In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 468 The Spying Tornado

"Eh? Inferiority complex? How could that be? I'm Fubuki from Hell! How could something like inferiority complex happen to me? After all..."

"Okay, no need to explain."

Shimizu interrupted Fubuki's flustered explanation, waved her hand to block the Selfie Queen's attack, and golden Krakan chains spread out from her feet, accurately binding a large circle of ordinary people around the Selfie Queen and throwing them towards Fubuki.

"You should take these ordinary people and leave first. After all, your power has been greatly weakened, and you can no longer be of much help in dealing with monsters of this strength."

He pointed at these ordinary people and said without any politeness.

He wasn't willing to let the snowflakes take any more credit.

He still needs to study this strange person's mental abilities.

It's a Demon-level monster after all, with considerable strength. In an urban environment, if you don't want to cause excessive damage to the city, you have to control your strength. After all, you also have to live in D City, and you can't let these monsters destroy it.

If he were to spare even a fraction of his attention to protect Fubuki and a large number of ordinary people, it would be very troublesome.

If Fubuki could unleash her full power, although she wouldn't be able to defeat a Demon-level monster, she could at least protect herself and hold off the enemy for a while. But now that Fubuki's strength is suppressed to only half of her usual level, she's just dragging the team down.

Fubuki herself could see these things.

If she hadn't been suppressed, she might have been able to help when dealing with Demon-level monsters, but in her current state, how could she not know that she was just a burden?
She was simply unwilling to accept it, and she knew where her inferiority complex came from.

Because of her older sister, Tornado, who was far superior to her in every way since childhood.

From the moment she won her first first place in her life, she treated this B-level first place like a treasure, which shows how much Fubuki cares about this first place.

Deep down, she actually lacked self-confidence.

Because she knew just how vast the gap was between her and truly powerful people.

To outsiders, she is a glamorous B-class queen, full of confidence, but this is just a protective shell, a disguise.

The so-called Fubuki Group is not entirely because Fubuki wants to do something to prove herself. On a deeper level, it represents her subconscious choice to unite ordinary people and stick together for warmth because she realized that she was not strong enough.

"Last time you..."

"Why aren't you leaving yet? Hurry up and take your people out to heal, or wait until I'm done fighting before you heal yourself, so your sister doesn't come looking for trouble."

Shimizu Ittsuken forced the selfie queen back and then turned to Fubuki.

Fubuki clenched her fist.

It's because of my sister again!

Was that guy not going all out last time because he was worried about his sister?

Yes, his sister appeared shortly after he left. He had clearly noticed her presence, but he hadn't.

He had mistakenly thought that the two were evenly matched and their strengths were similar.

"I'm telling you two, there's no need to put on such a melodramatic show in front of me while you're flirting. In any case, you'll only end up as believers kneeling at my feet, admiring my unparalleled beauty."

The selfie queen yawned, looking rather bored, and even took out a small mirror and foundation to touch up her makeup.

With this action, Shimizu could feel that the mental aura associated with confidence emanating from her had intensified.

what is this?
Does feeling more confident come from feeling more beautiful after touching up your makeup?

"Then I'll be leaving now!"

Fubuki gritted her teeth, her face filled with resentment, and waved her hand to use her superpowers to restrain the ordinary people present, dragging them outside.

Shimizu then turned to look at the selfie queen.

"Well, now that all the troublemakers are gone, you can show us all your skills."

He could sense that the selfie queen hadn't used her full strength just now.

"It's good that they left. They were just a bunch of ordinary people with no real skills. If I could make a strong person like you submit to my beauty, that would be the best testament to my unparalleled beauty."

The selfie queen put away her small mirror and foundation box, and winked at the water.

Another wave of captivating love swept over us.

"Boom boom boom!"

One after another, freezing bombs shot out from the black warrior armor that rose from the ground, raining down on the selfie queen.

This is about controlling the area; it's best to limit the battle to this vicinity.

