When Hiromitsu was confronting Rye on the rooftop, his vision flashed, and he returned to the year he was 24.
He was still the sniper Scotland, but why did this world have six genders, and wh...
Chapter 109: 6000 Nutrient Solution Plus (Two-in-One) As long as it is...
"Jingguang, long time no see. I'm Gaimori Arisato, but you might be more familiar with my other name - 1207."
These words exploded in Zhufu Jingguang's ears like thunder, and probably the same was true for Furuya Ling who was monitoring the movements here.
He never expected that the "someone to be brought" by Yi Dahang would actually be Gaisho Youri.
Zhu Fu Jingguang sat opposite them and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhu Fujingguang wanted to ask too many things, such as why Wai Shou Youri was 1207, how could a living person stay in his mind and talk to him directly; why did the squad leader know Wai Shou Youri, and it seemed that he also knew about the system.
He didn't say anything, and the two people in front of him knew that he must be full of questions at this moment.
Date Ko pushed the freshly poured tea in front of Morofushi Kagemitsu and said, "I know more about this than Miss Gaimori. Let me explain it."
The original reason why these five people could survive in this world was actually Rei Furuya.
The 31-year-old Rei Furutani died in the decisive battle with the organization, at the moment the organization was destroyed.
He has lost everyone he cared about and has completed his most important task. Although he would still be unwilling to die, he cannot say that he has too many regrets.
I just didn’t expect that although Rei Furuya accepted his own death, there were many people who didn’t.
The soul floated in a transparent space where nothing could be seen except the screen in front of him. The blond police officer looked at the sentences that quickly passed by on the screen with a serious expression.
"Huh? Amuro Toru is offline just like that?? Just when we were working so hard and were about to win???"
"73 and iivv, get out of here together!!!"
"Poor Police Five, now it's 5-5=0..."
"No, no, no, give me back Furuya Rei, he's already suffering enough... I won't accept it... They're so similar..."
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Behind these sentences are several pages of comics that carefully depict how Rei Furuya died in the line of duty.
The screen in front of him was silently telling Rei Furuya: The world you live in is a comic book world. Your life, all your love, hate, and emotions are set by others. There are many people who can point fingers and make comments on your life.
Fūya Rei clenched his teeth, but did not make any move or ask any questions.
He couldn't guarantee that he was really dead, and that everything in front of him was not caused by some new type of equipment of the organization.
It was not until the screen quickly switched through all the comic scenes in which Rei Furuya had appeared that Rei Furuya believed that this was not something the organization could do. If the organization could understand him to this extent, then Rei Furuya would have lost his value.
When the comic clears from the screen, an option appears: Do you want to survive?
After a brief moment of thought, Furuya Rei asked, "Who are you? What's your purpose? Can you change your wish? What are the conditions for fulfilling it? How do you specifically achieve 'survival'? Will you change the content of the comics?"
Perhaps he was choked by this series of questions, and it took a while for a long string of text to appear on the screen, which roughly said:
They are creatures from a higher dimension, and they are attracted by Rei Furuya's popularity and ability; the condition for realizing this is that Rei Furuya completes tasks for them, and these tasks do not conflict with Rei Furuya's philosophy as a police officer; "surviving" does not mean changing the comics, but sending Rei Furuya to a world with the same dimension as the comics within their jurisdiction. After completing specific tasks according to the operating rules of that world, Rei Furuya will be able to survive according to his own wishes, and no one or anything can change his life; finally, whether the wish can be changed depends on what kind of wish it is. They will give an answer after evaluation, and will also modify the specific conditions for realizing the wish according to the difficulty of the wish.
Four faces flashed through his mind one by one, finally settling on a face with curved blue cat eyes smiling at him. Furuya Rei said, "I want five people, including me, to survive, in the same world."
Fūya Ling was not sure how difficult it was to modify the life and death of people in the low-dimensional world, but he thought the price Fūya Ling would have to pay would not be easy. The five people were a test after he weighed the pros and cons. If the other party refused and only allowed one person to be saved... then Fūya Ling would let that person survive even if he had to give up his own life.
