Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

Kong and Bai slumped down on a dilapidated sofa, looking utterly dejected.

The confidence and arrogance that had been on their faces were gone.

All that remains is the emptiness and bewilderment after the collapse of faith, like ashes burned to ashes by a raging fire.

Lost.

[Blank] We lost.

This word, which shouldn't exist in their world, was now like a red-hot branding iron, fiercely imprinted on their proud, almost pathological, hearts.

Empty eyes lost focus.

'How could such a thing exist in the world…'

Bai voluntarily left her brother's warm and safe embrace.

She swayed unsteadily, like a soulless doll, and walked step by step to the slot machine, which had all its lights turned off and returned to its normal state.

She stretched out her small, snow-white hand.

I gently stroked the cold fuselage.

It was as if they were mourning.

Mourning the end of that invincible myth.

……

"Yukino, we... won?" Yui Yuigahama looked at the scene before her, still somewhat in a daze, and quietly tugged at Yukino's sleeve.

"Mm." Yukino Yukinoshita nodded, a complex expression flashing in her icy blue eyes.

She glanced at Su Chen, who remained calm and collected, as if he had only done something insignificant, and for the first time, she gained a completely new definition of the word "strength."

Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly pulled out her notebook and began jotting something down at an almost frenzied pace.

'What a plot twist! This is absolutely incredible!' she thought to herself, her mind racing.

'The protagonist awakens a superior causal ability in a desperate situation, and defeats the final boss who thought himself a god! This kind of classic, high-class plot will definitely give readers a thrill!'

"I've even thought of a title! It'll be—'About My Jerk Boyfriend Awakening Time-Wipe Ability in Another World's Gambling Game and Then Crushing Two Hikikomori Geniuses to the Point of Isolation!' It's guaranteed to go viral!"

Amidst the joyful atmosphere, Su Chen did not disturb the brother and sister who had fallen into a state of withdrawal.

He's not some kind of devil.

He quietly walked to the side, giving these proud geniuses enough time to digest the bitter fruit of "defeat," a taste they had never experienced before.

Until, in Sora's originally empty and lifeless eyes, the flame was rekindled when he saw his sister's fragile appearance, as if the whole world had collapsed.

Yes.

He can lose.

He can lose everything.

However, he could not... let the world of white fall into darkness.

He reached out and pulled his sister, who was still touching the slot machine and trembling slightly, tightly behind him, shielding her with his not-so-broad back.

Su Chen knew the time had come.

He walked slowly towards the two of them.

The enormous figure cast a shadow that completely enveloped the brother and sister.

He stated that undeniable fact.

"You lost."

"I know!"

Kong suddenly raised her head, and beneath the dark circles under her eyes from staying up all night, her eyes were frighteningly red.

Like a wild beast driven to the brink of despair yet desperately protecting its cubs, he roared with all his might, a low growl of resentment:

"Kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"

His voice cracked with excitement.

"But... don't touch the white one!"

Su Chen looked at him, who was clearly on the verge of breaking apart, yet was still desperately trying to protect his sister.

He shook his head and smiled.

"Kill you?"

Why would I kill you?

A smile appeared on his face that Kong couldn't understand at all. It was like an HR person at a campus recruitment fair seeing two once-in-a-century geniuses, and showing a smile full of admiration and longing.

"You are the one and only 'limited SSRs' that I finally managed to draw from the 'Fate Gacha Pool'."

"what?"

Kong Yi was stunned, her brain briefly freezing due to this overly "anime-like" metaphor.

"What do you mean?"

"The meaning is very simple."

Su Chen shrugged.

"From today onwards, you are mine."

"Work for me."

He gestured with his chin towards the slot machine that had caused the "Blank" siblings to lose everything.

"Stop indulging in this kind of 'single-player game' where you make your own rules, act as your own referee, and play by yourself forever."

"Don't you find it boring? (??ω??)"

Su Chen's tone became meaningful.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the thick walls of the building, looking out at the already crumbling city shrouded in monsters and despair.

"The outside world is terrible, full of bugs, unbalanced values, and the game designers are out of their minds."

