Hideaki Anno was dead. He died on the way home, surrounded by more than a dozen aggressive big brothers who pinned him to the ground and stabbed him to death one knife after another. It was as if his despicable actions had deeply wounded the hearts of EVA fans, and his behavior had finally received its retribution.
Sharp knives stabbed into Hideaki Anno's body. His miserable screams continuously rang out as he loudly called for help, trying to attract people passing by in the surroundings.
People who heard Hideaki Anno's cries for help saw so many people surrounding him alone and simply did not dare to approach, afraid that the next one to suffer would be themselves.
This was not an anime where an invincible, agile hero would descend from the sky and save him from danger.
After stabbing Hideaki Anno to death, the more than a dozen aggressive big brothers quickly withdrew, as if they had discussed it in advance. They left only Hideaki Anno's blood-covered corpse lying on the ground. Blood flowed from the corpse, staining the ground and forming a pool of blood.
Hideaki Anno's eyes were wide open. His refined glasses were covered in spiderweb-like cracks. Even until death he did not understand why he had been attacked. He had only wanted to realize a dream he had never been able to achieve. Why did it end up like this…
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Hideaki Anno was dead. No one pitied him. Everyone hated this person who had inserted private agendas into the anime, wounded their hearts, and wounded their youth.
Far away in the mansion on Cameo Coast, Asuka sat on a soft cushion on the floor, rubbing her slightly painful arm (it had been kicked by Cyan during a challenge). Her fingers tapped on the keyboard of the laptop. Suddenly she saw a piece of news about Hideaki Anno and curiously clicked into it.
After seeing that Hideaki Anno had been stabbed to death by aggressive EVA fans, Asuka happily laughed.
"I didn't expect those guys to be pretty capable."
After laughing, Asuka was a bit worried about what would happen to the people who had killed Hideaki Anno. According to Japanese law, they probably would not be sentenced too severely.
"Cyan, Hideaki Anno is dead~!"
Asuka looked toward Cyan sitting on the sofa.
"Dead? Did you kill him?"
When Cyan heard that Hideaki Anno was dead, her first reaction was that Asuka had killed him.
"What are you talking about?! I didn't kill him! He was killed by EVA fans!"
Although she was very happy that Hideaki Anno was dead, Asuka did not want to inexplicably take the blame. If she had killed him then she had killed him. If she had not killed him then she had not killed him.
"Last time when you and Master went to Japan, I thought you would just kill him directly. I didn't expect you only beat him up. Now that he's dead isn't that great?" Nishi walked over from the kitchen holding a bottle of honeydew juice. She had just happened to hear Asuka's words. She walked into the living room, sat down next to Cyan, and pressed tightly against her.
"Killing people causes trouble. Unless it's absolutely necessary, I don't want to kill people."
Asuka saw the video of the moment Hideaki Anno was killed on a video website and clicked into it to watch.
Erni had bought food for the king crab. She returned from outside carrying large and small bags of frozen small fish and shrimp. After putting the things in her hands into the refrigerator, she mysteriously leaned over next to Asuka.
"Asuka, did you know Hideaki Anno is dead?"
"I know."
Asuka pointed at the video playing on the laptop. In the video, the person surrounded by a group of big men and letting out screams was Hideaki Anno. She had watched this video repeatedly several times. The more she watched it, the more satisfying it felt.
"This bastard deserved to die."
Seeing that Asuka was in a good mood, Erni smiled, took a small fish, and walked to the other side of the living room. That side had no windows. The things that had previously been placed there had been moved away, and now an oversized fish tank had been placed there. The blue-shelled king crab inside had buried itself in the sand. The blue spikes gradually exposed outside the sand betrayed its location.
Erni lightly flicked the fish tank. The king crab drilled out of the sand and brandished its claws at her in a threatening manner.
"Be careful or I won't feed you and will cook you to eat instead."
Erni stared at the king crab waving its claws at her. Regardless of whether it could understand her words, she used language to frighten it, then raised her hand and threw the small fish into the fish tank.
The king crab clamped the small fish with its claws and brought it to its mouth.
Looking at the king crab eating the small fish, a smile appeared on Erni's face.
[Survivor Number 12010, please enter the Survival Space within 10 minutes to begin the fourth round of the Survival Game.]
The Survival Brand on her chest grew slightly hot. Receiving the message from the Survival Brand, the smile on Erni's face disappeared.
The message from the Survival Brand was no less than the whisper of a devil from hell to her. Wanting to survive each round of the Survival Game was always so difficult, even with the passive skill that increased all attributes by +5 which she had obtained as a blessing in disguise.
No. I have to become stronger!
The next time I meet him, I must kill him with my own hands!
Erni bit her lip and suppressed the unease in her heart.
