The middle two are set to come true

032: Friends

System: [Player, there is another question. 】

"Ok?"

System: [Why did you agree to Mori Ogai's challenge? 】

For Mori Ogai, this is a very necessary game, but for the players, it is not necessary at all, right?

Ise Kai cut a piece of steak, the shiny knife reflected his eyes looking at the food.

"Do you know how to make an organization grow quickly?"

He put the steak into his mouth with a fork, "The best way is to swallow it. Just swallow a behemoth, just like Port Mafia swallowed 5000 billion and other large and small organizations in the dragon war, becoming this The undisputed ruler of the city."

The red-haired boy showed a satisfied smile, and licked away the non-existent sauce from the corner of his lips.

"However, Elchea does not intend to replace the port of Mafia. The city of Yokohama also needs such a black side."

The system remembered the bet he made with Mori Ogai, 【So, you want Elchea to parasitize Mafia at the port? 】

"It's really a disgusting name." Ise Kai frowned, "I would like to use the word mutual benefit to express it. Port Mafia stays obediently in the dark, and everything on the surface is controlled by Elchea. We are A formal organization with a license to operate with abilities."

He narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Elchea can help Mafia block the attacks from the Supernatural Secret Service and the military police."

The system is indescribable, [This kind of cooperation cannot last long, and Elchea will be thrown aside when Mafia, the port, gets its own license to open the business. 】

Isekai said like a ruthless scumbag: "I didn't pursue it for a long time. Before that, the benefits they could bring me were almost the same. I just wanted Elchea to start quickly, and I didn't plan to get through the qualifications."

The system faintly sensed, [The player is a little impatient... is it to be able to go back? 】

Not so much going back, but feeling more like wanting to escape from this world.

After eating, Ise Kai put down his fork, "Of course, I don't plan to stay in this world for ten or eight years."

He lifted up the red hair inherited from his family, feeling a little nostalgic, "I don't know how the flow of time over there is. If it is faster here, in a few months, I will be the same age as my sister."

I don't know if the results of the king's election over there have come out, and if his sister has been bullied.

The system silently calculates his behavior, trying to figure out his next move. It thinks that it can't ask the player every time, and that would be too embarrassing for the system.

Ise Hai did not leave the restaurant directly. While eating dessert, he remembered all the port Mafia that participated in the capture operation through the French windows with a great view.

"A total of 51 people appeared in the middle."

At 13:18, Ise Kai left the restaurant grandly and headed for his next destination - the video game city in front of the station.

Like an ordinary student on a rest day, Ise Hai skillfully came to the video game city. Today, a promotional event for the launch of a new game is being held here. Some powerful players from all over the world have received invitations, including some of his acquaintance.

He came all the way to say hello.

"UMR-san? It's been a long time."

In front of him was a flaxen-haired girl wearing a hat with a "U," "M," and "R" badge on it.She is very famous in game halls across the country, and her rankings have always been in the forefront.

Ranked players in the video game city usually use three letters as their code name. By the way, Ise Kai's code name is the Roman pronunciation of his surname [I·S·E].

"ISE, I haven't seen you update the record for a long time." The girl UMR waved her hand friendly, "I thought you had quit the game world."

"That's not the case, it's just that I've been a little busy recently. One game at a time?"

"Okay. But you don't seem to have participated in the closed beta of this game." UMR gave him a booklet, "Well, I have roughly studied the character introduction, and this female character named Pandora is more in line with your usual game style. You can try to start from this, it will be faster."

System: [Poof——]

Ise Hai looked at the enchanting beauties in the album, his face froze.

It’s fine if Pandora is just a human design, but the problem is his real name! !

However, this name is extremely popular in the ACGN world. In his impression alone, there are several characters with the same name, and they are all women.

Before recovering his memory, he didn't feel anything, but now he can't look directly at these characters at all.

UMR didn't notice his abnormality, and was still talking about some recent news from the game world.

"It's a pity that the urban legend in the game industry "" (blank) has never participated in this kind of offline activities. They have refreshed the rankings of several games recently. field."

