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"Hey, why did you die?"
Seeing Sora being blown into the air on the screen, and the big "Failure" sign, Silver Wolf turned his head and glanced at Sora who was half-paralyzed on the bed - his eyes looked flat and lifeless, where was the liveliness in his memory?
"You're not concentrating very well today?"
Dissatisfied with Kong's perfunctory attitude when playing games, Silver Wolf kicked him lightly, and the gaps between his toes wrapped in fishnet stockings brushed against his trouser legs, but it did not elicit any resistance or complaints from him. Instead, it made him shudder, as if he had thought of something discordant, and he sat up instantly, scaring both March and Silver Wolf.
"Hmm!" Kong realized it belatedly, as if his nerve reflexes were half a beat slow.
"Are you still so shocked? What happened to your little stationmaster who sucked your soul away?"
Silver Wolf crossed his legs again with some dissatisfaction - March on the opposite side seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of overly intimate interaction, and continued to adjust his equipment on his mobile phone without paying any attention.
"……Hard to say."
Although Sanyue was present and he couldn't say it too bluntly, Kong couldn't help but shudder when he saw Silver Wolf's somewhat dissatisfied look.
"It's not just her... I have to pay a toll when I go to the ground, and I have to fight a regular 'dungeon' when I come back at night. My body isn't slow, but my mind is a little confused."
There's a saying that goes "one man against five" when the mic is on, but right now, Sora can't seem to do anything except sigh.
Ahaha's "curse" can be offset by Primaris, but Primaris has a usage limit of one hour per day, and it is impossible to use the precious Explosion Mode for absurd purposes.
"...I don't think I've stolen much from you, have I?"
Silver Wolf thought that Sora was also implying something about her, and he pulled his suture thread out with increasing dissatisfaction.
"You have been quite restrained. Kama is the boss these days."
Kong would feel embarrassed to make up stories about his new girlfriends behind their backs, but Kong, the "glutton" Kama, would not give her any face and would just throw her out to take the blame.
In fact, Kama was the one who ate the most. In order to quickly accumulate magic power to deal with possible conflicts, she had been sucking the marrow out of Sora's magic circuits these days. She wanted to swallow all of Sora's magic circuits.
Coupled with the Black Tower teacher-student combination and Xier's insatiable demands, Kong felt that if he didn't find a way to strengthen his body and spirit, he would have to go to Valhalla before feeding Kama to the next stage.
"I still don't quite understand why it would be painful for you to do something like that - wouldn't it be pleasurable to try it so often?"
March finally couldn't help but join in on the "adult" topic.
Kong was very protective of her, and whenever Ginlang and Noshiro wanted something, they would send her away so that she wouldn't get a glimpse of the secret...but she couldn't resist other women muttering things like "the benefits are not enough again" and "there is only half an hour today", which made her more and more curious.
"It's not painful. The energy of the star core can still be supplied... I'm just a little dazed."
Sora really said, "If it was when I was working in Minato and Chaldea, this wouldn't be such a burden... The window period when I became a mobile phone user made me regress a lot, and Aha also played tricks on me... But 'introducing more system support to restore to the heyday' is a trap in itself."
It's a consumer trap like ten boxes at half the price - but you can't finish them all.
"Well, the commander's current record is 52 appointments in one day, but that was during special holiday periods such as Christmas and Valentine's Day, so it has no general reference value."
Noshiro even agreed with Sora quite seriously, but all he got was a bitter face from Sora. It was obvious that he didn't want Noshiro to show off his achievements in that area.
"Oh, a scumbag in his prime, huh?" Silver Wolf didn't give him any face.
"If you really want to understand it that way...it's also a form of professional ability. It sounds great, but taking care of every girl...is very laborious."
Those who didn’t know would think that Sora was talking about his serious work ability - this is the art of language, even Silver Wolf was confused.
He was not wrong. Being with two or three female companions makes one a winner in life, but once the number exceeds one's fingers, taking care of each other's body and mind requires talent and superhuman patience.
