suddenly came from behind her, causing Ruozao, who had buried her face in the teddy bear, to shudder. She quickly ripped off the mask on her head, covering her face with it. Ruozao reluctantly left the teddy bear's embrace and returned to her usual self.

"Danrito..."

Calling him by his first name rather rudely, Wakamo had no good reaction to Danreto. After his unsuccessful attack on Charai, which had been repelled by Danreto's transformed Kamen Rider, Wakamo quickly learned of Danreto's identity from the news on Kivotos—a judgment based on her fox instincts.

"Is Xia Lai's president also the founder of this event?"

"I'm also the president of the Huanmeng Group, so I naturally have an unshirkable obligation to grow the company's business," Danrito said bluntly. "Holding events in Abydos will benefit both Abydos and Huanmeng."

"What a realistic adult."

Ruozao has no urge to take action now. After all, the other party is an adult without a halo. Even if Ruozao likes to act according to her mood, she still has to think twice before shooting at someone without a halo.

"Come to think of it, this Battle Royale event in Abydos actually accepted my registration?"

283. Resort Players One-Shot

"Come to think of it, this Battle Royale event in Abydos actually accepted my registration?"

Wakamo looked at Danrito in front of him and said, "When the Helmeted Delinquents asked me to be their assistant, I thought I would be rejected because of my status as a wanted criminal."

"The game will not reject players based on their identities – allowing everyone to enjoy the fun of the game is exactly the original intention of Huanmeng."

Danrito raised his head. "Even if they're the Steel Helmets, the Bad Girls, the Fox of Disaster, or the Seven Prisoners, as long as they spend money, they're all my Dream customers!"

"Hmm... what a realistic adult." Ruo Zao tilted her head slightly. "No matter what kind of adult they are, they always calculate boring things like money."

"Becoming an adult means facing these realities."

Danrito shrugged, walked past Wakamo, and operated a few times on the gift shop's panel, causing the robotic arm inside to pull out the latest Weekly Shonen Jump and Strawberry Milk. "Money, relationships, adults don't think about these things, are you here?"

"Are you also going to use a long speech to educate my boring adult?" Ruo Zao's eyes became dangerous.

"When it comes to reasoning, I'm the first one to listen." Danrito reached out and inserted the straw into the strawberry milk to replenish his sugar. "You little brat, why are you pretending to be a villain in front of me?"

"Humph... You're the president of Xia Lai, yet you claim to be more evil than a wanted criminal like me?" Ruo Zao clearly didn't believe it. "There's a limit to bragging."

Wakamo had no good face towards Dan Rito in front of her. Although the other party's appearance seemed to be still in Wakamo's strike zone, Wakamo felt that she probably had nothing to talk about with this Dan Rito. She liked a more gentle man, not someone with an egocentric personality.

"These days, no one believes the truth."

Danrito shook his head, watching Wakamo disappear around the corner, clutching her stuffed bear. He let out a few screams. He tossed the comic book into his own game world and the empty strawberry milk carton into the trash. His eyes flicked to a camera on the corner. "...Illusion?"

At the other end of the resort, a girl with long white hair patted her chest exaggeratedly and let out a sigh.

"Dad's intuition is really sharp. I was almost discovered. Luckily, I'm also a Collapse Source Body, so I was able to escape through the network channel~"

The white-haired girl who said this was none other than the first native Collapse type in Kivotos, the Star Lyra, who was born from the Collapse type virus of Danrito and was cultivated by Himari.

In terms of appearance, she chose to inherit Hinami's pure white long hair as her distinguishing feature. A very simple circular halo floated behind her head, a bit like Hinami standing up from a wheelchair...

The thought of Himari, who had been in a wheelchair all year round, happily running around the playground was too eerie, so Amy and Himari put a lot of effort into making sure Tianqin's face didn't look too much like Himari's...

Tianqin straightened her hair and sighed, "Looking at me like this, if my father sees me like this, he'll recognize me as a Collapse Originator the moment he sees me, right? Then my plan to secretly observe other people will be in vain."

