Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?
Author: 宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅
Chapter 96: Itâs All Real
Chapter 96: Itâs All Real
"Crap! I totally forgot!"
Chen Huaiâan had just settled into his new placeâa duplex apartment near the Wetland Park with a monthly rent of 2,000 yuanâwhen the realization hit him.
"Didnât that old man say that killing demons comes with bounty rewards? I havenât joined the Demon Slayers, but as a freelance demon hunter, I should still be able to claim the money, right?"
He had no idea how much that black-furred rat was worth.
A demon that weak probably wasnât too valuable.
Maybe a few thousand yuan, at most.
"Eh, whatever. Demons are everywhere now. Even if each one is only worth a thousand or so, as long as I kill enough, the money will pile up naturally!"
Just thinking about this made Chen Huaiâan excitedâhe could finally make money in a way that suited him.
Freedom, profit, and extra perks.
What could be better than that?
Just as he was enjoying this thoughtâ
RING RING!
His phone rang.
An unknown number.
"Hello? Whoâs this?"
[Brother Huaiâan~]
A familiar voice came through.
"Uncle Luo? Howâd you get my number?"
[Oh, I saved it when the security bureau checked your phone⦠Not important. Iâm calling to tell you that Iâve arranged for a healer to look at your cancer. Three days from now, come over.]
"Wait, what? But I never joined the Demon Slayers."
[Doesnât matter. I canât just sit back and watch you die, can I? I already call you âbrother.â]
"Isnât it a bit rude to trouble someone else like thisâ¦?"
[Itâs free.]
"Alright, Iâm in!"
Chen Huaiâan agreed instantly, without a trace of hesitation.
As long as it was free, nothing else mattered!
[Then meet me the morning after tomorrow, 9 AM, third floor of Longteng Internet Café.]
Luo sounded like he already knew exactly how to handle Chen Huaiâanâhis voice carried the faintest trace of amusement.
"Got it, no problem!"
They also discussed the bounty for the black-furred rat.
Turns out, Chen Huaiâan had completely underestimated it.
The bounty was a whopping 20,000 yuanâand that was only because the demon had been blown to bits, making it unrecoverable.
If the corpse had been intact, the bounty wouldâve doubled.
The money would be transferred to Luo after the claim was processed, and he would send it straight to Chen Huaiâan.
[Alright, thatâs it. Iâm hanging up.]
Luo ended the call without saying much else.
He was still walking through the busy city streets.
But as he moved through the crowds, he started to see things more clearly.
Chen Huaiâan refusing to join the Demon Slayers was disappointingâbut if he could show him that humanity still had warmth, still had kindness, then one day, Chen Huaiâan would be moved. ÅÃ ÅÐÊÃá¹¥
One day, he would join the Demon Slayers.
"Tsk, tsk, the older the wiser! Damn, Iâm a genius!"
Luo patted himself on the back for his brilliance.
His mood, which had been a bit low, suddenly lifted.
His thoughts drifted to another key recruitâthe swordsman prodigy that Elder Li was hoping to bring in.
"Chen Huaiâan might be a lost cause for now, but that sword kidâwe canât afford to miss him! Heâs the future of Tianfu!"
Luo clenched his fist.
Chen Huaiâan had too much baggageâa tragic past, terminal cancer, a cheating exâ¦
But surely, that sword kid wasnât also cursed with a sh*t family, a dying body, and a two-timing girlfriendâ¦
â¦Right?
"If the world is really
ridiculously coincidental, Iâll eat sh*t while doing a handstand!"
â
"Man, there really are a lot of good people in the world."
Chen Huaiâan put down his phone with a sigh.
Too bad those
only started showing up after he became an Awakener.
If they had appeared
that, maybe he really would have been touched.
He plugged in his phone to charge, then quickly tidied up his new place.
The first thing he did was take the talismans off the storage box and stick them on the door.
Before, they were just decoration.
Now that he
their real power, he treated them like landmines against demon intrusions.
Next, he opened the storage box.
Inside, Baji looked miserable, its entire body limp, eyes half-lidded, completely drained of energy.
"Probably suffocated in there. Iâll give you an acupuncture treatment later."
Chen Huaiâan lifted Baji out and placed it aside before reaching in to grab the motionless green carp.
He figured it had already kicked the bucket.
But the moment his fingers touched its tailâ
PAH!
The green carp suddenly flipped into the air, performing a flawless carp-leap half a meter high, nearly scaring Chen Huaiâan out of his skin.
"HOLY SH*T, IS THIS FISH SENTIENT?!"
He stared at the glaring, wide-eyed fish lying on the floor, its gaping mouth opening and closing frantically as if it were cursing him out.
It had been out of water for nearly three hoursâ
From the hotel to his rental apartment, with an extra hour wasted on house hunting and bargaining.
And it still wasnât dead?
Not only thatâ
It still had so much damn energy?!
"...Is this thing a demon?"
Chen Huaiâan narrowed his eyes and pulled a talisman from his pocket.
Luo had told him that abnormal creatures were most likely demons.
And if not demons, then evil spirits.
