My obsession with role-playing seems to have distorted the world's aesthetic.

Yes, no problem.

The group headed to the villa as instructed in the text message. The moment Gin opened the villa door, his pupils contracted slightly.

Something's not right around me.

Before he could even process what was happening, Gin noticed a change in his surroundings.

"This should be our first time meeting in real life, everyone."

A familiar voice rang out at that moment, and Gin looked in the direction from which the voice came.

If I remember correctly, that voice should belong to that person.

"I've secured the victory in this round."

The surrounding environment was a vast starry sky that could not exist in reality. It felt as if I was standing on some kind of transparent glass plate, floating in the boundless starry sky.

Meanwhile, not far away, two figures appeared to be playing chess.

But as he knocked out the opponent's last piece, Xia Qing, who had been waiting there for a long time, turned to Gin and said in a somewhat unexpected tone:

"I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly, Gin, Vodka, and... Vermouth."

Xia Qing calmly stated the code name of the visitor. Gin took a deep breath and said calmly, "Boss, is there a mission this time?"

Although he didn't know how that person had done it, Gin didn't think about it too much.

Vermouth was slightly puzzled at this moment. Why did the BOSS look so young? Could he be a stand-in or something?

As for vodka?

Vodka stood there, unsure of what to say. In reality, he was just someone who had been casually mentioned when someone was being called.

"The purpose of my summoning you here is very simple: to entrust this power to you."

Xia Qing slowly reset the chess pieces on the board, and at this moment, Hei hope, sitting opposite him, glanced at Gin and his group and casually said:

"Tsk, I didn't expect you to actually find a few good prospects."

At this point, Hei hope's appearance and voice had been disguised, and if the craftsman were here, he would definitely be able to recognize who Hei Xi was disguised as.

After all, this is the first controllable Valkyrie to appear in Honkai Impact 3rd, and now Black Herrscher is playing the role of Sirin, the BOSS of the Dream Group.

"Talent is something you can always find if you have patience."

Xia Qing answered the question posed by the person disguised as Sirin Hei hope, while Vermouth asked in an unreadable tone, "What do you mean by power?"

While talking, Vermouth tried to observe her surroundings to figure out what was going on and why she had suddenly appeared there.

"Immortality, agelessness, and...stand power!"

As Xia Qing watched the three people from the distillery, a stone mask quietly appeared on his left hand, while an arrow suddenly appeared in his right palm.

???

Looking at Xia Qing in front of her, Belmod felt a little confused. What was the BOSS doing? BOSS, immortality and agelessness are things you just imagined, right?

Our winery's medicine hasn't reached that point yet. Also, what exactly is "stand power"?

While Vermouth was filled with doubt, Gin showed an expression of interest.

Chapter 369: Ability Awakening

Immortality, eternal youth, it seems Sherry's medicine has made a breakthrough. But what exactly is "stand power"?

Looking at Natsumi, who was disguised as a young Karasuma Renya, Gin felt a little puzzled.

"Stand power, the power of a Stand, is a power that originates from the soul, and only those with the aptitude can awaken it."

Xia Qing explained slowly and deliberately. After he finished speaking, he snapped his fingers lightly, and in that instant, an ebony box with golden patterns appeared out of thin air and floated in the air.

"Hidden within this Pandora's box that isolates all things is an arrow capable of triggering a Stand."

Gin, the organization's influence extends far beyond what you've seen. After reviewing your credentials, I'm certain you are indeed a genuine, loyal member of the organization, qualified to make contact.

Xia Qing's words pleased Gin greatly, but Gin glanced at Vermouth and her group and asked, "My loyalty to the organization is beyond doubt, but what about them...?"

Xia Qing simply smiled indifferently at Gin's doubts:

"The organization's sphere of influence is beyond your imagination, Gin. When the decision to investigate was made, everything about you was no longer a secret."

Your loyalty is beyond question, Vodka... Although he may not meet the standards of an elite, his loyalty is also beyond doubt.

As for Vermouth, that mystic, well, her mystery is exposed before the organization.

After rounds of selection, you have finally been chosen as qualified to access the truth beyond the hidden and ordinary.

Upon hearing this, Gin asked with some doubt: "The reality of the world? Boss, do you know of someone named Wendy?"

Gin wasn't interested in knowing secrets; his greatest hobby was actually finding spies and killing them.

Wendy?

Upon hearing this unfamiliar name, Vermouth turned to look at Gin. Could it be that Gin believed Wendy's statement was true?

The man in front of me does indeed look somewhat similar to the BOSS. Appearances may change easily, but bone structure is not so easily altered.

Upon hearing Gin's words, Xia Qing casually replied to Hei Xi, who was playing the role of Xi Lin, "Wendy? Isn't that the name of the person in charge of our Fantasy Dream team who is working with you so enthusiastically?"

Gin, right? Have you met Wendy?

Seeing Gin and Kurohime feigning curiosity and putting on this act, Kurohime thought to herself that she was no pushover.

