If you run for me to play, be careful that I'll kill you afterwards. After the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info dropped this sentence, the spring day went with Guquan and Nagato. Our two groups headed towards the east and west with the station as the center. Alas, I still don't know what rice to look for.

"What should I do?"

Asahina, who was watching the three of them leave with his bag in both hands, looked at me and said. Actually, I wanted to go straight home, but of course I couldn't. I pretended to think for a moment and said:

"Well, it's not an option to stay here, let's shake it around first, right?"

"Okay. ”

Asahi walked with me obediently. With a hesitant expression, she walked side by side with me, sometimes accidentally touching my shoulder and then hurriedly dodging away. It looked innocent.

We walked aimlessly north along the banks of a river. If you come a month ago, you can still see the cherry blossom trees, but now there is only a boring riverside road. It's a great place for couples to take a walk in the neighborhood, so you'll meet bustling families and couples as you walk. Those who don't know will also think that we are a couple, not a duo who are ready to find inexplicable objects.

"It's the first time I've walked like this!"

Looking at the riverbank under construction, Asahina said to himself.

"What do you mean?"

“…… It's just with boys, two people ......"

"What a surprise to me, haven't you been in a relationship with anyone before?"

"Nope. ”

I looked at Asahina's face with her long, soft hair fluttering in the wind.

"Hey, but there should be a lot of people confessing to you, right?"

"Hmm...... There are a lot of people ...... here," she bowed her head shyly, "but, it doesn't work, I can't have a relationship with anyone, at least for now...... It's still on a mission. ”

She was suddenly silent. In the time between waiting for her to continue, three couples had already walked past us with carefree steps.

"Ahh ”

As I was about to start counting the fallen leaves on the river, Asahina stopped me by a shout.

Asahina looked at me with a look of embarrassment. Then, as if having made up her mind, she said:

"I have something to tell you. ”

Her fawn-like eyes revealed a strong determination.

We sat down side by side on a bench under the cherry blossom tree, but Asahina didn't say anything for a long time. After she lowered her head and whispered to herself, "Where do I start?", "I'm not very good at talking, and I still have a lot of things to say", "Maybe he won't believe me at all", she finally began to speak.

That's what she told me at the beginning.

"Actually, I'm a time-traveler, the kind of time-traveler in online novels. I was just an ordinary person, but one day when I was surfing the Internet, a strange box popped up. The box says, 'Are you tired of boring real life?' Do you want to enter a world full of fantasy? Want to ...... Alive?' I was in my third year of high school at the time, and there was a lot of pressure to go to school at that time, so I clicked the OK button as soon as my brain was hot. So I entered the 'Lord God Space'. ”

Aren't you in your second year of high school now, why were you in your third year of high school before? I didn't understand Asahina's words from the beginning, but I listened quietly.

"The main god space is really a very terrifying place. We usually live in a house near the main god platform, and everyone has a room that can be designed to their liking. However, every once in a while we have to be caught by the Lord God to do a mission. The Lord God has thrown us into different worlds and let us act there according to its requirements. If you complete it well, you will have reward points and income from plot side quests, which can strengthen yourself. If it's not done well, it's obliterated. It's just a brush, and the real person explodes directly, or suddenly it becomes a puddle of sand. I've seen several people die like this. Moreover, the task assigned to us by the Lord God is very rare, and almost all the people who entered the Lord God's space at the same time as me have died. I've always regretted that I shouldn't have come to the main god space. ”

Asahina gave me a weak smile.

"But now I don't think so. How to put it, I was very weak when I first entered the main god space, really weak, and I loved to cry. Even now, I'm weak and crying. However, Senior Ah Xu has always taken care of me, he has saved me many times, and I would not have survived without him. ”

Wait, why did a senior suddenly appear in the main god space?

"Senior Ah Xu entered the main god space before me, I don't know his real name, but people who know him call him Ah Xu. Things like that don't change when we enter the main god space, so I don't know how long he's been in the main god space - ah, of course I can guess now. All in all, A-Xu's senior is my senior, and his person is very good. But it's because they're so good, so ...... So there's no way to leave me alone. I made a mistake in my mission again, and in order to save me, Senior Ah Xu was seriously injured and unconscious. Why? Obviously, Axu's predecessors didn't do anything wrong, it's my problem. I'm sorry for the seniors ......."

