Long Aotian held a microphone and spoke to the viewers on the screen. "All right, let's adjust our mindset and get back to the main story. I'll keep updating, and I've started writing the harem too."
"If you don't want to read this chapter, you can skip it. If you don't mind, just read it if you feel like it."
"Let's get back to our little story. I won't write too much, so don't think I'm padding things out. I wrote this in my spare time, as a little side story to go with the original plot. You could say I worked overtime on it, not that I was padding things out."
Wearing his Cloth, Ayanokoji arrived at the first stop, a palace. He had no teammates with him. That's right, he had no teammates!
"Are you sure? Are you sure you want to save Athena?"
Long Aotian said into the microphone, facing Ayanokoji.
"Mm," Ayanokoji replied, still expressionless.
Once he had confirmed his decision, someone wearing a Gold Cloth slowly walked out of the palace.
[Aries]
As you could see, a health bar appeared above his head as he stepped out.
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Each bar represented two thousand HP. A hundred-thousand-HP boss!
Long Aotian's mouth twitched. He continued, "Are you still confident you can beat him?"
"Fight!"
The boy spoke with a firm gaze and no emotion.
All right! Long Aotian gave him another thumbs-up for his courage.
The battle began in no time.
As soon as they met, Ayanokoji used the Pegasus Meteor Fist~
A Crystal Wall soon appeared before his opponent. This was Aries's skill, [Crystal Wall], which could block damage.
Ayanokoji's fists struck it, but it didn't budge.
Now it was Aries's turn to attack. He created rapidly spinning stardust with his Cosmo and sent it flying at his opponent.
In the blink of an eye, with a "smack," Ayanokoji was struck and knocked to the ground. He'd been taken out in one hit!
Long Aotian ran over to the scene, picked up the microphone, and asked Aries, "What do you have to say about this battle?"
"Nothing in particular. His reclining posture lacks a certain graceful beauty," he said slowly, his tone carrying a hint of criticism and resignation.
Before he had even finished speaking, the helmet on his head seemed to answer a mysterious call. It retracted on its own and vanished without a trace, revealing his sharply defined face. Golden strands of hair swayed gently in the breeze, like golden—
[Koenji Rokusuke]
P.S. He's Aries.
A moment later, Long Aotian looked at the screen and said, "I never would've expected it, but in the end, Ayanokoji still made it through."
Back to earlier~
"There's nothing interesting here. I'm going on vacation, so I'm off."
Koenji Rokusuke took a look at himself in the mirror, then slowly spoke and left.
When Ayanokoji woke up, he walked through the palace in a daze.
Next up: Taurus Palace~
Inside the palace, Long Aotian turned to the Taurus and said, "Aries went on vacation, so Ayanokoji made it here. Do you have anything to say about that?"
"Vacation? That guy loves showing off. He walks around staring at himself in that stupid mirror all day. As for Ayanokoji? I've got nothing to say."
The Taurus spoke slowly.
Long Aotian held up the microphone and addressed the viewers on the screen. "All right! That's it for this chapter. Let's look forward to the next one!"
P.S. First of all, thanks to Bie Yun Wuyong and Daigang, who likes Maine Coons, for the gifts.
I've reached one hundred thousand words! This is my first time writing a book, and I don't think I've written it all that well. If you've made it this far, you must have a pretty strong tolerance for rough writing. I'm truly grateful to you all. Once again, thank you for reading.
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