Tokyo Psychic

What makes you think I'd eat this for money?

Kurusu Akatsuki looked at the animation on the billboard with a strange expression.

The boiling gravy mixed with melted cheese flows out of the bread slices, making an exaggerated crunching sound, as if the burger is breathing heavily. The visual impact stimulates people's instinctive desire for calories.

This thing is bigger than my stomach, right? Cheese and beef, over and over again, it looks like it's about the length of my forearm.

Huh? Wait, what's the prize for successfully completing the challenge?

Kurusu Akatsuki's eyes flickered as he looked at the subtitles flashing on the billboard.

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"Complete the 'Space Tower Fortress' challenge within 30 minutes. The prize is yen in cash from our store, a commemorative 'Space Hero' badge, and a box of the Bandai collaboration Gundam Manatee Burger Explosion."

The waiter stood by the table, using his cell phone clock as a timer, reciting lines written on sticky notes.

At this moment, the hamburger that had just been served on the table seemed to come alive.

Golden, hot juices flowed from the gaps between the beef patties, melting the yellow cheese slices and spreading the aroma of spices. The patties and cheese slices piled one after another, finally soaking the bread slices. The caloric behemoth cast a towering shadow in the blue and white halo of the room lights, like the Wall of Sighs that stood in Jerusalem a thousand years ago. It stood tall above the plate, bathed in light, and felt unshakable.

In fact, walls don't sigh, only people do.

Kurusu Akatsuki sighed for a while, then he looked at the tower of cheese and beef in front of him, his eyes gradually filled with the determination to die.

Toyokawa Shoko sat across the table, a look of trepidation on her face. "Amamiya-san, it's okay if you can't eat anymore... We don't have to pay for this."

But now it seemed that Kurusu Akatsuki was not listening to her at all.

Just talking to himself in a firm tone.

"It will win."

Are you kidding me, give up?

This is a limited edition Manatee Gundam. Even if it is a second-hand model that enters the market, it is undoubtedly priced high!

No man can resist an angular robot toy, especially a co-branded model that may be out of print at any time. If there is, I would like to announce that you are no longer a man.

Just think of it as Hi-Nu Gundam, Kurusu Akatsuki, using a personality mask on a hamburger shop!

The waiter's eyes seemed to never leave Lai Qixiao's profile. "So... let's start?"

The thief immediately took a deep breath.

Then he sneered at the waiter who seemed to be captivated by his charm, "Let's get started!"

At that moment, he felt like Don Quixote, rushing towards the kite tower made of flesh and blood, knife and fork in hand. For a dream that was nothing. No, it was not nothing at all, because it was right within reach!

You're just a hamburger monster, I'm going to blow you apart!

About twenty minutes later, Shoko Toyokawa looked at the two-thirds of the hamburger tower in front of her, and then looked at the boy across from her who was still fighting desperately at the table. The uneasiness in her heart became stronger and stronger.

The girl's slender fingers pressed nervously on the table.

The city wall collapsed, and the embarrassed hero fought desperately in the hell of cheese and beef fat. His weapon was blunt, and his armor was covered with the enemy's blood, but he still couldn't stop, because Zeon was behind him!

The Cheese Demon and the Hamburger Demon let out strange laughter and surrounded them from all sides. The brave man half-knelt outside the city gate piled with enemy corpses, knife and fork in hand, his face tired and his eyes unfocused.

Shoko Toyokawa's concern seemed like the sound of nature, reaching the earth from the distant heaven.

But it only strengthened Kurusu Akatsuki's faith in Gundam.

He wanted to stand up again, but he couldn't muster a single bit of strength in his body.

Is it going to fall like this?

A voice whispered in his heart.

Is this how it's going to end?

Kurusu Akatsuki, think carefully, what is standing before you...

I... I don't know. The brave man trembled and held up his broken sword. He looked around with a desolate expression at the enemies who were getting closer and closer.

Think about it, why are you fighting? What is the meaning of your fight?

I......

Kurusu Akatsuki held his head in pain and said, "I did this... for the Hi-Nu Gundam!"

But I had no strength left. This time, I had used up all my strength, and my weapons and armor were destroyed. I had nothing left.

What nonsense are you talking about, Kurusu Akatsuki, aren’t you still alive? That voice lingered in my ears.

life?

Yes, that is for humans. No, it is for all living things. It is a treasure that shines with the most brilliant light given by God. As long as there is a breath left, even if we lose everything, even if we are seriously injured, humans can still exert infinite power and create miracles that surpass God... The voice continued.

Kurusu Akatsuki's dazed pupils widened. Before his eyes, countless predecessors who had once sat in this very position, who had challenged the Cosmic Tower, appeared. Their faith, their will, their spirit, and their sacrifices were all vividly remembered.

"So, you were all looking at me." The broken sword in the brave man's hand unexpectedly began to reassemble, burning with flames and high temperature.

Everyone, please lend me your strength!

The flame of faith is burning!

Finally shout out that sentence -

Personality mask, come out!

The "Dioscuri" who could not be observed by the secular world emerged from his body. He raised his hand and slid across the strings of the electric guitar, making a deafening thunderous sound.

The skill called "Unyielding Will" was activated at that moment!

The power surged up all of a sudden!

He suddenly opened his eyes and glared at the cheese demon and the hamburger meat demon.

Come on! He drew out his flaming sword and struck his shield, uttering a roaring battle cry, as if no matter what kind of enemy was in front of him, it would be impossible to stop his attack.

Finally, the brave man fought until the last moment!

There was light in his eyes, and it seemed as if a small universe was exploding inside his body.