That A-Shy senior looks like a good person. I thought as I looked at the cherry blossom trees on the other side.

"After we returned to the main god's space, we asked the main god to heal him. But the main god said that the soul of Ah Xu's predecessor was damaged, so ordinary methods could not save it. I consulted with a lot of other traversers and finally came up with a solution. I asked the Lord God to arrange a special task for me to enter the depths of the soul of the A-Void predecessor and awaken the A-Void senior. In this way, it has been three years since I came to this world, and this is the world that the Lord God has built according to the memories of Ah Xu's predecessors. ”

Why is it another three years? Besides, the senior you are talking about shouldn't be me?

Asahina didn't answer, just stared at me with her big eyes.

"Okay, okay, let's say everything you say is true. You've crossed over here to awaken my memories......" I shrugged, "but I didn't feel anything when I listened to you." At this time, I shouldn't awaken some great power, and then the whole world will be shattered......"

"That's impossible, because the mission sent by the Lord God is not over yet. Asahina shook his head and said, "If the Lord God doesn't say that we have completed our mission and can return to the Lord God Space, we will never be able to go back." Although this is a space created according to the memories of the predecessors, the real creator is the main god. ”

"Ah, the Lord God is really in trouble. Tell me, then, what mission did the Lord God give you?"

"Find gods, traversers, and superpowers, and play with them!"

Huh?

"This is the [long-term mission], and the [short-term mission] released today is: find out everything suspicious. [Additional Mission] is: Find the human beings who will make people wonder about things and mysteries. [Quest Tip] is to pay attention to the kind of living practice, with several doppelgangers, incarnated as tens of millions of gods. Don't let your guard down in the face of people you are familiar with, as long as there is a point where you can, you must chase and fight. Maybe yesterday it was your friends, classmates, and family members, and the next second you will be possessed by the gods! ”

Asahina took out the small notebook he had used in the café and read it carefully. I glanced at it, and it was densely recorded in round font with the stupid things that Haruhi usually said. Each line will be followed by a rating of A, B, C, etc.

“……”

Could it be that the culprit?" I thought to myself.

Asahina said the last thing I wanted to hear.

"Ah Xu, you may not believe it, but Lianggong-san-chan is the main god. I won't be wrong about her appearance when she turns to ashes, I've seen her countless times in the main god space. Every time I send a task, I can hear the voice of Suzumiya-san. When she said 'obliteration' and 'death penalty' in a cold voice, I would tremble with fear. Asahina showed a melancholy look, "Those of us who are struggling in the space of the main god are all guinea pigs who are dominated by the main god. It is very easy for the Lord God to want to obliterate us. ”

"But Haruhi doesn't look like such a cruel person......"

"I can't guess the mind of the main god, maybe Lianggong-san-chan is a projection of the main god, or maybe the main god is just the other side of Lianggong-san. All in all, the words that Haruhi says sometimes turn into tasks issued by the Lord God, and I have to complete them. If you don't finish it, you might be wiped out with a pop. ”

I see, so you don't dare to refuse if Haruhi asks you to dress up as a bunny girl.

"That's right!" Asahi threw himself at Bina, teary eyes, "It scared me to death." The time of this world was before the time I lived, and I didn't understand anything since I came here. It took me a year to learn Old Japanese and Old English, which are spoken in this world. Then learn to eat at the table, learn to read license plates, learn to ride the subway, learn to read paper prints. ”

Old Japanese ...... Old English?How long did that A-Void predecessor live?

"I spent three years in my studies, and then I looked up information about Ah Xu's predecessors. I found out that Ah Xu's seniors were going to come to this high school, so I transferred to the school a year early. Because I didn't understand anything about high school, I didn't want my seniors to see my embarrassment. ”

Ah, I don't want Ah Xu's seniors to see his embarrassed appearance. This place is lovely. But I said, Sister Asahina, you're so close, maybe you'll be wiped out by Kasuga later.

"That day, I was sitting in the classroom, thinking about how to get in touch with Axu's seniors. It would be too abrupt to go directly to it, and it would be better to be in a club with him. Just then, the Lord God suddenly burst into my classroom. When I saw the Lord God, I was so frightened that I almost fell out of my chair. After that, Lianggong-san took me away, and I didn't dare to move on the way. No, if you rebel against the Lord God, you will be wiped out!"

