I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

This... if you pressed the wrong button at the start and it's game over, what's the point of continuing to play this game?

Let alone Undertale... even in games like I Wanna, where the quality varies depending on the producer's skill, it's rare to find an author using such a low-level, deceptive tactic right from the start!

Amamiya was speechless, thinking to himself that even game producers like Miyazaki Hidetoshi and Yang Qiying wouldn't dare to 'provoke' players like this.

He now understood why the game developed by the game development department, despite having the highest rate of negative reviews, still won an award.

In a sense... this has reached a new level of rottenness.

Faced with Amamiya's shocked, surprised, and confused expression, Midori and Yuzu both lowered their heads.

This... it's really hard for them to explain...

Little Green and Yuzu fell silent, but Alice's attempts continued.

"Continue, continue..."

"Alice felt a feeling that could not be described in words..."

Alice, who picked up the controller again and continued to operate it, seemed to have a subtle anger on her originally expressionless face, along with an equal amount of focus and seriousness.

"An emotion that can't be described in words? Oh! I get it, I get it! It must be 'interesting' or 'anticipation'!"

Seeing her sister's clearly misunderstanding expression, Xiao Lü couldn't help but cover her face with her hands.

No, that can't be right...

Sister... that's clearly not something interesting or something to look forward to...

It's anger from being so angry, and fury from wanting to beat up the producer!

Amamiya remained silent, watching Alice continue trying... and was quickly met with a "My lady, times have changed" from the slime.

...difficult to find a clam.

What kind of insane game is this...?

This was completely different from the kind of game he had in mind that could be considered the "ninth art"...

Even the I Wanna series has a very different game style...

Even a game like "I Wanna" manages to challenge players while maintaining gameplay, allowing players to experience the fun of outsmarting the developers...

But this game from the game development department is clearly designed to torture players in every way possible!

The game is so frustrating that it's almost impossible to play it properly.

Honestly, even "anti-cliché games" aren't developed like this...

"It has stopped thinking and cannot be processed by computer."

"Try restarting and playing for the third time..."

Amamiya sighed deeply.

Although he felt the game was full of flaws from beginning to end, he still didn't stop Alice from continuing to play it.

Learning from mistakes... can also be considered a part of the growth process.

Never mind, let me see...

Let's see what these three kids in the gaming department can come up with...

Amamiya patiently continued reading... and then he discovered that the things these three kids in the game club were doing were becoming increasingly astonishing.

After Alice survived the initial 'producer's malice,' the game seemed to proceed in a relatively normal and playable manner.

Then Amamiya, with a critical and scrutinizing attitude, began to watch Alice's games and dialogues, looking for various textual errors and bugs.

For example, changing "herbivore" to "vegetative state" would cause Alice to crash and make a fatal error upon reading the line...

There are so many dialogue bugs, or inconsistencies and omissions, that they are simply countless.

If a game like this really becomes popular, it'll only be because it's so bad.

The two developers, Xiao Lü and Momoi, and even the programmer Yuzu, would occasionally offer Alice pointers on how to complete the game. But even so, Alice's progress in the game was still extremely difficult.

You should know... Alice's 'operational skills' are many times better than any 'cold computer' or 'crazy computer'.

Even so, she still had a very difficult time playing... In fact, if she missed even one stat or a single coin, the game would be in a dead end, forcing her to return to the previous save point and start over.

There are even rogue-like elements like the dreaded random number generation for equipment...

Amamiya couldn't believe how the three kids in the game club dared to do that.

How dare they set the difficulty so high while also adding the element of random equipment numbers, which requires repeated grinding to get the best results?

Honestly, even Miyazaki wouldn't dare to do something like this.

If he dared to add a "random weapon attack power" or "refinement and upgrade" feature to the Dark Souls series or the Law of the Ring, wouldn't he be immediately slammed down by players?

at last……

After playing for more than an hour, Alice, with her careful planning and the constant guidance of the game developers, finally managed to play this masterpiece.

As the game screen began playing the standard credits, Momoi and Midori nervously moved closer to Alice, who had put down her controller and was staring blankly at the screen.

"How was it? Was our game... fun?"

Amamiya: ...

As an observer, he really wanted to say something.

Is it really interesting?

