"Eh, that's it? It's over so soon? "
"Of course, it's the Olympics. Do you think I'm joking?"
"But I feel like I didn't watch it at all."
"It's too short …"
Although Miyamori Akui said that she wanted to watch her own story, when Tang Hao asked her what she wanted to watch, she replied that it was Fantasy Village. Perhaps the others also considered that it would be awkward to watch her own story in front of so many people, so they expressed their support. Hence, Tang Hao showed them the quadrennial episodes of Dreams of Summer Village and Wanhua Mirror series.
Of course, no one was satisfied watching it.
From Miyamori Akui's point of view as a professional animator, the art style of Dreams of Summer Village was a little too old-fashioned and was no longer suitable for this era. The plain daily plot lacked ups and downs. On the other hand, although the Wanhua Mirror series was aesthetically pleasing and had a main plot, the pace of the plot was too fast, and it was difficult to highlight the characters' personalities. In fact, if she had not come into contact with the Eastern series of games, she might not have known what kind of plot it was. It was a completely fan-based anime.
Of course, as a work created by fans out of love, there was nothing to be too demanding about it. At least the purpose of reference and learning had been achieved. Overall, she was quite satisfied.
Although the two pits, Dream of Summer Village and Fantasy of Wanhua Mirror, were very short, it took almost the entire morning to finish them all. While everyone was not satisfied, they were also hungry, so they casually made some lunch to fill their stomachs. Then, the group of people went to the basement.
After all, the main purpose of this trip was for the Ice Soul Stone. The anime could be watched at night when they were free. This was something that had been agreed upon at the dining table.
As the Ice Soul Stone had already been registered in the chatroom, it no longer emitted a strong chill. Even ordinary people like Megumi Kato did not face the risk of getting close to it. Hence, they easily passed the verification.
Of course, passing the certification was one thing, and becoming a Substitute Emissary was another matter.
The first step to controlling the second soul was to come into contact with the Ice Soul Stone and guide the coldness of the Ice Soul Stone into one's body to refine the soul. The method was not difficult, because after passing the certification, the Ice Soul Stone would automatically guide them on how to do it. It had auxiliary teaching functions.
The real difficulty lay in the fact that the physique of an ordinary person could hardly withstand the erosion of the chill. Other than Tang Hao and Asuna, the others could only endure for five minutes at most. Once they exceeded the limit, the Ice Soul Stone would immediately issue a warning and forcibly stop the training as a form of protection.
In a way, this was also an anti-addiction system.
Megumi Kato, Yukino, and Miyamori Kui did not have the ambition to become a peerless expert. They only hoped that they would pass this training so that they would not be a burden to the team. Therefore, whenever the Ice Soul Stone gave them a warning, they would immediately stop training and go upstairs to rest or watch their own anime to recover their strength.
Only Hikari Hitomi seemed to be very hardworking. Even when the Ice Soul Stone gave her a warning, she still gritted her teeth and persisted until the training was forcibly interrupted.
This method had its pros and cons. The advantage was that she trained for a longer period of time, and the potential in her body was constantly stimulated. After several times, even her body's endurance had improved significantly. Compared to Megumi Kato and the others, she could endure for a longer period of time. But on the other hand, this kind of extreme training was dangerous after all. It had a certain degree of damage to the body, and if the number of times increased, some bad situations might occur.
Especially during the period when the training ended, she looked like she was having a hard time.
"Actually, you don't need to work so hard. Haste makes waste. Just take it slow."
Just when Hikari Hitomi's training was forcibly interrupted again, Tang Hao finally could not stand it anymore and walked up to her.
"Sorry, did I cause you any trouble?"
"It's not a problem of trouble. Even if you cause me some trouble, it's not a big deal …" Tang Hao supported her tottering body and took her away from the cold pit. "It's just that your training method is not a long-term solution. Even if you make more progress than others, once your body is damaged, it's not worth it in the end."
Hikari Hitomi was silent.
Tang Hao saw that she seemed to have something difficult to say, so he didn't say anything more. He took her back to the first floor and made her a cup of hot coffee. When her complexion gradually recovered, he finally asked, "You're forcing yourself so much. Is there any reason you need to become stronger immediately?"
