bookbashuk Chapter 955 Hot Spring
Chapter 955 Hot Spring
Chapter 955 Hot Spring
After the concert, there was another technical exchange meeting. As a visitor to modern society, Rimuru knew that technology was the primary productive force.
However, the "world situation" is different, and the content of research by scientific researchers here is also different. Rimuru chose completely open management to give full play to everyone's imagination, so there were some surprises for her, such as one of the groups' research on "Where does magic come from".
It is worth mentioning that the "magic detector" made by Ji Xing was also on display. Even though no one except Ji Xing could explain the function of this thing, it still attracted a lot of attention.
After all, the more noble a person is, the more he fears death. Some time ago, a mysterious assassination organization appeared in Western countries. In just one day, they assassinated more than a dozen nobles in many countries at the same time. Most of these nobles even died at home. There is a high probability that there is an internal traitor.
With this thing on, no one can hide their strength, and the safety value is doubled.
Well, they didn’t know that it was Ji Xing who was cleaning out the people who were hostile to him.
A day passed slowly, and the founding ceremony went very smoothly. The nobles were satisfied and discussed it, and the common people who were used to taking them as their trendsetter would praise them, so everyone was satisfied.
Some people went to experience the amusement facilities, some went to soak in the hot springs, some enjoyed the excitement of the founding festival and caught the last wave of registration to enter the underground palace. At the same time, the first batch of adventurers who entered the underground palace seven days ago also came out one after another.
"It's finally time."
Honjo Masayuki looked at the door slowly opening in front of him, feeling somewhat relieved but also somewhat reluctant, and walked out.
At the same time, Xunlei, who entered the underground palace at the same time as him, also walked out of the room. He was wearing a single vest and looked around with a vigilant look. When he saw Masayuki, he showed joy.
"Are you okay, Lord Masayuki? No, that's a useless question. How could you be in danger in a mere underground palace?"
"Hmm..." Masayuki responded, "It's not dangerous anymore, but a little boring. Although those newspapers and comics are interesting, it's a bit monotonous to stay in the room and read them for seven days in a row."
"Hahaha, you are worthy of me. You didn't summon a few monsters to relieve your boredom? Oh no, at most I can only provide C-level monsters for sparring. It's just a matter of waving your hand for you. It's completely meaningless."
Masayuki was startled: "Monster?"
Xunlei has started talking nonstop.
Masayuki then realized that there was a button in the room for summoning monsters for sparring, up to three times a day, with the highest level being C and the lowest being E. As long as the button was pressed, the ground would crack open after 10 minutes and the corresponding monster would be sent in by elevator.
You can also shop in a similar way, and even buy healing drugs with a purity of 99%. That would be a sky-high price for ordinary adventurers, but it is nothing for their Masayuki team.
There are also various training facilities. Xunlei, who is hostile to the Demon King, can't help but praise the comprehensive arrangements here: "I never thought that this place would be a treasure land for training. It would be better if the monsters provided could be higher level. C-level monsters are only enough for me to warm up and practice my skills."
I had no idea those things existed! Zheng Xing was secretly ashamed. As soon as he entered the house, he was attracted by the hotel-style layout and the bookcase in the bedroom.
There were all kinds of comics there that he could only see before he traveled through time, which made him, who had no interest in literature and entertainment in the past year, very happy. If it could be equipped with a video game, he could stay there for half a year.
As for the cultivation tools Xunlei mentioned, do they really exist? He didn't dare to touch them...
Following the signposts of the underground palace all the way back to the exit, there were indeed adventurers queuing up at the exit for testing, which was the last part of the competition - determining the difference in magic power required to enter and leave the underground palace.
Masayuki was a little nervous. He was surprised when he found out that he had 12435 points of magic power when he entered. After these seven days...it shouldn't have changed, right?
Never mind, someone will explain it to me.
Xun Lei beside him was full of confidence. He said that he felt that after seven days of hard training, he had increased his magic power by at least several hundred points, which was a number that an ordinary adventurer would never be able to obtain in his entire life.
The detection at the front was also as expected.
"No. 85 Right Dian, magic value 432, original magic value 421, increased by 11 points."
"No. 79, Kawen, magic value 1102, original magic value 1078, increased by 24 points."
"Number 91 Jin Short-Heng, magic value 85, original magic value 84, increased by 1 point."
After seven days of practice and with a good environment, most people can increase their magic power by a dozen or twenty points. There are also those who just want to make up the numbers and think they can become a dark horse, and their magic power can be increased by single digits or even 1 point.
