[Hello? Hello hello hello?]
[Fine, randomizing now. The System will randomize one normal draw count first. If you want to draw yourself, remember to remind me.]
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[Ding! Drawn Skill — Precision Attack!]
[Description: One of the special skills from the 'Armored Trooper VOTOMS' worldview. After learning this skill, the skill holder can significantly increase damage dealt by critical hits.]
[Hello hello hello? Still no reaction... Forget it, the System doesn't care anymore.]
[Ding! Drawn Skill — Extreme Pressure!]
[Description: A composite skill combining the special skills [Extreme] & [Pressure] from the 'Super Robot Wars' worldview. After learning this skill, while in a state of high morale, the skill holder can significantly increase their attack accuracy, evasion, defense, and critical hit rate. Furthermore, it mentally suppresses enemies within a certain range, increasing damage dealt to enemies and reducing damage received from them. The stronger the suppression, the higher the bonus.]
[Note 1: This skill cannot activate when mood is low.]
[Note 2: The judgment condition for 'enemy' is 'an existence holding hostility toward the skill holder'.]
[Note 3: If the opponent's mental strength is greater than the skill holder's, the skill holder cannot mentally suppress the corresponding enemy.]
[Note 4: Although it is a passive skill that activates automatically, this skill can be actively disabled.]
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[Ding! Drawn Item — Soul Fragment (Yuan Hai)!]
[Description: One of the special items from the 'Sea Tiger' worldview. Upon use, allows a certain degree of communication with part of the soul of the Magnetic Field Master (Yuan Hai).]
[Note 1: This item carries a certain danger. The user's safety cannot be guaranteed after use. Please think thrice before using.]
"Carries a certain... danger, huh..."
Raiden Mei, who had kept her head buried between her arms, suddenly looked up at Kiana, who was fast asleep on the table. She then gave a bitter laugh and asked the System.
"Only my safety cannot be guaranteed?"
"Or will it harm Kiana and the others around me?"
[Oh, on this the System guarantees: if something happens, only you will croak—wait, you're actually not afraid.]
"What... is there to be afraid of?"
"With those two strange skills, I've become stronger again."
"I became stronger, so that guy became stronger too."
"And after she becomes stronger... won't I, a monster endangering others, become even more dangerous?"
[Wow, your way of thinking is really getting more and more extreme.]
[Forget it, the System has already advised you. What you want to do is your business. Only, Miss Mei, please don't forget one thing.]
[No matter what, your friends and family will be sad because of your death. So before doing certain foolish things, please think thrice.]
"Thank you for your reminder, Mr. System."
"However..."
After using the soul fragment she had just taken out, Raiden Mei looked blankly in front of her...
—Oh, nothing appeared.
But at this instant, she heard a strange voice appearing in her brain.
*'...Heh, strange. This place seems a bit different from where I was before.'*
It was the voice of a middle-aged man.
Even though she didn't see the other party's appearance, Mei inexplicably felt a sense of awe.
*'Interesting, truly interesting. I didn't expect to be able to connect with other worlds.'*
*'And you, little girl, are even more interesting. Born as excellent material for practicing Magnetic Field Rotation, yet your soul and spirit reveal a will to die—Girl, why can't you think straight at such a young age?'*
Upon hearing that voice, Raiden Mei was completely stunned.
When the System said 'This item carries a certain danger. The user's safety cannot be guaranteed after use' earlier, she thought this soul fragment would summon a heinous soul to kill her.
But now... why did it feel like this Mr. 'Yuan Hai' was just like an ordinary neighborly uncle, incredibly kind to her?
"Hmm, this uncle must not know my true identity and danger, that's why he has this attitude."
After informing the other party of her danger and the things she had done, Raiden Mei said nothing more.
At this moment, she had fallen into contradiction.
On one hand, she felt her existence was simply too dangerous. Whether for the people around her or others in the world, someone with the power to destroy and an unstable mind was quite dangerous.
On the other hand... although she had a certain degree of self-destructive tendency, because of the System's earlier words, she felt a little reluctance to part with the people around her.
Although her father, Raiden Ryoma, had gone to prison, the problem was he wasn't dead yet.
"If Dad knows I died outside, he will definitely be sad."
"Kiana fought with me... but judging from her bringing me to this small clinic, she still treats me as a friend."
"And if I die in front of her... it will make her sad and cause a huge psychological shadow."
"As for Mr. Aaron... No, I can't trouble him anymore."
"Sure enough, I should still..."
*'So, just because you have another personality inside you, you start abandoning yourself and feel you deserve to die?'*
*'You little girl, stupid in the extreme!'*
*'If you have power, think of a way to control it. If you really feel you bear sin, you should strive to become stronger to protect the people of the world. Having sin and then choosing self-destruction, in the end, is just an act of irresponsibility.'*
"But... if I become stronger, she will also become stronger."
"If one day..."
*'Becoming stronger doesn't just refer to strength. Only those whose hearts become tough can be counted as true powerhouses. Little girl, you are still far from the path of the strong.'*
*'Besides, although I think you have the talent to practice Magnetic Field Rotation. The problem is, with just this little power of yours... it's really not much to look at.'*
*'With less than 200,000 Horsepower, plus that strange power on you, right now under your inner suppression, you can't even blow up a city. You want to endanger the world with just this level of power?'*
*'Girl, don't imagine the world to be too fragile. The world is very strong.'*
"Mr. Yuan Hai, you... that sentence makes me feel you are very dangerous!"
