You tell me, this is called daily youth?

It wasn't rational, but it made the last bit of fear go away.

Well, the team atmosphere is very good.

Yuki also likes this kind of atmosphere. In a broader sense, it means 'I am for everyone, and everyone is for me'. In more common terms, it means team building and caring for each other.

He wasn't just concerned, he actually had other topics to talk about: "I just got a reinforcement point, Hayasaka, how many did you get?"

"One."

"I have two."

Hayasaka Ai and Shinomiya Kaguya answered in turn and immediately looked at each other. They had killed the same opponent.

"I understand. This has something to do with the difference in strength." Kaguya immediately raised her hand. There was a huge gap between her and the Bronze Knight. In a one-on-one fight, she could not last more than two minutes.

"Yeah, that's about it."

"Then isn't this a good place to farm reinforcement points?"

"You wish. Everyone here is a combat expert. You just exposed your weakness. Do you think your next opponent will just rush over and kill you?" Yuuki snorted. He had been through four dungeons and had not found a place like 'Otori Bank' to level up.

If the strength gap is obvious, he won't be able to gain anything, but if the strength is similar, he will face risks.

"Miss, you can't, but you can. You can take advantage of the night area and get enough rest in each game." Hayasaka's eyes were burning, and he had some thoughts of eating and drinking for free.

"So no one challenges me now." Yuki spread his hands, immediately asked the maid to hold back the rest of the words, and went to pour coffee silently.

It's not that easy to blow up a fish pond. Besides, if he continues to act according to the script, Yuki always feels that something is wrong.

"Actually, Hiyori and I also gained a strengthening point." The senior student quietly interrupted the topic, which immediately attracted several glances.

Could it be that one person fights, and the whole team benefits? No, this is another way to obtain rewards.

"Just like 'undercover', you can get rewards if you find secrets, but you get them on the spot." Shinomiya Kaguya reacted the fastest, and she said it with a little envy.

Her undercover agent had to wait until the final settlement, and it wouldn't be so hard if he could cash it out on the spot.

"Well, it seems like just like 'Master and Commander', the two main quests each have their own rewards." Mai nodded slightly, paused for a moment, and looked at Yuuki, "We can't help much in the arena, how about we each do our own thing?"

"The fighting is to give you freedom of action, and you investigate the truth so that I can be on guard. This is not doing your own thing." Yuki corrected him and thought about it with his eyes closed.

Because we found the connection between Tip 1 and Tip 5, those irritable citizens are no longer a problem. The threat mainly comes from two other types of people.

"Kaguya is temporarily assigned to you. Be careful of the cult and other players."

Mai immediately thought of what happened to Hiyori. They had clearly discovered that it was the players who were causing trouble, but they hadn't conducted any follow-up investigation. It felt a bit strange.

"By the way, how did the Order warn you?"

"They said my fighting style violates the rules and needs to be corrected. Don't worry, I didn't break the rules." Yuki crossed his legs and said fearlessly, "Why should I change it just because of your empty words? But you, since you were discovered, why didn't you follow the clues and investigate?"

this......

No one could answer this question because it didn't make sense. They just summarized what they had seen and heard in the past two days and found that this "blood disaster" had spread from passers-by to the cult.

It seems like they are all stubborn?

Chapter 10: Simple Folk Customs, Bloody City (Part 2)

After a day of investigation and personal experience, the process of the copy strategy was quickly determined.

Yuki is responsible for participating in the most important plot, which is to fight hard in the ring, but his approach is completely opposite to the plot design, and he wants to give the people here a shitty viewing experience.

Mai is responsible for investigating the secrets of the plot, not just the cult itself, which involves a very strange problem in this copy.

There was a lack of information, and Yuki was completely clueless about the situation except for Death Arena IV.

Where were the other players? What were the noteworthy opponents in each Deathmatch Arena? So far, all he had were the promotional posters Hiyori had copied from the big screen, so how could he possibly win based on just a few names?

But he wasn't in a hurry. This was only the first day. As the plot deepened, more and more clues would be revealed. He only needed to focus on two key points:

He has to make sure he wins, and the senior has to be careful enough.

So before Hiyori could completely relax, Yuuki asked Hayasaka Ai and others to use the reinforcement points they had just obtained. Now was not the time to save points.

Mai forged [Singer's White Veil] for the final time, increasing the number of activations to ten.

Kaguya was divided into two parts. On the one hand, she upgraded the ice enchantment to the proficient level, and on the other hand, she forged the Deep Sea Longbow a second time to increase the strength of the tidal vortex.

Hiyori is simpler. Both of her enhancement points are used in [Void Puppet]. After reaching the extraordinary level, she can control two at the same time and has the ability to slightly interfere with the material world. She can't do much, just transport things, press switches and so on.