Ise Kai once matched the opponent in a certain game, which was a rare failure in his life.

He later sent a friend request to the other party, but there was no response.They are like ghosts in the game world, they do not communicate with anyone, but they have left insurmountable records in many games, and they have not lost a single one so far.

"If there is a chance, I would also like to meet them." His eyes rarely ignited a fighting spirit.

Apart from the God of Games, he was the only guy who had ever defeated him. He was really curious.

System: [There is such a powerful character? 】

Ise Kai regretted: "Yes, if I can contact them, I will definitely invite them to join Elchea."

System: [It's rare to see a player who cares so much about an opponent.What game are you comparing? 】

Ise Kai gritted his teeth and said, "Chess."

System: [Hey, that's not...] The game the player is best at.

Isekai smiled dangerously, making the system tremble in his heart, "If it was an ordinary video game, I wouldn't care about winning or losing at all. Only chess, which even computers can beat, I actually lost to them."

After recovering his memory, he found it even more incredible.

He came from a world where games determine everything, and he lost to someone else.

If you can't even defeat the people in this world, let alone challenge the God of Games again.

The reason why he didn't completely quit the game world after awakening his abilities and recovering his memory was because he wanted to meet Blank again one day.

For this reason, he also joined the game company on Elchea's blueprint.

He didn't intend to use hackers' rude means to contact them, starting from the game was the best choice.

But before that, he needs to get the resources of the port Mafia first.

At 14:00, the second location was at the station opposite the video game city.

This place extends in all directions and has a huge flow of people. It is a place that is even more difficult to manage than a business district.

Is it trying to force the port Mafia to send more people, forcing them to violate the 100-man rule?

The system speculates.

At this time, Isekai was fighting against UMR in a new game, and he finally chose the female character named Pandora.For the sake of winning, he could ignore that discomfort, since no one knew anyway.

He can even accept Nozaki-kun as the president of the student union who turned himself into a big wave in the comics.

The character after the sex change is still full of aura in front of outsiders, omnipotent and perfect, but privately has been troubled by the fact that she does not have a true friend.

The only similarities with him are probably his blush hair and blue eyes and his position. Ise Kai can pretend that he is not himself.

The system flipped through Nozaki-kun's series of girls' comics, and after a moment of thought, he said: [I think other places are quite similar. 】

"What is it like?"

Isekai leaned against the window to breathe, looked at the port Mafia gathered around, and asked casually.

The number of people has increased by 10 people, but it is not enough.

The system whispered: [The players don't seem to have any true friends. 】

Ise Hai paused, with an erratic tone, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

The system hastily explained: [But I have been around for a month, and I haven't seen the player actively contact a good friend.The player does have a good relationship with everyone, and they all have some friendship, but this is not considered a true friend. 】

Ise Hai seemed to be questioned, he stood there, a little puzzled, "Are you talking about friends like Muye Village?"

If it's that level, he admits he doesn't.

System: [No, no, don't misunderstand your friend! 】

"Akashi-kun and Zhong are not counted?" He recalled, "Before coming to this world, there were Oluou and Beard[1]."

System: [But since you awakened your supernatural powers, you will never share anything with Zhongya Zhongya aimlessly, and you will never really take Mafia at the port just because you think about him. The same is true for him. 】

Although they can be regarded as friends, they will never make friends, and maybe they will turn against each other.

Oops, how to say more and more pitiful.

System: [Who are the last two? 】

Isekai thought about what he said before, and replied casually: "The big nobles in the Dora family faction, they follow the lead of the Dora family, so we have a good relationship."

The system complained: [Just listening to your introduction is full of interests.Speaking of which, you and Akashi-kun should also have a relationship of interest, right? 】

Isekai didn't deny it, his blue eyes were full of confusion, "Is there anything wrong with helping each other?"

The system looked at him like this, and thought that he was a high-ranking little prince who received an aristocratic education since he was a child, so it didn't seem difficult to understand.

No wonder Nozaki-kun saw the problem early on.

