I'm just an internet cafe owner

"Hi~ I've been a little busy lately, but thankfully it's not too far from here, so it's easy to travel back and forth with a little effort. Well, it's just a bit troublesome to explain, isn't it?"

He complained about the trouble, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

This top-tier cursed spirit died, and it was probably the most pathetic death of any cursed spirit. Other top-tier cursed spirits were either killed by other top-tier spirits of the same level, or by a level one sorcerer or an Onmyoji unleashing their full power. As a result, it was unable to move and was restricted until it was killed by someone with a pistol after its death.

Even the ghost doesn't understand why human firearms work on ghosts. Besides, it's probably also wondering why its own domain isn't effective. Even the most basic domain should theoretically be able to hit its target. Yotsuya Miko shouldn't be able to use any spiritual power or spells, so why…?

It no longer had time to ponder the "whys." As the shotgun bullets struck its body, it began to dissipate. Thankfully, it didn't have a physical body; otherwise, the autopsy would likely have revealed nothing but bullets inside.

The domain dissipated, and with it, golden text reappeared before Yotsuya Miko.

I should go back now.

You can succeed.

"You can become a normal person again."

At that moment, Miko Yotsuya fell silent. She still remembered the game's protagonist's goal: to become a normal person and fight to enter the world of consciousness. She had only been helped by Michael during the battles and had continued to advance with his assistance.

Even in reality, it hasn't forgotten its purpose, and it...

She took a deep breath and made her decision. She had to finish the game she was playing, no matter what, and besides that, she was also very curious about who was helping her. The game she was playing sounded like a series; perhaps she had encountered this person named Michael in previous installments.

After completing the exorcism, Yotsuya Miko gave her bank card number to the contact person and left. Not long after, Yotsuya Miko looked at the 100,000 yen in her bank account and breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't a lot of money, but it was enough for her to go online for the next few days.

Meanwhile, Gojo Satoru smiled as he looked at the 9.9 million yen in a card. He could tell that Yotsuya Miko still had the mindset of an ordinary high school girl.

As a middleman? It's not wrong to take a small cut, right? Anyway, Yotsuya Miko is asking for a 100,000 yen task, so giving her 100,000 yen after the task is completed is not wrong.

As for the remaining money, he wouldn't keep it for himself. He planned to buy some magical artifacts to help Yotsuya Miko improve her strength.

Miko Yotsuya's state was very strange; she possessed a power that was neither sorcery nor spiritual energy, and she could use a pistol at a distance.

He couldn't understand how this strange combination had come about, but he knew that in this state she had no shortage of offensive power, but lacked some defensive measures.

Protective magical artifacts are quite expensive, and he felt he might be able to make a little extra money.

As for anomalies? There are plenty of anomalies in this world.

If he were to be so meticulous about everything, he'd go bald from all his beautiful hair.

Yotsuya Miko's abilities are indeed extraordinary; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe them as geniuses. It's no big deal to spend some money to help a genius grow.

"Hello? Yes! How much is this protective gear? Three hundred million? Okay, I'll go get it."

In a few days, Yotsuya Miko will receive a magical artifact with protective abilities, but she is unaware of this for the time being.

The first thing she did after getting the money was to go to the nearest buffet restaurant and eat her fill. After eating and drinking her fill, she waited for the internet cafe to open in the evening and went into the internet cafe again.

"Boss, does the game I'm playing explain Michael's background?"

This was the thing Yotsuya Miko most wanted to know; she couldn't understand why Michael would help her so selflessly.

"His background? You mean his information? Yes, but I suggest you complete the game first. The rewards after completing the game will be of great help to you. After that, you can start playing from Resident Evil 7 and then move on. Gradually you will find out who he is."

"Okay! Thank you, boss!"

Yotsuya Miko turned on a machine, preparing for today's journey.

As DLC content, Phantom of Rose has a very small storyline; even if Yotsuya Miko doesn't have much talent, she should be able to finish it today.

Mugen, who was standing next to Liu Yuan, asked curiously, "By the way, boss, what exactly is the DLC content?"

"Play by yourself."

"I've been completely addicted to playing League of Legends lately, tell me about it."

"It's Ethan."

"I see, no wonder the plot favors Rose so much. I have a question, what if you encounter monsters that can't be hit by ordinary guns?"

Liu Yuan had a precise answer to this question: "The yield wasn't enough. I've heard older generations in my world talk about ghosts and spirits in certain places. But it seems the army bombarded those places with artillery and then we never heard of them again. This proves that the lack of effect was simply due to insufficient yield. If all else fails, just blow up the Earth. Theoretically, if the Earth is gone, all the ghosts should be gone too."

This answer left Mu Geng speechless. She suddenly realized that this answer could not only solve all kinds of ghosts and monsters, but it seemed that it could also solve other strange things.

Chapter 182 Chelsea, the Abandoned

"None of that matters, let's begin... never mind, we can't begin."

Just as Kisara was about to contact Chelsea for a mid-lane solo, Liu Yuan interrupted, saying, "Yuna told me something came up, I'll go check it out."

"Go ahead, go ahead! Come back soon!"

Chelsea, an ordinary internet cafe manager at a branch of the 4D Space Internet Cafe, is a former assassin from Night Raid. She is temporarily living in the internet cafe after being ambushed by her contact.

"I really want to go back and see..."

How would I describe my life during this period? It's been very peaceful and comfortable. During the day, it seems like I'm working a twelve-hour shift. But apart from the first two hours being quite busy, I spend most of the rest of the time sitting and resting.

