Ryuuma didn't answer Isamu's question. He simply glanced calmly at Isamu.
Isamu felt like he was looking down on him … a high and mighty boss casually looking down on a low-level player!
He was so depressed that he couldn't speak. He looked at his phone.
Although he had the urge to put it back in his pocket, since he had already taken it out, he might as well keep it as a game resource.
And so, Isamu unlocked his screen and opened the [Puppet Battlefront].
After receiving the resources, the game prompted an "Urgent Request".
The so-called "urgent commission" was a random mission with a generous reward that needed to be completed within a limited time.
Isamu immediately checked and discovered that this was a rather difficult combat mission. The time limit was only fifteen minutes, and the corresponding rewards for completing this mission were quite abundant. This included many resources that Isamu currently lacked, as well as a piece of top-level equipment!
Isamu only had a single piece of the highest-level equipment of his type. That was why this reward was quite tempting to him.
He subconsciously accepted the request and entered the battle map.
Isamu could only sigh as he looked at the mission map filled with countless paths and a large number of enemies.
He might not even be able to clear this map in half an hour, let alone 15 minutes.
But even though he felt that way, he still observed carefully out of reluctance to give up so easily.
After observing it, he realized that the difficulty wasn't that high, and the way to clear it was quite obvious. He just had to use high-level gun girls to form an assault formation to force his way through.
Thus, he clicked on the command center and sent out the main assault team with the best equipment and skills to begin the battle.
"Let's go, for the empire!"
Following the imposing lines, a girl with short brown hair, wearing a black dress, a red scarf, holding an assault rifle, and a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle's appeared on the command center's icon.
Isamu controlled the assault squad that she represented to charge into the enemy's formation and engage the enemy.
After a fierce battle, the Gun Girls wiped out the enemy team. Apart from the loss of ammunition, only one member was slightly injured.
"This is the power of the empire!"
As the team leader, the brown-haired girl spoke again as she had contributed the most in terms of damage output.
Then came the second battle, the third, the fourth …
Isamu then discovered to his astonishment that his team had been surrounded!
Moreover, there were Mechs appearing in front of the enemy's stronghold!
A commando team would not be able to deal with a mecha soldier. They needed an armored penetration team.
How could this be? Was this path a trap!?
He widened his eyes and took a closer look, then sighed helplessly.
It was indeed a trap.
The team was surrounded by mecha soldiers. If they tried to break through the encirclement, they would be courting death. Even if they tried to retreat, they would not be able to escape.
He had failed.
Isamu had a dejected expression.
He didn't want to see the gun girls defeated, so he turned off the screen and wanted to put the phone back in his pocket.
"Give it to me," a calm voice rang out.
"Eh?" Isamu looked towards Ryuuma.
"Let me play. I'll help you pass," the Dragon Horse said calmly.
Isamu paused for a moment before realizing what this meant. He hurriedly handed over his cell phone to Isamu.
"Unlock it first, idiot."
He quickly unlocked it and handed it over.
Long Ma took the phone and started to operate it.
Isamu watched from the side. He watched as Seiji controlled the assault team to break through the encirclement from the rear. Seiji occupied a foothold and changed into a defensive formation. Then, Seiji sent out a new assault team from the command center to advance from another path …
"The glory of the empire … shall never be extinguished …"
After a few rounds of defense, the team was completely defeated. The brown-haired girl's clothes became tattered. She knelt on the ground in a sorry state and weakly uttered her line of retreat.
Although she and her team members had all been badly beaten, they had successfully delayed the mecha soldiers, allowing the other teams to circle around to the rear of the enemy formation and successfully occupy the designated stronghold!
Isamu had thought that he had lost the battle, but Long Ma's actions had turned it into a diversion.
"That's how you play this game," Long Ma told him calmly as he handed the cell phone back to Isamu.
Seiji had to admit that Long Ma was acting all high and mighty.
Isamu silently took back the cell phone and checked his reward. He then sent all the gun girls that had been destroyed to the recovery pool.
"What's this game called?" Suddenly, a voice spoke up behind them.
Isamu and Long Ma both turned around to see a tall and handsome boy standing there with a faint smile.
"… White Night?"
"That's me." Seiji smiled. "Nice to meet you two."
…
White Night's name was Harano Seigo.
Isamu felt that Harano -san didn't seem to fit the image of a Spiritual Ability user at all as he watched him excitedly playing the game.
Although Isamu had only imagined Seiji's image, and it wasn't strange for it to be different from reality, but … just based on Seiji's physical appearance, why would such a handsome idol be interested in otaku type mobile games!?
Such a person should be the highest-level Spiritual Ability user. He shouldn't be interested in video games at all.
No … even the highest-level Spiritual Ability user would be interested in video games. The key was still the genre of the game. At any rate, Isamu felt that Seiji shouldn't be interested in a game like the game, even if it was an excellent mobile game.
Yet, this was exactly what happened.
* Clang clang ~ ~ * A melodious sound rang out.
This was the sound of someone drawing a 5-star puppet!
"Type HX99. Please take good care of me, Commander ~"
A cute loli wearing an extravagant lace dress spoke her opening lines in a sweet voice while holding a sniper rifle that was even taller than her in one hand. She was holding a large caliber sniper rifle that was even taller than her.
"I drew a 5-star puppet … how do you like this character?" Seiji asked as he showed Isamu the screen.
Isamu widened his eyes in surprise once again.
This was a character that even he hadn't been able to draw. It was said to be the rarest 5-star puppet in the entire game!
"Excellent … this character will be very strong when trained to a higher level."
"It would seem that my luck in this game is quite good." Seiji chuckled.
'Not just good! You're super lucky, bro! ' Isamu thought to himself.
Next to him, Ryuuma silently sipped on some tea.
The three of them were currently seated in a corner of a coffee café. However, none of them ordered coffee. Instead, they ordered a pot of green tea.
After playing for a while, Seiji put away his cell phone and sipped on some tea as well.
"Both of you are high school students, right?" he asked.
Isamu nodded and looked towards Ryuuma.
Ryuuma glanced at Isamu before looking back at Seiji Mukai.
"Is there a problem with that?"
"Not at all. I'm just confirming." Seiji chuckled.
"I'm also a high school student."
"From now on, I'll just call you Saima-kun and Anima-kun. Is that alright?"
Isamu nodded again.
"Then, I'll call you Harano-kun," Ryuuma stated.
Seiji nodded as well.
"Saima-kun, Anima-kun, your surnames just happen to be opposite. You seem to get along better than I thought."
"That's not right. You're destined not to get along."
"If you were destined not to get along, why would you be so friendly with each other as soon as you met?"
Ryuuma was rendered speechless.
"I told you at the time that it's unknown how long the dream will last. Before you know how to escape from it, you'll have to rely on yourselves," Seiji told them seriously. "That's why it's quite important for you to become companions.
Not only that, I believe that you should get to know more companions … But, you'll have to decide what to do by yourselves.
You can tell me any time you want, even if it's late at night.
And, I'll continue to gather information about the dream. I'll tell you if I have any useful information. "
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