Asagiri Utsunomiya heard Asunia Yuuki's words and nodded with satisfaction, chuckling. Then he said, "Hmm, my beloved minister, your words are truly comforting to my heart."
Asuna Yuuki was slightly speechless. After regaining her composure, she said, "Isn't this Water Margin? How did it turn into playing pretend a monarch again?"
Asagiri Utsunomiya replied righteously, "This is the Water Margin IF line, Three Brothers' Oath in the Peach Garden, Romance of the Three Kingdoms Gundam Linked Super Enhanced Version."
"What in the world are you talking about? How did it change from Water Margin to Three Kingdoms again..."
Asuna Yuuki first complained while rolling her eyes, then looked at Kotoko Iwanaga, who was sitting there as elegant and graceful as a young lady from a good family, handed over her phone, and said, "Iwanaga-san, since we've decided to team up, let's add each other as friends first."
"Okay."
Kotoko Iwanaga didn't say much. She just tapped on the app with the eye icon, opened the add friend function, and then lightly touched her phone against Asuna Yuuki's phone.
[You have successfully added Player: Asuna Yuuki as a friend!]
[You have successfully added Player: Kotoko Iwanaga as a friend!]
"So that's your name..." Kotoko Iwanaga first muttered while looking at the notification that popped up on her phone, then handed her phone to Asagiri Utsunomiya and said, "Should we add each other as friends too, Captain?"
"Sure."
[You have successfully added Player: Kotoko Iwanaga as a friend!]
[You have successfully added Player: Asagiri Utsunomiya as a friend!]
"So those are your real names. Does that mean Captain and Violet are the code names you used during the dungeon?"
"Yes." Asuna Yuuki tucked a strand of long flaxen hair behind her ear, speaking indifferently: "To avoid revealing our real names in the dungeon, you should come up with a code name too."
"A code name, huh... Hmm, that sounds quite interesting... In that case, I'll be called..."
Kotoko Iwanaga looked like she was thinking very seriously. After a few seconds, she lightly tapped her chin with her index finger, smiling playfully as she said, "Then my code name will be Captain's Lover~"
Asuna Yuuki was stunned when she heard that. It took her a few seconds to react, and she frowned slightly as she said, "Hey, come up with a proper code name. Don't sneak in your personal agenda here."
But Kotoko Iwanaga replied without any guilt, "I think it's great!"
Seeing Kotoko Iwanaga's unrepentant look, as if she really wanted to use that code name, Asuna Yuuki sighed, supporting her forehead, and looked at Asagiri Utsunomiya for help.
"Captain, talk to her. How can she..."
"Yeah, how can she come up with a code name like that?"
Before Asuna Yuuki could finish her words, Asagiri Utsunomiya first interrupted while shaking his head, then said with a serious expression, "How about this, I'm the Butter Shooter, and you'll definitely be a Warlock or something in the future, so you'll be the Sausage Warlock, and then Violet will be the Bread Swordsman!"
Asuna Yuuki rolled her eyes and retorted exasperatedly: "What kind of ridiculous code names are these? Are we some kind of sandwich combination? Besides, I am indeed a Swordsman, and she might indeed become a Warlock, but your job and talent have nothing to do with being a shooter, right?"
"Hehe, no relation? Do you know which game was the best shooting game of the year?"
"No. I don't play games."
"It doesn't matter, because the winner wasn't a game either, it was a certain software called JM Paradise."
"Huh? What does that have to do with shooting?"
"That's why you don't understand why I'm the Butter Shooter. Later, I'll slowly explain it to you."
"Okay... Wait, no! You two, be serious!"
Asuna Yuuki suddenly realized that the topic had been sidetracked without her noticing, and she looked helpless as she spoke.
"I'm begging you two, come up with a proper code name, okay?"
"A proper code name, huh... Then..."
Asuna Yuuki looked worried, afraid that Kotoko Iwanaga, this extraordinary person, would come up with another outrageous code name.
Fortunately, this time, Kotoko Iwanaga didn't cause trouble again and gave a serious answer.
"Necro, how about that?"
"Necro..." Asuna Yuuki frowned slightly, thought carefully for a moment, and asked doubtfully, "Is that a word..."
While Asuna Yuuki was still thinking, Asagiri Utsunomiya spoke with a smile: "Necro is taken from the fictional book in the Cthulhu Mythos called the Necronomicon, isn't it? The first five letters of the English word? It really suits you and fits your talent."
Kotoko Iwanaga asked with interest, "Oh? Captain, you know about Cthulhu Mythos?"
"Just a little, just a little." Asagiri Utsunomiya said, waving his hand. Although his tone was very humble, he was clearly showing off.
Looking at Kotoko Iwanaga talking with Asagiri Utsunomiya, Asuna Yuuki suddenly felt a slight pang of jealousy in her heart and couldn't help but interrupt: "Well then, your code name is set as Necro. But I'm still very curious, you and Captain are both people who have awakened exclusive talents. What does that app base its judgment on to determine the Player's most suitable talent?"
"I'm not sure about Captain's situation, but for me... actually, God of Wisdom of the Oddities isn't a talent I awakened after entering the dungeon."
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
Kotoko Iwanaga first smiled, then said something astonishing that made Asuna Yuuki's expression change.
"God of Wisdom of the Oddities is not just my exclusive talent; it's also my identity in the real world."
Before Asuna Yuuki could ask, Kotoko Iwanaga voluntarily told her story.
When she was eleven, she did indeed go missing, but the culprits weren't kidnappers seeking ransom, but a group of yokai—Japanese monsters. That's why the police couldn't find any clues.
The reason yokai took Kotoko Iwanaga from her home was simple: most yokai aren't very smart, so they needed a God of Wisdom, also called Sage, who could help them mediate various conflicts and disputes, resolve various incidents, and maintain balance and order between the oddities and humans.
The price of becoming the God of Wisdom was losing one eye and one leg.
It's important to emphasize that yokai did not force Kotoko Iwanaga.
Paying the price of one eye and one leg to become the God of Wisdom of the Oddities was Kotoko Iwanaga's own choice.
Since then, she possessed the ability to observe oddities and served as the God of Wisdom for the Oddities, the Princess of the Yokai, until today.
"No, wait a minute..." Asuna Yuuki first interrupted, looking to be in a state of disbelief; then she said cautiously: "Are you saying... that in the real world, there really are such things as yokai?"
"Yes, but you can rest assured." Kotoko Iwanaga stood up, straightened her skirt, put her white beret back on, and said with a smile, "Most yokai won't harm humans, nor will they interfere with the normal order of human society. They just want to live quietly, and yokai are not allowed to appear freely in front of humans, so there's no need to worry."