Kuroto Dan! Become the Game Advisor of Millennium!

"Aris is entering the mysterious building! Currently sending a team invitation!"

Alice smiled and waved to the people behind her, eager to start exploring this mysterious factory together. Midori and Yuzu felt relieved as they looked at each other.

"The problem with the Millennium Prize has been solved."

"Now is the time to enjoy the game, right?"

The two hit it off.

"Alice, wait for us~"

The dessert factory building is the factory in the background setting of "Mighty Action X."

In the game mode, players use their bodies which was strengthened by the Game Area to complete various difficult parkour actions, just like a famous game with a Plumber, and make their way to the final boss of the entire game—Count Salty.

"In short, this is the game."

Kuroto Dan explained the game's mechanics dutifully, just like when he faced enemies in the past.

He would first tell them what type of game his Gashat was—he is the president of Genm Corporation! Isn't it his duty to promote his own Game Gashats?

"An action game... I don't have much confidence in my physical strength."

Yuzu was a little worried. She was still wearing slippers, indicating she was an otaku who never exercised. Her physical strength must be poor.

"Parkour? Isn't it too difficult?"

"Naive! Do you think I didn't notice this situation?—This genius has already considered all factors!" Kuroto Dan's voice suddenly rose several degrees. "The unfolded 'Game Area' is a special space dedicated to players enjoying the game! Here, even people without legs can be given two legs to play games! The limitation of physical strength can also be strengthened with items!"

Kuroto Dan pointed to the various Energy Items scattered inside the game area. "Those are the 'Energy Items' that appear randomly in the game. Although these Energy Items were collected because of someone's mess, I added them back myself!"

Alice didn't understand Kuroto Dan's words, but she didn't need to understand much. There was no need to think too much about the game.

Once you get a good game, you just need to know how to play it, just like the three of them exploring the huge factory.

"Yuzu-chan, you've become so big! Is it because of the item you ate just now?"

Midori sighed as she stood on the steel platform of the factory.

Yuzu in front of her was already more than three stories tall, and even the gun in her hand had become as big as a giant train cannon. She looked like a giant about to kick the city gate.

"It seems to be... the effect of the item just now?" Yuzu carefully raised her feet. "Midori has become so small. It feels like the feeling of a giant looking down at the ground that was once simulated in a VR game."

"Bang Bang Ka Bang~ Aris got the rubberization item~"

Alice, on the side, encountered the item called 'Rubberization' and laughed. Then she out her rubber-like arm like a cannonball, sweeping several enemy soldiers walking on the steel bridge of the factory in the distance into the chocolate pot below.

"Aris' attack power has been increased~"

"Items, it's really interesting to see." Midori looked up at the top of her head where the chocolate cube was floating in the air a it ignored the laws of physics. "The Items are made by breaking that brick-like object, right?"

Raising her rifle, Midori fired directly to break the brick and raised her hand to catch the Item that fell out of it.

Energy Item: High speed!

"Oh oh oh oh! My body has become so light!"

Midori felt that the sensation under her feet had changed, as if she were standing on a horizontal conveyor belt at the mall and running in the direction of the conveyor.

The whistling wind swept around, and the speed of running beneath her feet felt like suddenly riding a motorcycle!

After Kuroto Dan finished the tutorial guidance, he disappeared without a trace, leaving Midori and the others to explore this unknown game world.

Without Kuroto Dan who is an outsider that was somewhat familiar but still a stranger, the socially anxious Yuzu gradually spoke more.

"It's hard to imagine that the experience here is a 'game.'"

The giant Yuzu seemed to be able to destroy blocks and Momo in the game. As Yuzu walked forward, the monsters and obstacles in front of her were knocked away one by one.

Surprised by this feeling, Yuzu gradually immersed herself in the game, and her initial timid feelings slowly faded.

"Maybe this is the future of games." Midori followed Yuzu on an aerial railing next to her. With the added bonus of high-speed mobility, she could easily keep up with Yuzu's giant steps. "I used to play virtual reality games and augmented reality games at game conferences. The concept is to immerse players in the game world more. The game cartridge that Mr. Kuroto Dan brought out have realized this concept in a way that goes beyond that."

