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"It's a bit difficult to max out download speeds without a premium membership, but bypassing the membership mechanism is quite simple. I can give you a hundred-year membership first," Ksitigarbha said.

"Ling, do you think I don't have money for a membership?" Qianyi said. "I'm just curious if I can supplement my membership to break through download speed limits. Come, it's time for your maintenance."

He drew Ksitigarbha, took out a wool cloth, and after wiping away the traces of battle from the blade, he began to gently apply sword oil to every inch of Ksitigarbha's surface, meticulously wiping it to ensure even coverage.

Feeling the sensations synchronized from Ksitigarbha, Ling couldn't help but emit a subtle vibration, her voice becoming soft and tender, "Ugh~, that feels so good. Please take care of the hilt too."

How to describe this feeling? It was just like when he bathed with his sister in the past, and she used her cool hands mixed with cherry blossom shower gel to scrub his back and give him a massage. It was a tingly, pleasant sensation, and all his worries and fatigue gradually dissipated in this warm touch, leaving only pure pleasure and satisfaction.

As per Hifumi's request, Qianyi started to focus on maintaining the hilt, and while he was at it, he decided to check the shop for anything useful.

His physical strength was too weak. Without the aid of Stigmata, his arm broke when he sparred with Durandal. He needed to get stronger, but considering it was Durandal, he felt somewhat at ease.

Even if he got stronger, he wouldn't be Durandal's match in a short period. Therefore, what he needed were sealing skills. If he had such a skill, dealing with Durandal would be much easier.

He clicked on the chat group's shop and found that there was even a smart search function. So, he typed in keywords like "seal," "skill," and "persona."

System is searching! Search complete!

Skill: Great Seal

Skill Description: Unleashes the power of one's inner universe, capable of sealing even the death mother star Nyx (adaptable to persona systems).

Price: 1000 points

One thousand points to buy a skill that could even seal gods was undoubtedly a great deal. He could buy it without thinking, but Qianyi's eyes showed extreme horror in an instant.

Because he had heard of this skill. The last person who used this skill was a senior named Yuuki Ryou, and the result of that person's final use of the skill was his physical body slowly dissolving into butterflies, his soul eternally hanging on the moon.

In other words, he was completely dead, with virtually no chance of resurrection.

However, looking at the other items, none of them were worth buying. Either they were outrageously expensive, or they were completely useless after purchase. Suddenly, he noticed a very conspicuous star symbol in the shop. Clicking on it immediately brought up a very luxurious page.

Dimensional Leap

By injecting points, you can draw skills, items, and abilities from various dimensions.

Featured Rate-Up: Heracles (Click to view details)

"There are details?"

Qianyi clicked on the details and couldn't hold back his reaction.

Single Draw: 300 points. Ten consecutive draws: 3000 points (additional draw gifted).

The rate-up pity is 350. The new rate-up pool does not carry over to the current pool.

Rate-Up Content Details: ① Heracles's martial arts, ② Heracles's achievements, ③ Heracles's weapons...

Brother B!

Why has he fallen so low!

In the Type-Moon world, he was considered useless, everything on his body was plundered, and he became a scattered King of Heroes. How is it that even in the dimensional chat group, he still can't be assembled into a complete Heracles?

But then again, thinking about a certain tense and exciting gacha-based combat game that lacked auto-battle even in 2025, which required five identical characters to max out their Noble Phantasms, and to unlock extra skills and level 120, it would take at least six copies. Qianyi smiled with understanding.

Kids, FGO is also doing this!

However, if he could draw Heracles's physical body, it would be a significant improvement for him.

Don't underestimate Heracles's strength just because he's considered useless in the Type-Moon world!

"My turn! Time to draw!"

First Draw:

Pure Origin Stone

x1

Second Draw:

Elixir of Love

x1

Third Draw!

As his finger lightly touched the screen, the magic circle in the center slowly spun, and the white light sphere suddenly burst into golden light. The background music abruptly became grand and the tempo quickened. Flashing light beams converged into a beam of light, and a golden card appeared within it, revealing its true form.

Nine Lives

Whoa! I got something good!

Although it wasn't Heracles's physical body, which he wanted the most, the representative of Heracles's martial arts,

Nine Lives

, was definitely the most worthwhile item to get.

You can steal my weapons, armor, and achievements, but can you steal my hard-earned skills?

Steel Prison Big

: Bros, I drew this. Is it any good?