“Indeed, I have witnessed Wendy’s fight with a man called the Craftsman.”

After glancing at Xia Qing and noticing his nod, Gin recounted his encounter with Wendy. He knew nothing about the woman who was playing chess with that lord.

That's why Gin doesn't know whether he should keep certain things a secret.

"Craftsman... that's the name of that little mouse who sneaked in, right?"

Hei hope thought for a moment and said, and Xia Qing followed up with an unchanged expression: "We don't need to think too much about the craftsman's matter for now. Anyway, it seems that the guy's target this time is that priest."

Let's get back to the main topic. Gin, Vermouth, and Vodka—I'll give you two choices; you can pick one of them.

The first choice is to believe in your own qualifications and choose to stab yourself with that arrow.

If you are truly qualified, you can obtain the power of a Stand; otherwise, you will die.

By choosing this path, you have essentially obtained a ticket to the Otherworld.

The second option is to not believe in your own qualifications, give up this trial, and in that case, everything here will be as if it never happened; forget it all and return to your previous life.

Xia Qing's words left Vermouth somewhat bewildered: "Boss, what is Stand power...?"

"The concept of a Stand is difficult to explain in a short time, but you only need to know that a Stand can grant you some special abilities."

Among the data collected with great enthusiasm on Stand users, there are powerful Stand abilities such as time stop, time erasure, gravity, and parallel world interference, but there are also weak ones, such as cooking and plastic surgery.

What abilities you can awaken is certain to you, but what those abilities are, no one in this world knows.

"You're risking your lives to awaken a useless, unknown substitute in exchange for a ticket. So, what's your decision?"

After a moment of silence, everyone present made their own decisions regarding Xia Qing's question.

They naturally possess enlightenment, and it is not weak in them.

After Xia Qing explained further, the three who understood the matter a little decided to accept the awakening of the Stand, and Xia Qing temporarily handed over the improved Copy Arrow to the three of them.

Just after Xia Qing handed it over, Hei hope, who was standing next to her, picked up three ordinary-looking USB drives from the table.

"Before awakening, put the insertion point into your mouth to absorb."

Hei hope tossed the three USB drives in front of the three men one by one and, seeing their hesitation, spoke up.

???

Oh, what's in this USB drive? Why are you sucking it up?

"Suck it in, the stuff inside is a guarantee."

Xia Qing naturally knew exactly what it was, and when she heard that the BOSS had spoken, Gin and Vodka immediately did as he was told. Vermouth felt that if she didn't do it, she probably wouldn't be able to leave this place today.

Pulling open the USB drive's lid, Vermouth and Gin vodka all sucked up the safe gaming virus that Xia Qing had concocted inside the USB drive.

Before the Zio card expired, Xia Qing's research on the field of gaming addiction was quite extensive.

Character cards can quickly grant him all sorts of knowledge, and time in the outside world is paused while he is learning this knowledge.

However, due to the sheer volume of knowledge about the Heisei Riders' history, Xia Qing said after learning three that she had absolutely nothing left to learn.

After the three men, who had just finished playing the game, took turns raising their arrows and thrusting them.

The arrows used to awaken a Stand are not interchangeable between different worlds. The humans in the four worlds—JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Honkai Impact 3rd, Fate, and Detective Conan—are more or less different.

After studying with Yog for a period of time and receiving some additional knowledge, Xia Qing has almost finished analyzing how the virus on the insect arrow triggers the Stand.

However, Xia Qing still didn't quite understand the principle behind the Requiem.

In terms of awakening Stands alone, the virus is essentially just a guide; it mainly depends on whether the awakened user's will and body can withstand it.

After some time, the three had completed the experiment.

The experiment resulted in one of the three people awakening a Stand, while the other two died on the spot due to the virus.

Chapter 370: Undercover Agent, Undercover Agent, Undercover Agent, Gin, Undercover Agent, Undercover Agent, Undercover Agent

Gin glanced at Xia Qing as she prepared to revive her, and Gin, in a cooperative manner, said:

"Boss, the ability I've awakened is the ability to detect undercover agents, and another extended ability: to make undercover agents think I'm one of their colleagues and lower their guard. With this ability, dealing with undercover agents will definitely be much more efficient!"

Xia Qing froze upon hearing that Gin's ability was reviving. "Gin, for your own sake, I advise you not to use this ability."

Meanwhile, Gin was already fantasizing about going back and quickly eliminating the few remaining spies in the organization. Looking at Gin, Xia Qing coughed twice and said:

"Ahem, there's something I need to remind you of. According to the last World Convention's assessment, superhumans of any system cannot attack ordinary people except during a few ordinary periods of time."

By becoming a Stand user through the passionate arrows of the organization behind you, Gin, you are already considered a superhuman with extraordinary powers.

Of course, self-defense is fine, but if you really intend to eliminate the undercover agent, it's best to use a baiting method to make them attack you first.

Xia Qing's words made Gin fall silent. Ah, is there such a rule?

As Gin and Natsuki continued to add: