Chapter 36

Qingshan Li sat in front of the Computer, holding a controller with a Beautiful Girl sticker on it.

Opposite him was Game Guy A.

"Do you have your own account?"

"No."

"Then use ours, and don't blame us if you lose."

"Same to you, don't blame me if you lose, blame Mikami Ai for being too beautiful." Qingshan Li said.

Mikami Ai smiled faintly, quite satisfied with his buck-passing.

"If you lose, don't even think about keeping this Classroom." Miyase Yaeko said.

"Ah——" Game Guy B let out an inexplicable low growl while entering the account and password for Qingshan Li.

Just win one round, Qingshan Li told himself.

"Who among you is the strongest?" he asked.

"Me." Game Guy B said.

"Bullshit! It's me!" Game Guy A said.

"I've never lost!" Game Girl C said disdainfully.

Everyone, see? Excessive competitiveness and Internal Conflict will only hurt yourselves.

Qingshan Li originally only wanted to defeat the strongest, and lose to the other two, but now who should he let win?

His own skill isn't strong either, and he can't throw the match midway.

The Game Club, aside from death, has nothing left to seek.

But Qingshan Li hasn't given up yet.

In this life he hasn't played games, in his Past Life he has, so even with an unfamiliar game, he's very familiar with the interface——he clicked into the match record.

"Ready yet?" Game Guy A was already Impatient.

As a true Game Club member, he was full of excitement at this moment, using a game to decide the Club's life and death, is there anything more thrilling than this?

"Wait, let me get Familiar with it." Qingshan Li said.

The three Game Club members often fight among themselves, roughly estimating, 'o8o' loses the most, 'Zako' is average, 'Eriri' wins the most.

Good, it's you then, 'Eriri'.

Eriri is Game Guy A, sitting right opposite him.

"Let's begin." Qingshan Li said.

"Aren't you going to adjust your equipment? I have a lot." Game Guy B said.

"No need." Qingshan Li said.

The more he does, the more mistakes he makes, better to leave it all to the System.

"Then let's go!" Game Guy A clicked start.

——System, Relaxation Time, come out and play the game!

【Arena Scene detected, activate Intelligent Guidance?】

Qingshan Li breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Games have long become a major industry, but he wasn't too sure whether 'games' could receive Guidance.

Looks like the System keeps up with the times after all.

"Don't talk to me until I win." he instructed Mikami Ai.

"I'll only talk to you if you win."

"That's perfect."

——Begin

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The arena is an ordinary small town, with no terrain advantage for any class.

System·Ryosuke's operated Magical Girl rode a magic broom to the sky above the small town.

The Magical Girl waved her hand, shooing away a buzzing mosquito by her ear.

A figure flashed, and a silhouette appeared on the roof of the small town's tallest building.

"For the Game Club, even if it's a Magical Girl, I'll kill her for you to see!" The figure was a Swordsman.

The Magical Girl sitting on the broom extended a fair, delicate hand.

"Clap!" She snapped her fingers.

Five Fireballs flew out.

The Swordsman drew his sword, simultaneously unleashing the skill 'Draw Sword Slash'.

Boom!

Sharp Sword Qi and the Five Fireballs neutralized each other.

A wild wind blew up the Magical Girl's Skirt, the girl pressed down on her magic hat that wanted to fly away.

Smoke Spread through the small town, the Swordsman didn't show himself for a long time.

The Magical Girl tapped the broom, diving into the smoke.

Mikami Ai stood behind Qingshan Li, watching the Magical Girl slowly advance through the smoke-filled small town.

Enemies could pop out from any direction at any moment, and she couldn't help but grow tense along with it.

If it were her, she would absolutely not enter the smoke.

For a moment, forget enemies, she couldn't even see herself clearly.

The Magical Girl raised a hand and pointed, a streak of lightning coursed through, and a figure suddenly appeared in the mist.

It's a swordsman.

The swordsman struck by lightning trembled all over.

The magical girl's outstretched finger slid sideways, and another five fireballs appeared.

A swordsman suddenly leaped out from behind, waving his hand to unleash a sword light that had no presence at all, yet was fast and thin.

The magical girl flicked her broom to the left, avoiding it with composure.

The five fireballs traced by her right hand were only launched at this moment, hitting the swordsman squarely.

The swordsman crashed down, destroying a building.

The swordsman tried to rise, but discovered he was being embraced by a stone giant.

When?

Could it be he even predicted in advance from what angle he would sneak attack and where he would crash?

Game Boy A mashed the controller as if crushing it; the swordsman's eyes turned red, a blood light enveloped him, and he activated Berserk.

Sword Qi swirled around, and the stone giant cracked.

Vast as a sea of smoke, magic enveloped him; the freed swordsman wanted to dodge but couldn't.

Naturally, he couldn't escape either; upon entering Berserk, all evasion skills became unusable.

In their place, the power of all offensive skills was upgraded.

"Ah!!" Game Boy A shouted, his hand speed exploding with full force.

The swordsman in the game also let out a battle roar, swinging out sword lights like a violent storm.

