Gongcheng Yuandu was being pulled along for a while before Gongcheng Yunling stopped, pointed at the park ahead, and said excitedly, "That's it! Let's go in and wait for Komachi!"
Though initially bewildered, seeing his younger sister's excitement made Yuandu realize they had reached the meeting place. He followed her into the park, sat down on a bench facing the entrance, and waited quietly.
Yunling quickly took out her phone and sent a message: 「Komachi, Komachi, I'm here~」
Komachi: 「So fast? But I'm almost there too. What kind of clothes is Xiao Yun wearing? Can you tell me?」
Looking at the instant reply, Yunling smiled happily. "She replied in seconds!"
Thinking for a moment, she typed back: 「I'm wearing white clothes and a skirt, and I have cyan hair. My older brother is with me too—he's wearing a white suit and has white hair.」
Komachi: 「Looks like I don't even need to look; I already see you!」
Just as he was wondering, shouts echoed from afar. Gongcheng Yunling looked up to see a blue-haired girl running toward the two of them and waving, followed closely by a boy with dead fish eyes.
"Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun, is that Xiao Yun?"
"Komachi~"
Yunling hopped over to Komachi, and the two girls hugged. They looked like they were on very good terms.
Seeing that her internet friend really was a girl and not a periot, the dead-fish-eyed boy Hikigaya Hachiman let out a sigh of relief.
Phew, thank goodness. Definitely not a pervert.
"Komachi~ Let me introduce you. This is my fourth older brother, Gongcheng Yuandu~ But due to some reasons, he can't hear." Holding the blue-haired girl's hand, the cyan-haired girl introduced her family member. Gongcheng Yuandu picked up a notebook, handed it to Hikigaya Komachi with a "Hello" written on it, and then placed his right hand over his abdomen, pressed his left hand to his back, and bowed respectfully to the two Hikigaya siblings.
「Nice to meet you, Brother Yuandu~」 The girl smiled, her eyes curving into crescents, and wrote a reply in the notebook to greet the boy.
Hikigaya Hachiman kept his dead-fish eyes, simply giving Yuandu a brief greeting, though his expression carried a hint of thought.
A hearing impairment?
"Xiao Yun, this is my older brother, Hikigaya Hachiman~" The blue-haired girl also took the opportunity to introduce her own older brother.
Yunling waved. "Hello, Brother Hachiman~"
"Hello." Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the girl. *Well, my own sister is still cuter!*
"Komachi, let's go play at the amusement park~" The two girls walked ahead hand-in-hand, followed by the two older brothers. It made quite a picturesque scene on the street.
The girls were lively and cute, and the boys were handsome too—of course, they would have looked even more striking without those dead fish eyes.
"Okay~" Komachi replied with a happy smile.
「Nice to meet you, Hachiman.」 The boy handed the notebook the girl had returned to him over to the person beside him.
Hikigaya Hachiman looked at it, took the notebook and pen, and wrote: 「What's up?」
「Could you please help me look after my sister? I'm going to buy some snacks for them. Is there anything you need?」
「MAX Coffee, thanks.」
Somehow, these two unexpectedly hit it off well?
The boy put away the notebook and walked off in the opposite direction. It seemed he probably knew what the girls liked to eat.
"Host." The system, which had been silent for a long time, spoke up.
Looking for a cake shop, the puzzled boy asked, "What is it?"
"A monster is about to appear. Please prepare for combat, Host." The system delivered news he really didn't want to hear.
"Where will it appear?" the boy asked nervously. Tokyo had a huge flow of people, and his sister was right nearby—he couldn't help but panic.
"The Host is currently on the east side of Tokyo, and the monster will appear on the west side. The monster is here!"
"What?!" Gongcheng Yuandu hurriedly asked the system to guide him, and by then, people around them were already panicking.
"What is that?!"
"A... a monster! Run!"
"It's a monster! Run!"
...
Watching the two monsters—one bursting out from the ground and the other arriving from the horizon—the boy frowned deeply.
