443 "Danganronpa," Those Protagonists

The "serious business" that Wang Yan mentioned was game testing.

With his deep pockets, he directly provided all his classmates with Alienware X19 gaming laptops and installed the new games on them.

Hinata Hajime adapted the fastest. "Then, I'll start."

Wang Yan, standing beside him, nodded slightly. "I look forward to your data feedback."

Hinata Hajime ignored what he couldn't understand and simply opened the only icon on the desktop.

That was the emblem of the Hope's Peak Academy.

What kind of game will it be?

Nanami Chiaki, standing next to her, muttered to herself in a cute voice, "Shooting, role-playing, cartoon, competitive, or original independent category?"

Hinata Hajime noticed that the game's main interface appeared somewhat cold and impersonal.

It seems that many functions are not enabled.

After a moment's thought, he clicked the "New Game" button.

There is only one option for the starting era of the game, which is the scenario "The Legacy of the Hope's Peak Academy: The 7th Class of Freshmen Enrollment".

"Wow... a story that happened seventy years ago?"

Hinata Hajime immediately perked up.

Hope's Peak Academy was his lifelong pursuit. From childhood to adulthood, he was inspired and motivated by the stories of countless talented individuals.

When it comes to data collection, he is no match for Wang Yan.

Now, through the games created by Wang Yan, Hinata Hajime can learn more and witness the brilliance of his predecessors!

When he first entered the game, he found that he could only choose two characters.

The male among them is named Li Qiushan. His background is very simple. He is a "Super High School Level Martial Artist" born into a middle-class family in China.

The sum of the five attributes—politics, charisma, martial prowess, intelligence, and leadership—is around 350, which looks quite good.

Moreover, this character has a three-star "Dou Technique" from the very beginning.

Keep in mind that even at max skill level, there are only four stars.

The most outstanding attributes of the game character Li Qiushan are "strength" and "charm".

After several random attribute tests, the former mostly hovered around 97, while the latter remained fixed at 93.

The female playable protagonist is named Kusu, whose background is unknown. She has explosive five attributes, with the sum of each attribute exceeding 450, making her a full 100 points stronger than Li Qiushan!

However, Kusu's weaknesses are even more obvious...

The game explicitly states that the character forgets all skills and connections every ten years.

"It's quite interesting..."

Hinata Hajime felt that a character like Kusu was completely designed for a top-tier gaming expert like Nanami.

For someone like me who's not very tech-savvy, it's better to use Li Qiushan, who's easier to use.

Once inside the game, Hinata Hajime quickly became immersed in it, thanks to the beginner's guide.

Quite interesting!

Almost all the options were made into cards, turning it into a collection game.

Is the main selling point the sense of accomplishment from collecting?

Hinata Hajime quickly noticed that there were a full thousand characters in the [Protagonist Card] option of this game!

The cards containing skills, titles, scenic spots, and other content total no less than a thousand!

His collection list has a card accumulation rate of less than one percent.

"There are a thousand Protagonist Card alone... That's amazing!"

Hinata Hajime exclaimed in surprise.

He decided to enjoy the game, collect the Protagonist Card he liked, and experience everything that his predecessors had gone through.

Follow the plot and move forward step by step.

A notification suddenly appeared on Hinata Hajime's screen. "Congratulations! You have obtained the Protagonist Card [Sasaki Luoyu]. From now on, you can start the game with this character!"

This is Character card that the plot will inevitably provide.

When you choose "Li Qiushan" as the protagonist to start the game, you will first encounter a kind friend and a mean-spirited guy who is always targeting you.

Sasaki Luoyu plays the role of a kind-hearted older brother, who immediately gives out cards upon arrival.

However, according to the system's assessment, he is a [Green Protagonist Card], meaning his storyline is relatively weak and boring, while Li Qiushan is a [Purple Protagonist], whose personal storyline can even continue until the 46th batch of freshmen enroll!

Hinata Hajime nodded slightly.

He doesn't plan to restart the game using Sasaki Luoyu.

After all, he had already practiced many skills using Li Qiushan's Character card, such as tea ceremony, mathematics, diplomacy, computers, and vocal music, and had also established good relationships with many students in the 7th term of the Hope's Peak Academy.

Once your relationship progresses further, you can collect their Protagonist Card!

Hinata Hajime inadvertently turned around and found that his idol, Nanami Chiaki, was still on the character selection screen.

She kept rolling the dice, refreshing the character's attributes, and muttering something about "attribute extreme range".

Meanwhile, to Hinata Hajime's left Komaeda Nagito, the "Super High School Level Luck," was admiring the cards he had collected on the card collection page.

"A collection rate of 10.1%? How is that possible?!"

"How long has it been, and you've already collected over two hundred cards?"

Hinata Hajime swallowed hard, realizing he might have underestimated Komaeda Nagito.

Perhaps the other party is also a top-tier hacker-level super programmer.

"Huh? That's easy."

Komaeda Nagito patiently explained, "Use Kusu as the main character. When the 9th class of freshmen enrolls, take a wooden sword and go to the door to choose 'Chop someone.' After being defeated by that person with one punch, choose the option 'I'm hungry, please give me something to eat,' and the other person will give you the character card."

"If I remember correctly, that guy seems to be a Golden Character Card, born with four title cards: [Useless], [Imagine Breaker], [Otherworldly Person], and [Messenger of Aihwas], as well as a whole bunch of skill cards."

"Start the game with this character, save once, and you can directly unlock the [30th Freshman Enrollment] scenario."

"By the way, this character is called 'Kamijo Touma'."

"He's not a student at the Hope's Peak Academy. If you want to run into him, you'll have to wait at the school gate."

"Then..."

The more Komaeda Nagito spoke, the more Hinata Hajime's lips twitched.

He had absolutely no intention of imitating this technique!

What makes a game character win the lottery jackpot three times in a row? You'll get the title of "Super Lucky Star." Once you have this title, and your favorability rating is high enough, you can get the gold Protagonist Card of the 14th generation "Accelerator."

If you get struck by lightning ten times in a row and earn the title of "Scorned by the Thunder God," and your favorability rating reaches the required level, you can get the gold Protagonist Card of the 13th generation freshman "Misaka Mikoto."

According to probability calculations, these things are simply impossible to achieve!

Unless he starts a new game and plays from the initial 7th scenario all the way to the final Class 78 freshman enrollment scenario, there is only a slight chance that he will get the SSR Protagonist Card mentioned.

Why did the script only go up to Class 78...?

Hinata Hajime never really thought about this issue in depth.

Time always flies when you're playing games.

In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.

Hinata Hajime has never been so obsessed with any game.

His card collection rate has finally reached 48.8%!

Of course, it's far behind Nanami Chiaki's 93.13% and Komaeda Nagito's 86.2%.

But Hinata Hajime felt very satisfied.

Each protagonist has their own story, and they are so vividly portrayed that they seem almost like real people.

"Congratulations! You can now start the game directly from the new scenario, 'The Sunset Before Despair! The Class 77 Freshmen Enroll!'"

The title of the Hinata Hajime sent a chill down Hyuga Hajime's spine, raising goosebumps all over his body.

"It's just a game... don't overthink it."

Hinata Hajime, comforted himself in this way.