Danrito, become a consultant for the Millennium Game!

Closing his eyes, Utahara's mind came to this conclusion: "In other words, the premise of creating this body in the first place was the ability to 'self-repair' through nanorobots in harsh environments..."

"And the purpose of doing this is undoubtedly for the purpose of 'combat'."

When he opened his eyes, Utahara saw the lovely smiling face of Alice who was chatting and laughing with Adori. From this angle, the child in front of him was undoubtedly a "student", but why did he go to so much trouble to perfectly restore her appearance?

"Alice... who are you..."

Utahara couldn't understand, but this data wasn't just her request. Organizing this body data into a document and sending it to a designated person was the real purpose of summoning Alice this afternoon. Testing the laser cannon's data was just a pretext; testing that data could be done anytime. And as a developer, how could Utahara not have that data stored on his computer?

The data eventually found its way to the rightful recipients. Amy from the Paranormal Investigation Department took possession of the data, and later, Himari received an analysis of the data.

"Hmm... Xiao Tao and the others really found something incredible from the ruins."

After comparing and analyzing the data, Riju got the result.

"If Alice had awakened in the usual way, she would have undoubtedly become the one who destroyed Kivotos." After reading the information, Himari couldn't help but worry for herself. She even admired herself for secretly revealing to Momo and Xiaolu that 'there is information about the legendary game in the Ancient Artifacts Research Association building', guiding Momo and the others to find the way to the ruins.

The group of people known as the "Priests of the Nameless God" appear and disappear mysteriously in the darkness of this world, seemingly considering the students as their enemies. Naturally, such beings are also one of the targets of the "Paranoia Investigation Department"'s investigation.

After all, there are traces of this group of nameless priests everywhere in the world. Before this, Riju had already detected a large area of ​​energy traces that did not belong to Kivotos in the direction of the desert of Abydos. At that time, Riju had already increased his vigilance.

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It was an existence even more formidable than the 'Cross God', and the energy form detected alone was enough to frighten Himari.

"However, it seems that due to unknown reasons, the special energy that originally existed in the Abydos Desert has dissipated. The similar energy observed later is smaller in scale and dissipates faster than before. What exactly is the reason..."

Himari closed her eyes as she stared at the data before her. An inexplicable feeling told her that Alice was dangerous. The individual named 'Alice' was a dangerous existence, and such an individual could not be allowed to remain within Millennium Academy. However, Himari, being 'omniscient', frowned, finding a clue in the whispers beside her ear.

'Where does this illusion come from?'

Why did you have to convey to me so clearly that 'Alice is dangerous'?

Himari instinctively sensed that something was fishy going on. These mutterings had been echoing in her head almost since she had seen Alice's physical data.

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"Something incomprehensible...?"

Himari clasped her hands together, and the teasing look on her face vanished, leaving only a look of deep thought.

Amy, who was standing by, saw that Himari's expression changed several times and couldn't help but ask, "Busan, have you thought of anything?"

"Amy, what did you see from Alice's physical data?"

Himari asked in return. Amy glanced at the data in her hand again and replied, "Unlike the physical fitness of ordinary students, a perfect disguise."

"A perfect disguise...that sums it up very well." Himari chuckled, "If it's a disguise, then why is she pretending?"

"To..." Amy thought for a moment: "To sneak into Millennium Academy?"

"and then?"

"And then..." Amy froze at this point. She seemed to be able to come up with many follow-ups, but the first word that came out of her mouth was "destruction".

There was no way around it. Judging by the physical data before me, the conclusion was almost obvious. A android in the form of a perfect girl, capable of effortlessly manipulating a laser cannon weighing hundreds of kilograms, with the same aura as the students, yet completely different from them on the inside. Such a being... was incomprehensible.

It's like in this world, a "human" suddenly appears who looks exactly like a human, has the same expressions, conversations, and thoughts as a human. However, when you open your inner self, you find a bunch of mechanical parts or twisted flesh and blood. What would a "human" think?

“Humans always think of others with the greatest malice. The existence that seems to be true but is not is the most incomprehensible.”

