Ark Simulator, Aren't I Incorporeal?

"Heh, small fry~" Su Rui couldn't help but smile smugly as she stood up amidst Maria's resentful voice, "The cleaning is your job when you get back. Let's go."

Too lazy to take the bus or subway herself, Su Rui simply hailed a taxi on the street and got in. "To the arena, the closest one."

Then, the driver started driving, while Su Rui began communicating with Maria in her mind:

"Actually, I still have cars stored in my System Space. How about I drive you there next time?"

"What if the newspapers take pictures of me? What if my uncle finds out who I am, Miss Coriander?"

Maria shook her head in the System Space: "No, no, Aunt Zofia will definitely find out. She'll definitely take me to train and send me to the arena. Let's just do this once, okay?"

"Alright, alright, we'll be there soon anyway, so get ready."

Su Rui didn't pay much attention to that; she just closed her eyes and looked at the taxi's route in her Scanning Vision. They were almost there.

Soon, amidst cheers, Maria ascended the arena platform.

The noise seemed both distant and close at hand. Holding the longsword that Su Rui had guided her to forge, the girl took a deep breath and stepped out of the entrance passage, feeling the blinding light shining on her.

Su Rui's voice echoed in Maria's mind, "Relax, it's just the first match. Your opponent isn't anything special. Put on a spectacular show and win in a dazzling and dramatic way."

'No problem, but how do I do it?'

"You have a pair of precious eyes, Maria."

'Hmm?' Maria was taken aback. Many of her elders had said this before, but she still didn't quite understand what it meant.

Now, with the Su Rui announcing the start of the competition, Maria curiously asked, "So, what does that sentence mean?"

"It means observe carefully, keep a close eye on your opponent, don't get distracted, you're about to start fighting, you silly pony!"

Su Rui's voice appeared simultaneously with the red warning in Maria's Scanning Vision. While Maria was still in a daze and communicating with Su Rui, the referee had already announced the start of the match, and her opponent had already rushed in front of her.

"Raise your sword and swing it upwards at this angle."

Su Rui marked the actions Maria should take in her field of vision, and Maria, in her panic, subconsciously followed her instructions.

With a crisp clang of swords, the sound of weapons clashing instantly brought Maria, who had been distracted, back to her senses.

When Maria came to her senses, she realized that she had knocked her opponent's weapon away.

He recalled Su Rui's assessment, "Hmm, you have basic combat skills, but you lack training and combat experience. Okay, don't overthink it, your opponent hasn't lost yet."

Maria nodded, looked at her opponent, gripped the blade of her sword, and was about to approach when she saw her opponent draw another weapon from his waist.

Volume 5, Chapter 258: Auntie's Here!

Although her opponent's second weapon was only a short sword, it still made Maria pause for a moment before she gripped the blade tightly and charged at her opponent.

"His short sword is very agile, so you have to react in advance. Right now, slash the blade to the ground, then flick it upwards at an angle."

Maria took a deep breath, focused her mind, and did as Su Rui instructed. Her longsword slashed into the ground, and her opponent, thinking she had misjudged the distance, sneered and tried to continue charging towards Maria.

But Maria's next move came quickly. The upward swing of her sword startled her opponent, who instinctively raised his short sword to protect his chest, only to have it knocked away again by Maria's strike... No, wait.

Maria's opponent gripped his weapon this time, and although he was nearly knocked away, he did not drop it again.

But if the weapon is still in hand, what was that that just flew out?

Maria and her opponent were both stunned for a moment, then looked at the broken short sword. The clean break made it look as if that was how the short sword was originally designed.

Maria didn't linger in shock. While her opponent was still stunned, clutching the broken dagger, she placed her longsword against his neck. "You lost."

The referees, positioned high above, cheered, guiding the crowd's emotions.

"Look! Our fledgling young knight defeated his opponent with just two moves! What an amazing achievement! Let's cheer and send our best wishes to our favorite player!"

The so-called blessings from the host were not just empty words; they were actually urging the audience to buy gifts to send to the stage, but these were all items priced far beyond their actual value.

Maria inwardly scoffed, "What an unscrupulous marketing tactic! Doesn't he feel ashamed?"

"Why should you feel ashamed if you can make money? Making money is like this: those who are out of touch with reality can just complain, but we, the people who need to make money, have to think about many things."