The person who filled almost every one of his dreams.
Before he even said the names, the people behind the screen had already guessed who the five people were and displayed their cartoon images on the screen.
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Furuya Rei: "Is it okay?"
The conclusion is yes, but the work that needs to be done by Zero Furuya will increase exponentially.
As long as he could save him and them, these seemingly numerous and dangerous tasks didn't seem to matter - the screen reminded him that in order to maintain the stability of the low-dimensional world, there would be no safety guarantee when Jiang Gu Ling entered to perform these tasks. In other words, if he died in these low-dimensional worlds, all his previous efforts would be wasted, and he would lose the opportunity to realize his wish, and no compensation would be given for the parts that had been successfully executed before.
This sounds like an unfair clause and a very unscrupulous capitalist, but Jiang Gu Ling had no choice but to accept it. After all, the worst case scenario was to maintain the status quo.
Perhaps in order to make the best use of Rei Furuya, the low-dimensional worlds assigned to him are all related to large criminal groups or serial difficult cases.
Although every time he returned to that dimension after completing a mission in a world, Furuya Rei would revert to his soul state, and all the physical wounds inflicted during the mission would disappear, just because they were invisible to the naked eye didn't mean the pain was fake, and the psychological torment had never existed.
Fatigue was gradually accumulating, but Jōguchi Ling did not dare to relax at all. If he stopped, it would not just be his life that would be lost.
In the last ten tasks, Furuya Ling even had to force himself to forget how many tasks he had completed, for fear that the joy of impending success would make him relax and fail.
So when he returned to that space again, wounded and exhausted, and saw four more figures inside, Fōtani Rei was stunned on the spot.
Furiya Rei has never been a pessimistic person, but his thoughtful nature has made him consider the possibility that all this is a scam, and that he has tried his best but still gained nothing - such a miserable possibility is not zero.
But their appearance, the appearance of Morobushi Kagemitsu, proves that all the pain that Fūya Rei has endured during this long period of time is worth it.
When Zhu Fushigi Kagemitsu came over and hugged Furuya Rei and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Zero", although the soul has no temperature and cannot produce tears, Furuya Rei looked like he was crying.
They chatted with each other for a while before Furuya Rei returned—primarily Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji—and then paused to notice Morofushi Keimitsu staring blankly at the screen. They followed his gaze and fell silent.
Someone is doing their best for them.
Before Rei Furuya could say anything to them, new words appeared on the screen, congratulating Rei Furuya for successfully completing the pre-task for his wish. The appropriate world embryo has been prepared for them. As long as the five of them complete the specific tasks according to the operating rules of that world, they can successfully survive in this world.
Each low-dimensional world has its own operating rules, but they have one common feature, which is that they reject foreign things. Before, when Jiang Gu Ling entered the low-dimensional world to perform tasks, the body created for him by the screen was used. When he died and returned to the space when the task was completed, he would not cause any impact on the world.
But if they throw five people in at once, they will easily be discovered and rejected by this world, so some of them need to be the conquerors and some need to be the conquered - and Fūya Rei, who has the heaviest traces of other worlds, must play one of these roles.
"Strategies, ABO...what are these?"
Officer Curly took off his sunglasses and frowned as he looked at the text on the screen. After all, he had just arrived and couldn't quite understand why Furi Rei had gone through so much hardship only to get these inexplicable things.
Fūya Rei, who had experienced too many strange settings and knew the screen arrangement for a long time, explained to them: The world set by ABO is one of the types of worlds that is most receptive to foreign things. In the low-dimensional world under this setting, it is easy for various traversers and strategists from higher dimensions to appear. If the five of them want to live in this world all the time without being excluded, this arrangement is indeed the most suitable.
After listening to Rei Furuya's explanation, the others understood and had to face the difficult problem of who would be the attacker and the conquered.
Since Fūya Rei was going to take on one of the roles, others naturally turned their attention to Morobushi Kagemitsu.
