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Chapter 269 Good News and Bad News (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Xia Pingzhou: No rush, it's only six in the morning.

[Hacker: Anyway, I'll give you an address first. Around noon, you and the young lady should meet up there.]

Xia Pingzhou looked up from his phone and turned to gaze at the huge floor-to-ceiling window in the corner of the room. In the dimly lit world, the Sapporo Radio Tower stretched straight into the sky, shining warmly against the cold, clear sky.

Just then, he suddenly heard the voice of the Queen statue.

He was startled, but quickly realized it wasn't a hallucination; it came from his mind. The Queen told him that a demon had appeared nearby, in the direction of eleven o'clock. Xia Pingzhou was somewhat surprised; the Queen's statue had never given him such a warning before.

So he instinctively picked up his phone and glanced at the Exorcist Association's app. The map that popped up didn't show any flashing red dots, indicating that even the association hadn't yet discovered any demons in Sapporo.

"Really?" Xia Pingzhou asked in his heart.

The phantom of the queen's statue nodded in his mind.

"Alright, I'll trust you this time."

Thinking this, Xia Pingzhou released the Sky Chaser. Black and white streams of light spread out, converging into a Möbius strip-like ring, with each magnificent chess piece revolving around him like a satellite.

He grasped the noble and elegant chess piece, and with a "click," it fell to the ground, and the Empress appeared in response.

Seemingly so as not to disturb Origami Ayase's sleep, the Queen statue bent down and picked him up, passing through the huge French windows in an instant.

She ran across the hotel's red-painted walls, then leaped up like a bird, her reflection on the glass curtain wall becoming instantly transparent just before she crashed into the building.

Using the power of nothingness, the Queen statue passed through high-rise buildings, landed on the branches of a large tree, leaped among the trees, and swiftly crossed the desolate Datong Park in the early morning, arriving in the city center.

After the Empress landed, Xia Pingzhou looked up from her shoulder. Looking around, he saw Tanukikoji Shopping Street, a famous shopping street in Sapporo.

This is a 900-meter-long arcade street covering seven blocks, featuring an all-weather vaulted design. Even in rainy or windy weather, visitors can stroll freely. A giant raccoon balloon hangs in mid-air at the entrance, flanked by two iconic "raccoon" character plaques, one red and one blue.

However, the street was not yet open at this time. The commercial street was dimly lit and sparsely populated.

The queen statue squinted and wrote words in mid-air with chilling blue flames, telling Xia Pingzhou that the aura of the demon was just ahead.

Xia Pingzhou was skeptical, after all, he had no idea that the Empress had the ability to sense demons.

He wondered if, as his mental attributes improved, the Queen's perception, as his pawn, also increased accordingly?

After all, it's clearly stated in black and white on the system panel that the player's attributes will affect the piece's abilities.

The Queen statue carried Xia Pingzhou into the commercial street, past the surveillance cameras, and slowly ventured deeper into the street.

After a while, they suddenly saw a brightly lit ramen shop in the deserted arcade.

The scene was particularly eerie: it was clearly not yet the opening time of the commercial street, and all the other shops were shrouded in darkness, but this ramen shop was radiating a warm firelight.

The Queen statue carried Xia Pingzhou as they leaped forward, swiftly approaching the ramen shop and pulling open the sliding door.

With a rumbling sound, the wooden sliding door opened.

Xia Pingzhou raised an eyebrow slightly. What came into view was the layout of a restaurant, but it was not as cramped as it appeared from the outside. In fact, it was about half the size of a football field.

Warm orange light shone down from the ceiling, illuminating this extraordinary space.

Four enormous babies sat in front of the bar. Their body proportions were extremely distorted: their heads were as big as a boulder rolling down a mountain, while their limbs were as thin as a short-legged cat.

At that moment, each baby was stretching out their arms on the bar, kicking the air and crying loudly. As they cried and screamed, they shouted in Japanese, "I want to eat."

Behind the bar stood a gigantic humanoid figure dressed as a ramen chef. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be a greenish-blue demon, standing four or five meters tall.

A huge pot was suspended in mid-air, with a wisp of will-o'-the-wisp at the bottom that seemed never to go out.

The ramen chef grabbed one or two passersby from somewhere, tied them together, and put them into a hot pot. The pot contained a rich broth, which was simmering slowly over a low flame.

Xia Pingzhou finally understood. This demon was using tourists as food, stewing ramen in a pot to satisfy the four customers at the bar.

"A ramen chef? There's such a demon?"

He was curious in his heart, but his actions were decisive. He directly grabbed the Flame Demon on the Möbius Loop.

A clear, resonant sound, like shattering glass, followed by a fleeting glimpse of the chess pieces.

Instead, a demon composed of two colors of flame, light and dark, bared its fangs in mid-air.

Xia Pingzhou silently recited the words "Bridge between Man and Demon," and a phantom of a bridge formed between the Flame Demon and the Queen Statue, with two chess pieces standing at the head and tail of the bridge respectively.

In an instant, their bodies were suddenly pulled into the middle of the bridge, and finally twisted and turned into a dazzling red light that swept outwards.

As the red light faded, an unfamiliar figure appeared inside the ramen shop.

