Mash-up Anime World: Creating the SCP Foundation to Contain Anomalies Chapter 247 - 244: Visiting the Gaming Company

"Brother, wanna play?"

A gentle breeze floated by, carrying a gaming helt and placing it in front of Haruto.

Shiro had finally been temporarily freed from the God's Eye Project.

As the Wind God, she wouldn't need to appear at the test site for a long ti.

And after undergoing the God-Making Process of the project, Shiro's constitution had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.

Now, she was like the very embodint of the wind itself, controlling the breeze as easily as moving her own limbs.

However, despite obtaining this imnse power, Shiro's lifestyle hadn't changed much at all.

She still spent her days holed up in her apartnt, playing video gas.

The only difference was that she no longer needed to handle trivial daily tasks herself, she could simply command the wind to do them for her.

She didn't even have to worry about diet or exercise.

No matter how much she overate or how long she lazed around, she would never gain weight or fall sick.

After all, what kind of god gets sick?

Haruto felt a headache coming on.

He used to be able to use health as an excuse to order Shiro to go to bed early and go for a run on weekends.

But now, those excuses were completely useless.

Catching the floating gaming helt from the breeze, Haruto glanced at it before shaking his head.

"An unfinished project—I won't try it out in advance. I'll play it with you later."

"By the way, I'm going to visit NerveGear Technologies, the developnt company. Do you want to co, Shiro?"

Hearing this, Shiro hesitated for a mont before nodding.

Jumping off the bed, Shiro quickly lunged at Haruto, breathing in his scent with a hint of attachnt.

Shiro wasn't interested in the developnt company.

But being able to go out with Haruto was already more than enough temptation.

Gabriel stared at Haruto with resentnt.

Her golden ticket had been stolen.

Originally, with SAO entering its beta phase, Gabriel was relying on Shiro to power-level and strategize.

But then Haruto showed up, and with just a few words, he took Shiro away.

Leaving her, a poor, weak, and helpless fallen angel, all alone.

Haruto simply ignored Gabriel's look.

Holding Shiro's hand, he walked outside.

"Co to think of it, the beta test helts are limited and only available to select participants, right? Gabriel supposedly queued for three days and three nights, but Shiro never even left the house and sohow ended up with three helts."

Haruto curiously remarked.

The beta test slots were quite valuable, and getting a gaming helt was extrely difficult.

Since it was a revolutionary full-dive ga—though currently only semi-dive—the allure for players was unprecedented.

Yet, Shiro had three helts all to herself.

If she wanted to scalp them, she could make a fortune.

Shiro replied casually,

"I've cleared most of the popular online gas, so I got invited to many beta tests. As for the helts, I hacked into NerveGear's official system and had three of them express-delivered."

Haruto sighed, rubbing his forehead.

As expected of Shiro.

Of course, she wouldn't be foolish enough to queue up.

As for Shiro's hacking skills...

Once, in a certain ga, her skills were so absurdly good that she crushed a bunch of pay-to-win players using only a starter character.

The developers assud she was cheating and banned her account.

Though it was just a throwaway account with no real value, it really pissed her off.

So, she infiltrated a cybersecurity foundation and taught herself hacking.

Since Shiro was a genius, a few days later, a massive exploit was discovered in the ga's system.

With certain in-ga actions, players could bypass the paynt system and obtain items for free.

A historic farming frenzy ensued.

The developers scrambled to fix the issue but found the exploit nearly impossible to patch.

In the end, they ran out of options, shut down the ga, and rolled back the servers.

Not only did revenue plumt, but they were also bombarded by outraged players.

The developers and executives were left sobbing in the restroom, never knowing that their ga collapsed because they banned a single blank account.

Before long, Haruto and Shiro arrived at the NERvGear Technologies headquarters by car.

Soone was already waiting at the entrance.

Haruto wasn't the type to show up unannounced—he had made an appointnt beforehand.

And the identity he used?

The Momobami Clan's credentials.

One of the two major conglorates in Japan.

With such a powerful connection, NERvGear naturally treated him with great respect.

As Haruto stepped out of the luxury car, a female secretary imdiately approached with a professional smile.