Including Furuya Rei: "Let me be the one being captured."
Facing everyone's gaze, he explained, "Whether I have memories or not, as long as it's Hiro, I can be conquered successfully."
These words, which sounded like a confession, made Zhu Fujingguang open his cat eyes silently.
Yi Dahang was so shocked that he blurted out, "I was wondering why I always had the illusion that you guys rejected me when I was little. It turns out it wasn't an illusion!"
Zhu Fujingguang wanted to refute something, but he didn't know how to refute it for a moment. He could only listen to his little friend, Xiao Xunran, who had already taken this as the final conclusion. He turned his attention to other things and asked the screen, "Did you send the system to match the strategist? Are you the ones operating the surveillance behind it? Can we find suitable candidates to replace these two identities?"
After getting a positive answer, Fūya Rei looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu.
He knew that Koujunran must be confused now, but it didn't matter even if Morobushi Kagemitsu didn't love him. For them to survive, they only needed to successfully conquer Furuya Rei.
As long as it is Zhufushi Jingguang, Furuya Rei will definitely be conquered successfully.
"No need to feel any psychological burden, Hiro, just be yourself," the blond young man, whose soul had experienced countless years, felt embarrassed by the implicit confession just now and quickly changed the subject to the main business, "But I am a little worried about the unfamiliar system following Hiro, do you want to change it?"
Fūya Rei, who made this suggestion, couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a moment, because the system is an artificial intelligence with the mental capacity of a six or seven-year-old child. If it wants to replace the general system without being rejected by the world, it is best to find a child to help.
But where can I find a child of the right age who has good intentions towards Zhu Fujingguang?
"Yuri, the one guarding Yuri from the outside." Zhufu Jingguang suddenly mentioned a name they were all familiar with. "Yuri is a kind girl. According to the system information Zero just explained, after the attacker successfully captures the game, they can transform into a physical form and live in that world as a reward."
The other four people had no objection, but this matter must be discussed with the person himself, so a small figure appeared in this space.
Zhu Fushigure Kagemitsu squatted down and explained everything to the little girl. As he spoke, Gaimori Arisato's expression changed from fear to sadness. She understood that she had lost her father, but she also understood that it was her father who had done something wrong. She looked at her childhood playmate, who looked almost twenty years older than her. Even though she knew her memory and cognition would be tampered with during her time in the system, she finally nodded and said, "I am willing to help Kagemitsu."
The system's personnel selection was successfully resolved, and Yi Dahang suddenly said, "Then I will be the system's monitoring operator here."
"Hagiwara and Matsuda wouldn't let each other go alone in that world, would they?" Date Kou said cheerfully, saying he'd seen through everything. "Aren't all of you childhood friends like that? But if I miss Natalie because I'm stuck in this dimension, you guys have to help me solve the problem."
At this time, the screen took the initiative to explain: After the system player and operator successfully completed the strategy mission, they would enter the world with their original identity, and the world could slowly complete their character relationships and past experiences in the original world.
In other words, when the time comes, Natalie will naturally remember the past when she and Ida Hang met, got to know each other, and fell in love.
Ida Ko's words were merely meant to lighten the mood and relieve others of any burden, but deep down, he was already preparing for the worst: if he returned to this world and discovered Natalie was already in a relationship, he would be forced to silently protect her. Having made such a huge sacrifice at the same time, he simply couldn't sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Although the words on the screen moved his heart, considering the possibility that Natalie was still single at that time, he did not make a direct decision in the end: "We'll talk about it when the time comes."
Three of the five people have already been assigned tasks, so Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara, who were unable to provide any help, are naturally unwilling to give up.
The half-long-haired young man protested, "What about me and Xiao Zhenping? Are you excluding us?"
Jinpei Matsuda agreed.
Furuya Rei said, "We're doing this just to keep the five of us alive. If the mission fails, we'll all be discovered by the world consciousness and expelled one by one. Matsuda and Hagiwara should save their energy for prayer."
