章 81: Chapter 81: I'm Sirin, Truly the Second Herrscher!
"Sirin, wait!" Chase watched as Sirin's finger touched the most inappropriate expression, hastily trying to stop her. But it was too late, the expression had already been sent.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Sirin was puzzled. There shouldn't be anything wrong with comforting the opponent after a failed attempt, right?
"Uh..." Chase wiped away the non-existent sweat on his face, chuckled, and said, "It's nothing."
Hopefully, in this world, patting the head didn't carry that meaning...
But Chase's hope was shattered shortly after because, after Sirin sent the expression, a series of head-patting expressions refreshed like a burst of fireworks.
Chase's expression became complicated, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Well, it seems that this world not only has a striking similarity to his original world in terms of jokes but also shares some strange and wonderful traditions.
However, what else could he do? Of course, he would firmly support his little sister.
"Brother, the other person also replied to Sirin with many of these expressions, hehe~" Sirin looked a bit silly, completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation.
"But why did the other side send so many?" Sirin was puzzled and asked Chase.
"This is called giving peaches and getting plums." Chase replied.
(TN: It means that we always repay goodwill with greater kindness.)
"Oh, I see." Sirin nodded, "I understand now, Sirin probably understands."
If the other person was so nice, Sirin had to reciprocate!
So, Sirin also started vigorously sending head-patting expressions...
Chase rubbed his forehead. Oh no, this silly girl actually believed it.
...
Silence, silence was the theme tonight. Sirin, tapping the screen, was the little sister I had longed for. The flickering head-patting expressions echoed in my heart.
The head-patting assault from the other side paused for a while under Sirin's counterattack, followed by an even more fierce retaliation.
Not only did the opponent not surrender, but they also dared to counterattack! At this moment, Silver Wolf finally showed the aura of a pro player. Her hand speed was astonishingly fast, the keyboard clicked loudly, making an unbearable sound under the heavy pressure.
Watching the entire battlefield continuously refreshing with head-patting expressions, Chase was momentarily speechless.
He had seen all kinds of situations, but this, he truly had never seen. But Chase knew that the head-patting expressions from Sirin and Silver Wolf must convey different meanings.
Fortunately, after the battle ended, the garbage time came to an end. Both Sirin and Silver Wolf were forced to end this head-patting battle.
Chase ended the brain-machine interaction first, not daring to let Sirin play for a while. He had to teach her some basic knowledge, or else, if she kept challenging opponents with head-patting expressions like this, Chase was afraid the other person might pat her back through the network cable.
"Hey, brother, how do I exit?" Sirin was busy tapping head-pats. She didn't expect the other person's enthusiasm to be so intense. To show friendliness, Sirin could only continue sending expressions in return.
Chase silently took off the helmet, sighed, and found that Bella had already gone somewhere, but he didn't pay much attention. He instilled some game knowledge into Sirin.
"Huh?" Sirin blinked her golden eyes, revealing a clear and foolish look. "So, the expression Sirin sent just now wasn't a friendly consolation..."
Chase nodded with certainty.
The hair on both sides of Sirin's head, resembling animal ears, drooped suddenly, and her disappointed look made her whole person appear somewhat pale: "I was too impolite just now..."
Sirin retreated to the Stigmata space, directly running into her carefully crafted small house, bouncing onto the bed, burying her head in the pillow, rolling on the bed, with red ears. It was evident that the owner was now extremely embarrassed.
Chase helplessly smiled and was about to comfort her when a rematch request caught his attention.
[Silver Wolf76 requests another battle with you... 5, 4, 3...]
"Sirin, the other side wants to play another round with you," Chase reminded.
"Ugh~" Sirin buried her head in the pillow, making an unbearable sound. She didn't expect the other person's enthusiasm to be so intense. To show friendship, Sirin could only continue sending expressions in return.
Chase shook his head helplessly. Well, let Sirin recover before continuing to play.
Just as Chase was thinking about this, a friend request popped up.
[Silver Wolf76 requests to add you as a friend.]
[Agree/Reject]
[Note: If you have the courage to pat heads, do you have the courage to fight again?!]
