Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes

Nobita excitedly studied the Half-Night ability and roughly understood the best way to use it, commonly known as a combo.

First, set the safest place he can find as the save point.

Then, if I encounter a situation where I need to uphold justice, and my enhanced physical abilities are still insufficient to handle it, I'll find a secluded spot and start drawing cards! My turn!

The first round of card draws will yield three cards, one of which will definitely be the Heroic Armor.

In the first round, unleash the equipment card – Brave Armor Activation!

The armor design was based on the knight plate armor he created for himself during his chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) period. Even his face only had a few slits for observation, and he also had a red scarf tied around his neck.

As for whether the scarf will be pulled during combat?

Let's prioritize looking good before considering practicality! We can always revise it next time.

Next comes the grand appearance of the Summoning Hero's Sword. During the battle, you will accumulate card-drawing points based on your attacks and being hit. Once the card-drawing points are full, you can draw a new card.

If you can't beat them, use cards to summon righteous allies for a righteous brawl!

If you still lose, you can at least be immune to one fatal blow, and then urgently use the save point card to return to the save point—if you draw it.

This is a fairly clear process of attacking, chasing, collapsing, and fleeing.

However, the downside is that it takes 12 hours for the cards to regenerate after they are consumed.

"From now on, I will be the nemesis of evil. But is there any evil that can withstand my unscientific attack?"

"There can't really be any monsters or demons in real life, haha."

I wonder if the Warrior Armor can withstand firearms. If it can, then he won't be afraid of being shot in the back.

Yes, he doesn't have high hopes for the official's character.

After organizing the card strategies, he finally had time to tidy up his worldview, which had been shattered into pieces.

Although my worldview had already collapsed once when I was chosen by this game, it is now collapsing again in the ruins.

"What are the points rewards? And what about the player lobby?"

After reflecting on this for a while, he remembered the new Player Lobby feature. Reluctantly, he withdrew the Sword of Heroes, quickly lay back on his bed, and entered the Player Lobby.

[New player has logged in]

[Player Lobby: 1]

Around 3 a.m., Uesugi, the night owl who had already finished streaming, was collecting data from the locally deployed AI system based on his own thoughts and what he had seen and heard in the game. He then recorded and organized the data, and slowly came to a terrifying conclusion.

Before she could verify further, she saw in a corner of her field of vision that the number at the end of the player lobby had changed from 0 to 1.

Has another player finally become a full player?

Damn it, this person's ending will definitely be better than hers.

Seeing others make a fortune is even more painful than losing a fortune yourself!

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Chapter 89: Ultimate Courage

Without saying a word, Uesugi quickly pounced on the bed and instantly entered sleep mode.

Soon, in the game lobby, as soon as Uesugi logged in, he saw [Satoshi] on the other side, who was wearing a full suit of armor and a red scarf, and whose face was completely obscured.

He was sitting in his seat, tapping on the table and looking around curiously.

"Hello, Zhi-san."

Uesugi coughed twice to greet him.

"Ah! Hello! Yue-san."

Nobita was startled and looked in the direction of the sound, only to find a woman wearing a black dress and a gorgeous half-mask with two cat ears, like the kind worn at a masquerade ball.

He glanced at the other person's nickname and cautiously greeted them.

Uesugi recalled the boy he had seen on the nameplate at Tsukiji Market, wondering if this player was him.

Is this your first time participating in this game?

Uesugi carefully considered his words, revealing his information appropriately, hoping to exchange corresponding information in return.

Nobi pondered for a few seconds, then didn't hide anything: "Yes, this is my first time too. Are you Japanese?"

"That's right."

Uesugi nodded, and then the two fell into an odd silence.

Without knowing the other person's identity, no one dares to reveal too much information about themselves first.

In particular, this game requires players to use one character from their name as a nickname, so once discovered, it's easy to get locked out.

After a few minutes of silence, Nobita finally spoke up, avoiding the topic of the game's ending.

"Moon Sang, perhaps we can first discuss some common ground among the players, such as not inquiring about the other party's abilities and real identity."

“I agree with that, but for the sake of convenience, let’s discuss it together after that ‘Hao’ clears the game, to avoid trouble.” Uesugi thought this suggestion was good and would benefit most players.

Nobody knows if the players will expose the player lobby if one of them is caught by the authorities.

Once their identities are revealed, they will definitely be implicated.

Furthermore, even the game system discourages them from revealing their identities; otherwise, the player lobby wouldn't be set up the way it is now.

"I think he's pretty much there too—"

Uesugi was interrupted by a message before he could finish his sentence.

[Congratulations to player "Hao" for achieving the perfect ending in "Subway". All players have now achieved the ending; rankings are frozen, and rewards have been officially distributed.]

