The Captain Just Wants to Go Home and Play Games

Houraisan Kaguya: "..."

Does this guy even know how to read the room? I'm already showing this angry expression, and he dares to mention the names of other alluring women?!

Even though Kaguya had moved to Gensokyo, she'd been a shut-in, never even meeting the protagonist Hakurei Reimu in person, let alone supporting characters like Alice Margatroid.

But with her ability to leech internet across worlds, she knew Gensokyo like the back of her hand.

Alice Margatroid, also known as Alice Montgomery, was described in her setting as the most beautiful character with Western aesthetics.

This only made Houraisan Kaguya angrier. They were both supposed to be the most beautiful characters in their respective settings, so why was she, Kaguya, still inferior to that person whom Hu Xiao Kai had never even met, a yandere who was terrifying in fanfiction and prone to turning people into dolls at any moment!

He didn't like typical black long straight hair Eastern women like her, but instead liked that blonde girl. Was he even an Easterner? Betraying one's own kind by favoring foreigners was punishable by death!

"Why?! How am I not as good as her?"

Houraisan Kaguya could no longer maintain her gentle smile, her face devoid of expression.

Mo Yi could naturally tell that the other party was not satisfied with his honest answer. The ancients truly did not deceive him. When Washington looked at the cherry tree at home and confessed his wrongdoing, he wasn't forgiven by his father for his honesty, but because he was still holding the legendary treasure—the Divine Axe of Falling Cherry Blossoms—in his hand, and his father dared not act rashly, so he could only forgive him.

Feeling like he had encountered another life-threatening question, Mo Yi's mind raced. Combining it with their previous conversation, he finally came up with the most suitable answer: "Because I enjoy reading her fanfiction the most."

Houraisan Kaguya: "..."

Kaguya was truly shocked this time. She never expected Mo Yi to be so clever, giving an answer that left her unsure whether to laugh or cry.

After a few seconds of silence, she murmured:

"Hu Xiao Kai, your ideological awareness is seriously flawed. Blondes are all evil. Western women are nowhere near as good as Eastern women. Their looks are only appealing from a distance; up close, you see enlarged pores and freckles. And after thirty, their figures generally get out of shape. One of them weighs as much as three of you."

"Since you're speaking Celestial Empire Mandarin, you should be from the Celestial Empire. How can a person from the Celestial Empire like blondes? Black long straight hair is the way to go!"

"..."

Houraisan Kaguya spoke at an extremely rapid pace. In just one minute, she must have said hundreds of words. To summarize:

When it came to looks, she, Kaguya, was the number one in Gensokyo.

"That's all for today—"

After Houraisan Kaguya had spoken for several minutes, she finally stopped and asked, "Do you have any other questions?"

Mo Yi: "..."

How could he dare to say anything!

Mo Yi could only retort in his mind that people from the Celestial Empire preferred white hair, not black long straight hair.

"Since you have no more questions—"

Seeing Mo Yi lowering his head as if accepting instruction, with the expression of a good student, Kaguya nodded with satisfaction. "I'll post some of my fanfiction tonight. After you read it, remember to write a 5,000-word review tomorrow."

"Write it well. If I'm not satisfied, you'll have to rewrite it until I am."

Mo Yi: "..."

I was never this diligent and serious even in school.

Maybe I should just choose to die!

Chapter Twenty-Three: Seventeen cards and you can instantly kill me?

Mo Yi really couldn't accept Houraisan Kaguya's request. She was probably just angry at the moment. If he really read the study materials she sent and wrote a 5,000-word review, wouldn't that give her leverage for future retribution?

Am I, Mo Yi, that foolish?!

While he was struggling with how to answer Kaguya, the Honor of Kings page already showed that matchmaking was successful. Mo Yi quickly said, "Matchmaking successful—"

"Her Highness the Princess, what role do you plan to play today? I want to play Zilean, the Chronomancer."

Mo Yi's trial mission, Honor of Kings, was only one hero away from completion, which would open the door to a new world.

This was undoubtedly a good thing, but after completing the mission, Mo Yi didn't know if he could continue to obtain new Character Cards by playing Honor of Kings. It was known that Mo Yi had only obtained Character Cards for half the heroes. If he couldn't get new ones after this, it would mean he lost half of his Character Cards, which would be a huge loss!

Although the strength of a Character Card was directly proportional to Mo Yi's own strength, each character had a different limit.

Like Teemo, who liked to grow mushrooms, or Corki, the Bombardier, who threw bombs from his plane. In the game, they were naturally more powerful or interesting than many others, but according to the theoretical maximum strength derived from their game lore, they were far inferior to many trash heroes in the game.

Therefore, Mo Yi often chose between two types of heroes when selecting targets for his "conquest."

The first type was suitable for people like him, heroes from whom he could gain as much teaching and knowledge as possible, such as the swordsmanship of Fiora, the Grand Duelist, or Master Yi, the technological knowledge of Heimerdinger, the Great Inventor, or the marksmanship of Garen, the Might of Demacia.

The second type was heroes with powerful backgrounds. Even if he couldn't gain much knowledge from these non-humanoid heroes, their growth potential was high. Even if Mo Yi grew into a star-shattering powerhouse in the future, he could still gain powerful buffs from them.

As for those heroes whose strength was originally only at the surface level, they naturally couldn't provide much help to Mo Yi, whose strength far surpassed theirs.

Moreover, when using his trump card—Limit Release Mode—heroes with powerful backgrounds would definitely be more formidable.

Top-tier heroes could destroy worlds and smash stars, manipulate fate, travel through time, and unleash solar flares, while those shooter heroes still practicing Gun Fu, could they do that?

Therefore, in his nine years of "conquests," Mo Yi had already conquered many heroes who were practically useless in combat but had powerful backgrounds, such as Bard, the Wandering Caretaker, known as the savior of the universe; Leona, the Radiant Dawn, the embodiment of the sun; and Aurelion Sol, the Star Forger, who created stars.

And the last hero he conquered, the Magical Cat Yuumi. Although her individual combat power was not strong, what truly attracted Mo Yi was her Door Grimoire, which contained immense magical knowledge and could travel through different worlds, even traversing the spiritual realm.

In addition, Yuumi had a skill called 'Yuumi's Call.' Simply put, it involved transforming herself into an will-body and merging with her teammates. This skill was quite detrimental to teammates in the game, but in the real world, it was a very practical ability. She could merge with teammates, heal and strengthen them, achieving a 1+1>2 effect. In dangerous situations, she could also attach herself to a powerful ally, avoiding being accidentally killed by indiscriminate area-of-effect attacks.

Having gained Yuumi's abilities, Mo Yi could confidently say, As long as my teammates are still alive, I won't have to suffer!

As for choosing Zilean, the Chronomancer, as the hero to focus on, it's easy to understand. How could a hero who controls time be weak?

I can't defeat you now, but I can travel back to when you were still a baby and hadn't grown yet, or to a future where the opponent's strength has weakened.

Punching the Southern Mountain Retirement Home, kicking the Northern Sea Kindergarten!

Those who play with time are just that dirty.

"Old man Time?"

Seeing that the match was successful and the game had started, Kaguya didn't dwell on her previous question.

As for whether she would actually send study materials to Mo Yi that night, that remained to be seen.