Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, a year had passed since that wonderful night.
Even Takagi Saya, with her inherent loser-heroine nature, had been successfully won over by Su Yan with Takagi Yuriko's help.
Six of them.
Over the past year, they either fought solo or formed various alliances in pairs or groups.
Every night, they relentlessly challenged the Great Demon King, Su Yan.
The experience was truly indescribable.
Just how wonderful was it?
To that, the Great Demon King Su Yan could only say he'd unlocked quite a few defeat CGs for these female heroes.
He was winning so hard it wasn't even funny.
Beyond that, the most important thing was everyone's progress in Nen cultivation.
Under Su Yan's tutelage, the girls had successively mastered every Nen technique he knew.
This included the advanced techniques following the Four Major Principles, like Gyo, In, and Shu.
As well as high-level techniques like En, Ken, Ko, and Ryu.
Moreover, with Su Yan's help, they had each successfully developed their own signature Nen abilities.
Over the year, Busujima Saeko had killed at least a seven-figure number of zombies.
The numbers were so vast that even Reizan had stopped feeding Nen back to its master, as if it had grown tired of such lowly creatures.
If this world were an online game, Saeko would probably have a blood-red title hovering over her head: 'Zombie Terminator'.
Yet, even so, it didn't change the fact that this world had fallen to the zombie virus.
However, none of them harbored any desire to be a savior.
Thus, no one cared about the state of the world.
After all, living their own lives comfortably was more important than anything else.
The only thing that gave Su Yan a headache was perhaps Minami Rika's progress.
For the first six months, there was absolutely zero progress to speak of.
It wasn't until Su Yan took over personally and everyone brainstormed together that she finally started to grasp the basics of controlling life energy.
Only today, a year later, did Minami Rika finally succeed in mastering the life energy within her.
Officially becoming a Nen user.
At the Minami residence.
Su Yan conjured the Contract Parchment and placed it on the table.
As a hand with sun-kissed skin finished the final stroke of the signature.
Suddenly, the world lost its color.
The surrounding scenery faded like an old photograph, and all sound died away into silence.
The next second.
Everyone standing there began to vanish, like a pencil sketch being erased by a rubber.
Including Su Yan, their bodies began to disappear into the air, pixel by pixel.
In a flash.
They were transported to an unfamiliar place.
There was no panic as one might expect.
Because the moment they were transported, information about this place was implanted directly into their minds.
Greed Island!
The name of this world.
However, this wasn't the game from the Hunter x Hunter world, created by Gon's father and twelve powerful Nen users.
Instead, it was an evolution of Su Yan's Nen ability after meeting certain specific requirements.
First, the massive amount of Nen provided by Saeko's Reizan served as the foundation for the quantitative change needed for his evolution.
Second, the six women he contracted with corresponded to the six points of the Nen hexagon.
Marikawa Shizuka, Emitter.
Busujima Saeko, Conjurer.
Miyamoto Rei, Enhancer.
Takagi Yuriko, Transmuter.
Takagi Saya, Manipulator.
And finally, Minami Rika, a Specialist just like Su Yan.
Coupled with Su Yan's own uniqueness as a transmigrator.
It was the convergence of all these factors that finally allowed his Specialist ability to undergo this miraculous evolution today.
Su Yan instantly processed the entire topographical map of Greed Island.
His first reaction was that it was big—very, very big.
But how big exactly?
He couldn't quite describe it.
It was like asking how big a hundred square meters is, or a thousand. What's the reference point?
How big is a basketball court? How big is a football field? What are the actual measurements?
Perhaps some people would instinctively equate a hundred square meters to a basketball court.
Or a thousand square meters to a football field.
But they would be wrong.
A basketball court is roughly 420 square meters.
While a football field is around 7,000 square meters.
In truth, many people lack a concrete concept of scale.
Su Yan's feeling about Greed Island was that his personal world might not be any smaller than the entire landmass of Japan.
Everyone looked at one another.
Though no one spoke, they could see the shock reflected in each other's eyes.
Soon, however, their attention was drawn to two portals standing before them.
They were two pitch-black gates, looking as if they had been cast from dark iron.
Covered in vintage patterns, they exuded a sense of desolation and mystery.
'The Gates of Transmigration!'
Similarly, information about these two gates entered their minds.
One was a gate leading back and forth to the world of Highschool of the Dead.
The other led to an unknown destination.
However, it was certain that it too led to another world.
Furthermore, no one besides Su Yan and his contracted partners could pass through these gates.
Su Yan looked solemnly at the mysterious gate leading to the unknown.
After thinking it over, he turned to the girls. "I'm going to head into the world behind that gate to scout things out. You girls go back and start moving our things in. From now on, we're living here on Greed Island."
His words hung in the air.
None of them tried to dissuade him.
Because after spending a year together...
Even those closest to him didn't know exactly how strong Su Yan, who possessed all their combined abilities, truly was.
Perhaps only Saeko, the strongest among them, could even begin to guess.
Only Marikawa Shizuka, seeing him about to leave, asked blankly, "Little Su Yan, will you be back for dinner tonight?"
Her single question completely dispelled the anxiety in the girls' hearts.
The atmosphere instantly became light and lively.
"Uh..."
Su Yan waved his hand. "Don't worry, I'll be back."
With that, he pushed open the unknown gate and stepped inside.
Where would this lead?
To the first world he transmigrated to?
Or another anime world?
"Alright, since Little Brother Su Yan has left, let's do as he said. We'll wait for him to come back for dinner tonight," Takagi Yuriko said, stepping forward as she noticed the mood dipping after his departure.
Takagi Saya was the first to respond. "I agree with Mother."
Then, Saeko nodded and looked at Miyamoto Rei. "Miyamoto-kohai, I'll need your help in the kitchen later. Let's make a feast for Su Yan-kun's return."
"Okay," Rei agreed without objection.
And so, the girls all began to move.
...
On the other side.
After crossing the threshold.
The first things to catch Su Yan's eye were clusters of traditional Japanese-style buildings, constructed entirely of wood.
The bustling crowds on the streets were dressed in traditional clothing similar to kimonos.
Su Yan instinctively checked his connection.
Good.
He could use his Conjuration ability at any time to manifest a branch of the Transmigration Gate.
Using it to return to his Greed Island.
He could also allow the girls on Greed Island to come to this world.
Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
So, the next task is to explore this world?
"Young man, do you want a wife?"
Just then, a plump woman nearby dressed in festive red spotted Su Yan, her eyes lighting up.
She hurried toward him with surprising agility.
And then she said something that caught him completely off guard.
'Even if I were to become a kept man, I still have standards.'
'This is definitely a no-go.'
He turned to leave.
The plump woman panicked and called out, "Wait, young man, don't go! You've misunderstood, it's not me..."
After a brief conversation...
Su Yan realized he really had misunderstood. She was actually a matchmaker.
She just saw that he was handsome, carried himself well, and wore clothes that looked far too expensive for a commoner.
So, she wanted to set him up with a good match—free of charge.
If this were a blind date in the real world...
Su Yan would have turned and left immediately; staying even a second longer would be an insult to himself.
But in the 2D world?
Even if the other person was ugly, he'd at least have to take a peek before leaving.
If he ever got the chance to return home, he'd definitely post a question on Zhihu with the title:
'Does anyone know what it's like to go on a blind date in the 2D world?'
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