Setelah tim terbentuk, kini saatnya untuk para monster penghancur menunjukkan keahlian mereka.
'Jika ini adalah cerita fantasi dari permainan RPG, aku mungkin akan menjadi seorang Prajurit, Peach-sensei akan menjadi Pendeta, Editor Yoshizawa menjadi Pengembara dan Houjou-senpai menjadi seorang pembunuh…er, dia lebih cocok menjadi seorang Ahli Sihir.'
Seiji menghibur dirinya sendiri dengan berimajinasi.
Jika semuanya mengenakan kostum seperti cerita fantasi dari RPG dan bersatu dalam formasi bertarung…hal itu seperti bisa terwujud!
Tolong maafkan aku atas imajinasiku yang tak berarti ini.
Alasan mengapa Seiji berimajinasi seperti itu, karena penampilan dari sekumpulan monster…ups, para pengagum yang mencoba untuk merayu wanita ini.
Setelah Mai bergabung, Mayuzumi menjadi sangat tertarik untuk mempelajarinya lebih jauh dan terus melekat pada Mai untuk menanyakan beragam pertanyaan, sementara Mai menjawab setiap pertanyaan dengan sopan. 
Karena begitu banyak orang di festival sekolah hari ini, rasanya mustahil bagi mereka berempat untuk berjalan bersama dalam satu barisan. Tentu saja, Mai dan Mayuzumi berjalan berdua, sedangkan Saki dan Seiji berjalan bersama.
Mayuzumi terlihat bagaikan seorang putri dengan kecantikan klasik yang nampak rapuh, sementara penampilan Mai membuatnya terlihat seperti seseorang dengan kecantikan yang lembut pula, sayangnya, rasanya mudah bagi mereka berdua untuk dengan cepat dikelilingi oleh para perayu.
Para perayu ini adalah salah satu kumpulan orang yang tidak disukai di festival sekolah – kumpulan laki-laki yang mengincar para gadis di festival sekolah ini.
Kumpulan laki-laki yang sepertinya sulit dipercaya ini mengincar festival sekolah dan bergabung bersama untuk merayu para gadis-gadis SMA, yang mana Komite Moral dan Disiplin bahkan para murid laki-laki di SMA sangat ingin menyingkirkan mereka. Dalam hal ini, mereka serupa dengan para monster yang ada pada game RPG.
"Hei, kalian berdua, sepertinya aku pernah melihat kalian – bagaimana jika kalian pergi bersama kami?" Monster A memulai serangannya dengan melancarkan rayuan di matanya.
"Bagaimana jika aku mengajak kalian untuk minum kopi? Kita dapat berbincang dan berteman!" Monster B menggunakan teknik wajah-ramah.
"Lebih menyenangkan jika bersama banyak orang, ikutlah bersama kami!" Monster C menggunakan sikap mendominasi.
Pendeta Mayuzumi tersiksa dengan rasa 'takut' akan situasi pertarungan jarak dekat ini dan tidak dapat bergerak.
Sang Ahli Sihir Mai mulai tersenyum dingin dan mengucapkan mantra sihir yang kuat.
"Maaf, mereka bersama kami." Prajurit Seiji datang membantu dan menggunakan teknik senyuman maut.
"Kalian mengganggu jalan kami, dan ini benar-benar menyebalkan. Minggir." Pengembara Saki meluncurkan panah tajam untuk melindungi Pendeta Mayuzumi dengan lapisan api.
"Oh….jadi kamu membawa teman." Monster A dengan sukses hancur dan mundur perlahan.
"Ada yang cantik lagi? Sempurna, bergabunglah bersama kami juga, Akan kami traktir!" Monster B melanjutkan teknik wajah-ramahnya.
"Hmph, kau kira aku akan minggir hanya karena kau ingin aku untuk minggir? Aku akan kehilangan muka jika aku pergi begitu saja!" Monster C menggunakan serangan balasan yang kuat dan arogan.
"Ini adalah lingkungan bebas dimana kau bebas untuk menebar rayuan kepada siapapun, tapi tetap saja, maaf jika aku terlalu terus terang..."
Ahli Sihir Mai telah menyelesaikan rapalan mantranya dan segera mengeluarkan mantra terkuatnya.
"Lihat betapa jeleknya kalian!"
"Eh!?" Ketiga monster itu mendapatkan serangan kritis berturut-turut.
"Gaya rambut kalian konyol sekali, dan terlalu banyak bau hairspray! Baju kalian berkualitas rendah, dan kalian bahkan tidak tahu bagaimana memadu padankan warna! Sepatu kalian kotor, celana kalian berdebu dan banyak noda di baju kalian! Kalian bahkan tak mengenakan make up di wajah kalian, ada bulu hidung yang terlihat pula! Tak lupa ada begitu banyak kotoran di sudut mata kalian!"
Kekuatan sihir AOE yang kuat menyerang langsung semua musuh dalam satu serangan.
"Wah!!" Para monster A, B dan C menangis kesakitan.
"Kalian gegabah, vulgar dan kotor….kalian bahkan berani berbicara pada kami yang berbeda dengan kalian. Heh heh, jika mata kalian masih berfungsi, lihat baik-baik seseorang disamping kami ini." Ahli Sihir Mai mengaktifkan mantra teleportasi dan mengirim Seiji, yang menjadi prajurit pendukung garis belakang, berpindah ke garis depan.
Prajurit Seiji bekerjasama dengan menampilkan senyuman tampan yang memikat!
"Ahh!" Ketiga monster itu terbutakan oleh cahaya.
"Kalian bahkan tidak sampai 10 persennya dia… tidak, kalian bahkan tak sebanding."
Ahli sihir Mai mengeluarkan serangan terakhir – sebuah pandangan merendahkan. Mirip ketika seseorang memandang rendah sebuah serangga yang menjijikkan, sebuah serangan yang mengancurkan hati para monster.
"Pergi sana ke neraka! Dasar sampah.'
Mereka seperti mendengar dengan jelas kata itu keluar darinya.
"Maafkan kami!!" Ketiga monster itu kalah dan pergi tanpa pesan.
'Cara yang luar biasa untuk menghancurkan para monster, demi pengalamanku.' Dalam hati Seiji memuji teknik yang digunakan Mai.
Uhuk, uhuk, semua ini hanyalah pikiran berlebihan Seiji, taburkan saja sedikit garam.
Kejadian yang sama terjadi berulang lagi setelahnya.
Setiap kali, Saki akan melindungi Mayuzumi, sementara Seiji dan Mai bergabung menyingkirkan para pria tidak penting itu.
Tidak peduli segala macam pria yang mereka temui, seorang laki-laki tampan dan seorang pelayan perempuan telah mengalahkan mereka dengan mudah dan terlihat keren saat melakukannya.
Paling tidak, sang pengarang manga berpikiran demikian.
Mayuzumi mendapatkan inspirasi baru, aliran ide mengalir deras. Dia bahkan telah mendapatkan sebuah karakter baru berikut dengan plot ceritanya dan tak dapat menghentikan dirinya sendiri untuk terus memikirkannya.
…
Mereka sampai di stan aktivitas lainnya.
Itu adalah sebuah stan permainan teka-teki. Seiji mendapatkan teka-teki yang mudah dan menyelesaikannya dengan cepat serta memperoleh emblem kemenangan.
Saki juga telah menyelesaikan teka-tekinya.
Sementara Mayuzumi dan Mai masih berpikir dan saling berdiskusi mengenai teka-teki mereka.
Sang editor berdiri di area pintu keluar sementara dia mengawasi teman baiknya, Peach-sensei, sedang bersenang-senang sambil berbincang dengan seorang gadis yang baru dikenalnya.
"Silahkan, Editor Yoshizawa," Ujar seseorang yang berada di sebelahnya.
Tentu saja, orang itu adalah Seiji.
Dia membeli beberapa minuman dan menyerahkannya pada si editor.
"Terima kasih."
Saki menerimanya, membuka tutupnya dan meminumnya.
Cairan menyegarkan dan dingin itu menyusuri tenggorokannya.
"Sensei sepertinya menyukai Houjou-senpai." Seiji mengamati mereka berdua dan meminum minumannya.
"Yah…"
"Aku selalu merasa bahwa Sensei adalah orang yang pasif, tapi melihatnya saat ini membuatku menyadari bahwa ternyata dia juga proaktif. Apakah dia selalu seperti ini ketika bertemu dengan seseorang yang membuatnya tertarik?"
Saki mengerjapkan mata ketika memikirkan hal itu. "Kurasa begitu. Sangat jarang kulihat dia seperti ini…paling tidak sudah lama sekali aku tidak pernah melihatnya seperti ini."
"Oh…"
Saki menyesap minumannya lagi.
Seiji melakukan hal yang sama.
"Editor Yoshizawa, berapa lama kau mengenal Sensei? Kudengar kau adalah temannya semasa SMA."
"Ya, aku mengenal Mayuzumi di SMA. Itu sudah….sepuluh tahun yang lalu."
"Sepuluh tahun…berteman selama sepuluh tahun itu hebat." Seiji tersenyum. "Kemarin ketika aku berbincang dengan Sensei di Kedai kopi, dia berkata bahwa kau seperti seorang kakak perempuan yang terlalu mudah khawatir, yang selalu menjaganya dan dia bersyukur akan hal itu. Di saat yang sama, dia juga berharap agar kau tak perlu terlalu khawatir padanya, karena dia tak ingin kau lelah karenanya."
"Oh…" Raut wajah Saki melembut.
"Di mata Editor Yoshizawa, orang seperti apakah Sensei? Apakah menurutmu dia tipe orang yang membutuhkan seseorang untuk menjaganya?"
"….Tidak juga," Ucap Saki setelah terdiam sejenak.
Saki menatap temannya dengan lekat. "Bagiku, Mayuzumi adalah…terlepas bahwa dia seseorang yang yang selalu kujaga, lebih penting lagi, dia adalah….seseorang yang harus kulindungi."
Dia mengucapkan kata terakhir dengan suara yang terdengar lemah.
Orang biasa mungkin tak dapat mendengarnya, tapi Seiji sanggup mendengarnya dan menaikkan alisnya karena terkejut.
Seseorang yang harus dilindungi…apa maksudnya?
Namun dia tak terlihat seperti seseorang yang 'melindungi' dalam artian romantis – Rika Amami telah memberitahunya bahwa Editor Yoshizawa bukanlah seorang lesbian yang jatuh cinta pada Peach-sensei. Seiji pun berpikir demikian.
Kata "melindungi…" ini terdengar seperti bahwa itu adalah "tugasnya."
Sebuah tugas….jika itu masalahnya, mengapa Editor Yoshizawa merasa bahwa sudah tugasnya untuk harus melindungi Peach-sensei?
Seiji merasa amat penasaran akan hal ini.
Walau begitu, ini bukanlah hal yang perlu dia ketahui lebih dalam, karena ini adalah masalah pribadi mereka. Dia memutuskan untuk berhenti bertanya.
"Bagaimana denganmu, Harano?"
"Eh?"
"Bukankah kau menginginkan Mayuzumi sebagai istrimu? Dimatamu, seperti apakah Mayuzumi?" Saki mengeluarkan wajah seriusnya dan menanti jawaban Seiji.
Seiji tak tahu bagaimana menanggapinya.
Dia bahkan hampir lupa akan kesalahpahaman ini!