"So, Amy, what you wanted to say just now was 'destruction', or something similar in context, right?"

Himari's expression had already seen through what Amy wanted to say. Amy asked in surprise, "Busan, how did you guess that?"

"You have that worried look on your face, do I need to guess?" Hikari said proudly, "If a genius and beautiful girl like me who knows everything can't even think of such a thing, then I don't deserve to be your department manager."

"At first, there was a voice in my heart telling me that Alice was a dangerous existence. What kind of conspiracy was she planning to enter Millennium Academy disguised as a student?"

Himari pushed open the virtual screen in front of her and maneuvered her wheelchair to the screen. In the game development department's activity room, Alice was sharing her afternoon experiences with the other three, while Momo and the others, who had been working overtime, took the opportunity to relax. The man she had fought twice, Danrito, was currently debugging a strange machine. When the camera's field of view caught sight of him, he turned his head and rushed towards her at a breakneck speed!

"—!!"

Himari quickly snapped the button, disconnecting the camera, and breathed a sigh of relief as her heart pounded. The rapidly enlarging image of the face was similar to the face-snatching scenes in the horror game "Ao Oni" that Himari had played before, and it frightened the genius, sickly beauty so much that her face turned pale.

"Danrito!! Mo--seriously!"

Himari rolled her eyes helplessly, "That wise-cracking vibe I created is all gone!"

When Alice was brought back to the school, to the Game Development Club's activity room, Himari had cameras installed there. This was to keep an eye on her. After all, although Alice had been registered as a student by the Ministry of Truth, with President Liyin's tacit approval, she hadn't been assigned a dormitory, so she had been living in the activity room.

Placing the camera here would have been the best option—but why was there an adult dug out from the rubble? And this adult was a guy who could come along the network cable and beat people up!

"Really...why is there such a difficult guy here? You, Danrito, are the most unpredictable person!"

Himari said helplessly, "Forget it, let's just continue like this."

"I always feel that the Minister looks very tired."

She had originally wanted to turn on the surveillance footage to make her words more convincing, but after seeing what Danrito had done, Himari didn't want the situation where he almost rushed into her activity room to happen again, so she turned off the camera directly.

"I'm tired." Himari waved her hand and asked Amy to sit down. "Let's continue with the previous topic. Has Alice shown any aggressive tendencies towards the students so far?"

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"Not really..." Amy hesitated.

"Without this data, Alice would have been just a cute junior with a slightly odd accent," Himari said to Amy. "But after this data appeared, Alice became a 'dangerous individual lurking within Millennium Academy.' Suspicion and suspicion, born of incomprehension, were born from that moment."

Amy worriedly said, "But right now, we can only say she's in hiding... because we have no evidence to prove that Alice can maintain her current state forever, right?"

"So, at this time, what we need is 'love'." Himari narrowed her eyes, revealing an expression of understanding: "Love and peace, love and peace."

"Are you the only one who thinks so, Minister?" Amy complained.

Himari unfolded the keyboard again, the smile on her face gradually fading, "Yeah...it's the worst that I'm the only one who thinks that."

"Send this data to Xiao Liyin. Isn't she in a hurry to get it?"

Amy went about her business, while Himari moved her wheelchair to another corner. A machine running a strange program sat alone there. The camera in front of the screen sensed Himari's arrival, and the screen automatically lit up, followed by a clear, girlish voice.

"Himari's mom?"

Hearing this voice, Himari's body trembled: "Hmm... I can't get used to it no matter how long I listen to it..."

"Did you just wake up?" After calming down, Himari stroked the machine in front of him as if it were a child. "How's it growing?"

"Hmm... I can already feel the outside world..." The voice from the machine was filled with joy. "In just a little while, I'll be able to manifest my own body!"

"Is that so? That's great." Himari laughed. "Once you have a body, I'll take you to eat that super-large portion of super-spicy curry rice I mentioned before. How about that?"

"Really? Then I'll have to work harder!" The voice also replied happily: "Mother Himari will be waiting for me!"