It's very worried, [I mean tell him that your superpowers don't matter, the kind of heart-to-heart friends who can exchange hobbies and share things in life.Even people like Osamu Dazai, Fyodor, and Prynne have friends. 】

Such an existence, even if it is a netizen who has never met, Ise Hai really does not have any.

He faces this strange world alone, and from the moment he awakens his supernatural powers, he has to be alert to everything around him and calculate everything.

The system is vaguely worried about his mental state.

Just like before, shooting and falling into the sea is obviously not the only way.

And this time, although it hasn't figured out the real purpose of the player's choice of hide-and-seek game, but to achieve his purpose is not the same as giving up the right to harm, right?

Why can't it be played peacefully?

Ogai Mori and Osamu Dazai are exceptionally smart people. The reason why they are so afraid this time is because the player's previous performance was too crazy. They saw the essence of his madman and acted accordingly.

Now players will only act more recklessly in order to go home.

System: [My sister will also be very interested in the player's life in another world, right? 】

Isekai was silent for a long time.

In fact, he doesn't care about friends at all, but the system is right, my sister will definitely ask him about the living conditions here in detail.

He looked at his own experience and found that there was really nothing to say.With his ability, of course he can easily edit a paragraph, but my sister is sometimes natural, but she is always very sharp in his affairs.Women's intuition is really incomprehensible, and he has no confidence to hide it.

"Ranbu-kun?" He said the answer uncertainly.

Both of them knew that the relationship between him and Edogawa Ranpo couldn't be summed up as friends.

At 16:00, the third location.

Mori Ogai looked at the position sent by the other party, and laughed, but his eyes were still cold.

- Armed Detective Agency.

Could it be that this chess player knows Mr. Natsume's three-moment idea?

He became more and more cautious, "Let Black Lizard dispatch 20 people to look around there."

The bait is still effective, the opponent seems to have taken the bait, let him wait patiently, and see the outcome at night.

However, Ise Kaito was not in Butei, he put on a mask and came to Fukuzawa house not far from Butei.

Today is Edogawa Ranpo's rotation, but President Fukuzawa is still working diligently in the detective agency.

According to the test results of several times of use, Pan Dora's mask is mainly a prop that acts on him. Unless Dazai Osamu directly touches the mask, it will not affect the effect[2].

The system trembled: 【What if he can see through it? 】

Ise Kai didn't care, "Then he will realize that I'm next to Chuya, and let Chuya's steak shop catch me directly."

So it was testing on the verge of death again.

The system is tired.

However, such a prop that even Osamu Dazai could hide from it was easily seen through by Ranpo Edogawa.

The detective looked at this stranger whose voice and gait were extremely strange, with a mask on his face, and no features could be discerned, and he was not at all vigilant about being broken into a private house.

Ise Hai asked suspiciously, "How did you find out?"

"You are the only one who looks at Ranpo-sama with such eyes."

Edogawa Ranpo's answer was beyond Isekai's expectation, he couldn't help laughing, took off his mask, and returned to his normal voice, "It turned out to be exposed because of this reason."

He sat down on the wooden floor of the corridor, facing the connected tatami room, and stretched out his hand, "Ranbu-kun, will you be my friend?"

"No." Edogawa Ranpo replied without thinking.

"It's not surprising..." Ise Hai, who turned his back to the sky, his eyes dimmed, and he quietly withdrew his hand.

"Don't try to lower Ranpo-sama's status." A detective said accusingly, "You agreed to believe in me."

Ise Kai couldn't help laughing, "It's because of this reason..."

Edogawa Ranpo looked at him keenly, "Someone told you about your friend?"

"Ah."

"Isn't it natural that a liar like you has no friends?" He asked strangely, "The guy who will be cheated by you can't be your friend from the beginning."

Ise Kai couldn't help but said: "Such a statement is too much."

Edogawa Ranpo was like revealing other people's secrets in the past, "Whether it's Ise Kai or Pan Dora, isn't everything you show to the outside world false?"

That's right, "Ise Sea" itself is a personal design.

It was the persona he had disguised in order to blend into this strange world.