Seorang NEET berumur 30 tahun berinkarnasi ke dalam badan seorang otaku yang tersedak mi instan hingga meninggal. Saat ia mulai menjalani hidup barunya, ia sadar bahwa dunianya yang baru sedikit berbeda dengan Bumi. Penduduk di dunia ini memiliki penampilan yang jauh lebih baik, dan dunia yang baru ini juga memiliki teknologi futuristik dan ahli Yin Yang yang misterius! Setelah berinkarnasi, ia sadar bahwa ia telah diberkati dengan suatu keajaiban yaitu sebuah sistem seperti dalam game, yang dapat membuatnya meningkatkan status skillnya dan melampaui batas-batas tubuh manusia. Sistem ini bahkan memiliki kemampuan yang sangat luar biasa, yaitu kemampuan untuk menyimpan dan memuat di kehidupan nyata! 
Di dunia baru yang mirip dengan game 2-D itu, dia hanya ingin menikmati hidup dan berjalan menuju masa depan yang mulia… Namun, dia dengan cepat terlibat dalam suatu plot yang kompleks. Dapatkah ia membebaskan potensinya dan menggunakan sistemnya untuk melepas rantai-rantai yang mengikat dirinya dan menemukan kebenaran mengenai keadaan tubuh sebelumyna?


