[1bitHeart] The closed world of you and me

The author has something to say: since I know that I have written so much but the setting is definitely wrong somewhere, I always feel that I can go to a strange place, anyway, this is 'Ping.OK.World.Boundary', it’s definitely okay if there are differences in some details, ah ha ha ha ha ha (← give up on yourself)

By the way, I would like to remind you that in order to prevent misunderstandings by those who have never played the game, the subsequent description of the ending of the original game in the second half of this paragraph is purely based on my imagination. Don’t take it seriously, eh. .

Does it mean that I always feel that the content I wrote is more and more inconsistent with the title, and it is better to change the title back to the tentative "On the Possibility of Narcissism" when it was not published? (groaning)

Before returning home, because it was basically determined that Naixi was running out of money, the door made a detour to buy dinner before returning home. As soon as he entered the house, the door saw Naixi lying on the sofa playing games— ─The level of concentration that he didn't even hear the sound of him entering the room made the door suspect that Nanessi was trying to escape reality through games.

"Okay, Nanessi, stop playing and eat first."

Walking to the sofa, seeing that Nanaixi still didn't notice him even after walking so close, he bent down helplessly and patted Nanaixi's head, speaking aloud.

"Wow! Men, Brother Men? You're back!?"

Seemingly startled by the sudden movement of the door, Naixi trembled all over and almost fell off the sofa. When she turned her head and saw the door next to her, she immediately put on a smiling face, probably because she was playing something that was inconvenient for the parents to see Games, he quickly stuffed the game console in his hand into the gap of the sofa next to him, then sat up as if nothing had happened, and moved his body nonchalantly to block the sofa in front of the slot where the game console was plugged.

Ha... In this case, even if it's not me, if it's Mom and Dad, they will be concerned about the actions of you trying to hide the game console, Nanaishi.

Men couldn't help sighing at Nanessi's attempt to cover up, but since he didn't really want to know what kind of game Nanessi was playing just now, he still pretended not to notice and put the bento on the table.

"Yes, I'm back. In short, let's have dinner first, and we can talk about everything after eating."

"Okay, okay..."

Looking at the smile that the door showed after he finished speaking, Nanessi probably made up some bad words automatically, and his smile was a little stiff, but he still picked up the bento to eat.

Speaking of which, if the sudden going out today is really because Naixi is short of money, although it is okay to give a living allowance directly, but from the perspective of personality education, it seems that it is not good to do so, right?

Today’s bento was bought from a store that was introduced by the tour guide at [-] Tower, so the taste is unbeatable. Although it is a bit more expensive, the natural taste is better. While eating the bento, I was also thinking about Nanaixi.

Although Menhe is not the kind of person who only needs the most high-end supplies and spends extravagantly on food and clothing, from the past to now, impulsive shopping due to temporary interests has often happened.After I developed a management program and entered the society and started working, I was still at home to support my parents. Because of the good salary at work and my family was relatively well-off at home, this problem did not cause major problems in my life, but it used to still exist. When I went to school in other places, I suffered a lot because of this.

Although at that time he found a lot of short-term odd jobs to make money and learned a lot of strange handicrafts or knowledge because of this, it was a blessing in disguise, but he also learned painfully that if he was not careful about spending money If you pay attention, it will cause pain and trouble. Even if your hands are a little loose after you start working, you will always pay attention to it. After all, you will not spend as much money as before.

This is also why the door feels that it is not good to give another sum of money. When people are short of money, they will immediately give the money to the other party if they have no conditions or requirements. The bad habit of just reaching out for money, instead of learning to cherish and use money through it.

Although it's hard to say what will happen in the future, no matter what, he doesn't want him to grow into a person who will cause trouble to his relatives because he doesn't have a correct understanding of money in the future.

While thinking about it, the door quickly used up the dinner, and seeing that Naixi had almost finished eating the bento, he put the remaining container aside, and the door went straight to the point:

"I've actually wanted to ask you since the day you got sick, Nanessi—did you spend all your money on shopping?"

