The military and special departments of the Metropolitan Police Department quickly intervened, using various resources to coerce and entice a group of monster card holders with considerable combat power to join their cause.

Driven by a desire for power, money, or asylum, this group began donning uniforms and serving the government.

Looking at the increasingly chaotic and uncontrollable situation in the water mirror, Qianyu was not worried at all, but rather pleased with it.

The more murky the situation becomes, the more concentrated the black energy he reaps becomes.

Later, while watching Yui Yuigahama's battle, Chiba unexpectedly discovered the Exorcism Token that she had previously overlooked.

In the battle scene, the Exorcist is continuously injecting some kind of energy into Red King's body.

With the boost of this energy, Red King's punching speed and power visibly increased, sending the monster flying.

"This thing can be used like this?"

Qianyu touched her chin in surprise.

This card, which in the original setting only grants speed to objects, has in this world the ability to directly enhance monsters.

This unexpected discovery instantly opened up a completely new way of thinking for Qianyu.

He began to think again about the Clow Cards scattered throughout the world that he hadn't yet had time to retrieve.

The reason why Chiba hadn't bothered with the remaining Clow Cards before was that she felt that Kamisui City was so big that searching for cards by sensing magical fluctuations all over the city would be like looking for a needle in a haystack and a waste of time.

Secondly, given his current terrifying strength—having collected all twelve talismans and possessing the magical power of the Medea Grail—he no longer really values ​​the power of these minor talismans.

But things are different now.

Since these Clow Cards can directly upgrade a monster's power panel, he could easily outsource the arduous task of searching for cards all over the world.

He wanted these monster card holders to collect the Clow Cards for him.

Once these workers have gone through all the hardships of collecting the Clow Cards, I'll just find some excuse to steal them all.

Chapter 244 The Fate of the Power-Obsessed

Having made up her mind, Qianyu immediately took action.

He performed a remote upgrade on all the monster cards.

Firstly, according to the first rule of the Thousand Feathers system, all those who possess monster cards will experience a slight magical resonance and mutual attraction within a certain range.

This attraction intensifies as they get closer, causing them to meet repeatedly and inevitably lead to battles.

Secondly, Chiba modified the Magic Radar of the monster cards.

From now on, whenever an unsealed Clow Card appears nearby, the Monster Card will guide its holder to find the scattered cards.

At the same time, the cards will also implant a strong psychological suggestion into the holder's subconscious: consuming these magic cards can greatly enhance the power of monsters.

With this rule in place, those guys who are extremely power-hungry will definitely search the world for Clow Cards like mad dogs.

The third point is also the most crucial hidden feature of this upgrade.

Deep within the cards, Qianyu left a backdoor switch that could only be controlled by him.

In absolutely necessary moments, these monster cards will guide characters marked by Chiba as "protagonist type" (such as Aya Asagiri and Hachiman Hikigaya) to team up and stop an ultimate crisis that could destroy the entire world.

How can these protagonists, who are favored by the world's will, only fight civil wars?

Of course, they should be used to tackle the toughest challenges.

This so-called cataclysmic crisis naturally refers to Gatanothor, the dark ruler who slumbers deep within the ruins of R'lyeh and could awaken at any moment.

Without a doubt, this hidden rule is a deluxe gift package that Qianyu specially tailored for that great evil god.

After modifying the settings, Qianyu watched the group of newbies fighting fiercely in the water mirror and suddenly felt an itch to join in.

"It's great to stay behind the scenes and strategize all day, but you have to stretch your muscles sometimes."

Qianyu touched her chin.

After watching others fight in the water mirror for a long time, he decided to personally go down into this chaotic battleground and play a couple of rounds, just to check on the operation of his own cards and experience the fun of Reonics-style monster fighting.

Before leaving, Chiba struggled with the decision of which monster to fight.

He considers himself a technical player who strives for high skill ceilings, so he decided to try out a relatively weak monster that requires skillful maneuvering.

After careful selection, he drew the card of Origin Destruction Sea God Gakuzom from a series of elite monsters such as Hyper Zetton, King Grand, Galactron, Lugset, etc.

Origin Destruction Sea God Gakuzom

The final boss of Ultraman Gaia OV, the last remnant of the Root Destruction Summoning Body.

It possesses the mobility of teleportation and wormhole travel, can fire purple destructive light bullets from its head and wrists, and the protrusion on its chest can absorb light and bounce it back several times.

In Qianyu's opinion, compared to those new generation monsters with complex mechanics, this sea god from the Heisei era, despite bearing the title of BOSS, has relatively simple methods and relies heavily on positioning and timing of skill release, making it a good choice for practicing techniques.