The queen's statue's twin daggers vanished, replaced by a longsword forged in flames. The blade shimmered with flickering firelight, like the ebb and flow of waves.

Behind her unfolded a pair of enormous wings made of flames. Fire rained down from the wings, scorching a cratered pattern on the wooden floor.

The mirage-like flames outlined her heroic silhouette, her swan-like neck held high. A cloud-like pattern, scorched by flames, adorned her breastplate and gauntlets.

[The powers possessed by the "Flame Queen" are: "Flame Transformation" and "Pillar of Flames".] "Huh?" The four giant babies sitting on the bar suddenly stopped playing and slowly turned their heads. Their once clear eyes became empty and deep in an instant.

Their faces suddenly turned ferocious, resembling hungry demons rather than infants.

Just as the giant babies were about to pounce on the bar, Xia Pingzhou suddenly spoke in a low voice:

"Pillar of Flames"

Upon hearing this, the colossal statue of the queen suddenly flapped its wings and raised its longsword forward in mid-air. The billowing flames that formed the sword suddenly converged along the tip of the blade.

The sword transformed into a massive pillar of flame that hurtled forward like a bullet fired from a gun, unstoppable, or like a roaring, raging dragon, baring its fangs and claws, displaying extreme ferocity and savagery, instantly piercing the four giant infants that were rushing towards it together.

The four giant infants were stunned. They whimpered and cried, looking down at the holes in their bellies, trying to reach out and scratch the pillar of flame, but their hands were burned to a bright red ember.

The queen statue looked down at them, raised her sword, and a pillar of fire swept upwards, burning through the internal organs of the four giant infants, and then their heads.

The annoying crying stopped. For a moment, the entire ramen shop became much quieter. But the ramen chef behind the counter was enraged. He roared and violently overturned the large pot suspended in mid-air.

Two bound passersby flew out of the pot, splashing onto the floor along with the thick broth, rolling several times before stopping.

"Transform into flames," Xia Pingzhou ordered.

At that moment, the ramen chef leaped from behind the counter, smashing the seasoning spoon in his hand against the Queen's statue. A gust of wind swept in, and the Queen's statue's eyebrows twitched.

She slightly bent her knees in mid-air, and every corner of her body changed, suddenly transforming into a blazing fire that rippled forward in the wind.

The ramen chef's seasoning spoon missed its target. Instead, a blast of flames swept across his body. He roared and raised his arms to protect himself.

The flames scorched every inch of its skin, burning away its flesh in an instant, tearing out its bones, and devouring them completely.

The fiery curtain once again materialized into the Queen's physical form, and she appeared behind the ramen chef.

At this moment, only a pool of bluish-purple blood remained on the ground, and even the blood vanished in an instant in the fire, turning into wisps of smoke that rose up.

The ramen shop fell silent. Only the crackling sound of the fire scorching the air remained.

At the same time, a series of settlement panels popped up in front of Xia Pingzhou.

[Due to the passive skill "Demon Hunter," I have obtained 1 one-time use piece—"Ramen Master Demon," and 2 one-time use pieces—"Giant Devourer Demon."]

[Five C-rank or higher demons have been detected killed. The cumulative kill count in the "Winter of the Wild Hunt" system has been updated to 40/40]

[Current kill count: 40. "Training Task 4" objective completed. "1 attribute point" awarded as a reward.]

The advancement progress of the second character's Sky Chaser "Chess" skill has changed: 35% → 40%.

[Note: Once you reach 100% progress, your Skyward will evolve into its third-tier form.]

"Finally, we've managed to push this damn progress task together."

Xia Pingzhou muttered to himself as he brought up the character panel and allocated attribute points.

[Your second unit, "Chess Player," has undergone a change in its "Spirit" attribute: A+ rank → A++ rank (your "Chess Type" power will also increase accordingly)]

When he looked up from the panel, he saw that the Queen statue had returned to its normal form.

With her head bowed, she used her dagger to lift two passersby off the ground and carried them outside the ramen shop.

Then, she silently picked up Xia Pingzhou's body, leaped upwards, activated her Void Transformation, passed through the arcade dome, and disappeared into the sky above Tanukikoji Shopping Street.

A short while later, the Queen statue led Xia Pingzhou through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows back into the hotel.

Seeing that Ayase Origami was still asleep and it wasn't time for the Phantom Troupe's gathering, Xia Pingzhou withdrew his Sky Chaser, lay back on the bed, and closed his eyes for a nap.

Dream.

"Restricted-level ability user, ID 1002, Ji Minghuan, your mentor is visiting. Please prepare immediately."

After an unknown amount of time, a cold voice rang in Ji Minghuan's ears, waking him from the darkness.

He blinked, and all he could see was the same silver-white ceiling and the penguin-shaped broadcasting equipment. Turning his head, he saw the metal door slamming open, and his tutor was already standing in the doorway.

The mentor looked solemn, as if his mother had just died.

As always, he walked in without a word, his hands behind his back, and slowly sat down at the table.

The mentor placed the thermos on the table, clasped his hands together, and looked up at Ji Minghuan.

He said, "Ji Minghuan, I have two pieces of news to tell you, one is good news and the other is bad news. Which one would you like to hear first?"

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