I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Hearing the cheerful voice from the system in his mind, Lei Zhe patted his chest, glanced at the unconscious boy lying on the ground, and then unleashed a healing beam that would completely heal him before disappearing into accelerated mode.

A tiny rune appeared on the spot, trembled, and then burst into a faint light, completely erasing any extra aura and traces from the area.

Having fully recovered from his injuries, Hyoudou Issei was pulled back from the brink of death. Now, with only a slight tear on his shirt, he is simply in a drowsy state.

When a cool breeze blew past in the middle of the night, Hyoudou Issei shivered and groggily opened his eyes, looking up and down with blurry vision as if trying to recall something.

After sorting through his memories, he immediately sat up with wide eyes, staring in shock at the torn fabric of his clothes. He touched his chest with trembling hands and stammered, "It wasn't a dream. Then I should have died just now, so why is my chest...?"

Why... am I still alive? Why have my injuries healed?

Such a question echoed in Hyoudou Issei's mind. After confirming that it was not a dream, the pain in his chest that had been pierced earlier seemed to be a faint phantom pain in his chest, causing him to unconsciously touch his chest.

“...Amano...Yuuma!” Hyoudou Issei stiffly took out a headshot he had taken with Yuuma from his pocket. After looking at it for a moment, he looked up at the fountain. The image of Amano Yuuma, whom he could not forget, appeared in front of him like a phantom, piercing him with a red-glowing spear.

A cold wind blew by, rustling the leaves on the park trees. This tiny noise startled Hyoudou Issei, who jumped up in a panic and ran frantically toward the park's exit. He didn't want to stay there for even a second longer.

The memory of being pierced by Amano Yuuma with jet-black wings with a light gun kept flashing in his mind. The phantom pain and marks in his chest made it impossible for him to treat it as a dream. Although he didn't know why he hadn't died and why his wounds had healed, he didn't have time to think about it here.

Hyoudou Issei ran for his life, stammering in terror, "Why...why did my first date turn out like this?! It was an illusion! It was a dream! Ahhh, it can't be an illusion or a dream at all!!!"

The boy's reckless running and incoherent ramblings drew stares from passersby who looked at him as if he were a strange person.

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Chapter 62 Lei Zhe: Is the new game a bit of a surprise?

Late at night, in the lavishly decorated activity room of the Kuoh Academy Mysticism Research Club, only a few antique bronze candlesticks emitted light, casting a mysterious and solemn atmosphere in the dim light.

A voluptuous red-haired girl wearing a skirt so short it revealed her panties, revealing her long, fair legs, was sitting on a sofa in the activity room, playing chess with another beautiful girl with knee-length black hair and a single ponytail.

Not far behind the two beautiful women of different appearances, a handsome blond boy was sitting cross-legged on the ground, carefully wiping a uniquely designed Western-style longsword.

"Da da da......"

The sounds of joysticks wobbling and buttons clicking echoed incessantly. A large, sizable game console sat against the wall, and a silver-haired kitten was intently playing the King of Fighters game.

Everyone here is doing their own thing.

The beautiful woman with a single ponytail, Himejima Akeno, smiled as she placed the final piece on the board. She looked at Rias in a gentle, smiling voice and said, "Captain, you're checkmated~"

Rias glanced at the checkmate game on the chessboard, showing no signs of discouragement or disappointment. She frowned and looked at the clock on the wall of the activity room; it was already late at night.

Seeing that Rias seemed distracted and hadn't said anything after losing the game, Himejima Akeno looked at her with a puzzled expression and asked, "Is something on your mind, Captain?"

"It's been too long..."

Rias frowned her beautiful brows, then waved her hand and opened a crimson summoning magic circle. Immediately afterwards, a small red bat appeared in front of the girl. The bat did not look bad, and its eyes were very lively.

The small red bat flapped its wings and landed on Rias's finger, looking puzzled as it asked, "Is there something you need, Master?"

This little red bat can actually speak human language; this little bat is Rias's familiar.

"Did you give him the demon summoning flyer that I asked you to give to Hyoudou Issei?" Rias asked, looking at her little familiar in front of her.

The lack of any summoning activity at this point is making Rias a little irritated, after all, she has been eyeing Hyoudou Issei's artifact for quite some time now.

She knew about the female fallen angel's date with Issei Hyoudou, and handing her the flyer was a form of insurance.

“I gave it to him, and I even made sure he put the flyer in his pocket.”

Seeing the serious expression on its master's face, the little red bat answered very seriously.

