Chapter 85 The First Player
...The system did this on purpose, right?
After it said that, it seemed like he would feel very pressured and guilty if he didn't go.
[…Is this true?] He was half-believing and half-doubting, [No way, that’s a world, right? What on earth did the other party do?]
Does it sound so terrible? The world is going to be destroyed because of one player?
[The world consciousness said that the player "polluted" two world pillars, and then the world half collapsed... Because that world is actually a new world, and it has not yet completely stabilized into a complete world. As long as a few world pillars collapse, it is not difficult to collapse. ]
The system explained to him, "And the existence of players is actually much more harmful to this growing world than you think, host. It's just that the players in this world were sent back by you before they caused excessive harm, so you may not feel it so deeply. This is also the reason why the other world came to us."
The "pillars" of the world generally refer to the main key characters in the plot. Of course, if that world is structurally stable, the "pillars" will not collapse so easily, and even their existence itself will no longer be so important - but who makes that world still growing and unstable?
At this time, those existences become much more important.
If the danger to the player was not that high, the world would not be forced to restart - of course, this is also something that can only be done in a growing, unstable world. It is difficult for a stable world to truly "restart the world line", which is equivalent to starting the story of the world again.
Saikai Haruto reluctantly accepted this statement.
[How is the remuneration calculated? ] he asked.
The system answered quickly: [The host and the system are 50-50. ]
[Let's just forget it.] Xi Haiqingdou immediately turned indifferent, [The rewards in this world are 50-50 and the rewards in the new world are also 50-50. What's the difference? I'm fine just lying down in this world.]
[Host, we are a regular system...] Before Xi Haiqing Dou could say anything more, the system hesitated for a moment and quickly answered him: [At most 46, host 6 and system 4.]
The system tempted him: [The reward "blessing of the world" provided by the other party is very difficult to obtain. Basically, you can only get it after successfully saving the world... The effect is similar to half of the host's "protagonist halo". And if you agree to go there, the other side of the world can provide a chance to draw ten cards in a row, and at least one permanent vest card is guaranteed. ]
Xi Haiqing Dou hit the nail on the head: [What this means is... after I go there, they won't even provide me with a vest, and I have to draw it myself? Then how do you calculate the guaranteed bonus? And what does half of the "protagonist halo" mean? Can you explain it more clearly? ]
System: […Host, the vests in both worlds can be used interchangeably. The other side said that the minimum guarantee for the vest is SR.]
In other words, if Xi Haiqing Dou wanted to, he could use the vests drawn in this world to run to another world to complete the mission - of course, including Jundu.
Xi Hai Qing Dou thought about it carefully...and felt that it was not impossible.
Being able to go back and forth, being rewarded for success, not being punished for failure, and being able to gain popularity in another world...it seems like he's not losing out no matter how you look at it.
【Finally, a few questions.】
Saikai Haruto said, "What is the flow rate ratio of the two worlds, how long will it take at most, what will happen to the vests in this world if I go there, when will I go there, and what is the plot of that world?"
——Yes, the time when Saikai Haruto traveled through time was a little early, which led to a problem... He had never watched "Jujutsu O War".
If the plot of the other world takes hundreds of years... then wouldn't it be possible that he would have to stay there for hundreds of years? In that case, forget it.
[Host, do you agree? ]
The mechanical sound of the system was obviously excited. [If the connection is completed, the time flow rate of the two worlds can be adjusted to 100:1 at most. That is to say, if you stay in the other world for 100 days, only one day will pass in this world. The time span for the restart and collapse of the plot line over there is only three years. The longest time it will take is thirteen years to complete the story line of the entire world.]
[If you choose to go through the past, the vest here recommends that the host choose the "sleeping" mode. The system can provide alarms and some protection functions... The system does not recommend choosing the "vest hosting" mode. And the other world only agrees to provide relevant content experienced before the world is restarted, and not all plot content is open. The host can check it at any time. ]
——If the host is not conscious, the vest generally has only two options: one is to "sleep", which is seen as a "coma" by the outside world, but the body's functions will not have any problems unless the vest is damaged from the outside world;
One is "hosting", where the system performs temporary automatic control of the vest. The vest can move freely, but it is easy for people to notice the original difference - after all, the gap between machines and humans is still very obvious. Automatic control will only act according to the original behavioral logic of the host, but there will be no flexibility at all.
When Haruto Nishimi was young and ignorant, he once chose to go through a trusteeship program out of curiosity - but he never chose to do it a second time since then.
If he only agrees to open the content related to the experience he has experienced... it means that he can only see the plot that has changed after the player's past experience. The original plot of the world is not included, and the plot of the story more than ten years later is also not included.
Xi Hai Qing Dou hesitated, but he felt that it was not a bad idea. It was much better than knowing nothing. In fact, most worlds would choose to do so, but this world was a little more tolerant of Xi Hai Qing Dou.
The longest time is thirteen years, and the time flow rate is 100:1...which means that in this world, at most less than two months have passed.
It’s not impossible.
[If the host agrees, please make a choice within seven days. ]
[Okay, wait until I finish some things.] Saikai Haruto agreed.
