I found a life simulator.

"Well then! Yuzuru-kun, you can help your wife drink this dark beverage. In principle, we consider every guest couple as one entity." Nagasawa Yu's smile remained unchanged.

"However, there are rules for helping to accept punishment. Normally, each person drinks one cup, but if it is placed on one person's head, then they have to drink three cups."

Shintaro Hanyu said with great confidence, "It's just three cups, I'll accept them all by myself."

Humans are always full of vigor and high spirits before they truly confront their fears.

Upon hearing this, Su Ze calmed down. This way, if he made a mistake, he could at least help Erina drink her cup of dark beverage.

An extra cup as punishment.

What can that do?

It may taste bad, but Su Ze didn't believe it could be so bad that it was impossible to drink and that one would feel like vomiting after just one sip.

As long as it's not to the point where you feel like throwing up after just one sip, Su Ze can hold his breath, gulp it down, and swallow the drink without even tasting it.

Many of the "dark drinks" featured in variety shows are actually celebrities deliberately tasting the beverages to create an effect on camera. How could they not show that desperate expression?

However, Yuzuru Shintaro's side conceded defeat decisively. He mainly listened to Su Ze's analysis and knew that it would be difficult for the other side to exchange mission cards.

You can't win by analyzing logic or playing decision-making games.

Su Ze's advantage lies in his Go skills. Since others can't cook, Su Ze lets those who can't cook cook while he plays Go, thus immediately disrupting the ratings of the two guests.

Because Shintaro Hanyu only knows how to play Go, he can't do other tasks if he doesn't play Go.

The other two groups of guests were also unaware of the situation.

If Hanyu Shintaro had any chance to persuade Su Ze to exchange mission cards, he wouldn't have surrendered so readily. But Su Ze wouldn't exchange them, so Hanyu Shintaro couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock.

It's not that Shintaro Hanyu didn't try hard enough; it's that his opponents didn't give him a chance. In that case, he could only sit in the bottom position for a while.

Su Ze hesitated for a moment.

I chose to play a game of Go with the former president of the Dongxue Chess Club.

This mission card has a scoring system, and winning or losing is definitely part of the scoring mechanism. However, according to the information that Nagasawa Yu gave, both openly and secretly, the mission card has side missions and hidden missions.

The main quest is given out directly, and there are also rewards for completing other quests.

This led Su Ze to develop many judgments and ideas, such as the quality of the opponent he defeated might affect the score of the mission card.

The score you receive for beating a small child will definitely be different from the score you receive for beating the president of a chess club.

It's impossible to beat a child with a high score, but to beat the president of the chess club with a low score.

This is Su Ze's understanding.

Dongxue Chess Club is an amateur chess club that provides chess games for ordinary people. Although the club president is an old chess player who has been playing chess for many years, he is still an amateur player, not a professional chess player.

He plays chess for fun, not as a profession.

Su Ze was still confident of defeating the old president.

Because Senzaemon Nakiri went on to obtain a professional Go player certification later on, he didn't play in any official tournaments, but his rank was high enough.

Su Ze also honed his skills along the way.

In a fierce battle.

Although Su Ze occasionally encountered some setbacks, the problems were minor. He only faced a few minor setbacks from the old president. Su Ze controlled the overall situation, gradually blocking the old president's moves and eventually taking him away.

This move.

Time flies.

Each group of guests is doing tasks, and these tasks are not easy. During the process, they also have to encounter task NPCs set up by the production team to have conversations with.

It was late when the day was getting dark.

The production team brought the four guests together, and the footage recorded by each group separately was enough to fill the first episode.

Now, it's time for the trial.

Whoever gets the highest rating will rest in the most comfortable master bedroom tonight; whoever gets the lowest rating will rest in the living room.

There are four couples in total.

Su Ze and Erina Nakiri are in the food group, Shintaro Hanyu and Hyunai Hanyu are in the chess group, and the other two groups are the music group and the artist group.

The male partner in the music group is pianist Saito Kaku, and the female partner is violinist Tachibana Tomatsu; the male partner in the entertainment group is former idol superstar Kamiaki Kitahara and voice actress Maaya Amamiya.

This program invites officially married couples who are already registered as married, as well as couples who are also known as lovers.

Getting married in Japan is a rather complicated matter, and most people don't choose to get married. For idols, getting married is especially troublesome, as many women are female fans. Becoming the girlfriend of a famous male idol can make you a target of public criticism.

Let alone getting married, just publicly acknowledging his girlfriend's identity would lead to him being attacked by a group of fans. In more extreme cases, they might even send him things like razor blades or dead rats.

Everyone has their own difficulties.

Some professions require such preparation, but Su Ze doesn't have this problem. He doesn't have such a fanatical female fan, and besides, who can talk back to Erina Nakiri?

If he can win the argument, then Su Ze loses.

At this point in time, all the guests participating in the program gathered at the villa that the production team had prepared in advance.

On the living room table of the villa.

Several cups of dark, bubbly, and steaming beverages were laid out. At first glance, they looked like cola, but the viscous liquid emitted warm, steaming bubbles and had a refreshing, nasal aroma.

Su Ze knew that this stuff was not meant to be drunk.

First, it's steaming hot and bubbly; second, it has a cool, pungent smell that strongly suggests it's made from traditional Chinese medicine; and third, its color makes it look like something a normal person wouldn't make.

Even a normal person wouldn't make it look like this if they tried to fix it properly.

This thing seems to be deliberately designed this way to intimidate others.

Sorry about that.

You succeeded.

Shintaro Hanyu even leaned over and took a sniff.

Even from a distance, you can smell that cool, intoxicating aroma. But up close, Shintaro Hanyu felt like his nose was being forced to clear.