Yang Chen tetap berjalan di belakang kelompok, dan matanya bersinar saat ia memperhitungkan semuanya. Ia menunduk dan mengatur ekspresinya untuk memastikan bahwa tidak ada yang dapat menyadari pikirannya. 
Jika kalian semua ingin bermain, baiklah, kita akan bermain. Tapi, aku akan memenangkan babak ini. 
Karena belum pernah melakukannya, ia sangat ingin berhasil. Ia sangat menikmati seluruh proses ini. Ia menyukai perasaan senang ini, sesuatu yang gagal diberikan oleh hiburan lain.
Ada hantu yang berbaur dalam dua belas pengunjung, dan menangkap mereka akan menyelesaikan skenario.
Yang Chen berjalan di antara teman-temannya serta pak Zhou dan Duan Yue. Setelah memastikan keselamatannya sendiri, ia diam-diam mulai mengamati aktivitas dua editor dan Xiao Lee.
Bos rumah hantu tidak pernah bermain sesuai aturan. Bahkan, Fan Chong dan Fan Dade, yang terdengar seperti telah dikeluarkan, masih bisa menjadi hantu. Hilangnya mereka sebelumnya mungkin menjadi persiapan bagi mereka untuk muncul dalam penyamaran sebagai korban.
Yang Chen memikirkan segalanya. Ia sangat berhati-hati dan terus menambahkan lebih banyak spekulasi dan bukti dalam analisisnya.
Lampu-lampu di dinding memancarkan cahaya kuning yang redup. Pintu baja di samping dibiarkan setengah terbuka, dan terdapat noda air di tanah. Sederet freezer berkarat terlihat di dalam ruangan.
"Kamar mayat no.1?" tanda ini ditulis dengan tulisan tangan yang mengerikan di sisi pintu. Hu Ya mengintip ke dalam ruangan dan menemukan bahwa semua freezer terkunci.
"Tails?" ia berteriak ke dalam ruangan, namun tidak ada jawaban. "Tails tidak akan bersembunyi di dalam salah satu freezer, kan?"
Kedua editor masuk ke dalam kamar mayat untuk melihat-lihat, dan tidak menemukan apapun. Sekelompok orang terus bergerak maju.
Kamar mayat di Universitas Kedokteran Jiujiang tidak diatur sesuai dengan lokasi, namun berdasarkan penggunaan dan ukurannya. Beberapa pengunjung terus menyusuri koridor selama tiga menit sebelum menemukan satu lagi pintu baja yang setengah terbuka.
"Kamar mayat no. 5? Semua kamar mayat ini terlihat sama di dalamnya. Mengapa bos rumah hantu membangun banyak kamar mayat? Apa tujuan semua kamar mayat ini? Jangan bilang dia benar-benar berencana menggunakan freezer ini untuk menyembunyikan tubuh manusia?" Wang Dan mengulurkan tangan untuk menyentuh lemari es yang dingin. "Ini identik dengan yang kubaca di buku teks. Freezer ini pasti asli, mungkin adalah peralatan yang tidak lagi digunakan dan entah bagaimana berakhir di tangan bos rumah hantu."
Ketika ia mengatakannya, ekspresinya terlihat aneh, dan suaranya bergetar.
"Peralatan medis yang tidak lagi digunakan?" Xiao Lee merenungkan apa yang dikatakan Wang Dan, dan wajahnya memucat. "Bukankah artinya freezer ini benar-benar digunakan untuk menyimpan mayat sebelumnya?"
"Memang." Yang Chen mengangguk sambil terus mengawasi Xiao Lee. Ia mencoba mendapatkan beberapa informasi dari reaksi Xiao Lee, namun sayangnya, reaksi Xiao Lee benar-benar normal. "Menurut analisaku, lampu akan padam dalam sepuluh detik lagi. Kusarankan kita tinggal di ruangan ini dan bertahan dari gelombang kegelapan ketiga sebelum melanjutkan pencarian."
Berbagai jenis monster bersembunyi dalam kegelapan. Hu Ya dan Ah Nan tahu bahwa Yang Chen memerhatikan semua orang, jadi mereka setuju. Waktu terus berjalan. Empat menit berlalu sejak lampu padam sebelumnya, dan semuanya baik-baik saja. Kelompok itu meringkuk berdekatan, dan mereka menoleh bersamaan untuk melihat Yang Chen.
"Lampu tidak padam, artinya pemadaman itu sepenuhnya acak. Mungkin bos saat ini mengawasi kita dan akan bergerak setelah melihat celah." Yang Chen ingin mengatakan lebih banyak hal lagi, namun ia disela oleh pengunjung lain.
"Berhentilah dengan analisa sia-sia itu." Hu Ya menggeleng, dan ia berbalik untuk meninggalkan ruangan. "Ikuti aku. Selama kita tetap bersama, tidak ada yang perlu kita takuti."
Editor utama dari majalah supranatural menunjukkan sikap kepemimpinannya. Ia membuka pintu dan langsung berjalan ke luar. Ah Nan berlari untuk mengejarnya.
"Wanita itu benar-benar menarik." Bai Qiulin menatap punggung Hu Ya dan terbatuk. "Ayo bergerak. Dia benar tentang satu hal. Hampir setiap saat, kita hanya menakuti diri kita sendiri. Kita tidak perlu merasa gugup. Jangan lupa bahwa ini hanyalah rumah hantu, hanya tempat untuk menakut-nakuti orang. Apa? kalian pikir mereka punya hantu sungguhan di sini?"
"Kak Bai ada benarnya." Xiao Lee keluar dari ruangan bersama Bai Qiulin.
"Kita juga harus mengikuti mereka." Pak Zhou dan Duan Yue juga pergi ketika Yang Chen di belakang kelompok tiba-tiba berbisik kepada mereka dengan suara yang sangat rendah, "Pak Zhou, jika kalian ingin menang, kalian berdua harus menjauh dari dua editor itu."
"Kenapa?" pak Zhou menoleh. Ia merasa tingkah mahasiswa kedokteran ini sangat aneh.
"Aku masih belum bisa mengatakan alasan sebenarnya padamu sekarang, tapi ingat saja peringatan ini." Setelah itu, Yang Chen memimpin Lee Xue dan Wang Dan berjalan di depan pak Zhou.
"Jauhi kedua editor itu?" pak Zhou menggaruk dagunya sambil berpikir. Ketika Yang Chen berjalan melewatinya, keterkejutan dan pengertian melintas di matanya. Ia menarik napas dingin. "Mungkinkah ada beberapa masalah dengan kedua editor itu?"
Yang Chen tidak memberikan penjelasan lebih lanjut pada pak Zhou. Benih telah ditabur, dan sekarang ia hanya perlu menunggu benih tersebut untuk tumbuh. Lampu di koridor tidak padam, dan sekelompok pengunjung melewati kamar mayat no. 6 dan kamar mayat No. 7. Mereka tidak menemui bahaya atau merasa ketakutan. Namun, rasanya mereka seperti mengalami ketenangan sebelum badai.
Ketika mereka berjalan melewati kamar mayat no. 7, suhu di koridor tampak semakin menurun. Aroma formalin di udara seperti telah menjadi semakin pekat. Kelompok pengunjung telah tiba di titik persimpangan antara bagian luar dan bagian tengah kamar mayat bawah tanah.
Terdapat setengah dinding yang telah hancur di tengah koridor, dan berton-ton sampah ditumpuk di sekitar lubang di dinding. Tumpukan tersebut termasuk kursi kayu, pagar keamanan yang bengkok, dan beberapa manekin dengan anggota tubuh yang bengkok dalam keadaan tidak wajar.
"Apakah ini bukan akhir dari skenarionya?" Wang Dan mengenakan atasan lengan pendek, dan udara dingin merambat ke kulitnya. Pintu masuk yang menuju ke zona berikutnya sangat kecil dan diblokir oleh begitu banyak benda, seperti merupakan sebuah lokasi rahasia.
Hu Ya berjalan ke arah lubang dan menggunakan ponsel untuk menerangi kegelapan. Ia hanya ingin melihat apa yang ada di sisi lain dinding, namun ketika cahaya menyinari tempat, ia tiba-tiba melihat seorang gadis yang tampak seperti Tails memegang ponselnya dan berjalan ke koridor.
"Tails? Dan dia memegang ponselnya? Dengan siapa dia berbicara di ponselnya?" Hu Ya memukulkan telapak tangannya ke dinding dan berteriak di koridor, namun teriakannya kembali menggema padanya.
"Aku baru saja melihat Tails! Ah Nan, kemari dan bantu aku memindahkan barang-barang ini!" Hu Ya mencengkeram meja dan kursi yang rusak. Mungkin karena khawatir akan keselamatan pengunjung, ujung-ujung benda ini telah diperhalus sehingga sama sekali tidak tajam. Di satu sisi, itu juga menjadi tanda bahwa benda tersebut memang seharusnya dipindahkan.
"Kita harus membantu mereka." Pak Zhou adalah orang yang baik. Ia, Bai Qiulin dan Xiao Lee bergerak maju untuk membantu dua editor membersihkan jalan. Tiga mahasiswa kedokteran berdiri di samping dengan tangan bersilang. Yang Chen memandang Hu Ya dan Ah Nan diam-diam, sepenuhnya waspada.
Ia tidak percaya apapun yang dikatakan Hu Ya dan merasa bahwa ini adalah jebakan yang telah diperhitungkan.
Kebetulan dia melihat temannya yang hilang? Bukankah ini terlalu kebetulan?
Semakin memperhatikan ketiga editor ini, Yang Chen semakin curiga. Mereka bertiga adalah yang terakhir memasuki rumah hantu, dan mereka mungkin tidak menandatangani surat pernyataan. Selain itu, pekerjaan mereka adalah editor untuk majalah supranatural, jadi ambang batas untuk rasa takut mereka pasti sangat tinggi. Identitas mereka memungkinkan mereka untuk tidak perlu sengaja ketakutan. Itu adalah samaran yang cukup baik.
Ketika aku menyarankan untuk mengikuti kepala manusia sebelumnya, editor laki-laki dengan kuat menganjurkan kita untuk memeriksa gudang terlebih dahulu. Sejak saat itulah serangkaian peristiwa aneh terjadi. Juga, saat Bai Qiulin memperingatkan kita tentang bahaya tinggal di persimpangan, mereka bersikeras menyelidiki tempat itu. Sangat mencurigakan.
Ketika koki dan adiknya diserang oleh monster-monster di luar di koridor, ketiga editor berada di dalam gudang. Mereka tampaknya menyadari bahwa para pengunjung di luar akan diserang, dan mereka menciptakan alibi yang sempurna untuk diri mereka sendiri. Yang paling penting adalah, tidak ada apapun di dalam gudang, jadi bagaimana bisa Tails, salah satu editor, menghilang?
Ada lorong tersembunyi di belakang printer, namun dalam keadaan normal, hal pertama yang akan dilakukan seseorang ketika berhadapan pada situasi ini adalah tidak lari ke terowongan sendirian untuk menjelajah, namun berteriak untuk mendapatkan bantuan dari orang lain. Wanita bernama Tails dengan sengaja berlari memasuki terowongan di belakang printer untuk menciptakan ilusi bahwa dia telah menghilang, dan menciptakan alasan sempurna bagi teman-temannya untuk mengambil alih kelompok!
Ini benar-benar rencana yang sempurna. Hilangnya teman-teman mereka menyebabkan dua editor yang tersisa menjadi gelisah, sehingga bahkan jika mereka melakukan sesuatu yang aneh, tindakan mereka dapat dipahami dan dianggap sebagai sebagai perasaan gugup dan khawatir.
Mata Yang Chen secara bertahap dipenuhi dengan kilatan kemenangan.
Jadi, mereka sudah merencanakan semuanya sejak awal. Tidak heran mereka tidak dapat menjangkau Tails melalui ponselnya. Ternyata semua tidak seperti yang mereka katakan. Talis tidak kehilangan ponselnya. Sejak awal, Tails tidak pernah berencana untuk menerima panggilan telepon itu.
Terlalu banyak hal mencurigakan tentang sikap ketiga editor. Di mata Yang Chen, satu-satunya penjelasan yang valid adalah bahwa ketiga editor adalah "hantu" yang ditugaskan oleh bos rumah hantu untuk menjadi penyusup di dalam sekelompok pengunjung!
Seharusnya aku bisa menyadarinya lebih cepat.
Keringat dingin bisa terlihat meluncur di dahi Yang Chen.
Mereka mengatakan bahwa majalah mereka disebut Primal Fear, tapi aku belum pernah mendengar nama publikasi ini sebelumnya. Mungkin itu hanya nama acak yang dibuat-buat. Ketika kita pertama kali memasuki rumah hantu, editor pria berjanji untuk bekerja sama denganku, tapi tidak butuh waktu lama baginya untuk berbalik dariku dan perlahan-lahan menggantikan kami bertiga yang paling berpengalaman di sini dan mengambil peran kepemimpinan secara diam-diam.
Setelah rasa takutnya memudar, Yang Chen mengusap keringat dari dahinya. 
Untungnya, aku memerhatikan mereka. Kali ini, aku tidak akan lagi mengikuti mereka begitu saja menuju kematian. 
Yang Chen mengalihkan pandangan dari tiga editor, dan tangannya saling bertautan.
Aku harus mencari cara untuk mengekspos mereka. Skenario ini sendiri sangat besar ​​seperti labirin. Untuk memasuki pusat utama sambil menghindari serangan dari monster dan untuk menemukan foto di bawah tiga puluh menit hampir mustahil dilakukan. Bos rumah hantu tidak akan memikirkan desain yang mustahil, skenario yang tidak bisa diselesaikan — yang akan membuat permainan kehilangan tujuannya. Jika dipikir seperti itu, kunci untuk menyelesaikan skenario kamar mayat bawah tanah ini mungkin masih ada hubungannya dengan kelima foto.
Yang Chen memikirkan kembali semua yang dikatakan bos rumah hantu. 
Foto dari lima korban akan membantu menyelesaikan skenario, tapi bagaimana mungkin itu terjadi? Apakah seseorang tidak akan diserang oleh monster jika memegang foto itu? Bos tidak mungkin memikirkan desain yang sangat sederhana dan biasa saja. Mengesampingkan segel pelindung, apa yang bisa kegunaan kelima foto? 
Sebelum memasuki rumah hantu, bos secara khusus menekankan istilah "korban". Artinya, orang dalam lima gambar pasti adalah orang mati.
 Otak Yang Chen berputar, dan ia memegangi dagunya.
 Lima foto orang mati ... 
Matanya tiba-tiba melebar, dan tubuh Yang Chen bergetar hebat saat pikiran ini melintas di benaknya!
Aku mengerti! Orang-orang dalam lima gambar bisa merujuk pada rekan timku! Mereka mewakili lima orang mati! Artinya, lima hantu yang telah berbaur dalam kelompok pengunjung!
Jantungnya berpacu dengan hebat. Ia merasa seperti ia telah menemukan cara yang sebenarnya untuk menyelesaikan skenario kamar mayat bawah tanah ini.
Persyaratan sebenarnya untuk membersihkan kamar mayat bawah tanah bukanlah meninggalkan skenario dengan membawa foto, namun untuk menemukan lima hantu yang tersembunyi di dalam kelompok! Lima foto adalah petunjuk paling penting yang diberikan oleh bos!
Hati Yang Chen mulai berdetak tak menentu. Ia diliputi kegembiraan. Ia berhasil menyelesaikan teka-teki yang diberikan bos rumah hantu dan memahami aturan tersembunyi.
"Pak Yang, kau baik-baik saja?" Wang Fan melihat Yang Chen yang tiba-tiba mengayunkan tinjunya dan menjadi sangat gembira. Ia khawatir dengan kondisi mental temannya, takut temannya menderita semacam gangguan.
"Jangan khawatir. Kali ini, aku pasti akan membantumu menyelesaikan skenario ini!" bibir Yang Chen melengkung membentuk tersenyum. Matanya yang menatap kedua editor setajam pisau. 
Lima foto dari lima korban. Jadi, bos rumah hantu telah memberi kita petunjuk besar sejak awal. Ada lima "hantu" yang tersembunyi di antara kita. 
Enam pengunjung yang datang setelah kami adalah pendatang baru. Artinya, dari enam pengunjung, lima di antaranya adalah pekerja rumah hantu. Bos benar-benar licik!
Dari dua belas pengunjung, lima di antaranya adalah hantu! Siapa yang akan menduganya—
Yang Chen menduga-duga enam pengunjung yang sama sekali tidak menandatangani surat pernyataan dalam benaknya. 
Kemungkinan ketiga editor itu adalah yang terbesar. Majalah bernama Ketakutan Utama itu pasti palsu. Tersangka berikutnya adalah koki yang tiba-tiba melarikan diri dan adik laki-lakinya. Yang terakhir adalah Xiao Lee. 
Setelah memikirkannya dengan serius, Yang Chen merasa seperti telah memahami segalanya. 
Xiao Lee datang sendirian dan tidak mengenal sisanya, jadi jika dia bukan hantunya, maka hanya ada satu kebenaran yang tersisa. 
Tiga editor dan Fan Chong serta Fan Dade adalah pekerja rumah hantu. Fan Dade tiba-tiba mengamuk, dikombinasikan dengan bantuan adiknya, mampu menciptakan suasana yang menakutkan, menyebabkan pengunjung sebenarnya tenggelam dalam teror dan kecurigaan. Kemudian, tiga editor bekerja sama untuk mengambil alih ritme kelompok dan mengarahkan para pengunjung lebih dalam ke jurang keputusasaan untuk merasakan ketakutan yang menanti. Terlalu menakutkan — tempat ini benar-benar gila!
Lima orang berhubungan dengan lima foto, yang berarti lima "hantu" yang berbeda! Yang Chen sudah mengkonfirmasi identitas kelima hantu. Ia memasukkan jari-jarinya ke dalam sakunya ketika mencoba menulis pesan dan diam-diam dikirimkannya pada Lee Xue dan Wang Dan.
"Untuk apa kalian bertiga berdiri di sana? Kemari dan bantu kami. Jangan tinggal terlalu lama di sini. Persimpangan adalah tempat paling berbahaya." Bai Qiulin memandangi tiga mahasiswa kedokteran dan meneriaki mereka.
"Kita harus pergi membantu mereka." Lee Xue merasa tidak nyaman. Ia dan Wang Dan bergabung dengan yang lain dan perlahan membersihkan jalan.
Pada saat itu, Wang Dan, Lee Xue, Xiao Lee, Bai Qiulin, dan dua editor berada di pintu masuk koridor. Pak Zhou dan istrinya berdiri di sudut lebih jauh, sementara Yang Chen berdiri di sudut terjauh sendirian. Ia telah mencari kesempatan untuk mengekspos kedua editor secara terbuka.