Pandora lost all expression, "You're only half right."

Edogawa Ranpo said dissatisfiedly: "The reasoning of a famous detective can't be wrong. If this is your true character, after recovering your memory, you don't even bother to continue pretending to be Ise Kai."

Why would a prince who is really proud and innocent pretend to be an ordinary person with a hippie smile?

Even if he suddenly changed his personality and the relationship between people around him would change, would he care about that kind of thing if he no longer planned to stay in this world?That didn't affect his plans at all.

If it is placed in the work, this is clearly OOC (character collapse).

He is like a blank person thrown into the crowd. He will subconsciously choose his character according to the environment and blend into the crowd. This is the case when creating "Ise Sea", so is it the same when creating "Pan Dora" so?

In Elchea, he is the noble second heir.My sister is good at social and political affairs. He has no idea of ​​fighting for power and profit, so there is no need for him to please the people and nobles. As long as he does his job well, it is more appropriate to give a cold face.

Pandora was silent, and it took him a long time to ask dryly: "Then what kind of person am I..."

As the original blank person, it is very likely that he is not even the human species. Who is he?

Such subversion even made him ignore the joy of being seen through.

He has been seen too thoroughly, and for the first time he understands the psychology of ordinary people in front of Edogawa Ranpo.

It's not that he doesn't care, it's just that he hasn't been touched to the real core.

"Are you entrusting Ranpo-sama, don't you—pray?" Edogawa Ranpo became interested, his eyes full of eagerness.

Pandora lowered his head, like a believer praying to the gods.

"Yes."

Edogawa stroked his head in disorder, raised a bright smile, "The famous detective has received the prayer from the believer!"

He poked Pandora's cheek, "Let's change it back first, I don't want to stay next to an ice lump when it's cold."

Ise Hai showed helplessness, and complained: "Do you think you have a dual personality? Switch at will."

Edogawa Ranpo nodded in satisfaction, "Isn't the switching smooth? Can you play more characters?"

Yeah, his transitions are way too smooth, not even for an actor.

"It's possible, but this is not role-playing." He muttered in a low voice, "There is no real existence in my body, and I am already very distressed."

Even his liking to eat the biscuits made by his sister is probably only due to Pandora's personality.

What else is real about him?

Edogawa Ranpo said: "Although you are a liar, a famous detective can see your truth. You are so arrogant that you ignore everything, think that people in the world are boring existences, but try your best to blend in with the crowd. You are a scared Lonely guy."

lonely.

This is the first time the term has been applied to him.

Isekai grabbed the clothes on his chest, looked at the pair of emerald green eyes that could see through the soul, and smiled happily.

He laughed heartily until the tears welled up.

"I see."

He is alone.

When he was in Elchea, he still had the warmth from his older sister, but in this world, he had nothing, so he had to pretend to be a cheerful personality, and blindly mixed in, but failed to gain true friendship.

He desperately wanted to go back, not for such a high-sounding reason as saving the human species.

Just because it can give him warmth and make him feel less lonely.

The world is too cold.

This world is too boring.

No one can see him.

No one will pay him any attention.

There was such a voice in his heart, just like his resistance when he faced Tetu for the first time, it was his subconscious pouring out his true identity.

Edogawa Ranpo looked at his expression with satisfaction, as if he had eaten the best dessert.

"You are crying!"

But he was a little regretful that he didn't hiccup.

Isekai didn't wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he looked at the famous detective tenderly, "Besides loneliness, it's also true that I'm falling for Ranpo-kun."

Why do you like the shame of being seen through?

Because he has been waiting for someone to see the cry in his heart.

"Hmph, of course, otherwise Ranpo-sama would not pay attention to you liar." Edogawa Ranpo said happily.

He kindly warned: "Since you are so afraid of being alone, why not play games with others? If you keep getting impatient, you might lose. It's not easy to deal with over there."

He certainly didn't want Port Mafia to win.

"Ranbu-kun is right." Ise Kai humbly admitted his mistake and raised a happy smile.

Then, let's start to correct his attitude next.

Start with port Mafia first.