What?! My anime figures have all come true!

"black Rock Shooter?"

Chen Xiao naturally recognized this character, who was based on a certain world's number one princess, and he had listened to her TV theme song countless times.

But the problem is coming.

While it's true that Black Rock Shooter, as a symbol of "mind," appears in dreams, how did she materialize from a figure, given that she's a being with power exceeding that of ordinary humans?

Even though the time all the figurines spend in physicalization is so short, it only takes a few minutes to materialize a few ordinary people and that takes up almost all the time.

"What exactly is this...?"

Before Chen Xiao could figure it out, Black Rock Shooter slowly turned around, placed her hand on his shoulder without saying a word, and then the same azure flames as those in Black Rock Shooter's eyes ignited on Chen Xiao's body.

"Even if cremation is necessary, there's no need to rush it."

Perhaps because Black Rock provided a strong sense of security, Chen Xiao not only remained calm in the face of the strange changes happening to him, but also muttered a complaint under his breath.

Soon his body in the dream was burned to ashes.

At the same time, a scene unfolded in Chen Xiao's consciousness...

Is that Black Rock's memory?

—Let's rewind a few minutes—

"Young Master?"

Alice was the first to realize something was wrong.

As a meticulous and attentive maid who always pays attention to Chen Xiao's physical condition, she almost instantly materialized from her figurine form and appeared by the bedside.

When she noticed Chen Xiao's pained expression after being attacked by the hooded man, her usual elegance and composure vanished from her face.

"Young Master! What's wrong?! Do you have a fever? Or are you feeling unwell?"

Alice placed her palm on Chen Xiao's forehead and tried to gently pat his cheeks to wake him up, but to no avail.

"No...Young Master needs a doctor."

Alice's gaze quickly swept over the huge display case of figurines next to her, locking onto a figurine with an enviable figure and a naturally languid expression.

"Miss Marikawa, please help me."

A faint light flashed, and Shizuka Marikawa, dressed in an office lady outfit, appeared by the bedside, her magnificent breasts swaying slightly with her movements.

The beautiful school nurse from Highschool of the Dead rubbed her sleepy eyes, as if she had just been woken up from her rest.

"Huh? Alice-chan? What's wrong... Ah! Akira!"

Shizuka Marikawa tilted her head in confusion at first, then looked at Chen Xiao, who was lying on the bed with a face full of pain, and her face showed a mixture of confusion and heartache.

"I don't know, that's why I asked Ms. Marikawa to come and take a look."

Alice quickly moved aside.

"Okay, I understand. Let my older sister see!"

Shizuka Marikawa bent down, extended her slender white fingers, first touched Chen Xiao's forehead, then lifted his eyelids to look at his pupils, and then pressed her ear against his chest to listen to his heartbeat...

Although these actions look like Shizuka Marikawa groping Chen Xiao because of her voluptuous figure, the current situation is very dangerous, and some of the figures don't even have time to breathe on them.

However, after a series of examinations, Shizuka Marikawa's eyes were filled with confusion.

"Ugh... That's strange... My temperature is a little high, and my heart is beating fast... but..."

Shizuka Marikawa pondered the medical knowledge she had been given.

"No external injury, no obvious inflammatory reaction... It doesn't seem like a cold, nor does it seem like poisoning... Could it be neurasthenia caused by too much stress? Or was it just a nightmare?"

Finally, she scratched her long blonde hair in distress.

"In this situation... I... I'm a little unsure... I'm sorry..."

Alice's heart sank. Shizuka Marikawa was the closest thing to a doctor among the characters they could materialize so far.

Even someone like Shinobu Kocho, who is no different from an ordinary person when she doesn't use breathing techniques, would take up two-thirds of her time just to materialize, let alone get to Chen Xiao's bedside to examine his condition!

Thinking of this, Alice looked again at the figurine display case not far away.

In the display case labeled [To Love], there is a stunningly beautiful female figure with a mature demeanor and a figure that is in no way inferior to Shizuka Marikawa, wearing a white lab coat...

The character is Ryoko Mikado, a doctor with the universe's best healing technology.

If only she could be materialized...

"Why……"

However, that was impossible; they simply couldn't afford the energy required for Ryoko Mikado to materialize.

Are we just supposed to watch the young master suffer like this?

Just as Alice and Shizuka Marikawa stood there helplessly, their anxiety reaching its peak...

"Idiots! A bunch of idiots! That's not sick!"

A clear, childlike voice, like a pebble thrown into calm water, suddenly rang out in the quiet room.

Alice and Shizuka Marikawa suddenly turned their heads to look at a corner of the display case.

There was a petite figure that was faintly glowing with a pinkish-purple light. It had short, purplish-red hair, black pupils in its green eyes, and tiny, pointed ears that peeked out from between its hat and purplish-red hair, like those of a fairy.

He was wearing a black cropped combat suit, shorts, and stockings with a closed-eye pattern on his clothes, and a protective sleeve on his right arm.