Mobil jenazah dengan bau aneh melambat saat mendekati gerbang. Suara kerikil terdengar memantul di langit-langit bersamaan dengan munculnya langkah kaki dari koridor. Sepertinya, ada seseorang yang mengintip di ruangan sebelah. Di sisi lain, gagang pintu sedikit bergetar, dan keran di kamar mandi terus menetes meskipun sudah ditutup. Terlihat bola karet yang terguling sendiri di bawah tempat tidur. Lalu, Langkah kaki yang tampak basah tengah menyusuri koridor.
Pada pukul 3 pagi, Chen Ge mencengkeram parang di tangannya saat bersembunyi di samping pemanas ruangan. Panggilan yang ia coba lakukan akhirnya dijawab. "Tuan, apakah ini yang kau maksud dengan 'rumah akan sedikit ramai di malam hari'?"


After the team was assembled and complete, it was time to begin grinding monsters for experience.
‘If this was a fantasy RPG, I would probably be the Warrior, Peach-sensei would be the Priest, Editor Yoshizawa would be the Ranger, and Houjou-senpai would be the Assassin... er, actually, she's probably more of a Mage.’
Seiji amused himself with his own imagination.
If everyone wore fantasy RPG-like clothing and stood together in a battle formation... that seemed like it really could happen!
Please forgive him for this mindless lapse of attention.
As for why Seiji had such thoughts to begin with, it was due to the appearance of hordes of monsters... whoops, admirers that tried flirting with the women.
After Mai joined them, Mayuzumi was very interested in learning more about her and stuck close to Mai to ask her many questions, while Mai politely answered each question.
Since there were too many people at the festival today, it was impossible for all four of them to walk together in a row. Naturally, Mai and Mayuzumi walked together, while Saki and Seiji also became a pair.
Mayuzumi looked like a classical frail beauty, while Mai’s outer appearance made her look like a gentle beauty as well, so, unfortunately, it was only natural that the two of them were quickly set upon by flirtatious admirers.
These admirers were one of the most disliked groups at the school festival—men looking to score with the girls here.
These unreliable males that were aiming for this school festival and joined up in groups together in order to flirt with high school girls were the existence that the Morals and Discipline Committee, and even the high school boys, wanted to get rid of the most. In a certain way, they were indeed similar to the monsters in an RPG game.
"Hey, you two, you look familiar—how about hanging out with us?" Monster A began his attack with a flirtatious look in his eyes.
"How about I invite you two for some coffee? We can chat and be friends~" Monster B used a smiley-face technique.
"It’s always more fun with more people, so come with us!" Monster C used a domineering attitude.
Priest Mayuzumi was afflicted with the ‘fear’ status at this close-quarters combat situation and was unable to move.
Mage Mai began smiling coldly and began to cast an ultimate spell.
"Sorry, they’re together with us." Warrior Seiji went in to support and used his oppressive smile technique.
"You guys are in the way, and it’s really annoying. Move." Ranger Saki shot out cold barbed arrows in order to give Priest Mayuzumi some cover fire.
"Oh... so you had companions." Monster A was suppressed successfully and retreated slightly.
"Another beauty? Perfect, join us as well! We’ll treat you!" Monster B continued using the smiley-face technique.
"Hmph, you think I’ll move just because you want me to move? I’d lose too much face if I just slunk away!" Monster C used a strong and arrogant counterattack.
"It’s a free society where you can choose to flirt with who you please, but still, please forgive me for being direct..."
Mage Mai finished her incantation and began casting her ultimate spell.
"Just look at how ugly you guys are!"
"Eh!?" The three monsters received critical attacks simultaneously.
"Your hairstyles are so ridiculous, and there’s too much of a hairspray scent! Your clothes are all low quality, and you don’t even know how to match colors! Your shoes are dirty, there’s dust on your pants, and stains on your shirts! And forget about the uneven makeup on your faces, there’s even nostril hair showing! Not to mention the massive amount of gunk in the corners of your eyes!"
The strong AOE magic hit the all the enemies at once.
"Wah!!" The monsters A, B, and C all cried out in pain.
"Frivolous, vulgar, and dirty... you actually dare to talk to us with such a level. Heh heh, if you still have functional eyesight, please take a look at the person beside us." Mage Mai activated a teleportation spell and sent Seiji, who was the backline support Warrior, into the frontlines.
Warrior Seiji cooperated by flashing a brilliant handsome smile!
"Ahh!" The three monsters were blinded by the sight.
"You guys can’t even match up to ten percent of him... no, there’s no way to even compare."
Mage Mai used her finishing move—a condescending gaze. It was akin to an ordinary person looking down on some filthy insects, a move that pierced the monsters’ hearts.
‘Get the hell out! Garbage.’
They felt as if they could clearly hear her insulting them like this.
"I’m sorry!!" All three monsters were defeated and fled after leaving that message.
‘What an excellent way to grind monsters for experience.’ Seiji inwardly praised Mai’s technique.
Cough cough, all of that was exaggerated by Seiji’s mind, so please take it with a grain of salt.
Similar incidents occurred multiple times in succession after this.
Each time, Saki would protect Mayuzumi, while Seiji and Mai teamed up to get rid of the frivolous men.
No matter what type of men they faced, the handsome boy and the female maid defeated them effortlessly and looked cool while doing so.
At least, the manga author thought they did.
Mayuzumi had another flash of inspiration, as a torrent of ideas flowed through her mind. She thought of another new character as well as a plotline and couldn’t stop herself from falling deep into thought.
...
They reached another activity stand.
This was a riddle-solving game. Seiji received an incredibly simple riddle and quickly solved it to receive a victorious emblem.
Saki also solved her riddle.
Mayuzumi and Mai were still thinking and discussing their riddles with each other.
The editor stood in an out-of-the-way location as she quietly watched her good friend having fun while chatting with the girl they just met.
"Here you go, Editor Yoshizawa," someone said from beside her.
Of course, it was Seiji.
He had gone to purchase a few drinks and handed one to the editor.
"Thank you."
Saki accepted it, opened the cap, and took a swig.
The cool and refreshing liquid tasted delicious as it slid down her throat.
"Sensei seems to really like Houjou-senpai." Seiji also observed the other two as he drank from his own drink.
"Yeah..."
"I always felt that Sensei was rather passive, but seeing this makes me realize that she has her proactive side as well. Is she always like this when she meets someone she’s interested in?"
Saki blinked as she thought about it. "I suppose so. It’s very rare to see her like this... at least, I haven’t seen her like this for a long time now."
"Oh..."
Saki took another sip of her drink.
Seiji did the same.
"Editor Yoshizawa, how long have you known Sensei for? I heard that you became friends with her during high school."
"Yeah, I got to know Mayuzumi in high school. It’s been... ten years since then."
"Ten years... being friends for ten years is really great." Seiji smiled. "Yesterday when I was chatting with Sensei at a coffee cafe, she told me that you’re just like a worrywart big sister, who always takes good care of her, and she’s really grateful to you for it. At the same time, she also hopes that you won’t worry so much about her, as she doesn’t wish for you to tire yourself out doing so."
"Oh..." Saki’s expression became gentler.
"In Editor Yoshizawa’s eyes, what type of person is Sensei then? Do you think that she’s indeed a woman who really needs someone to take care of her?"
"...Not entirely," Saki said after a pause.
Saki looked deeply at her good friend. "For me, Mayuzumi... apart from being someone I need to take care of, more importantly, she’s... someone I must protect."
She said the final few words in a very faint voice.
A normal person probably wouldn’t have heard her, but Seiji managed to make out her words and raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Someone she must protect... what did she mean?
It didn’t seem like the type of "protect" that involved romantic feelings—Rika Amami had already told him that Editor Yoshizawa wasn’t a lesbian that was in love with Peach-sensei. Seiji himself felt the same thing as well.
This "protect..." made it sound like it was her "duty" to do so.
Duty... if that was really the case, why did Editor Yoshizawa feel that it was her duty to protect Peach-sensei so strongly?
Seiji was curious about the whole situation.
However, this wasn’t a question that he should pry too deeply into, as he felt it was rather personal. He decided not to continue down this line of questioning.
"How about you then, Harano?"
"Eh?"
"Didn’t you want to take Mayuzumi as your wife? In your eyes, what type of person is Mayuzumi?" Saki revealed a serious expression as she waited for his answer.
Seiji didn’t know what to say to this!
He had almost forgotten about this misunderstanding!


