Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

Compared to this senior student Nan Deng, Qingye Hui was more concerned about the strange word she suddenly uttered.

"Kiyono-kun, is this your first time participating in a project to adapt a game's story into an anime series? Well then, it seems I need to give you a brief explanation of the adaptation process."

For some reason, Senior Nandō was unusually friendly and enthusiastic towards Kiyono Hai, much friendlier than Sayaka had been.

She lightly patted the whiteboard behind her, and in an instant, the whiteboard transformed into a PowerPoint presentation titled "On How to Adapt Stage Game Storylines into Animated Series."

"Kiyono-kun, you should know what adaptation is, right? Like adapting the plot of a game into an animated movie, or vice versa, adapting an animated movie into a game," Nandō-senpai asked.

"Of course I know that."

In his previous life, Kiyono Hui had certainly watched many anime movies adapted from games, or played many games adapted from anime movies.

However, such adaptations rarely succeed, and most end up ruining the original work.

"This is the normal process for adapting games into anime or movies, but when it comes to our Gods' Competition 'Stage' game, the process becomes a little more complicated!"

As she spoke, Senior Sister Nan Deng pointed to the word 'sampling'.

"If our deities wanted to adapt the events that take place on the 'stage' of the game into an animated film, the first thing they would do is 'sample' it."

"To put it simply, if it's an original story, the screenwriter can write whatever they want. But if it's adapted from the story of 'Dream City,' then we have to extract... a certain plot point in 'Dream City' that can strongly affect the player's emotions for adaptation. We call this extraction process 'sampling,'" said Senior Nan Deng.

Kiyono Gray roughly understood what the so-called 'sampling' meant.

The sampling rule is based on the rules for collecting faith power.

If the power of faith is the embodiment of human emotions in this world, then it will be 'lossy' during the transmission process.

The simplest example is the anime "21 Rain". After the shocking storyline of the eleventh episode aired, the audience's reaction was very excited.

If it were a game stage, where each audience member could personally play a role, they might absorb between 1 and 10 units of faith power with each moment of excitement.

However, after this episode aired, the amount of faith power that Rena Takigami and the others absorbed in a single session ranged from 0.1 to 0.01.

This is because the emotions generated by the audience are 'lost' during the transmission process.

There are many explanations for the loss, such as that watching anime series is far less immersive than playing games. Compared to players, viewers are too far removed from the world depicted in the anime, so the transmission of faith power is too slow and complex, resulting in loss.

Just like when a player generates faith power in a game, it's like crossing a street and arriving in the hands of the corresponding deity.

However, when watching anime series, the transmission of faith power is equivalent to taking a long and complicated route to reach the hands of the gods.

Based on this, the gods devised a 'sampling' strategy. When adapting the game setting, instead of writing a bunch of bizarre plot changes themselves, they would use the real experiences of a particular player or a group of players in the game as a basis to adapt into an animated series story.

The advantage of doing this is that this transmission loop of faith power has been traversed by players many times, and has long since formed a 'path' and 'inertia', which can minimize transmission loss.

The game "Dream City" has always followed this approach. The writers of their new anime "Magical Girl" and tokusatsu series are, strictly speaking, all "players themselves".

They simply adapted the stories that players experienced in the game and presented them to the audience.

"Dream City" has always promoted itself with the tagline, "This is a story you wrote yourself!"

21Rain Idol Agency received an invitation today to star in a new story drama series about "Magical Girl".

This invitation not only invited members of 21Rain to act, but also gave 21Rain the right to 'sample'.

"Isn't this giving out a bit too much authority?"

Kiyono Hai voiced his doubts.

"If the operators of Dream City let Sayaka-senpai become an actress, it could be seen as a provocation, but to even give her the authority to write the script, isn't that a bit...?"

“This is because the one who extended the invitation to 21Rain was not the operator of Dream City, but... Tongli TV!” Nan Deng said, revealing the real mastermind behind this “Magical Girl” project.

"TV station?"

Although Qingye Hui was not very clear about the power struggles between these high-ranking gods, it seemed that both television channels and online broadcasting channels were controlled by certain organizations, just like in the real world.

"So Tong Li TV has handpicked members of 21Rain to star in the next Magical Girl-related drama?"

Looking at the teasing tone in Nan Deng's voice, Qingye Hui could vaguely sense that Nan Deng's identity and status must not be simple.

Because the impression she gave Kiyono Hai was that she came here to be an idol purely to experience life.

"It wasn't a formal appointment; to be precise, it was an opportunity to compete, and the competitors were other divine groups under the Dream City umbrella."

Senior Nan Deng spoke directly in the tone of the organizer.

"Regardless of the casting, what we need now is an excellent 'plot sample' to compete with!"

"As former World-Destroying Witch and former Future Goddess of the Dream City, do you, junior sister Sayaka and junior sister Shiina Akane, have any suitable 'plot samples' that you can refer to?"

When the senior student, Nandō, asked this question, both Sayaka and Shiina Akane's eyes were simultaneously focused on Kiyono Hai.

Chapter 72 The Truth That Is Real and Cruel

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Why are you looking at me? I don't have any usable plot samples right now!

Kiyono Gray had just dug a trap for that Snow Island lady yesterday, and was waiting for her to jump in.

We didn't even see anyone today, so where did we get a plot sample for you?

Just as Kiyono Hai was thinking this, Sayaka suddenly ran her little finger lightly across her glistening lower lip.

As if she had remembered something pleasant, a smile suddenly appeared on her face with this small gesture.