“……”

"So now I will definitely have to carefully complete the task sent by the Lord God. I thought that in the end, Axu's predecessor would definitely be able to recover. ”

I was speechless.

"You don't believe me, do you?"

I should say that I want to believe that it is good, or I want to believe that it is good. In short, what is the main god space, what is the obliteration - although I understand what Asahina means, I am completely unable to relate these statements to my own life. If these things are written as novels, they will sell well.

"That Nagato and Furuizumi ......"

"None of them are ordinary people. ”

"Do you know where they come from?"

"Ahh Asahina said, "Basically, I can tell everyone's information or something. Of course, I can't see anything in the words of Suzumiya-san. I can't understand Nagato-san's explanation, but she's of a high level......"

Wait, you say leveling? What kind of RPG setting is this?

"Yes, this is not the real world. In my eyes, everyone except for Suzumiya-san, everyone has a rank, and there is information such as names. The column of Nagato's classmates' information looks garbled. As for Gu Quan...... I can't say ......"

Can't say?

"I don't have to say anything. Asahina looked at me apologetically and said, "Basically, the affairs of the main god space are kept secret to ordinary people. If you accidentally say it, you will be directly erased by the main god. Because Ah Xu's predecessor was originally a person in the main god space, I can tell you this. But there really can't be said any more. ”

"What does it take to fulfill the mission of the Lord God?

"No comment. ”

"So, since you know Ah Xu's predecessor very well, tell me what kind of person he is. I'll also learn from it. ”

"No comment. ”

"What if I told Kasuga directly that she was the main god? ”

"No comment. ”

“……”

"I'm sorry, I really can't say. If I had said it, not only myself, but even Ah Xu, who had heard these words, would have suddenly exploded. Asahina's face was covered with an apologetic expression, "It was A-Xu-senpai who sacrificed himself to save me, so I think A-Xu-senpai has the right to know this." Even if you don't believe it, it's okay, I just want you to know. ”

I don't think I'm your predecessor.

"I'm sorry. ”

Asahina's eyes turned red in frustration.

"It's okay......"

First Nagato told me that she was a demigod who pursued the truth of the roots, and now Asahina confessed that she was a traverser. This taught me how to believe? Somebody will help me!

When I put my hand on the bench, I accidentally touched Asahina's hand. Although he only touched her little finger, Asahina quickly withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and lowered his head again.

We just looked at the river in silence.

Then, I don't know how long it took.

"Asahina. ”

"What's ......?"

"Can I act as if nothing happened? Believe it or not, put everything aside for now. After this, I am not your senior, but only your junior. You will also tell me about computers in your spare time. ”

"Okay. ”

Asahina smiled, a beautiful smile.

"In the current situation, this is the best thing to do. Please treat me as usual from now on, please. ”

With that, Asahina bowed deeply to me. Hey, you're exaggerating!

"May I ask you something?"

"What's the matter?"

"If that A-Void senior has lived until Japanese has become ancient Japanese-then how old are you, who is also in the main god space?"

"No comment. ”

She smiled mischievously.

After that, we wandered around the streets for a while. Although Kasuga explained that he couldn't date, of course that kind of talk was just a matter of listening. Asahina and I casually browsed the beautiful windows of trendy boutique clothing stores, licked ice cream, and browsed the jewelry vendors lining the streets...... Do what the average couple would do to kill time. Asahina really doesn't seem to have been in a relationship with a boy. Her eyes widened in surprise at the sight of something like a game console. I took Asahina for several rounds of playing with her in the spirit of repaying her for teaching me computer knowledge.

However, it would be even more perfect if the two could hold hands.

At this time, my phone rang, and it was a call from Haruhi.

"Gather at twelve o'clock, in front of the station just now. ”

With that, she hung up the phone. Looking at my watch, it was already eleven fifty o'clock. How can this be in time!

"Is it Ryomiya-san? What did she say?"

"She said we'd have to meet again, and we'd better go back quickly. ”

Asahina listened to my words and grabbed my hand like a chicken and pulled me frantically towards the station. The mouth is constantly muttering "bonus points", "plot branches" and "obliteration". But if you see us holding hands, Haruhi doesn't know what kind of expression he will show, he must be angry, right?

