[One Piece] Hello, Single Dog Warring States Marshal!

On the dining table, a couple who entered the game of "Truth or Dare" looked at the vastly different points under the shaking cup that the other party unveiled, each with their own subtle expressions——

First round: Warring States 17 points, me 6 points.

Sengoku: "I choose to tell the truth... Well, what's your favorite color?"

Me: “Beige, orange, most colors in between red and yellow on the hue wheel.”

"Ding--"

"Well, it's in line with my observation. This thing can really detect lies." After I finished telling the answer truthfully, the phone beeped, indicating that it was true, and Warring States raised his eyebrows curiously. Suddenly he wanted to cause trouble: "What will happen if you lie? Try it?"

"Try it a try. Didn't you read the rules?" I slapped away his paws that were trying to take away the phone and fiddle with it in disgust. I called up the rules page and read it to him: "[Players who accept the punishment of telling the truth can only have two polygraph tests." Chance of failure. If you still fail the lie detection test for the third time, you will receive a mandatory random adventure penalty. The random adventure penalty will be provided by the system. It is not optional and cannot be forced to exit the game; the adventure penalty rules are the same as above.], Brother, I don’t want to be punished by the system. Just put in any big adventure, what if the system wants me to do a striptease in public, and I can't refuse or force out, wow, then I will really be socially dead."

"..." The Warring States bitch actually lowered his head and was silent for a while subconsciously. I bet all my wealth on this guy, he must be imagining me actually going to do a striptease on the deck!

Me: "...Do you want to try a hundred thousand volts -"

Warring States: "Ah la la nothing! Keep going!"

"..." I squinted my eyes to see his eagerness to try, and I felt more and more that this guy had black bubbles in his stomach.

This feeling of having to dig in even though you know there's a trap is really... oh!

However, the game still has to continue. Once it starts, the minimum requirement is to play for five rounds before it ends.

then……

Second round: Warring States 15 points, me 5 points.

The third round: Warring States 12 points, me 4 points.

Fourth round: Warring States 8 points, me 3 points.

……

Round N——

"...I suspect you are cheating, but there is no evidence." Warring States looked at the pitiful three dice under my cup, which only added up to 4 points, with great confusion, and said in a very serious tone: "To be honest, I am serious. I deliberately lowered my points to let you win, but why..."

Warring States stared at the three dice under the shaking cup he opened, which were 'deliberately lowered' but still had 6 points two points higher than mine. He sighed bitterly: "How did you manage to count all the dice more accurately than me?" Low? Did you cheat?"

"Is there something wrong with me cheating to make myself lose, right?" Even after being asked how many rounds of braces I wore as a child, I have no idea about my awesome talent of losing every time I gamble, so I can do whatever I want.

I spread my hands, picked up the red wine, took a big sip, and said casually: "Ask, ask, you want to know something quickly, my broken self-esteem can't hold back anymore and I'm getting angry."

After asking a lot of questions about this and that, I really admire this guy’s imagination. His questions are all over the place, so why can’t he always ask about the key points?Brother, I made this scene tonight just to take the opportunity to show you——

"... Let's talk about your hometown. Where are you from specifically? What is your hometown like?" Suddenly, I was still anxious in my heart. Is there something wrong with this guy's brain circuit? Why can he always avoid me so perfectly? To take the opportunity to confess something to him, Seng Guo suddenly changed the topic and went straight to the point!

I froze suddenly, and the fingers holding the red wine glass subconsciously tightened——

coming.

The tangled feeling in my heart of not knowing whether it was a fluke or a loss immediately dissipated. I thought I would shrink back when this moment came, but in fact...

The sweetness of the red wine swirled on the tip of my tongue, but when I swallowed it, it became extremely sour for no apparent reason. I put down the glass and looked at him calmly.Zeng Guo's face lost the fun and lightheartedness before, and became solemn and serious. He looked back at me, his dark eyes quietly reflecting my shadow, waiting attentively...

…My dear, you have no idea what you are about to face.

A heavy feeling of suffocation choked my chest, and I opened my mouth. Without any retreat, I spoke calmly and calmly:

"Like I said before, I come from a completely different world than here."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Sengoku's eyes. Just when he was about to ask something, I made a gesture to stop him, looked at him calmly, and continued: "When I say a completely different world, I mean another world. Sengoku , whether you believe it or not, I, the five of us, come from a different world."

