After tossing and turning until 4 p.m., Ryota finally had his first meal of the day.
The food was naturally prepared by Miyuki.
It's actually nice to have someone cook at home.
It's not like he can't do it alone.
Especially lazy.
Doing it a few times every now and then will give you a feeling of freshness, but if you want it to last long you'll need a fair amount of patience.
After eating, Ryota prepares to familiarize himself with the second stage of the Military Commander System, and explore hidden abilities.
An unexpected phone call made him pause the exploration process.
The caller is the minister of an official organization.
Ryota answered the phone, and after a few simple greetings, the minister thanked him verbally for the information he had provided. And invite him to go to the department when he has time, and will say even greater thanks in person.
For fear of getting into trouble, Ryota refuses, and then asks about his business: "Are you dealing with Tenjin Elementary School's matters?"
"The ceremony circulating on the Internet has been blocked. We've created some new breaking news to temporarily divert the public's attention. Presumably the ceremony will soon be forgotten."
"Hot news?" Ryota became interested, "What kind?"
"Cough... I just found a few celebrities and idols, picked up some dirty stories, and broke the news on the Internet, leading the trend of public opinion."
"Will they agree?"
"Money, position, status, etc., there are too many things that can seduce people. Of course, apart from that, there are other types of hotspots that basically cover all aspects of the Internet. I hope everyone's attention can be diverted."
"Is this just a precaution?" Ryota kept asking "Treating the symptoms, not the root cause, what about Tenjin Elementary School, what are you going to do?"
"The people of the two major alliances have been told to deal with it, but perhaps the results are still sealed."
"Is there no way to deal with it?" Ryota asked.
"No." The minister said strangely, "Don't you know [Meme's] level traits?"
"I rarely take care of business in the circle, and the information I know is relatively small."
"Okay, [Meme] level ghost..."
The minister accepted Ryota's statement and briefly explained the meme.
Ghost level [Meme] does not mean absolute immortality, in terms of actual strength is not much different from a third-level psyker, although strong, they are not that strong.
If one could only bind, but not kill, couldn't one still lay siege?
But [Meme] level ghosts had the characteristic that once they were seriously injured, they would actively trigger the [Red Advent] phenomenon.
The [Red Advent] phenomenon would turn everyone living in the vicinity into ghosts and monsters, and it would affect a wide range. And at the same time, the [Meme] level ghost that triggered the [Red Advent] phenomenon, its own soul, as well as the number of souls it has will start to burn.
It's like self-destruction.
But before self-destruction is complete, their characteristics will be greatly enlarged, and their strength will increase immeasurably.
It's not like there isn't a campaign against [Meme] level ghosts.
However, four third stage psykers were sacrificed to successfully kill a [Meme] level ghost.
Moreover, the [Red Advent] caused heavy casualties to the common people. In short, the price is too high!
Even if an ordinary human could endure it, from then on, third stage psychics would no longer agree to this kind of thing.
Maybe some people have a spirit of sacrifice. But others disagree, and it's hard to do it yourself.
"Is that so..."
Ryota resolves old doubts.
No wonder ghosts of the [Meme] level can only be blocked by their nature, not eliminated.
How many third stage psykers in this world?
Eliminating one [Meme] level ghost will kill four people, which is a huge loss!
"So, in the end, it might just be a blockade."
The minister's voice was full of helplessness.
"Have you found the source of the spread of Sachiko's blessing ceremony?" Ryota asked.
"The Proliferator is dead." The minister replied: "They were killed by Nightmare. So this incident must be caused by cultists."
"Nightmare... cultists again, bunch of crazies!"
Ryota couldn't hold back his curse.
The existence of a cultist, he heard the minister mention it in that office building the last time.
Simply put, there are evil gods in this world. Like a ghost, it has the purest hatred for humans.
But unlike ghosts, they are not restricted by the killing rules.
But luckily, the dimension of the evil god is different from the material world, and can't directly interfere with humans.
They can only partially achieve their goal by spreading belief in the human world through some small means, and then passing on that power to the believers.
Ryota just didn't know about the Nightmare... namely, what kind of feud Tokisaki Kurumi had with the cultists.
She seemed to be hunting these people all the time. Actively searching and hunting around the world. Wherever there is a devotee, there is presence. As if she was never absent.
For that level of paranoia, Ryota thought this shouldn't be explained with a simple sense of justice, right?
To use a metaphor, it's like when you watch the news and see that a small foreign country is being ravaged by a war and its people are suffering a lot, then you immediately get angry, roll up your sleeves, book a plane ticket, and rush to go help justice there. ...
Ryota shook his head, temporarily suppressing his doubts.
After the conversation with the minister was over, he hung up the phone with a heavy feeling in his heart.
He didn't expect a [Meme] level ghost to have this feature.
What happened to the [Red Advent] phenomenon?
According to the information provided by the minister, the ghost only appeared hundreds of years ago.
In other words, [Red Advent] didn't exist in the first place. Something must have happened in this world.
"If I want to heal the supernatural, I must complete the Military Commander System, but I don't know how difficult it is to complete..."
After thinking about it, Ryota called up the system light screen, entered the task module, and released the task:
(Destroy [Red Advent])
[SSS level task difficulty, please offer a reward of 10,000,000,000,000,000 points for releasing the task]
Ryota:? ? ?
Ten thousand trillion points... what the hell! ?
...
It took ten minutes for Ryota to recover from the shock. Then compulsively get the relevant thought out of his mind!
He decided not to think about this question until he entered the third stage of the Military Commander System.
After calming down, Ryota meditated.
(Sure enough, I did choose the psionic system. If the upper limit can only be the same as [Meme] level ghosts, then it's impossible to deal with Grim Reapers.)
(Only at the end of the second stage, I'm afraid I won't be defeated in this world.)
Ryota rejoices at his choice.
The second stage of the "Seven Bridges" of the Military Commander System, when refined, can actually be divided into three levels.
Although there are three bridges ahead, what the mind can affect is only one's own body. But with the last three bridges, the mind can penetrate the body and disturb the outside world.
When talking about the seventh bridge, it can directly affect the concepts and rules.
Not to mention the potential.
Of course, whether he could grow to that point depended heavily on himself.
(The potential is high, but for now, don't aim too high, let's harness the power of the stage that appears first.)
Ryota calmed down, and prepared to find a place where he could train today, to sharpen his sword skills.
Judging from the information Ming Hong had sent him. Now he has acquired a swordsmanship that is invincible in the world.
This is the hallmark of the Ming Hong Sword.
He was able to kill his way through Tenjin Elementary School more than a hundred times, naturally not just because of his physical fitness.
Many swordsmanships were stronger than him in terms of ability.
The reason why he persisted was because of his skills.
Of course, it wasn't a very advanced skill, after all he hadn't studied sword techniques systematically.
"The best teacher is Ming Hong. I should find a quiet place and see if I can call her out. Ouch… I hope this little girl obeys."
Thinking of this, Ryota returned to his room and changed into his home clothes, ready to head out.
But just as he was putting on his clothes to go out, his cell phone rang.
Hayasaka Ai sent an email.