Chapter 583

Sakurakoji Talent stopped teasing her and raised the Smart Lens in his hand. "How about it? Want to play?"

"What's that?" Inoseri Nina asked curiously as she returned carrying a pile of snacks.

"Smart Lens."

"Smart Lens? You mean that super popular one lately?!" Ebizuka Tomo strode over and shoved the cute young lady's beautiful face right in his face.

"Is that the one with all the ads the other day?" Inoseri Nina placed the snacks on the coffee table, seemingly clueless. "Tomo, want Daifuku?"

"I want to eat!"

RUPA tilted his head in recollection. "I remember, a set like this used to sell for 200,000 yen, didn't it?"

"So expensive!" Inoseri Nina shouted, disregarding her manners.

Although she now has a fixed salary, she can't bear to spend it on such electronic products, especially since payday hasn't even arrived yet.

"Hey, watch your mouth! It's filthy!"

"Ah, I'm sorry."

She wiped her mouth with a tissue, looked up at him, and asked, "So, what did Mr. Talent mean by 'playing games'?"

"It means exactly what it says. I want you to play the battle mini-games with me today." Sakurakoji Talent laid out several outfits one by one, gesturing for them to choose.

Under a first-come, first-served system, the most unfortunate ones are naturally Anwa Subaru, who are not present at the moment...

"Huh? Are we really going to dismantle this brand new equipment?! Really?!" Inoseri Nina swallowed hard.

"Go ahead and dismantle it; it just so happens that your next phase of the mission is related to this."

"Hey~ We have to keep recording songs tomorrow, we're really busy, you know?" Kawaragi Momoka looked at him resentfully.

"Then let's just cancel it," he said nonchalantly.

"Huh? Do you even know how much a sound engineer, assistant, or AP earns in a day? And what about the recording studio and our salaries...?"

He glanced at her, a mocking smirk playing on his lips, and replied nonchalantly, "I'm the boss."

"Well..."

Shit! How could I forget this!

"Besides, we can just have the firm contact them and reschedule the appointment. I've already done that."

"When..."

"While you were still in the recording studio."

"..."

"Is it ready? If so, please sit down, and I'll show you how to use it."

"What about Subaru?" Kawaragi Momoka sat down, still unable to shake off the question.

"Let Miss Ryone take her place; I can't interfere with her affairs tomorrow morning."

"Poor Subaru~" Inoseri Nina made a Catholic mourning gesture, silently mourning for Anwa Subaru upstairs, then joined in the fun and simply sat down on the floor.

The group was used to his extravagant behavior and gathered around him.

Ten minutes later,

After learning how to use it and putting on the Smart Lens, the five people, including Sakurakoji Talent, had their open pupils shimmering with faint, multicolored light, making them look like aliens.

"Wow! Everyone's eyes are shining! So handsome!"

"Your eyes too!"

"Really?! Let me see! Wow! It really is... So handsome~"

"They're just like superheroes from a movie!"

"I always had a feeling that some people would buy this specifically for cosplay..."

"Technology has advanced to this level... Big cities are terrifying..."

"This is the Smart Lens. You stick them directly on your eyes, won't it hurt your eyes?"

"Please rest assured, it's absolutely safe."

Why are you so sure?

"That's... well, it just puts my mind at ease."

"..."

Having just encountered high-tech products, the group was quite excited and it took them a while to calm down.

After their excitement subsided, he led them into the game—or more accurately, into the world of Moonview Night.

Before going in, to avoid being criticized by them, he changed into a set of men's clothing with silver hair.

"Wow, this is amazing! It's just like the real world..."

"This is VR? That's amazing!"

"I'm starting to lose sight of what's real and what's unreal..."

"No wonder I've been seeing so many science-related recommendations about it lately, it's really impressive."

"This is excellent value for money!"

"..."

After being stunned by the bizarre and fantastical scenes in the Moonlit Sight Village, he led the group into the game portal.

[KASSEN], which translates to "Battle," is a fully stealth action game based on Battle during the Warring States period. It combines an immersive audio-visual experience that feels like being there with a high degree of operability and strategy.

It caused a huge stir in the gaming industry as soon as it was released, and it is undoubtedly a phenomenal game.

If it's a game, why bring them to Moonview Night- Yo? Of course, there's a reason.

Because this game also has a connection interface in Moonview Night no Yoru—yes, it's a game made by Yachiyo.

Tsk, the Moon Person are really unreasonable.

Although I've considered the other party's origins, I have absolutely no clue. Whether it's Land of the Lustrous, the Orbital Children, Please Teacher!!, Moonlight Journey, or Touhou Project, Doraemon, or Brighter than the Dawning Blue na... none of them seem quite right.

Is it a work I haven't seen before?

... Forget it, even if we knew, what could we do? Would it affect the absurd technological capabilities of either side?

Now that I have doubts about her, does this mean I've stepped into enemy territory?

[KASSEN] offers a variety of gameplay options, allowing players to choose a mode based on the number of players. The 3v3 mode is SENGOKU.