"It's just you."

Clutching the card, Qianyu had barely turned two street corners and hadn't even had time to buy a hot coffee when she encountered her first challenger of the day.

The newcomer was a typical otaku with messy hair and a T-shirt printed with anime girl images.

He pushed up his thick-rimmed glasses and walked with a swaying gait.

Judging from his arrogant and overbearing stride, he has clearly won quite a few matches in recent wild battles.

This otaku apparently tracked down Chiyu's coordinates using the new mutual guidance mechanism between monster cards.

Qianyu glanced at him and continued on her way.

The nerdy guy quickened his pace and caught up, adjusting his glasses. "Hey, stop for a second."

Qianyu didn’t stop.

"I said stop right now!" The otaku's voice rose as he walked around to block Qianyu's path. "You have the aura of a card on you, stop pretending."

Qianyu finally stopped and looked up at him.

"so what?"

The otaku pulled a card from his pocket and waved it in front of Qianyu: "Let me tell you, I've got a five-game winning streak. Five-game winning streak, you know what that means?"

Chiyu said she didn't understand.

"So, that means five unlucky guys have already fallen in front of me!" The nerdy guy put the cards back in his pocket, smugly pushing up his glasses. "Look at you, you're obviously one of those randomly selected newbies, right? I advise you to be smart and hand over the cards. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll spare your life."

Qianyu tilted her head. "What if I don't hand it in?"

"Not paying?" the nerdy guy scoffed. "Then don't blame me for being impolite!"

A purple light exploded from beneath the otaku's feet, and the teleportation effect of the rainbow space instantly engulfed the two of them.

The surrounding scenery changed in a fraction of a second.

The gray city streets disappeared, replaced by a dimensional wasteland shrouded in seven-colored aurora.

Chiyu looked around and recognized that this was the standard battle terrain of Rainbow Space.

The otaku couldn't wait to raise his card.

"Come forth, Black King Joe!"

A golden beam of light shot into the sky from the card, accompanied by the heavy sound of mechanical assembly, and a giant, jet-black mechanical monster materialized on the wasteland.

A steel giant that is 55 meters tall.

The black special metal shell gleamed under the aurora, and the Pedanium cannon barrel mounted on the right hand was pointed directly at Chiyu.

In the current monster fighting community, the most mainstream strategy is still to summon the monster itself for command-based battles, similar to Pokémon battles.

The kind of ability that allows Asagiri Aya to directly transform into a monster girl and perform close-range micro-management is extremely rare.

The otaku stood at the foot of the black King Joe Bridge, looking up at his ace, his pride almost overflowing.

"Hmph, kid, you're just unlucky to have run into me."

"See that? Black King Joe! The enhanced version of King Joe! Full of super-metal armor, its defense is even higher than the original King Joe! Even Zetton could hold its own against it!"

"Your junk cards, which you probably picked up from some trash can, aren't even worthy of being used to give my King George gua sha!"

"If you know what's good for you, quickly hand over your monster cards and admit defeat! I'm in a good mood today, so I might spare your life."

"Otherwise, once the fighting starts, my Black King Joe's Pedanium rocket launchers won't be blind!"

Faced with this pre-match trash talk that was overflowing with chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), Chiyu stood still and didn't reply with a single word.

He simply took out a card from his pocket with a blank expression and casually tossed it out.

The card exploded in mid-air, creating a dark purple energy vortex.

"Roar--!"

Then a deep roar, seemingly from ten thousand meters below the ocean, instantly pierced through the entire rainbow space.

As soon as Gakuzom stepped onto the battlefield, the celestial phenomena, which had been shrouded in colorful halos, suddenly changed.

The sky instantly turned into a deathly black, with rolling dark clouds pouring down like ink, accompanied by thunder and lightning that flashed like dancing silver snakes.

A terrifying sense of oppression, almost tearing space apart, pressed down heavily on the otaku's shoulders as if it were a tangible reality.

The arrogant otaku who was just moments ago nearly had his eyes pop out of his head when he saw the full view of Gakuzom.

"Wait, wait a minute... The Root... the Root Destruction Sea God?!"

The otaku's voice split.

"You...you're cheating, aren't you?!"

"Is this a card that can be obtained through normal means?! This is the Origin Destruction Summoning Form!"

Qianyu frowned, getting a little impatient with his noise.

"Are you here to play cards or to provide commentary?"

"Are you going to fight or not? If not, then get lost."

Chapter 245 New Intelligence

"You, you, you..."

The nerdy guy swallowed hard. Although his legs were as weak as noodles, a glimpse of his black King George, a car that had been through countless street fights, brought back that gambler's gambler's mentality.

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