Su Rui's words sounded rather unfriendly, causing Maria to pause for a moment, then feel somewhat aggrieved. "Did I just say something wrong?"

"From your perspective, there's nothing wrong with it. Okay, I just want to tell you that everyone works to earn money and spends it to live. There's no clear right or wrong. You just need to do your own thing. However, you were able to earn so much money so easily because of my help. Don't assume that other people's lives are so easy."

'Okay, I understand!'

Maria nodded, glancing at the host still pontificating on the platform, still somewhat disagreeing:

'I still think his flamboyant behavior was a bit excessive.'

"Sometimes I envy you, Maria. You have a very simple mind; you only have a simple sense of right and wrong, unlike me who has to think about so many things."

Maria disagreed with Su Rui's words, because Su Rui sometimes acted even more childish than she did. So, as the girl returned to her resting room and prepared to remove her armor, she asked Su Rui a question:

'So Su Rui, what do you usually think about?'

"I'll just show you directly," Su Rui said, displaying the information from her Scanning Vision phone directly to Maria's eyes:

"The world is complex; it's not black and white. Just as some people may be bad, but not deserving of death, some people may be kind, but occasionally do bad things."

' Su Rui, what are you doing gathering all this intelligence? Is it to put them on trial?'

Maria glanced at the incredibly detailed information and evidence that Su Rui had collected, and couldn't help but feel curious, and couldn't help but feel a sense of approval for Su Rui.

Then Maria heard Su Rui say, "It's actually very simple. Just like you said, we need to distinguish who deserves to die and who doesn't. That way, when we encounter them, we can kill them without any scruples."

Even so, isn't it a bit much to just go on a killing spree? Maria said helplessly, "I think you're going a bit too far."

"Hmm, but you should think about how to tell your family about this first. Your aunt has already seen what you did on TV, and she's on her way to arrest you."

As Su Rui spoke, she directly stored Maria's armor into her System Space.

Feeling relieved, Maria suddenly became worried about what Su Rui had mentioned: 'What should I do?'

Maria couldn't think of a solution to this situation, and instinctively sought Su Rui's help:

'You promised to help me, please, help me, Su Rui!'

"Hmm, of course I'll help you, but you have to go home first."

After all, Zofia could only arrest him if he went home.

Maria didn't doubt Su Rui's words and quickly hailed a taxi, heading towards the Nearl Family Estate.

Upon returning home, the first thing he saw was Zofia sitting on the sofa, tapping her armrest with her slender fingers.

Su Rui's gloating voice rang out the moment Zofia discovered Maria:

"Alright, congratulations, you've been arrested by Aunt Zofia. By the way, you can hide at Zofia's house for now, act cute with her, and then you can avoid your uncle."

After Su Rui finished speaking, she went underwater and watched Maria do as she pleased. Maria, upon seeing her aunt, was completely stunned.

Seeing Zofia approach her, Maria awkwardly looked away, not daring to meet her aunt's gaze.

"What's wrong? Weren't you performing exceptionally well in the arena? You defeated your opponent in just two moves, but you're so insecure when facing me?"

Zofia stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Maria with annoyance.

After failing to get help from Su Rui, Maria looked cautiously at Zofia: "Auntie~"

"Hmm?" Zofia raised an eyebrow. "Maria, I've told you so many times, although I'm a generation older than you, I'm actually only a few years older Margaret. You should call me..."

"Zofia, I was wrong! I realized my combat skills aren't good enough, so could you please train me? And let me stay at your house for a while?"

Zofia crossed her arms. "No, you should just quit, not participate in any Knight Tournament!"

"I won't give up. If Zofia doesn't give me training, I'll have to figure out the password myself! I'll feel terrible if I get injured."

Maria looked at the clues Su Rui had given her and was secretly pleased; Su Rui still couldn't resist helping her after all.

Volume 5, Chapter 259: Let me touch your ears.

"I..." Zofia was speechless for a moment, looking at Maria was deliberately putting on a pitiful expression, unable to say anything.

Maria, prompted by Su Rui, pressed her advantage. "Sister, please help me! I promise, if there's any real danger, I'll back down immediately!"

"That sounds nice, but even if there really is danger, you'll probably still continue participating in the competition, right?"