"What's the catch?"

We arrived about ten minutes late, and that's what the spring split was all about, and it sounded very unhappy. Asahina slumped in her chair and was gasping for air, so I had to answer at this time.

"Nothing. ”

"Do you really have the intention to look for it? Probably just wandering around?

"Find ...... Look for...... Look for...... Look for...... Smear...... Smear...... Wipe ......"

Oh no, Asahina is starting to repeat it, and isn't it overflowing with nothing to comment?

"And what did you find?"

Kasuga was silent. Furuizumi behind her frowned and assumed the pose of a contemplative, and Nagato just stood in place.

"Alright, let's go eat first, and then we'll continue looking for it in the afternoon. ”

Do you want to keep looking?

As the group ate lunch at the burger restaurant, Kasuga said that we would divide into groups and took out the toothpicks we had just used at the coffee shop. What a well-prepared person!

Gu Quan's hand flashed easily.

"It's unmarked again. ”

The toothpicks on Gu Quan's fingertips began to fly, as if by magic, and he looked like he was in one hand.

"Me too. ”

Asahina showed me the toothpick she had drawn.

"Where's Ah Xu?"

"Unfortunately, mine has a mark. ”

Haruhi, who looks like he's getting worse and worse, urges Nagato to draw lots as soon as possible.

The result of the draw was changed to me and Nagato, and the other three people were in a group.

“……”

Kasuga looked at the unmarked toothpick in his hand as if he had seen his father's killer, and then looked at me and Nagato, who was eating cheeseburger, and pursed his mouth in anger.

What are you angry about?

"Meet in front of the station at four o'clock, and we must find something this time. ”

After saying that, she drank the drink in one gulp.

This time, instead of searching the southeast, we are responsible for the south. When we parted, Asahina waved a small hand at me. If I was a senior or a lovely junior like Asahina, I would definitely fight with my life to protect her.

Okay, this time, Nagato and I stood in front of the station in the hustle and bustle of the afternoon.

"What should I do?"

“……”

Nagato didn't speak.

“…… Let's go?"

I stepped forward and noticed that she was immediately following. It seems that I have gotten used to being with her.

"Nagato, about what you said last time. ”

"How?"

"I'm starting to believe it a little. ”

"Really?"

"Hmm. ”

"What about the book?"

"Book, do you mean you lent me the book? I'm sorry, I'll give it back to you tomorrow. ”

"Did you read it?"

"Look...... But I didn't finish reading it......"

"Then go ahead. ”

Nagato paused and continued.

"You can also see it at school. ”

"Ah, you can watch it at school, too. ”

“……”

"What is the main story, I haven't figured out the main story line yet. ”

“……”

Nagato and I walked around the station in silence in this void atmosphere.

"Do you have any casual clothes?"

“……”

"What are your plans for the holidays?"

“……”

"Are you happy now?"

“……”

Well, that's probably how the conversation between the two of us felt!

It was not pleasant to continue this meaningless action, so I invited Nagato to the library. The main building is close to the sea, and it is a new library built in front of the station when the land was reorganized for administrative development. I don't usually borrow books, so I don't go in at all. I thought there should be a sofa to rest in, but when I entered, I found that all the chairs were occupied. Eighty percent of these idlers don't have anywhere else to go, right?

I looked around the building in amazement, and Nagato staggered toward the bookshelves like a sleepwalker. Forget it, let her go!

I used to read a lot. When I was in the lower grades of elementary school, my mother used to borrow books from me in the children's section of the library. There are various types, but what I see in my impression is interesting. But I don't remember what I saw.

When did I stop reading, and when did I start to find reading boring?

I casually pulled a book from the shelf, quickly flipped through a few pages, and then put it back in place, then pulled out another book. If you haven't done your research beforehand, it is not intended to be quite a hard task to find an interesting book in the vast sea of books. I thought as I wandered in front of the bookshelves.

When I went to look for Nagato, I found her standing in front of the bookshelf by the wall for storing heavy books. She really likes heavy hardcover books!

After discovering that an uncle reading a newspaper had left a sofa, I immediately sat down with a carefully selected novel.