"It seems that the only way now is to activate the subsystem to improve my physical and mental data... But activating the new system will subconsciously call in more people, and calling in more people will increase the burden... I can't say whether it will improve the current situation or make it worse. After all, the speed at which Party A issues tickets cannot keep up with the speed at which Aha supplies system energy... What makes me unhappy is that I can't really blame Aha for this."
It means "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility" in every sense.
"...I can't help you even if you tell me these things... Tsk tsk, chasing after a debt of love in another world...it's scary to think about it. People who don't understand your situation will just think, 'Wow, that guy is so cool with so many girls around him'~"
"Yeah, I'm going to stop for a while - no, it's a bit like a crime..."
Hearing him mocking himself, Silver Wolf blew a bubble playfully.
Logically speaking, Kong felt that it had reached its limit, so there was no reason for her not to support it...
But the so-called bad friends have to be rude, otherwise how can we highlight the unique relationship between them:
"I keep hearing you talk about the new system possibly calling in some 'familiar faces'... Where are they? Haven't you decided on any candidates yet?"
"You really are a person who enjoys watching the fun... If there are too many people, I may not be able to play games with you every day..." Sora rolled his eyes.
"Eh!?"
"March, don't get excited...I was just saying it casually."
Unexpectedly, Kong's angry words provoked a much greater reaction from Sanyue than from Yinlang... She really cherished the time when everyone was together.
No, to be precise, she prefers to hang out in an atmosphere of family and friends dominated by Kong.
As the train crew expanded, the carriage became more and more lively, but Sanyue found that she seemed to only have these few hours at night when she could play with Sora regularly... She didn't know how to be jealous or have the little dark side of a girl before, but recently she actually had the thought "It would be nice if Sora didn't have any new female companions"...
In a sense, it is an improvement...
"After the new subsystem is activated, I will not take advantage of Ahaha for the time being - about the Honkai system... It is highly compatible with Party A, and the rules are almost completely universal. If we start directly from the compatibility steps, it will take a long time to start."
Kong threw his phone aside and leaned on the pixel pillow prepared by Silver Wolf, not treating himself as an outsider at all: "...The last new companion in the near future...I promise."
It's not just for the waist, but also to give everyone some buffer time.
After the fight with Seele, he unlocked the "Honkai Impact 3" system, but the subsystem has not yet given him accurate information. It is still unknown whether the reinforcements from the other side will come, and when they will come, it is still unknown.
His journey to the collapsed world was divided into several stages, and being a captain was just one of them - it was a bit difficult to guess if he was pulling people from those independent yet interfering world bubbles.
"The last one? What about Natasha and Bronya? You won't accept those two as 'new companions'?"
Silver Wolf was still trying to sabotage him.
"...They may not get on the train." The corner of Kong's mouth twitched.
"It's not impossible to let them on board as tourists. You just did that."
The silver wolf pointed towards the door.
"Well, do we want to try again?" Only Xiao Xin felt that Silver Wolf's crazy arrangement was a bit inappropriate and tried to help him out.
"Can't you see? This man is already weak. Let's kick him quickly. The five of us will continue and let Paimon be the C." Silver Wolf suddenly acted ruthlessly and snatched his pillow away, causing Kong's head to hit the wall.
"...Dr. Kong, is it okay?" Xiaoxin felt that it was not appropriate to leave Kong behind.
Her attitude has been a little strange lately, and she seems to care more about Sora's feelings—
"Well, you guys go ahead and have some fun... I'm going to go out and get some fresh air."
The room was filled with a mixture of the sweet and sour scents of three girls - even though Paimon and Xiaoxin were not considered "girls", it still made Sora feel a little dizzy.
Being surrounded by fragrance like this every day, it would be strange if a person didn't become dull. He almost forgot that there was a battle on the surface that could break out at any time.
Just before he was "kicked" out, he heard Ginlang and Noshiro muttering behind him -
"...If Bronya over there comes over here, wouldn't that mean we'll have two people with similar attributes to me... It'll be difficult to deal with."
"What are the attributes?"
"Or 'settings'...ah, I guess you wouldn't understand if I used game terms...just understand it as appearance."
"Don't worry, Miss Silver Wolf. The commander is also very tolerant of girls with similar looks. He will not refuse any sister ships from the port area."
"…What kind of comfort is this? It makes me even more anxious."