Chase twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at the angel who had become a tea kettle, and, with a slight tremor in his hand, couldn't help but agree to the friend request.
Soon enough, the other person's message arrived.
[Silver Wolf76: Come! Let's fight again!]
[Silver Wolf76: This time, I'll make you leave in defeat!]
After contemplating for a moment, Chase finally agreed. He glanced at Sirin, finding her sneaking a peek at the outside world. When she realized Chase was looking, she immediately buried her head back into the pillow.
"Sirin, that person didn't blame you."
Sirin sat up from the bed, holding the pillow in hesitation for a long time. Her eyes were somewhat evasive, and finally, as if determined, she nodded fiercely.
Whether to play the game or not was not important. The main thing was to move around outside the Stigmata space.
...
On the other side, Silver Wolf smiled satisfactorily when she saw the gaming invitation she had sent being finally accepted.
She had just analyzed the opponent's fighting style, although strange, it was not without weaknesses. With her superb gaming skills, defeating this supermodel monster shouldn't be a problem.
As for the character "Magical Girl Sirin," she had just checked. It was a newly released hidden limited character from the game company, not obtainable.
She hadn't lost; there was just a gust of wind blowing by just now.
Now, Silver Wolf was truly Silver Wolf. She had adapted to that guy's fighting style, and she wouldn't lose again this time!
Right when Silver Wolf was daydreaming about how to stylishly pat heads after defeating the opponent, a message from Kafka came through.
[Kafka: Honey, you're going to lose again.]
Silver Wolf frowned slightly. The game was already in the character selection phase, and she quickly typed a reply.
[Silver Wolf: I don't believe it.]
[Kafka: Elio said so.]
Silver Wolf fell silent. It was the first time she found Elio's prophecies so annoying.
Using such a profound ability like foresight to predict the outcome of a game? Wasn't it irritating? The match hadn't even started, and he already predicted that she would lose. Was he messing with her mentality?
She didn't believe in this prophecy!
...
Meanwhile, on the train, Bella excitedly rushed to the main car and said to Welt sitting on the sofa, "Uncle Welt, I saw Queen-sama!"
Welt, who was drinking water, almost sprayed it out upon hearing Bella's words. "What did you say, Bella?"
"Bella saw Queen-sama!" Bella repeated.
"Huh?" Welt's CPU felt like it was overheating.
Could this be real?!
...
The battle began.
It was another match between the Dungeon Rabbit in the Maze and the Magical Girl Sirin. However, the situation was different from the previous one, and it was quite intense at times.
With the mindset of either winning or dying, after becoming familiar with Sirin's combat habits in the previous round, Silver Wolf also started to feel a bit comfortable. She dodged attacks swiftly, almost wearing out the dodge key, successfully avoiding many of Sirin's attacks.
In reality, constantly evading such attacks would exhaust someone quickly. However, this was a game; as long as one could dodge quickly, there would be no attacks that couldn't be avoided.
At this moment, on the screen, Sirin's health bar was continuously kited by Silver Wolf, even lower than the Dungeon Rabbit. As long as she maintained this kiting tactic, chipping away at the health bar, she could win by stalling!
Silver Wolf stared at the screen, her actions not slowing down, with a slight smile.
Indeed, even Elio's prophecy could be wrong one day.
After all, the game situation was ever-changing; it was not easy to predict. Today, she, Silver Wolf, would break Elio's prophecy with her superb gaming skills.
However, as Silver Wolf thought, the situation in the game could change in a thousand ways.
After tossing the Void Scissors for a long time, Sirin failed to hit the Dungeon Rabbit and sighed helplessly.
If single-target attacks didn't work, she could only resort to AOE.
"Guardian Magic Chapter of Sirin's Happy Magic!"
With the chanting in Sirin's heart, purple stars appeared on her body, and these starlights gradually expanded, enveloping the entire combat space.
Boom! The purple light that enveloped the entire space suddenly flickered, and then... nothing happened.
Silver Wolf's pupils contracted, looking at the screen that displayed the message [YOU LOSE], her mouth twitched.
Alright, Elio's prophecy was not wrong; it was her who was wrong.