[The game "Unknown" will be shut down in two days. Points rewards will be settled and redeemable after the game closes.]

[Players, you're having a great time!]

A perfect ending has been achieved?!

The two were stunned and subconsciously looked at the blurry black figure marked with the character "浩".

"Shall we wait a bit? He'll probably go into the game lobby to take a look. I've done my research, and staying here will put our bodies into a natural sleep state, so it won't affect our energy the next day."

Uesugi was the first to come to his senses and made the suggestion.

"Hao-san is really amazing," Nobita murmured, expressing the purest respect a gamer could have for a pro player.

Only those who have played "Subway" know just how difficult this game is.

He was also eager to know how it would end.

From the girl in the white dress, Iwasaki Kosuke learned the way to clear the level.

He risked his life to go through the process and carefully collected all the clues he could.

He already had an idea.

First, he picked up his phone but didn't use it; instead, he handed it to the worker in the shadows.

He will take it, and at the same time give him the flowers. He will remember a phone number and then dial it.

"Moshi Moshi, may I ask who this is?"

"Hello? Is there anything I can help you with? If it's a delivery, please leave it at the door."

"I'm hanging up if you don't say anything."

beep.

There were only three sentences in total, and then the other party hung up on their own.

Then the worker in the shadows would blankly put down his phone, hold the flowers, and continue to follow the group numbly.

Iwasaki, on the other hand, chose to stand in front of the worker's shadowy figure.

Everything proceeded as he had in his previous experiments.

If he's right, to achieve the "leave" ending, he needs the worker's shadowy figure's help to take down the train attendant, get the ticket, use the worker's shadowy figure to buy time, run back to the terminal station, and board the train.

But that wasn't the ending he wanted.

He just wants to do his best.

Since this monster accumulates power by devouring things like resentment, then this bouquet of flowers, accumulating hope, must be exactly what it hates most!

Hopefully, everything will turn out as he expects.

"If you want to leave here, you need to offer a complete soul to Lord Zhu Hai in exchange for a ticket to leave." The flight attendant stared at Iwasaki with a stern expression.

“I’m not leaving.” Iwasaki shook his head.

The flight attendant paused for a moment, then quickly gave an awkward smile: "Then your soul will remain here forever, and your flesh and blood will be offered to Zhu Hai Da—"

boom!

Suddenly, the worker's shadowy figure behind Iwasaki erupted from the silence, holding flowers in one hand, and abruptly grabbed the flight attendant, pulling her towards the monster's gaping maw.

"No, no! My lord! It's me—click, it's me."

Big Mouth didn't care about anything else; it accepted everything offered, chewing and swallowing the two pieces of food that were huddled together.

The strange-mouthed creature licked its lips with relish, but before it could even enjoy it for three seconds, it suddenly let out a strange cry.

"Ugh, ugh!"

The strange mouth started vomiting.

It was at this moment that the car door opened a crack.

Iwasaki didn't hesitate and went straight inside.

Inside the carriage, almost every wall was completely eroded by twisted flesh, leaving only a barely recognizable outline.

One after another, wailing faces emerged from the disgusting flesh and blood, staring intently at Iwasaki, the intruder, with boundless despair.

Beep!

The train suddenly shuddered violently, and eerie screams echoed through the doors, accompanied by the footsteps of a large number of ghostly soldiers.

Iwasaki walked directly towards the front of the car, stepping on the soft, slimy, mold-like chunks of flesh, his eyes quickly scanning the surroundings for any suspicious objects.

No, no!

It's definitely in the driver's seat!

The fleshy parts of the car wall began to wriggle, reaching out incomplete hands to try and grab him, but Iwasaki, with his highly focused attention, dodged them all and finally managed to reach the door of the driver's cab.

It was less like a door and more like a giant, half-open eyeball, tightly blocking the passage and completely obstructing his path.

The question now is, how do we get in?

He had no more props on him.

Its eyes, which had been half-open, slowly opened completely, filled with intense anger at being disturbed, and it stared intently at the food in front of it that dared to cause trouble.

At this moment, Iwasaki's strength was almost completely exhausted, and he could only watch helplessly as the surrounding flesh and blood continued to press in. Despair and oppression completely overwhelmed his body.

Is some link still missing?

The game ended, but this time he felt no pain in his death.

A box appeared faintly in the darkness.

You have successfully completed the ending - Ultimate Courage.

[Ending Assessment: A perfect ending. Perfection isn't just about success; you've done the best you could. Your courage will not be forgotten.]

Chapter 90: Soul Warlock

[First-time completion result: A]

[A special choice is triggered because the first playthrough results in a perfect ending.]

Option 1: Receive the first ending reward (A-level ability) + a perfect completion reward (a reward other than the ability)

[Option 2: Combine the two rewards to obtain an A+ level ability and unlock basic growth]

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