"How much mint did they put in this?" After thinking it over, Hanyu Shintaro felt that only mint could have this effect.

He felt a tiny bit of regret.

So, is there still a chance to improve the rating?

I don't really feel like drinking this strange stuff.

If you drink this stuff, won't you just become a potential Splatoon fighter?

None of the people present really wanted to drink this stuff.

Erina Nakiri leaned closer on her own and even took a sniff. Her sense of smell was quite good, and she didn't feel any strong resistance.

“This drink must have been synthesized using molecular gastronomy equipment,” Erina Nakiri whispered in Su Ze’s ear. “Ordinary people can drink it, but after observing it and smelling it, I can tell that the ingredients used are definitely the most irritating to the tongue. Be careful if you drink it. It shouldn’t affect your health, but the taste will definitely be very irritating to the tongue. I don’t think I can drink it at all.”

"The tongue of God can infinitely amplify the variations in flavor."

"The taste of this drink is amplified by the God Tongue, and I dare not think too deeply about that image."

You really dare to think that way.

Su Ze didn't even dare to have that thought.

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Chapter 81 Is Ning really Fuji Syusuke himself?

Inside the villa's living room.

There were only four guests in the shot.

Off-camera, the place was packed with people. There were photographers shooting, people helping to hold things up, and Yu Nagasawa and several other directors in charge of other content were all gathered here.

"In the first stage of the competition, we have determined the winner." Nagasawa Yu went straight to the point, "The first group we need to expose is the guest group that was eliminated in last place in this competition."

“That is—Mr. Hanyu Shintaro!” Nagasawa Yu drawled out the last word before finally announcing the name.

Shintaro Hanyu had already prepared himself to be last. He had a task card that he really couldn't complete. How could he possibly play the piano? He couldn't even read sheet music. This round was definitely going to be a free win for him.

Being last is normal.

Expected.

"What are your thoughts?" Nagasawa Yu asked.

"I don't have any particular feelings, but I feel really bad for Hyun-yi. I feel like she's been dragged down by me." Hanyu Shintaro said, quite troubled. "It's also my bad luck to draw this mission card. It's hard to even try."

"There are hurdles to learning piano, right? I doubt I can learn to play Croatian Rhapsody in a day. You're just making things difficult for me by assigning me this task."

"However, a bet is a bet, so I'm willing to accept the punishment. Hyun-yi will have to make do and rest with me in the living room. As for the punishment, I'll have to drink some terrible food."

Shintaro Hanyu thought of that dark, bubbly drink.

Take a deep breath.

I really wanted to ask Ms. Hyun-yi to drink my portion too, but after thinking about it, I realized that would be too cruel. "Since I've dragged Hyun-yi into living in the worst living room with me, I'll take full responsibility for this punishment. It's just a dark drink, right? Besides being awful, it's not like it'll kill me."

Shintaro Hanyu possesses a poignant sense of grandeur, like the mournful cry of the Yi River.

He really didn't want to drink this monstrosity.

But since I've already participated in the show, there's no turning back. I have to grit my teeth and drink this dark beverage.

"Alright, we won't report the third and second place finishers for now."

"First, please welcome Mr. Yuzuru to try our special beverage." Nagasawa Yu reached out, and a staff member jogged up and brought out three different containers.

A large, oval-shaped container like a barrel; a medium-sized container the size of a glass goblet; and a tiny container the size of a bottle cap.

Then the staff member who ran up dragged a large bottle of freshly made dark beverage and gulped it down into a large oval-shaped container.

"Hanyu-kun, please enjoy your drink." Nagasawa Yu said calmly, pointing to the huge container filled with strange beverages.

"What do you want to do? Are you trying to kill me?" Shintaro Yuzuru is not only a chess player, but also a homebody, so his speaking style is very much like that of an ordinary homebody.

To be honest, most chess players have some homebody tendencies.

Modern chess players, in particular, are even more prone to being homebodies.

Because apart from world-class offline tournaments where you can compete against highly skilled players and hone your skills, the opponents you encounter in amateur tournaments are not very interesting. If you want to meet strong opponents, you have to log on to the internet and use a dedicated online platform for professional Go.

Shintaro Hanyu loves playing against Go players from various countries on online platforms.

Spending all his time at home with his computer, besides playing chess, he'd probably just play games and watch anime, which gives Shintaro Hanyu a very down-to-earth personality.

The production team approached him because they wanted to resonate with a group of viewers who tend to stay at home.

Su Ze wanted to complain about this.

Although he's a homebody, he has a special skill and isn't the kind of lazy bum. Besides, he comes from a prestigious Go family and has a real wife.

Even though we're both homebodies, he's no ordinary guy.

How could anyone possibly feel a sense of belonging, unless you hand a wife to every otaku watching the show?

At this moment, Shintaro Hanyu approached the giant oval-shaped cylindrical container, taking a step and then stopping, gently bringing it closer, and taking a sniff. His entire face was numb.

This is no longer a mask of pain.

The Pain Mask evolves into a Twisted Mask of Frenzied Torture.

When Hanyu Shintaro smelled that pungent, refreshing scent that rushed straight into his brain, he closed his eyes, pursed his mouth and nose together, and put on an exaggerated facial expression.

"If I drink this, I'll die, won't I?"

"I'm definitely going to die!" Shintaro Hanyu shouted. "Please, Hyuna-chan, can you share half of my pain?"

All the grand pronouncements he made before have vanished.

He then dragged Hanyu Hyuni into the water.

Veins bulged on Yuzuru Hanyu's forehead.

Shintaro Hanyu is on a path of self-destruction, heading straight north without ever looking back.

"I refuse!" Yuzuru Hyun made an X-shape with his hands, rejecting Yuzuru Shintaro's request.