In the face of Warring States' sudden frown and increasingly sharp gaze, I subconsciously lowered my eyes to avoid his sharpness: "I come from another world. My hometown is in the south of the ancient Eastern country with the third largest land area in the world. In my hometown, you, you, whether you are people in this world or exotic animals, neither exist nor exist. I...we were able to cross space and come here because of an accident. Strictly speaking, I am in Your world also exists and does not exist."

……

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"Ding--"

During this brief silence, the phone sounded a beep indicating that the lie detector was successful, proving that what I said was the truth and not a lie.

...It turned out to be true.

Zeng Guo's expression became more and more serious. As soon as he reacted, he dismissed all the waiters in the restaurant, even the bartender who was standing guard. After a while, he and I were the only ones left in the huge restaurant, face to face. Sitting there, he fell into silence with a condensed expression.

"...explain the two definitions of 'either exists or does not exist' you mentioned." I didn't dare to look up at Seng Guo's expression, but his voice was extremely serious, just like when I first met him... Calm and solemn, with a strong sense of distance.

I put my hands under the table and tightly held the handbag studded with fine diamonds. I tried my best to control my tone and avoid obvious emotional fluctuations. I said calmly: "All the characters and things in your world are as an animated literary work. It exists in my world, is read and watched by people, has a very large audience of readers, and is known by people in my world in the form of literary works, but it does not really exist... so this is the first 'both There is neither existence nor existence'. You exist in literature, but not in our real world. This is why I have known you from the beginning..."

"..." Warring States moved his wrist to reach into his pocket, but froze again. He silently retracted his hand, placed it on the table, and slowly... tightened it into a fist: "...What about the second one? Again? how to explain."

I lowered my gaze and did not dare to look at him. Naturally, I missed the complex and forbearing look on his face and the movement of wanting to pick out his pockets. I continued: "...The arrival of the five of us is a purposeful event." A sexual accident, I still haven't figured out what principle drove this accident, but the source of the accident is that the five of us put forward a "condolence" during the secondary creation of the literary work you are in. 'project, and ultimately complete several phased tasks to achieve the collective mission goal of a month-long trip across the world - 'consoling' our selected goal mission. Only when all five of us complete our respective mission progress bars , the door to return to our world will be opened. Failure to complete the task or overtime will lead to the failure of the common goal of returning home... I am not sure what will happen after failure. It may be that I will stay in this world forever, or it may be worse, disappearing in place. of."

"So, before this 'accident' happened, there was no us in this world. We actually did not exist in this world. But because of the 'accident', I am sitting in front of you right now..." The more frank you are, the easier it is to progress the conversation. At this point, my heart gradually calmed down, so I raised my head, looked directly at Warring States sitting opposite me, and smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly:

"While this 'accident' continues, I exist, and when this 'accident' ends... I, the five of us, will no longer exist in your world."

"Kara——!!"

As soon as I finished speaking, the red wine glass in Seng Guo's hand shattered. The dark red wine spilled all over the table and stained the cuffs of his snow-white shirt. I looked at him calmly, but his hands under the table were wrapped He held on tighter and tighter, until he was shaking slightly.

The silence lasted for a long time between us. I looked at Zhenguo quietly. The various emotions in his eyes were complicated and difficult to distinguish. The tight lip lines also expressed his chaotic thoughts at this time. I pursed my lips. Pursing my lips, I was almost overwhelmed by the overwhelming feeling of self-blame and guilt. All kinds of emotions were blocked in my chest, making me at a loss...

should i say something

Sengoku looks...scary, what should I do?Say... say something...

But what to say?It feels like no matter what I say, it’s——

"So, the target you chose is me." While I was still worrying about how to break the silence at this moment, Warring States suddenly spoke calmly.

"...Yeah." This was probably the first time I spoke to Warring States in such a weak and guilty tone. I hung my head and my thoughts were in a mess.

The atmosphere solidified again...

But this time the silence was like the tip of a cold knife spinning on my fragile nerves.

Too tormented...

"How do you determine whether you have completed your mission?"

Suddenly a sudden question startled me, I quickly came to my senses, took my phone and brought up the progress bar of the main task and showed it to him: "Look at this progress bar, this is the main task. As long as the completion rate of the main task is 100%, The system will determine that my task is completed."

