Honkai, But a Spirit-Possession Simulator

The next moment, countless knowledge from Mobius flooded into Liu Bai's mind, and the whole world seemed to change its appearance in Liu Bai's eyes.

Appearing again in Destiny's corridor, Liu Bai seemed to understand a little about the operation mode and internal structure of the surveillance, just by staring at the surveillance in the corridor.

——But it seems like he didn't understand either.

Liu Bai really lacked the corresponding mechanical knowledge, but a strange confidence appeared in his heart—if he could disassemble the surveillance once, he might be able to recreate one himself.

So that's it, this is the research ability from Mobius...

Thinking of Mobius lying drunk on the bed at the end, Liu Bai felt a little worried again.

——If he's not around, will Mobius be able to get up on time?

Afterwards, Liu Bai thought for a while and gave all the skill points to the Haunt skill—the stronger his ability to interfere with reality, the more he could help the host.

[S-Rank evaluation detected, final result confirmed]
[Backing Spirit: Liu Bai]
[Skills: Haunt lv.5, Persuasion lv2, Guardian lv3]
[Current Host: Rita Rossweisse (Compatibility: 8%, Current Host), Aponia (Compatibility: 120%, Abnormal Status, Cannot Select), Mobius (Compatibility: 262%, Abnormal Status, Cannot Select)]
[Remaining Simulation Attempts Today: 0]

Chapter 10: Miss Rita's Dog

"Wake up?"

"...Yeah."

Question: What should you do if you hear a strange male voice next to you as soon as you wake up?

Suppressing the urge to punch the air, Rita felt that she had lost at least three years of her life in that instant.

"How did you sleep last night?"

"Thanks to you, I feel like I had a nightmare, but I can't remember it."

Rita said neither humble nor arrogant. Of course, having a nightmare was a lie; she slept quite soundly.

This person might really be some kind of guardian.

"What about you? How was last night?"

"I was scaring the little girls in the hallway."

"...Was it done cleanly?"

Rita was slightly silent after asking the question. Why does this question sound like she wants to destroy the evidence?

But she didn't want rumors of haunting to spread outside her room.

"Cleanly, destroy the evidence... ahem, I just meant I scared them a little."

Liu Bai used Haunt to create a low-temperature illusion for Rita.

"This level..."

Rita raised her eyebrows slightly. Although this kind of illusion was meaningless to a battle-hardened Valkyrie like her, if it was used at the right time...

Rita suddenly became a little interested in the abilities of this "Guardian" beside her.

Since she had decided to accept the other party's existence, Rita felt that she should deepen her understanding.

"Mr. Ghost, would you like to go to the training room to work together?"

Rita smiled lightly at the air beside her.

Mr. Ghost... this title reminded Liu Bai of Mobius again.

"I don't mind... but won't you be discovered by your Destiny Archbishop or others?"

In Liu Bai's impression, things related to Otto were often accompanied by trouble.

"I have an exclusive training room, and the Archbishop is busy with many things every day. As long as there is no abnormal data, it doesn't matter." Rita didn't seem to care.

For Valkyries, they train for a period of time every day, and some people even train all the time except for eating and sleeping. How could Otto have time to specifically look at these things?

Destiny has so many Valkyries; even at ten times the speed, it would probably take a day to watch them all.

Liu Bai nodded after hearing Rita's explanation.

"..." Rita looked at her pajamas, then at the air beside her, and couldn't help but have a headache. "Mr. Ghost, I need to change clothes. Could you please go out for a while?"

Seriously, this feeling was like living with a strange man.

Rita felt that she might need some time to adapt.

But the advantage was that her guardian was really easy to talk to.

After sensing the other aura leave, Rita breathed a sigh of relief... For her, this was the first time a member of the opposite sex had seen her in her pajamas.

Fortunately, she didn't sleep in a bad position.

Rita checked her pajamas with a slightly flushed face... Fortunately, she had honestly buttoned them up, and the collar hadn't collapsed. She shouldn't have been seen anything, right?

Phew...

"Her figure is slightly inferior to Mobius'," Liu Bai muttered, floating outside. Of course, more importantly, Mobius never hesitated to change clothes in front of Liu Bai.

She had the attitude of 'If you want to look, then look'... although Liu Bai only ever glanced.

