I'm just an internet cafe owner

Accelerator complained, "These two newcomers have arrived at just the right time. They launched two new games today. I saw the boss say that getting rewards for one of them is very easy; you only need to play for five hours to get immortality. They also launched a new game, I think it's called Fall Guys? You can get a similar effect by getting first place once."

Upon hearing this, both Ichika Orimura and Shido Itsuka showed expressions of shock. Immortality? How could someone in an internet cafe obtain something like that?

Liu Yuan added Fall Guys after he started working. He originally wanted to add PUBG, but well, that game wasn't very entertaining for internet cafe customers. After thinking it over, he added Fall Guys instead.

If a new player needs strength, experienced players can simply carry them to a win. Similar to other Fall Flat games, the reward in this game is Fall Guys' physical stats. While immortality isn't as high as in Fall Flat, it's easier to obtain and provides sufficient strength. Using a soft-bodied character to draw damage, then using Fall Guys to deal damage, is practically perfect.

Kinji Toyama glanced at the information on TT, and upon seeing it, he also smiled.

"You're in luck! The new game is super easy. Come on! We'll take you there to gain your abilities!"

Kinji Toyama's first choice of game was naturally Human: Fall Flat. In his opinion, these two newcomers had no combat experience at all, so playing a game that didn't require any skills, could be carried by experienced players, and could earn rewards if enough time was given was perfect.

Then, team up with the newbies and play Fall Guys to see who comes in first and get a chicken dinner. With that, the newbies will have the most basic survival skills. Then, based on their interests, they can choose other games to improve themselves. Isn't that perfect?

Just as Kinji Toyama had finished arranging things for the two newcomers, Ichika Orimura suddenly asked curiously, "Senpai, I heard there's a game..."

You get a discount if you play, so why not play it?

Upon hearing this, Kinji Toyama and Accelerator exchanged a glance. They both immediately knew that Ichika Orimura was referring to Clannad, because in the entire internet cafe, only players of this game were ruthless enough to keep the most tragic ending on their first playthrough and receive a discount.

This discount is extremely unethical. If you buy other games during the discount period and then complete other routes in Clannad later, you'll have to pay the difference!

Meanwhile, all the veterans in this game share a common mentality: "If I can screw over someone, so be it; if I cry, others won't have an easy time either." So Accelerator coldly snorted, "Of course you'll play, but not like you are now. First, gain basic power to protect yourselves. Tomorrow I'll teach you how to play this game. Trust me, after playing this game, you'll feel incredibly powerful!"

Kinji Toyama sat in his chair, deep in thought, and said, "Yes, after playing this game, you will find that you are invincible, and no one can kill your heart anymore."

If such a person exists, it's someone whose experiences are even more tragic than the protagonist they play in the game. Whether it's Kinji Toyama, Accelerator, or anyone else, they all acknowledge the existence of such deeply troubled individuals.

But that's precisely why these veterans need to help newcomers and use their own strength to change the world they live in. Take Kinji Toyama, for example. He says he lives an ordinary life, and he does live an ordinary life, but the organization he runs has a huge impact on the world and has even saved many families from collapse.

Games offer a chance to start over, but reality doesn't. The customers in internet cafes are all trying their best to reduce tragedies in their world.

Upon hearing how powerful the game was, Itsuka Shido exclaimed excitedly, "Really? I'll give it a try, but the games at this internet cafe are so expensive..."

Kinji Toyama patted his chest: "I'll treat you first, you can treat me back later. By the way, you can take a look at Izumi Konata and Gabriel's diaries. Their diaries can help you buy and sell better, so you can have money to go online at internet cafes."

This is why the two newcomers didn't go through Liu Yuan or the store manager's hands. If they had gone through either of those two procedures, they would have had to sell their souls.

As newcomers, Ichika Orimura, Shido Itsuka, and Kinji Toyama start playing games happily.

Including Fall Guys, all three newly released games belong to the type where the more people there are, the more fun they get. Therefore, Kinji Toyama also mobilized his network of connections to organize a sixteen-person Human: Fall Flat challenge.

As I said before, this game is very simple. If you're playing alone, you can pass even the hardest levels. But with more players, the difficulty depends on the skill level of each player.

But it's clear that the game is played by a lot of people with high skill levels.