After she transformed into human form and handed the flyer to Issei Hyoudou, she secretly confirmed that he had put the flyer into his pocket, so there was no mistake.

"Minister, the situation might have changed." Himejima Akeno looked at Rias, who was frowning, and realized that something unexpected might have happened.

These words immediately made Rias stand up, and crimson magic surged across her body. The cat and Kiba Yuuto in the activity room also saw that their captain was in trouble, so they immediately put down what they were doing and came to their captain.

Rias gestured to Akeno with her eyes, then looked at her demon familiars in the activity room.

"Little Cat, Yuto, you two go check on Hyoudou Issei's house. Akeno and I will go see what's going on with the flyers."

"Okay, Minister."

The kitten and Kiba Yuto agreed, exchanged a glance, and jumped out of the activity room window. Their ghostly figures flashed a few times in the darkness and disappeared without a trace.

Rias wasn't idle either; she activated her magic to open the teleportation magic circle connecting to Issei Hyoudou's flyer.

Following behind, Akeno Himejima, who always had a smile on her face, walked into the teleportation magic circle.

A flash of magical light appeared before the two women, and they arrived at their destination. The scene before them made Rias frown. Their teleportation destination was a riverside bridge with few people.

Moreover, Hyoudou Issei, whom she was looking for, was not here.

"Minister, over here!" Himejima Akeno suddenly called out and looked down at the riverbank. The leaflets, already soaked by the water, were stuck to a small stone and hadn't been washed away by the current. Rias's expression turned slightly unpleasant when she saw this.

Seeing this, it's clear that an unexpected situation has occurred.

Losing her intended wielder of the divine weapon greatly upset Rias, not because she cared much about Hyoudou Issei, but because of her engagement.

Rias is engaged to Riesel Phoenix, the third son of the Phoenix family, a high-ranking demon from the underworld, but she doesn't like him and has made it clear that she will not marry him.

However, this engagement is not something she can simply refuse to fulfill. The number of pure-blooded demons has now reached a dangerous level, and those conservative demons who value the purity of bloodlines will absolutely not allow her to act recklessly.

Therefore, Rias is ready to participate in the ranking game to decide on marriage. The more high-quality familiars she has, the better her chances of winning, and the Divine Weapon Users among humans are the best choice.

Now that she had lost a pre-ordained kinsman, she was feeling very down, since finding a divine artifact wielder was no easy task.

"This area is... Chiba!?"

Rias's emerald green eyes shimmered with magical light. She turned her head, frowned, and looked around before confirming where she was.

She hadn't expected the demon summoning flyer, given that it was delivered to a place so far from Kuoh Town, to end up here. She remembered Chiba before…

"Zhunai, I remember my brother gave me some information before, saying that the legendary necromancer had been seen in Chiba, and that the daughter of the Dragon Realm's End Emperor seemed to be in this area as well..."

Rias recalled her conversation with her older brother, who told her not to go near this area when she was out and about, as the situation here was complicated by recent power struggles.

Besides the legendary necromancer and the daughter of the Emperor of the End, it seems that a magical girl named Rei-ri-ya and a vampire ninja also appeared here.

Most importantly, the infamous "Disaster Gang" also emerged.

Some time ago, her sister-in-law, Gurefia, learned from Ariel, a friend of Velie, that she was almost killed by the daughter of the End Emperor while trying to save her friend's daughter.

Lately, that green dragon seems to be in a very irritable mood. Anyone who approaches this area and unleashes even a little bit of their special power will be treated as an enemy and killed by it. It seems to have already taken this area as its own territory.

Himejima Akeno's smile faded. Her captain had told her that the situation in this area was becoming complicated. She looked closely at Rias, who was deep in thought. As Rias's queen, they had a close relationship, so she could guess some of Rias's thoughts.

"Rias, let's leave here as soon as possible. You know how complicated things are here."

Despite Himejima Akeno's advice, Rias stared blankly into the distance, pondering a bold idea.

Given the complex power dynamics in this region, and the presence of the legendary 'center of the world,' could she use this opportunity to break free from her arranged marriage?

Although the success rate is minuscule, there's less than a one percent chance if you don't try. So why not give it a shot?

She remembered that Kuoh Academy had recently been selecting exchange students to study at other schools.

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On the other side, Rei Zhe was in a good mood, just like the system within him. After Nep devoured the Red Dragon Emperor's dragon soul, the Red Dragon Emperor Yi Yan's flames directly replaced his flame manipulation skills. The system also directly gave him the three useful abilities of multiplication, transfer, and penetration.