"Well...next time, don't call me 'Mom' directly." Himari's face flushed slightly, and she shyly turned her head away. "It's too embarrassing! I'm a pure and innocent girl. I've never even held hands with the opposite sex, and being called 'Mom' directly is too much of a blow to my concentration!"

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"Mr. Danrito, all the company's formalities have been completed. If you have time, you can come to the Central Student Union today. Someone will be there to receive you and complete the remaining formalities."

Early in the morning, Danrito received a call from Rin on MomoTalk. As a reward for the quick suppression of the D.U District riot, and as a link between the successor of the Shitei Box and the Central Student Union as a teacher, the finance office behind Rin completed the necessary procedures for Danrito's Dream Company as quickly as possible, and officially handed over the office building as Dream Company one week after the incident, which is today.

"It's done? Then I'll take some time today to go over and take it over."

Danrito nodded with satisfaction. "It's time to let Huanmeng dominate the world's market! Let the name of Huanmeng Company resound throughout Kivotos!"

"Ah uh... Mr. Danrito, this is all we have..."

After hanging up the phone, Danrito turned to Momo beside him. The three members of the game club were slumped over the table as if they had burned out. Only Momo reluctantly raised her hand and handed a thick folder to Alice. "Alice-chan...please give it to him for us..."

Although they were only three body lengths apart, Xiaotao, Xiaolu, and Yuzu, who had completely burned out, didn't want to move an inch. Brain-intensive tasks were no easier than simple labor. This thing... I couldn't figure it out. I really couldn't figure it out.

There's a saying that goes, "When pushed hard, people can do anything, but math is the only exception. If you can't do it, you just can't do it." This kind of brain-stimulating work is what Xiaotao and her friends have been doing these days.

"Wow... I've never felt that developing a game is so agonizing..."

After handing the heavy document to Alice, Momo slumped down on the table exhausted. She complained to Danrito, who had just finished a phone call, "I used to think developing games was such a joyful thing. Plus, it's the sequel to Yuzu's game. Combining these two joyful things should have made it even happier. Why do I feel this way now?"

"That's because you were developing games as hobbyists before. How can working with passion be the same as working?"

"Bang Bang Ka Bang~ Alice handed over a new item~"

Danrito took the folder Alice handed him and explained to Momo, who was lying on the table with a confused look on her face:

"There's a huge gap between the development process of real game developers and those who just work for the sake of passion. Working overtime is the norm because they have to meet the release date, and the deadlines are set long in advance—except for those who miss the deadline."

Danrito opened the folder and quickly scanned it from the first page. He could already memorize everything on it at a glance. "When Yuzu started working on the first version of 'Final Goddess Legend Sword', she definitely had no profit goals or time constraints. She arranged the development process freely according to her own preferences and free time. And because this was the game she wanted to develop, she didn't feel too bored while working on this project."

Yuzu beside her struggled to nod, "Indeed, it's just as Mr. Danrito said... When we first developed Saiden, it was indeed a spur-of-the-moment idea of ​​mine..."

"Inspiration is really that strange sometimes. It doesn't come when you call it, but it comes all of a sudden when you don't." Danrito folded his arms and nodded. "Also, there's a fundamental difference between games that are commercial products and games that you create for the purpose of generating electricity."

"Formal game development requires regular progress reporting after project launch, and there are also time constraints. Can a project be profitable? What are the costs involved? These issues, big and small, are crucial to the survival of the entire project. It's not just about developing the game on schedule; if the game doesn't generate significant revenue later on, or even generates losses, the project is effectively doomed."

As he spoke, Danrito had already flipped through one-third of the contents of the folder. With the high-speed computing power of the Collapse Body, Danrito could still remember the contents of these files clearly even at such a high speed.

"I've only given you a glimpse into the workflow of my former employees. Each of them was typically responsible for two or three projects. With your level of efficiency... you can probably only be a helper."

"Um... Mr. Danrito, have you forgotten something?" Xiaolu half-closed her eyes and raised her hand. "We are still just students, aren't we?"

"Ah, yes."