Steel Prison Big

: Image of successful draw.jpg

Lower District Flying Head Barbarian

: ?

Talulah

: No, dude.

Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service

: You went and drew from the gacha? That thing is a pure trap, I advise you to stay away. Reject gamblers, starting with me... Wait, how did you get a good draw?!

Child of Prophecy

: So envious, I wish I had such good luck.

Steel Prison Big

: It's okay, I guess. By the way, where's Kiana? Isn't she the European Emperor of luck? She can come and try, maybe she'll get something good.

I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles

: Damn it, why didn't anyone warn me? You guys can all withdraw, but I can't! I'm being strung up and beaten by Durandal.

I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles

: Submitted obediently, please let me go.jpg

Chapter 28: Kiana, Become the Flame-Chaser!

Kiana was currently being strung up and beaten by Durandal.

The moment she realized something was wrong, she planned to open a spatial door and flee. However, Durandal grabbed her, instantly refining her essence.

The Black Abyss White Flower was gone. This was a huge deal for Durandal. She had no idea how much effort she had put in to get permission from the Sanyate family to use this Divine Key. Now, after a single mission, it was gone. How could she explain this to the Sanyate family, and to her most admired Valkyrie, Cecilia?

I must be the most useless, most worthless, most unreliable Valkyrie in the world.

Durandal thought this as she continued to string Kiana up and beat her, demanding to know the whereabouts of the Black Abyss White Flower.

Seeing that she was about to suffer torture, Kiana repeatedly begged for mercy, "Sister! You really are my sister! We were born from the same root, why must you be so harsh on me!"

"Return the Black Abyss White Flower, and everything can be discussed," Durandal stated clearly.

"That won't work," Kiana thought. She had finally obtained it, so why should she return it just because Durandal said so? She deserved some interest.

Then, she was beaten by the "Dumb Goose" for a full hour. It wasn't that she was being stubborn and had no other options; she had already fainted from the first punch and slept for a full hour before being beaten awake.

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: I've confessed, please let me go.jpg

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: Shoko, can you return the Black Abyss White Flower to me? (bruised and swollen)

[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: This isn't just my spoils of war, it's our collective glory.

[Talulah]: What happened?

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: I was apprehended by my sister. I'm currently tied up and being beaten, and she wants me to either return the Black Abyss White Flower or tell her your coordinates.

[Talulah]: Where is Miss Raiden Mei?

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: She's watching me get beaten because my sister believes you disappearing must have been my fault as the Herrscher of the Void (crying cat head).

[Lower District Flying Head Barbarian]: This is rough.

[Steel Prison Big]: This is rough.

[Maple Sugar Commander]: This is rough.

[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: So, does that mean we have to return it?

[Steel Prison Big]: If we surrender, can we just return half?

If surrendering meant returning only half, then the Black Abyss could be returned, keeping the White Flower.

It's important to know that the Black Abyss White Flower's greatest strength wasn't its combat power but its regenerative ability. At its zeroth rated power, it could even repair lifeforms from the genetic level, bringing the near-dead back to life.

In the visual novel "Anti-Entropy," Schrodinger, at the cost of his own quantum state, used this Divine Key to cure Einstein, Tesla, and Welt of the Withering effect caused by the Black Abyss, breaking Einstein and Tesla's lifespan limits, making them never age, and allowing Welt to grasp the secrets of creation.

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: Surrender and only give half?

[Steel Prison Big]: There's a custom in my hometown: if you surrender, you lose half. Ask if you can give her the Black Abyss first and let her release you, then consider whether to give her the White Flower later.

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: Fine, I'll ask.

Two minutes later, [I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: My sister says it's fine, but we have to go back to Schicksal with her and become Valkyries.

[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: How can that be? We worked so hard all this time precisely to prevent you and Raiden Mei from falling into Schicksal's hands!

[Steel Prison Big]: No, Shoko. Consciousness changes with the objective world. You know, Schicksal isn't a monolithic entity. Kiana, as the child of Siegfried and Cecilia, has inheritance rights to the Kaslana and Sanyate families. In other words, she can inherit two of the three great families of Schicksal. As for the head of the other family, the Apollonius family, that's her eldest aunt.