Translator note: Apologies to the readers. This series is currently on hiatus. We ask for your understanding!
A 30-year-old Chinese NEET is reincarnated into the body of an otaku that choked to death on instant noodles. As he comes to grips with his new life, he realizes that this world is subtly different from Earth. The denizens of this world are far better looking, and this new world also possesses futuristic technology as well as mysterious Yin Yang masters! 
After reincarnating, he realized that he was endowed with a miraculous game-like system, which enables him to increase his own stats and transcend the limits of the human body. This system even has a game-breaking ability to save and load in real life!
In this new world that’s akin to a 2-D game, he just wants to enjoy life and head for a glorious future... However, he is quickly embroiled in a complex plot. Can he unlock his true potential and utilize his system to break the shackles that confine him and discover the truth about his previous body’s circumstances? 

Ye Xuan looked at where Miao Shuyao was pointing.

He instantly saw a black jiao sealed in a small semi-transparent box in front of him.

This jiao had two tiny hairless horns on its head. Its body was covered with black scales. Its two claws were under its body.

Although it was lying quietly in the small box, Ye Xuan still perceived a dash of cruelty and bloodthirsty from its eyes.

Next to the small box, there was an introduction of the black jiao.

"Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao: It has a grade of five stars and a beast level of high Silver. This Rebel Dragon Jiao is the descendant of a jiao collaterally related to dragons and a female shark from the bloodline of ancient giant black sharks. 5000 points will be needed to exchange for this Rebel Dragon Jiao."

Five stars?

The high Silver level?

Ye Xuan frowned at the introduction next to the small box.

He did not really want a five-star beast on the Silver level.

Not to mention the high Silver level.

Because he would need to make a beast on this level upgrade to the peak Silver level first.

Not until then could he make it achieve the Gold level.

That would take him too much time.

The only merit it had was to achieve the Gold level faster after achieving the peak Silver level.

However, its grade would drop to four stars when it achieved the Gold level.

It would be doubtless very slow to upgrade its cultivation level by then.

If he had sufficient materials, he would rather pick a three-star beast on the peak Silver level.

He just needed to edit such a beast in the Beast Editor, and it would probably achieve the Gold level directly. Wouldn't it spend less time than a five-star one?

But of course, he could not tell Miao Shuyao that.

While thinking about those things, he still sent a dash of his consciousness to identify the Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao's attributes in the Beast Editor.

[Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao (Dragon Species): Five Stars

Beast Level: Silver (High)

Abilities: Rebel Dragon Jiao Aspect, Rebel Dragon Combat Technique, Raising Winds and Waves, Overturning Seas and Rivers, Size Manipulation

Evolution Path 1: Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao King

Following this evolution path, the Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao will eventually evolve into an Ancient Rebel Dragon.

Evolution Path 2: Genuine Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao

Following this evolution path, the Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao will eventually evolve into a Mythic-level Three-Headed Rebel Dragon Emperor.]

It doesn't seem bad.

Ye Xuan raised his eyebrow when he had identified the attributes of the Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao.

Its attributes were really great.

And it had great potential as well.

The only flaw was its grade and level.

"Okay. Maybe I will come back later. This place is huge. I will look around a little bit more before I make any decision."

Ye Xuan said to Miao Shuyao through voice transmission, although he was tempted.

"Ye Xuan, the level of the Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao is too low for you, isn't it?"

Miao Shuyao did not let Ye Xuan go right away after having got his reply. Instead, she said to him through voice transmission again, "In that case, check this out."

She pointed at something not far away.

"That is..."

Ye Xuan looked at where Miao Shuyao was pointing. His eyes instantly lit up.

However, this time what Miao Shuyao was pointing at was not a beast.

It was a white china bottle instead.

The description of what was contained in the white china bottle was also next to the bottle.

"Silver-level Super Oceanic Dragon Essence: This is a secret drug specially produced in the Palace of the Ocean Dragons. It can speed up the level-up of beasts of the dragon species. One drop of Super Oceanic Dragon Essence can help a five-star beast of the dragon species on the low Silver level achieve the intermediate Silver level in one hour."

"Two drops of Super Oceanic Dragon Essence can help a beast of the dragon species on the intermediate Silver level achieve the high Silver level in two hours."

"Three drops of Super Oceanic Dragon Essence can help a beast of the dragon species on the high Silver level achieve the peak Silver level in three hours."

"Fifteen drops of Super Oceanic Dragon Essence can help a beast of the dragon species on the peak Silver level achieve the Gold level in five hours."

"Four-star beasts of the dragon species on the Silver level will need one drop more of Super Oceanic Dragon Essence than five-star ones. To achieve the Gold level, they will need two drops more. Three-star beasts of the dragon species on the Silver level will need two drops more of Super Oceanic Dragon Essence than five-star ones..."

"This bottle contains 300 drops of Silver-level Super Oceanic Dragon Essence in it. 500 points will be needed to exchange for one drop."

"That thing…"

Ye Xuan was really tempted when he read the Oceanic Dragon Essence description next to the bottle.

If he could contract with a beast of the dragon species and get sufficient Super Oceanic Dragon Essence, he would achieve the Gold level in a short time.

"So, this Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao?"

With that thought in mind, Ye Xuan threw another look at the Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao.

If he could get eighteen drops of Super Oceanic Dragon Essence, he would make this Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao achieve the Gold level in about eight hours.

"Well, wait a little bit. I have just started. Maybe I will see better options later."

Ye Xuan shook his head after some struggling.

There were countless treasures in this treasure trove. He had not seen enough of them yet.

He thanked Miao Shuyao for the recommendations. Then he started to look around again.

However, different from earlier, although he was still walking and looking at the shelves with treasures.

In fact, he had sent a dash of his consciousness to communicate with the Tidal Treasure Snail in the Beast Lair. He told the Tidal Treasure Snail to unfold its Real-Time Map.

As the Real-Time Map was unfolded, he started to look for treasures that could be useful to him on the map.

As well as beasts that met his requirements. Searching this way was faster.

"What the hell…."

Behind Ye Xuan, the Beast Tamer from the Silver Blood Clan who had been following him saw him always remain in silence.

So did the Beast Tamers from the Xia of the Cerulean Planet around him. He was bewildered.

What is happening here?

Have you already learned about the attributes of my beasts?

"There are Gold-level beasts here? What a surprise!"

After searching, Ye Xuan found there were Silver-level beasts and Gold-level beasts in this treasure trove.

However, the Gold level was the top here. There was no beast on a higher level.

Compared to Silver-level beasts, Gold-level beasts, especially five-star Gold-level beasts, cost seventy or eighty thousand points at least.

That was ten-odd times of the points needed to exchange for the Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao.

"Evolutionary resources on the Gold level, the Platinum level ... The Challenger level."

Ye Xuan kept searching. He found the highest level of the evolutionary resources in the treasure trove was the Challenger level. That was beyond his expectation.

"Challenger-level evolutionary resources are so expensive?"

Ye Xuan exclaimed to himself when he had seen those Challenger-level evolutionary resources.

Even the cheapest Challenger-level evolutionary resource in this treasure trove would need ten or twenty thousand points to exchange for.

The more expensive ones even cost more points than what some five-star Gold-level beasts cost.

One Challenger-level evolutionary resource could cost one hundred thousand points.

Even though five-star Gold-level beasts had the potential to achieve the Challenger level.

"I wonder how difficult it will be to get those points."

Ye Xuan thought expectantly.

Because he found Evil Nether Stones, Wishing Stones, and Conjugal Strings here while checking out the evolutionary resources.

Those three treasures were exactly the Challenger-level evolutionary resources that could be used to edit the Evil Fiery Red Luan.

"Eh?"

While walking around, Ye Xuan found somewhere in the treasure trove another beast that might meet his requirements through the Real-Time Map.

He instantly walked toward a corner, passing by one after another shelf.

Soon, he stopped in front of a shelf and fixed his eyes on another semi-transparent box.

There was a black octopus in the box. The octopus had eight arms.

And each arm of its had a giant suction cup on one end.

And those suction cups had tusks in them.

Next to the box, there was a description of the octopus as well.

"Deep Sea King Octopus Monster: It has a grade of three stars and a beast level of peak Silver. 1000 points will be needed to exchange for it."

Ye Xuan intuited one thing as soon as he read the description.

This octopus was definitely severely neglected in the Palace of the Ocean Dragons.

Not like that Oceanic Rebel Dragon Jiao, which was thought highly.

However, he still sent a dash of his consciousness to identify the octopus's attributes in the Beast Editor right away.

[Deep Sea King Octopus Monster: Three Stars

Beast Level: Silver (Peak)

Abilities: Ancient Octopus Secret Technique (Incomplete), Derivation of Flesh and Blood, Devouring

Evolution Path: Five-Star Gold-Level Abysmal King Octopus

The level-up needs a Challenger-level Stone of Abyss and a Challenger-level King Octopus Crystal... The Deep Sea King Octopus Monster can achieve the low Gold level at once after the level-up, and its grade will enhance to five stars.]

Ye Xuan frowned when he had checked out the attributes of the Deep Sea King Octopus Monster.

