Vacuum Cleaner × Love City

Shalnark came up to Kevin.

He still had that indifferent, bewildered expression.

"Let's begin."

The words had barely left his mouth.

Shalnark suddenly rushed forward, and without any intention of using her fists, she directly manifested her Vacuum Cleaner.

Holding the Vacuum Cleaner, he started hitting Kevin.

The Vacuum Cleaner danced powerfully in her hands.

They were very fast, acted decisively, and were determined to kill him.

They have a strong offensive drive.

Kevin made a quick judgment.

He dodged the blow from the Vacuum Cleaner by turning his body to the side.

The Vacuum Cleaner's pointed end hit the ground, sending Rock flying and creating a dent.

It was also quite powerful.

The people standing in the stands also frowned and watched carefully.

They had to admit that Shalnark was stronger than them.

Of the four of them, apart from Gowen, the others are very likely no match for this young girl.

On the Training Ground.

The Shalnark silently launched their attack.

In her hands, the Vacuum Cleaner transformed into something resembling a warhammer, becoming extremely threatening.

Kevin discovered that the opponent's physical strength alone was very strong; she didn't use much Nen Aura to enhance her body at all, but rather released it habitually.

They fight like wild beasts, completely driven by their physical instincts.

They don't understand the meaning of holding back; they fight with the sole intention of killing their opponent.

"Brush!"

Another powerful swing.

This time, Kevin didn't dodge; instead, he stretched out his left arm and blocked it.

With a sound like metal clashing, the Vacuum Cleaner slammed into Kevin's hand, but it felt like hitting steel.

"Well?"

Shalnark made a questioning sound.

"You're the first person who can block my Bulge-Eye Fish with their body."

She was surprised, and decided to remember the person in front of her.

The Vacuum Cleaner nozzle also had teeth and a tongue, seemingly intended to inflict some kind of wound on him.

"You want to inflict wounds on me and then suck my blood, right?"

Kevin asked.

Shalnark nodded directly. "Yes."

"So you think you can't inhale living things?"

Shalnark looked at him with some confusion and asked, "Why can you suck in living things?"

"Okay, I understand."

A user with considerable combat abilities and functional skills.

This is the location Kevin chose for Shalnark.

The opponent's combat strength is definitely not weak. In pure close combat, neither Kurapika nor Pairo would be a match for them.

Kevin asked the other person to demonstrate a specific application of Nen ability.

She directly vacuumed up all the training equipment on the Training Ground into the Vacuum Cleaner.

It's like there's no bottom line; you can keep inhaling.

I have absolutely no idea what kind of Restriction and oaths the other party set up to achieve this level of capability.

But Kevin soon found out.

What kind of stuff did you vomit?

Kevin looked at the mess on the floor with a sense of helplessness.

Besides the training materials we just inhaled, there was also some unidentifiable trash.

There were tables and chairs, and even some cloth and weapons.

"My memory isn't very good; I forget things quickly if they're not important."

Shalnark said directly.

She had clearly categorized the training equipment as unimportant, so while she vomited it all up, she also brought up some non-training items.

So what is important, and what is not?

Kevin asked, "This is a necessary judgment; otherwise, it would be ridiculous if Shalnark inhaled something and then forgot about it when we asked her to help transport things."

However, Shalnark was completely unable to make a judgment.

"What's important is important."

"Call."

Kevin breathed a sigh of relief; he roughly understood why this girl's Nen ability seemed so strong.

Her Nen ability was entirely constructed based on her subconscious judgment, including Bargain and Vow.

It can be said that this Nen ability was entirely constructed based on her life experiences and understanding from the first half of her life.

The infinite capacity is clearly a result of her terrible memory.

Invisible Bargain and Vow.

But it's better than nothing; after all, it can be considered a storage-type Nen ability.

Moreover, the other party is quite strong, so recruiting them seems worthwhile.

After dealing with external affairs.

Kevin ran back into the game.

He doesn't completely ignore Kurapika and the others' card-collecting journey; he'll occasionally join in, depending entirely on his mood.

"Kevin, you're back. How are you?"

Kevin instantly arrived next to Melusina using [Magnetism] and looked around at the surrounding environment.

He hugged Melusina, who lunged at him.

Looking at Kurapika and the others beside him.

Are you on your way?

Pairo nodded and pointed ahead. "We're going to a new city; there are a few cards pointing to that city."

New city.

