Campus Love Also Needs A Walkthrough (3)

"...Thank you for the meal!"

I didn't put it down until there was nothing left in the lunch box...

"You actually emptied it..."

She looked at the empty lunch box in surprise.

"...Speaking of which I don't know your name yet."

That's right, I must get her name this time.

"Name, name? That doesn't matter..."

This attitude of avoiding eyes and stuttering of her was really suspicious.

"Can't you tell me your name?"

"Not really..."

It is just a name. Could it be--

"...Are you a celebrity?"

It was just a joke, but she suddenly lowered her head.The bangs, which were originally

long, dropped and covered her eyes, making me unable to see her emotions.

"...I am not a celebrity?"

"You... are you okay?"

Her attitude was suddenly very strange, unlike before, was it a double personality?

"Are you dissatisfied with me?!" The girl said angrily.

"No..."

"Ha!? Doesn't that sentence mean, 'You are not a celebrity, so why are you pretending to be one'?"

"I didn't mean that!"

Such an inexplicable accusation also made me angry.

"Ah... Sorry... I lost control of my emotions just now..."What is her problem? It was just a joke, but she suddenly became so terrifying, as if that joke had triggered some kind of switch on her.

However, the people with split personalities in the movie normally don't share memories, and she obviously knew what she did just now...

"...It's okay."

"No, I'm really sorry, I have always been unable to control my emotions like this recently... I'm sorry..."

She bowed and apologized repeatedly, it made me a little embarrassed.

"It's really okay, no need to apologize."

This girl, even her current personality could not be considered normal… excessively sensitive, and usually too humble.

"I… don't feel well, I have to go back first..."

It was so strange, it was still early, why did she want to go back suddenly...

"Since you don't feel well..."

Since she wanted to leave, I couldn't stop her, right?

"Then, let's meet again tomorrow then..."

But she just left and didn't say when to meet again...

Anyway, I will come back here tomorrow to check again.

After school, I came to the game club.

"Hurry up, hurry up. If you can't pass the level today, something terrible will happen!"

Minghai Lily urged me when she saw me coming in.

The so-called terrible thing was just for fear of others releasing the walkthrough first. However, no one would anticipate this kind of niche game walkthrough.

And—I glanced at the members of the club sitting in the room—none of them were playing games seriously.

Then I started the game that did not allow me to attack and dodge...

I still spent the whole afternoon playing without any enthusiasm.

"It's a pity, you still couldn't pass the level in the end..."

Until the end, only the fourth chapter was cleared. She looked at the screen disappointedly.

"This kind of escape game is really boring..."

I accidentally said what I wanted to say. After all, it was really boring!

"But this game is very popular."

"It's just a niche game..."

"..."

She stood up.

"Today's club activities end it, bye everyone."

Without saying goodbye to me, she just left the club.

"Club President is probably angry, right?"

"Yes. Classmate Gaocheng, you are now the same as us, you are no longer liked by the club president."

Classmate Tianzhong looked at me with a smile.

"Who wants to be like you."

I glanced contemptuously at the two members who weighed 400 pounds together. I would not die with the protagonist's halo, and tomorrow, after apologizing to Minghai Lily, she would definitely smile at me again.

It was already dusk. When leaving the school, the white clouds floating in the sky were rendered into a faint orange.

Unknowingly, I came to that remote road again, hoping to meet someone.

But there was no one there now. Only the cherry blossoms kept spinning and flying...

I went home disappointed.

"Meow--"

Meow Chan came out of nowhere and walked in front of me.

"Are you hungry?"

I wanted to pet it, but it actually avoided... its body avoided my hand perfectly like a wave!

"Meow--"

It meowed again and then disappeared in the corner.

Even the cat ignored me, I was really hopeless. After filling the bowl with cat food, I fell on the bed and closed my eyes.

Tomorrow, I didn't know what would happen...

[GAMEOVER] suddenly appeared in front of me, and I stood in the middle of the cherry blossom road again.

If I didn't read it wrong... I lost the game again? I was in a daze. How? Everything was going well.

So what did I choose wrong this time? What the hell? What did I do wrong again! Was I playing the game or was this game playing me? ? ?

Why the hell was I playing this so-called galgame? To learn dating skills? It was really a waste of time!

I was unable to accept it for a while. I actually stayed in this game for a long time...

After calming down, I came to a desperate conclusion...

On the fourth day of the game, I once again ushered in the GAMEOVER screen. Maybe I really didn't have the talent to date any girls.

Anyway, I decided to log out first.

Less than a minute after taking off the helmet, I received a message from that guy.

[Waning Moon: 18 years old, is the game going well? ]

Records showed that he was online almost at the same time as me, and this guy seemed to be watching me and then deliberately came online to make fun of me.

[Me: Who is 18 years old? ]

[Waning Moon: Of course it is an 18-year-old little wizard who can't clear a game that even junior high school students can easily pass. How is the progress? ]

[Me: I don't know how to cast magic, nor do I plan to learn. But...I have given up on dating girls. After 30 years of age, I will find a stranger on the dating website to get married...]

[Waning Moon: It is really sad, this kind of thought is the root of your hopeless love. ]

[Me: What makes you say that? ]

[Waning Moon: Recall your life, have you ever given up easily when you encounter a little emotional setback one or more times? Passing by each other may be an opportunity, if you don't give up, it may be a good story. ]

When Waning Moon began to about this kind of problem, he began to active his life mentor mode.

[Me: No, that would definitely be regarded as a weirdo and be despised fiercely. ]

[Waning Moon: How do you know if you don't try? ]

Thinking back to the moment Shen Qing walked past me, if I had stopped her at that time… Ah, forget it, what happened next would simply be unimaginable...