Look at the newcomers, Ichika Orimura and Shido Itsuka. At first, they seemed very bookish, afraid to do this or that. They even found it fascinating to stick themselves to the wall.

And an hour later...

"Kinji Toyama! I'll kill you!"

The one who made this shout was Accelerator. In the state of software humans, everyone is equal, but Kinji Toyama has more combat skills and adapted to this mode faster, so his gate control level has increased dramatically.

First, he kicked his teammate who was solving the puzzle off the ground, then climbed to a higher position by stepping on his teammate's body. When multiple people needed to solve the puzzle, he stuck to his teammates and flew around them. You could say he did all sorts of inhuman things.

There was only one consequence to doing this: he became the target of public criticism.

Chapter 432 Gamers' Happiness is This Simple~ (Bonus Chapter)

Kinji Toyama: "Holy crap! Accelerator, we're friends."

Accelerator: "Now you know we're friends? Die! Get down and stop grabbing my feet."

Kinji Toyama: "We'll die together!!"

Ichika Orimura looked at the two seniors with a kind smile on her face: "Seniors, let's not fight. I'll help you."

Ichika Orimura kicked him, and both of them fell off the cliff. Shido Itsuka, standing beside Ichika, scolded, "What you did was wrong! They are your seniors!"

After saying that, Itsuka Shido went up and kicked Orimura Ichika, who was not a senior, down.

Ichika Orimura: "Shido Itsuka! Gatekeeper!!!"

Itsuka Shido: "Speak louder, I... Ah!!!"

Before Shido Itsuka could finish speaking, Accelerator, who had returned to the respawn point, hopped over to Shido Itsuka's side, kicked him, and then turned to fight Kinji Toyama.

Of course, the players' fun and combat don't stop there. They navigate a world of harmonious language, engaging in constant fighting and solving puzzles along the way.

Sometimes, these software engineers are trustworthy teammates. Sixteen of them teamed up to climb the wall, but they just wouldn't go through the door that was blocked by the train.

But sometimes they fight tooth and nail over who gets in first.

Oh! Soft people don't get their heads smashed; they're probably just covered in sticky messes.

At the beginning, Ichika Orimura, as a newcomer, still had some integrity, but now, her integrity in the game has completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, at branch number four, Kisara looked at the customers playing Fall Guys and asked curiously, "Boss, this game looks really fun. Why didn't you let us play it last night?"

Liu Yuan said with a heavy expression, "Because we have too few people, we can't really have any fun even if we wanted to. And this is after we opened this morning..."

I suddenly remembered this kind of game, so I added it in.

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.

This is a battle royale game, and the character you control is also very cute.

However! There are a lot of "banner" types in this game. How many? In Liu Yuan's memory, you can encounter at least several banner types in any single match.

Because it's a battle royale game, there are often players who wait to be last, hoping to snag the last spot while watching the other player's despair. Or they might block the entrance, preventing anyone from passing.

Just like in this game where Accelerator and Toyama were playing with the newbies, those two scoundrels were blocking the last two spots. When they saw Touma Kamijou struggling to get close to the finish line, the two scoundrels rushed straight into the finish line, turning Touma Kamijou's hope into despair.

Internet cafes have been open for a long time now, and Liu Yuan's forum has scammed players many times, so everyone has gradually learned to enjoy the fun of the game and also to scam others.

If it were a true team-based game, no one would intentionally sabotage others like that. But whether it's Human: Fall Flat or Fall Guys, the joy of these games lies in playing with friends offline or in a group of people sabotaging and betraying each other.

In reality, we're all together, drinking cola and bragging. But in games, it's a fight to the death; even if I don't beat the game, neither will you!

In any multiplayer game, if everyone is playing with a fun mindset, they will always come up with some strange ways to play.

Besides, even in truly team-based games, it's unavoidable for teammates to let you down. In League of Legends, you might get a critical hit and steal the buff while helping someone else, or in Left 4 Dead, you might miss special infected while your teammates take them all down with a single shot. And in Overcooked is even worse. Aside from the few chefs and those with great teamwork, the rest of the team can't even finish two dishes with four people and eight hands. And if they manage to finish one dish, they might even ruin it.

Seeing how much fun the players were having with the two new games we added today made Kisara want to try them out too.

"Waaaaah, I really want to play!!!"