He will be "sleeping" or possibly "disappearing" for up to two months. Among the three aliases, "Mochizuki Kaoru" is the easiest to deal with. He only needs to tell the editor and ask the neighbor Randou Jun to help keep an eye on him and make sure no one blows up his house. "Igarashi Yuuki" has no personal connections, so it's easy for him to ask for leave from school and stay in the safe house of "Kundo" for half a month. It's just that the alias "Yuen Chiaki" is a little more difficult to deal with.
After thinking about it, Xi Hai Qing Dou decided to go find Gin.
——If something doesn’t bother his old partner, he will reflect on whether he is too unfamiliar with it.
He didn't say what happened specifically or what he was going to do. He just told Gin briefly that he would be away for up to two months and asked him and Vodka to help look after Miyano Shiho - meaning that he was not allowed to pass the responsibility to others.
He also asked Gin to help look after one of his safe houses during this period.
Gin frowned and looked at him for several times, but finally agreed.
Xi Haiqing Dou felt relieved instantly.
So it's not without reason that he sometimes likes Gin more - as long as he makes a request, Gin will only agree or disagree, but will never ask him anything more - because he thinks it's boring. And as long as he agrees to something, he will definitely do it, which gives people a full sense of security.
On the way back, he met Morobushi Kagemitsu again. Xi Haiqingdou greeted the two of them with a smile, but was given a cold nod in response.
Xihai Qingdou sighed silently in his heart.
Although the "Canadian betrayal" has passed, its aftermath is not so easy to get over.
Although everything seems calm on the surface, the undercurrents behind the scenes are surging and it is unknown how long it will take for the situation to gradually calm down.
The most intuitive is the relationship between him and Rei Furuya, Kagemitsu Morobushi, and Matsuda Hagiwara.
Although the news of "Asahina's death" was not deliberately publicized, everyone in the organization who should know it already knew it. As a childhood friend of Furuya Rei and another undercover friend, and a colleague of the two, Morobushi Kagemitsu must have learned more news from Furuya Rei.
For now, he, Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu can only maintain the superficial peace... If the relationship is deeper, even if Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu are willing, Saikai Haruto is afraid that the two of them will want to kill him one day.
The manga has not been updated for a long time, and the forum also said that this chapter has been completed. Nishimi Haruto thought that there would be no more updates to the manga until Kudo Shinichi became Edogawa Conan.
This not only means that Saikai Haruto no longer needs to use the pseudonym "Yuen Chiaki" to do anything, but it is also better for him to avoid people who may cause trouble - if someone really wants to mess with him, he can't use the forum to find out anything in advance; and if this pseudonym encounters a tragic "death" in the process, he will not have time to find a place to cry to death.
This is also the reason why Saikai Haruto did not ask Morofushi Kagemitsu to take care of Miyano Shiho this time.
By the way, it was probably Furugaya Rei who told Matsuda and Hagiwara some news. Saikai Haruto could see without any probing that although Matsuda and Hagiwara's attitude towards him remained the same on the surface, they had become a little more distant and there were more tentative and probing expressions.
Haruto Nishimi guessed that Furuya Rei hadn't told them the truth, or passed on any information to them... In short, they probably still didn't know that Asahina's death was related to him, nor did they know the true identity of "Kendo".
Things didn't develop to the worst possible point... For a moment, Xi Haiqingdou didn't know whether to say that Furuya Rei was cautious or careless.
The final layer of change is rum.
Originally, only he and the boss knew that Asahina was a double undercover agent. When Asahina died, he was on a small island in the Pacific and did not receive any news. When he came back, Asahina was already extremely cold.
Rum could only try to ask him if Canada said anything to him before his death. Xi Haiqingdou naturally refused to believe anything.
"Canada did ask me to ask you to be his guarantor, but he was thinking about running away while saying that. He asked me to find you but didn't tell me the reason. I couldn't even get through to you on the phone for half an hour..."
The young man with white hair and golden eyes smiled with an innocent look on his face: "Traitors usually use this kind of excuse, but in fact they just want to escape. I have seen this situation countless times. Then of course I would choose to send him to death directly, or let him run away? What do you think, Rum?"
He looked up at Rum curiously: "Is there really something unspeakable between you and Canada?"
Since Asahina is already dead, there is no evidence, and even her cell phone is gone, so naturally Saimi Haruto can say whatever he wants.
It was he who lost contact at that time. Even if Rum suspected something, the Canadians were gone. What would be the point of telling Cointreau that Canada was actually a double undercover?
The dead cannot be resurrected, and Jundu might even surprise and ridicule him, "Why didn't you tell him such an important thing in advance?" and "This kind of rubbish is useless even if he is a double undercover agent, it is a sheer waste of the organization's funds."
Anyway, even the boss didn’t say anything much, let alone reprimand Jundu.
So Rum had to grit his teeth and swallow his anger no matter how angry he was. He also cursed Canada for the hundredth time in his heart: "It's really a useless piece of shit."
It would be even worse to die at the hands of Gin than to die at the hands of Cointreau - maybe he can be put to good use and have him file a complaint in front of the boss to put on some eye drops or something.
Rum forced a smile and denied it: "That's not true at all."
——If he is already dead, then it doesn't matter whether he is a useless waste or a traitor. There is no need to worry about him anymore.