"However, the rapid improvement of technical capabilities does not mean that the improvement of gameplay is also rapid!" Yuzu said seriously. "Retro games pioneered various game types, and narrative games, that is, RPG-type games, in addition to better picture quality and cooler light effects, the core gameplay is actually not much different from the old games!"

"What can move people is not the stronger picture quality and higher-definition rendering, but the plot throughout the game!"

It seems that the game brought out by Kuroto Dan had shaken her inner persistence in retro games, and Yuzu's voice became more passionate. "That's right! The gaming experience brought by next-generation machines is richer and more realistic, but there are more and more bad games in it!"

"Those developers think that as long as they use the most mainstream game engine, the most detailed textures, cool enough light effects and actions, and models of handsome men and beautiful women as the protagonists, they can create fun games. But the games made with such lofty ideas are often criticized as bad games!"

"Yuzu-chan, what you said makes sense." Midori nodded. "But our 'Tales Saga Chronicles' doesn't have any of the above content, and it also won the title of the worst game of the year."

"Uh uh uh... Midori..."

Yuzu's eyes squinted, turning into a heart-wrenching expression of >_<.

"Real damage, this is real damage!"

"Aris found the boss!"

Alice walking in the front suddenly spoke.

Midori and Yuzu looked forward.

A strange creature with a blue body, a top hat, and a scepter in its hand stood in front of a bubbling chocolate pot.

Seeing the three girls approaching, the strange creature waved the scepter in its hand and announced its name loudly.

"Jiejiejie! I am Count Salty! I am the one in charge of the dessert processing factory! Let me use the boiling chocolate syrup to make you all into chocolate figures! Hehehe!"

Midori's face was full of disgust. "Wow... it's 'Jiejiejie'..."

Yuzu turned her head away awkwardly. "It's 'Jiejiejie'..."

Alice was confused. "Hehehe?"

"Ah, that's it. In the comics published by the comics department of Shanhaijing Senior High School before, they used the unimaginable sound of 'hehehe' as the laughter of the villains." Midori simply explained to Alice. "But no one can imagine how to laugh with 'Jiejiejie,' so this thing has become a meme."

"I didn't expect that someone could really laugh out 'Jiejiejie.'" Yuzu held her grenade launcher. "Mr. Kuroto Dan might also be a retro lover?"

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! How dare you ignore me! Even if it's a female strategist, I will never let you off easily!"

Count Salty stomped his feet in anger. "My men! Turn them into chocolate! Jiejiejie!"

As Count Salty finished speaking, a group of orange-headed monsters wearing white aprons and looking like chefs emerged from all over the factory.

At the front, Alice had a serious expression. "The enemy is approaching! But Aris isn't equipped with weapons!"

"Aris-chan, hide behind us!" Midori rushed in front of Alice with a rifle in hand, blocking the monsters that tried to approach. "I need to go to the Engineering Department later to request a weapon for Aris-chan. I've been recommending games to her but I forgot about this!"

"This time, my grenade is key!"

After becoming huge, Yuzu's confidence grew for some reason, and even her tone was higher than usual. Then again, the usual whispers of giant Yuzu could now make people's heads buzz.

Raising her giant grenade launcher, Yuzu pulled the trigger.

The giant gun—no, it should be called a shell now—shot out from the muzzle.

Midori standing in front of her quickly pulled Alice, turned around, and ran without hesitation.

"Run, Aris-chan!"

"What?"

Alice asked curiously, but the next second, a huge grenade fell from the sky, followed by a mushroom cloud rising behind her.

Boom——!

"Wooooo——! My processing plant!"

Even though the people and machines were blown up, Count Salty didn't looked harmed. He just stared at his chocolate blast furnace with heartache. "My most important chocolate!"

"If you value it so much, don't fight here!" Midori complained, but at the same time, she looked at the crater blown out by Yuzu's grenade with lingering fear. "Yuzu's gun is so much more powerful than usual!"

"Sorry, I didn't know it would be so powerful..."

Yuzu was a little panicked, as though she felt she'd done something wrong. She wanted to hide but found that her giant body couldn't hide anywhere.

Finally, she gave up struggling and stood there dejectedly. "I'm sorry, Midori, Sister Aris..."