In fact, this King Octopus had very great potential.

It could keep improving until it became a Mythic-level Ancient Abysmal Heaven Devouring Octopus.

That was an extremely dreadful Mythic-level life form.

Ye Xuan was very frustrated when he had seen the materials needed for the King Octopus's evolution.

It would need several Challenger-level evolutionary resources if he wanted it to level up.

He believed he could find those evolutionary resources in this treasure trove.

However, he was not sure whether he could exchange for so many evolutionary resources at one go.

That having been said, by then, he had found out one common law for the level-up of Gold-level beasts. If he wanted to edit five-star Gold-level beasts that had the potential to achieve the Challenger level in the Beast Editor, most of them would require Challenger-level evolutionary resources.

"One thousand points."

With that thought in his mind, Ye Xuan shifted his consciousness.

According to the message he had received earlier, he would come back here again after he was transmitted out of the treasure trove.

However, if he wanted to come back to choose more evolutionary resources, he would have to pay one thousand extra points.

"I should be more discreet. So, the plan is to go out first to see whether it is easy to get points. If it is easy, I can pay one thousand points to come back here."

Ye Xuan made up his mind.

However, he still did not choose any evolutionary resources to start the trial right away.

Instead, he started to stroll around in the treasure trove again.

"What is that?"

Ye Xuan wondered. He stopped in front of another shelf very soon.

On that shelf, there was a small transparent box as well.

There was a white carp with dragon whiskers lying in the small box.

The carp had two small jiao claws on its belly. It looked peculiar.

And its white scales were not very dense. They were quite sparse instead.

"Oceanic White Carp Jiao: It has a grade of four stars and a beast level of peak Silver. This Oceanic White Carp Jiao used to be an average white carp. It swam upstream to leap into the Jiao Transforming Pool of the thirty-six Dragon Cities in the Sea. That is how it transformed into its current look. 2500 points will be needed to exchange for it."

"An average white carp that leapt into the Jiao Transforming Pool?"

Ye Xuan was slightly tempted.

Then he identified the Oceanic White Carp Jiao's attributes in the Beast Editor right away.

[Oceanic White Carp Jiao: Four Stars

Beast Level: Silver (Peak)

Abilities: White Carp Jiao Aspect, Carp Jiao Combat Technique, Raising Winds and Waves

Evolution Path 1: Gold-Level Five-Star Oceanic White Jiao King

Its look will generally remain the same after evolving into an Oceanic White Jiao King, but its size will become much bigger. And it will get the Jiao Combat Technique as well as the Overturning Seas and Rivers ability.

It will eventually evolve into a Mythic-level Sea Overturning Jiao King.

Evolution Path 2: Spiritual Oceanic White Jiao

After the evolution, it will transform into a Spiritual Jiao and get Spiritual Jiao's four claws. It will get the Spiritual Jiao Combat Technique, Raising Winds and Waves, Overturning Seas and Rivers, and Size Manipulation.

It will eventually evolve into a Mythic-level Five-Clawed Divine Dragon.

Evolution Path 3: Ancient White Carp

After the evolution will get the Ancient White Carp Combat Aspect and the White Carp Monster Techniques.

It will eventually evolve into an Ancient White Carp Monster Ancestor.

"Which one should I pick?"

Ye Xuan knitted his brows more tightly when he had seen the Oceanic White Carp Jiao's attributes.


In the era of Beast Taming, Ye Xuan with his superior Beast Editor, claims that he can turn even a snake into a Divine Dragon that soars across the nine heavens.
Hence, the little monkey he tamed became a Deific Ape.
The little birds he raised became a ginormous roc.

Ever since the construction of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower, only the Hero King had managed to conquer a Level Lord. Although conquering a Level Lord had nothing much to do with one's final results, the difficulty of this matter was destined to make it a great honor.
Of course, this was only a tiny matter throughout the Hero King's life. Few people took notice of it, and many people did not even know of this matter.
However, this matter was destined to be repeatedly mentioned by many from today onwards.
Shi Xiaobai had conquered five Level Lords in a single trial! The glory he had obtained in the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower exceeded the Hero King by five times, or even more!
Five times the Hero King sounded like an exaggeration or wordplay, but the general public would not care about this. They would only care about matters if they could be used as gossip over meals.
China Daily's editors quickly received news from their reporters. A story regarding a rookie typically was ineligible to appear on China Daily, which received a myriad of shocking news every day.
But yesterday, after resisting great opposition, the editor-in-chief left a small article for Shi Xiaobai's conquering of the third level's Level Lord. This slightly fat editor-in-chief always advocated the promotion of youths in the country. He believed that they were the hope of the country's next generation.
As such, when the news reached China Daily's editors, editor-in-chief, Tai Shan immediately began grinning from ear to ear. He praised the youth, Shi Xiaobai, for living up to his expectations. He had been given a pleasant surprise and had plans for this young man.
A junior editor named Li Hong, who was great at sucking up, did not miss this opportunity. He complimented, "Editor-in-chief Tai Shan's sure has foresight. Yesterday, he said how Shi Xiaobai would be a person of tremendous promise. He had gone against all those opposed to give him an article. Who knew he would do something that is completely unprecedented and never to be repeated! Everyone has to be amazed by Editor-in-chief Tai Shan's foresight!"
His flattery had made Tai Shan chuckle. He could not help but say with a laugh, "The Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower only had nine Level Lords. Shi Xiaobai has conquered five alone. This matter is truly one to never be repeated. Leave tomorrow's headline to the child. I believe no one will have any objections?"
The headlines of China Daily were always something China gave the most attention to daily. All of them were basically extremely important matters, or news of an extremely famous heroes. Once they appeared in the headlines of China Daily, they would quickly be known all over the country. 
Typically, regardless of how outstanding rookies were, they would not receive such treatment. Even Speechless had never been eligible to appear in the headlines. However, what Shi Xiaobai had done was truly bizarre. Furthermore, he had encountered an editor-in-chief that advocated the supporting of the younger generation.
Even if other editors had differing thoughts on the matter, they were unsure about raising any objections.
However, deputy editor-in-chief, Lin Liang, had always been at loggerheads with the editor-in-chief. Without any surprise, Lin Liang put forward his objections. He said, "I think there is need for careful consideration over this matter. Shi Xiaobai is a rookie after all. We have seen many peerless rookies being placed on a pedestal before but they only ended up average. If he makes the headlines, it might get to Shi Xiaobai's head. Furthermore...Wang Feng released a new war song, 'Survive', yesterday. It's said to have broken through the limits of resonating with thousands of people, reaching brand new heights in war songs. It seems this matter is more eligible to hit the headlines?"
There were singers in this world as well. However, the songs these singers sang were not only for music appreciation. Some of these songs could treat injuries. Some could restore strength, and there were even songs that could raise one's combat power.
In this world, there was an occupation of 'singers'. Therefore, the ability to sing, the ability to compose and write lyrics was also a reflection of power.
As for Wang Feng, he was an outstanding singer. He was considered an A-list singer, with many of his songs being extremely popular.
As for the song, 'Survive' Wang Feng recently released, not only was it an extremely difficult rock war song, it had broken through the limits of resonating with ten thousand people. It could be considered a grand matter in the world of singers.
Therefore, many editors wavered because of Lin Liang's suggestion.
"Shall we give Shi Xiaobai the second page?"
"The appearance of a rookie in the headlines has never happened in the history of China Daily. I believe we shouldn't make it an exception. It's also time for Wang Feng to make the headlines for once."
"I also think we shouldn't extol rookies too much. That Speechless Li reached the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm at the age of six, and back then, we gave him the second page. And this year, he's already fourteen, but he's still at the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm. It might really have gotten to his head."
"..."
More than half the editors began to object. In their minds, it was preposterous for rookies to appear in the headlines. Being able to be on the second page or even given a small article was a great honor. This was a regulation China Daily had always maintained.
Editor-in-chief Tai Shan immediately blackened his face as he said angrily, "Are you all objecting? Fine, tell me. Which rank did China reach in the previous World Youth Tournament and World Junior Tournament?"
The editors immediately fell silent. China, which claimed to be one of the top five major countries in the world had never clinched gold in the World Youth Tournament and the Junior Tournament that happened once every four years. It had managed to clinch silver once, but in the present situation, the best contestant the last tournament had only stopped at the round for best sixteen. The contestant did not even enter the round for the best eight.
Lin Liang said with a heavy tone, "China's results in the World Youth and Junior tournaments are indeed unsatisfactory, but what has that got to do with us? If a headline can make the younger generation of China clinch gold, so what if China Daily's headlines are given to them every day? The point is that it doesn't work. We are unable to effect any change."
Tai Shan said with a sneer, "A headline might be unable to change the status quo, but it can let the disappointed citizens see a glimmer of hope. What we lack isn't talent, but environment! China's flamers are world-famous. Regardless of how well your overall performance is, a tiny mistake will result in you being flamed till you have a pig's head. How can our young do their best under such public pressure? With them being afraid of this and that, it's obvious they can't produce any results! Furthermore, as one of the leaders of domestic news and public opinion, China Daily should take the lead to effect change! I believe not only should we put Shi Xiaobai on a pedestal, we should do our best doing so. We should extol him sky high, making every citizen in China know that we still have talents in our younger generation! Young people need a goal, an object to pursue. We should mold Shi Xiaobai into a benchmark for the younger generation!"
Tai Shan's words astounded the other editors. They never expected the editor-in-chief to have such profound thoughts. Furthermore, what he said was rational and based on evidence. It stirred their hearts.
How could such stirring words come out from an old man who had one leg in the coffin? He had indeed impressed them with his views.
The editors were instantly moved.
Lin Liang's expression changed drastically. He had received a large money packet from Wang Feng's manager yesterday. He had pledged that the headline was definitely his. Now, he was likely in trouble with the appearance of an unexpected Shi Xiaobai as well as a stubborn Tai Shan!
Lin Liang said in a heavy voice, "Second page would be empowering enough. The headlines is overdoing it! Furthermore, Wang Feng had nearly reached the headlines for seven times. If it's not given to him this time, people might think that China Daily is targeting him."
Wang Feng was extremely unlucky. This person had done seven deeds that could get him in the headlines, but every time, he would encounter something more impressive than what he did. As such, his headlines were stolen from him seven times.
Some citizens even jokingly called Wang Feng a spy sent undercover by aliens. The moment he hit the headlines, it was a signal to the aliens to launch their attacks. The seven heroic figures that had prevented Wang Feng from reaching the headlines were said to have saved the world seven times.
Wang Feng's management team had even deliberately chosen an uneventful day to release 'Survive', but they never expected Shi Xiaobai to suddenly appear. The headlines were in danger once again!
When Lin Liang said this, the editors that were easily swayed immediately felt what Lin Liang said was reasonable. Wang Feng was a important figure in the music world. It seemed inappropriate to offend him.
Tai Shan said in a heavy tone, "Go explain to Wang Feng's side! This matter is settled. Don't even think of touching Shi Xiaobai's headlines. Also, send reporters to pay close attention to this matter. In the meantime, investigate Shi Xiaobai. We want to extol him to the heavens! If anything happens, I'll take full responsibility. As an old man about to retire, let me do something for the country in my final days."
After Tai Shan said this, he gave a long sigh. He ignored Lin Liang's objections and walked out of the meeting room.
Everyone looked at each other. Since this matter did not truly concern them, they did not make things difficult. Lin Liang cursed 'that stubborn old fool' before leaving sulkily. He had to return that money packet!
...
...
Sixth level of the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower
It was already almost chaos in the outside world, but the rookies undergoing the trials were scared silly. How was the sixth level's Level Lord killed by Shi Xiaobai before it descended?
How did the first, second and fifth level's Level Lord succumb as well?
No one could understand how Shi Xiaobai had managed to do it. They could only imagine that it had to do with that mysterious Ka Xiaozi.
And they encountered a huge problem.
They couldn't find the dragon!
The ugly monster that Kali had instantly killed apparently wasn't the dragon. The system did not tell everyone of anyone becoming the fifth Braveheart. There was also no announcement of the sixth dragon's location. This meant that the dragon was apparently still alive.
Then, where was the dragon?
Everyone began scouring the world looking for the dragon.
Some of the rookies had already left the forest as they began to search for the dragon in Monster Fairyland.
A few rookies unknowingly walked to the coast and were immediately dumbfounded.
When they came across this spot, they had marveled at the vastness and beauty of the sea.
But at this moment in time and at this location, the sea had vanished.
There was only pit that gradually deepened endlessly. It looked like..the entire sea had been drained!
"Quick, look there! What's that?"
A rookie exclaimed.
In the distant horizon above the dried ground, a dark mass of light was floating in mid-air!
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A world filled with heroes with superpowers. A world attacked by calamity fiends. A modern world filled with wonders and dangers.