But no one stood still.
Soon it was Masayuki and Xunlei's turn, not because they had gotten the first place in the queue, but because everyone had discovered the brave man Masayuki.
"No. 77, Honjo Masayuki, magic value 13546, original magic value 12435, increased by 1111 points."
When the goblin in charge of the test read out the number, the people around him immediately went wild. They had heard about Zheng Xing's magic control from somewhere, but this 1111 point was too accurate, wasn't it? !
Even Rimuru in the distance couldn't help but look at Ji Xing. Is this reasonable? Is he really a fake? If he is, he shouldn't have increased his magic power by more than a thousand in seven days! Could this guy also be related to the empire?
"After reading the comics, I found that his soul adaptability as a visitor from another world has improved, and coupled with the good luck brought by his skills." Ji Xing said, "Just think of him as having the aura of a protagonist."
"...Tsk, how enviable."
"You are the only one who is unworthy of saying this."
Rimuru smiled awkwardly, as if you were not her. She waited for the mad wolf Xunlei to complete the test and get the "amazing data" of a magic power increase of 872, and asked Shuna beside her to go over and invite him.
The two people who had finished registering were looking around for Bonnie and Qiu. Zhu Cai went over and gestured to make them look over with strange expressions.
Thunder means vigilance, and luck means panic.
However, the adventurers around who noticed this started to make a noise: "Hey, isn't that... the Demon King Rimuru who spoke at noon?!"
"The person next to him wouldn't be a skill merchant!"
"As expected of you, the shining brave man, you actually invited these two personally..."
As before, it was placed high.
Masayuki and Xunlei had no choice but to go over, and right before their eyes they heard a sentence in Japanese: "Bakayaro~!"
He was startled. He had never heard such a colonel-sounding Baka in reality before he traveled through time. He looked at Ji Xing in confusion, and saw the Demon King Rimuru nudged Ji Xing with his elbow speechlessly and said, "You forgot everything I was going to say."
After a pause, she also said in Japanese: "Hello Masayuki, I am Rimuru, the reincarnated from Japan, and Jixing is the summoner. Come sit with me and we can talk."
Huh...Huh?!
Honjo Masayuki was shocked. Is this true? The Demon King and the Skill Merchant are visitors from another world like me? Where did they learn this?
In fact, based on the frequency of his contact with Yuuki Kagurazaka, he should at least know Rimuru's identity as a reincarnated person, but Yuuki had his own plans and had never told him before.
The familiar Japanese finally eased his nervousness a little, so he also said in Japanese: "Sasan, I'm really surprised. I wonder where my friends Bonnie and Joe live?"
He also had his own little tricks, using the expression 'scattered', a common expression among young Japanese people, instead of the normal 'private Marseille'.
Rimuru smiled and said, "If I hadn't been hanging out with the young people in the club, I wouldn't have understood what you said at 37 years old."
Masayuki was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, because it turned out that he was really a veteran in society.
"But your companion..." Rimuru was a little vague again: "Let's talk while we walk."
“…Ah? Hmm.”
Zheng Xing nodded and followed him. After walking two meters, he realized that something was missing. Looking back, he saw Xun Lei standing there stupidly.
Too bad, he can't understand Japanese.
You don't think that Demon Lord Rimuru and I are communicating in secret, do you?
"Um... Thunderbolt, Demon King Rimuru invited us to visit her."
Unexpectedly, this time Xunlei did not show too much hostility towards Rimuru. He paused for a moment and then took a step forward to catch up, but his face still had a kind of "arrogance" that showed disdain for associating with the Demon King.
A group of five people came to Rimuru's office in the spotlight. Shuna left and closed the door, leaving only four people sitting opposite each other.
……
"...Bonnie and Joe?! No, that's impossible. How could they be spies of the empire?!" Xun Lei found it hard to accept.
"Yeah, Bonnie and the others..." Masayuki also found it hard to accept: "They are..."
"Is it a companion who was affected by your skills?" Ji Xing smiled and said, "Your skills are indeed very strong, and they are the pinnacle of unique skills, but there are a few situations where people will see through them."
Masayuki's expression of worry for his companions suddenly faded. My skills?
"The first is people like me and Rimuru who possess ultimate skills, who are basically immune to your skills. The second is people who also possess unique skills to protect their souls, who may notice something unusual while spending time with you and see through your skills."