Simply put, it's a game about capturing the opponent's "crystal"—the castle tower. There are three paths in front of the tower: upper, middle, and lower. The upper and lower paths have towers in front of them. You must capture all of them before a giant boulder will appear in front of your own tower. You then knock it into the opponent's tower to win.

In other words, the ideal situation is to divide into a home attack team and a building control team, and knock the boulder away the moment it appears.

You have three respawn opportunities. If you capture a city tower, a jump platform will appear in your own base, allowing you to be teleported back to the city tower location within ten seconds of respawning.

The arena also contains other characters such as minions from both sides, NPC pets, and so on.

--The above is a description of the rules.

However, this was his first time playing this game.

"No way?! He killed me in just five seconds?!"

"Wow! The city gate has been captured!"

"RUPA! Talent is heading your way!"

"Eh? I'm still getting to know Ryone's skills with her..."

"Gah~ Is Rupa dead too?"

"Hahaha! The boulder has appeared! Easy~ Easy~ Fly!"

"NOOOO--! Tomo actually landed the final blow!"

"..."

Including the time spent traveling, clearing out enemy troops, and capturing the city walls, the first round ended spectacularly in just ten minutes.

Winners: Sakurakoji Talent, Inoseri Ryone, Ebizuka Tomo

Loser: Kawaragi Momoka, Inoseri Nina, RUPA

Inoseri Nina angrily slammed the large hammer in her hand to the ground. "Too cunning! With an old hand like Mr. Talent around, they have such an advantage over Tomo!"

"Hmph~ Hmph, those are just excuses~" Ebizuka Tomo taunted in high spirits.

"Then you can give us Mr. Talent in the next round!"

"... No way!"

"Look!"

"..."

Sakurakoji Talent felt it necessary to defend himself. "To be clear, this is my first time playing this game too."

"... Really?" Kawaragi Momoka stared at him in disbelief.

What good would it do me to lie?

"... I actually got knocked out in five seconds by someone who's also a newbie?!"

She buried her face in her hands, squatted down, and wept bitterly, feeling utterly humiliated.

"Why is Mr. Talent so good at this game?"

"Aren't all games pretty much the same? Just memorize the rules and skill descriptions, and then unleash your skills like crazy."

"..."

The others gathered around the preparation screen exchanged glances and said in unison:

"I'm not playing anymore!" X 5

"Eh~~~"

And so, the "Togenashi Togeari" weekend night party, which I thought would last for several hours, came to an end early, truly a "Draw ASuilen" (drawing the curtains)...

[Note: The name of the band Raise A Suilen means "lifting a curtain," with "Suilen" being the Japanese Romanization of "green bamboo curtain" or "curtain."]

Not long after, Anwa Subaru, who had just finished showering and had their hair wrapped in White Hair, came into the living room and asked the group, who had been unusually excited from the start, "What's wrong? What are you talking about?"

The group, still on Moonview Night, heard Anwa Subaru's voices in the air, though they couldn't see them. They instinctively opened their eyes and looked over...

"Ah! Ah!! A ghost!!!"

Anwa Subaru screamed, nearly falling backward. The girl's shrill voice pierced the night sky, startling several pairs of glowing mechanical lights.

"No, Subaru-chan," Inoseri Nina turned off the connection that was still showing Moonview Night's image and explained to her, "This is Smart Lens! Smart Lens is Mr. Talent brought us!"

"..." Anwa Subaru Kokoro examined the group, and only after confirming that they hadn't been possessed by some being did they breathe a long sigh of relief.

"What? It's Smart Lens... You scared me!"

"..." Inoseri Nina looked at her current attire with suspicion, her breath hitched, and then her pupils widened. "Shouldn't I be the one saying that?! Why are you only wrapped in a bath towel?! Where are your clothes?!"

As she said, having just taken a bath, she was now only wearing a white bath towel that matched her skin perfectly. Her snow-white, slender, and rounded thighs, as tender as cabbage hearts, were exposed under the living room lights, a feast for the eyes.

"Huh? Nina, why are you so excited? Isn't this how you usually are?" Anwa Subaru, puzzled.

"But Mr. Talent is still here today?!"

"Talent ...hmm," Anwa Subaru glanced at him, then moved their equally bare, rounded shoulders. "You see...right?"

"Uh." Inoseri Nina looked around and found that, apart from her, the others didn't seem to think there was anything wrong.

"Hey~ I think I just received some Fuju from the official website, what's going on?" Ebizuka Tomo only glanced over here for a moment before continuing to sneak away.

"How could this be..." Inoseri Nina shook her body, looking as if her worldview had collapsed.

Although Mr. Talent does have a very feminine appearance, he is still a man at heart! How can you be so casual?!

Sakurakoji Talent glanced at the pictures of Anwa Subaru emerging from their baths a few more times, savoring the beauty before explaining to Ebizuka Tomo, "That's a new user reward. You can use it to tip your favorite creators, and it can also be used as real currency—you already know that, right?"

"In addition, the Smart Lens also has the function of detecting human heart rate and brain waves, and can detect the user's emotions in real time. If the creator's work can provide emotional value to a considerable number of users, they can receive a reward from the operator, Fuju."