In order to conceal the world consciousness, Zhu Fujingguang, who officially starts the mission, can only retain the memory of the original world and will not have the memory of this space. Naturally, he will not know that his mission is related to the lives of five people.
The cat-eyed young man promptly explained Xiao Xunran's true thoughts: "Zero means that there is no need to be so clear-cut between the five of us."
The task assignment was decided, and the screen started counting down, urging them to enter the ABO world as soon as possible.
As the system monitoring operator, Ida Ko was left in this space and watched the other four people being taken to their own separate spaces to prepare. The outer guard Arisato had already been taken away through the screen to receive system training.
So when Rei Furuya said without hesitation, "Use 100% of my vitality as system energy," Date Ko could see it.
Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji, the childhood friend pair, were a little slower but also said at the same time, "I will use 100% of my vitality as system energy." However, their suggestion was half-rejected by a cold machine voice with the response, "You are not bound enough with Morobushi Kagemitsu, so I will only extract 50% of your vitality."
Yi Dahang: "..." He was so shocked that the toothpick in his mouth fell out. He had no idea what these three people were talking about.
He stood there and thought for a few seconds, remembering that he was the last person to arrive in this space except for Rei Furuya, and should have arrived in the order of death, so the first person to arrive here was Kenji Hagiwara.
Yi Dahang turned around and looked at the screen carefully. After feeling around, he found that there was a highly concealed cover at the bottom.
He carefully peeled it open and found a message: The mission is dangerous, and the attacker may face life-threatening danger. Others can voluntarily contribute a certain percentage of their vitality as system energy to be used in the attacker's life-threatening situation. (Note: The percentage of vitality that can be contributed varies depending on the degree of bond with the attacker. Declining vitality affects fortune. When 100% of vitality is used as system energy, the attacker will die after the mission is completed. Please decide carefully.)
After reading it, Date Ko understood almost immediately: Hagiwara Kenji, the first to arrive here, had explored the space without anyone else, and discovered the words. Realizing they were likely a message someone had hidden, he silently restored them. After everyone else arrived, Hagiwara Kenji gradually understood the true meaning of the messages, realizing they were hidden by none other than Furuya Rei, who knew him best. Hagiwara Kenji then told Matsuda Jinpei about this at some point, perhaps when they were the only two in the space at first, or perhaps after realizing they were the only two without any assigned missions.
After figuring all this out, Date immediately followed the example of Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji and said to the screen, "Use 50% of my vitality as system energy."
However, he did not expect that even 50% of it would be refuted by the screen: only the person currently thrown into the world can pay with his vitality, and Ida Hang, who is temporarily left in the space and is only a soul, does not have this condition.
Date Ko hated himself for not discovering this earlier, but the situation was irreversible and he could only focus his attention on the capturer, Morifushi Kagemitsu.
Everything went smoothly at the beginning. Date Ko was relieved to see that the tragedy of the Morifushi family was avoided, and Morifushi Kagemitsu also successfully became a childhood friend of Furuya Rei again.
But the power of the butterfly's wings was far beyond imagination. In order to protect Furuya Rei, Zhufu Jingguang took the initiative to lead away the members of the organization and thus fell into the hands of the organization.
This caused Zhu Fujingguang to encounter his first death crisis - he was injected with three times the amount of medicine.
The young body could not withstand such a large amount of illegal drugs, and its physical condition deteriorated rapidly. The system requested to mobilize energy to save the dying Morobushi Kagemitsu, and Ida Ko pressed the button to agree.
The first thing to be extracted was the vitality of Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji - because in this situation, 100% of the vitality was required. If the vitality of Furuya Rei was withdrawn first, then Furuya Rei would face death directly.
The vitality was used successfully and Zhu Fu Jingguang survived, but due to the residual effects of the potion, his memory faded back to his childhood in the original world.
With Morobushi Kagemitsu's current mental state and the state of separation from Furuya Rei, he is not suitable to continue the strategy mission, and it is easy for the world consciousness to discover the clues. So Date Ko shut down the front end of the system and pretended that the system was in hibernation due to insufficient energy.
