Chapter 84 The First Player

Ah...the reputation is actually much better than he imagined.

Xi Haiqingdou thoughtfully read through several hot posts in the forum in one breath, touched his chin, stuffed a piece of potato chips into his mouth, and then opened the comic.

The previous plot is nothing more than what he experienced. After receiving the mission, they discussed how to complete the mission in the temporary safe house organized by the organization. The expressions and movements of several people in the comics are drawn very detailed and appropriate, so that people can guess at a glance that there must be some unspeakable secret in the proposal of "Cointreau".

The micro-expressions of his old partner Gin are also very interesting... When he was in the safe house, he was only paying attention to chatting with Matsuda and Hagiwara in the chat room. Or did he see from the comics that Gin glanced at him a few more times without leaving a trace. I guess he was aware of his plan at that time?

In the subsequent comics, the conversation between him and Gin, Gin's expression and thoughts also confirmed his guess.

It turned out that his old partner knew more about "Cointreau" than he thought... Xi Haiqingdou was silent for a moment.

He and Gin had only been partners for less than ten years - Cointreau and Gin met at the organization's training base, when the two kids, who were less than ten years old, formed a team together. No one had expected that this rough team would last for nearly ten years before disbanding.

Although it seems like a long time… but if you count carefully, it’s been almost ten years since the two of them broke up. Although they have occasionally teamed up again for some operations over the years, the number of times is not particularly high. Not to mention that since Cointreau was sent to Europe two or three years ago, the two of them have only met a few times in the past few years, and the number of times can be counted on one hand. It was not until a few months ago when Asahina began to appear in the manga that he returned to Japan and their contacts gradually increased.

Although Saikai Haruto often boasted in front of Gin that they knew each other well, and he did understand Gin, he had never thought that Gin knew so much about "Cointreau" - after all, it was one thing that the two had not seen each other for many years, and he was not always honest in front of Gin under the guise of "Cointreau"... At least Gin had never thought of the possibility that "Cointreau" might be an undercover agent.

Just from his tone and expression, I could tell something was wrong... In Saikai Haruto's memory, this level of familiarity and tacit understanding only existed during the years when Cointreau and Gin teamed up.

...So is it that Cointreau is too easy to understand, that he is too relaxed, or that Cointreau's character, behavioral logic and habits have not changed at all in more than a decade?

Saikai Haruto began to reflect on himself. It seemed that he would have to be more careful in front of Gin in the future.

Fortunately, Gin is not difficult to understand, and is easy to deceive... No, I trust him a lot, so it is not particularly difficult to hide some things from him.

Saikai Haruto stuffed another potato chip into his mouth and continued to flip through the comics.

The content about how the two undercover agents contacted and arranged with the Public Security Bureau and the Metropolitan Police Department can be skipped directly, because they did not succeed in the end anyway; his dialogue with Canada is also skipped; and then the scene turns to Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara.

"Passerby B" is worthy of being a passerby, and even his face is not drawn. Then the two of them met Asahina, and just when Asahina revealed her undercover identity to Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara, the comic switched from the perspective of the three of them to "Cointreau" in time.

Next is a review of the short conversation between him and Gin - the comics gave him a close-up of his face when he mentioned his guess that "Canada is an undercover agent" - a darkened version. In short, he looks like the mastermind, the villain boss.

There were a lot of comments in the barrage, such as "scary", "my scalp tingling", and "scary", but Saikai Haruto himself was quite satisfied - at least the appearance and style of painting were not bad.

It is worth mentioning that his rare high ponytail look was almost unanimously praised by both the comments and the forums. Specifically, the number of comments calling him "husband" in the comics and the number of fan fiction mentioning "Cointreau" in the forums all increased dramatically...

Xi Haiqing Dou turned back and flipped through the bullet screens of the previous few pages. It was just as what was said in the forum - a mess.

He silently apologized to Matsuda and Hagiwara with a guilty conscience.

Although they themselves didn't know it, they were "scolded" in the forum and it can be said that they were tricked by him.

Of course, if it happened again, Xi Haiqing Dou would still choose to do the same thing.

But this also did not prevent him from repenting and apologizing in his heart. How did you say that? At least he had the heart to do it.

What followed was something he was familiar with—his and Asahina's hunting journey.

This part is divided into two perspectives in the comic, one is Furuya Rei and the other is Asahina, until the two sent the last message to each other, Asahina appeared on the rooftop, and then the picture completely cut to Furuya Rei's side.

In the comic, Furuya Rei seemed to have sensed something and was running desperately towards the rooftop where Asahina was, not caring about the gunshot wounds on his body... Nishimi Haruto couldn't help but sigh.

How miserable! Who wouldn't say how miserable it is... Especially in the eyes of Xi Haiqing Dou, who knows the inside story, it is even more miserable.

Then gunshots were heard on the rooftop, and soon after, Furuya Rei rushed to the rooftop, only to see the bodies of "Cointreau" and Asahina. After a brief conversation between the two still alive, he left the rooftop, and Furuya Rei picked up Asahina's phone downstairs.