"The Chronicle cassette is taking shape. This time, let me get a closer look." Tianqin's radio picked up a call from Himari: "Hello? Himari-san? I'm already in Abydos—what's there to worry about? It'll only take a moment. You know how fast the Destruction Body moves~"

"This is your first time traveling far away, cry~"

Himari, who was thousands of years away, put on a crying expression and pretended to wipe away her tears: "Tianqin-chan is only a few years old, and she's already able to travel far away independently~ Is this what it feels like to have your own child grow up?"

Listening to the voice coming from the communication, Tianqin couldn't help but shudder: "The maturation of the source body is not the growth method of ordinary life. Riju Mama, please don't talk like that. I'm getting goosebumps..."

"Alright, alright, I'm sure this activity won't be dangerous." Himari's next words switched to her usual tone: "So, Lyra-chan, you're sure this will help you with the production of your own 'game cartridge', right?"

"Yes," Tianqin's tone turned serious. "After all, I was born from my father's data. Even if it's just a little bit, I have inherited his 'genius game developer' and 'genius game player' data - the power of micro-manipulation concepts, probably a combination of this and the local 'mystery' concept."

"But—my cassette hasn't fully appeared yet."

Tianqin raised her hand, and a silver-white dual-cassette emerged from her grasp. This was a blank dual-cassette, possessing a much larger capacity than a single-cassette, and also meant greater growth potential.

"Logically speaking, a mature, fully formed, Collapse-Origin-type should have its own corresponding cartridge." Tianqin looked at the blank cartridge in her hand in distress. She stretched out her thumb and pressed the switch, but there was still no response. "But my cartridge is blank. Forget the game content, not even the game name appears."

"That means Tianqin-chan is still in the growth stage." Amy's voice interrupted from the side: "Just like a growing child, if you eat more nutritious food, you will definitely grow up healthily."

"Growth period..."

Tianqin walked onto the street, and with her appearance similar to that of the students, she walked into the crowd: "However, for a Collapse Source Body, what kind of nutrition can help me grow healthily..."

Azusa, who was passing by, stopped and tilted her head slightly. Hifumi, who was standing next to her, holding a lemonade in her hand, asked in confusion, "Xiaozi? What's wrong?"

"Just now, it seemed like someone familiar walked past me, but it wasn't the person I imagined."

Azusa shook his head, "I sensed the presence of Danrito from that white-haired girl just now."

"Eh? It shouldn't be that bad, right?"

Hifumi blinked. "I've never heard that Mr. Danrito has any relatives in Kivotos?"

"Maybe it's just a girl who's very familiar with Mr. Danrito?" Hanako smiled beside him. "For example, a lover? Look, isn't there a rumor that lovers in love gradually become like each other?"

"Waaaaaaaaaaa!! Surely something like that shouldn't be allowed?!"

Before Hifumi could react, Koharu beside her seemed to have figured something out. Her face flushed and she started yelling, "Dating a student? First they hold hands, then they kiss, kiss, kiss..."

"H death penalty! No! Beat me!"

It seems that after studying with the "Mystery of the Sphinx" cassette, although Koharu's grades have improved, he has become more prone to extreme delusions.

"Ahaha... that kind of thing isn't right, is it?" Hifumi laughed awkwardly. "No matter what, I can't imagine Mr. Danrito falling in love..."

"That kind of person can't tolerate anyone who isn't on the same level as him." Zi nodded gently, "But his personality also won't allow anyone to stand on the same level as him."

"You really do understand Danreto-san, Azusa-san." Hanako smiled and looked over. "Indeed, it's hard to imagine Danreto-san in love—but perhaps this aloof and arrogant personality is a sign of a lack of maternal love?"

"Eh?"

Hanako smiled and took the bewildered Koharu into her arms, holding her like a baby and patting her back gently: "Good girl, good girl~ It's Hanako's mom~"

"Eh? Ah... this... this..."

Koharu's eyes turned into circles like mosquito coils. Faced with Hanako's sudden change of attack, Koharu felt that her brain was about to shut down again.

"How about it? Koharu, do you feel my motherly love?" Hanako's smile became as if filled with maternal radiance, but then, Koharu suddenly reacted, and the sex blocking mechanism was activated!

"Wait a minute! That's not motherly love!"

Xiaochun, pull it out!

Her face flushed red as she stammered, "Isn't this just baby play?! Someone who hasn't given birth to a child can't show maternal love no matter how hard they try!"