She is none other than Mary, the female protagonist of "Mary the Dream Eater"!

At this moment, Mary stood with her hands on her hips, her cute little face full of disdain, as if to say, "How could you be so stupid?"

"That doesn't look like illness at all! Ah Xiao was attacked by a superhuman!"

Alice and Shizuka Marikawa were startled upon hearing this.

"Attacked by superhumans!?"

How could they not have thought of that?!

The two then recalled the news about superpowered crimes they had seen a few days ago. They thought the perpetrator would behave himself for a while under the pursuit of the authorities, but they did not expect him to reappear so quickly and even target Chen Xiao, who had no intention of enrolling in school!

"Yes, Xiao's dream was invaded by that superhuman. That disgusting insect broke into his dream and attacked his mind! That's why Xiao is in so much pain!"

After saying that, Mary couldn't help but glare fiercely at the other directions in the display case.

And you all!

The 'big shots' in the display case!

Aren't they quite capable in terms of their individual settings?

Heroic spirits, ship girls, and even gods... They claim they can destroy a planet with a single punch!

You can feel the disgusting aura of that intruder now, right?

You're probably bursting with anger, aren't you?

The results of it?

After sensing that Chen Xiao was not in mortal danger, they took no further action!

Even if they desperately wanted to tear the intruder apart, they still held back!

They're still calculating consumption!

Are you afraid that if you expend even a little more power now, you'll be one step behind others in materialization in the future and miss the opportunity to showcase your numerical value?

They even went so far as to call it: giving other figurines a chance...

What a bunch of selfish bastards! Idiots! Cowards!

They even made me act as a mouthpiece! It's infuriating!

The figurines in those areas seemed to 'hear' Mary's thoughts, their bodies trembling slightly, as if they remembered Mary.

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"I see!"

On the other side, Alice and Shizuka Marikawa suddenly realized what was going on, but what followed was an even deeper sense of powerlessness.

Intrusion into the dream realm?

This is completely beyond their capabilities!

"A dream...a dream? An invasion? What should we do?"

Shizuka Marikawa waved her hands in a panic.

"Young Master..."

Alice looked at Chen Xiao's still painful expression on the bed and listened to his unconscious groans. Her blue eyes were filled with heartache.

Then she gently knelt down beside Chen Xiao's bed, carefully taking his burning hot hands as if holding the most precious treasure.

She lowered her head and placed the back of Chen Xiao's hand on her smooth forehead, closed her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

At this moment, all she could do was pray that Chen Xiao could defeat the enemy in his dreams.

"Alice-chan..."

Seeing this, Shizuka Marikawa also knelt down by the bed to pray for Chen Xiao.

Seeing this, other figurines that could be materialized also joined in, spending some of their materialization time descending to Chen Xiao's bedside to pray for him.

Even just one second would be fine.

And their prayers seemed to receive a response from the world at that moment.

Chen Xiao's body suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

"Whoa! What is this... my eyes! Wait! Strange, my body... hasn't turned back?!"

A girl who exuded a "childlike" aura had just finished praying when she was suddenly blinded by a "flashbang" from Chen Xiao.

She was then surprised to find that she hadn't turned back into a figurine.

"Rencai sauce?" x2

The JK girl with long, straight black hair and the older woman with brown skin standing next to her looked surprised.

Then he realized that even though he had set the prayer time to one second, he was still in a physical form!

"No way! I just turned back!"

A figure of a girl with platinum blonde, shoulder-length hair complained in the display case.

"Ah Xiao's body turned into a flashbang! Hey! Why did you hit me?!"

"That wasn't a flashbang!"

"So, Ah Xiao... has awakened?"

"What are you waiting for? The materialization level has been upgraded! The first materialization can now unleash its full power!"

"What! The first one to be able to unleash their full power?!"

"First come, first served!"

The moment they heard the news, the entire figure display window erupted in excitement. Apart from the super-strong individuals who were still unable to materialize, almost everyone capable of entering the dream world coveted this 'first' opportunity to perform in front of Chen Xiao!

It was even done in the style of a hero rescuing a damsel in distress!

"Waaaaah... Stop hitting us! We can't hold up this falling display case!"

The girl called "Nina" looked at the huge display case in front of her that was shaking wildly with a "thump thump thump" sound, and hurriedly hugged the JK girl next to her.

"Nina, you're hugging me too tightly... Let go..."

JK girls are suffering greatly from this.

Just as the scene descended into chaos, a dark blue figure suddenly flew out of the display case, nimbly dodging several chains, and landed on Chen Xiao's head in a diving motion, instantly merging into them.

"what……"

The riot in the display case has stopped.

—End of flashback—

"So that's how it is..."

After reading the previous recap, Chen Xiao roughly understood.

It turns out that he had awakened superpowers while on the verge of death.

Although the exact effect is unknown, with the awakening of their abilities, the level and duration of the figures' materialization have both increased, which is why Black Rock Shooter was able to come into the dream to save him!