Shi Xiaobai, a child from normal Earth, walked into such a world, proclaiming to be its king. But at the first signs of danger, he is forced to make a choice, one which he cannot refuse for time would repeat, making him face the choice again.

He is not humble nor is he modest, but neither is he delusional. Yet, the Absolute Choice seems to make fun of him. Will the joke be on him or will he laugh at his opponents? There will be many watching his escapades, and there will be some joining him in his adventures.

To see through the world and to grasp its truth, that is the destiny of the King.  

Unable to snap back to reality, Giselle suffered from the information she learned from Shane Ricardo.
'Become an Editor for THE JAYCE.'
Those words shocked Giselle more than anything.
Giselle confessed, "I think it would be too much for me to handle. It is just pressure. I'm not sure, Mr. Ricardo."
Shane remained calm throughout her turmoil. It was as if he had something valuable to lock her down from such negative outbursts and make her accept his offer. He patiently waited until Giselle withdrew herself from stuttering continuously.
...
However, the ranting kept going on and on that made Shane restrain her.
"You easily get scared Ms. Giselle," Shane threw a glance at her. 
His fierce look made her stop spouting nonsense and get back to reality. For the moment, Giselle looked around to make sure nobody saw her embarrassing herself in front of her new boss. 
No one did notice her though still, she felt sick for ruining the occasion. Shane noticed her discomfort and was set to convince her to infinity.
...
"Indeed he is our top best author, but as an Editor, don't you think that it  is a golden opportunity?" Shane asserted.
"I understand that but my situation right now... if I don't have…" Giselle fought within.
"Your daughter, Lia?" Shane asked.
Giselle looked at him with a gloomy face. 
"Yes. We just moved back here. I need to send Lia to school and take care of her. She's just a kid."
As a mother, her priority is only for her child, Lia.
"And you are complaining like a child that you can't do multitasking?"
His point of the reference hit her in the bullseye. Nothing can make Giselle feel more pathetic than being challenged about her skills. She hesitated to speak anymore. 
"I understand that you have a child under your care. However, I hope and truly value your skill. So make sure to use it wisely. Jayce is a human being and not a monster. I'm sure you can become his very best editor."
His words warmed Giselle.
"And one more thing, Jayce is very understanding, and I told him about your situation. He's chill."
Giselle being concerned, with her words is still hesitating.
"It seems that you still can't believe in yourself. Well, here an enhanced version of my offer that none of the editors ever received. You can work for him, and if you can't handle the workload, I swear I will switch you to another author. Can you consider once again?" Shane declared.
This offer looked legit and suitable for Giselle's situation. She also knew that KeyLine publications were strict with editors. Once an editor is assigned an author, they won't change them easily. So this was a pretty big deal. Additionally, she gets to work with one of the best-selling authors. Giselle began to consider deeply about this opportunity.
"How about I give you a day to decide?"
Without giving her chance to speculate, Shane continued talking.
"Let me know it finally before rejecting it straight away. Deal?"
Shane being so considerate made Giselle agree without further pondering.
"Reasonable." She sighed. 
"Alright. I will think about it and give you a reply by tomorrow."
Giselle accepted.
"That's good to hear. Let me know if there's anything I can help you. Oh, regarding Lia's school, I can recommend you to a good school. One of my friend's buddy is the principal there. I can talk to him if you want to!" 
Startled from his kind gesture, Giselle responded.
"That would be very helpful. Sure."
"Hmm... and just because I do this help, you shouldn't consider my offer. Think about it carefully. I agree that being Jayce's editor will be a huge responsibility. However, I never assign the job to the wrong person. I have my way of understanding. I think you will do a good job as his editor."
Shane explained Giselle about her importance and the reason why he trusted her with such a responsible position.
"I understand," Giselle admitted.
Shane spoke no more and invited Giselle to enjoy the dinner. 
The food tasted delicious as they both enjoyed their first meeting.
Instead of work, Shane asked Giselle about her previous work experiences. The two spoke casually throughout the rest of the dinner.
***
The Dinner date went successful for Shane as he did his best to convince Giselle to accept his offer. As for Giselle, she did her best not to ruin her image but still maintain composure for most parts of the dinner. She felt grateful for the golden opportunity and the consideration Shane had shown her.
The night ended with both parting ways with each other, Giselle thanked Shane for his invitation and for trusting her. 
"It is nothing, Giselle. I know you are talented, and I know you would be the right choice. So- think about it carefully."
Shane praised her.
"It's getting late. I'll take leave then, be careful on your way home, Mr. Ricardo."
After saying goodbyes, Giselle boarded the cab safely back home. 
Shane was in his car back home when he receives a call.

WELCOME to my very first novel, Get Back to You.
I'm so happy to see that you selected this book to read. I'm sure you will have a great time.

Important Note: You are about to read an LGBT novel, a beautiful love story of two women, Lillian Grey and Giselle.

The two souls bonded by love yet, pulled apart by the external entities. The two women meet years later, the subtle fire still tingling inside, allows them to reconcile but, the question to be asked is: Will they accept it or not?
******
"Here's my message for you in case if you even care about me!"
"Don't ever show yourself in front of me, ever again."
"Why?"
"Because I can't stop myself from loving you if I ever see you again."
"What you gave me is irreplaceable! It still burning in my heart, never letting me live my life in peace."
Upon hearing the shocking news about Giselle's return from her best friend, Anna, Lillian conveyed a heart-wrenching message to pass on, only if Giselle still cared to ask about her.
******
Author's Note:
Get Back to You is very special because it is my first novel and a bold choice, I would say. The once short story showed a lot of potentials to become a perfect novel. The character had a depth to them and an unheard voice, for which I wanted to bring justice by exploring and writing. Just like how we would enjoy a typical romance story between two opposite sexes, I wanted to tell a sweet love story of two beautiful women. Through this novel, I wish to improve people's viewing of LGBT relationships and hope that we show respect without judging.
Join the adventure of Lillian Grey and Giselle and in their struggles to come together. I'm very proud of creating this story, and I constantly work hard to bring justice to its storytelling. I hope that my efforts reap when the readers enjoy the tale as they travel through this journey.
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Hello everyone,
I apologize to keep you all waiting and I appreciate your patience, but some life stuff has happened for my editor and I to where I had to put aside my projects for a period, leaving me with the decision to delay the release and push it back to next month, October. I do feel bad about bringing this announcement to all of you who've been itching to read more of this story again, so instead of leaving you in the dark, I will leave some info about retcons that I'm planning to enforce in this story as well as hints of what's to come along with all my stories going forward.
Retcons (Note: I'll probably leave a chapter that specifies these changes so some readers won't be confused):
Agnes' butler, Wilson, will be changed out with a maid. He won't be gone indefinitely, but this change must be done for reasons my editor had pointed out to that I didn't even take into consideration. There will be no further questionings on this matter.
Attribute Magic will be changed to Elemental Magic. This is more to help me better differentiate between types of magic and not get them mixed up (especially with Aptitude Magic, which will stay as is).
Monster stones (monstones, not sure if I actually ever left that term there), will be changed to monster cores (or maybe cores for short). Element stones (or e-stones) will stay the same.
That's it for the retcons, now for the more fun, exciting news of what's to come.
Do you want to access chapters earlier than other readers? Getting ahead by one, two, three, or maybe even more chapters? Do you want to participate in the MC's adventures in some manner? Do you want to read more stories from me that you can't find on here? How about some *cross out* very very poor but sexy fanart *end of crossout* illustrations of characters from this story or some other popular medium, all by yours truly?
I will tell you right now, once I have everything set, and if things go well, you will have a chance to get all of these, and maybe then some, in the near future, so stay tuned for when that happens.
One final thing, in accordance to these huge changes with my writing 'hobby,' I was thinking of upgrading my profile, specifically getting some avatar that represents me more as a creator, but I'm having difficulty to come up with what might seem good. So I'd like to ask you guys, based on my current profile pic, handle/penname (Orange Rain), the type of content I create, or maybe even none of the above, what kind of avatar, OC, mascot, etc. do you think would suit me? What do you think of when you hear or read my penname?
Please let me know your thoughts on all these either in the comments, on royal road, or my twitter @OrangeRain3477. Once again, thank you all for your patience, and please look forward for amazing things ahead to hopefully make this year not as crappy as it has been.

*Currently on hiatus*

*This is a slow burn harem story. The beginning is fairly light, with suggestive content picking up in later chapters. All characters participating in explicit content are 18 years of age, or older.*

An American IT with a passion for magic and fantasy died on his 39th birthday as a virgin due to a stab to the gut while protecting a coworker of his. He might as well died a 'Wizard' that needed one more year to become a 'Sage.'

Then, like in recent isekais, he was reincarnated in a new world as Soar Osmis with memories of his past life intact. This new magical world of Manara is where everyone has a chance to become an aspiring Magician, be blessed with powers by forming contracts with fairies as Chaperone and Companion, and special abilities called 'gifts,' and it just so happened that Soar was given the 'Wizard' gift at birth.

Thus, began the mostly slice-of-life harem isekai story of a man reincarnated in a world centering around the very thing he loved: magic, as he trained and used the knowledge from his past life to carve a path to a new one on his own terms while growing as a 'Great Sage.'

Some RPG game mechanics applied with a growing OP MC with humans and demi-humans as love interests. Profanity and little gory violence is included, characters in explicit sex scenes are at and above the legal age (MC won't have such scenes until his new body is around that age). Some scenes include yuri (F X F).

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After school Hito said his later to both Shouko and Yamai, they became 'Friends' equally Shouko is really happy to have another friend besides Hito.

Hito also noticed that Yamai is a little different from what the manga describes her to be, she is obsessed with Shouko but it isn't on the level that she will hurt someone, like she did to the Original Tadano in the manga.

In fact she is a bit of a tsundere, Hito could finally at ease leaving Shouko to Yamai, but of course his ranking is a lot higher than Yamai in Shouko's heart.

After all Shouko started to show interest in Hito, or it could even be called 'Like' if Hito were to confess now. Shouko would 80% agree with his confession but he isn't going to do that.

He wasn't in rash, it's not like he had a real rival because most of the guys would just treat Shouko like a Goddess, but no real progress because they had no balls of doing so.

They will make up excuses like "She's way out of my league and so on." 

They just had no balls, that's all, secondly they are idiots.

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Hito waited for Sakura in Paradise, they decided to meet in the place where they first met, after for a while of waiting.

Sakura arrived, she waved her hands at Hito as soon as she saw her, she is really cheerful despite having an illness in the pancreas, which is currently incurable with the current technology.

Or the world thought so, they didn't know hidden somewhere in this planet there is a pretty advanced technology, they who made the technology decided to hide it from the rest of the world.

Because it involves magic, but at least for now Hito isn't aware of that place.

"Tadano-kun! I'm sorry it took me a while to arrive here, did I make you wait for too long?"

Hito shook his head, and smiled.

"No, not all so let's go?"

"Mhm! Let's go to that Weekly Shōnen Jump! Wait! Why are you even going In there? If I'm not wrong it's the place where my favorite mangas are made!"

Hito didn't say anything, and he opened his bag to get the Demon Slayer one-shot manga. He gave the papers to Sakura, besides his family she is the only person who had seen it.

Even Shouko didn't see his Manga, as Sakura receives the manga, she asked.

"This is…?"

"Isn't it obvious? It's manga. I'm going to submit it there."

"Ehh! You also know how to draw?!"

Ding! 1+ Surprise Point!

Ding! 1+ Surprise Point!

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"Well everyone could draw, hey try reading it and give me your review."

Sakura nodded.

"Okay! Now I see why you wanted to go there! I'll read this, I'll be honest with my review okay?! Don't be sad if I say it's bad."

"Sure, go on."

Hito thought 'Heh, don't beg for more later!'

Sakura started to read the manuscript, while slowly walking, as the time passed she was already at the last page.

After that she finished reading it all.

"Tadano-kun…."

"Yes?"

"Please tell me what happened next!! I'm dying to know!"

'But you're really dying…' Hito thought, he replied.

"What about the review? Didn't you say that I'll be sad if you say it's bad? Come on where is that?"

"I…." Sakura blushed, you couldn't blame her, she doesn't know that his story would be so good! That even she got hooked by it right now.

She might not be knowledgeable about manga, she is pretty sure that this manga that Hito made is really good! At least compared to those manga she readed so far.

"Well, t-that's not important anymore okay?! I admit I couldn't criticize this, because it's too good! How did you even come up with this story?! Also your art...it's Good!"


Hito chuckled at her embarrassment,

"Well thanks for the praise, as the next one...I'll show you next time."

Sakura smiled brightly, and happily said.

"Okay! You promise right? That you'll show it to me?"

"Yes, yeah I promise let's continue, but still I didn't know that we could easily get along, though we just met yesterday."

"Well~ you know my secret after all~! Besides, you are the only one who isn't fazed by the fact that I'd die within a few years, yet you act normal."

Hito thought 'The reason why I could act normal, is because I'm confident of curing you, just give me a week or so..'

"Well, who knows maybe I'm different? Nah who am I kidding, I'm pretty much average!"

Sakura moved in front of Hito, and started to inspect his face, and said.

"Now that you mention it, you look pretty average! Hahaha with that I won't get bored looking at the same face daily!"

Hito smiled forcefully, and spoke.

"That definitely isn't a compliment!"

"Hahaha, who knows!"

The two kept talking along the way, time passed and they finally arrived at the Weekly Shōnen Jump company.

"We're here!" Said Sakura while smiling.

Hito nodded and went inside the building, as they went inside, it wasn't any different from any other mid size company, however the difference is that there are a lot of manga posters on every wall.

They looked around for a while, and after that they found the counter, then immediately went there.

In the counter there is a lady standing, looking through some paperwork. Hito Cough.

"Ahem- hello!"

Quickly the lady noticed them, and then she asked.

"Oh! Forgive me I was kind of busy looking through...so what do you need?"

"No it's fine, and I'd like to submit a manga."

The lady nodded, and asked.

"Oh, so did you perhaps have contacted an Editor before coming here?"

'Oh crap, I didn't know that!' Hito thought, and he shook his head and said awkwardly.

"Well I didn't...err this is my first time so I didn't know about it."

The lady smiled, and spoke.

"No it's fine, there are plenty of cases like you, since you're gonna submit a manga, please wait at room 4 I'll call an editor right now, it might take several minutes before the editor arrives, can you wait?"

Hito nodded, he doesn't have any problem regarding that, so he and Sakura went to room 4 to wait for the editor.

"That was close isn't it?"

"Shut it, I didn't know that I had to contact an Editor first! It's my first time after all."

They finally arrived at room 4. The room wasn't particularly big, but it could fit 5 people at most, there 2 couches and 1 table.

Each couch can fit 2 people, the two sat at the same couch naturally, Hito prepared the manuscript, and put it into the table.

Now Hito had to wait for the Editor to arrive!

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Exactly half hour later, the editor finally arrived at the room, the editor said.

"Sorry, for the wait it's pretty busy up there, so Ummm...which of you is going to submit a manga?"

Hito looked at the editor, he suddenly froze and thought 'That's Carla Yeager right?! Right?!'

Sakura looked at the frozen Hito, and said.

"Hey are you okay?"

"Eh? Ummm yeah, sorry Miss Editor it's me Ummm what should I call you?"

The lady editor smiled, and said.

"Carla, Carla Yeager you can call me Carla."

( END- )

Host : Tadano Hitohito

Age : 16

Skills : Math [ Monster] [+], English [ Prodigy ] [+], History [ Beginner ] [+], Music [ Beginner ] [+], Art [ Prodigy ] [+], Basketball [ Prodigy ] [+], Cooking [ Beginner ] [+], Sleeping Resistance [ Prodigy ] [+]

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*Important Note* Don't take it seriously, none of this are real, the characters in this story is not mine.

I Created This for the sake of improving my writing skills, feel free to criticize this is just me writing a Fictional story with a complicated plots.

A Young man from Earth, was suddenly Transmigrated in the body of Tadano Hitohito. The protagonist of Komi-san can't communicate.

Tadano which is now an entirely different person, the young man who had been Transmigrated from Tadano's body couldn't remember anything from his past besides the Anime, Manga and Novels he reads.

He thought that he'll live peacefully in this Rom-com world with his fated partner Shoko Komi, but he suddenly receives a System!

monster editor novel

Reality editor

Editor-San(Hiatus)

NEET Mendapatkan Sistem Simulasi Kencan

Teror Rumah Hantu

NEET Receives a Dating Sim System

All My Beasts are Legendary

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