He must not have been there either, so he nodded and they walked forward together.

Walk along the path through the woods.

After leaving the woods, the view suddenly opened up.

A city stands in the distance.

The giant heart atop the city is so eye-catching.

Love City - Things aren't looking good.

Kevin's premonition was giving him a warning.

It's not just dangerous, it's bad news.

Look to the side.

He must not have been there either, so he nodded and they walked forward together.

Walk along the path through the woods.

After leaving the woods, the view suddenly opened up.

A city stands in the distance.

The giant heart atop the city is so eye-catching.

Love City - Things aren't looking good.

Kevin's premonition was giving him a warning.

It's not just dangerous, it's bad news.

Look to the side.

But when he saw the city's appearance, he had a bad feeling.

They continued forward until they reached the city gate.

The whole city looks like Castle, just like a scene from a comic book.

Even standing at the Gate and looking inside, you can see that almost all the residents of the city are handsome men and beautiful women.

If a player's appearance isn't outstanding, it will be extremely noticeable.

The group stepped inside.

Kevin felt increasingly uneasy.

Melusina clung to Kevin's arm and shook it incessantly, her face filled with excitement.

For her, it was like a scene from a romance comic book coming to life.

Not only the surrounding architecture, but even C's clothing style is exactly like the one in the comics.

Nion jumped curiously from side to side, watching.

A shy-looking girl bumped into Kurapika while looking down.

"Hug, hug."

The girl quickly apologized.

Kurapika looked at her.

NPC? Why?

Could it be a mission?

"My glasses fell off, so I can't see the road very well," the shy girl said.

As expected, it was a mission, Kurapika concluded.

He nodded. "I'll help you find it."

"Oh? Won't this be too much trouble for you?" The shy girl asked apologetically, her face slightly flushed.

Kurapika shook his head; he had already spotted the fallen glasses.

Nion watched curiously from the side, also feeling it was a task.

Pairo seemed to understand something and took a few steps back.

Melusina clung to Kevin's arm, her embrace growing tighter and tighter, her whole demeanor becoming increasingly agitated.

Kurapika picked up his glasses from the flowerbed bench next to him and handed them to the shy girl.

"Here."

"Thank you!" the shy girl exclaimed as she took the glasses and put them on.

The moment she put on the glasses, the girl's entire demeanor became more intellectual.

"Uh-huh!"

Melusina shook herself, pointed at the two of them, and became very agitated.

Kevin roughly figured it out as well, and felt somewhat helpless.

In his original world, he had practically never read any romance comics, let alone the most cliché ones.

But along with Melusina, he also got to experience a lot of the old tropes in this world's romance comics; he read them to his heart's content.

He finally realized where the sense of déjà vu came from.

Now I finally understand why this place is called the Love City.

"Okay, calm down."

He felt somewhat helpless.

But their eyes remained glued to the spectacle, not wanting to miss a thing.

The shy girl wearing glasses looked at Kurapika, her eyes sparkling, and her face becoming even rosier.

"Thank you, thank you."

Kurapika, thinking it was a mission, replied, "It's alright."

"You're so kind, I don't know how to thank you enough. How about I treat you to dinner?"

As she spoke, she stretched out both hands and grasped Kurapika's hands, her face becoming even rosier.

"No need to be so polite."

"It's alright, please let me thank you."

"That-"

Nion, who had been watching from the side, finally noticed something was wrong and frowned as she approached.

"Um?"

"No, let's stop here."

She interrupted them abruptly and then forcefully pulled their hands apart.

"Why?" Kurapika asked, puzzled. The mission was clearly about to begin.

Nion stared at him intently, her eyes wide.

"Who is this lady?" the shy girl asked, puzzled.

"You're not allowed to speak!"

Nion turned her head and said fiercely.

The shy girl seemed frightened and quickly moved behind Kurapika, clutching his clothes and hiding. She peeked out with half her head peeking out and said timidly in a soft, sweet voice, "How scary!"

"Um?!!!"

Nion was instantly enraged.

"Kurapika!!!"

Kurapika looked completely bewildered. What on earth was going on?

Melusina was even more excited now; this was so interesting, it was like a comic book story come to life.

Exactly the same, exactly the same!

This game is so much fun!

The shy girl was sent away, but she kept turning back to look at him.

However, she was met with a fierce glare from Nion.

"Oops!"

A scream came from the side.

Everyone turned to look.

