A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

Although Mefilas's death was unexpected, it had a limited impact on the overall game.

The card dealing is done, and the monitoring function can be replaced by other means. As for Mefilas himself... to put it bluntly, we can just create another tool if we lose one.

What really bothered Qianyu was that this woman was investigating the "Dark Ruler".

In other words, they are investigating him.

Having figured out the situation, Chiba pulled her scattered thoughts back and turned her gaze back to Hachiman Hikigaya, who was about to turn and leave.

Hachiman Hikigaya was about to turn and leave.

"Hachiman, wait a minute." Chiba called out to him.

Hachiman Hikigaya stopped in his tracks, looking puzzled, and turned to look at him.

Qianyu strode over, casually flipping her wrist to reveal a slender card between her fingertips.

"Take this too." Qianyu handed over the fighting cards.

Hachiman Hikigaya didn't take it, his eyes fixed on the card in Chiba's hand.

"Clow Cards?" Hachiman Hikigaya's voice was hoarse. "Kazama, why do you carry these things with you?"

It's no wonder that Hachiman Hikigaya had doubts.

Just five minutes ago, Qianyu leaned against the wall and, in a compassionate tone, perfectly portrayed the character who said, "I am also one of the chosen ones, but I yearn for peace by nature and utterly despise this kind of struggle where life is used as a bargaining chip, so I would rather give up this power."

They successfully fooled Hachiman Hikigaya, who had just lost Eleking and was in a deep state of self-blame and collapse, into a state of complete disorientation.

This instilled in the lone wolf boy a twisted sense of responsibility that "I must take the blame for Kazama's sins."

But the sudden appearance of the Clow Cards directly conflicted with the character settings that had just been established.

Qianyu remained expressionless, even a bitter smile playing on her lips.

"I found this by chance, or rather, it's a talisman."

"I don't know what this is, and I can't sense any ferocity or monster-like aura from it. However, it seems to possess some kind of combat concept."

“I’ve said it before, I abhor fighting. These powers will only gather dust in my hands. Since you’ve decided to end this fighting game, perhaps it can help you.”

Hachiman Hikigaya gritted his teeth.

His mind, which was usually adept at maliciously speculating about others, couldn't find any flaws in Qianyu's calm face at this moment.

Hachiman Hikigaya reached out and took the card.

The moment his fingertips touched the edge of the card, he felt the profound martial arts aura contained within it.

“…I understand.” Hachiman took a deep breath, stuffed the card into his pocket, and said in a hoarse voice, “I will end all of this and bring peace to everyone.”

After saying that, he turned around and strode out of the old teaching building.

Qianyu stood there, watching the back of the boy who had been completely fooled disappear into the cold autumn wind.

The hall fell silent again.

Qianyu slowly stretched his neck and raised his head. Following the dilapidated window frame, his gaze pierced through the city's steel and concrete, landing on the gloomy horizon invisible to the naked eye.

The Mefilas Alien card is now useless, so the original battle royale boosting phase has to end prematurely.

Since that's the case, let's just make the water even muddier.

Qianyu touched her chin.

It's time.

It's time to put Asagiri Aya's chess piece to good use after nurturing it for so long.

It's time to arrange for her to meet the legendary "true ruler of darkness" who brings all calamities.

This massive monster battle royale should come to an end.

Chapter 274 Reonics' Strict Father Arrives

The haze over Shenshui City grew thicker and thicker over time.

Time flies like water, and seven days have passed since that conversation.

In just one week, the monster card battles that were originally rampant throughout the city have now entered their most brutal and intense phase.

The law of survival of the fittest was fully demonstrated during these seven days. As cardholders were defeated or even killed, the vast majority of monster cards and Clow Cards on the market gradually ended up in the hands of a very small number of survivors.

This deadly game, which resembles raising poisonous insects, has already reduced the number of survivors to single digits.

In just seven days of baptism by fire, Hachiman Hikigaya underwent a transformative growth.

From a clueless newbie who couldn't even use monster skills and watched helplessly as Eleking was defeated, he has overcome all obstacles and transformed into a stern father figure who strikes fear into the hearts of all monster owners.

This incredible achievement was naturally thanks to the [Fight] card that Qianyu casually tossed to him.

Chiba secretly loosened the system's permissions slightly, allowing Hachiman to mobilize the power of this Clow Card without any hindrance.

With the added buff from the Fighting Card, Gomora is essentially like having ten stacks of Dragon Dance before even entering a Pokémon battle.

With the backing of this mysterious power, Hachiman Hikigaya commands Gomora to wreak havoc in the fighting arena.

Like a fully-equipped, top-tier player returning to the starting village, they wreaked havoc and completely disrupted the entire battle.

Whether the opponent is someone who breathes fire or emits electricity, none of them can withstand Gomora's combo attacks that have a guard-breaking effect.