"Eh, eh!? That, that... ahahaha, um, I accidentally ran out of flowers."

It seems that he asked directly without thinking about the door. Naixi looked a little flustered all of a sudden, and his eyes rolled a little uneasy. He probably wanted to find an excuse or a reason, but he probably knew that this kind of thing would be a problem when he checked his consumption records. It was clear, he struggled for a few seconds, but gave up the unnecessary struggle, and simply answered honestly, and tried to get away with a smirk.

"So, Nanessi, what are your plans?"

Although Men probably thought of several feasible solutions for this point when he had just eaten, he didn't say it directly, but deliberately asked Nanessi how he wanted to solve the problem.

This is learned from their parents. Although their parents loved him as an only child, they were not the kind of people who rushed to remove all obstacles in front of their children and easily turned their children into useless people. Excessive doting, often using this way of asking questions to train them to find a way to solve the problems they encounter. When he grew up, in retrospect, he has always admired his parents' parenting style, so now he also uses this method in Naixi body.

And Nanessi is very used to this way of asking questions—after all, he and Men were both born to the same parents, so there is nothing wrong with it.

"That's all right, Brother Men! I'll just go to work! Tomorrow I'll go outside to find out where I can find a job. Before I find it, brother, please pay me a sum of living expenses in advance, and I'll pay you back after I get my salary!"

"Oh? Part-time job is not a casual thing, are you sure you can stick to it?"

The door was a little surprised by Nanessi's decision. Although he used to study and live alone in other places, he would find a part-time job to earn money by himself when he was short of money-but at that time, he was about to reach the legal age of majority in a few years, and he felt that he I'm about to be an adult, I shouldn't bother my parents so much anymore, but Naixi is different, Naixi should still not be out of the age of 'discussing with parents about money-related matters', so Naixi's decision is slightly A little out of his expectation.

Originally, I thought that Naixi would probably be the same as at home, first advance a part of the pocket money from his parents for emergency, and then receive a little less pocket money next month, or exchange for extra pocket money by helping with housework and the like some type of.

But yes, after all, in Nanessi's view, no matter how good it is, the cousin is not a parent, and he is not a real brother, so maybe that is why he has more scruples.

The door thought about it for a second, and remembered the identity he was using now, but he thought of the reason.Probably because he knew that Naixi was his past self. Occasionally looking at Naixi felt like looking at his younger generation. Subconsciously, he always felt that they were a family, so he didn't pay much attention to this point, but if you change the angle, it's okay. It's not that I can't understand the different responses to the difference between 'cousin' and 'parents'.

As for part-time work, Men has no objection—in his opinion, it is not a bad thing to accumulate a little work experience before officially entering the society. Regardless of success or failure, at least knowing that "making money is not easy" is enough.Even if Nanaishi's search for a part-time job hit a wall, or he was dismissed after a short period of time because he didn't adapt to the work rhythm, as long as he paid a certain price for his own waste of money, it would not be impossible to discuss other options with him.

But age... Can you find any part-time job at this age?Shouldn't he be tricked into doing a strange part-time job?

Even so, the door is still somewhat worried. After all, although Naixi is not the kind of person who is really stupid enough to have no common sense, but if he is strongly asked and what he hears does not violate the law or his own principles on the surface, It is not impossible for people who lack social experience to be tricked into signing some strange contract only to realize that they were cheated.

Occasionally, she is very shrewd, able to see through deceit or lies and protect herself, but when she feels that it should not hurt anyone, whether it is deception or not, and it doesn't matter, occasionally she is easy to believe people's words──Naisi if Which kind of situation will be encountered is basically judged by intuition, or judged by cheating and using the results obtained after reading the mind. I know that when I was a child, I was more inclined to be intuitive. Nanessi suddenly became stupid, mistook the situation where there was an unexpected trap hidden as nothing, and jumped into it rashly.

"Hmm--you have to try it out, let's talk about it if you can't find it! If you really can't find it, selling the games you've cleared or the manga you've finished reading online at a second-hand price should be enough to get you back. Brother, there might be more of your money, but it's fine anyway!"