Unique skills...living together day and night?
Aren’t Thunder, Bonnie, and Qiu all like this?!
Zheng Xing instantly looked at Xun Lei, but saw that Xun Lei looked embarrassed and dodged slightly. Zheng Xing immediately understood and said in astonishment and shame: "You found out a long time ago? Xun Lei, then why…"
"Because that's not important to me." Xunlei said awkwardly: "Lord Masayuki is a true hero to me!"
"how do I……"
"Remember the first time we met? How I looked then, and how I look now..."
Masayuki was a little dazed. His first meeting with Xunlei was when he was unfortunately dragged into a heroic rescue of a beauty when he first appeared - and Xunlei was the villain who bullied Mei.
After getting along with him for more than a year, he felt that Xunlei just looked a little fierce and acted a little recklessly, but he was actually a good person.
"If it weren't for Master Masayuki, I would still be a scoundrel who failed the B-rank test, so to me you are a hero."
Masayuki opened his mouth, not used to Xunlei's sudden emotion, but some doubts were naturally answered, such as why Xunlei didn't suddenly get angry when he heard Rimuru say "Bonnie and Qiu are imperial spies" this time, and he didn't say that the evil demon king harmed them with the same attitude as before.
It turned out that he understood. After watching the war between the skill merchant and the Burning Dragon, he knew that it was absolutely impossible for him to defeat the Demon King.
So that means...
Bonnie and Qiu are both people with powerful unique skills. Are they really...spies?
Masayuki was feeling a little down, thinking that there was really no need for Jixing and Rimuru to deceive him, but… "If they knew, if they knew that I was a fake hero, why would they stay with me? They wouldn't get anything."
Rimuru touched his chin and said, "I am also confused about this matter. It is probably because you are a hero in public, so I can participate in some events by following you. Didn't I follow you into Tempest this time and almost caused chaos?"
Zheng Xing was silent, and even Xun Lei had nothing to say. He had not communicated with Bonnie and Qiu in detail, but he just felt that the two were the same as himself.
"Don't be disappointed. It didn't cause any big impact. They just hang around you and don't have any ill intentions towards you."
Rimuru smiled, stepped forward and put his arm around Masayuki's shoulders: "Don't be sad, it's not your fault. We are all visitors from another world, let's go to the hot springs and have a good soak. After tonight, let's enjoy our Tempest's founding festival!"
Masayuki was stunned for a moment, his sadness faded away, and his cheeks turned red strangely: "Onsen? I haven't been there for a long time."
Xunlei hummed a little, but didn't object.
Rimuru didn't notice anything unusual until they arrived at the entrance of the hot spring. Honjo Masayuki blushed and asked, "Rimuru-senpai, are you going to join us in the men's bath?!"
Rimuru suddenly realized.
Well, he is right.
Shion, Hinata, Shivana and the others should be in the women's bath by now!
"Hahaha, of course not."
Rimuru laughed and said, "I just sent you here. Next, please take Jeong-hyung and the others to the men's bath!"
She turned around and left, very casually. Ji Xing didn't stop her, but just shook his head and smiled.
Nonsense.
Come on, I'll take you there.
He took Masayuki and Xunlei into the men's bath, changed into bathrobes and found a separate private room.
After soaking in the comfortable hot spring for the first time in a long time, Masayuki sighed comfortably. He just felt that too many things happened today and his mind was in a mess. He really wanted to empty his mind and have a good sleep, or go back to the underground palace to read comics.
However, Ji Xing was nearby, and as a junior, he felt that he should take the initiative to talk about something.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he covered them with his hands in panic, and his whole body heated up dramatically.
"R-Rimuru-senpai?!"
Rimuru walked in with a towel on his shoulders, looking unhappy. He said to Ji Xing, "When did the Demon King Luminas come? Really..."
Jixing smiled and said, "Hinata went to pick her up before, didn't you hear it?"
"No..." Rimuru rubbed his cheek, still feeling a dull pain. He soaked himself in the hot spring and spit out a few bubbles regretfully.
"By the way, Ji Xing, did Chloe meet Luminas when she went to the Holy Empire? Why do I seem to vaguely see Luminas rubbing Chloe's back?"
Ji Xing smiled silently and rested peacefully.
I'm a bit stuck, so I'll keep up with my full attendance at 4k. I took three days off this month, and the total update is 18w+, which should be ok... Ahem, the update will slow down a bit in June.
(End of this chapter)