This is the limit of her characteristics. If it is more, she will fall into confusion.

These three people will be further upgraded, but Hayasaka Ai is the key. She has already accumulated three enhancement points, and with the one she just got, if she goes all in, she can upgrade [Death Knell] to the mysterious level (level 5).

This is the first time that a level 5 item has appeared in the team.

[Chaos Item: Death Knell Revolver (Secret Grade), 3 Forgings]

[Powerful individual weapon, normal mode: unlimited bullets (1 forging), power boost (2 forgings), fast reload (3 forgings)]

[Special Shooting Mode (Chaos): Six powerful bullets with increasing damage.]

[Powerful Shooting Mode (Extraordinary): All remaining bullets are fired instantly. The more remaining bullets, the greater the damage.]

[Absolute Kill Mode (Secret Level): All bullets are fired instantly, regardless of energy or physical defense, with absolute penetration effect, and flight speed and lethality are further increased]

[Side Effect: In shooting mode, every time a bullet is consumed, the luck value decreases, and the recoil increases with the power.]

[Description: Destruction is exciting, but everything comes at a price]

Yuki held the giant pistol that he had snatched from Li Dan, and felt a lot of emotions at that moment.

This is the team's first chaos prop. As expected, all its characteristics are above all lethality, which even touches the edge of causality.

As long as he can hit it, even he can't withstand a blow. After having the absolute killing mode, it is even more terrifying. It is equivalent to that the path of "defense" is no longer useful. To deal with it, you can only dodge or take it head-on with more blood.

But normally they would defend themselves, but when this shot came down, hiss, some of them were hurt.

"That's powerful enough, worthy of being your favorite item." Yuki returned the death knell to Hayasaka Ai, and after thinking about it, he felt it was normal.

It's like the "Medical Sand Bird" team in a certain game. With so many stars falling down, it's no wonder they're not powerful. Besides the Deathstroke itself, Hayasaka Ai also spent a fortune on enhancement points.

Lucky Clover Earrings and Lucky Candies are used to make up for side effects, Flying Boots and Storm Choppers are used for assistance, and even the Bloodline Skill of the Ghost Shooter exists to get close to the opponent and improve accuracy.

"Your overall evaluation has also been promoted to extraordinary."

"Superb I, I'm finally catching up with you. Of course, players like me have very distinct characteristics, and there is still a big gap between us." Hayasaka Ai smiled happily, but not arrogantly.

Yuki's strength lies in his versatility. He may surpass him in lethality, but he is a one-shot deal. If he misses, his strength will be at least halved.

"Don't be modest. Having distinct characteristics is a good thing. The shortcomings can be made up by cooperation." Yuki comforted him. He had seen many players, and most of them specialized in one thing.

Hayasaka Ai glanced at Kaguya who was sipping coffee not far away and nodded slightly.

That was the case in the battle with the Bronze Knight just now. With someone suppressing and distracting her, she was able to close the distance and kill him with one shot.

The feeling of becoming stronger is pleasing, but we still have to return to reality. Just then, Hiyori Shiina also recovered. Everyone gathered the information at hand, brainstormed, and tried to find the internal logic of the copy.

Each copy has its own internal logic, or plot, which is what person wants to achieve what goal, what role the player plays, and what kind of changes will be caused.

Dean Fuchuan is building a paradise and using the resentment of patients to attract demons. After reading the player's consciousness, he begins to yearn for a larger paradise.

The Saint is simpler. He wants to gain more believers, lure players into corruption, and complete the tasks assigned by the evil god.

Even with the most vague bloodthirsty red moon, Yuki always felt that the core of the copy was to kill himself.

"Ahem, let's sort it out and make a period summary." Rihe's voice was crisp. He quickly adjusted his state and took out a notebook to write and draw.

"During the bloody catastrophe, this city was characterized by fighting and slaughter. There were eight death arenas, with countless spectators cheering for the slaughter. The cult was the one managing the city. Their headquarters were in eight pitch-black buildings, responsible for selecting opponents and cleaning up the mess."

"From the first day's exploration, we learned that the cult collected various corpses, cut off their heads, and performed some kind of ritual. The atmosphere in the death arena was very enthusiastic, but Mr. Yuki's methods made them very uncomfortable. As a result, the eight columns of soul flames were no longer excited, and no one was willing to fight Mr. Yuki."

The girl took a liner pen and circled the words "battle", "ritual", and "cheer", then connected them with lines.

"Cheering makes the battle more frenzied, the battle produces corpses, which are taken away by the cult, and an unknown ritual is performed. These three can be seen as a whole, which is the basic logic of the plot development."

"There are still some issues, such as the disparity between the soul energy obtained by Mr. Yuki and the enemy's strength. These require further investigation."

