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Chapter 89 - The Appetizer
He could hear it in Katsura's voice — there was far more he'd wanted to say; Matsuzaemon's move had agitated something deep, even if the move itself was only a small one. But looked at from the other direction, this only confirmed how serio
Chapter 94 - White-Eyed Wolf
At night, the wind howled. Passing through the second-floor corridor connecting Golden Wind Tower to the inner courtyard, he heard a woman's angry shouting from that direction. "Ungrateful thing! White-eyed wolf¹—" The voice was shouting
Chapter 88 - Sweeping Through
Traffic was slightly better than before. The bus service had come back online. Ma En saw Hirota as far as the stop, watching as she boarded. The bus pulled away; she turned toward the window to wave, her expression already settled — she'd p
Chapter 93 - Dongzhu
When night fell, lights dotted the mountain village, scattered here and there. A group of children ran around the threshing ground by the pond, chasing and play-fighting. An old farmer sitting by his house chatting held a tobacco pipe, occa
Episode 1: Send the Cute Master on a Journey
Episode 1: Send the Cute Master on a Journey I—Kotoyorozu Kotoha—had three worries. "...Um. Koito-senpai?" At night, when everyone had gone to sleep. In the Koito dormitory swallowed by darkness, the dorm leader Koito-senpai was lying on
Chapter 87 - The Hidden Omen
Everything Hirota Masami had said and done was worth thinking carefully about. Ma En didn't believe any of it had come from a state of "complete unawareness of what was happening" — but equally, referencing what the Room 3 neighbor friend h
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"Lady Elies." "............" "Lady Elies, honestly." "Hyah!?" A cold hand pressed against her back. The chill raced through her entire body, and Elies shrieked and leapt to her feet. On the second floor of the Main Spirit Palace, in El
Chapter 92 - Xiao Chan
It was hard to say who he'd seen in the dream. The setting felt somewhat modern. Ning Yi closed his eyes. After a while, Xiao Chan climbed down from the side of the bed. The little maid was obviously anxious, but her expression wasn't co
Chapter 91 - Stars Light the Way
"Young... Young Master, could Xiao Chan... could I stay here tonight...?" Her voice was mosquito-quiet, but the room was still enough that Ning Yi heard her fine. He thought a moment while she stood clutching her hem, face burning. "Um...
Chapter 86 - Calling Them by Name
Mitarai Sanshirou — folklore professor, or possibly archaeology professor, he couldn't recall precisely — but the instant the name surfaced, the Room 3 neighbor friend's words came flooding back: there was intelligence that only certain peo
Record.2 - Demon Lands — Vanessa Wetlands
_"What is the most dangerous foe an adventurer must face while traveling the world?"_ Ren still remembered those words, posed by their supervising instructor not long after he'd enrolled at Holy Fiora Journey Academy. "One: giant Roaming
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**Fluctus — Three Great Academies** **Azure Academy | Location: District 12 | Subsidiary: Illuminati** Boasts the highest rate of End Stagnation ability awakenings among the three academies, renowned for its high technical prowess and fre
Chapter 90 - Window Paper
Funerals were supposed to be serious, but reality was full of mundane hassles. Sure, Xiao Chan was sad about her father dying, but she'd been sold to the Su family when she was four and only went home once or twice a year. She didn't really
Chapter 85 - Aftershock
Chapter 84 - Projection
Hirota Masami's praise for the hastily written story had been more than Ma En anticipated. But what he'd anticipated even less was her insistence on publishing it — an unfinished story, at that. What had the story's content actually produce
Chapter 89 - Seniority and Forms of Address
When he ran out the door at dawn, Xiao Chan had already returned to her room and was busily packing her things. Juan'er and Xing'er had also gotten up to help. These past few days his exercise route stopped at Nie Yunzhu's small building.
Record 1 — Silent Agency
An afternoon after a light rain. One corner of Holy Land Canaan was engulfed in an unprecedented stench and ominous black smoke. "Wh-what a very... innovative flavor... m-my..." _hack!_ "She collapsed!?" Ren caught the elderly woman as
Chapter 83 - The One Who Speaks in Jest
Ma En pulled the door shut behind him without turning on the lights, slipped off his shoes in the entryway, and walked into the living room. The city's ambient glow came through the windows, and as his eyes adjusted to the room's darkness,
Chapter 88 - Calculations
"I think so too..." Kang Xian sighed. "Just this one booklet covers numerous categories—how to manage, guide, and influence, making disaster victims achieve proper efficiency rather than blind suppression. This is truly the kingly way of go
Chapter 82 - Upstream
In the dark of the forest, in the scattered organs and pooling blood and the dense, iron smell, in the pit where the thick, gnarled roots showed, Ma En and the neighbor friend stood looking at each other. A low, final declaration rang out i
Epilogue B: But That Was, Barely.
Epilogue B: But That Was, Barely. A man was walking. His entire body covered in wounds, breath coming in gasps, he barely managed to keep moving through the back alleys. The man wore a skull mask. "Hah... hah... hah... _cough_, _cough_."