Warring States didn't take it, he just glanced at the mobile phone screen from a distance and said: "...the completion rate is 80%, and only 'Arrived at Marineland' and 'Ringing the Oaks Bell' are unfinished."

"Yeah, yes." I thought he would take it and read it and give it back to me like he always did, but it didn't happen, so he asked me to hold up the phone and put it in the air... This made me feel a little uncomfortable. After seeing him finish reading, He retracted his hand and clicked aimlessly on the screen of his mobile phone nervously: "We are almost at Marineland, so..." Seven

"So you will be able to go home soon. In other words, return to your original world." Warring States interrupted me, but this time he was no longer calm and calm as before, but with a little anger. I was so frightened that I didn't dare to speak. To be honest, this was the first time I got really angry in front of him, so I could only lower my eyes silently and nodded.

After another silence...

Before my trepidation and guilt turned into tears of grievance, a familiar sigh sounded——

"...Not just anyone can ring the Oaks bell." Sengoku picked up the red wine on the side and reached over to fill it up for me. His tone finally softened and he whispered, "On the famous Oaks Royce." The sacred bell that was moved down was placed in the middle of Marinevando Oris Square, symbolizing the announcement of the beginning and end of the era... Can you, a person from another world who doesn't even have identification, just strike it casually? Why do you always give me problems?"

...I don’t know why, but when I heard his familiar and doting tone, the corners of my eyes became hot and I almost shed tears. I could only pretend to be very thirsty, immediately picked up the cup he filled, raised my head, and drank most of the cup. Red wine pursed her lips and muttered: "I'll just rush over and knock on someone when they're not paying attention. I don't need to make the knocking more ritualistic. Anyway, just knock on it..."

Sengoku leaned on the back of the chair with his arms folded and looked at me helplessly, sighing: "Are you dreaming? There is usually a formation of naval guards around the Oaks Bell. Its symbolic meaning is so great that it is only held during New Year's Eve. During the bell-ringing ceremony, people are usually not allowed to hang out by the side. Unless you force your way in, don't even think about sneaking in."

The meaning behind those words is actually...

I leaned closer to him and whispered, "...So, are you going to break the rules and ring the bell for me?"

Warring States glanced at me and said calmly: "If I don't help you, you will have two results, either you will be arrested and squatted in jail, or your naval headquarters will be turned upside down. I don't like either of these results, so I still Let me help you, I'm begging you."

"Eh-no way~~~" The subconscious coquettishness was actually a sign that my inner defense line collapsed completely. I was prepared to face his anger, accusations, and even break up, but I never expected that the Warring States Period The reaction and answers were perfect. I almost burst into tears on the spot.

As expected of the man I had my eyes on.

Oh, shit, I really like him...

The feeling of guilt and shame mixed with the soft and sweet feelings in my heart came up again. I left my seat and walked to Seng Guo coquettishly.Unexpectedly, Mr. Sengoku, the straight man from the universe, actually understood what I meant and opened his arms to me tolerantly. I immediately kicked off my cat-hair slippers, held up my skirt, and sat on his lap, hugging his neck and squeezing into him. He groaned in his arms.

"Seriously? Do you want to get by by acting coquettishly?" Warring States helplessly put his chin on my head, pinched my waist gently, and said in a frustrated tone: "What are you talking about? I told you already. , you don’t believe it, tut! You are so confident.”

"I really told you a long time ago. Why don't you believe me?" I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, understanding that Warring States was not going to fall out with me right away...

I had a terrible falling out at my first formal dinner with my partner. I would be psychologically affected, absolutely.

Maybe it was because the amount of information was too much. Seng Guo held me in his arms and didn't speak for a while. I was greedy for every minute and every second of this moment. I knew I needed to give him time to digest it. I was waiting for him.

Neither of us are teenagers anymore. With Warring States' meticulous mind, there are naturally things that he needs to consider and weigh. The short-term tenderness at this time is just an unsustainable tolerance. When he figures it out, he will naturally make a decision. Decide.

And I can only wait for him to make the final judgment on me——

Taking a deep breath, I slowly closed my eyes and whispered:

"I like you very much, really..."

Then he said:

"Ah, I know."