diff --git a/Assets/PerfectWorld/Scripts/MainFiles/EC_Game.cs b/Assets/PerfectWorld/Scripts/MainFiles/EC_Game.cs
index 05c115bd29..f767b92d35 100644
--- a/Assets/PerfectWorld/Scripts/MainFiles/EC_Game.cs
+++ b/Assets/PerfectWorld/Scripts/MainFiles/EC_Game.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.AddressableAssets;
 
 namespace BrewMonster.Network
 {
@@ -134,40 +135,39 @@ namespace BrewMonster.Network
             m_SkillDesc = new BrewMonster.CECStringTab();
             m_BuffDesc = new BrewMonster.CECStringTab();
 
-            //TODO: DUCK Have to remove this after moving all file to persistentDataPath
-            return;
-            // Load string files from StreamingAssets/configs directory
-            string dataPath = Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/configs/";
-
             try
             {
-                // Load each string table using the actual file names from StreamingAssets/configs
-                if (!m_FixedMsgs.Init(dataPath + "fixed_msg.txt", true))
+                // Addressables-only loading (no StreamingAssets/configs file IO).
+                // These must match the Addressables "Address" values configured in `Assets/AddressableAssetsData/...`.
+                Addressables.InitializeAsync().WaitForCompletion();
+
+                var fixedMsgTa = Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<TextAsset>("Assets/Addressable/fixed_msg.txt").WaitForCompletion();
+                if (!m_FixedMsgs.InitFromTextAsset(fixedMsgTa, true))
                 {
                     Debug.LogWarning("[EC_Game] Failed to load fixed_msg.txt");
                 }
 
-                if (!m_ItemDesc.Init(dataPath + "item_desc.txt", true))
+                var itemDescTa = Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<TextAsset>("Assets/Addressable/item_desc.txt").WaitForCompletion();
+                if (!m_ItemDesc.InitFromTextAsset(itemDescTa, true))
                 {
                     Debug.LogWarning("[EC_Game] Failed to load item_desc.txt");
                 }
 
-                if (!m_ItemExtDesc.Init(dataPath + "item_ext_desc.txt", true))
+                var itemExtDescTa = Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<TextAsset>("Assets/Addressable/item_ext_desc.txt").WaitForCompletion();
+                if (!m_ItemExtDesc.InitFromTextAsset(itemExtDescTa, true))
                 {
                     Debug.LogWarning("[EC_Game] Failed to load item_ext_desc.txt");
                 }
 
-                if (!m_SkillDesc.Init(dataPath + "skillstr.txt", true))
+                var skillStrTa = Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<TextAsset>("Assets/Addressable/skillstr.txt").WaitForCompletion();
+                if (!m_SkillDesc.InitFromTextAsset(skillStrTa, true))
                 {
                     Debug.LogWarning("[EC_Game] Failed to load skillstr.txt");
                 }
 
                 // Note: There's no buff_desc.txt file in the configs folder
                 // You may need to create this file or use a different source for buff descriptions
-                if (!m_BuffDesc.Init(dataPath + "buff_desc.txt", true))
-                {
-                    Debug.LogWarning("[EC_Game] Failed to load buff_desc.txt - file may not exist");
-                }
+                // (If you add it to Addressables later, load it here.)
 
                 // Load item message map (template -> message id)
                 LoadItemMsgMap();
@@ -191,15 +191,18 @@ namespace BrewMonster.Network
             m_ItemMsgMap = new Dictionary<int, ItemMsgMapEntry>();
             try
             {
-                string path = Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/configs/item_msg_map.txt";
-                if (!File.Exists(path))
+                Addressables.InitializeAsync().WaitForCompletion();
+                var mapTa = Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<TextAsset>("Assets/Addressable/item_msg_map.txt").WaitForCompletion();
+                if (mapTa == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(mapTa.text))
                 {
                     Debug.LogWarning(
                         "[EC_Game] item_msg_map.txt not found; descriptions will fall back to template IDs");
                     return;
                 }
 
-                foreach (var raw in File.ReadLines(path))
+                using var sr = new StringReader(mapTa.text);
+                string raw;
+                while ((raw = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                 {
                     var line = raw.Trim();
                     if (line.Length == 0) continue;
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/CECStringTab.cs b/Assets/Scripts/CECStringTab.cs
index ae5f28ff3d..2a360e3a61 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/CECStringTab.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/CECStringTab.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,48 @@ namespace BrewMonster
         public CECStringTab() { }
         ~CECStringTab() { Release(); }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initialize the table directly from a Unity TextAsset (e.g. loaded via Addressables).
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool InitFromTextAsset(TextAsset textAsset, bool bUnicode)
+        {
+            Release();
+            m_bUnicode = bUnicode;
+
+            try
+            {
+                if (textAsset == null)
+                {
+                    Debug.LogError("[CECStringTab] InitFromTextAsset failed: textAsset is null");
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                bool ok;
+                if (bUnicode)
+                {
+                    // Unity TextAsset.text is already UTF-8 decoded.
+                    using var sr = new StringReader(textAsset.text);
+                    ok = ParseIntoDict(sr, isWide: true);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // ANSI tables are in CP936 in original PW; keep using CP936 decoder.
+                    string content = ByteToStringUtils.ByteArrayToCP936String(textAsset.bytes);
+                    using var sr = new StringReader(content);
+                    ok = ParseIntoDict(sr, isWide: false);
+                }
+
+                m_bInit = ok;
+                return ok;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError($"[CECStringTab] InitFromTextAsset failed: {e}");
+                Release();
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         public bool Init(string szFile, bool bUnicode)
         {
             Release();