Danrito's flipping through the folder in his hand slowed down a beat, as if he had just realized something. "It seems so—yes, if that's the case, there's still at least half a month left until the Millennium Awards. Actually, we don't need to do this at all."

Danrito's belated words made Xiao Tao and the other two look at each other for a moment, and finally, Xiao Tao finally let out a cry of grief.

"Bitter! Oyster! I want to sleep!"

Xiaolu wailed, "Yeah... I don't have to work overtime. Why do I have to stay up until three in the morning just to clean my teeth?"

Yuzu rubbed her messy hair and said, "After I relaxed... I felt my eyelids start to twitch. I guess I can just sleep on the floor..."

To accommodate everyone's late-night gaming needs, the game development department's rooms feature a large area dedicated to tatami mats and a kotatsu (kotatsu) for winter use. Xiaotao and her friends often find themselves drowsy from gaming late at night, simply pulling up a blanket and falling asleep. This convenient design makes things easier for them. After a week of intense work, the trio's only wish is to do nothing but sleep all day!

Pulling her quilt out of the closet as quickly as possible, Xiao Tao shouted at the light, "I'm going to sleep. I'm like an old mountain dragon that's eaten a hundred anesthetic jades! Don't disturb me!"

"Me too……"

"Sleep, Zzz..."

Aside from Alice, the other three members of the game development team tucked into bed as soon as they found a place to sleep. Even Xiaotao, who had been clamoring to immediately begin the final stages of production with the Genesis MK1, had now put all that aside and simply wanted to make up for the sleep she hadn't gotten this week—even classes had never left her this exhausted!

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Looking at the three tired people, Tan Lidou laughed: "That's hilarious! You can't handle it like this? I guess we'll have to increase the training intensity later. But I'll let you go for now."

Having finished browsing the folder in his hand, Dan Lidou closed it with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad. Under my careful guidance, you have finally produced something decent."

Although he said he gave careful guidance, Dan Rito's suggestions were actually not that much. However, the Tan-cut version of "Saiden 2" produced by him at the beginning did give a lot of inspiration to Yuzu and others to a certain extent. In addition, when he had a burst of inspiration before, the draft papers thrown all over the floor, after being sorted out, also provided Xiao Tao and others with a lot of new ideas.

Now, all the settings and ideas given by Xiaotao in "The Legend of the Final Goddess Sword 2" are almost earth-shaking changes compared to the first generation.

"Hmm... sticking with pixel art is one of Yuzu's characteristics, right? Do you really want to stick with the retro gaming style?"

Although pixel-art games may not seem to be more next-generation than current 3D games, from the moment pixel art was invented until now, there are still people around the world who like this style of art. Moreover, pixel-style games are not necessarily inferior to those with 3D modeling in terms of gameplay and expressiveness.

“Pixel games also have their own unique charm.”

Danrito closed the folder and set it aside. The progress check was over, and the three members of the game development department had delivered a satisfactory result. Now, only the final stage remained before the production of "Final Goddess Legend Sword 2," which Momo and the others were most looking forward to.

But right now, Danrito had other things to do. It was time for him to head to the Central Student Union to take possession of the new Huanmeng office building he had been longing for, officially launching Huanmeng.

"Let's start from here."

Danrito transformed into a collapsing virus and entered the network port. He moved along the network to the D.U area in the center of Kivotos and arrived in front of the Central Student Union building.

Ignoring the two Valkyrie police officers guarding the door, Danrito walked directly into the elevator of the Central Student Union, went upstairs, and came to the familiar office.

The Central Student Union's office had returned to its usual bustle. The council's officers were methodically reviewing documents from across Kivotos at their desks. Danrito's entrance surprised the students holding these positions. After all, they had long known that the teacher had been seriously injured and hospitalized. This incident was even considered major news in Kivotos, as the television broadcasts reported on the teacher's condition daily.

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A few days ago, the current student council president, Rin, personally announced that the teacher had "left" Kivotos. This news naturally left the Central Student Council members feeling sad and incredulous. But then, Rin announced something even more shocking.