"But because of this, it has become the biggest and most interesting 'open-world hardcore survival' troll... cough cough, massively multiplayer online game."

He turned around and looked at the stunned brother and sister.

A smile, as alluring as a demon king extending an invitation to a hero, appeared on his face.

"--How about it?"

"Interested in playing through the main storyline of this game with me? (???ゝ?)"

"..."

"..."

Su Chen's words were like a ray of light.

It cleaved the "Blank" siblings in two, who had long since fallen into nihilism after seeing through the true nature of life!

To break through... this game of reality?

Empty heart began to pound uncontrollably!

He subconsciously looked down at his younger sister in his arms.

In Bai Na's beautiful pupils, a long-lost interest and curiosity were now sparkling.

This discovery shook him more than any words could.

finally.

He slowly stood up.

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, for the first and last time, he lowered his head before Su Chen—a head he had never bowed to before any human being on Earth.

"Ok."

His voice was hoarse with a hint of relief.

"We'll follow you, Boss He."

He paused, then couldn't help but mutter a defense in a low voice, like a child who had lost a game and was feeling indignant:

"However, [blank] is indeed invincible."

then.

He spoke in a voice filled with complaints, a voice that only he and Su Chen, whose hearing was abnormally good, could hear.

"Before I met someone like you, who not only is a 'cheater' yourself, but can also make workplace PUA tactics like 'making empty promises' sound so elegant and self-righteous—the ultimate scumbag. (?_?)"

Chapter Fifty-Nine: A Blank Pledge of Allegiance

"Before the ultimate scumbag."

When he uttered this "declaration of surrender" that contained so many complex emotions, in his unique way of making sarcastic remarks, Kong Kong was in the air.

The game on the top floor of the SEGA building, which lasted for three days and three nights and was as exciting as the Fifth Fuyuki Holy Grail War, has finally come to an end.

Yui Yuigahama's ahoge, which had been taut due to nervousness, finally softened.

She breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into the chair, feeling more tired than if she had run a marathon.

Kasumigaoka Utaha had an expression that said, "I knew it."

She gently closed her notebook, which was filled with all sorts of "unexpected plot twists," as if she had already seen through everything.

'Hmph, just as I expected. Dealing with this kind of ultimate tsundere really requires even more despicable methods. Su Chenjun, you're really getting more and more shrewd.'

Yukino Yukinoshita watched as the man casually handed over the legendary "undefeated" urban legend, "Blank," to his command.

It seems like anything this man wants to do...

There's nothing we can't do.

Su Chen walked over naturally and patted Kong's shoulder casually, with a light but firm touch.

"Welcome to Earth Online: Doomsday Edition".

There is no new player gift pack. You need to provide your own starting capital.

"The only benefit is..."

He pointed to himself and gave a devilish smile.

"You have a 'god-level' teammate like me, who can carry you guys to victory. (????)??237"

"..."

Kong looked at his shameless face, which showed he had gotten a good deal but was still acting innocent. His eyes twitched uncontrollably.

He felt like he had just escaped one wolf's den only to fall into another.

And this new boss seems even more despicable than I imagined!

Su Chen stopped joking.

His expression returned to calm.

The relaxed atmosphere instantly turned serious.

He did not immediately and completely trust the [Blank] siblings' submission.

The scenario where an opponent who was thinking of turning you into their "possession" one second suddenly bows down and worships you the next second only happens in third-rate light novels.

In this damned world, the human heart is more dangerous and unpredictable than any monster.

There's a saying that goes, "Humanity will not be destroyed by any natural disaster; the only thing that can destroy humanity is its own internal strife."

To truly entrust his back to these two geniuses, whose intelligence was almost monstrous, who had just been fighting him to the death.

They also need to submit a sufficiently substantial pledge of allegiance.

Su Chen's gaze slowly swept over the throne room, which was filled with high-tech equipment and the atmosphere of a deserted mansion.

Ultimately, it landed on the computer that served as the core hub of the entire SEGA building, a computer composed of countless stacked servers.