However, she can't sleep during this process, because guests will frequently ask various questions. She can't answer overly complex questions, but she can still give advice on things like game progress and recommendations.

She'd been gone too long and wanted to go back to see what had happened—had she been ambushed, abandoned, or something else entirely…

During this time, she practiced her skills diligently. She didn't have Fujimaru Kaori's talent, nor did she have Minato Namikaze's experience in war. Her greatest strength was disguise and assassination, but without disguise, she knew she was utterly incompetent.

Now that she has the opportunity to improve her strength, she has been practicing Shadow Master like crazy. In just a few weeks, the system has given her Shadow Master proficiency a level five rating.

At that rate of elusiveness, it would be a long time before she could return alone, but she felt she should be able to protect herself. However, her two near-death experiences had left a slight shadow on her, making her afraid to go back alone.

"Manager, can I talk to you about something?"

It was after get off work hours, and Chelsea, biting a lollipop, stood nervously in front of Takashima Yuna.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"I want to go back and visit. Can you come with me?"

"Um... I'm not very good at it."

"why?"

Chelsea was puzzled. She remembered that she was captured by the shopkeeper, which proved that Takashima Yuna had the ability to travel through time. Why couldn't she?

Yuna Takashima said somewhat embarrassedly, "Traveling through time costs money. I owe a lot of money, and I've paid it all off with the wages I earned."

"Hey, hey, hey? Do I get a salary?"

“You have it, but you don’t have enough money. A time travel costs five thousand, but you only have a little over two thousand.”

"... "

Chelsea fell silent. It was true that you could buy a lot of things at an internet cafe, and many of the customers seemed very wealthy. They casually spent thousands or even tens of thousands of yen, which made her think she had a high salary. But in reality, so far, only Liang Qi had received a slightly higher salary, because it wasn't payday yet, and she hadn't withdrawn her money.

At that moment, Chelsea felt a little dizzy.

"You can tell the boss; he's actually a very nice person."

"Um...but..."

Chelsea was a little awkward. Although Liu Yuan was a nice person, she felt inexplicably embarrassed.

While she was still being coy, Liu Yuan arrived at the main store and asked Chelsea, "What's wrong? Yuna told me you had something to say?"

"Um…"

She expressed her thoughts.

She was torn between wanting to go back but not daring to, and at the same time, fearing the truth.

"I see?"

Liu Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Simple. You're Yuna's employee, just have her take you back. Hey, don't worry about the debt, you already owe so much, another five thousand won't make a difference. Look at Jibril..."

When Jibril was mentioned, Liu Yuan fell silent. Although he had maliciously increased the amount of money owed, she had undeniably accumulated more and more debt. She ate piles and piles of cola and food every day.

Although these things have very low production costs, she uses them all based on their selling price.

Ultimately, even though Liu Yuan didn't intentionally add to the amount, she ended up owing tens of thousands more yuan. At this rate, how many millions more could she accumulate in 30 years?

"May I?"

"Of course!"

Having received a positive response, Yuna Takashima packed her things briefly and took Chelsea back to her world.

Liu Yuan returned to the main store and said to Kisara, "Yuna and Chelsea won't be coming today; they have something to do outside."

"Huh? How could this happen! I was hoping to have a thrilling 1v1 match with Chelsea, the Unforgiven."

"Come on, you call that a passionate 1v1? You're just bullying the newbie!"

Kisara said dismissively, "She's already very experienced."

Liu Yuan didn't speak, just silently watched her. He didn't know who had influenced this devil, making her increasingly despicable. She could bully a newcomer with such self-righteousness.

Kisara lamented the loss of nightly pleasures, while Takashima Yuna took Chelsea back home.

Looking at the familiar meeting point, Chelsea was in a bad mood.

"what are you up to?"

"If I remember correctly, the area nearby is the stronghold of the night raiders. I need to go over and ask them what happened."

"I'll stay with you, don't worry."

"Thank you, store manager!"

Chelsea felt a warmth in her heart; she had felt this way before in the Revolutionary Army. But the person who gave her this feeling had died in an operation. Before that, she had only been a assassin relentlessly trying to save more people.

But during this time, after playing Red Alert at an internet cafe, she suddenly realized how foolish her actions had been. As an assassin, she couldn't save the world at all, and the so-called conscientious ministers were just feudal landlords, oppressing ordinary people.

Compared to those corrupt officials, they simply had one more way out.

She hadn't played Red Alert for very long, but after a brief period of learning, she became certain of one thing: the feudal landlord system had no future. Both constitutional monarchies and pure capitalism had their flaws, but both, with the help of highly developed productive forces, were superior to the current feudal landlord autocracy.

At least in the game, she rarely saw anyone actually starve to death. But in this empire, starvation was commonplace.

She was considering whether she had the ability to change the country's system. She knew that a guest named Tatsumi was from the same world as her and had already developed his own power.

She had also disguised herself and spoken with him; he wanted to completely change the empire's system. He was increasing productivity and constantly expanding his forces. Under these circumstances, helping him wouldn't be a bad thing.

After all, Chelsea's goal from beginning to end was not to help the revolutionaries seize power, but to see everyone have hope of survival and to see the administrators govern the various regions in an orderly manner.

But the revolutionary army's composition... impoverished nobles plus wealthy merchants with a 'conscience'? At this moment, she laughed at her own past naiveté. Perhaps this generation has a conscience and understands the people's plight, but what about the next generation? The tenth generation after that?

She walked along lost in thought, and when she reached the raid's stronghold, she was discovered.