"I'm done changing," Rita said, opening the door shortly after.

"Aren't you eating breakfast?"

"I ate while I was changing," Rita said with a smile.

"...You're fast."

Liu Bai couldn't comprehend how Rita managed to handle and finish breakfast in the short few minutes she was changing.

"Beep beep—!"

Just as the two were about to head to the training room, the communicator on Rita's wrist suddenly rang.

"Otto's?"

Rita paused slightly, looking at the communicator before glancing at the air beside her.

"...It seems our training plan needs to be postponed."

"Something happened?"

"The Second Herrscher is suspected to have appeared in Sky Dome City... Looks like I need to go on a business trip."

Rita said calmly, "But it shouldn't take too long."

Sky Dome City, huh?

Liu Bai was slightly taken aback. That meant the current timeline was about four months after the Queen's descent. In that case... not bad?

As long as his simulator was reliable, he might have a chance to change the outcome of that battle.

"Oh, well, I'm your spirit, so I can only follow you wherever you go."

"..."

Rita was surprised by how calm her spirit was—if she could, she'd rather he didn't follow her.

Night, Sky Dome City

"Bishop, I have arrived in Sky Dome City. Please provide further instructions."

Rita, wearing the Valkyrie Armor: Shadow Iron, was communicating with Otto through the communicator.

Liu Bai only glanced at Otto before averting his gaze—he had seen enough of Otto in his past life.

Laughs, he has absolutely no curiosity.

Liu Bai's gaze lingered on Sky Dome City at night.

They departed in the morning and arrived at night. Liu Bai wasn't sure if this speed was considered fast.

Or rather... did they deliberately arrive at this time?

Liu Bai glanced at the mechanical dog at Rita's feet... okay, its scientific name was "Carbon-Based Hunter," an autonomous tracking weapon.

Honestly, Liu Bai was more interested in this dog than Rita right now.

[Haunt lv5: You can lightly interfere with reality. You can possess non-sapient, non-living entities to enhance your interference with reality.]

Level 5 Haunt integrated small curses and illusions, and it was slightly enhanced. The power he could use reached the standard of an ordinary person—of course, these were all minor matters.

The most important thing was the latter part—he could possess non-sapient, non-living entities.

That mechanical dog... an autonomous weapon, definitely non-living, but could it be considered sapient?

According to the definition of sapience... probably not?

—I've wanted to take over the dog for a long time and be Miss Rita's dog myself!

Jokes aside, Liu Bai was genuinely tempted.

...Trying wouldn't hurt—anyway, he didn't have any flesh to lose.

Just try it, just try it.

Filled with curiosity, Liu Bai decisively used his Haunt ability on the dog at Rita's feet.

"...Understood."

Just as Rita finished communicating with Otto, she felt that a certain important part of her Valkyrie armor had stopped responding.

—It was a part related to the Carbon-Based Hunter.

"?"

Rita was shocked and looked at the Carbon-Based Hunter at her feet.

At least thirty percent of this Valkyrie armor's combat power relies on the Carbon-Based Hunter. If the Carbon-Based Hunter were to suddenly malfunction, she would consider a temporary retreat.

However, Rita then witnessed a scene she would never forget.

The Carbon-Based Hunter at her feet stood up like a person.

...Yes, stood up, like a person.

Chapter 11: Possession and the Gray Serpent

This body...

Liu Bai curiously lowered his dog head and looked at the Carbon-Based Hunter's body.

Although it was a mechanical body, its flexibility far exceeded his imagination. Even someone who practiced yoga for years might not have such outstanding flexibility.

Liu Bai twisted the body, his research abilities from Mobius allowing him to quickly adapt to it.

But soon, Liu Bai felt a puzzled gaze.

"..."

Rita was staring directly at him.

"Something wrong?"

"...Hacking?" After confirming that Liu Bai was controlling her dog, Rita instead began to observe the now human-like Carbon-Based Hunter with interest.

"Uh... not really? It should just be possession, limited to inanimate objects."

Rita's words made Liu Bai himself a little unsure. Putting aside everything else, his current actions really did seem like hacking.

"Oh? Possession... Since you can possess a Carbon-Based Hunter, can you also possess various mechs?"

Rita immediately thought of Destiny's and Anti-Entropy's mech forces.