Unaware of the worry that the door suddenly raised, Nanessi seemed to be very motivated, speaking optimistically, with a look of eagerness on his face.

"Well, it's good if you have a plan for yourself──by the way, you have to be careful when you are looking for a part-time job. If you encounter any uncertain or strange things, just send me a message and ask me. I will always open the notification. Questions will be answered right away.”

In the end, he still couldn't be completely relieved, and after a word of advice, he wrote out the guardian's permission for minors to work, and gave it to Nanessi along with the minimum living expenses just calculated.

"No problem, I will protect myself! Brother Men, don't worry!"

Probably feeling the concern of the door, although Naixi didn't seem to realize the element of worry in it, but she seemed to be very moved, and replied energetically.

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In fact, Nanessi was really moved, but it wasn't just moved by being cared about by others as Men thought, but because of being worried and cared by Men, it was actually a long time absence for him, and it only became a memory. Incident, so after being reborn, he was not in a state of illness and was in a trance, but in a state of good mental sobriety. He hadn't felt the care of 'Brother Men' for a long time. To be honest, he felt deeply.

Although it is said that ever since he knew that 'Brother Men' was his other self, sometimes he felt complicated looking at him, but if you forget this, in fact, in the past, Nanaixi always liked being a cousin of Men.

Not to mention that the conversation is very easy, you don’t have to worry too much, and you don’t have to be afraid that a slip of the tongue will suddenly make the atmosphere very strange. No matter what you say, the other party can basically answer the conversation calmly and calmly, and you can basically laugh at some of his deviant speeches. tolerance.He is also very gentle, although occasionally he will put up a little face to educate him, but at most he only preaches until he admits his mistakes honestly, and he will not beat people or yell loudly.He is also capable but very humble, never arrogant and rude because of his outstanding talents, he is also good-looking, and exudes a gentle and relaxed atmosphere that makes people feel easy to get along with. He is a person who is proud of himself when he is introduced to people and says 'this is my brother', and is excellent in every way.

Except that the time we get along with each other has been greatly reduced after starting to go out to work, and he is not really his biological brother. At that time, the door almost fits all the imaginations of "what it would be like to actually have an older brother" at that time. In his heart, he is actually very dependent on the door. Trust and intimacy, otherwise I would not joke casually, and occasionally deliberately tell some outrageous or strange jokes──After those jokes, the flat response of the door that accepts and doesn’t mind always makes Nanaixi inexplicable happy.

Although Naixi also likes Xin's basic indifferent response, occasional short and forceful contact reminders with the "little hand of love", and occasional weak and helpless sighs, but really the door accepts everything, just smile and see the situation He also likes casual corrections or general responses.

But it's a pity that Brother Men is not only not his real brother, nor even his cousin, but another image created by his own bad taste from the future, alas... I actually regretted this point later.

Recalling the past, after securing the door and getting a reasonable reason to go out, Naixi, who went back to the room and pretended to focus on the game, thought a little sadly, silently remembering a period that he thought was beautiful and warm, but after knowing the truth, he didn't know what to do. How do you look at and locate the time spent with brothers in the past.

But fortunately, Brother Men is me, otherwise, I really couldn't find any excuses to explain that I went out abnormally and ran to visit Brother Men with complacency.

Nanessi recalled the earlier incident, and to be honest, he was still in a cold sweat. At that time, if the door detected something wrong and read his mind directly, he might be finished—even if he later developed a way to shield himself like the current door. The method of mind-reading ability, and not forgetting to deal with it for myself in the past few days is also the same. The fact that a "past self" who should not know these skills suddenly learned it without a teacher is the biggest doubt in itself. He's not stupid, and he's also a person from the future, so it's no surprise if he doesn't suspect it.

