Chapter 77 The First Player

The ordinary, plain, unremarkable black-haired girl was cursing in her mind at this moment.

[Why is Passerby B a woman? ! ]

"She" asked loudly in her mind: [Do you know how much psychological trauma this has caused me? ! Passerby A was a normal man before! ]

The mechanical voice in "her" mind calmly replied: [So this vest is called "Passerby B" instead of "Passerby A". Host, this is just a vest. ]

The system does not understand why it is so difficult for “her” to accept that “passerby B” is a woman.

Even though the host had previously transformed into a child under ten years old under the pseudonym "Yuen Chiaki" and into a monster under the pseudonym "Akabane Rento", the host's emotions were still relatively stable... Why did he suddenly become unacceptable when he switched to an ordinary female pseudonym like "Passerby B"?

Xi Hai Qing Dou remained silent: […System, I am so lucky to have you. ]

The system was very humble: [You're welcome. We are partners, so this is as it should be.]

Xihai Qingdou let out a breath of foul air.

Forget it, he won’t bother with artificial intelligence.

…No! I still feel awkward!

Even if they are both vests, male vests and female vests are different! The physiological structure is completely different... It is difficult for Saikai Haruto, who has been a man for decades, to explain what it is like to suddenly become a "girl".

When drawing cards before, Xi Haiqing Dou had drawn a vest similar to "Passerby B" called "Passerby A" (of course, it was also a disposable vest), which was an ordinary man who was very easy to be ignored. Therefore, after drawing the card "Passerby B", Xi Haiqing Dou thought about it and treated it as a vest that was almost the same as "Passerby A".

After all, not only are the names and descriptions of the two vests only one word different, but even the image of the vest on the card is exactly the same - it is an image of a "little black man" with his whole body painted black and only a pair of eyes showing.

But who knows that the difference between "Passerby B" and "Passerby A" is that one of these two vests is a male vest and the other is a female vest? !

Without any warning, he suddenly became "her".

If I had known earlier...ah, no, even if I had known that "Passerby B" was a female alias, Saikai Haruto would still choose to use this alias.

After all, it is not suitable for "Mochizuki Kaoru" to be here now, let alone complete what he plans to do next; and "Igarashi Yuuki", a 14-year-old middle school student who does not have a guardian, may not be unsuitable to appear here, but a middle school student with bad luck buff is definitely not suitable.

In comparison, "Passerby B" can be said to be the best choice.

Forget it, it’s a one-time vest, there will be no next time... Female vests are also a new experience... Anyway, I’ve used it...

Xi Haiqing Dou tried hard to ignore the discomfort in his heart and hypnotized himself silently.

He controlled the vest of "Passerby B" to record the routes of Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara not far ahead. At the same time, the young man with white hair and golden eyes turned around and hooked his finger at Vodka.

"Vodka, give me the intercom. Ask Canada how he and Bourbon are preparing."

"Oh, okay." After hearing Cointreau say that Canada and Bourbon were likely undercover agents, Vodka became visibly nervous and anxious. This was manifested in the fact that he began to stare at the intercom from time to time, and stretched his neck and stuck his head out of the window to try to find out where Furuya Rei and Asahina were.

"Hello, Cointreau?" Asahina's low voice came through the intercom, sounding quite relaxed: "Bourbon and I are now acting separately. Don't worry, no one has discovered us."

"It's already nine thirty. Canada, how long will it take you?"

"Give me another five minutes... No, ten minutes. I also need to leave five minutes to leave."

Asahina quickly changed her words, "I'll remember to let you know when I'm done!"

...Oh no, I relaxed too much after separating from Rei Furuya and almost lost my previous position.

Forget it, why not just change to another place? There shouldn’t be any problem, right?

Asahina's voice stabilized: "Don't worry, Jundu, nothing will go wrong here!"

Haruto Nishimi took the walkie-talkie in his hand and played with it.

"Hey, Cointreau, is Canada really undercover?"

Vodka leaned forward, his face full of caution. "Will we be able to complete this mission?"

“Not sure, no.”

Nishimi Haruto answered him briefly, while distractedly listening to Asahina's voice in the headset, "This mission is mainly to destroy the reputation of Party A. Even if by some chance we fail in today or three days, we can still complete the mission by exposing Mizubayashi Kenichi's scandal. It's just a little more troublesome."