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not blaming you," Midori waved her hand. "Better to say, we are in the game now. Yuzu-chan, have you forgotten that we're playing Mighty Action X?"

"That's right!" Yuzu blinked and remembered they were in the game world. "The game world is too realistic... I almost got used to this huge body!"

A loud bang sounded in the sky.

Kami made a brilliant appearance!

A thunderbolt from the sky attracted everyone's attention, and Kuroto Dan, who had been absent for a while, appeared.

He landed from the sky with the posture of a superhero landing, a way he adjusted himself to appear with the administrator's authority just now. It was really cool!

"Is everything okay?..." Midori asked curiously. "Mr. Kuroto Dan, where did you go just now?"

Kuroto Dan waved his hand. "Although interrupting the player's exploration fun isn't what a game developer should do, considering the time, I'll appear early!"

Yuzu was puzzled. "Huh?"

"Before 'Count Salty' finds the weapon 'Gaschacon Breaker,' any attack will only cause very low damage to him!" Kuroto Dan explained directly, while Count Salty on the side struck a bodybuilding pose to show off his muscles.

"After obtaining the Gaschacon Breaker, you can deal normal damage!"

As Kuroto Dan typed the code, a white hammer appeared in his hand. "Just like this!"

Count Salty immediately changed color. "Don't come over!"

Kuroto Dan casually threw the hammer.

Kuroto Dan caused 9,999,999 points of damage!

Count Salty fell!

"Bang, bang, bang, bang?" Alice blinked. "Kuroto Dan won the battle?"

Midori asked in confusion, "Why did you suddenly make such a spoiler statement, Kuroto-san?"

"Because Momoi has arrived at the door of the activity room, and I think that after experiencing the games in my Gashat, you should understand what kind of game development technology you're about to learn."

Kuroto Dan took out his Game Gashat and pressed the button. The surrounding factory scene turned into blurred pixels, revealing the real-world space.

Midori, Yuzu, and Alice didn't even change their standing positions.

The first to arrive at the door of the activity room without mourning the sudden death of Count Salty, was Momoi, who came to prepare an identity certificate for Alice.

"Everyone, I'm back!"

Momo-chan rushed in from the door excitedly and handed Alice a student card. "Sister Aris, this is for you!"

"Bang, bang, ka bang~" Alice raised the card. "Aris got a strange piece of paper!"

"Uh, this isn't a strange piece of paper. It's the student ID of Millennium Science School."

Momo-chan explained to Alice. "I asked everyone in the Veritas to help add Sister Aris' information to Millennium's student records. From now on, Aris will be a student of Millennium Academy!"

"Oh, oh, oh~ It's really worthy of the Veritas," Midori applauded. "Congratulations, Aris-chan will be a formal student of Millennium from now on!"

"Is it so easy to hack into student records?"

Kuroto Dan complained from the side. "...But it's also very simple for me."

"Everyone in the Veritas is a super strong hacker," Momoi explained to Kuroto Dan. "With their help, it was possible to register Aris' name. Otherwise, we'd have to wait until this time next year for enrollment."

"By the way, here's your spare school uniform," Momoi thoughtfully handed Alice a few more school uniforms. "So you can change into these!"

"Bang, bang, ka bang~ Alice got a new school uniform~"

"Oh, oh, oh! Sister Aris's speaking manner is much smoother!" Momoi nodded repeatedly. "It must be the game I recommended that worked!"

On the side, Midori and Yuzu exchanged glances. "Aris-chan... is the way she learned to speak a little strange?"

"But it's better than before, right?"

"Can we get away with it like this? It's not easy for Yuuka to pass it considering Seminar... and the situation is actually quite tense recently..."

Yuzu and Midori's concerns were not unreasonable, but there was clearly no better way at the moment.

Just as the two finished their small, uneasy discussion, Kuroto Dan had already claimed the sofa without hesitation.

"You guys, prepare to start making your own Game Gashats!"

"Huh?"

"Huh, what?" Kuroto Dan frowned in dissatisfaction. "With your qualifications, it's hard to say whether you can make Gashats, not to mention that your Millennium Prize starts in a month. How long are you going to delay?"

Everyone stood up. "——Yes, yes!!"