Chapter 87 - Two Gifts
The entire manuscript of disaster relief and epidemic prevention guidelines was written in concise, clear language. Ning Yi explained each item one by one, pointing out what was most important and what was secondary. Old Qin and Old Kang ju
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Chapter 81 - No Other Choice
In the neighbor friend's eyes, Ma En saw the resolution of someone burning all their bridges. Only now, in this moment, did he finally know with certainty: the neighbor friend had said "kill Matsuzaemon" with a genuine readiness to die. He
Chapter 86 - Won't Get Married
After returning to the Su residence that evening, Ning Yi took out paper and brush and began writing down some guidelines and regulations for disaster relief and epidemic prevention. He'd been thinking about these issues for many days now,
Prologue — The Abyss of Elmekia
A windless night. Dust and fine grit mingled in the dry air, and from within it— "Hmm. The basement levels have been thoroughly demolished. No wonder the castle came down." The Hegemon City Elmekia — Istalsil Outer Keep. A small, elderl
Chapter 80 - The Owner of Room 4
*We're doing strange things* — the neighbor's observation struck Ma En as completely accurate. People who'd never been exposed to this kind of bizarreness, who couldn't share the experience, who had no access to the information hidden insid
Chapter 85 - Disaster Approaches
As if channeling something, Squad Leader Chen took an uncomfortable deep breath. He squatted down and picked up a tree branch from nearby. This small area was basically all bamboo—this branch had obviously been broken from elsewhere, its le
Continued - Those Who Remain
The Istalsil Outer Keep had collapsed. The following morning—— The facts that The Hegemon City Elmekia had publicly announced spread across the world in the blink of an eye. "It has been determined that the attack on the Holy Land Canaan
Chapter 84 - Waiting
Gloomy night shrouded the distant city walls and mountains, making it impossible to see what lay in those far places. She sat on the steps before the building thinking—actually these days she thought mostly of one thing: those once-familiar
Epilogue A: And So the World Keeps Turning
Epilogue A: And So the World Keeps Turning It had been about two weeks since Koito Hikari started crying. "Waaaaah... Kotohaaa... Kotohaaaa..." She had been crying and screaming in her room for two solid weeks. She hadn't eaten, hadn't s
Chapter 78 - Summer Solstice Not Yet Here
The night wind moved across Ma En's body, carrying an unseasonable chill for June. What the neighbor was doing, he had no power to stop. It was hard to imagine what would come next. His head was stuffed with something dim and just out of re
Chapter 83 - Stones from Other Mountains (Part Two)
Crystalline, clear night—a moon missing a piece hung leisurely in the sky. The Milky Way stretched like a ribbon, and looking up through gaps in the forest, the night sky resembled a blue sea. "...And so, the story of Demi-Gods and Semi-De
Record.6 - The Qualifications of a Brave Hero
1 Istalsil Outer Keep, Third Floor — the Celestial Mirror Chamber. Once, this had been a place of longing for those who aspired to be swordsmen. A gathering place for chosen swordsmen. But at some point, this glorious training hall beca
Chapter 77 - The God's Hidden Realm
The neighbor ran with Ma En and the body. The dense grass, the shrubs, the thick tangled root systems and spreading branches, the vines hanging in mid-air — everything seemed to clear a path for him. He moved through forest that grew denser
Chapter 82 - Stones from Other Mountains (Part One)
Over the next few days, one could occasionally see Lu Hongti sitting on the steps in deep thought. "...Joint manipulation techniques mainly aim to attack people's joints in certain situations, dislocating them and making them lose combat a
Chapter 76 - A Sudden Sharp Turn
The neighbor had once described Matsuzaemon's power like this: drop ten thousand nuclear bombs on his head and it still wouldn't kill him. Ma En understood what a nuclear bomb could do. Which was precisely why he found the claim so hard to
Episode 10: A Story of a Small Prayer
Episode 10: A Story of a Small Prayer "--" The first thing he registered was warmth. Just warmth. "...Huh?" He opened his eyes. That he had eyelids at all surprised him. Light flooded his vision, and he had to squint against the brightn
Chapter 81 - Mountain Dwelling
His consciousness flickered between clarity and confusion in the darkness. Vaguely, it seemed Lu Hongti had carried him on her back, whooshing through the mountain forest—that soft sensation. "How did you find me..." "How do you think I
Chapter 80 - Heart Like a Fierce Tiger (Part Four)
In the dark, still-collapsing houseboat room, the faint smell of wine, burnt flesh, and blood lingered as river water gurgled softly below, blood dissolving at the figure's feet into spreading dark red symbols. Gu Yanzhen stood there alone
Chapter 75 - Growth Rings
Ma En stood to one side, turning over what the neighbor had said, while sinking into the man's grief. The emotion that had broken through was something he couldn't claim to share — but it was exactly these feelings, accumulated and compress
Record.5 - The Heretical Overlord Zelbright
1 Istalsil Outer Keep, third floor — the Celestial Mirror Chamber. Light from the ceiling fixtures reflected again and again off polished grand mirrors, filling the space with a beautiful, solemn atmosphere. Illuminated by that dazzling
Chapter 74 - Hidden in the Years
The vines drew back into the neighbor's body, pulling tight, seeming to drill into every pore of him. He made a low, strangled sound, and the air around him seemed to lose its moisture in the same instant — becoming suddenly dry. Ma En felt
Chapter 79 - Heart Like a Fierce Tiger (Part Three)
Night wind moaned as Yang Heng's corpse burned on the floor, casting dancing shadows through the room. Wine still seeped slowly from the broken jar. The hand that had just been extinguished trembled slowly in the darkness. Their eyes met in
Chapter 77 - Heart Like a Fierce Tiger (Part Two)
Jiangning outskirts, river bend, houseboat. "Shoot." "Let him go!" "Shoot!" "You'll die horribly!" "Who are you? Why did you kidnap me?" "Erlang! Mother—" "..." "What have you done!" "Back off." In the dim houseboat corridor, no l
Chapter 73 - A Slim Chance
Ma En was carried through the sky without any say in the matter. Each of the neighbor's leaps spanned multiple buildings — the shorter ones covered dozens of meters, the longer ones well over a hundred — and during the seconds of airborne s
Episode 9: Star Whale
Episode 9: Star Whale Before we knew it, we had reverted to our original forms. "...Oh, crap." The effects of noapusa had worn off while we were in the cockpit of the spaceship _Ibis-2_. Koito-senpai had probably realized she was a fake.