"I'm about to start the Survival Game."
"I hope you smoothly complete the Survival Mission."
Asuka thought for a moment and waved the lollipop in her hand as if cheering Erni on.
"Mm."
Erni nodded and quickly walked toward Cyan's bedroom. Standing in front of the door, she gently knocked.
"It's you…"
The one who came to open the door was Nishi. Her face carried a trace of sleepiness, as if she had just woken up.
"Where's Cyan?"
"Master is over there…"
Nishi stepped aside. Erni saw Cyan lying on the bed seriously staring at the laptop screen. Unabi was hugging Little Black and sleeping on the other side.
"Sophie, you're here."
Cyan glanced at Erni who had walked over, then returned her gaze to the screen. Displayed on the screen was the electronic version of Emotional Intelligence (Why EQ Is More Important Than IQ).
"Cyan, I'm about to start the fourth round of the Survival Game."
Erni walked over, sat on the bed, held Cyan's hand, and gently kissed it.
Cyan's gaze shifted from the computer screen onto Erni. After a moment of silence she said, "Be extra careful."
"I will."
Erni lowered her head and kissed Cyan's cheek. The Survival Brand on her chest lit up with white light that covered her entire body, and she disappeared within the white light.
Half an hour later…
Erni appeared within the light with an exhausted expression. The moment she saw Cyan, tears welled in her eyes as she threw herself forward.
"Cyan!"
"Hm?"
Cyan was startled by Erni suddenly throwing herself at her.
The shaking of the bed woke the sleeping Unabi and Little Black. One large and one small, they rubbed their eyes and looked blankly and confusedly at Erni who had woken them.
"Sophie, what's wrong?"
Cyan gently stroked Erni's hair as if comforting a startled small animal.
"I went to another world with vampires again. I almost got caught by them and had my blood sucked…"
Erni buried her head in Cyan's chest and slowly spoke of her experiences in the Survival Game world. This round of the Survival Game she had gone to the world of Blade. Because residual vampire bloodline still remained in her body and had not been completely cleared, it caused her to be a rather special existence in the eyes of the vampires.
The vampires wanted to research her genes to obtain the secret of resisting sunlight, while on the side of the vampire hunters her situation was also very awkward.
Survival Mission 1 was to not get caught by the vampires, while Survival Mission 2 was to survive for 15 days in the Blade world.
Those 15 days were all spent being hunted every night, causing her to sleep during the day and face enemies at night, living a completely inverted black-and-white life. Every day she was on edge, and her heart bore enormous pressure.
In the end, the vampires attacking her grew stronger and stronger. Fortunately she had been cautious and never revealed her Ripple energy. When the other side thought they had her completely under control, she suddenly erupted. Using the absolute lethality of Ripple Qigong against vampires, she completed a desperate counterkill.
Nishi and Asuka, who had somehow arrived in the room, could not help clapping when they heard how Erni had completed the desperate counterkill. Even Unabi and Little Black clapped their hands.
"This is the Golden Spirit! No matter how difficult the situation, you have to face the difficulty head-on! The hymn of humanity is the hymn of 'courage.' The greatness of humanity is the greatness of courage~!" Nishi let out a sigh of admiration. Being able to think calmly even in that dangerous situation—Erni had grown by more than just a little.
"I-I'm not that amazing…"
Hearing everyone's applause, Erni's face turned red in embarrassment. She buried her face in Cyan's chest.
Although Cyan's chest was very flat, it was still enough to cover her shame.
"You did very well. Rationally using your own abilities—only in this way can you become stronger and stronger and survive in the Survival Game."
Cyan was very satisfied with Erni's performance in the Survival Game. In particular, she appreciated the method of hiding Ripple Qigong, which had the greatest lethality against vampires, as a trump card until the very end. If not for that, the vampires capturing her might have been even stronger ones.
"Hehe…"
Hearing Cyan's praise, Erni showed a happy smile. Being able to receive Cyan's praise made all the suffering she had endured worth it.
"Okay! The praise is finished! Stop lying in Master's arms and not leaving!" Nishi put on a sour face and pushed at Erni who was lying in Cyan's arms.
"Cyan hasn't said anything. What right do you have to drive me away?!"
Erni glared at Nishi unhappily.
"Can't you see Master is troubled right now?"
Nishi planted both hands on her hips and glared at Erni unhappily.
Erni seriously stared at Cyan's expressionless face, then turned her head to look at Nishi. "I can't see it!"
Is this a love triangle???
Asuka looked at the two people glaring at each other and felt a sigh of emotion in her heart.
Cyan is really popular!
However, she herself seemed to have no self-awareness about it.
Asuka noticed Cyan's face that faintly revealed a trace of confusion, as if she did not understand why things had become like this.