Either wayâ
The solution was simple. Just kill it.
Minimum bounty: 20,000 yuan.
â
[This dumbass fish!]
Baji glared daggers at the green carp.
If it hadnât been weakened by the talisman explosion, it would have squashed this stupid fish already!
The green carp froze, instantly playing dead.
Its bulging fish eyes rolled back, its entire body stiffening as it began to emit the unmistakable smell of salted fish.
"...Why does it look half-dead again? A last burst of energy before dying?"
Chen Huaiâan raised an eyebrow, grabbed the completely limp green carp, and tossed it into the bathroom bathtub, filling it halfway with water.
Only when he saw it floating belly-up, barely breathing, did he finally relax.
"Guess it really was just a dying twitch. At least itâs not actually dead."
He put the talisman away.
"
"
Howeverâ
The moment he closed the bathroom doorâ
Inside the bathtub, the green carp flipped over immediately, its eyes burning with determination.
Thenâ
It frantically gulped down water, chugging so fast that bubbles overflowed the entire tub.
â
"Meow~"
When Chen Huaiâan returned to the living room, Baji was licking its paw while meowing at him, looking noticeably better.
"Good kitty. Hungry? Iâll get you something nice."
Seeing that Baji was back to normal, he decided against acupuncture and instead ordered a bag of cat food on Meituan.
He collapsed onto the sofa, finally letting his mind settle to sort through his chaotic thoughts.
Meanwhile, Baji let out a sigh of relief.
[As expected, Boss sealed the doors and windows again. Thereâs no escape. Absolutely no escapeâ¦]
At this point, it had resigned itself to fate.
As for why it didnât want acupuncture?
It had already faked a limp on one leg.
If it got stabbed again and actually became lameâ
What then?!
Would it have to crawl around dragging both hind legs?
That sounded like hell!
â
Chen Huaiâan lined up all the items he had received from
on the coffee table:
Spirit Stone Bracelet
Protective Talisman
Potted Plant
Thunderfire Talisman
Blackscale Sword
Spring Needle Technique
Meridian Opening Acupuncture
Green Lotus Sword Manual
And the ones he couldnât take out?
He wrote them down on paper.
Staring at the collection, he narrowed his eyes.
So far, he had confirmed:
The Virtual Girlfriend game = Innate Spirit Artifact.
The talismans from it were real and usable.
Thenâ¦
Wouldnât that mean everything else from the game was real too?
He stared at the pile of items, deep in thought.
"So, what secrets do you hold? Let me take a closer look⦠Kehehehe~"
His gaze turned sharp and analyticalâ
Like an X-ray scanner, sweeping across every item on the table.
"Crap! I totally forgot!"
Chen Huaiâan had just settled into his new placeâa duplex apartment near the Wetland Park with a monthly rent of 2,000 yuanâwhen the realization hit him.
"Didnât that old man say that killing demons comes with bounty rewards? I havenât joined the Demon Slayers, but as a freelance demon hunter, I should still be able to claim the money, right?"
He had no idea how much that black-furred rat was worth.
A demon that weak probably wasnât too valuable.
Maybe a few thousand yuan, at most.
"Eh, whatever. Demons are everywhere now. Even if each one is only worth a thousand or so, as long as I kill enough, the money will pile up naturally!"
Just thinking about this made Chen Huaiâan excitedâhe could finally make money in a way that suited him.
Freedom, profit, and extra perks.
What could be better than that?
Just as he was enjoying this thoughtâ
RING RING!
His phone rang.
An unknown number.
"Hello? Whoâs this?"
[Brother Huaiâan~]
A familiar voice came through.
"Uncle Luo? Howâd you get my number?"
[Oh, I saved it when the security bureau checked your phone⦠Not important. Iâm calling to tell you that Iâve arranged for a healer to look at your cancer. Three days from now, come over.]
"Wait, what? But I never joined the Demon Slayers."
[Doesnât matter. I canât just sit back and watch you die, can I? I already call you âbrother.â]
"Isnât it a bit rude to trouble someone else like thisâ¦?"
[Itâs free.]
"Alright, Iâm in!"
Chen Huaiâan agreed instantly, without a trace of hesitation.
As long as it was free, nothing else mattered!
[Then meet me the morning after tomorrow, 9 AM, third floor of Longteng Internet Café.]
Luo sounded like he already knew exactly how to handle Chen Huaiâanâhis voice carried the faintest trace of amusement.
"Got it, no problem!"
They also discussed the bounty for the black-furred rat.
Turns out, Chen Huaiâan had completely underestimated it.
The bounty was a whopping 20,000 yuanâand that was only because the demon had been blown to bits, making it unrecoverable.
If the corpse had been intact, the bounty wouldâve doubled.
The money would be transferred to Luo after the claim was processed, and he would send it straight to Chen Huaiâan.
[Alright, thatâs it. Iâm hanging up.]
Luo ended the call without saying much else.
He was still walking through the busy city streets.
But as he moved through the crowds, he started to see things more clearly.