"I …" Hikari Hitomi looked like she wanted to say something.
"I'm just saying." Tang Hao sat down opposite her and said with a smile, "Just think of me as your caring big brother."
"Caring big brother, what kind of strange joke is this?" Hikari Hitomi couldn't help but laugh, but soon, her expression gradually became serious. "I want to help Yakuza as soon as possible …"
Not long ago, when Tang Hao went to the Moon World, Kuriyama Miku received a request from Hikari Hitomi to go to the world of Noyogami to help Yakuza fight against his boss father. Then the day before the chat room was upgraded to level 2, Kuriyama Miku also went back.
But this did not mean that the boss was killed. In fact, the two sides did not have a direct collision. Even if Yakuza Miku was temporarily free from his father's control, he could not get rid of the shadow that he grew up in.
And Yakuza Miku was a person who would not hesitate to help others when they were in trouble. But if he was in trouble, he would not ask for help from others. Instead, he would silently bear it alone … Although he was generally a good person with a chivalrous style, his personality was still somewhat awkward.
Take his boss father for example. If the chat room went all out, even if there was a limit of interference value, causing some of the big bosses to be unable to fight, with the current lineup, it was enough to KO him. But Yakuza Miku never asked for help from the chat room.
Of course, Tang Hao could understand his thoughts. After all, it was not just a simple villain, but also his father. Yakuza Miku was probably in a state of dilemma and did not know how to deal with it.
And this kind of emotion more or less also infected Hikari Hitomi, so she hoped to become stronger as soon as possible so that she could help Yakuza Miku in the future.
It had to be said that these two people were actually somewhat stubborn.
Knowing the cause and effect, Tang Hao also understood why Hikari Hitomi trained so hard, but he still said, "Although your idea is good, the improvement of strength is not something that can be done overnight, not to mention that your training method still has a lot of drawbacks. In short, take it slow, even if something really happens …"
With that said, Tang Hao stood up and patted her on the shoulder, with a proud look, "Your brother Hikari will help!"
"Haha!"
Hikari Hitomi couldn't help but laugh, but perhaps because she poured out the burden in her heart, she also relaxed a lot, nodded, "Well, then I will listen to you, I won't be so reckless next time."
"Well, then have a good rest first."
"Thank you."
After saying goodbye to Hikari Hitomi, Tang Hao returned to the basement again.
"Is she okay?" Asuna asked as soon as he entered the ice cave.
"She's fine." Tang Hao shook his head lightly, "I am famous for being a caring big brother, the best way to enlighten confused girls."
"You think too much."
Asuna smiled and no longer said anything, focusing on touching the Ice Soul Stone and refining her soul.
Of course, Tang Hao was no exception. It was rare to have this opportunity to improve his strength, and the goal he set for himself was to master the second soul within a month, so that he would have more assurance of survival when facing the heroic mode dungeon.
Originally, he planned to go to other worlds after his Travel Points recovered, but he didn't have such a need for the time being.
As for the recruitment of new members in the unknown world, although it was necessary for the chatroom to grow, in fact, after the chatroom was upgraded to level 2, the need for new members to join the group was no longer so urgent. The focus was to improve the quality of the existing members, so this matter was temporarily put aside.
Anyway, there were no restrictions in the normal mode, as long as the administrator gave the permission, any member could freely move around. Although the hard mode only had three times a month, it didn't make much of a difference at the moment.
After all, there were only a few people who could afford to play the hard mode. Instead of repeatedly failing, it was better to accumulate enough strength before starting again.
So, the following days passed in this slow and peaceful rhythm.
Tang Hao and Asuna spent most of their time refining their souls in the basement, while Megumi Kato and the other three were limited by their physical strength, so they were intermittent every day. When they rested, they would watch their own or other people's cartoons, and from time to time, they would open the chatroom to practice to confirm their growth.
As for Ema Yasahara and Shizuka Sakaki, since they weren't members of the chatroom, the Ice Soul Stone had nothing to do with them, so they spent most of their time worrying about their cartoons, and also took on the role of nanny and cook, which made Tang Hao feel a lot more relaxed.
