Volume Five: Return from the Other Shore, Chapter 412: African Butterfly

"So what exactly are you thinking, you surnamed Yu...? I've already decided to quit this game a long time ago..."

I looked helplessly at these familiar yet unfamiliar games, overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

There was a time when I was a hardcore gamer who spent a lot of time and money but never achieved my goals. After becoming disillusioned with the world, I finally deleted countless games in anger... But I never imagined that I would meet them again in this way.

"And... what the heck is this Ship CNR? KanColle + Azur Lane + Kantai Collection R? Seriously, I've already posted my understanding on the official servers..."

I opened the background apps and found that a game was already running.

This is the ship.

"Hey, Little Butterfly, what's this?"

"Ah, I was really bored waiting for Mom to wake up, so I just randomly started a game to kill time!"

"..."

Oh my god! My precious daughter has become an admiral!

I opened it with a mix of trepidation and excitement for some reason. First, the UI... uh... it seems like a strange combination of KanColle Azur Lane? Then there's the secretary ship... oh dear, Quincy!?

Quincy seems to be an American ship, definitely not in KanColle! And judging from this artwork, she's clearly from Azur Lane... or Kantai Collection R! But I prefer Kent and Indianapolis to Quincy... wait!

"Hey, Little Butterfly, how long have you been playing?"

"Eh? Hmm... about a day or so?"

That's strange.

No, even if you played for a month without pushing through maps, doing large-scale construction, or just constantly going on expeditions to hoard resources, you still couldn't do that.

Why are all the oil, ammo, steel, and aluminum items marked with infinite "∞"? Unlimited resources? This must be a cheat! Isn't anyone banning these accounts?

Opening the shipyard again... uh... wait a minute? The blueprints and quick build options are also "∞"? Unlimited resources + unlimited construction, doesn't that mean I can gamble on ships at will? And... uh, there are only less than ten buckets, so it seems the buckets aren't unlimited? Also... there are medals, blueprints, modification cores, and skills? This really seems to have merged two games together?

"Then the dock... What? 500?"

The dock has a capacity of 500? And... she's only been playing for a day, and it's already half full?

"What kind of ships are these... uh..."

Looking at her boat, I fell silent.

"Your starting ship is... Murakumo?"

"Yes! We chose this child without hesitation!"

"Reason?"

"She looks so cute, I just want to make her cry!"

"..."

Wait a minute, aren't most of the new Mizuki fans masochists? Didn't they want to be verbally abused and trampled on with pantyhose? Didn't they want to see tsundere characters? Your motives are a bit unusual, aren't they?

"And Little Butterfly... did you build all 250-plus ships?"

"That's right! It looks really fun, so I kept clicking and clicking!"

"They built it over 250 times, but neither fed the animals nor demolished it?"

"Huh? What does that mean?"

"No, don't worry about it..."

I frowned as I looked at the results of her more than 250 gambles.

In the dock—

Naka Naka Naka

Naka Naka Naka

Naka Naka Naka Naka

"Wow, a whole hundred Naka!?"

Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?!

Also... um... the character art below all looks like it's from Azur Lane...

So, does that mean she built Naka of KanColle ships in Kantai Collection?!

"Little Butterfly, you really didn't feed or remove anything silver, gold, or even colored?"

"I don't know either... but, but, don't you think this kid is funny? He has such a ridiculous bun and calls himself an idol, lol~~ like an idiot~"

Wait a minute, I have a feeling my good daughter is starting to go in a weird direction! And that Naka fan will want to kill you!

"Let me see... the rest are all Azur Lane ships... there are... uh..."

52 Takao, 14 Atago, 16 Maya, 11 Chokai, 20 Quincy, 17 Kako, 8 Furutaka, 4 Juno, 3 Ise, 3 Königsberg, 3 Isuzu Rin, 1 New Orleans

"It's all dog food, not a single purple skin!!!!..."

Ouch! Just looking at all this PDA, led by Naka, makes my liver ache!

"Mom, why are you angry... Waaah..."

"Hey, don't cry! It's not my fault, but... uh..."

Over 250 consecutive attempts, all of them are pure fodder! Not a single rare one. Are you some kind of African chieftain? But I'm Asian! A bloodline mutation? And this kind of luck goes beyond just being "unlucky," right? What is this? Antarctic luck? Martian luck?

"No! My daughter couldn't possibly be that way. It must be that guy surnamed Yu who did something. Give it to me, I'll build it!"

I snatched the tablet, rubbed my face, randomly typed in a formula, and clicked "Build."

"... Ah, Hyuga, from KanColle."

It's not a rare item.

"... Ah, Maid Leader."

It's not that rare, for a moment I even hoped it was a daughter.

"... Ah, Yamashiro."

It's not exactly rare, but there must be something wrong with this lousy game.

Fourth shot--

A flash of colorful light.

"... Ah, not really -- wait, wait, wait, Shimakaze?"

I got a rarity 5 ship on my fourth try?! I finally succeeded in smuggling it in?

"No way, could it be that the game itself is fine? Come on, Little Butterfly, create another one, just like Mom's formula."

"Okay~(press)"

Biubiu~

"Fleet idol, Naka! Nice to meet you!"

