Chapter 71 The First Player

The ending of the previous chapter of the comic is when Rei Furuya, after disguising himself as "Bourbon" to carry out the organization's mission, ends on his way back to the safe house, where he encounters Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara.

The new episode starts from the perspective of Morofushi Kagemitsu - it starts from when he received a call from Gin and accepted Saikai Haruto's "special mission", and then the three perspectives of Cointreau, Morofushi Kagemitsu, and Miyano Shiho quickly reproduce the lives of the three people in their current residence in "Cointreau" for half a month.

Nishimi Haruto knew that the reason why Morobushi Kagemitsu agreed to take on his task of "taking care of Shirley" was not purely for a reason, but he also just learned from the comics that Morobushi Kagemitsu wanted to find him more than Miyano Shiho... This discovery made Nishimi Haruto touch his nose involuntarily.

[No wonder he kept appearing in front of me during the past half month... I thought it was all because of Gin.]

Saikai Haruto reflected silently in his heart, "I never thought that I would blame Gin wrongly."

He had secretly cursed Gin in his heart before.

[But I still think that Zhu Fu Jingguang is a truly good person... those true feelings were misplaced after all.] He suddenly became angry again.

The main reason was that Morobushi Kagemitsu's "care" for him during that half month was so good that Saikai Haruto was almost moved by Morobushi Kagemitsu to the point of feeling guilty... and all of a sudden he couldn't accept the "truth".

The unfeeling system stated the facts in a cold, mechanical voice: [Host, Morobu Jingguang is a good person and an undercover agent.]

Xi Haiqing Dou didn't want to pay attention to it.

But it is also a good thing for Saikai Haruto that Morofushi Kagemitsu focuses more on "Kendo". After all, human energy is limited. Paying attention to Kendo means that he will pay less attention to Miyano Shiho, which also makes Saikai Haruto feel a little relieved - after all, he doesn't want Miyano Shiho to be in danger because of his butterfly effect.

The first third of the comic revolves around Morobushi Kagemitsu's actions during that half month. For the first time, Saikai Haruto re-examined his own actions from Morobushi Kagemitsu's perspective, and the more he looked at it, the stranger his expression became.

...Well, how should I put it...there is nothing wrong with his performance in the comics. From Morobushi Jingguang's perspective, "Cointreau" has a cold personality and is difficult to deal with. His facial expression changes very quickly. He can be depressed one second and suddenly laugh the next. Almost every action of his carries an incomprehensible depth, which requires him to be vigilant and deal with it. It was not until more than a week later that he had a better understanding of his personality and behavioral logic, and gradually became adept at dealing with "Cointreau".

Although he had never thought that their daily interactions would actually be recorded in the comics, after all, the daily life of him and Miyano Shiho when they started to get along with each other and live together had never appeared in the comics; but Saikai Haruto was still quite satisfied - "Cointreau"'s cool guy image remained intact, and the cartoonist probably didn't think of changing his "personality", so there were no scenes of his "image collapse" in the comics.

...He could only say that Morobushi Kagemitsu was really good at thinking.

But when he opened the barrage, he found that in addition to the "hahahaha" that was unfortunate for Morobushi Jingguang, the praise for Morobushi Jingguang's omnipotence in housework, and some flattering barrages, there seemed to be a lot of strange barrages mixed in...

For example, if you want to be his mother and praise him for being cute and show him your care and concern -

[Cointreau baby stickers! The contrast is so cute qwq]

[My baby is so cute even when he wakes up with a grumpy face and a blank expression due to lack of sleep! His nosebleed is unstoppable]

[Good job, Scotland! Yuyuan should be given a male mother to take good care of him! From now on, the image of Confederation of Nations in my heart is shattered. This is just a big naughty child, okay 2333]

[Gentlemen, today I will appoint Scotland as the first chief steward of Cointreau! Who agrees and who disagrees? ]

There are also people who know his "little secret" from somewhere -

[Scotland: Cointreau is angry. Cointreau: I hate mustard.]

[I never thought that Cointreau was thinking of secretly having a midnight snack... How cute! ! ]

[Is it Cointreau who is pretending to obey but secretly disobeying and having a reversed schedule? No, it's me! Don't believe him, Scotland, he just wants to sleep 23333]

...How did they find the "cute" in his ferocious face? And how did they know what he really thought?

Xi Haiqing Dou couldn't understand.

He pressed his eyebrows to suppress the inexplicable bad premonition in his heart, and Xihai Qingdou continued reading.

