A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 388: Chapter 301 New Home_1

When Duanmu Huai stepped out of the Extreme Style Dojo, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

Due to the setting of Duel City where nobody can be killed, Duanmu Huai, of course, didn’t kill Sakazaki Takuma. Moreover, after defeating Sakazaki Takuma, Duanmu Huai received both “Beyond Style” and “Master Defeated” rewards, instantly earning 5000 Duel Points. This amount was more than enough for Duanmu Huai to upgrade his weaponry and move out of that damn place to a decent apartment.

Additionally, after Sakazaki Takuma woke up, he stated that he would recommend Duanmu Huai for the Duel Tournament on behalf of the Extreme Style Instructor. This put Duanmu Huai’s mind at ease. Even though he wasn’t sure about the circumstances, based on the game settings, most martial arts clan leaders wield significant influence over the Duel Tournament. Since Sakazaki Takuma had stated he would recommend him, it was only a matter of time before Duanmu Huai received the recommendation letter.

However, for now…Duanmu Huai planned to switch his house first. After all, the Duel City is a large, persistent event. If he intended to participate in matches from time to time, he naturally needed a base.

Preferably a functional one.

By the way, the Duel City’s market prices are alarmingly distorted and cannot be logically compared with the outside world. In Duel City, the most expensive items are always clothes.

Take bikinis as an example, the cheapest one costs 50000 Duel Points, which is considered N-class goods in the mobile game. If you want to buy SSR Class clothes, you either must achieve first place in the Duel Tournament, which offers a set as a reward, or spend no less than several hundred thousands to billions of Duel Points…

Consider this, even a villa in Duel City costs only 50000 Duel Points…which is equivalent to an N-Class Bikini…

Of course, in the game, the Duel Tournament is challenging because players need to compete not only with NPCs but also with other players, thus the uncontrollable risks are tremendous. Fortunately, Duanmu Huai is currently the only player in the Duel Tournament, so he can treat this PVP map as PVE. As long as he defeats the NPCs and wins the championship, Duanmu Huai can get Ann a beautiful new outfit.

Yes, it is very durable.

And it can be ripped (which is the crucial point).

After leaving the Extreme Style Dojo, Duanmu Huai also contacted Lorena. By the way, this priestess played more fiercely than Duanmu Huai. Especially after Lorena found out that people in this world couldn’t die, she nearly scampered all over the place challenging people… Well, considering clearly there wouldn’t be such fight matches in the Holy City, Duanmu Huai could understand. Lorena seemed repressed for a long time, so June Freedom in Duel City felt like a fish swimming in the sea, soaking in the joy of fights.

Furthermore, Lorena seemed to have made a few female fighter friends, and she was basically active with them. Well, Duanmu Huai had to be careful, or his sister June Freedom might be influenced by the NPCs and join their team for the tournament, which would be hilarious.

After successfully challenged the Extreme Style Dojo, Duanmu Huai finally had some spare cash and could move to a more standard living condition. He considered challenging the Kusanagi Style…but finally decided against it. He didn’t want to tangle with Kusanagi Kyo. So, Duanmu Huai decisively dropped the thought and began to find a new residence. With his experience in the game, Duanmu Huai quickly located an apartment on the west side of Duel City. The apartment was spacious and cheap, and nearby were restaurants and amusement parks. There was also a river and a forest park nearby. Walking 30 minutes through the park would get him to the Duel Tournament venue.

In the game, many players used this area as their base for both leaving Duel City and returning for events. It was a hot location.

Duanmu Huai remembered that the whole street in the game was filled with players setting up stalls to sell jewelry and clothing. But now…looking at the deserted street, obviously, there’s no such excitement as in the game.

“Ah, I wonder what the game has become now.”

Looking at this familiar yet strange street, Duanmu Huai couldn’t help but sigh. He remembered vividly that in the game, this street was lined with player stalls, roads were filled with oddly dressed players coming and going. For instance, there were muscular men in bikinis, male fighter players in bunny girl outfits, and even players in mascot outfits—mainly to attract attention.

The officials even had to issue a notice, hoping that players would dress more appropriately in public areas.

Rather than harassing other players’ eyes by dressing muscular men in bikinis.

While reminiscing about the hustle and bustle in the game, Duanmu Huai strolled down the somewhat deserted street, and then he saw a food truck run by an NPC by the roadside, so he walked over.

“I’ll have an ice cream.”

“Huh? Ah, yes, yes.”

Hearing Duanmu Huai speak, the server in the truck looked up at him and promptly jumped. He hurriedly nodded heavily. Duanmu Huai then watched him pick up a cone and filled it with ice cream scoops roughly the size of apples before respectfully handing it over.

“here, please.”

“Hmm.”

Duanmu Huai nodded and took the ice cream without batting an eyelid. It was not out of the ordinary for him. After all, even in the real world, he often received special treatment when he went out to eat.

For instance, at a beef noodle shop, they would put several pounds of cooked beef into his bowl. And when he went for chicken soup, they’d fetch him a whole stewed chicken from the pot… All in all, there were still generous merchants in this world.

“……….”

As Duanmu Huai was enjoying his ice cream, he suddenly felt a gaze on him. Turning his head, he saw a girl standing not too far away, staring blankly at the ice cream in his hand. She seemed to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in sportswear-like clothes, with bright red eyes and delicate features. What attracted attention was her golden gloves…

Hmm… Isn’t this Kula? What’s she doing here?

Staring at the girl in front of him, Duanmu Huai paused. In the game, players generally had thorough knowledge about the NPC’s appearance range, and according to that, Kula shouldn’t turn up here…

Oh well, meeting her here must be fate.

With this in mind, Duanmu Huai waved his ice cream at Kula.

“Want some?”

“………”

Kula didn’t answer, only silently nodding her head. Hence, Duanmu Huai turned around to look at the generous ice cream vendor.

“Excuse me, one more ice cream, please. Make it bigger.”

“Ye…Yes……..”

Staring at Duanmu Huai, the ice cream vendor went pale and nodded hard.

“Rest assured, it’ll be big enough!!”

The ice cream vendor indeed lived up to his words. In no time at all, he made an ice cream that was even bigger than the one in Duanmu Huai’s hand. Honestly speaking, fitting so many scoops of ice cream consecutively onto a single cone was quite a feat.

Duanmu Huai took the gigantic ice cream, then handed it to Kula.

“Here.”

“……?”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Kula gave him a confused look, and then she shifted her attention back to the ice cream. Interestingly, it seemed that the ice cream was more attention-grabbing than Duanmu Huai for her.

“It’s for you, enjoy.”

“………”

Getting Duanmu Huai’s answer, Kula nervously approached like a tiny creature uncertain whether to accept food from humans. She reached out her hand to take the ice cream, and then began eating it in small bites.

Watching this, Duanmu Huai shook his head, then turned around and left, getting ready to go back to the apartment for some rest.

Kula, however, kept diligently eating her ice cream. Not until Duanmu Huai was far away did she raise her head. Looking at Duanmu Huai’s retreating figure, she contemplated for a moment, glancing between him and the ice cream in her hand. Afterward, the blue-haired girl began to take action silently, heading in the direction where Duanmu Huai had gone.