To be honest, from Amamiya's perspective, this game from the game development department is quite difficult to understand in every aspect.

However... it is indeed quite interesting.

It stands on some extreme of absurdity, or other aspects of 'interesting'.

Faced with Momoi and Midori's questions, Alice blinked and showed a hint of hesitation for the first time.

"...cannot be explained."

Momoi panicked immediately: "Huh? W-why? Is our game really that bad...?"

"Searching for similar behaviors... Loading."

Amidst Momoi and Midori's anxious expressions, Alice closed her eyes, 'thought' for a moment, and then reopened them.

"An interesting feeling...that really exists."

"It's like... traveling to another world."

"Alice..."

That subtle fluctuation that had begun to affect the 'computer module'... perhaps it could be called 'emotion', reappeared.

"Alice..."

After repeating her name again, a glimmer of color gradually appeared in the corners of Alice's eyes.

Strangely, the voice seemed to carry a 'choking' quality almost indistinguishable from that of a human.

"Alice... really likes this kind of game."

The sincere words plunged the game department into a very brief silence.

—After pouring their hearts and souls into it and making countless efforts, the feeling of being recognized filled their hearts in an instant.

For players, the producer's words, "thank you so much for playing my game," are a tremendous source of emotion and recognition.

For game developers... seeing players pour their hearts into the game and express their heartfelt emotions after playing it... isn't that a tremendous encouragement?

This is... the interaction produced by the legendary "ninth art"...

Game developers and game players are connected through this bridge, using "one world" as a medium.

After a brief pause, what followed was a powerful surge of emotion—a feeling of being recognized that brought tears to my eyes.

"Alice..."

"Um... thank you..."

"Thank you for your approval, Alice..."

"Waaah... I finally got a good review..."

Hey……

Amamiya sighed softly as she watched this scene.

From a game perspective, this game from the game department is indeed very poorly made... even utterly terrible.

But it must be said... they really do want to create good works.

Unfortunately, due to limitations in technology and understanding, the quality of the games produced can only be this good.

"But speaking of which... isekai adventure..."

After huddling together and feeling touched, the three members of the game club suddenly turned their attention to Amamiya.

Hey...don't say it.

An adventure in another world?

Their Millennium Science Academy... also happens to exist in an 'other world'.

"Sensei!"

Momoi darted in front of Amamiya, hugged his waist, pressed her body against his, looked up at him, and spoke in a tone that was half pleading and half suggesting.

"I have a new plan for Alice to learn languages..."

"us……"

"Let's take Alice to see another world...!!"

Chapter 45 Ruozao, do you want to sleep with me?

Should I take Alice to see another world?

Momoi's suggestion made Amamiya lower his brows and fall into deep thought.

That's definitely a pretty good idea...

At least in Amamiya's view, even negotiating with the shadows of another world would be far more effective than learning a language through games and then reinventing the wheel.

"Yes...but..."

Amamiya first accepted Momoi's invitation, then glanced at the sky outside, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

"It's getting late...it's practically midnight now, isn't it?"

"Everyone in the game club can't stay up all night... Let's get some rest for the upcoming otherworld exploration, shall we?"

As Amamiya spoke, the three members of the game club also glanced out the window at the night scene with its few stars and cold, frosty moon.

"First, I went to the ruins, then went exploring, and then I started thinking about Alice... Later, I started guiding Alice through the game..."

Looking back on today's experiences, the three members of the gaming department were indeed feeling tired.

“Sensei is right… In that case, let’s leave the exploration for next time.”

"Now that we've planned out the games Alice will play next, we should take a break..."

After rubbing her eyes wearily, Little Green felt sleepiness creeping in and yawned softly.

After Midori started this, even though Momoi wasn't particularly tired yet, after thinking about it, she had to prepare to rest.

She certainly didn't want to be "removed from the assault team" during the exploration of the other world because of some trivial reason like "insufficient stamina."

"Hmm... Sensei is right... If you don't get proper rest, you won't even have the energy to play games..."

"If I keep going like this, I'll collapse right at 2 a.m., and my stamina for the next day will be halved..."

Are you from Stardew Valley?!

After giving Momoi a wry smile, Amamiya sighed and looked away.

"I'm going back first too..."

Because it was so late, Amamiya didn't even have a chance to accept the invitation that evening.