Everyone, including Yuuki, nodded. In fact, everyone knew this information, but it became clearer through Hiyori's mouth.

This copy is somewhat similar to "The Confused Person in Charge", both of which revolve around rituals, but are simpler and more brutal, with a larger scale and more people involved.

Based on basic logic, smart people can make guesses, such as whether the ceremony is the ultimate secret or whether it is related to the championship.

"What about those people on the street? They should have nothing to do with the death fight." Hayasaka Ai asked in a low voice, feeling that it was another system.

"It's related. Just as I speculated before, this city is a huge death arena. I also saw some details. These people's heads were also chopped off, but they were thrown into baskets and not taken seriously."

"Is it related to strength?"

"It's not just about strength. I think it's also about the attention. For example, why are those big screens showing photos? Perhaps it would be more exciting if a powerful warrior was defeated." Hiyori swung the pen unconsciously, and the whole person entered a state of reasoning.

In the normal world, no matter how fanatical the atmosphere is, it will be just like that. However, the copy involves extraordinary powers, and the surging emotions will cause changes.

"So the cult is deliberately stirring up a frenzy, probably as a requirement of the ritual. In that case, Mr. Yuuki, you're in danger."

"The cult did warn me, but there was no actual punishment. Don't you think this is strange?" Yuki followed the line of thought further, causing everyone to ponder.

There is no doubt that his actions went against the demands of the sect, which, from all indications, wanted that kind of fanatical atmosphere.

"Perhaps we players are very valuable? Besides, you didn't violate the instructions, Mr. Yuuki," Hiyori said in a low voice, which immediately attracted a lot of agreement.

According to the previous analysis, players can even kill the guide at the beginning and take other strategy routes. No matter how Yuki's mentality changes, his attitude is not wrong.

Participate in a deathmatch, obey the arrangements, and give it your all once you step into the ring.

Although they warned, the cult did not put a knife to Yuuki's neck and force him to withdraw from the Dark Territory.

"Yes, if we want you to cooperate in the battle and stop us from exploring the secrets, there are many ways." Mai fiddled with the hair beside her ear and said casually: "For example, you can capture me or force you to submit."

The so-called good warriors can conquer the enemy without fighting. Force is a means to make others surrender.

But the logic of the teaching group is that if you are useful, I will endure it, and if I can't endure it, I will kill you. There is no middle ground at all.

It's not that he's unwilling, but he's being extremely tough and won't use any gentle tactics at all?

"What about the warm and hospitable Yaduo Town and the simple folk customs of the Bloodlight City?"

Yuki made up a rhyme and decided to let the seniors continue to test the waters. Perhaps he was overthinking it, and the cult's counterintelligence work was too poor, so they hadn't discovered it yet.

He took the notebook and scribbled on it. "Back to the topic, I believe that in this story mission, everyone has their own role, and each character has their own mission. There are currently five known missions."

He drew four circles on citizens, warriors, spectators, and cult, and finally emphasized 'players' several times.

"So I want to know what mission this player character has that the cult is so interested in."

Everyone fell into deep thought, now only knowing that the 'players' were called seeded players and were participating in a bloody deathmatch.

"Okay, I'll include it in the investigation." Mai nodded immediately, covering her head. "Our efficiency on our own is too low. We must find other player teams. Oh, and that Adam, don't you care about him?"

"From the hints, there should be no conflict of interest between players, and the possibility of cooperation is very high."

"Unless someone wants to win the championship, but they shouldn't be that stupid. We can all find that there are beyond the copy."

"And the soldiers, they're dying so quickly. Where did they come from? It doesn't seem like they were gradually upgraded from the audience."

Clear voices rose and fell, everyone expressed their opinions, and quickly sorted out what to do next.

Yuki did not participate in the discussion. With the seniors around, he didn't have to worry about such tedious matters and could just focus on the battle.

dong dong.

There was a knock on the door and the discussion stopped immediately. Hiyori immediately put away all the documents and waited for the door to open. It was Abate who came in.

"Bull Demon wants to challenge you." He went straight to the point, as if he had had enough of what he had seen and heard that day.

I couldn't stand it after just one day. People here really have no patience.

Yuki was not surprised, his arrangement was to reduce the number of battles and kill as few people as possible.

"One on one?"

"No, two against two, the Crimson Reaper has to be involved too."

Yuki nodded. He was quite familiar with the situation in Death Arena IV. These two fighters were considered the strongest. At least they had appeared on the big outdoor screen.

After I deal with them, no one should dare to challenge me in this stage.

"Okay, lead the way, Hayasaka, follow me."

He agreed without hesitation. After the summary just now, the cheers, rituals, and battles were all superficial. The logic of the dungeon operation had only one core:

Killing and glory.