By then, Mizubayashi Kenichi won't even have time to protect himself, let alone give a public speech.

"Ah, is this possible?" Vodka's eyes lit up.

In fact, it's no wonder that he didn't react for a while and could complete the mission in this way. After all, time was tight, and this method was time-consuming and laborious to implement. Naturally, it was not as simple, convenient and easy as directly destroying the speech scene; secondly, this mission clearly mentioned "Mizubayashi Kenichi can be sniped", which would naturally turn people's thoughts to the direction of "sniping"; furthermore, it is still the end of the 20th century, and the current "public debate" is not as ubiquitous as in the 21st century...

But after Saikai Haruto proposed this method, it could also be implemented as a backup plan.

Xi Haiqing Dou nodded coldly.

He had just finished a conversation with Asahina, and he probably didn't have the consciousness to lie to him at this time. In other words, he probably hadn't reached his "destination" yet.

As an "undercover police officer", since they didn't throw the bomb away, they should have placed it in a place with few people. But there is only one street in Harajuku near where Miyagi's speech was held. Even if they go a little further, they can't go far. There are only a few places with few people around here...

“She” had just seen the name above Furuya Rei’s head. Furuya Rei and Asahina were acting separately, which meant that “she” didn’t have to consider the place Furuya Rei had just walked by…

"…Huh, I finally found it!"

Asahina's voice came from the headset beside my ear, as if she was talking to herself: "Public toilet, this is good, close to people and not crowded. Ah, but it seems a bit unethical to place a bomb here...? Never mind, I'll just run away from it later. Fortunately, only two minutes have passed. Wait until I turn this sign over and change it to 'Under Maintenance'..."

There aren't many people passing by here, and there is only one public toilet that is close and not on the route to Furuya Zero.

It was right at the place where “she” had just passed by…less than three minutes away, neither far nor close.

What a happy coincidence.

Xihai Qingdou calmed himself down.

The white-haired young man exhaled softly, his brows slightly wrinkled.

"Canada, don't let me down." He smiled faintly, lifted the hair beside his ears, and an ambiguous sharp light flashed in his eyes.

On the streets of Harajuku, a girl with long black hair, holding a bag in her hand, glanced at Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara who were not far in front of her, and hurried past them, pretending to "accidentally".

"Sorry, sorry! I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry!"

"careful!"

"Hey, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Sorry, I have to leave now!"

"Accidentally" being knocked to the ground, "she" lowered her head and whispered words of apology, hurriedly picking up the bag in her hand, not even noticing the wallet that had fallen to the side, but anxiously stood up and quickly walked in a certain direction, and finally even jogged... Her back looked quite wolfish.

Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji, who were bumped into by her, stretched out their hands but before they could help her, they stared in amazement as the girl ran away as if she was being chased by something, leaving them with only her hurried back.

"Wow, is someone chasing her? There's no need to run so fast, right?"

Matsuda Jinpei's brows wrinkled consciously, and he felt that something was wrong.

"Xiao Zhenping, hurry up and catch up with her first." Hagiwara Kenji lowered his head and picked up the small wallet that had just fallen from the girl from the ground beside him. He stood up, shook his head, and chased after her, leaving his friend alone.

...Anyway, let’s catch up with the person first.

"Huh? What the hell is going on? Hey, Hagi, wait for me!"

Matsuda Jinpei twitched his lips and hurriedly ran after him.

She didn’t even notice that her wallet had fallen, and she ran so fast... What was that girl in such a hurry to do?

Anxious black-haired girl, Haruto Nishimi, is running all the way.

High heels are really useless and only slow people down... How can there be such a torturous thing in the world?

Fortunately, the vest itself has certain instincts, and can maintain speed even when wearing high heels.

Pretending not to hear the shouting behind her, Haruto Nishimi cursed her high heels in her heart while trotting like a madman, wondering in her heart that Matsuda and Hagiwara were probably chasing after "her" from behind.

Not to mention how strange the behavior of "Pedestrian B" just now looked, he even "dropped" his wallet on purpose just now... With the personalities of Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara, there is a 99% chance that they will catch up - the remaining 1% possibility will be left to unexpected events such as "encountering the world explosion".

"Pedestrian B" was still rushing towards Asahina's direction.

Meanwhile, Haruto Nishimi manipulated the Cointreau to keep track of time and sent another message to Asahina.