In fact, these few days, Tang Hao felt a little regretful, because he was the only man in such a big villa, and the others were all gorgeously dressed girls, a typical harem development. Logically speaking, something should have happened, such as accidentally bumping into a girl while she was bathing … Oh, that was impossible.
Because there was a dedicated artificial hot spring bathroom in the villa, when it was time to rest, the girls would bathe together in the hot spring, making a lot of noise. Unless it was intentional, otherwise, the possibility of him accidentally entering was almost impossible.
As for the other incidents of people hitting doors and falling down, there was no need to mention.
Even Tang Hao felt it was a little unbelievable, everyone was living under the same roof, but in these few days, nothing happened … It wasn't that he was particularly looking forward to it, but … this kind of development was obviously not in line with the harem model at the beginning!
It was like playing mahjong, you were obviously unparalleled, but you pushed nine different kinds of tiles.
In the end, Tang Hao attributed it to the fact that the villa was so big that it infinitely reduced the probability of accidents happening.
However, what Tang Hao didn't expect was that the internal idol incident didn't happen, but the external accidents that came suddenly made his position instantly awkward.
"Ring ring ring …"
That morning, Tang Hao was still lying in bed when his phone suddenly rang.
Tang Hao stretched out his hand from the quilt, took the phone in a daze, and put it to his ear, "Hello, who is this?"
"It's me, your mom." A familiar voice came from the phone, "Didn't you say that you started a company outside? It must be hard to start a business alone, right? You haven't been home since the New Year, so I came to see you … Oh right, where do you live now?"
"Ah?"
Tang Hao was stunned, this sudden phone call immediately stimulated him to immediately wake up.
Tang Hao suddenly got up, holding the phone for a while in a daze.
"I'm asking you a question? Why aren't you saying anything? "
"That … I'm a bit busy …"
"It's only eight o 'clock, what can you be busy with? Even if you are busy, I didn't ask you to pick me up. Tell me the address, I'll take a taxi myself. "
"Well …"
"Why are you stuttering? Is the fact that you started a company fake? Don't tell me that the girlfriend you brought back during the New Year is also fake? You little brat, you love to lie. "
"No, of course it's real!"
Left with no choice, Tang Hao could only give the address of the villa.
"Okay, I'll remember it. I'll find a car to go to your company later. Seeing that you're fine, I can go back with peace of mind."
With that, the other end of the phone hung up.
It wasn't until the beeping sound came from the phone that Tang Hao finally snapped out of his daze. Although he didn't know why, he felt that he might be in trouble.
Although in this world, he was already a superhuman existence, not everything could be solved with his fists, such as his mother who was about to arrive.
After casually washing his face, Tang Hao walked down from the second floor, just in time to see Shizuka Sakaki coming out of the dining room and walking to the kitchen.
"Good morning, Boss."
"Morning."
"Breakfast is ready, Little Kui and the others are also downstairs, doing their morning exercises. Boss, you can go to the dining room first."
"Oh, okay."
Tang Hao nodded numbly and walked to the dining room.
Shizuka looked at his back and blinked inexplicably. Somehow, she felt that Tang Hao was a little sluggish today, lacking the liveliness of the past … Was it an illusion?
She returned to the kitchen and told Ema Yasuhara about it. The latter felt that Tang Hao must have cultivated too much. In the past, because of the pressure from work, she would often be very listless, and could only barely keep up with her work by doing gymnastics dance.
"Is that so." Shizuka didn't take it to heart after hearing that.
After a while, the few people who were doing their morning exercises also came back. The so-called morning exercise was nothing more than running a lap on the beach. Their rosy white faces were covered with a few traces of sweat, and they looked exceptionally beautiful.
Then, everyone sat around the table and ate breakfast together.
Halfway through, Tang Hao seemed to suddenly remember something. He put down his bowl and chopsticks, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice, "I have something to announce …"
"What is it?" Megumi Kato replied casually, and the others didn't care either, because they were already used to Tang Hao's pretense.
"My mother is coming."
"Huh?!"
In an instant, everyone was stunned.
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