Tokyo Ghost Diary

"Onii-chan, I'm going out."

In the evening, reminded by a phone call from her manager, Hoshino Rin changed her clothes for going out and prepared to set off to record the evening show.

Hearing his sister's farewell, Hoshino Gen, who was still sitting behind the coffee table holding the mouse and working hard, looked up at her, nodded slightly, and then turned his eyes back to the game screen on the TV screen.

The apartment door closed, and Gen Hoshino was the only one left in the apartment.

The soothing melody in the game echoed in the living room. Looking at the cute and healing game screen, Gen Hoshino's eyes showed no fluctuation, even though he had racked his brains to please the little girl in the screen all day long.

But this is normal, after all, not everyone can accept the feeling that despite having put in countless efforts, all the hard work was wasted just because they accidentally chose the wrong answer to an inexplicable question.

In the game, under the blue sky and the cherry blossom trees in full bloom, a girl with an angelic face looks out of the screen with a smile, as if looking at the three-dimensional player through the limitations of two-dimensional space: " Thank you, Y-san."

Another meaningless sentence, Hoshino Gen sighed inwardly, y is his game name, and y-san is Qian-chan’s current name for him as a player. Under normal circumstances, whenever there is a plot like this, whenever After Qianjiang says a sentence, several options will appear on the screen for the player to choose. The game cannot be rolled back, and there is only one chance to choose.

Therefore, every time I choose Xingyuan, I will think carefully before clicking the mouse.

However, to Gen Hoshino's surprise, what appeared on the screen this time was not an option, but a blank dialogue window. The disappearing and appearing cursor indicated that this time the player's reply would no longer be a multiple-choice question, but a question. Subjective questions where you can edit your own answers.

This unlucky game...

Hoshino Gen already wanted to curse, but at this moment, the sound of fingerprint verification suddenly sounded at the apartment door, and then the door was pushed open. Hoshino Rin, who had just left, poked his head in and saw Hoshino Gen. Looking at himself, Hoshino Rin gave a slightly embarrassed and forced smile.

"Onii-chan, would you like to take the elevator with me?"

Gen Hoshino looked at Chi-chan with a warm smile on the TV screen, and then at his sister behind the door who was smiling as if she was about to cry. Then he decisively put down the mouse and stood up. He would rather go out for a walk and waste time than sit here and waste time. I tried my best to please a virtual little girl.

The Hoshino family's apartment in Koto Ward is located on the twelfth floor. When taking the elevator, whether you are going up or down, you will usually stop several times in the middle. Sometimes people will come up, and sometimes it will be empty outside. No one knows that the elevator door is open. What will happen before.

Although the former Hoshino Rin was not a particularly courageous type, he was definitely not timid enough to dare to take the elevator alone. It is conceivable that although it seemed like nothing happened when he was with Hoshino Gen, in fact yesterday That night seemed to have really frightened her a little bit.

Hoshino Rin, who was wearing a mask and a peaked cap, adjusted the sunglasses he wore to block his special eye color, and then pinched the corner of Hoshino Gen's clothes with his slender white index finger and thumb. On the way down, the elevator felt a slight movement under his feet. Feeling weightless, she unconsciously moved closer to her brother, as if this could bring a great sense of security.

"Brother, do you think there are really ghosts in the world?" Hoshino Rin asked in a low voice.

Hoshino, who was sending a message to the poster asking whether he sells game guides, didn't mention the source, and his voice was very casual: "Don't think nonsense, since you haven't met anyone in your life, it means that no matter whether there are ghosts in the world, they are against you. It has no impact on their lives.”

Hoshino Rin retorted: "Then last night..."

"You have a nightmare." Hoshino Yuan interrupted her.

Hoshino Rin slowly puffed up his cheeks, and stared angrily at Hoshino Gen's side face through his sunglasses with his beautiful big eyes. However, Hoshino Gen didn't turn his head to look at her from beginning to end, and in the end she had no choice but to pout in frustration. Mouth, whispered: "Liar."

Because Hoshino Rin's agent and assistant had already been waiting in the lobby on the first floor, when the elevator reached the first floor, Hoshino Gen returned directly without even going down.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion. After returning home, Hoshino Gen always felt that the temperature in the living room seemed to have dropped a lot. First of all, he ruled out environmental cues. After all, the afterglow of the evening sun was flowing indoors through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the living room was almost filled with warm colors. Filled with light.

Almost instantly, Hoshino Gen realized something. He walked to the TV, and the game screen changed as expected.

Before going downstairs, the scene in the game was clearly still blue sky and white clouds, but now the sunset filled the world. Chi-chan, who was originally standing under the cherry blossom tree and smiling at him, was now squatting on the roadside crying.

The evening breeze rolled up the ends of her hair, and under the glow of the setting sun, even the tears on the girl's face shone brightly. If anyone with lolita control attributes saw this scene, they would probably lose control on the spot. Well, but Gen Hoshino doesn't accept this.

The typing box with the flashing cursor is still there, indicating that the game session has not been skipped due to a long period of inactivity.

Gen Hoshino stared at Qian-chan who was crying sadly and thought for a few seconds, and then smiled happily. It seemed that there was indeed something wrong with this game.

He thought for a while, sat down behind the coffee table, put his left hand on the wireless keyboard, and typed quickly: "Sorry, I just had to leave for a while. What happened to you?"

After playing for a whole day, Gen Hoshino has almost realized that there seems to be no big difference between Chi-chan in the game and the girl in real life. The so-called favorability is not a numerical value that can be accumulated, but the other person's perception of the player.

She will be unhappy because the players who accompany her choose the wrong words, and she will cry because the players ignore her. She will say thank you, she will say sorry, she will cry, and she will laugh.

If you want to really improve Chi-chan's favorability, you can't treat her as a bunch of game data, but treat her as a "person" separated only by a glass.

After all... ghosts were humans before they became ghosts.

But that's true, but in fact he has no idea how to improve "people's" favorability.

Hoshino Gen cut out the panel and took a look at the current favorability score.

21 (familiar)

He remembered that he was 23 before going downstairs... Tsk, this is really the most difficult game he has ever played.

Gen Hoshino took out his phone and checked the time. It was now 6:40 in the evening. He didn't know if he could reach 60 favorability points before dawn tomorrow. He finally entered a chat interface and sent a message to the person who posted the message to ask for a purchase. The game guide message still has not received a reply.

He sighed, these days, whether you are catching ghosts or playing games, you have to keep your feet on the ground.