Having been called by name by the visitor outside the door, Yu Xiao couldn’t help but shudder.
The reason for this was obvious enough.
As the saying goes, one doesn’t visit the temple without a reason…
If it were a close acquaintance visiting, then the matter definitely wouldn’t be something he could just brush off so easily.
Yu Xiao thought.
As for why he was reacting so strongly, there was naturally a reason for that too.
After all, having transmigrated for two years, “SRW VS” had cured Yu Xiao’s mental exhaustion— Bah.
Rather, as a gaming nerd and transmigrator, Yu Xiao hadn’t really invested much deliberate effort into socializing in this world.
Therefore, having someone suddenly show up late at night really would make anyone nervous.
Fortunately, though the voice sounded somewhat unfamiliar and muffled through the layer of wall.
At least he could still judge that it was a woman’s voice.
In that case, he could narrow down the range of guesses as to the visitor’s identity.
First of all… in any case, it was absolutely, definitely not going to be Kaimi.
He silently affirmed in his heart.
Not to mention, the way she addressed him was with a “Yu-kun” that sounded thoroughly Japanese no matter how you heard it.
And if it really were her coming over, her style of entrance would probably only be flipping open the ventilation hatch on the ceiling, then landing with a pose, the kind of uninvited arrival.
Not only that, afterward she’d smugly say something like “This is the ninja way!”… and other such pointless things.
Don’t ask why he’d imagined it so specifically; the answer is that Yu Xiao had once been “visited” like that before.
Though heaven knows where Kaimi had crawled in from into someone else’s ventilation ducts…
…But in any case, it was that kind of silly, goofy atmosphere that suited her.
And it absolutely couldn’t be like now, where someone had properly knocked before entering.
As for other female classmates from his class, honestly Yu Xiao wasn’t very familiar with them.
So then, the conclusion was…
“…Could it be… Teacher Shione…? Coming to… visit my home…?”
Muttering to himself, the answer had already appeared in Yu Xiao’s mind.
If it really were her, then it would be trouble.
He thought silently.
Not that Yu Xiao feared her authority or anything like that.
Actually, if anything, this foreign language teacher didn’t seem to have any particular authority in her daily life.
It was just that during the daytime, he had done that thing in English class.
And she may very well have come specifically to visit his home because of that.
So now he couldn’t help but feel a bit of guilt.
In any case, pause first… or rather, just quit.
Yu Xiao thought.
After all, getting caught by a teacher playing games the moment he got home wouldn’t look good no matter how you sliced it, right? Visit g.com for the full chapter.
As Yu Xiao considered this, he pressed the pause button on the controller.
But…
“…Huh. It won’t pause?”
He then froze a bit.
What was going on?
Clearly before, in simulation training mode, pressing this button would stop the game.
Did the button layout change along with the mode?
…Whatever.
Yu Xiao shook his head.
Since he couldn’t pause, then he might as well just quit the game directly.
So Yu Xiao clicked the return button, but…
There was still no response.
At this point, Yu Xiao’s expression had become somewhat abnormal.
No pause, no quit.
Was the essence of “SRW VS” actually that of malware?
…Though Yu Xiao knew full well that probably wasn’t the case; perhaps the developers were just thoughtless.
But the fact that he’d only discovered this now… made him feel a sudden urge to tear the production team apart with his bare hands.
“…Hey. Are you there, Yu Xiao-kun…?”
And at this moment, the knocking outside the room was gradually growing more insistent.
Yu Xiao gritted his teeth.
If there really was no other way, then he’d just force a shutdown!
But that would very likely corrupt the save file… and worse, it might even take the disc down with it.
This kind of expensive entertainment was hard to come by in this world.
If it really broke, that wouldn’t be good.
So Yu Xiao withdrew his hand, but his thoughts only grew more agonized.
What on earth should he do…?
As reality approached a deadlock, in the game, Leo S’s situation was also deteriorating.
That earlier pause had only been brief; the Betas beside him quickly “came back to their senses” and resumed their activities.
The first to bear the brunt was the swarm of Tank-class.
As the most common grunt units among the Betas, they madly lunged forward, wanting to gnaw at Leo S’s steel body with the great maws beneath their bodies.
In response, Yu Xiao almost reflexively swept one hand swiftly across several keys on the controller.
Leo S drew the high-output beam saber from its waist, dragging it blade-style across the ground.
And the several Tank-class that had clustered before it were annihilated in that single slash.
…But this wouldn’t do either, he mused.
Not only would the game likely GG, but reality would also become very awkward…
Was there a more appropriate solution?
Yu Xiao frowned in deep thought.
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Wasn’t there that thing available?
And following that, Yu Xiao, having suddenly grasped the solution, opened the “backpack” interface during battle…
This was originally the place used to confirm the armaments his unit carried, as well as remaining energy.
It was just that now, there was one more item listed within.
“Char Aznable’s Data (C-Rank).”
That was the reward obtained last time after completing the newbie mission in simulation training.
If he remembered correctly, the function of this item should be to put his unit into an autonomous, auto-piloted state for a period of time.
If that were the case, then he only needed to close the door afterward.
At least for a while it wouldn’t fail from having no one controlling it, and it would also buy Yu Xiao time to deal with the teacher’s home visit.
It could be said to kill two birds with one stone.
[May I ask, do you wish to use this item? Yes/No]
After clicking to select it, what popped up in the game interface was this kind of question box.
In response, Yu Xiao pressed the “Yes” side without the slightest hesitation.
Shing!
Accompanied by a sound like a sword being drawn from its sheath, Leo S’s visor lit up with a green glow.
Immediately after, though without Yu Xiao’s operation, it began to act entirely automatically.
Flames spurted from the thrusters at its hip section, and Leo S nimbly leaped up, flying over an Assault-class that came charging at it like a mad bull.
And while passing overhead, it raised the beam shotgun in its hands and fired a precise burst shot downward.
The instantly-released particle beam, in the second after leaving the barrel, pierced through the soft flesh behind the Assault-class’s hard shell.
Leo S then made a graceful turn and landed, and upon landing swung its sword in a slash to the left.
The dazzling blade light, like a meteor, cleaved the other Grappler-class that was about to swing its scythe-arm, from left to right, clean in two!
Immediately after, it still didn’t halt its pace, and with a brief high-speed jet burst, moved rapidly once more.
It seemed to be looking for the location of the Laser-classes, its hunting targets.
…This kind of evasion-and-counter-focused, speed-emphasizing, highly efficient fighting style was virtually identical to how the Red Comet had performed in the original work.
[Auto-battle in progress… AI Pilot: Char Aznable. Remaining Time: 60:00:00]
And on the screen, these words appeared at the same time.
Seeing this scene, Yu Xiao felt relieved.
60 minutes, no matter how you looked at it, should be enough to get through one home visit.
So, turning back and pulling shut the wooden door of his study, Yu Xiao walked toward the main entrance.
Creak…
Accompanied by the sound of the door opening, the figure that appeared in Yu Xiao’s eyes was precisely that teacher with long silver hair, in charge of English for his class.
So, he revealed a smile just as expected.
“…Ah, Teacher Shione. Is there… something you need from me?”
But that expression lasted only a second.
Yu Xiao withdrew his smile and gave the response he had prepared long ago.
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