But fortunately, the door knows that Naixi is the "former self". It seems that the data tampering made by Naixi with the modified game console connection management program has not been exposed, and it has successfully avoided the active and continuous reception and storage through the management program. The information revealed his abnormality──so the door did not choose to read the mind more accurately, but made a reasoning judgment based on "my own understanding of the former self", and Naixi was relieved and at the same time pushed the boat along Pretending to be like that, and acting in line with how my past self would have reacted when I felt guilty.

And even though the reason for Nanessi's sudden departure was not that, but in a certain way, he guessed it right.

A while ago, Naixi was still in the adaptation period of rebirth and didn't pay attention to some minor problems. There was no warning that the balance was exhausted when shopping these days, so naturally she didn't pay attention to how much money was left in the account.After talking with Men just now, he finally thought of confirming the amount on the portable Internet account, only to find out that just as Men guessed, the original 14-year-old Nanaisi really almost spent the money on entertainment items. It's all gone, and the remaining pitiful figures will definitely not be used when the door will call him living expenses next month, and it will be an emergency if he can't confess or think of a way.

Although it was just used as an excuse to go out reasonably in the future, it seems that it is not a good idea not to find a part-time job to make money quickly──but is 14 years old considered the legal age for child labor?

Don't look at what Nanessi said just now in front of the door with confidence and confidence, but it was a boast that he didn't take seriously when he thought that he shouldn't really go to work, but just used it as an excuse to go out and walk next In Haikou, now that I seem to have deceived myself by talking casually unconsciously, I have to seriously think about the issue of part-time work.

To be honest, at this point in the past, Naixi has never worked part-time. If he wants to talk about part-time work experience, at most he has helped others when he actively made friends everywhere, but he probably knows the future because of the existence of the door and the heart. I don't know my own career direction, so I didn't think about doing other part-time jobs in the past.

But to be more accurate, it should be that even if I think about it, I have no chance──

Nanaixi recalled her past life because of the intervention of future people when she was young, and she was absolutely different from her other self, and couldn't help laughing.

In the past (or future?) he experienced before, after Xin returned to the future and the gate was excluded from the world and disappeared, the management program did not disappear immediately with his disappearance as the gate said at the beginning. The opposite still exists in the world, but due to the mysterious disappearance of the creator and manager, there is no successor left who knows how to understand the core program and can take over the responsibility of management and maintenance. commotion.

And Naixi who stayed behind was taken to 'investigate' because of his relationship with the relatives of the door and living together again. All in all, he was lucky enough to pass the test safely in the end.

It's just that during the investigation, it was discovered that Nanessi's outstanding talent in computer programming, and I don't know which authoritative person in this field has passed various tests and judged that he has the potential to analyze the original language used in management programs. , so although he was released later, he seemed to resume his normal school life like an ordinary child—but the school he attended was a school designated by his superiors, which was very safe but also very closed. In his spare time on weekends, he will be "invited" to a special independent research institute, and let him study the programming language used in the management program (paid).

It was not until he spent about three years to fully understand this situation that he entered the society ahead of schedule and assumed the role of "management program".The general manager was liberated.

However, it was probably at that time that the world finally completed the self-correction that the door had said. When she came back to her senses and chatted with the friends she made in the past, Naixi was surprised to find that no one remembered the past. Followed his heart, even the existence of the door.

It seems that the existence of the gate has been replaced unconsciously. In everyone's cognition, the genius programmer who made the management program changed from "Fengsakamen" to "14". The time when the management program appeared In everyone's mind, the time when he was [-] years old turned into the time when he finally fully analyzed the language used by all hypervisors and was able to build another 'hypervisor' from scratch. There are many small but cumulative fixes and changes.

It’s just that even the current Nanessi doesn’t know exactly why only he and the heart he reunited with later remember the truth of the changed history. The most reliable guess is that perhaps the fulcrum of that change to the past is It may be based on him (including him at the time and the door from the future) and Xin. It is also this that aroused his interest in changing time and parallel worlds, and there are various related researches afterwards. .

At the same time, it is also because of the study of time and space that he still dare not boast that he has fully understood it. Now he came to this parallel world with the knowledge and memory that the 14-year-old July [-] did not belong to this time and space.