Originally, Rei Zhe's current strength was insufficient to use the flames of the Crimson Dragon Emperor Yi Yan, but he possessed the power of Kirby, and the intensity of the absorbed and copied flames took priority over that special dragon fire, allowing him to perfectly withstand and accept Yi Yan's flames.

In addition, seven of the games he could play were suddenly lit up.

Looking at the system projection in front of him, before he even got home, he went to buy some daily necessities for the three women in his family. After the system devoured the dragon soul of the Crimson Dragon Emperor, seven games were unlocked in his playable games.

Minecraft, Iron Man 1, Ultimate Spider-Man, The King of Fighters '96, Street Fighter IV, Bleach vs. Naruto 3.3, and Nekopara.

These seven games... wait, isn't the last one a bit ridiculous?!

Lei Zhe looked at the game icons in front of him with a strange expression. The last one, "Nekopara," was indeed correct. How could a game like that even exist?

There aren't many rewards to get after completing the game. Are you suggesting that completing the game will reward you with a catgirl?

[The games unlocked are all random. I didn't do anything arbitrarily. After all, I'm the game's system wizard, and I uphold the principle of fairness in playing games; I don't engage in any insider dealings.]

Listening to the pleasant sounds in his mind, Lei Zhe opened the game directory with a strange expression and searched for a long time. He actually found many games with yellow content.

For example, with a classic kaleidoscope game, he used to only think about power and would usually watch games that could improve his strength, subconsciously ignoring these 'special' games.

When playing games, don't forget that Razer can synchronize your senses. If you synchronize your senses while playing these games, hehehe~~

Men carry tissues when playing games, but what should women prepare?

Thinking about it this way, the existence of these games also means that Neptune...

“I didn’t expect you, Nep, to be like this too…” Reiji’s face wore a sly smile that seemed to say, ‘I understand you.’ He knew that many women also enjoyed playing these kinds of games; he really did!

However, before Rezer could finish speaking, a baby version of the little girl Neptune materialized above his head. Her face flushed with shame and anger, she held a black iron hammer twice the size of herself, with "H Forbidden" written on it, and swung it around before smashing it hard down on Rezer's head at his feet.

Boom!

A sound like a wooden fish drum in a monastery resounded above Reiji's head. Neptune's strike seemed to hit Reiji's soul, making even his powerful body unable to withstand it.

"Ouch!!"

A large bulge appeared on Reiji's head. Little Neptune, her face flushed with shame and anger, sat down on the bulge, causing Reiji a second injury. Then, she easily swung her hammer and slapped away the opponent's hands that were approaching.

Although he wasn't injured, Neptune did make him feel pain so intense it brought tears to his eyes, causing Reiji's face to twitch as he half-squatted on the ground.

Little Neptune sat on his head, his legs crossed, his fair face puffed up with anger after the big iron hammer in his hand dissipated, looking extremely cute.

"Hmph~ I hate H, you stinky Razer, you deserve it!"

With a face flushed with shame and indignation, little Neptune kicked Reiji's big bump on the head in a fit of embarrassment and then disappeared.

"Hiss!" Lei Zhe's face twisted slightly as the sharp pain from the top of his head made him gasp. He realized he had only himself to blame for trying to act like a girl.

Feeling utterly unlucky, Reiji could only silently apologize to the Nep within him, walking along while rubbing his head and using his healing power to soothe the large bump on his scalp.

Lei Zhe, who was apologizing to his angry system on his way home, suddenly heard a panicked scream coming from around the corner ahead.

Lei Zhe quickened his pace and walked around the corner. He saw a beautiful woman with silver-gray hair and a foreign look. She had unfortunately stepped on an uneven and broken part of the ground, lost her balance, and fell to the side of the road. All the groceries she was carrying rolled to the ground. She was clutching her right ankle and looked rather unwell.

"Ok?"

Seeing that the other person was having some difficulty, Lei Zhe prepared to go forward to help them pick up the ingredients and stand up. However, he sensed a strange fluctuation of energy nearby. He did not turn his head to look, because the faint energy only appeared for a moment and then disappeared. He paused for a moment and then continued to walk forward.

"Madam, are you alright?"

Lei Zhe wanted to reach out and help the other person up, but after only a slight movement, he saw that the other person looked pained and knew that the twisted ankle was not serious. Without moving the other person for the time being, he first helped the other person pick up the dropped ingredients, took the other person's ingredient bag, and then carefully helped the other person up.

The beautiful woman with long silver-gray hair was helped up by Lei Zhe, but her feet were still unable to land properly. The stinging sensation made her break out in a cold sweat. She smiled gratefully and thanked him in a soft tone.