Liu Yuan patted Mu Geng's head to comfort him, "Don't be sad. Once we open a hundred branches, everyone can play to their heart's content. If that doesn't work, we can add a few named computers... But I feel like even if we add them, you won't want to play the game anymore..."

Liu Yuan glanced at the players automatically added by the game system; they were all top-tier players. He didn't know if playing with them would be fun, but he knew he would definitely enjoy watching Mugen play.

Kisara didn't sense the malice from the person she loved most; it was Alicia who did.

She looked at Liu Yuan in shock, because she was behind Kisaragi and Kisaragi hadn't seen Alicia's expression.

Liu Yuan smiled slightly. Seeing this smile, Alicia understood that poor Kisara-san was probably going to suffer again tonight.

It's a pity that I might not be able to see this scene.

Compared to Human: Fall Flat and Fall Guys, Cat Paradise is a very harmonious little game for players. This game has no rewards; it's simply a cooperative multiplayer game.

The content is a simple puzzle-solving game, but like the two games mentioned above, the difficulty increases exponentially with the number of players, making it both harder and more fun.

The only pity is that most mechs can't experience the joy of this type of game. However, there are a small number of mechs that, because their development went a bit astray, actually find great pleasure in this type of game.

With time ticking away, there are only five minutes left before closing time.

However, the newcomers didn't continue playing the game; instead, they gathered together and started chatting.

Itsuka Shido: "Hmph! Tomorrow, I'm going to wreak havoc everywhere!"

Ichika Orimura: "You should hit me first."

Wuhe Shidao: "Weak!"

Kinji Toyama, meanwhile, was drinking cola and completely relaxed. The newcomers integrated very quickly, fighting each other in Human: Fall Flat and acting as gatekeepers in Fall Guys.

As newcomers to the internet cafe, the two of them had a smooth ride and experienced the wonderful life of the experienced internet cafe staff.

But after receiving the reward of transforming into Fall Guys at the internet cafe, they also experienced the joy of the internet cafe. For example, being used as a racket by the Mechs, or being grabbed by the legs and dragged down before dying.

However, the more they were treated like gatekeepers, the happier they felt.

Ah, how delightful!

The joy that men of similar age, playing the same game together, experience is unimaginable to most. While Kinji Toyama and his friends were undoubtedly happy, his childhood friend, Shirayuki Hoshiga, was suffering greatly.

In her words, "If I had known, I would have refused Xiao Jin's invitation. If I had refused, I wouldn't have been jealous because Xiao Jin looked happy while playing games with a man."

Yes, judging from the current situation in internet cafes, childhood friends, girlfriends, or boyfriends who are brought in later might not be able to keep up with the pace of their crushes if they're not "hot-blooded" enough.

At the very least, watching them laugh and be merry with other people of the same or opposite sex made me feel incredibly jealous. But even if it did, it wouldn't help, because everyone could sense that it was just pure joy, without any complicated emotions.

Chapter 433 Itsuka Shido and the Spirits

Itsuka Shido is an ordinary high school student with a younger sister and a house.

He was still thinking about his experience at the internet cafe last night when he woke up this morning.

"This is really... so interesting..."

五河士道

As he was reminiscing, the door to the room was pushed open. His adorable younger sister, Kotori Itsuka, stared wide-eyed at Shido Itsuka in disbelief.

"Brother, you're awake?"

"Yes, I slept very well last night."

Kotori Itsuka originally wanted to awaken her brother with "love," but when she saw that Shido Itsuka had already woken up, she immediately lost all interest.

"Kotori, what would you like to eat? I'll make it for you."

Looking at his adorable younger sister, Itsuka Shido's face broke into a happy smile.

I talked a lot with Kinji Toyama yesterday. According to his senior, he might experience many unusual things in the future. If he does encounter them, he should just transform into a Fall Guy and beat all the enemies away.

Feeling Shido Itsuka's gaze, Kotori Itsuka waved her hand curiously: "Brother? What's wrong?"

Hearing his cute little sister's concern, Itsuka Shido felt his heart melt.

"It's nothing, Kotori! Your brother will always protect you!"

"Hey hey hey!!"

Kotori Itsuka's face flushed instantly. She turned her back and muttered discontentedly, "Isn't protecting your sister your brother's duty? Get up, I'm hungry."