[Waning Moon: You have never had any dates with girls, how can you predict the reaction of girls? You underestimate yourself too much. ]

A NEET with an average of 10 hours of games a day really wanted to be my life mentor? Did I really reach such a miserable situation?

[Me: What you said seems logical. ]

[Waning Moon: So, the reason for the failure is that you did not try to understand and care about women. ]

[I:...]

It was not that I didn't try to understand and care about women, but I just failed.

[Waning Moon: So the reason why I recommend you to play galgame is obvious; there are all kinds of women in the game, and you need to interact with them in different ways according to each person's personality. You can discover their weaknesses and then care for them gently, or find what they like and then do something they like. Isn't this kind of game very interesting? ]

[Me: But... women in galgame, can they really represent women in reality? ]

If action games, shooting games could train people's responsiveness, strategy games could train people's tactics, it barely made sense... But galgame really related to dating skills?

[Waning Moon: Of course it can represent. ]

[Me: You are not a woman, how do you know? ]

[Waning Moon: … the current AI intelligence is very smart, and each can pass the Turing Test perfectly. In other words, in the face of AI, you won't be able to whether the other party is human or AI just by chatting. ]

He then introduced me to the development history of virtual reality galgame.

In old-fashioned games, the dialogue between the player and the npc was always very stylized. The player used the designed dialogue to get the designed response.

This was all because of the low calculation speed of computers at that time.

However, with the development of hardware and the improvement of algorithms, AI has become so intelligent that their reactions to events could be simulated to the point where they were similar to real people.

Roughly speaking, even if a female character was forcibly pushed onto bed, depending on their personalities, there would be different reactions such as kicking you and submitting to the action.

And some complicated games could make each player have a different ending.

For example, if you want to be a scumbag, and you can't balance the feelings between your harem, then there is nothing to complain about if you get a knife in your stomach as an ending.

—— When Waning Moon said these things, I couldn't help but imagine a NEET preaching on the other side.

To be able to achieve this point, it needed to thank Endea company.

As a pioneer company in the field of artificial intelligence development, Endea was roughly equivalent to the position of a company famous for search engines in the early 21st century. It had contracted AI development work for most games.

Of course, their dominance was not only reflected in the game AI industry. In recent years, the popular artificial intelligence companion-the Amicus series was its main product. Many of the AIs of most virtual stars were also written by them.

In other words, they were companies that gave artificial intelligence a "soul".

The program of the characters in the game "The Story Of Cherry Blossoms" came from Endea. Although this game was an old work made 15 years ago, it was a landmark work in the game industry at that time, winning many awards with the authenticity of the characters.

But now, the company that developed it has long since fallen, and this game has become a sealed history...

Only hardcore galgame fans like the Waning Moon would recommend it to me...

[Me: So talking much, the point is that the characters in galgame look like real people? ]

[Waning Moon: That's right. Moreover, "The Story Of Cherry Blossoms" is a game themed on campus love. The plot is very close to your life, and it is very helpful for you to learn dating skills. ]

I was obviously a college student, and the background of this game was in Japan, right? Ah, forget it, let's not complain about it.

[Waning Moon: But I thought about your gameover situation-this time the problem should not be the 'selection error', but you didn't actually select. ]

[Me: I didn't select? ]

[Waning Moon: Yes, you already know that there will be no options in galgame now, right? So it's easy for a novice player like you to miss those moments when you should make a choice. For example, on the morning of the third day, did Ying ask you about Meow Chan? ]

I recalled...At that time, what she said was--

'But, I really want to see what it looks like now....'

[Me: Now that I think of it again, she seemed to say that she wanted to see Meow Chan...]

[Waning Moon: Then, did you do anything? ]

[Me: I did nothing...]

Generally speaking, you can't do anything, right? You can't bring other girls home, right?

[Waning Moon: See? You should've invited her to your house as a guest, so she can see Meow Chan! ]

...

[Me: That would be too sudden, right? I only met her for 2 days, so she won't agree...]

Normally, this would definitely cause the other party to feel annoyed.

[Waning Moon: I mean, what is the future for people who dare not even actively invite others in dating games? ]

[Me: How can I face her if I get rejected? ]

[Waning Moon: Are you afraid of rejection? ]

Of course... Don't let me recall my past failures...

[Me: Are you not afraid? ]

[Waning Moon: That kind of thing doesn't matter to me at all. ]

[Me: you are really thick-skinned...]

This kind of person was really hopeless. In real life, he was definitely a NEET who often harassed beautiful girls...

[Me: So, just invite Ying, right? ]

[Waning Moon: It's not that simple. It is better to look at the strategy online. ]

[Me: I won't check strategy when I just started playing the game, that's the behavior of the weak. ]

This was my dignity as a player. I have always insisted on being self-reliant. It was meaningless to take the road paved by others, and it would completely lose the fun of exploring a game.

[Waning Moon: I think even if you read the guide, you still would not be able to pass this week. ]

[Me: Don't underestimate me! I won't look at the strategy online without failing more than 10 times, that's my principle! ]

[Waning Moon: So how many times did you fail now? ]

[I:...]

Well, it seemed that I really couldn't make it...

[Waning Moon: Go read the strategy, the weak player. ]

This guy really had a terrible character...

[Me: Don't underestimate me! ]

[Waning Moon: Oh? It's impossible for you to get to the seventh day in the game. How about we make a bet! ]

[Me: Sure! ]

[Waning Moon: Where did you get the confidence? Anyway, you are the kind of guy who can't understand the class and he skips class with peace of mind because the teacher is boring. ]

[Me: You who have been online much longer than me are the kind of NEET that skips classes and plays games, right? ]

This guy didn't reply again, probably going to play the game again.

Forget it. I decide to take a look at the walkthrough on the third and fourth days...