*'I'm just telling the truth... Hah, forget it. I was originally just a dead man. Now that I'm suddenly contacting someone from another world, I'll just treat it as finding something to do to pass the time.'*
*'According to my estimation, I can communicate with you for about half an hour every day. Within this half hour, I will teach you how to use this power you hold.'*
"But I..."
*'Don't be in a hurry to refuse, girl. I can feel that although you have a desire to die, you don't really want to die. Being so contradictory yourself, wanting to escape everything through death. But, have you thought about what those around you will think after you escape?'*
*'I am also someone who has lost their life. In the final moments of my life, I could feel how sorrowful my adopted son, adopted daughter, and comrades were in their hearts.'*
*'At the time, I died for my beliefs in a duel with my nemesis. I myself indeed left without regrets. But the problem is, no matter how free and easy the deceased is, their death will still leave indelible scars in the hearts of the living.'*
*'You are still young and have plenty of time. There is no need to deny your entire life starting now just because of a temporary setback.'*
"...You are right."
After exhaling deeply, Raiden Mei felt her mood relax slightly.
"Perhaps, I really was too extreme."
"But Mr. Yuan Hai, I have one more presumptuous request."
*'Let's hear it.'*
"I have a few friends. One of them also has the power of Magnetic Field Rotation like me."
"If possible, could you find time to instruct him on how to use Magnetic Field Rotation later?"
*'Heh, then I'll have to see if the friend you speak of is worth my instruction.'*
*'That white-haired girl over there is your friend, right? Although she doesn't have the power of Magnetic Field Rotation, I can feel she possesses an ability not inferior to Magnetic Field Rotation.'*
*'As for those friends you mentioned, only after I meet them and judge that those brats are worth my teaching will I make a move.'*
"Is that so... You will definitely be satisfied with him."
"After all, in my view, he is excellent in both tactical thinking and conduct."
"Far more excellent than the incompetent me right now."
*'Oh? Someone praised so highly by you. Haha, then I hope he won't disappoint me when the time comes. Girl, from now on, do not call me Yuan Hai. Call me by my other name, [Hell]. Also, state your name.'*
"Mr. Hell, my name is Raiden Mei."
*'Very good. Then Mei, from now on, although I won't accept you as a disciple for the time being, I will instruct you on how to use this power. And when I judge the time is right, I will teach you some combat techniques and moves.'*
*'Although you consider yourself to bear sin, I still must say one thing—don't think everything is your problem. After all, listening to your description just now, I feel something is a bit off.'*
"A bit off?"
*'Neither you nor I are quite clear on why you possess another domineering personality, nor do we know what happened before that caused the simultaneous deaths of people around you. But according to what you said, that white-haired girl over there brought you here to heal after fighting you... she should know a bit more than you.'*
*'And suddenly losing consciousness is strange in itself. Before actively shouldering the sin, you must first confirm one thing.'*
*'This sin... is it really yours? Or are you just a scapegoat?'*
"Mr. Hell, are you saying..."
*'If there really is something fishy about this matter, and you, the scapegoat, offed yourself... heh, then the mastermind behind the scenes might just die of laughter.'*
"Indeed."
"But, who would be insane enough to kill so many people?"
*'Hah, Mei, oh Mei, you are still too young. Since your world has supernatural powers, it's not strange at all for ambitionists to appear who want to realize their desires through supernatural powers.'*
"You... are right."
*'So look on the bright side. Besides stabilizing your mind, what you need to do is find the mastermind behind this matter. If you truly feel you bear the lives of those people, you should find those masterminds and seek justice for those innocent civilians who died in vain.'*
After listening to Hell's words, Raiden Mei completely understood.
Indeed, from her sudden coma until now, too many strange things had happened to her.
If there really was a mastermind behind these things, and Raiden Mei really ended herself because of excessive self-blame, then the truth would only be buried in darkness because of her death.
"Right, besides training my own power, I also need to find out that truth."
"Who exactly... who would be insane enough to let those innocent civilians in Nagazora City die just to make me awaken as a Herrscher?"
"And judging by Mr. Hell's words, Kiana should indeed know much more than I do."
"Wait for her to wake up, then ask her about the specific situation."
"If this incident was truly caused by someone's greed, leading to so many people losing their lives, then..."
"—I will definitely make that evil guy pay the price for this!"
"However, speaking of which."
"I have already regained that part of my memory from before, and judging from the memory, Kiana and Mr. Aaron... do they know each other?"
"And the interior layout here obviously isn't the Far East region. Does that mean Kiana and I left the Far East in a short time?"
"I was in a coma at the time, and I couldn't board a plane even if I bought a ticket."
"Moreover, according to the electronic calendar by the bed, yesterday was the day I fought Kiana and the others."
"In other words, we arrived in another country right after yesterday's battle."
"And I, who cannot board regular transportation, and Kiana, who lacks the funds to buy plane tickets, obviously couldn't have come to this place by plane."
"Then there is only one answer."
"[Dimensional Formation: Shambhala]."
"Only [Dimensional Formation: Shambhala] could bring us to this place. Plus, judging from the reaction of Kiana and Mr. Aaron joining forces..."
"They actually know each other, right?"