On the ground, streaks of lightning, accompanied by wind blades, swept towards the selfie queen.

"Kacha!"

"Kacha!"

"Kacha!"

The sound of shutters being pressed rang out continuously. The selfie queen struck various poses, releasing beams of selfie rays that collided and exploded precisely with the freezing bombs, creating icy flowers that filled the air.

Nine meticulously edited selfies appeared on the ground, shielding the selfie queen from the attack. The slight cracks that appeared on them were repaired almost instantly.

Shimizu's eyes flickered slightly, realizing that the selfie queen's mental domain had been greatly enhanced once again.

Selfie Queen Stage Two: Influencer Filters!

"My beauty is eternal and indestructible, so there's no need for me to go to great lengths."

The selfie queen made a pouting gesture, releasing countless pink hearts that flew in all directions.

The water was too fast for her to catch, so she had to compensate with wide-range attacks.

"Not necessarily."

Shimizu, wielding a black steel longsword in one hand, moved with the fluidity of flowing water, rushing upstream towards the selfie queen.

The sword is an extension of the fist. Many moves of the Flowing Water Shattering Rock Fist can be applied to the sword with just a slight change in the way the force is applied.

With Shimizu's skill in kendo, achieving this would naturally not be difficult.

What's even more difficult is to be like Bangu, who can penetrate everything like flowing water and theoretically seize every flaw!
In a daze, it seemed as if thunder roared and wind and rain surged.

Shimizu excels at lightning and wind-related attributes, but precisely because of this, he also has a high degree of compatibility with certain types of water and fire.

Thunder is a celestial fire that descends to earth; the two forms of energy share a considerable similarity, and wind can also fuel flames. The same applies to water.

Along with the wind and thunder, the event was naturally accompanied by a torrential downpour.

The continuous sword energy, like a torrential rain under the wind and thunder, was all-pervasive and stirring.

The Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist is impenetrable in defense and can also accurately find any weaknesses in offense.

Under continuous attacks, the meticulously crafted Nine Palaces Diagram was quickly shattered.

Streaks of bright blue sword energy crisscrossed, transforming into a surging river that rushed towards the selfie queen.

Shimizu has almost figured out the principles behind this guy's mental domain, and has even replicated and is now using it.

For those truly experienced and strong individuals, this move's suppressive effect isn't very strong. After all, even if those people still have flaws in their minds, the fact that they were able to reach that point means they possess the ability to face those flaws squarely.

At least in the realm of the selfie queen's mind, there was no negative impact whatsoever on Shimizu.
Of course, if one's mental strength is strong enough, it might be able to draw out the other person's inner demons, which would be even better.

However, in most cases, the Mind Realm can exist as a positive buff for both oneself and friendly units.

Shimizu himself comprehended the Perfect Flow technique from the Mind Gem, allowing him to unleash the full potential of his state at any time.

However, this mental realm directly draws one's mental power into reality for enhancement. By expanding and extending it, one can also use one's mental power as a catalyst to boost the morale of allies and allow teammates to enter a perfect mental state.

If you can affect the enemy's status and thus reduce their strength, you can naturally also improve the status of your allies.

The avatars in the Marvel universe can also do this when they have the Mind Stone. However, some people know how but not why, and only think about doing it. The Mind Stone, a top-tier treasure in the Marvel universe, directly omits most of the process from the first step to the last step for them.

"Not bad, I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain."

About half an hour later, looking at the scattered selfie sticks on the ground and the selfie queen who was covered in talismans and controlled by the Blood Burial Seal, Shimizu, dressed in casual clothes, nodded with satisfaction after releasing the Black Warrior.

They captured a demon-level monster alive.

The selfie queen's normal skill level is probably only at the lower end of the "ghost" level. However, with the influencer filter, her confidence increases, and her skill level can be raised to the middle of the "ghost" level.

According to the association's purchase price, the body of such a strange person should be worth 60 to 70 million yen. If captured alive, the price could be two or three times higher, so it would be at least 200 million yen.