"Yeah, that's true~" Hanako regretfully gave up her role-playing. "It's exactly as Koharu said. No matter how hard I try, it's still a far cry from the real feeling."

"——What on earth is going on?!"

Koharu and Hanako began their usual erotic and counter-erotic encounters. Hifumi fixed her gaze on Azusa's face. "Azusa, you're here for the game cartridge prize, right? I feel like even though there are only about 200 people, there are a lot of strong enemies..."

"It's okay, just work hard and get it." Azusa nodded gently. "The game cartridges invented by Danrito are capable of changing the world. My 'Mystery of the Sphinx' is just such a magical cartridge. And I believe that with Danrito's abilities, the Chronicle cartridge awarded as the final prize in this 'Abydos Battle Royale' event must also contain powerful power."

Picking up the "Chronicle Player" cartridge distributed as a ticket, the specifications of this cartridge are exactly the same as my own Sphinx Mystery, but there is no corresponding "game version" of this cartridge on the market. Perhaps this cartridge was made for this battle royale event.

"These cassettes need to be manufactured separately as tickets, but the final prize is another cassette - there must be something wrong here!"

Azusa said seriously, "If I can get that Chronicle cassette as a prize, it will be a great help in the revival of Arius."

Even if he didn't know what the cartridge's abilities were, anything Danrito brought out was bound to be good. For the experienced Azusa, this little bit of trust was the greatest investment in the brand name 'Danrito'.

"That girl..."

Fen, the Destruction Source Body that was born from the cassette tape held by Zi, naturally also participated in this event. She had been staring at the direction where the star Tianqin left from the beginning: "That girl, is she also a Destruction Source Body?"

"Fen, what did you say?" Zi turned to look at his partner, the phantom fifth member of the cram school club: "Did you find anything?"

"No, nothing. I'm just a little curious about the snack bar over there."

Fen shook her head and didn't voice her inner suspicions. Perhaps it was just another plot by her own president. "Azusa, the owner of that ramen shop is a Shiba Inu. How amazing! I wonder if the ramen they make is any good?"

Following Fen's gaze, Zi saw the shop called "Shibaguan Ramen". It seemed that the owner had moved here to open a shop here, a bit like a short-term stall set up at a temple fair to do business. A Shiba Inu owner was busy behind the counter.

"General! Four servings of deluxe ramen for table two!"

"Hey~!"

As the organizer and one of the contestants, Serika somehow appeared in the Shibaseki Ramen shop and was serving dishes as the shop's signboard girl.

Wearing the clothes she usually wears when working at a ramen shop, with her hair expertly tied up with a headscarf, Serika moves around the crowded ramen shop like an agile cat.

"Thanks so much for your help, Serika." General Chai, holding an unlit pipe, deftly placed four servings of deluxe ramen on the serving plate. "It's been ages since we've had such a huge influx of customers. I'm a little overwhelmed—four servings of deluxe ramen ready!"

"It's okay, General. I usually help out at the ramen shop anyway. I'm used to it, right?"

Serika smiled energetically, showing no signs of fatigue. She easily picked up four servings of deluxe ramen and delivered them to table number two. "Guests, your deluxe ramen—huh? Looking closely, aren't these the people from the convenience store?"

Being recognized in person, Ah Lu's face froze, and she couldn't help but smile awkwardly: "Well, well... yes, we are from Convenience House 68..."

"Hello, Kayoko-san~" Serika still had a good impression of Kayoko, her comrade who had fought against the Prophet together. "Are you also participating in the Battle Royale event? Or are you just here for fun?"

"We're here to participate in an event," Kayoko nodded. "Mutsuki said this is a rare 'interesting' event, and since Huanmeng is the one leading it, it can be considered a company team-building activity."

While ultimately defeated by Danrito, it's also true that he was subsequently captured by Abydos. While participating in the Battle Royale event, Alu had imagined such a chance encounter. She'd even secretly practiced the "high five" and "throwing harsh words" when they met.

But plans can't keep up with changes.

After learning that using the competition card would grant free food and drinks at the resort, Alu finally got to enjoy the deluxe ramen she'd always craved, ordering one for each person. To show off her wealth, Alu went to Shibaseki Ramen, where she'd only been able to afford plain noodles when she was broke, and ordered a deluxe ramen for each of the four people in the convenience house.