He ran into a nearby, empty small shop, summoned the Dark Spark, and asked the system with extreme bewilderment, "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? This is my beginner phase, and I have to fight two at once?"
As he spoke, he pressed the transformation button. A Spark Doll appeared, entirely pitch-black with X-shaped crimson eyes and red accents on its body.
Without hesitation, Gongcheng Yuandu grabbed the doll with his left hand, held the Dark Spark in his right, and pressed the tip of the Spark against the doll's left foot.
A beam of black-and-red light shot straight into the sky from the ground, and when the light dissipated, the doll had grown to colossal size.
Dark Lugiel!
"Rest assured, Host, the beginner phase comes with auto-play. If the Host finds it difficult to win, you can use the system auto-play. Also, these two monsters are called Golza and Melba."
"Got it."
Glaring at the roaring monsters in front of him, Gongcheng Yuandu waved his hand, assumed a fighting stance, and locked his eyes on them.
At that moment, the monster named Golza charged at him, swinging a fist toward Lugiel. Lugiel rolled to the side, barely dodging the attack before jumping quickly back to his feet. Before Golza could react, Lugiel rushed forward and slammed a fist into Golza's abdomen, driving it back a few steps.
Meanwhile, Melba had taken to the sky at some point and swooped down toward Lugiel, pecking viciously at his right shoulder.
Struck by the peck, Lugiel sideswiped and fell to the ground. Just as he tried to get up, Golza grabbed his legs and dragged him backward.
"Ouch!"
Clutching his right shoulder tightly, Lugiel kicked his legs in a desperate struggle, but Golza hoisted him up and slammed him down hard in the distance.
Sashing into a high-rise building and destroying it, Lugiel clutched his chest, his crimson, X-shaped eyes glaring fixedly at Golza as if he wanted to tear it to shreds.
At that moment, a sound reached his ears. He turned around in confusion to see several fighter jets circling them. Seeing Lugiel look over, the jets immediately fired missiles at him. Although the missiles' firepower paled in comparison to the damage caused by the monsters, a surge of hostility flared up inside Gongcheng Yuandu.
He raised a hand toward the squadron of jets, and red lightning surged from his palm, striking them. Two jets were hit, their tails trailing black smoke as they plummeted toward the city.
Coming back to his senses, Yuandu stared at the exploding aircraft, feeling somewhat at a loss.
「I didn't mean to hit them...」
But the battle allowed for no distraction. Melba took to the sky once more, and Golza charged at him again.
"System, start auto-play!"
After a momentary hesitation, he chose the option he despised.
"Watch closely, learn well." With that, the system took over control of Gongcheng Yuandu's body.
Lugiel placed his right hand over his chest and swiped it to the right. Several Destruction Light Bullets fired from the red spherical center on his chest, striking Golza accurately and forcing it back by a distance.
"This is the Red Destruction Light Bullet."
He then extended his left hand, making a gripping gesture in the empty air. A wisp of black-and-red mist poured from his palm, forming a glowing red three-pronged spear.
"This is the Dark Spark Lance."
While fighting, the system explained things to Gongcheng Yuandu.
"Actually, you didn't have to explain. The memories you implanted in me already mentioned all of this."
"Personal instruction yields better results."
What a shameless system!
Gongcheng Yuandu was too exhausted to retort, yet he listened attentively to his "master teacher's" lecture.
I must admit, the system's teaching was quite effective. Not long after taking over the fight, it gave him a very direct sense of progress.
Slowly wielding the Dark Spark Lance, having a weapon in hand dramatically enhanced Dark Lugiel's hand-to-hand combat prowess.
When Melba swooped down in another dive, Dark Lugiel held the spear with both hands and thrust it upward with all his might, piercing right into the monster's chest. Sparks burst forth in succession, and Melba let out a mournful cry before crashing to the ground.
Watching the two monsters struggle back to their feet, the system said leisurely, "I'll leave the finishing move to you. You don't need me to step in anymore, right?"
Gongcheng Yuandu nodded, smashed the spear into the ground to leave it standing upright, and then slowly walked toward the two struggling monsters.