forever lv.0

If the reality is a game, then the capacity of its servers must be breathtaking to incredible.

The specific "world" itself created from the perspective of each player has huge data that is unimaginable.Dozens, hundreds, and hundreds of millions of superimposed perspectives may be able to create another universe.

No, definitely more than one.Maybe there are more.

In this world with only a single possibility, some people will always lament its tediousness, but in the eyes of others, this world is thrilling and full of developability.

So many things are happening, yet we never notice.

A lot of foreshadowing is still on the way, but it is a pity that we are just watching the flowers on horseback.

"Let's play a game."

A dialog box like a system prompt appeared on the screen of the mobile phone, quite a bit like "the NPC is talking to you".

Knowing that this is just a trick played by the other party using modern technology and player psychology, Kudo still couldn't help but want to reply a bad news, telling him that this is reality and not a game where you can only interact with NPCs to receive tasks.

But he refrained from doing so.

Maybe you will immediately receive complaints like "you are really impersonal", or maybe Kuroba will refuse to reply to anything in order to really create a real game atmosphere, no matter which one of these may happen .The third possibility, the fourth possibility... It would be too boring to enumerate them one by one.

In the face of the unknown, some people will subconsciously consider all possible situations in advance in their minds, taking into account the best and worst developments, but in the end they do nothing and refuse to move forward.Some people will put the pros and cons aside, leave the future to fate, only focus on the "now" under their feet, and don't care whether the next step is the ground or the abyss.

In terms of thinking mode, Kudo Shinichi belongs to the former, but many times he tends to stop thinking and give up thinking, just because he has expectations for "things that haven't happened yet".

"It's not going to end."

"Let's play a game."

An inescapable reality, an endless game.He could vaguely guess the content of the game, as if he had seen the promotional PV released by the producer in advance.He thinks that he already knows which characters will appear in the game, and even has a clear grasp of the game's operation and investigation mode.

But still have [-] points of expectation.

However, the "system prompt message" from Hei Yu remained silent, and no new message was sent out until nearly two days later.

During these two days, Kudo walked at his own pace step by step.Apart from living the peaceful and stable daily life, he uses the channels he has access to as much as possible to investigate the exhibitions that will be opened in the surrounding area in the near future, or the high-profile dinner specially held by a rich man to show off his collection.

Of course, it is also possible that nothing can be investigated.The cause and effect of supply and demand can reverse each other."The police have to protect the target with a high profile" because of "the strange thief issued a notice", this happens from time to time, and because "the high-profile collector challenges the pretender in the dark" , It is not uncommon to force them to "passively prepare for the battle".

By the way, notice letter.

The guy hasn't given a preview of the upcoming magic.

Therefore, after the phone received another message from Kuroba two days later, Kudo unlocked the screen almost as soon as the phone vibrated.

If he had the heart to look in the mirror at this moment, he might witness an excited smile that he had never seen before.The corners of his mouth were raised uncontrollably and his eyes were full of fighting spirit. If the latest issue of "Monthly Reasoning" had been placed on the quotation in advance, it might not make him show such an exaggerated expression.

"Have you not received the mission yet, Mr. Brave?"

The playfulness between the words makes people almost immediately imagine the childish smirk when the other party edits the content of the message.

It was only then that Kudo remembered that he had not confirmed the information to the police during the investigation.However, I didn't have many acquaintances when I searched the second section. When I actually got the news that "the strange thief has issued a notice", this information has been spread almost everywhere by various information platforms with the highest efficiency.

Still let him take the lead.

This time, he won't say "please advise" to him.

There is no time left for self-deprecation and hesitation, what is needed next is to solve the puzzles contained in the trailer as quickly as possible, in order to understand what the magician who has already prepared everything for the show is planning .

The moment his eyes focused on the neatly printed typeface on the small piece of paper, Kudo even felt that he could not convert the words reflected on the retina into understandable messages.

The brave man who explored in the maze found the incomplete note hidden in the treasure chest, and tried to restore the true message of the note through the props and clues collected so far... A picture that did not meet his personal preference suddenly appeared in front of him.

No, it's not a "hero exploring the labyrinth".

"A detective working hard to solve the puzzle and trying to control the overall situation" is the role he wants to play at the moment.

When the audience has read all the scripts in advance, and had a friendly and cordial communication with the actors who are actually as gentle as ordinary people outside the stage, when they are actually sitting in the auditorium and waiting for the curtain to open, their hearts are still the same. There is the same throbbing.

No matter how pleasant the previous communication was, the performers under the spotlight still seemed distant and unfamiliar.Carrying different levels of expectations and receiving gazes from different angles, that universal smile can only be seen by those who know what is behind the scenes.

The superiority of "Only I can see through that smile" will faintly emerge from the bottom of my heart.

I have already begun to look forward to the moment when I will meet the magician again on the stage after peeking at the daily life behind the scenes.Only this time, the "troublesome detective who's always tearing things apart" doesn't have the intention of debunking tricks to disrupt the magic show.For some reason, today's Kudo doesn't want to intervene more in the actions of the Kaitou.

Can a game continue to run without a player operating it?

"Player 1412 has completed today's collection task."

As the officers exchanged news of the gem theft on their walkie-talkies, Kudo's cell phone received a new "system alert."Inevitably, he almost laughed out loud. He quickly calculated the detour route that the other party might take and stepped up to the so-called "mission location from the detective's perspective".

Even without the intervention of troublesome detectives, there is no shortage of rivals for the well-versed Phantom Thieves.It's just that when the opponent's level cannot be evenly matched, this low-difficulty battle can't earn him much experience points.

Yes, the game still works.

Because two "players" with different identities are chosen, they are completely in different games, walking in almost parallel world lines, and completing their respective tasks following strategies that overlap but are not entangled.When one player chooses "Stop Exploring", the other player's character can continue unaffected.

"Player Kudou has arrived at the mission location."

When the phantom thief's back was already visible in his field of vision, he received such a message.

Suddenly, Kudo began to be confused, whether it was Kuroba Kaito or the phantom thief who was playing a game of house wine with him at the moment.

It is clearly a person, but there is a division that makes people habitually treat them differently.But in the perspective of the other party, he is always the "Kudo Shinichi" who is the "detective".

When he was still groping forward to find the truth, he had already seen the whole situation and waited at the end.

"Your clothes are really incompatible with that high-tech smart device, Mr. Thief." Convinced that the other party had already realized his presence, Kudo coughed lightly and gave the first line of the night.

"When you establish the outdated idea that 'magicians don't use high-tech props', you've already lost," the strange thief said in a good mood, shaking the phone with the screen still on in his hand. "Detective, detective, Sang."

"Why don't you rush to the front today shouting 'I must arrest you'?"

Kudo paused to organize his words.

"The clues are incomplete, the information is missing, and it doesn't constitute a mission condition." He got his wish and saw that the phantom thief who got the answer closed his eyes in confusion, and continued to speak.

"If you haven't even solved the previous puzzles, you don't have the qualifications to move on."