But how come there was such an AOE that enveloped the entire battlefield? This character was way too overpowered!
She didn't feel like patting heads anymore. Silver Wolf opened the chat box, sent a number, and exited the match.
[Silver Wolf76: 6.]
Silver Wolf exited the game and sighed.
Tired. Let it be destroyed.
...
Seeing the grayed-out avatar of Silver Wolf and the message from the opponent, Sirin asked with some confusion.
"Brother, what does 6 mean?"
"Oh, the opponent is praising you for playing well." Chase smiled, thinking that there shouldn't be any sarcasm from the other side, probably?
[The number "6" in Chinese shares the same pronunciation as the character "溜", meaning "skilled" or "expert". It is typically used to express admiration in gaming, though may also be applied in other situations.]
Maybe?
"Oh oh." Sirin nodded thoughtfully, suddenly noticing Welt and Bella entering the room, and greeted them.
"Uncle Welt, long time no see," Sirin smiled.
Welt looked at the Second Herrscher who was saying hello to him through the screen, calling him Uncle Welt. He still felt a bit magical.
Although he had anticipated the current situation, when his former enemy greeted him with a smile and called him Uncle Welt, Welt still felt a bit uncomfortable, as if... his whole body was crawling with Otto, and Otto kept saying, "He may have lost his father, but he still has me" and such.
Putting aside these thoughts, after all, Sirin was greeting him. Welt nodded in response and then shifted his gaze to Chase in front of the screen, asking, "What's going on?"
But Chase's voice came from the screen: "Oh, this is a new gadget from Black Tower, brought it out to let Sirin have some fun."
"Why did you go inside too?"
"The flaw of brain-machine interaction lies here. If I want Sirin to come out and play, I can only accompany her inside." The voice from the screen sounded a bit helpless, with a hint of indulgence, "But it seems that the research on Black Tower's side has made progress again. Sirin may be able to come to the real world soon."
"Hehe~" Sirin in the screen laughed stupidly when she heard this.
Sirin: °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
(TN: Originally empty, but decided to add an emote.)
Welt looked at Sirin, feeling a mixture of emotions, complex and diverse.
Indeed, the current Sirin in front of him was completely different from the arrogant and inflated Second Herrscher he remembered. Polite and innocent, there was no trace of the shadow of the Second Eruption.
It's no wonder that the version of himself from that world trusted these siblings, oh, and Bella too.
...
On the other side, Silver Wolf, who had exited the game, became more and more irritated as she thought about it. She gave up the idea of fighting against Sirin again and directly opened the random match.
After a while, having played a few rounds of easy matches, Silver Wolf closed the match, stretched lazily on the comfortable gaming chair, and her eyes regained determination.
Indeed, her gaming skills were always online.
If it weren't for that game character named "Magical Girl Sirin" being too overpowered, she wouldn't have lost so embarrassingly.
So, she contacted the game company.
[Silver Wolf76: Is there a hidden way to obtain the character Magical Girl Sirin?]
Yes, if you can't beat them, join them. That's what Silver Wolf was thinking.
Since being crushed by a character with excessive strength, she might as well use a character with excessive strength to fight against her. This way, it would be a competition of pure skills!
However, the response from the game company poured cold water on her competitive spirit.
[Game Company Customer Service: Darling, we've received your question and are currently processing it. Please wait for a response after three working days, dear~]
Silver Wolf: "..."
Brushing it off, Silver Wolf took a deep breath, preparing to take action, when Kafka's message came again.
Feeling a bit unhappy, she was sure that Kafka had messed with her mind before the match!
Kafka: Darling, lost again? Fufu~
Silver Wolf frowned, pursed her lips, and she could almost feel the joyful smile on Kafka's face through the screen.
Silver Wolf: [Auto Reply]I'm currently busy. Contact me later.
Kafka: Sure enough, you lost~~
Silver Wolf: ????
Silver Wolf didn't want to reply anymore; she felt a bit tired.
She shifted her gaze to the game's friends list and found that the newly added friend "Sirin" was still online. After thinking for a moment, she decided to investigate the other party's details.
Let me check the IP of this friend!
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