[Steel Prison Big]: After the Second Honkai War, Theresa and Otto had already grown apart. If Theresa knows that you, Kiana, her niece, are still alive, she will undoubtedly do everything in her power to prevent you from falling into Otto's hands. Raiden Mei can contact Anti-Entropy, and then we can begin preparations for rebellion. Schicksal is dead, long live Huang Tian!

[Steel Prison Big]: Kiana, for a better future, become the Flame-Chaser of Schicksal!

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: Huh? Flame-Chaser? Me?

How could I possibly be qualified to be the Flame-Chaser?

[Steel Prison Big]: If Otto can do it, why can't you?

[I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles]: I can't handle so much administrative work!

[Steel Prison Big]: That's easy. You can be the nominal Flame-Chaser, and I'll be the de facto Flame-Chaser. Once we unify Schicksal, defeat the Honkai, and conquer Earth, I will immediately launch a grand expedition and levy a band dissolution tax on the entire world, the entire universe, and the entire multiverse!

Qianyi's current goal is to study hard, get into the University of Tokyo, enter politics, and then run for Prime Minister of Japan to enact the band dissolution tax, and then form his own band.

He'll play bass into the Budokan and blow up Kyoto for the party.

Of course, he's not a rigid person. If there's a faster way to achieve his goals, why wouldn't he take it?

[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: Band dissolution tax?

[Steel Prison Big]: For the entire world, any act of unilaterally and arbitrarily attempting to dissolve a band without the consent of all its members will be subject to a tax penalty starting at over a million yuan.

[Talulah]: Have the taxes from other worlds reached this level?

[Lower District Flying Head Barbarian]: Agricultural tax, commercial tax, heating tax, mining tax, and various other taxes are not enough for you, so you're resorting to blatant money-grabbing like a band dissolution tax?

[Maple Sugar Commander]: I can't imagine it. Is the eldest family really this kind of force?

[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: No, I think this guy is simply having fun playing in a band and then found out his own band was disbanded. He's holding a grudge, so he wants to do this.

[Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service]: Shoko, why are you such a narrow-minded man?

Cold sweat broke out on Shoko's forehead. Fortunately, Qianyi wasn't in the same world as her. Otherwise, her desire to disband CRYCHIC would have been met with sky-high tax penalties before it even happened, further straining her already struggling family.

["I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles": "Is this the time to discuss such things?! My sister is still hanging me by a thread!"]

["Steel Prison Big": "Calm down. I know you're anxious, but don't be. If being anxious helped, I'd have been anxious ages ago."]

["Customer Service Xiangzi is at your service": "Black Abyss White Flower is with me. Do you need Gene Reaper as well?"]

["I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles": "I'm not sure. Give Black Abyss back to my sister first, so she doesn't keep whipping me. Half of it... I'll consider returning it depending on whether she whips me later."]

["Lower District Flying Head Barbarian": "If she doesn't whip you, will you give it back to her?"]

["I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles": "How can I do that?! If she stops whipping me, and I give her the item back, I'll have taken the beating for nothing!"]

["Steel Prison Big": "...Kid, you're invincible."]

It seems I can't afford to go easy on you.

You only get moving after I've whipped you twice.

After resolving Kiana's issue, Qianyi put away the Ksitigarbha, took off his shoes, and walked into the long corridor. The floor was paved with cherry wood planks, spotless from years of scrubbing.

He pushed open the door to his room. In the center of the room was a kotatsu table, with the bed to the right and a desk in front. The room was spacious, with little decoration, save for three hanging portraits of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo, figures from Japanese mythology.

Amaterasu stood in a myriad of sunlight, holding the Yasakani no Magatama. Tsukuyomi stood beneath a pitch-black crescent moon, holding the Yata no Kagami. Susanoo wielded the ultimate divine sword of Japanese mythology, the Heavenly Cloud Sword. Beneath the portrait of Susanoo was a rack for storing swords, where Qianyi placed the Ksitigarbha. He glanced at the empty room and decided to buy some things to fill it tomorrow.

However, before acquiring items, he needed to find an auntie to clean the house.

Qianyi lay on the bed, planning his tasks for the next day. Just then, a clear and pleasant, but to his ears, exceptionally hateful ringing sound came through.

He took out his phone. It wasn't a message from someone he knew. Clearly, it was from someone in the chat group. He opened it and immediately couldn't keep it together.

["Talulah": "Are you there?"]

Chapter 29: Member Toyokawa Shoko's participation rate is unmatched.

Starting with "Are you there?" guarantees a clown.