If I want to read these books that I don't want to read, it's really impossible. In a few moments, I was unable to resist the summons of the Sandman, and quickly fell asleep.

At this moment, the pocket of the buttocks suddenly shook.

"Wow?"

I jumped in fright. It was only when I noticed that the people around me were frowning at me that I remembered that this was the library.

I wiped my saliva and rushed out of the library, then brought my phone to my ear.

"What the hell are you doing, you idiot?"

The deafening sound sounded instantly. Thanks to her, my head suddenly came to my senses.

"What time do you think it's now?"

"Sorry, I just woke up!"

"What, you idiot!"

You're the only one in the world who doesn't have the right to call me stupid!

I looked at my watch and saw that it was half past four. She said she was going to gather at four o'clock.

"Get here now!

If the main god is really the virtue of Haruhi Suzumiya, I can also understand the pity of Asahina. It's hellish to complete unreasonable and unmanageable tasks every day under the coercion of death and the temptation of reward points.

After pocketing the phone that Haruhi had rudely hung up, I walked back to the library. Nagato was still standing in front of the bookshelf reading an encyclopedia-like heavy book. Then it's a bit more difficult. It took a little time for Nagato, whose feet were almost rooted and immobile, to leave the scene and walk to the counter to write a list and borrow the books, so I didn't answer any calls from Haruhi during this time.

When I hurriedly returned to the station with a certain philosophical book written by a foreign author with a very ahorny name, the three people who had been waiting for a long time each had three different reactions.

Asahina smiled with a tired smile.

"I'm glad you're back, I was almost wiped out just now...... Really, it's almost ......."

Gu Quan slapped me on the shoulder fiercely,

"Unity and tension! Serious and lively!"

What is this man talking about?

And Kasuga screamed like he drank chili water in one gulp,

"If you're late, you'll be fined!"

Do you want me to be treated again?

In the end, we ended the day with nothing, time and money.

"Ah Xu, I'm so tired! Ryomiya-san-chan walks so fast, I finally managed to keep up with her. I was always afraid of accidentally annoying her, but she kept frowning. As for Furuizumi-san, I'm sorry, I don't know what he's thinking. ”

When they broke up, Asahina sighed. Then, straighten your back and bring your head to my ear.

"Thank you for listening to me today. ”

After saying that, he lowered his head again and smiled shyly.

If that's the case, it's not impossible for me to become a Void senior.

Stop talking stupid!, Asahina made a cute goodbye gesture to me and left. At this point, Gu Quan gently patted me on the shoulder.

"It's been hard today, but I've finally got through it. Would you like to have something together?"

Why does this conversation unfold like a middle-aged company employee? Something to drink is not a bar.

"Soda, of course, don't you like soda very much?"

Ah, yes, I spent some time in junior high school drinking soda and collecting bottle caps. But why did you know about this, transfer student? You didn't even transfer to this city at that time!

"I guess I accidentally saw the cap of the soda bottle in your pencil case?"

I looked at him suspiciously. Why does this guy even know about my collection? I haven't shown it to anyone, and I never bring a pencil case with me when I go to the art club.

"Of course, it's from your friends. Gu Quan smiled at me and continued, "It's just a foreshadowing. It seems like you're not in the mood for a soda, so let's do it another day. ”

After watching Gu Quan leave suspiciously, I realized that Elder Nagato had already left.

Haruhi was left alone glaring at me.

"Hey, what the hell have you been doing all day today?"

"yes, what the hell are you doing!"

"You can't do that!"

It seems that she is really angry.

"By the way, what about you? Did you find anything interesting?"

I saw that Haruhi was suddenly speechless and bit his lower lip. If you don't stop her, I'm afraid she'll bite her lip.

"Heck, the other party won't be negligent enough for you to find it in a day-"

I slapped my head. It wasn't until now that I realized that Asahina wasn't the time-traveler that Haruhi had been searching for?

After glancing at me as I tried to reverse the awkwardness, Kasuga abruptly looked away.

"The day after tomorrow, a reflection meeting will be held at school. ”

Kasuga then turned around and quickly blended into the crowd without looking back.

Thinking that I could finally go back, I walked to the bank to find that my bicycle was gone, replaced by a sign that read "Your bicycle was towed for illegal parking" hanging on a telephone pole.

So, what the hell did I do that day?