In an instant, magic and sword lights crisscrossed across the screen.

The swordsman completely changed his previous style, starting to use a mutually destructive fighting method.

First, the swordsman's HP was very low, but still higher than the magical girl's no matter what;

Second, in the Berserk state, the lower the HP, the higher the attack power.

But soon, a sense of powerlessness surged in Game Boy A's heart.

The swordsman was still in Berserk, and as his HP dropped, his attack power grew higher and higher, but he couldn't land a hit.

Completely unable to land a hit.

Game Boy A occasionally matched with pro players; although he lost more than he won, he had never felt this powerless.

The opponent's play seemed very strong, yet also seemed like they only knew how to run away.

"If you've got skill, stop running!" Game Girl C watched with frustration.

The magical girl's giggling kept coming from the computer; this sound effect only played when casting vicious magic or triggering preemptive evasion.

Life drain, poison gas, electric shock — various petty tricks fell like cherry blossom rain.

The swordsman died in stifling frustration!

"Too despicable!" Game Girl C shouted.

"Look at his health bar." Game Boy A covered his face, muffled reminder.

Everyone looked at the screen; from start to finish, the magical girl was at full health, and even her mana had already fully recovered.

Running away, wearing the opponent down to death while remaining at full state oneself — everyone knows this can't possibly be a matter of luck.

Describing it as an expert doesn't quite fit.

Monster!!

The Game Club members simultaneously thought of this word.

"Well done." Mikami Ai smiled.

Qingshan Li also let out a breath of relief.

The system chose a playstyle that didn't look very pretty in the audience's eyes, making him slightly less conspicuous.

In the next two matches, as long as he was defeated, the opponent would suspect the first match was really just luck, or rather, that he really only knew how to run.

"Pretty impressive." Miyase Yaeko said, "Didn't expect you still have the mind to play games normally."

This is what Qingshan Li worried about most.

The system went too far!

Every time it's A-rank; besides writing books, what other matter dares to let it act recklessly?

Fortunately it's just a game; no matter how strong, Miyase Yaeko doesn't care.

"Since he's this formidable, I'll relax the conditions for you." She said to the Game Club people, "As long as you can win one match, the Game Club can continue to exist."

She then said to Qingshan Li: "As long as you lose one match, I'll abolish the Athens Philosophy Research Club."

"One match, just win one match!" Game Boy B, who replaced Game Boy A, muttered to himself on the other side.

Game Girl C clenched her fists.

"Only one can survive, isn't that too cruel?" Qingshan Li asked Miyase Yaeko.

"If even you can't beat them, what value does the Game Club have? Wasting school resources, better to give the computers to clubs that need them more."

Qingshan Li put down the controller.

"Sorry." He said to Mikami Ai, "Win or lose doesn't matter, but I don't want to use winning or losing to decide whether a club has the qualification to exist."

The Game Club might really be useless, wasting school resources.

As long as it has nothing to do with Qingshan Li, he completely doesn't care whether they get abolished; he might even be happy to hear the news — not allowing anyone to be happier than him.

But this matter cannot be decided by him, and he doesn't want to decide it.

"Is it okay if the Yaken Club gets abolished too?" Mikami Ai asked him.

"That, actually, I should have already joined the Kendo Club; I can go to the Kendo Club." Qingshan Li said.

With 【Reading】, he can rely on mystery novels to upgrade materials, merely wasting school club time — in the Kendo Club he definitely couldn't use the system.

There were too many people there, and they were all outsiders; entering the Guidance State would be too abnormal.

"We admit defeat too," Game Girl C suddenly said.

Everyone looked at her.

Game Girl C said to the other two male club members: "He would rather his own club be abolished than let us continue to exist; a Game Club like that cannot happily play games."

Game Boy A and Game Boy B both fell silent.

"Mm~" Game Boy A scratched the back of his head, "You decide."

"I have no objections either," Game Boy B said, nodding solemnly.

Mikami Ai looked at Miyase Yaeko: "A draw?"

"Both won, probably," Miyase Yaeko smiled, "Although it was a game, you who play games are very healthy; in the name of the Student Council, I permit the Game Club to continue existing this semester."

"R-really?"

"Great! All thanks to my decision! If this were Naruto, the Second Hokage would definitely make me the Third!"

"Anyway, you only went easy because this classmate is handsome."

"What does that matter? Handsome is best! The facts proved it!"

The Game Club became more united; playing games in the future might be happier too.

As for the Athens Philosophy Research Club side

"Classmate Aoyama of the Kendo Club, why are you following me?"

"That's a choice between conscience and beautiful girls; I have no choice. Now it's the Kendo Club versus beautiful girls—how could I not choose beautiful girls?"

"So in your heart, conscience is most important? I misjudged you."

"I can change!"

Mikami Ai sighed, then suddenly smiled: "Classmate Aoyama, you are more outstanding than I expected."

Is this... praising someone?

Forget it, being with a beautiful girl is victory!

"Carry me up, Qing Shan," Miyase Yaeko said lazily.

"Sorry, I already belong to Club President Mikami Ai!"

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