"But Miss Silver Wolf, you and the Great Guardian Miss have some similarities in appearance... other aspects are completely different, right?"
"…Are you saying that I'm not in good shape?"
"...The commander likes girls who are full of energy."
"I know you mean well, but don't comfort me... the more you explain, the worse it gets."
Evening gaming time without Sora was still "enjoyable", making Sora unsure if he was redundant.
But he might also use playing online games to escape the pursuit of other female companions, so he did not take March lightly. Playing online games will continue and must continue.
Just then, he had just left Silver Wolf's e-sports hut, turned left and walked less than five steps when he bumped into a rich young woman who was "getting home from get off work" carrying a terminal and a briefcase.
"…The local temperature rise coefficient has been calculated. I am now unemployed?"
As she spoke, she checked around to make sure there were no other unknown guests in the corridor, pinched a circle with her free index finger and thumb, probed with the tip of her tongue, and made a "anytime OK" gesture at the corner of her lips.
She had been waiting for Kong to go out before starting the hunting mode. She had just been busy organizing data and observing celestial bodies when she was caught by Kong.
"…Well, I want to rest tonight."
Kong was discouraged by the young people's "infinite passion" and endless energy: "I have to go to Haiya's room tonight... I want to go out and get some fresh air."
"Eh...but Ms. Kureta just showed off the sample you gave me, right?"
However, Ester said something quite scary in an innocent and pure voice:
"I don't want to treat everyone equally, but I can't be too partial to one person, okay?"
"...You two... No, that disrespectful fellow, how could he..."
Kong gritted his teeth and thought, Heita, is this how you teach your students? Are you sure she won't turn against you the day she finishes her studies and leaves the school?
Logically speaking, having experienced the experience of being caught having a tryst by subordinates, she should have restrained herself a little, but Ester was different. She even asked for more in revenge - as if the embarrassment and shyness of the previous few days had aroused her rebellious psychology.
"Okay, okay, I know you've been working hard, so I'll let you go today."
Esta found Sora's unstable balance a little funny, but when she thought about how the teacher completely ignored his resistance and forcibly obtained the sample, and how she had to give in to protect Sora's body for a long time, she started to feel resentful again: "If you want to refuse, just be decisive and refuse everything. Ms. Heita can't really do anything to you. I feel sorry for you, so let her feel sorry for you for once."
"She has no such concept. I have told her many times, but she claims to be an expert on star cores and always refutes me by saying 'Do you know more about star cores than I do?' She firmly believes that I have unlimited physical strength."
Sora scratched his head: "She became more serious after you went on vacation."
"…This is what is called the 'lion pack effect'."
Asta, who knew her teacher's childish side, sneered and took out two small terminals and handed them to Sora: "No kidding - take this information to Sister Haiya, and this one is for you. It's the 'unnatural celestial gravitational waves' captured by the observatory - I remember you said you have experience in commanding fleet operations, so you can understand it, right?"
"Oh? Have their tribal main force been confirmed?" Kong was cheered up.
Having been injured by Dao Ba, he now urgently needs the enemy to cause trouble to rescue him from this seemingly endless "harmonious life". When he heard that Bu Liren had been exposed, he wished he could drive Gustav immediately to find those wolf-headed monsters and have a real manly fight.
"It's up to you to judge. I can make sure they are unnatural, but Bu Liren has always acted flamboyantly. This is the first time they have been so cautious... Look, this is almost beyond the effective range of the herd's absorption of stellar energy." Estelle helped Kong pop up the holographic terminal and pointed to a corner of the observation map:
"——Maybe they learned from other channels that they were going to fight against the Genius Club and got scared. Or maybe the intelligence about the Ranger's activities on the ground was exposed... After all, the two sides are sworn enemies and will not easily reveal their trump cards."
She paused: "...Have you experienced any psychic resonance with another star core recently?"
"No, I tried to enter that state again, but failed. The star core hid itself, and was afraid of us decapitating it."
Sora clicked on another document given to Haiya - it contained the environmental monitoring data that Esta was primarily responsible for.
"...Do you think it's possible... that Xinghe intends to use Bu Liren's help to transfer himself?"