Volleyball, Who Has Players This Pure!

Chunmu Jizhi won a spot in the closed beta of his favorite game!

He's about to become a player in a 2D adventure survival game.

A new world unfolds before him. In the latest version, players arrive at a place full of youth and dreams... high school!

The player takes the role of a little bug just starting high school, dreaming of joining the volleyball club.

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You have landed at a volleyball high school. Since you haven't acquired any advanced skills yet, your volleyball skills are average and your technique is clumsy.

Starting skills:

Basic attack: Bump the ball/Serve

Basic upward attack: Set/Receive

Basic downward attack: Dive/Save

Jump attack: Jump serve... Jump serve? Where's the player's jump serve!

[Sorry, you haven't learned this skill yet. Explore the map, find and challenge the BOSS to acquire it.]

You haven't mastered any advanced skills. As you look at the setter in front of you, who keeps taunting you as a "volleyball scrub," you choose:

a. I'll start working hard right now! Don't look down on a poor young man

b. I'm sad. I'll cry

c. Other

Player: Interesting. Is this monster called King? How dare he provoke me! Let's see what you've got!

[The player challenges the BOSS with starting skills, dies and comes back several times, defeats King, and acquires the skill [Jump Serve]]

Two setters, once teammates and now opponents, reunite. Sensing the special bond between them, you choose:

a. I'm jealous. I can't come between them

b. Help them make up and unlock a special CG

c. Other

Player: Interesting. Did the monster enter phase two? It split into King and the Ruler. Let's see what you've got!

[The player takes on both at once, dies and comes back more than a dozen times, defeats the Ruler and King, and acquires the skill [Level Two Jump Serve]]

On your morning run, you encounter a powerful volleyball opponent, followed by the two defeated underlings you've already beaten. With all three facing off in a tense standoff, you choose:

a. You're all admirable volleyball players!

b. Stop arguing. You're all my wings

c. Other

Player: Interesting!! Phase three! Just the Ruler, King, and Absolute Ruler? All of you, come at me!

[The player takes on all three at once, dies and comes back dozens of times, fights until he's furious, and finally defeats the Three Rulers, acquiring the skill [Ultimate Jump Serve]]

Having obtained every skill and reached the highest level, the player approaches the setter who once taunted him, radiating the aura of a strong player.

Look into my eyes and speak! Am I a volleyball scrub or not?

The setter, backed into a corner, says nothing. A heart slowly appears above his head.

Wait, no! That's not right!

It was almost inevitable. The player had lost his pants and his dignity before he finally realized what was going on.

"This isn't right! It shouldn't be like this! Why are you confessing to me? You said you achieved your high school dream because of me, but that's not how it's supposed to go! Aren't you supposed to wait thirty years for your chance to turn the tables, endure every hardship, unlock your ultimate form CG, and fight the player for three hundred rounds? Then the player defeats you, ready to perish together with you!"

"Even if none of that happened, you shouldn't have gotten drunk with me at the victory party and ended up rolling around together."

"The player's special CG is gone!"

[Ding! Achievement unlocked: [Pure]]

Based on the game Hollow Knight, with a few elements from the earlier game, mostly carrying over its gameplay. Read with confidence.

Theme: Life is about always moving forward!