But more valuable than the 200 million yen is the ability in the realm of the mind.

Although the stronger one is, the smaller the potential for improvement, with Shimizu's mental abilities, she can probably take her overall strength to the next level.

At least dealing with the weaker Dragon-level monsters shouldn't be too much of a problem.

The Hero Association staff quickly arrived at the scene and retrieved the Selfie Queen's body.

"The estimated basic buyback price is 63 million yen. Since it was captured alive, the total buyback price is 191 million yen after calculation based on the monster's physical integrity and ability characteristics."

Before Mr. Shimizu arrived, Ms. Fubuki had held off the monster for nearly a minute, which would earn her 10% of the base buyback price, amounting to 6.3 million yen.

After inspecting the sealed selfie queen, an association cadre wearing an eye patch picked up a computer and started pressing buttons on the spot.

Makoi, an officer in the Second Operations Room of the Hero Association.

A man whose ambition is practically written all over his face.

His reputation within the Hero Association is polarized. Those who think highly of him believe he is very capable and decisive, while those who think poorly of him feel that his style of doing things is too eager for quick success and often leaves many problems behind.

In short, this is a person who is eager to "improve" and is capable of getting things done.

This time, because it involved a Demon-level monster, and because the monster was captured alive, it was an association staff member of his rank who was dispatched to be responsible for the recovery and cleanup work.

The Hero Association's higher-ups take living monsters, especially high-level living monsters, very seriously.

"I received about 185 million."

Shimizu rested his chin on his hand, glanced at Fubuki who had rushed back, and nodded in satisfaction.

To be precise, it's 285 million. The Fubuki group still has 285 million that hasn't arrived yet.

Given Fubuki and the Fubuki Group's capabilities, after so much time, they should have raised at least 100 million yen by now, right?
"Mr. Shimizu!"

Fubuki, panting, ran up to Shimizu, the bandage on her arm still faintly tinged with blood, and dragged a beautifully wrapped gift box in her hand using her superpowers.

Shimizu's eyes lit up immediately.

Has this brought in a total of 100 million?
Hey, it's just 100 million, why package it in a gift box? How fancy.

Because the gift box was covered by Fubuki's superpower, Shimizu was unable to use the Transparent World to break through her superpower and see what was inside the gift box.

"Ahem, Miss Fubuki, you're injured. Let me help you treat it."

Shimizu coughed twice and spoke to Fubuki with a gentle expression.

Even disregarding her sister's feelings, or even just considering the 100 million yen, treating Fubuki's injuries would be a trivial matter for them.

"Then... I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Shimizu!"

Fubuki smiled faintly and nodded to Shimizu.

Even though her superpowers also have healing effects, based on the experience she learned from that post about getting along with otaku, she tries to increase positive interactions between the two of them, which helps to shorten the distance between them.

Although it feels a bit too close, this should still be considered a positive interaction, right?
And as the object of your fantasy, you, a single guy who has been in the workforce for over ten years, must be very excited, right?

Then I'll present you with the gift that I, the Queen, have carefully prepared. When you're so excited, won't you be completely at my mercy?

As for joining the Fubuki Group...

Thinking of this, Fubuki's smile became even brighter.

Meanwhile, in the sky, a middle-aged girl who had heard about her sister's injury was using her superpowers to hide herself, biting a handkerchief in her mouth, staring wide-eyed down below.

So Fubuki likes that guy!

He's alright looking, and his strength is decent enough to take down a demon-level monster. You can't tell his age, but he seems to have a sharp and assertive personality.

No wonder he was able to fool a naive young girl like Fubuki!

snort!
Even though Fubuki and I are the closest of sisters, little Fubuki has never given her older sister a single gift since she grew up, but instead gave this one...

Hmm... pretty boy!

We need to think of a way to properly test his loyalty to Fubuki!

If they're not a good match, don't blame her, as their older sister, for breaking them up!
(End of this chapter)