Just as the forum said... the confrontation between him and Asahina on the rooftop was not shown in the manga at all.

Xi Haiqingdou opened the barrage and looked at it for a few seconds, then closed it again - there were so many barrages overlapping that it hurt his eyes.

However, the comments can be roughly divided into two categories: one is about people who feel sorry for Rei Furuya and Asahina's death, and the other is about people who cry out for "Cointreau". Unlike the forum, these two categories account for the vast majority of the comments, and the occasional other comments are quickly covered.

That's right.

Xi Hai Qing Dou first let out a long sigh, then continued to crunch his potato chips without changing his expression, and took another sip of Fat House Happy Water.

——It’s not that he has a masochistic tendency and likes to see bullet screens scolding him; it’s just that according to the content drawn in the comics, since the confrontation between him and the player on the rooftop was not drawn at all, in the eyes of the forum audience, the player is still the innocent undercover, and he is the villain who killed the undercover. In this case, it is normal for "Cointreau" to be scolded.

To be honest, he originally thought that he would be criticized badly in the forums... After all, the Rei Furuya in the comics looked really miserable. Putting himself in the perspective of Rei Furuya, it was indeed suffocating - Xi Haiqingdou felt a dull pain in his conscience.

Moreover, in the memory of Saikai Haruto, in general shonen comics, if the villain is not extremely charming, such as a certain Aizen or a certain captain, most of them are scolded. As for the "bad character" who killed the "positive character" in the comics, he would naturally attract more scolding.

Saikai Haruto had originally prepared himself to be severely criticized by the majority of the forum audience this time... After all, in order to "promote by first suppressing", there must be enough "suppression" in the beginning, so that the rebound will be greater when "promoting" later - just like a spring.

I can only say that the cartoonist probably thought the same thing, so he completely hid the scene on the rooftop and didn't draw it, right?

——Xi Haiqing Dou automatically ignored the possibility that "those contents will never be released."

It turns out that the forum is not completely one-sided - at present, the two sides can be said to be fighting fiercely, with the East blowing all the whistle.

Although it was obvious which side had the upper hand, to be honest, Saikai Haruto was still quite moved and even a little flattered. What was going on? Have villains become so popular without anyone noticing? Or is it that the popularity of "Cointreau" is already so high?

...So will he redeem himself in the future or not? If his popularity is already enough now, there seems to be no need to go back to being a decent person later, right?

To be honest, I personally feel that being a villain is more comfortable than being a hero.

Xi Haiqingdou urgently called the system to inquire.

The system gave him an answer honestly and quickly.

[Sorry, host, the forum popularity vote is not yet open. ]

Xi Hai Qing Dou: “.”

Okay, he understands, so let’s continue.

Who knows whether the forum’s love for “villains” is a fad or a long-lasting one, but anyway, the positive character setting is always useful even if it is outdated. Only those who use “beautiful, strong and tragic” know it.

Xi Haiqingdou gritted his teeth, and a fire really started burning in his heart - this crappy comic, just wait and see, one day he will make the "truth of the confrontation on the rooftop" appear in the comic.

However... before his "ambition" could really be ignited, another unexpected event occurred.

The "accident" happened more than a month after the Asahina incident.

As the comics have not been updated for more than a month, Saikai Haruto has begun to quietly use various methods to hide from Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu.

...Well, he was actually quite afraid that one day these two would lose their minds or take revenge on him and want to kill him.

Then, on a calm and sunny day, the system suddenly sent him a message.

[Host, do you want to make some extra money? ]

Saikai Haruto: […What is this?]

System explanation: [An urgent mission has been issued from another world called "Jujutsu O Wars" next door, with a very generous extra reward... The mission is the same as the mission in this world, which is to expel "players". The popularity points gained in the next world can be calculated in this world. Would the host like to consider it? ]

Sounds interesting, huh?

Xihai Qingdou's heart moved.

[… Emergency mission? How do you say it? I don’t think it’s necessary to accept it… You know the system, right? It’s not for any other reason. It’s mainly because I’m nostalgic. I’ve been in this world for 20 years and don’t really want to change. And what if a new player suddenly appears in this world? ]

He quietly fooled the system.

The system knows everything: [It is like this, because the world structure of the neighboring world is not very stable, the player who entered accidentally broke the "pillar" of the world... He is now trying to restart the world to save himself, but even if the world restarts successfully, the "player" will still stay in that world, and He will still collapse, so now he urgently needs you, the host, to save him. ]

[And even if you go to that world, you can come back. And the time between the two worlds flows at a different speed, so it won't delay the mission in this world. ]

...My goodness, are you going to treat him like a 007 corporate slave and exploit him?

Xihai Qingdou choked.

And the player who can restart the world... is he that cruel?

[What if the mission fails?] He couldn't help but ask this question.

[If you fail, you fail.] The system replied calmly, [Because it is not a mission for this world, there will be no punishment even if you fail the mission... But if the player stays in that world, there is a 50% chance that the player will completely become a "native" of that world, and there is a 50% chance that the player will disappear along with the world.]

…Xihai Haruto fell silent.