Because he lost half of his vitality, Jinpei Matsuda failed to meet Kenji Hagiwara. The curly-haired young man who grew up alone encountered far more malice and misunderstanding than in his original world; and not to mention Kenji Hagiwara, whose own luck was even worse than Jinpei Matsuda's, who joined the organization directly when he was young.
Date Kou watched all this but was powerless to do anything. The system could only work on Morofushi Kagemitsu, and he could not interfere in the lives of Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji.
What's more, the system has been shut down because Zhu Fujingguang has lost his memory.
By the time Morofushi Keimitsu had enough mental capacity to face the system, and Furuya Rei had also gone undercover in the organization and appeared in front of Scotland, Date Ko was looking for a suitable time to reopen the system.
But he didn't expect that Zhu Fujingguang's second life crisis would come so quickly, and it even came from the accidental incident of Jiang Gu Ling.
Seeing that Zhu Fushiki Kagemitsu's health value was rapidly dropping, Ida Ko gritted his teeth, quickly opened the system front end and called up Furuya Rei's vitality - even if the vitality was completely extracted, Furuya Rei would not be able to survive if the mission was successful, but Ida Ko knew that this was Furuya Rei's true wish.
The tall man stood in the space with a cold body, waiting for the result.
Fortunately, Fūya Rei noticed Scotland's abnormality and stopped the injection of the medicine in time.
Looking at Fūya Rei's vitality being drained to only a dozen percent, even though he was just a soul, Ida Ko still felt his back soaked in cold sweat.
Perhaps because the vitality was not completely extracted this time, coupled with the impact caused by the second activation of the system, Zhu Fu Jingguang's memory became disordered.
Even the luckiest Fūya Rei, after losing most of his vitality, was nearly killed by Pisco's forces and died at the hands of Tavel. It was only when Morobushi Kagemitsu arrived in time that he was saved.
To make matters worse, when Gaimori Arisato was acting as the system, he was too worried about the death of Morifushi Kagemitsu, so he couldn't help but actively divide some of the system's own energy to save Morifushi Kagemitsu. Even though he was discovered and stopped in time by Date Kou, a problem still occurred - there was a problem with the calculation of the system's favorability.
Date Kou did not have the ability to calculate Furuya Rei's favorability, but as an outsider who could see everything, he could naturally see that Furuya Rei had already fallen in love with Morofushi Kagemitsu.
Seeing that Morofushi Kagemitsu's mentality was affected by the incorrect favorability, and the strategy mission would fail due to inaccurate judgment, Ida Ko decided to try one last thing in desperation: report the error to the screen. If the favorability problem could be corrected, he was willing to pay the price, whether it was vitality or something else.
To be honest, no one is at fault for having come to this point, but it is indeed their own choices that have led to this situation. Ida Hang really doesn't dare to guess whether the screen will agree to him.
After a long time, so long that Ida Kou was about to despair, the screen finally gave a reply: repairs were currently unavailable, and intervention could only be made after the completion of the strategy mission. If the strategy mission succeeded, Ida Kou would receive a portion of his vitality after entering the world, based on the energy consumed by the repairs. If the mission failed, Ida Kou would have to go to another lower-dimensional world to complete a mission, just like Rei Furuya before him.
Ida Hang accepted the condition.
On the day of the conclusion of the strategy mission, Ida Ko watched in horror as 80% of Morifushi Kagemitsu's data was cleared before the screen corrected the error and declared the mission a success - the advantage was that the experimental traces and even other injuries left on him by the organization were cleared, but the disadvantage was that all of Morifushi Kagemitsu's memories were sealed, and it would take time and opportunity to unlock them.
But no matter what, the five of them can finally truly survive in this world.
After saying so much, Ida Hang picked up the tea in front of him to moisten his throat, then smiled and said to him in the mixed eyes of Morobushi Kagemitsu.
"I'm glad we still have the chance to meet, Morobushi."