"Xiaoqian and I don't have any compelling storylines to share yet, but..."

As Sayaka was speaking, she suddenly stood up from her seat and walked straight behind Kiyono Hai.

The next second, the world-destroying witch wrapped her arms around Kiyono Gray's neck and said in a boastful tone.

"I bet Grey-chan... you've prepared a fantastic 'plot sample,' haven't you?"

"...?!" Kiyono Hai was stunned by Sayaka's sudden action.

The one with the strongest reaction was Takigami Rena, the fox-like girl sitting opposite Kiyono Hai. After seeing her friend suddenly make such an ambiguous gesture towards Kiyono Hai, she slammed her hands on the table and stood up!

"Grey Sauce? Why are you suddenly using such an affectionate nickname?"

Rena Takigami pointed tremblingly between Sayaka and Kai Kiyono as she spoke.

“Sayaka…when did your relationship with him become so intimate?”

"It should be around this time." Sayaka's hugging posture looked like she was about to strangle Kiyono Hai.

This woman... this witch is using this method to sow discord between Kiyono Hai and Takigami Rena!

If it were any other strange woman with such a close relationship with Kiyono Hai, Takigami Rena, as a 'guest' who admires Kiyono Hai, might have advised Kiyono Hai to be wary of bad women.

However, if her best friend and Kiyono Hai are too close, this fox girl, as a good child, should keep her distance from Kiyono Hai.

“Sayaka-senpai, you’re such a joker.”

Kiyono Hai's strength was far inferior to that of the witch Sayaka, so he could only dodge Sayaka's chokehold by sliding off the chair.

"A joke? What do you mean, Grey?" Although Sayaka smiled, the dark emotions hidden behind her were extremely obvious.

Kiyono Hai avoided her cleavage in this way because she didn't want that fox-like lady to misunderstand...

Does "I don't want Rena-chan to misunderstand" mean... that I want to develop our relationship further?!

"It's work time now, so why don't you put your feelings aside for now, Sayaka-senpai?"

This isn't about who Kiyono Hai wants to develop a relationship with; it's simply that she doesn't want to be manipulated by this witch.

Sayaka didn't make things too difficult for Kiyono Hai. In any case, the seed of suspicion had already been planted in Takigami Rena's heart, and she would have plenty of opportunities to use Kiyono Hai to tease her best friend Rena-chan in the future.

"To be honest, I don't have a suitable script sample on hand right now... but I'm planning to start acting now, so if you guys don't mind, would you like to take a look together?"

Kiyono glanced at the time on his phone. There were still about six hours until Ms. Snow Island returned to Dream City. It was time to start making some preparations.

The four goddesses in the meeting room had no objections. Although Takigami Rena was still concerned about the specifics of the relationship between Kiyono Hai and her friend Sayaka, the important matter was more pressing.

With the help of her junior, Akane Shiina, Kiyono Hai successfully hacked into Ms. Yukishima's account and woke up in the stage of "Dream City" as "Yukishima Haruka".

…………

Ms. Yukishima's real name is Yukishima Haruka, and she probably chose the name Yukishima Haruka in the game to distinguish herself from others.

Kiyono Hai later referred to this character as Haruka.

When Kiyono Hai hacked into that Ms. Yukishima's game account and woke up as 'Haruka'... the first thing she could say upon waking up was, 'I woke up in an 800-square-meter bed.'

Snow Island truly lives up to her reputation as one of the top players in Dream City; correspondingly, her assets in the game, especially her real estate, are incredibly luxurious.

Kiyono Hai wakes up to find herself in a villa in the suburbs of Tokyo.

Perhaps due to the player's quirky sense of humor, Haruka's bed was made by piecing together five beds from Snow Island. It would take her more than ten rolls to get to the edge of the bed.

"What strange things are going through players' minds?"

With a slight headache, Qingye Hui got up from the edge of the bed and walked to the front of the Landing Mirror.

The character named 'Yukishima Haruka' looks very similar to the real-life Yukishima, but the difference is that her clothes look very gorgeous, like the court attire of European nobles.

"Let me see."

With a flick of his finger, Qingye Hui brought up the character's costume library. As a veteran account with five years of perfect attendance, Ms. Xuedao's costume collection was naturally incredibly rich.

From this huge pile of clothes, Kiyono Hui picked out one or two relatively simple outfits to wear.

Just a moment ago she looked like a little princess from who-knows-where, but in an instant she turned into an ordinary city girl.

“The next thing to do is…” Kiyono Hui wandered around the villa, first collecting a large number of cardboard boxes and wooden boards that were no longer needed in the villa.

Then, Kiyono Hui locked all the doors in the villa from the inside and went to the front yard of the villa.

"Kiyono-kun, what are you doing?"

Among the four goddess ladies watching, Senior Sister Nan Deng couldn't help but speak first.

"What else can we do... build a small house that we can live in using cardboard boxes and planks."

Qingye Hui started doing handicrafts, and he was very good at building these simple little shacks. He would even step on the cardboard boxes from time to time to achieve an aged effect.

“I think she’s asking, ‘You have such a big villa, why do you build a ‘little shack’ in the front yard?’” Sayaka was momentarily lost in thought as well.

"Then I'd like to ask Sayaka-senpai and Nandō-senpai, what do you think about 'game assets'? Do they belong to the player or the game character?" Kiyono asked.

"It definitely belongs to the players, after all, all the assets here were acquired by this lady named Xuedao through years of travel and hard work," Senior Nan Deng replied without hesitation.

"That's where the problem comes in."