Social terror players, forced to become king

However, the two children who were stopped showed no signs of fear except for the initial surprise.

"Are you a student from the middle school in the town?" Edogawa Ranbu raised his head and asked calmly, but the expression on his face was determined.

"We got lost. We were going to a sushi restaurant." He held the hand of the younger child and said to the middle school student who was blocking him.

sushi place?Xia Youjie thought about it, the town is not big, so there is only one sushi restaurant.

"I'll take you there," he said.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Although the plan to go to the store alone failed, the boy was equally confident when he asked for help, "My name is Edogawa Ranpo."

The three walked side by side, Xia Youjie stood on the other side of Qi Gongcheng, the outermost position on the side of the road, holding the child's other hand.

Not long after, they arrived at the unnamed sushi restaurant without incident.

"Ranbu?" Mrs. Edogawa behind the counter showed a surprised look, "Why did you bring your brother here?"

"It's a surprise." Edogawa Ranbu raised his chin and said, "Although there were twists and turns in the first expedition, it was a great success in the end!"

Mrs. Edogawa shifted her gaze to the boy in the junior high school uniform, and smiled kindly: "Thank you for sending them here."

"It's okay, I just happened to meet you on the road." The kind-hearted black-haired boy said.

"What's your name?" She glanced over the folds of the teenager's school uniform, the schoolbag that seemed to have been flattened by something and then flattened again, and the shoes that seemed to have been run in mud even though it was sunny.

"I'm Xia Youjie. If I have nothing else to do, I'll leave first." The young man with irregular attire spoke unexpectedly politely.

"Wait." Mrs. Edogawa took out a transparent packing box from the cupboard, put some different types of sushi into it, packed it and handed it to the young man, "This is a thank you gift."

Xia Youjie wanted to refuse, but he couldn't stand the woman's enthusiasm at all, so he finally left with the food.

Makoto Nanomiya, who was carried into a chair by Madam Edogawa, opened his eyes wide and looked at the boy's back silently.Unexpectedly, in the future, a magician with fashionable clothes and mysterious identity would live in such a small town when he was young.

"I've accomplished something I haven't done before today, and I want a reward." Edogawa ran his arms around his mother's waist, who was only as tall as her abdomen, and said coquettishly with his head raised.

"What kind of reward?" Mrs. Edogawa asked while tidying up the table, her coiled hair exuded the unique warmth of a mother.

"Want a swing."

"Then you have to discuss this matter with your father."

……

The black-haired boy walked along the path to his courtyard.As the distance got closer, his expression became more and more serene.

"I'm back." He closed the wooden courtyard door.

"Why did you come back late today?" Immediately afterwards, the voice came from the room, and the mother looked out, showing displeasure, "Did you fight with your classmates again, and you don't listen every time you tell me."

"No, I just sent two lost children home." Xia Youjie pursed his lips slightly and explained.

"Is that so? It's fine if you don't fight." The mother's expression eased, "Jie must be a good boy."

"Well, I see." Xia Youjie put the sushi on the table, "This is a thank you gift from the aunt of the sushi restaurant."

"Ms. Edogawa's house?" Mother thought for a while, "Then why don't you send them some wagashi I made tomorrow."

"Okay." Xia Youjie lowered his eyes.

His parents are no different from ordinary people in the town. Although they have no extraordinary vision, they are simple and kind.

All abnormalities originate from himself.When I was a child, I didn't understand why deformed monsters appeared in my sight, even if I pointed it out, it was considered a lie by adults.

Later, he was sent to the hospital, and he gradually learned to hide himself from the worried look of his parents and the strange eyes of others.However, sometimes it is still impossible to avoid the dangers brought by those monsters.

Once the species is looked at, it perceives.

Then there is the inevitable flight and fight.

Mother often complained about his scrapes and crumpled uniform, adamant that it was the aftermath of fights at school.The father who was told would come up with many life principles and talk to him for two or three hours.

——You can’t refute, otherwise the time of preaching will be extended.

Xia Youjie walked into his room, took off the shoes that had stepped into the mud because of his panic, and wiped the mud on them vigorously with a paper towel.

Apart from this, his life may be happy.

The next day was still sunny.

Mr. Edogawa worked as a carpenter in the shade, sawing the boards, polishing and lacquering them, and making the original prototype of the swing.

The sun shines on the ground through the layers of branches and leaves of the trees, and the surrounding grape trellises are also green branches.

Two children, Ranpo Edogawa and Makoto Nanomiya, each with a small stool, sat in the shade of the breezy trees, watching with curiosity and admiration that the swing that they had been thinking about was gradually being made.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?" A boy's voice came from outside the yard.

"Come in, the gate is unlocked." Mr. Edogawa raised his voice.

Xia Youjie followed the instructions and opened the courtyard door, and said gently, "Hello, uncle, yesterday my aunt gave me sushi, so today my mother asked me to bring some of her specialty wagashi."

"Are you the boy who sent the two children there yesterday?" Mr. Edogawa looked him up and down, and then refocused his attention on the carpentry work at hand, "Thank you. I can't move now Hand, you can find a place to sit."

Xia Youjie sat on a stone pier next to the stone chessboard in the yard.The figure of a boy of this age has already begun to stretch. When he sat on it, his trousers slid up a bit, exposing his ankle and part of his calf.

Anyway, it was summer, Xia Youjie didn't care about this detail.

Qi Gongcheng stood up from the small bench and ran to the black-haired boy.

On top of the cartoon mask are the beautiful and clear eyes unique to children, looking pure and calm.

Xia Youjie sat on the spot, looking back with some doubts, but saw that this child who was only meeting him for the second time was not afraid of strangers at all, as if he was using himself as a cat climbing frame, stepping on the upper of his shoe along his calf and knee, trying to climb up.

The little one worked very hard, but lacked skill, and looked more clumsy than a kitten.

Xia Youjie thought for a while, and decided to obey the other party's wishes, and picked him up from the ground and hugged him face to face.

However, the boy stretched out his short hand and grabbed Xia Youjie's most distinctive lock of fate's bangs immediately after arriving at the destination!

The expression on the boy's face was cracked by the hair being pulled.

Qi Gongcheng looked at the survival point of his system panel rising steadily, and nodded with satisfaction.

——It turns out that the speed of survival point increase will be different in different places.This lock of bangs is surprisingly efficient.

In the background is Xia Youjie who is frantically trying to free his hair.

In this way, Xia Youjie became acquainted with the Edogawa family after coming and going.

Apart from Edogawa Ranpo, the person Makoto Qigong clings to the most is Xia Youjie.Because in the judgment of the system, only the two of them are plot characters in this town, and the indispensable survival points for the life of the game only come from them.

At dusk, the get out of class bell rang in this small middle school.

Xia Youjie picked up his schoolbag and thought of the kid who said yesterday that he would come to pick him up from school.

Thanks to the small town, the Edogawa couple can rest assured that the two children are running around.

He walked out along the boulevard and said goodbye to his classmates one by one.Although he was sometimes judged by others to behave strangely, his gentle personality finally allowed him to integrate into the group.

As soon as he stepped out of the school gate, he saw the child obediently standing beside the convenience store, waving happily to him. Even though he was covered by a mask, the smile on his brows and eyes could not be blocked at all.

Uncle Edogawa said he had hay fever and had to wear a mask all the time.

Xia Youjie softened his eyebrows, and was about to say hello when his pupils suddenly constricted.

It was a miserable green monster with a strange appearance like a fly. It was a circle bigger than the boy, and it was aiming its sharp mouthparts at his forehead. The shadow covered the whole body of the unconscious child.