Chapter 490: Immune to Magic Attacks? They've Definitely Had Professional Training!
"Hahahahahaha…"
"Little Grey Hair's combativeness is an absolute [ Thumbs Up ]!"
"Our precious Stellie, staying true to herself forever~"
"She's only one year old! What's wrong with our baby being a little mischievous?"
"Holy moly, well said, sister! Truly learning from the best!"
Stelle and March 7th sat in the guest seats, feeling as though they were being roasted over an open fire.
The two of them even contemplated ending it all for a brief second!
Fortunately.
The BananAdvisor made a move!
It unleashed a memetic attack, successfully interrupting this utterly surreal acting class!
"Here it comes again, that feeling from the dream…"
Stelle pressed a hand to her forehead.
At that moment, a pink filter washed over the screen.
In the hazy background, faint silhouettes of slumbernanas continuously materialized.
Dan Heng realized something was wrong and asked, "Stelle? Are you alright, nana?"
The moment those words left his mouth.
Dan Heng's pupils contracted slightly!
"…Nana?"
The next instant.
A look of struggle surfaced on Dan Heng's face as well.
Even the Imbibitor Lunae could not resist a memetic attack!
The BananAdvisor said excitedly, "Nana? Nana-nana-nana! Looks like the 7*Banana Pedagogy is taking effect!"
"Congratulations, students! You will soon become qualified actors. Give thanks to the slumbernana—"
Just as everyone began to sing the slumbernana song in unison.
A resounding voice suddenly rang out!
"Just as I suspected, this too is a snare laid by the Evil Ninja!"
The camera cut to Rappa.
Instantly, all the patterns and filters vanished from the screen!
It seemed,
from beginning to end, she had not been affected in the slightest!
An unimaginably steadfast willpower!
"Huh? How are you still so lucid? What an un-banana-fiable slacker," the BananAdvisor said in surprise.
Rappa formed a hand seal!
"O Dragon Evil Fiend, compared to this one's Dazzling Ninjutsu, such sorcery is nothing more than petty parlor tricks—"
"Allow this one to awaken everyone! Dazzling Karate: Righteous Delusion-Cleaving Hand Chop, Rapid-Fire Form!"
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Following a flurry of "crackling thunderclap-like impacts,"
everyone present snapped out of the hallucination!
Mr. Reca commentated excitedly, "Now comes the most thrilling climax! Except for a minor change among the cast—Harmonic BananAdvisor, the role of the villain falls to you now."
"What the heck?! I said cut, cut the cameras!" The BananAdvisor stamped its feet in rage.
"CUT—As long as I am on this set, I am the director! Come, actors, rescue this flop of a film with an explosive climax of action!"
[ Combat Commences ]
…
"Rappa, my goddess!"
"How is Rappa so clear-headed?"
"Jokes aside, that ninja hand chop really worked. It actually snapped both the Trailblazer and Dan Heng out of the memetic attack."
"Did Rappa dump all her skill points into magic resistance?"
"It's probably specialized training against mental attacks from her ninja discipline…"
"Rappa is genuinely a key figure in this main storyline. Without her, our precious Stellie would've probably turned into a slumbernana long ago."
"Honestly, I kinda wanted to see what the Trailblazer would look like as a monkey…"
"Definitely a very spirited monkey-nana!"
"Stelle: 'Being human is better, at least I can utter galactic profanities whenever I want!'"
…
At the scene in Paperfold University.
The fan-girls behind Rappa all wore expressions of profound admiration!
They couldn't help but marvel, "A memetic attack that neither Dan Heng nor Big Sis Stelle could resist, and our Rappa didn't even bat an eye!"
"As expected of the Dazzling Ninja Hero!"
"Miss Rappa's willpower is just too formidable! Unwavering from start to finish!"
"This is what a true ninja is! The very word 'endurance' says it all!"
"Miss Rappa~ Once the story ends, please, you must teach me how to train! I want to become a powerful jonin like you too!!"
In her seat.
Rappa's eyes flickered slightly.
Deep down, she knew full well…
what that so-called "training" truly was.
"This one fears… that she must disappoint all fellow ninja disciples."
"This one does not wish for anyone else in this world to ever be forced into such training…"
Yet,
at this moment, Rappa could not bring herself to speak…
She could not find the words to clearly explain that reality.
She could only lift her head,
and continue watching the giant screen before her.
If possible…
Lord Feathered Spirit,
please expose my past!
Even if the title of ninja becomes a sham because of it.
This one still hopes…
that they will come to understand.
It was never the training that forged this ninja.
Rather, it was the resolve to uphold justice, eradicate evil, and sever the wicked karma of this world that birthed the Ninja Hero.
…
Mr. Reca raised his right hand,
smiling faintly as he spoke,
"Dear actors, have you ever heard of a memetic virus?"
Dan Heng's expression shifted. "Is that the true identity of the slumbernana?"
"Indeed. Memetic contamination is a transmission phenomenon. It alters cognitive information particles, warping the infected person's perception of specific things into something else entirely—much like special effects in a film."
"Words, music, videos… all of these are transmission vectors. Humans naturally harbor curiosity toward the unknown, and the memetic virus exploits this opening to strike."
"Even in reality, memetic contamination can alter a person's thoughts. And within this Dreamscape, it gives rise to a nightmare that transforms humans into apes."
Rappa folded her arms, summarizing, "Thus, the Evil Ninja first commanded the evil fiends to disseminate adorned media, using entertainment as a guise to plant the seeds of wicked sorcery within the hearts of the ninja disciples."
"Then, usurping the seat of the instructor, they inflicted torment upon the disciples' minds, triggering the dark sorcery rooted within."
"In this vicious cycle, the disciples of the Origami Clan would be assimilated by the evil fiends, reduced to puppets of the Evil Ninja… What a heartless, ruthless, and merciless grand conspiracy!"
Beside them, Plantain Flower-chan looked utterly bewildered. "Uh, what are you guys talking about? Are these lines from the script too?"
…
"Plantain Flower-chan clearly still has no idea what's going on…"
"That signature, innocent cluelessness unique to college students—"
"Even if you cured that level of airheadedness, she'd still be drooling."
"Cut Plantain Flower-chan some slack, she's just a normal student. If it were any of us, we'd probably be monkeys chanting 'nana-nana-nana' by now."
"If not for the Honkai: Star Rail plot, who would've ever guessed the slumbernana was actually a memetic virus? You wouldn't even have time to react before degenerating."
"Hiss… Why do I suddenly feel like Rappa might have been infected by a memetic virus in the past too?"
"Huh?"
"No way! She practically has an innate immunity to this kind of memetic attack."
"Rappa is a ninja, she must have undergone rigorous conditioning specifically to tank mental attacks!"
"[ Ninja Passive: Immune to Crowd Control ]"
"A bit of chunibyo aside, she truly is a formidable ninja."