716 Take advantage of me all you wan (2/2)
Although he acted quite friendly in the dream, would he be the same in reality?
'Was it really a good idea for someone like myself to meet with a Spiritual Ability user like Shiroya? Just how daring was I to even mention the thought of becoming friends with him!'
Various thoughts swirled about chaotically in Isamu's mind.
To be honest, he was a gaming nerd. Although he didn't have any social communication problems, he was more of an introvert who wasn't highly skilled at talking to others.
Isamu was the type who also got nervous when meeting regular online friends for the first time. So, of course he would be even more anxious meeting such an extraordinary person. In fact, Isamu was so nervous that he forgot that there was one more person coming to the meeting.
”Owl.”
Isamu jolted upon hearing his username being called. He turned around, only to see a boy wearing a black jacket and a cap.
This boy appeared rather handsome. He had a high-bridged nose, diagonal bangs, and silver eyes. His gaze seemed somewhat icy, giving him a cool appearance.
The boy took off his cap, and asked to confirm, ”You're Owl, correct?”
”Yes…” Isamu finally realized what was going on. ”You're Three-Eyed Cat?”
”Yeah.”
”Nice… nice to meet you, my name is Isamu Seima…”
”Don't say your real name out loud, idiot.”
”Eh?”
”Even if this was a normal meeting between online friends, would you really say your real name immediately?” Three-Eyed Cat stated coldly. ”Do you really believe that meeting in real life means we're all true friends?”
Isamu was rendered speechless.
Three-Eyed Cat sighed upon seeing how stupefied Isamu was.
”Forget it, I suppose I can tell you my name. I'm Ryuuma Sorimachi. Nice to meet you, please take good care of me, etc.”
”Ryuuma… Sorimachi?” Isamu repeated the name, feeling that it sounded rather archaic as if it came from a period drama.
”It's the Ryuuma from shogi. My father loves to play shogi, which is why he gave me this name,” Three-Eyed Cat, or Ryuuma, explained calmly.
It seemed that Ryuuma's name didn't have anything to do with period dramas after all.
”Your name is really cool. It fits you,” Isamu spoke the first thing on his mind as he looked over the cool looking guy before him.
Ryuuma blinked, and averted his gaze.
”Your name fits you as well, Isamu Seima. It sounds like the main character of a children's anime.”
”…Why'd you emphasize the word 'children'?”
”No reason.” Ryuuma took out his cell phone, and started playing a cell phone game.
Isamu's eyes lit up when he saw the game that Ryuuma was playing.
”I'm playing that game as well!” Isamu brought out his own cell phone. ”What level are you in it?”
”135.”
”What!?”
Level 135 was the current level cap in the game! Isamu was astonished to hear this.
This was a popular Huaxia cell phone game called ”Puppets' Frontline”. The main topic was how cute girl puppets were living guns that fought each other in strategic battles. The game was relatively free-to-play-friendly, and the grinding requirements differed depending on the person.
Why did the grinding requirements differ for everyone? That was because this game was truly a test for one's brain power!
Just about every map in the game was completely random so that every battle would be different. One had to consider the balance of gun girl puppet types, formation, path taken, skills to use, and real time combat… And the more enemies you killed, the less damage or knockouts you took, and the less time you took, the more points you would receive, leading to greater experience and rewards.
In summary, skilled players wouldn't have to grind as much to speedily raise their levels. Unskilled players would have to grind a great deal in order to reach the high levels.
Since every map was completely randomized, there were no complete walkthrough for the game. There were only general strategy guides. That was why it was impossible to just copy others' strategies for this game. Achieving a high score and rank would depend completely on oneself.
”You're at such a high level… how much do you play every day?”
”About half an hour.”
”Only half an hour!?”
Isamu had started playing this game from the moment that it came out. He played it for an average of an hour a day, and he was currently level 89.
This was truly a tremendous difference.
'No… it's all because I spent all my resources on the gacha for gun girl puppets! If I had played seriously from the very start, and used my resources on battling instead, I should be at least level 130 as well!' Isamu suddenly started thinking like this.
”My gun girl puppet collection is 92% complete, how about you?” Isamu asked.
92% was among the top ranks in the server for completion ratio. Isamu's collection rate was ranked in the top 500.
”93%,” Ryuuma answered calmly.
”What…” Isamu was astonished yet again.
Even his collection ratio was so high!?
Isamu found this really difficult to accept. It was fine if Ryuuma was a better player, but he even had such good luck with the gacha…?