In the comics, Morobushi Kagemitsu is responsible for "taking care" of Shirley and Coin-Do, while diligently and conscientiously trying to find out the secrets of the organization from Coin-Do. Morobushi Kagemitsu's life can be said to be in dire straits and he is extremely exhausted.

Just when he was about to indulge in the daily life of being a "nanny" and even almost began to have feelings for the strange duo of Cointreau and Shirley who "looked more like ordinary people in daily life", he was caught off guard by the white-haired young man who showed him a clear route and took him to meet Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara.

What follows is the content that Haruto Nishimi is familiar with. This time in the manga, the "unexpected" meeting from beginning to end is described without omission. Almost all the dialogue scenes between the people are presented in the manga, even including the two dialogues between Haruto Nishimi and Kagemitsu Morofushi, and between Haruto Nishimi and Shiho Miyano after Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara left.

In addition to what Saikai Haruto knows, the manga also depicts what Morobushi Kagemitsu was thinking after their brief separation, which he didn't know, as well as some of the conversations between Morobushi Kagemitsu and Furuya Rei later...

Of course, although those dialogue scenes were almost completely drawn, the manga still did not want to clearly reveal the relationship between Matsuda, Hagiwara and Morobushi Kagemitsu, and only vaguely and speciously revealed some information that some people may have seen.

It seems that the cartoonist is not going to reveal their friendship here?

But even if that's all...it's enough to get comic readers excited.

The comic ends with the return car. Miyano Shiho and "Cointreau" are sitting in the car opening a gift bag containing a pistol. Morobushi Kagemitsu, who is sitting in the driver's seat, is thinking deeply in his mind. The two cars are heading to different directions and locations in different scenes in different frames.

——The bet won.

"Cointreau" definitely takes up a lot of screen time in this episode. Saikai Haruto breathed a sigh of relief, ignored the barrage, and closed the comic.

The last comic update was last week, and there was no Cointreau in the comic. The main "stars" were Rei Furuya, Shuichi Akai, and Kazuma Asahina.

It's no wonder that Saikai Haruto became a little anxious. Although he also took the time to secretly set some traps for Asahina during this period, Asahina herself did not realize that he was targeting her. On the one hand, he had Furuya Rei to "protect" him, and on the other hand, even if those confrontations were successful, they basically did not appear in the comics - in other words, his plan to "discredit" Asahina's image in the comics can basically be declared bankrupt.

As of now, Asahina's image in the eyes of forum readers is still relatively stable and friendly - at the very least, readers will naturally have a certain degree of goodwill and favorability towards an "undercover" character.

Although "Cointreau" is also an undercover agent, Asahina is actually a double undercover agent...but who has made it so that no reader knows this fact yet?

In this case, it is very important to stably and effectively strive for a sufficient appearance rate of "Cointreau" in comics.

Fortunately, Asahina's appearance in the manga was not too early, only about ten chapters earlier than Cointreau - or fortunately, Saikai Haruto and the system's response was also quite quick, and they managed to return to Japan and "appear" in the manga before Asahina had accumulated enough roles and gained more popularity in the manga.

Saikai Haruto has roughly observed and calculated that, so far, in terms of "audience popularity", "Cointreau" can be said to be in a very good situation, and it is undoubtedly firmly over "Asahina" - perhaps the other world is now beginning to be popular with "villains";

But in terms of "audience favorability", "Cointreau" has a mixed reputation. After all, although "Crazy" makes some people love it, "Cointreau" is an old manga that has been serialized for more than ten years. There are quite a few people who don't like "Cointreau". But as an "undercover" who is currently firmly on the board, it can be said that 80% of the impressions Asahina can get are positive from the audience.

...It is already foreseeable what will happen to Haruto Saikai. If Asahina "dies" at his hands in the future, if the operation is not done properly, there will be a lot of criticism against "Kendo" in the forums.

Fortunately, the system only requires his "popularity" in the forum rather than the audience's "favorability"... Black and red are also red, scolding is also popularity, and barely enough can be considered "popularity", Xi Haiqing Dou is not picky.

But before the right time comes, he thinks it would be a good idea to get more popularity for "Cointreau"... At least his appearance rate can't be lower than Asahina's, right?

It was with this idea in mind that Saikai Haruto took another risk, bringing Miyano Shiho and Morobushi Kagemitsu with him, trying to "accidentally meet" Matsuda Jinpei and Morobushi Kagemitsu.

Fortunately, "Yuyuan Qianqiu" has always had good luck. Judging from the current results, he has won the bet.

(Some forum content can be regarded as words)