"Are you fucking kidding me?!"

Fall!!!

"Ouch! Mom hit the paddle on the ground!"

My daughter is actually an incorrigible African chieftain and shaman? I don't believe it! I absolutely refuse to believe it!

"Let's try another one! Lovedeath is fine! Come on Little Butterfly, come grind with Mommy!"

Click on LoveDeath again... um...

"LoveDeath! Whirlwind Death Metal Festival!"

This interface does feel familiar, but the style is completely different... The UI edges are covered with barbed wire, iron masks, inverted cross skulls, Satanic pentagrams, and other such things, and all nine girls have been given corpse faces... By the way, isn't this called "Whirlwind Death Metal Festival"? Do Whirlwind Death characters have to have corpse faces? And it also has a strong suicidal, dark, and gothic vibe...

"Never mind, these hearts... are indeed limitless! Come on, Little Butterfly, let's do an 11-pull!"

"Oh oh~~"

A few minutes later--

"I did 300 pulls and they were all unawakened R characters!!!! No way! The system must have made a mistake! There should have been at least one SR character! Little Butterfly, how did you do that?!"

"Even if you ask me that, Mom... I just pressed it..."

Press again, and a flash of light appears.

Ta-da! Three stars!

I pushed Little Butterfly's hand away and ejaculated.

Ta-da! SR~ Eri-chin!

"..."

What the hell...

"Wow! Mommy, Mommy, this blond guy has such blue eyes!"

"You're focusing on something really strange..."

No, no, no, can you give me some time to sort out the situation... Uh, I've been leveling up like crazy here and finally succeeded in my super evolution. I just came out and haven't even tested my current power yet when I met my daughter who finally woke up. Before I could even properly cuddle with her, I picked up the tablet that guy surnamed Yu gave me, the gambling ship + crazy 11-pull, and I also discovered that although my good daughter has a fair and tender face, she's actually unlucky to an unscientific degree.

What am I doing?

"It's a wonder you have any self-awareness, my dear Husband. Although it may seem against the proper conduct of a woman to say this, you're actually developing into a comedic character, aren't Husband?"

"I'm neither Tokui nor Yoko, and I'm a mother now."

"There's no conflict at all, and besides, I haven't even had a proper chance to meet our daughter yet."

"What are you going to see? You'll definitely corrupt her... Wait, how did you suddenly appear here too?"

"Just woke up~"

Luo-chan's soft, warm body rested on my shoulder, her dreamy, jelly-like, soft, and bouncy breasts gently rubbing against my back. I could feel two strange points rubbing against each other—it must be my imagination. Seriously, you're just a horny, big-breasted loli who wants to be fucked. No matter how big or comfortable your breasts are, it doesn't change the fact that you're a loli.

Who is this?!

Little Butterfly stared dumbfounded at the strange newcomer... Huh, I thought only I could see Luo-chan's anthropomorphism, but it turns out she can see it too? But thinking about it, it makes sense, since I gave her her body, it's normal for her to be able to see it.

"Oh dear... isn't this the Planet Will? Humph, it's actually transformed into such a little brat, is it trying to make me laugh?"

"Your tone is so annoying... Little Butterfly, I don't like it."

"I haven't been impolite at all. This is merely the Planet Will, the self-preservation wish of this large mound of earth called 'Spirit Star,' far inferior to the World Will."

"No, you can't say that about her! Besides, I don't want to be some kind of Planet Will. Little Butterfly just wants to be her mother's daughter!"

"That's not up to you. Besides, if she's your mother, then I..."

"And me? She's my Husband, you know!"

"...?"

"I am your beloved and beautiful Husband. If she is your mother... then what am I to you?"

"What... shouldn't it be... uh? Mom... is a woman, but this red-faced guy says she's my Husband, but if he's my Husband, then he's my father, right? Is it Mom or Dad... sob..."

Little Butterfly was confused.

"Hoo hoo hoo, how's that? Confused, isn't it? You silly little girl, hurry up and --"

"Waaaah, I don't want to listen to you, you bad guy!"

With tears in her eyes, Little Butterfly waved her hand—and a pink-glowing butterfly flew out, circled once, and then pounced on Luo-chan.

Then it missed.

The light butterfly brushed past Luo-chan's cheek, flew backward, and then caused a massive explosion. The golden and pink beam of light was almost blinding, blasting open a small patch of already shallow Blood Sea and shattering the crystal surface beneath. It looked pretty impressive... but the actual damage caused didn't match the sheer scale of the explosion.

Now, Luo-chan will definitely laugh at her even more.

However,

"Insect?"

Luo-chan froze, her originally rosy face turning deathly pale, and her lips trembling uncontrollably.

"... Luo-chan?"

"Eeeeeeeeeeeee bug bug bug bug ahhhhhh why did you release bugs! How disgusting!!!"

"Ah, huh? Because... Little Butterfly, if I had to say it, it would be..."

Little Butterfly scratched her head innocently, then gave a cute "Hey!" and a pair of light butterfly wings made of interwoven gold and pink light appeared behind her.

"Look, in a sense, it's an insect too, although... um... you know, a mammalian insect?"

"Stay away from me!!!!!!"

"Huh?"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Long time no see, here comes your usual cuteness!