"Welco, Mr. Haruto. We've been expecting you. I was specially assigned to assist you today. Our company's president and shareholder, Mr. Shoji Yuki, are already waiting upstairs. This way, please."

Haruto responded with a polite nod.

His smile was like a refreshing breeze, even making a career-hardened secretary feel a little flustered.

She had dealt with many high-profile executives before.

But none of them had backgrounds as terrifying as this young man's.

The two major conglorates practically ruled Japan with an iron grip.

Yet, even those with far lesser status tended to be arrogant and dismissive toward people like her.

They either treated her with indifference or outright condescension.

But this young man treated her with kindness, it was so rare that it made her heart race. Haruto had no idea that the secretary was already fantasizing about him.

In fact, he might even beco the subject of her late-night thoughts.

Shiro, however, subtly picked up on it.

Without a word, she discreetly poked Haruto's waist.

Haruto was left confused.

Shiro was no longer the innocent little sister who used to help Haruto juggle multiple dates. As she grew older and gained more knowledge, she started feeling possessive—and even jealous.

They arrived at the top floor.

Blushing slightly, the secretary said,

"Mr. Haruto, this is the eting room. Please go ahead. I'll prepare so tea for you."

Haruto nodded and pushed open the door.

Inside was a futuristic-looking conference room.

The decor was minimal, lacking the usual corporate embellishnts.

At the center was a long table, glowing with a soft blue light, with floating holographic projections above it.

A 3D image of a ga scene hovered in the middle.

Two n sat at the table.

One was a middle-aged man with a composed deanor and decent looks.

The other was a gloomy-looking young man with deep, dark eye bags—clearly soone with a terrible sleep schedule.

As Haruto entered, both n stood up.

The middle-aged man put on a professional smile and said,

"Welco, Mr. Haruto. I am Shoji Yuki, the largest shareholder of the full-dive ga project."

"And this is the genius developer behind it—the creator of the full-dive ga, Akihiko Kayaba."

Haruto nodded in greeting but didn't introduce himself.

His status as a representative of the Momobami was already clear, and bringing it up again would only create distance.

Instead, he stepped aside and gestured toward Shiro, smiling.

"Allow to introduce my sister—Shiro. She's one of the SAO beta testers and a fan of the ga."

Shoji Yuki's expression instantly brightened.

He had been worried about the unexpected visit from the Momobami Clan. After all, the ga was already near completion and set to launch, which ant profits were just around the corner.

He had poured over a hundred billion yen into this project.

The last thing he wanted was for soone to swoop in and steal the rewards.

anwhile, Akihiko Kayaba's face darkened for a split second upon hearing that Shiro was a beta tester.

Haruto caught both of their reactions.

He wasn't surprised.

Clearly, just like in the original tiline, Kayaba was planning to go crazy during the ga's launch.

If his so-called "death ga" ended up trapping the direct heirs of two major conglorates...

Tsk, tsk.

Kayaba must have realized that if he pushed the Momobami Clan too far, they could retaliate in ways far more terrifying than any mad scientist ever could.

If that happened, his dream world would be in serious danger.

Haruto and Shiro took their seats.

"Apologies for the sudden visit, but while my sister was playing, I had the chance to observe the ga myself. I must say, this is undoubtedly a groundbreaking creation. Full-dive technology has imnse potential. So, though it may seem abrupt, I wanted to co and take a closer look at the ga."

Shoji Yuki's face went pale again.

Wasn't this just another way of saying, 'We're here to take a share'?

His investnt had exceeded a hundred billion yen.

If he got kicked out now, it would be devastating.

But then, Haruto added,

"Of course, we're only here to observe. While we are interested in investing, we'd like to hear your thoughts first."

Shoji Yuki felt like he had just been dragged out of hell and into heaven.

This guy was actually reasonable!

However, Haruto knew that Shoji Yuki's biggest problem wasn't external interference.

It was the ticking ti bomb sitting right next to him.

Once SAO's launch event turned into a massacre, forget losing his investnt—if he didn't distance himself quickly enough, he'd be caught in the fallout.