Chen Huaiâan refusing to join the Demon Slayers was disappointingâbut if he could show him that humanity still had warmth, still had kindness, then one day, Chen Huaiâan would be moved. ÅÃ ÅÐÊÃá¹¥
One day, he would join the Demon Slayers.
"Tsk, tsk, the older the wiser! Damn, Iâm a genius!"
Luo patted himself on the back for his brilliance.
His mood, which had been a bit low, suddenly lifted.
His thoughts drifted to another key recruitâthe swordsman prodigy that Elder Li was hoping to bring in.
"Chen Huaiâan might be a lost cause for now, but that sword kidâwe canât afford to miss him! Heâs the future of Tianfu!"
Luo clenched his fist.
Chen Huaiâan had too much baggageâa tragic past, terminal cancer, a cheating exâ¦
But surely, that sword kid wasnât also cursed with a sh*t family, a dying body, and a two-timing girlfriendâ¦
â¦Right?
"If the world is really
ridiculously coincidental, Iâll eat sh*t while doing a handstand!"
â
"Man, there really are a lot of good people in the world."
Chen Huaiâan put down his phone with a sigh.
Too bad those
only started showing up after he became an Awakener.
If they had appeared
that, maybe he really would have been touched.
He plugged in his phone to charge, then quickly tidied up his new place.
The first thing he did was take the talismans off the storage box and stick them on the door.
Before, they were just decoration.
Now that he
their real power, he treated them like landmines against demon intrusions.
Next, he opened the storage box.
Inside, Baji looked miserable, its entire body limp, eyes half-lidded, completely drained of energy.
"Probably suffocated in there. Iâll give you an acupuncture treatment later."
Chen Huaiâan lifted Baji out and placed it aside before reaching in to grab the motionless green carp.
He figured it had already kicked the bucket.
But the moment his fingers touched its tailâ
PAH!
The green carp suddenly flipped into the air, performing a flawless carp-leap half a meter high, nearly scaring Chen Huaiâan out of his skin.
"HOLY SH*T, IS THIS FISH SENTIENT?!"
He stared at the glaring, wide-eyed fish lying on the floor, its gaping mouth opening and closing frantically as if it were cursing him out.
It had been out of water for nearly three hoursâ
From the hotel to his rental apartment, with an extra hour wasted on house hunting and bargaining.
And it still wasnât dead?
Not only thatâ
It still had so much damn energy?!
"...Is this thing a demon?"
Chen Huaiâan narrowed his eyes and pulled a talisman from his pocket.
Luo had told him that abnormal creatures were most likely demons.
And if not demons, then evil spirits.
Either wayâ
The solution was simple. Just kill it.
Minimum bounty: 20,000 yuan.
â
[This dumbass fish!]
Baji glared daggers at the green carp.
If it hadnât been weakened by the talisman explosion, it would have squashed this stupid fish already!
The green carp froze, instantly playing dead.
Its bulging fish eyes rolled back, its entire body stiffening as it began to emit the unmistakable smell of salted fish.
"...Why does it look half-dead again? A last burst of energy before dying?"
Chen Huaiâan raised an eyebrow, grabbed the completely limp green carp, and tossed it into the bathroom bathtub, filling it halfway with water.
Only when he saw it floating belly-up, barely breathing, did he finally relax.
"Guess it really was just a dying twitch. At least itâs not actually dead."
He put the talisman away.
"
"
Howeverâ
The moment he closed the bathroom doorâ
Inside the bathtub, the green carp flipped over immediately, its eyes burning with determination.
Thenâ
It frantically gulped down water, chugging so fast that bubbles overflowed the entire tub.
â
"Meow~"
When Chen Huaiâan returned to the living room, Baji was licking its paw while meowing at him, looking noticeably better.
"Good kitty. Hungry? Iâll get you something nice."
Seeing that Baji was back to normal, he decided against acupuncture and instead ordered a bag of cat food on Meituan.
He collapsed onto the sofa, finally letting his mind settle to sort through his chaotic thoughts.
Meanwhile, Baji let out a sigh of relief.
[As expected, Boss sealed the doors and windows again. Thereâs no escape. Absolutely no escapeâ¦]
At this point, it had resigned itself to fate.
As for why it didnât want acupuncture?
It had already faked a limp on one leg.
If it got stabbed again and actually became lameâ
What then?!
Would it have to crawl around dragging both hind legs?
That sounded like hell!
â
Chen Huaiâan lined up all the items he had received from
on the coffee table:
Spirit Stone Bracelet
Protective Talisman
Potted Plant
Thunderfire Talisman
Blackscale Sword
Spring Needle Technique
Meridian Opening Acupuncture
Green Lotus Sword Manual
And the ones he couldnât take out?
He wrote them down on paper.
Staring at the collection, he narrowed his eyes.
So far, he had confirmed:
The Virtual Girlfriend game = Innate Spirit Artifact.
The talismans from it were real and usable.
Thenâ¦
Wouldnât that mean everything else from the game was real too?
He stared at the pile of items, deep in thought.
"So, what secrets do you hold? Let me take a closer look⦠Kehehehe~"
His gaze turned sharp and analyticalâ
Like an X-ray scanner, sweeping across every item on the table.