This kind of overwhelming attack, with max-level gear appearing out of the newbie village, easily shattered the previously stalemate.

But as he crushed the ambitions of others one by one, Hachiman Hikigaya not only did not lose himself in the frenzy of power, but also did not forget his original intention to end this brutal fight.

He has now completely transformed into a true hero, doing everything in his power to stop this self-destructive conflict that should never have happened.

As the fight drew to a close, the remaining enemies were clearly no pushovers.

At this moment, in an alternate dimension shrouded in a colorful halo.

The earth trembled violently.

"Roar--!"

The deafening roar sent dust flying everywhere.

A massive, exaggeratedly large stitched monster crashed heavily onto the open ground, its crimson compound eyes fixed on Gomora opposite it.

This is the strongest super beast, King Qiangbo.

This ultimate stitched monster, pieced together from the resentment and corpses of multiple super beasts, even has stats on paper that slightly surpass those of Tyrant.

In contrast, Gomora, standing opposite Qiangbo Wang, appeared to be of such a conventional size that he was not intimidating at all.

Meanwhile, the owner of King Qiangbo, a short-haired boy with a crazed expression, stood atop the ruins, clutching a monster card tightly in his hand, his eyes bloodshot.

Faced with such a terrifying behemoth, Hachiman Hikigaya stood on a broken precast slab, his hands in his pockets, showing no sign of panic.

Under his control, Gomora deftly dodged the high-temperature flames spewed by King Grimm.

Immediately afterwards, Gomora, fueled by the fighting instincts granted by the Fighting Card, lunged forward and delivered a swift tail whip that struck King Qiangbo's thick leg.

The massive King Gomora staggered and fell to the ground. Gomora seized the opportunity to mount it, unleashing a torrential downpour of powerful punches that tore through the air.

In no time at all, Qiang Bowang was beaten into a retreat, completely unable to fight back.

The boy standing atop the ruins looked utterly devastated, clutching his hair and shouting incredulously.

"How is this possible!" He pointed at the Gomora below, which was unilaterally attacking him, and shouted in a broken voice, "How can an ordinary Gomora beat the strongest super beast, King Bo, by a level above it!"

Hachiman Hikigaya, of course, wouldn't kindly explain the secret of his cheat-like abilities to him.

He simply raised his dead fish eyes and looked up at his opponent, who had already gone mad.

"Stop it." Hachiman's voice carried through the wind. "This so-called monster battle is a huge lie from beginning to end. There's no point in continuing."

The boy paused for a moment, then gave a disdainful sneer.

"Surrender? Are you kidding me!"

The boy waved his arms, his voice hoarse, "That alien from Phoebus already promised! As long as I can defeat all of you, as long as I win in the end, I will have the power to rule this world!"

Hachiman Hikigaya sighed and reluctantly revealed the truth.

"You believe what aliens say? Everyone has been fooled by him."

"All of this is just bait thrown out by the mastermind behind the scenes to make you kill each other and to reap the benefits of this battlefield. You are just fighting dogs for people to watch and have fun. In the end, nothing will be left."

"Shut up!"

The desire for victory and the fantasy of ruling the world had long been ingrained in the boy's mind.

Those tempting fruits completely enveloped his reason, leaving no room for any clear-headedness to expose them.

Stop pretending to be a good person.

He glared fiercely at Hachiman and retorted through gritted teeth.

"Don't think I don't know what you're plotting! You're just jealous of my Qiangbo Wang!"

The boy retorted, pointing at Hachiman and mocking, "You covet this final championship throne, but you know perfectly well that your broken Gomora isn't strong enough to outlast my mighty King in a direct confrontation. So you resort to this low-level psychological warfare, trying to trick me into withdrawing from the competition with these flimsy excuses!"

The boy, panting heavily, stared intently at Hachiman. "I'm telling you, no way! I'll prove with my strength that I'm the one who deserves to stand at the top of the world!"

Looking at the other person's face, which was distorted by fanaticism, Hachiman knew that further words would be of no use.

This person has been brainwashed to the point of being terminally ill; words can no longer awaken someone who is pretending to be asleep.

"Think what you want."

Hachiman closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, only cold determination remained in his dead fish eyes.

"Gomora, end it."

Driven by his will, Gomora, standing in the middle of the field, let out a roar that shattered the clouds.

The crescent-shaped horn on its head began to gleam with a dazzling dark red light.

With the powerful assistance of the card, Gomora completely ignored the huge size gap between the two sides and launched a final charge with unprecedented ferocity.

As King Qiangbo struggled to his feet to defend himself, Gomora crashed into him like a high-speed, heavily armored tank.

Gomora's thick arms locked tightly around King Gomora's body, while its giant horn pierced straight into the gap in the armor on the opponent's chest.

Under the incredulous and desperate gaze of his opponent, the red light on Gomora's horns instantly reached its critical point.