A blonde girl, carrying a handbag, bumped into Pairo like a young lady.

Not again?

Why does it have to be a collision-based trope?

Just when the group thought it was another routine of searching for something...

The astute Melusina noticed the difference in "attributes".

"She's blonde, and a rich girl, definitely the tsundere type, ahhhhh!"

Melusina excitedly hugged Kevin, leaned in, and stared intently in Pairo's direction.

Really.

The girl who bumped into Pairo wasn't as shy as the girl who bumped into Kurapika earlier.

Instead, he stood up with a frown, put his hands on his hips, and said in a domineering manner.

"Were you even looking where you were going? Honestly, standing in the middle of the road of no return!"

"Ha?"

Pairo, who originally didn't want to accept the quest, immediately flew into a rage upon hearing how arrogant this PC was.

"I've been standing right here without moving. You bumped into me, didn't you? Are you blind or am I?"

"What? You're blocking someone's way, and you're still acting so arrogantly!"

"Haha, that's hilarious. You couldn't see the wide road and had to run right into me?"

Why are all these women so unreasonable?

Pairo's words made the blonde young lady tremble with anger.

Suddenly, the blonde heiress cried out in pain, squatted down, and rubbed her calf, which was clearly red and swollen.

Adding to what Pairo, the young lady's eyes welled up with tears of grievance.

Seeing this, Pairo frowned.

"Hey, are you alright?"

"I don't need your fake concern."

"Ha?"

Kevin no longer wanted to watch it.

No, why did you respond so smoothly and naturally?

Although Kevin knew that Pairo was just like that, this response was too natural.

Was this really not rehearsed?

I can't take it anymore, it's too classic.

Meanwhile, Kurapika frowned as he looked at the situation Pairo was in, finally realizing what was going on in this godforsaken place.

"So it wasn't a mission after all?"

At that moment, a handsome man, who looked like a model, came up to Nion's side.

"You're a natural model! May I paint a portrait of you?"

Seeing a stranger approaching, Kurapika produced Chain in his hand, frowned, and stood in front of Nion.

He is fulfilling his duty to protect Nion.

Kevin and his companion ate some melon seeds.

Four Maid Nen Beast surrounded the two of them.

"I thought you didn't care," Kevin said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Melusina turned around and glared at him.

She pouted, her face puffed out in a huff.

"We were blessed by a shooting star."

Kevin chuckled and pinched Melusina's adorable cheek, "Yes, yes, of course I know."

It's enough to just watch the show; it's not good to become a character in it yourself.

It took them almost a whole day to finally emerge from the Love City.

Pairo was panting heavily.

"I've had enough of this awful place. Why does such a hateful place even exist?"

It took them so long to finally collect all the cards in the city.

This was the most grueling collecting journey Pairo had ever experienced. He didn't want to experience the game's story at all; he just wanted to solve the problems as quickly as possible, skipping through everything.

Kurapika wasn't much better off.

After falling victim to the scam, he understood the characteristics of this ghost town.

All sorts of strange and wonderful encounters.

You can easily fall victim if you're not careful.

The only one who looked radiant with spring was Melusina.

She had a completely satisfied expression on her face.

"This game is so much fun!"

The story from the comics was unfolding in real life, right before her eyes. Nothing could have excited this romance comic enthusiast more than this scene.

Of course, she wouldn't be able to laugh like this if it weren't for her [Love Staff Group] protecting her.

"So how many cards have you collected so far?"

Upon hearing Kevin's words, Nion opened the book and took a look.

"Eighty-two cards already! We've become number one in the game, and [Dark Curtain] is simply not enough."

Because they became number one, teams came one after another to snoop on their cards.

Now we can only open it up and let them inspect it.

"But I've reached a bottleneck. Every card after that is extremely difficult, and I don't know how to trigger it."

Collecting each of the remaining cards would involve a tedious chain of tasks.

"Then you guys better do your best. Beating this game will be very important for you."

Kevin said with a smile.

Collecting each card is a great way to train Kurapika and his friends' abilities.

After all, it's a real-world game, not just for entertainment. The difficulties encountered during the game almost always have strong educational value and training effects.

They can collect them one by one, and once they've finished, the growth they experience is astonishing.

This can be seen as both a game progression and a player's growth process.

If a novice Nen user can collect all the necessary materials step by step on their own, they will surely grow into an elite Nen user once they have successfully collected them.