"The number of guards at Chuncheon Park has suddenly increased. Canada, make temporary changes to the plan."

The white-haired young man spoke slowly, without any guilt about lying: "Anyway, Canada, no matter where you decided to put the bomb... now, bring it to Chuncheon Park and put it in the department store nearby."

"It's about ten minutes away. I'll give you twenty minutes to get there... Should you be able to do it?"

"What?!" Asahina, who had just placed the bomb, screamed, "This is too sudden, right? Cointreau, what about the Bourbon?"

Saikai Haruto's voice was gentle and smiling: "Bourbon has other arrangements, and I have already told him about your new mission. Anyway, you'd better start rushing to Canada now... Otherwise, if you delay too long, you will be too late. If you want to blame someone, just blame the flies that suddenly appeared here. I don't know where they came from."

There are more policemen... Did the Metropolitan Police Department send more people? If so, it must be related to the information he had passed on before.

Asahina laughed twice: "Okay, I understand, I'll go over now."

He turned around and began to reinstall the bomb without complaint, and then fell into a new dilemma - should he inform Furuya Rei about this? But Cointreau said that he had already told him...

As for the Metropolitan Police Department, should he notify them now? I'm a little undecided...

However, before he could make up his mind whether to talk to Furiya Zero first, suddenly, a black figure flashed from the front and collided with him, knocking the bag of bomb in his hand to the ground, and then rushed into the women's bathroom next to him without looking back.

"...Hey, this place is under maintenance!!"

Asahina's shocked and depressed voice rang out almost simultaneously from the ears of "Passerby B" and the headphones of "Cointreau".

——Okay, it worked! It was perfect! The timing was perfect, worthy of him!

Xi Haiqing Dou in the shell of "Passerby B" breathed a sigh of relief.

"…Huh? So that's why you're so anxious?"

The voice of Kenji Hagihara came from the headphones at the same time. Haruto Nishimi could even guess that Kenji Hagihara might have a helpless and embarrassed smile on his face at this moment.

——Great, now all the actors are in place.

Now, it depends on what the players will do... Xihai Qingdou blinked and calmed down.

Now the script, actors and stage are almost ready, it all depends on the "leading actor" to perform independently.

After meeting Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara... players probably won't be so anxious to contact Rei Furuya, right?

Of course, if the result is still not satisfactory...that's okay.

Xi Haiqingdou calculated that he still had two more chances to use [Dice Lady's Blessing]. Even if it didn't work this time, there would still be the next time, and the next time...

Meanwhile, Asahina rubbed her chest, which had been hit suddenly. She subconsciously widened her eyes and blurted out without thinking: "Hagiwara? And Matsuda? Why are you here?"

Good, there's no one around... and probably no one saw them.

...But why did Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara suddenly appear here? Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

"…Asahina?"

Matsuda Jinpei, who arrived half a step slower than Hagiwara Kenji, also showed a surprised expression on his face, his eyes slightly widened: "Why are you here?"

"The lady who just came in accidentally dropped her wallet. Xiao Zhenping and I were chasing her here, but we didn't expect to run into you by chance."

Hagiwara Kenji narrowed his eyes. He had not yet recovered from the joy of meeting Asahina again. He took another look at his outfit and began to worry about him: "Are you here... doing something important?"

In view of the fact that Asahina's identity is most likely "unspeakable" at the moment, Kenji Hagiwara carefully avoided using any obvious referential terms.

Asahina didn't understand his "good intentions" at all. He looked around subconsciously, and when he saw that there was no one around, he laughed it off and tried to hide it: "No, I just happened to pass by..."

His tone was so familiar that one could tell at once that he had a close relationship with the two people in front of him.

...It looks like nothing happened, or it doesn't look that important?

Hagiwara Kenji smiled, and suddenly, his eyes fell on the object that fell on the ground again. His eyes froze slightly, and his voice was a little hesitant: "What is this...?"

Oops...I didn't notice that the zipper of the bag containing the bomb was not fully zipped up!

Asahina tried to bend down and reach out, but Matsuda Jinpei had already picked up the thing faster. When he saw what was inside, he looked at Asahina with disbelief and shock: "Is this a bomb? What are you going to do?!"

In a room on the other side of the building, a young man with white hair and a high ponytail tilted his head, listening to the clear voice coming from the headset, and with the same expression of surprise, he whispered in confusion: "... Is it a coincidence?"