Zofia glared at the grinning Maria, annoyed. "That's what Margaret said too... Humph."

However, Zofia was relatively easy to talk to on this matter, and after Maria pleaded with her, she agreed to it.

"Alright, you'll stay with me for a while. I'll train you well. By the way, where's your armor? Did Kowal make it for you?"

"The armor is in my bedroom, I'll go get it now."

Maria said, then quickly slipped away from Zofia, leaving Zofia somewhat exasperated. "Wait for me! Honestly, I'm not going to eat you."

However, Maria couldn't let Zofia discover the secret between her and Su Rui, so she quickly returned to the bedroom and had Su Rui arrange the armor on her bed in an instant.

A short while later, Zofia arrived at Zofia's room and saw Maria's armor.

The mature aunt bent down and ran her fingers along the armor Maria had made using her grappling techniques, feeling the patterns and the weight of it, and then examined Maria's sword:

"Hmm, the workmanship is very good, and it looks very suitable for you. I just don't know how you got this armor? Neither the armor nor the sword are things you could easily obtain, right? Even the Nearl family's inventory wouldn't have such a novel and unique design of armor."

Zofia stood up, crossed her arms, and looked at Maria was looking away somewhat guiltily. "Tell me, how did you get this set of equipment?"

"Huh? Me? This..."

Maria panicked slightly. "I made this armor myself! I used Kowal's Workshop; there are traces of its manufacture there."

But this explanation didn't seem to convince Aunt Zofia, so Maria silently sought Su Rui's help:

'Help me, Su Rui, how can I answer my aunt's questions?'

When Maria questioned Su Rui, Zofia, as expected, didn't readily believe Maria's words and instead looked at her suspiciously.

"Really? While you do often do craftsmanship and seem quite interested in it, Maria, the quality of this armor is just too good. It even has quite a few Originium circuits inside. Did you really make it all by yourself?"

"Of course, it's not just Maria alone."

Su Rui's voice suddenly rang on Maria's phone, startling Zofia:

Who's here?

"I live in Maria's phone. Let me introduce myself, I'm Su Rui."

Su Rui greeted Zofia, and in Maria's view, Su Rui even appeared in front of Zofia and reached out to touch her ear.

What's so special about touching my aunt's ears? My ears are great too! For some reason, Maria had this thought in her mind.

However, the most important thing right now is to clarify this matter with Aunt Zofia. While Su Rui was greeting Zofia, Maria quickly chimed in from the side:

"Yes, Su Rui has helped me a lot. He's a really nice person, Aunt... Sister."

"Hmph, I think he's just a kid who encouraged you to participate in the Knight Tournament, isn't he?"

Zofia glanced at the phone Maria had taken out and made her judgment about Su Rui.

"I'm not a little kid!"

"Yes, Su Rui is very reliable; he gave me a lot of advice."

Maria said this, but Zofia disagreed. "Yes, yes, and Maria, you need to understand... it's not a good thing to blindly believe what others say!"

As Zofia spoke, she suddenly reached out and pinched Maria's ear, dragging her outside despite Maria's pleas for mercy.

"Ouch, ouch, be gentle, Auntie, be gentle~"

Maria's pleas only fueled Zofia's anger. "I told you not to call me aunt! I'm only a few years older than you and Margaret!"

Zofia, holding Maria by the horse's ears, led her halfway before remembering, "Oh right, we need to put your armor on."

So the two of them went back to Maria's room and took Maria's armor and weapons with them.

When Maria came downstairs again, she was carrying her box containing armor and weapons. She kept a distance from her aunt and her expression was a little wary.

"Auntie is so scary~" These words came from Su Rui 'Maria phone, immediately attracting the attention of both Maria and Zofia.

Maria trembled involuntarily, her horse ears perking up, worried that her aunt would be angry about this. Meanwhile, Zofia ... Zofia gave a cold laugh:

I don't argue with children.

"What did you say? I'm an adult, older than you!"

Now it was Su Rui's turn to get angry, but Zofia, as if she had found a trick, smiled and ignored Su Rui, instead gesturing for Maria to follow:

"Alright, Maria, hurry up and catch up. Maybe you can introduce me to your little friend later."

"Aunt, Su Rui isn't a child."