Anyway, I heard that the free consumption here is paid for by Huanmeng Group, so spend it boldly!

"I heard you ended up working at Huanmeng." After giving them their meal, Qinxiang wasn't in a hurry to leave. These four people seemed to have a connection, and she wanted to chat with the people who had attacked their school. "How are things going at work now? Does it compare to when you were running your own convenience store?"

"The working environment and salary have both improved." Kayoko nodded. "Although I'm still working at the convenience store, I can say I have a stable job now. Alu also became the manager of the Dream Game store in the Gehenna school district—although he only worked there for a few weeks before selling it to someone else."

"That's because the job is too boring and I don't want to do it anymore!"

Ah Lu quickly defended herself, "Besides, I'm just giving new people room to develop!"

"Ahahaha~ Lu is still the same as always~" Mutsuki chuckled, "I really like the rules of this battle royale event~ It's a game that won't be boring!"

Outside the ramen shop, Fin, who was standing next to Azusa, tilted his head. "So there are so many fellow Collapsers from Kivotos?"

284. For competitive games, we only do three things!

"Students from various school districts in Kivotos have gathered in Abydos. Will such a grand event inject considerable vitality into the revitalization of Abydos? Our reporters will continue to follow up on the report!"

Shion, a reporter from Chlorus's news department, was naturally one of the reporters invited to cover the event. Wherever there was news in Kivotos, Shion was there. Regarding this Battle Royale event jointly organized by Abydos and Huanmeng, Shion once again smelled the scent of news.

"Next, we'll be interviewing Ayane-san from the Abydos Restoration Committee!"

Excitedly holding the microphone to Ayane's lips, Shion immediately asked, "Could you briefly explain the procedures for the 'Abydos Battle Royale' event, jointly organized by the Dream Group and Abydos, to the students watching the news?"

"Of course, no problem." Ayane nodded. "This event will be held at the Abydos Desert Resort. Students who possess the Chronicle Player game cartridge will enter the gaming arena covering the entire resort as contestants after using it."

"The specially adapted 'Chronicle Game Field' will display all battle scenes in real life, rather than the separate fields on the previous game cartridges. All students visiting the resort will be able to safely watch the players compete in the field."

"After the game begins, the area available for combat will continue to shrink at regular intervals until all remaining players are driven to the final round to determine the final winner."

Shion's eyes widened in surprise. "Wow! That sounds like a novel way to compete. So, how do the defeated students leave the arena? Or do they just beat the opponent until they pass out?"

Hitting someone until they were unconscious... was a common occurrence in Kivotos. Because of the halo's protection, the students' weapons could only knock someone unconscious. Using unconsciousness as a means of elimination was acceptable, but clearly, such a simple method wasn't enough to demonstrate the magical power of the Dream Group's cassettes.

Ayane smiled and said, "To prevent students from being crushed due to a huge gap in strength, the Chronicle Player cartridge will display a 'player health bar' for each contestant. If the total damage received exceeds this health bar, the game will forcibly send them to the spectator area outside the venue."

"After the game begins, items that increase 'armor value' and 'health value' will randomly spawn in the field, as well as 'wild monsters' that roam randomly within the competition area. By destroying these monsters, you can obtain more powerful heavy weapons, armored vehicles, and other support."

"Player health...it's a very creative mechanism indeed."

Shiyin was stunned for a moment, but her clever brain immediately realized that under such a game mechanism, it is indeed possible to avoid a situation where one person sweeps the entire field due to excessive individual strength.

"I heard that the 'Fox of Disaster' is one of the contestants this time..." Shion's expression looked a little worried. "Could it be that Abydos has come up with this mechanism to prevent the Fox of Disaster from causing trouble throughout the competition?"

"Uh... not really. The competition mechanism was set from the beginning."

Ayane waved her hand and shook her head, saying, "But whether it's Miss Wakamo or any other student, as long as they've registered for the event, we'll treat them all equally—that's also the original intention of this competition."

“For competitive gaming, we only do three things!”

"Fair! Fair! Still fair!"

Ayane pushed her glasses and said seriously, "The 'Abydos Battle Royale' event we're hosting has generous rewards and naturally high difficulty. We hope to make this kind of competition a regular event, rather than just a one-time event..."