The kettle made a humming sound.

Aoi Hoshino poured hot water on the towel in the basin.

The hot steam instantly blurred her face.

At the same time, the system finally reacted.

"You did it? What did you do this time?"

This time, there was no resentment in its voice.

After all, the situation is now set, and no matter how angry it is, there is no way to change it.

So the system accepted this result.

But it still wanted to know why it lost.

Hearing this, Aoi Hoshino smiled and said jokingly:

"No way, you're giving up already? You're not even going to struggle anymore? What if you can win next time?"

It seems that what she thought before was indeed correct. The system has indeed been drained of energy, otherwise it would not have surrendered so obediently.

Aoi Hoshino teased while thinking silently in her heart.

Sure enough, the system's subsequent words confirmed her guess.

"There's no need for that, right? After all, the situation is set now, and I no longer have anything to control you."

The system originally held the power over the host's life and death.

But while possessing this power, they are also naturally subject to the constraints of the rules.

They can only punish the host when the host does something that goes against their character.

But now, Hoshino Aoi has used the content in the comics forum to transform her character from a member of the black team into a person who is in the darkness but has a heart towards the light.

Therefore, as long as she is in this character setting, the system will never be able to erase her.

Otherwise, it would not be willing to split itself into two even at the cost of weakening its own strength.

Unfortunately, the person it chose failed.

Not only did Boris Brown fail to kill her, but she discovered his identity and killed him prematurely.

And until his death, he was unable to successfully infiltrate the main storyline. Even if the system wanted to save him, it was unable to do so.

Otherwise, the system wouldn't have come back in disgrace.

But there is no need to talk about this now.

After all, as it said, the situation is now determined. Even if it still wants to do something, with the little strength it has left, it can no longer find a new host like before.

As for this point, even if it didn't say it, the system felt that with Hoshino Aoi's brain, she should be able to think of it.

So when it saw that Hoshino Aoi just smiled faintly, no one asked any questions, and there was no curiosity or doubt in her eyes, the system knew that this time, it had guessed right.

But it is obviously too late to take Hoshino Aoi's intelligence into consideration now.

but……

"I've been thinking about it, and I think you used that special mission to connect with the world consciousness in this small world, right?"

The system actually already knew the answer, so even if Hoshino Aoi didn't speak, it didn't interrupt it.

After a pause, it continued:

"So it seems that it has also told you my purpose, including the purpose of the main system, right?"

This time, Hoshino Aoi finally shifted her attention away from the steaming towel, and instead raised her eyebrows, smiled softly, and nodded:

"Yes, that's when I realized that not only was I fooling you, but you were also fooling me."

Let’s not talk about other things for now, but at least in this transaction, both of them have their own ulterior motives.

She wanted to use the opportunity it gave her to kick the police academy team's lunch box away.

The system wants to take advantage of her behavior to shake the basic power of this world and then devour the original power of this world.

So from the very beginning, the cooperation between the two was not an absolutely sincere cooperation.

And although it seems that the two people's goals are the same, when you look deeper, they are two completely different lines.

After all, the system is meant to destroy, and Hoshino Aoi loves those things, so she wants to do her best to save those things that make her feel unhappy within the scope of her ability.

But in the final analysis, this world must exist first, and then those people exist.

Therefore, the system is also very clear that as long as Hoshino Aoi knows its ultimate goal, she will definitely not agree to cooperate with it.

But there is no way...

When the system heard Hoshino Aoi's puzzled question about why it chose her if there was no way to unbind after choosing a host, it said with a rare sense of grievance:

"Do you think this is something I can decide? To be honest, who told you to go out that day? And in the second before you lost consciousness, you were still thinking about the plot of Conan!"

Strictly speaking, it was not Hoshino Aoi that chose her existence, but the world consciousness in this world.

"It saw your love for this world, and it also knew that as long as it contacted you and let you know our purpose, you would no longer cooperate with us for the sake of the lives of those you love."

In that case, the final battle will not be a battle between it and the world consciousness, but an internal battle between the system and the host.

so……

"I admit that I did use you, and my purpose was indeed to weaken the original power of this world and then absorb the power of this world. From this perspective, I am indeed not a good person. But do you think world consciousness is a good thing?"

The system sneered, and even in the mechanical electronic sound, one could hear its disdain.

"Both of our powers are tied to the plot of the anime, so the more this world's development resembles the original anime's plot, the stronger the world consciousness will be. So, do you think it would be willing to see you arbitrarily change those plots?"

Having said that, the system didn't even give Hoshino Aoi time to speak, and just sneered:

"Don't be fooled by its nice words now, and it doesn't seem to be stopping you, but don't be impatient. This is just the beginning of the prelude. Wait until the main story begins and see. Will it still be like now, not caring about anything?"

In particular, its power has been weakened to the point where it cannot split itself. In addition, Hoshino Aoi's character has been determined, so it has no way to use the rules to eliminate Hoshino Aoi.

So since the external enemy has been weakened in the internal strife, when the main storyline begins, will the world consciousness still abandon Hoshino Aoi's rescue plan because of fear of it?

The system thinks not, it is even ready to watch the show.