He used all his strength to chop off the head of the last hamburger meat demon, and looked around the battlefield where there were no more enemies, full of joy and longing.

Amuro, that voice just now must have been you!

"No, Kurusu Akatsuki, I'm... I'm Char," the other person replied. In the background, countless people could be heard shouting, "Commander-in-Chief Char, we love you!"

The hero was dumbfounded.

The microcosm has gone into a rampage, completely out of control. The universe, the origin of all things, is about to experience a shocking explosion in his stomach. This is the price of touching the realm of gods!

It's divine punishment! Divine punishment is about to be released from the stomach and intestines!

The Phantom Thief smiled miserably. He looked at his creditor across from him and said, "Toyokawa-san, I'll leave this Hi-Nu Gundam in your care."

Kurusu Akatsuki rushed into the toilet at the last moment of the Big Bang.

Amid the deafening explosion, even the omnipotent Phantom Thief's mind went blank, lost in the vastness and grandeur of the universe.

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Are limited edition Gundams really that attractive to boys?

But...this model should be very expensive, right?

Shoko Toyokawa took the huge cardboard box from the waiter who came to distribute the prizes. Looking at the cover illustration of the Manatee Gundam holding up a sword with both hands and slashing heavily at the huge hamburger that was like a meteorite, she also sighed like Kurusu Akatsuki.

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A gentle evening breeze blew from the end of the street.

Kurusu Akatsuki, with a dejected look on his face, walked slowly behind Toyokawa Shoko, holding a cardboard box containing a Gundam model.

"You're being too reckless!"

Toyokawa Shoko whispered, trying to vent the worry and tension that had just accumulated in her heart.

Then, three Fukuzawa Yukichi cards were handed over to her shoulders. "Here are yours."

Shoko Toyokawa looked at the banknotes being handed over her shoulder and took a few steps back as if she had been electrocuted.

Kurusu Akatsuki held the cardboard box and said, "I'm always in debt. That makes me feel uneasy."

The girl was speechless for a moment.

The atmosphere seemed to become subtly awkward.

Toyokawa Shoko's eyes wandered for a while, "I don't need money that much yet."

"Even with the school's help, your situation won't be much better than mine, right?"

She looked at the boy in front of her who shared the same suffering as her, "But..."

Kurusu Akatsuki interrupted Toyokawa Shoko's explanation and mimicked her expression and tone from yesterday in Starry, even mimicking the same words: "My test scores were excellent... Thanks to those transcripts, my current high school also waived my tuition, and I receive a scholarship every semester. I'm able to squeeze in plenty of time every day to work several part-time jobs, so I've saved some money."

He forcefully stuffed the three 10,000 yen bills into Toyokawa Shoko's hand and said, "So, you can take this money."

Then, he pointed with his free hand at the laptop bag on his shoulder and said, "I just bought this laptop today for 120,000 yen. I really didn't have it as hard as you think."

But the more he explained it this way, the gloomier Toyokawa Shoko's expression became.

Holding the banknotes, Shoko Toyokawa stood in silence under the colorful lights behind her.

There was a hint of apology in her eyes, but in the end she didn't say "I'm sorry".

No amount of tears, words, or money can undo the damage done to your self-esteem.

Shoko Toyokawa understood this better than anyone else.

There was silence for about half a minute, then she bowed solemnly to Kurusu Akatsuki and thanked him.

When passing by the department store next to Shibuya tram station.

The intricate lighting dragged the two people's shadows from parallel cones into two intersecting straight lines. The lines kept intersecting and then overlapped in the direction of the tram station.

Having walked out of the prosperity of Shibuya Central Street, the night breeze of late spring is cold, but it makes the girl feel warm in her heart.

Kurusu Akatsuki, holding the cardboard box, walked in front of Toyokawa Shoko without knowing when.

Although his back is not very broad, it makes people feel surprisingly reliable.

Very close to the tram station.

At the bus stop heading to the North District, Toyokawa Shoko once again sincerely thanked Kurusu Akatsuki.

Until I got on the evening bus.

She tried to put herself in Laiqi Xiao's shoes, and was deeply touched by the overwhelming feeling of suffocation. Then she began to feel grateful and admire the boy who was much stronger and braver than herself.

The night scene of the city passing by quickly in the car window was reflected in her eyes, and the lights in the darkness flowed as fast as the galaxy in those amber eyes.

This gratitude and admiration would last until a few months later, when she visited Kurusu Akatsuki's residence in LeBlanc's attic, and then it disappeared and immediately turned into another more intense and painful emotion.

Of course, the above are all things for later.

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PS:

(I'm getting ready to watch the game. I'm still halfway through the remaining three chapters, so they might have to be posted around 2 a.m. Don't worry, it won't affect the weekend updates.)

(By the way, I recommend a book by a good friend, a million-word original martial arts novel, very good:)

Ji Zhao watched helplessly as the world collapsed into a game.

From the real world to simulated 3D, and from simulated 3D to horizontal 2D, it seems like the history of the game's degradation, until the end, everyone becomes pixelated people wandering on a fixed path, unable to make any sound, and can only repeat fixed lines with bubbles popping out of their heads.

In contrast, a martial arts game that appeared on his computer evolved little by little, moving forward from a pixel game, eating up the entire world as nutrients, and finally evolving into a real alien world.

He became the last player and was going to turn everything upside down.

There is no time to mourn for the passing of the Earth. What is coming next is————

The strongest fighter in history, the overlord of the martial arts world, the most perfect combat weapon in human history, the Shura demon who was born to win all the victories in the world, the God of War Ji Zhao!

With the power of one person, I can defeat the whole fucking world!

038. Aspiring to Become a Light Novel Master (Three-in-One)