Morning.

Qiao Qiao arrived at the door of Utopia Software Company, located in a software park in Nakano District.

"According to the address, it is indeed here."

Qiao Qiao looked at the sticky notes on his phone, which recorded the name and location of the game company that Hiroshi Nishino told him about the cooperation with the Neuroscience Research Laboratory of Showa University.

"Utopia, there's always a not-so-good premonition."

Qiao Qiao only carried a backpack, which contained an ordinary spirit removal tool.

Beside him, there was also a woman.

She was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a childish baby face, long dark green hair draped around her waist, a pure white dress on her body, revealing smooth knees and slender calves, and she wore a pair of strappy sandals, revealing her fair feet, giving people a sense of innocence.

Qiao Qiao glanced at the people around him, and this time he could clearly remember the girl's appearance in his mind.

"Just call me Wang.,のぞみ,It's a cute name, right?"

She grinned.

This girl is none other than the Old God. Aspiration.

It is estimated that he is following Qiao Qiao to investigate, so he slightly reduced his antimemetic characteristics so that he can be recognized by ordinary humans and remembered by Qiao Qiao at the same time.

Of course, this is just a body, and it can be replaced casually.

Whether it is a black coffin bearer in a suit, a young girl in a cheongsam and a fan to hide her face, or a dark-skinned and polite gentleman, it is no problem.

The reason why it appears in the form of a girl is probably just the old gods. The bad taste of wishes.

In this state, Qiao Qiao also called each other by her.

"I thought I'd name myself Saya."

Qiao Qiao couldn't help but complain.

Shouldn't this old god be named with a dark and indescribable style?

I hope that this kind of name, which has an idol temperament when you hear it, really doesn't match the girl in front of you.

"It's really incomprehensible."

Old Gods. Wish, the girl named Wang glanced at Qiao Qiao.

"Well, to be honest with me up front, I really don't have any extra rooms in my house anymore."

Qiao Qiao suddenly thought of something and said.

“？”

Wang tilted his head, as if aware of something, and smiled evilly.

"How's the gift for last night?"

"I don't need a gift like that."

Of course, Qiao Qiao didn't do anything strange to Sayoko later, but came to the living room sofa to sleep by himself.

There was nothing wrong all night, except for this morning, Xiao Yazi, who found that he didn't know how to appear in Qiao Qiao's room, was red and red-faced, and didn't dare to talk to Qiao Qiao, which didn't cause any waves.

"I guess I can sense all kinds of special things, and if there is a memetic operation, please remind me."

Qiao Qiao did not maintain the Einstein Reality Augmentation Anchor at any time, after all, in the real world, the consumption of this thing is still quite large, in case of any trouble, Qiao Qiao still has to keep his spiritual power to open the Hell Border Armor.

"No problem, hee-hee."

Wang replied with a smile.

I don't know what she's happy about.

The two walked into the first floor of the six-story office building and looked at the sign outside the door, which was owned by Utopia Software.

The front desk was an ordinary woman, and when she saw the two, she was a little puzzled, but Qiao Qiao couriered her documents.

“...... Was it introduced by Showa University...... Please wait. ”

She made a call, and while waiting, Qiao Qiao glanced around.

There was no accumulation of yin qi, and after the discussion between him and Wang, Qiao Qiao probably knew that the mechanical monsters themselves did not rely too much on yin qi activities, so the place where they were could not be distinguished from the yin qi alone.

And the front desk also looks like a normal human.

After a while, a man in a suit came to the front desk.

He introduces himself as Taiki Hiramaru, a project director at Utopia Software, who has previously been in contact with Hiroshi Nishino and has also been to a laboratory that simulates the brain.

After greeting each other, he led the two to the development department on the third floor.

"We're doing some basic development here, and there's nothing worth investigating."

He said to the two of them, his gaze lingering for a moment on the faces of the two men.

The development department is not as mostly computers and programmers as Qiao Qiao saw in Gray Hat Software before, on the contrary, it is more like a kind of leisure living area, there is a lounge where you can lie down and sleep, as well as game consoles, various vending machines, etc., there are few computers, only in the middle of the third floor, there is a huge black equipment.

The device resembled a huge wardrobe, angular and ground-level, with countless intricate lines connected to the other black pillars on the side.

The device flashed red and green, and the sound of the cooling fan echoed through the space.

But there was not a single programmer.

The computers are all lit up, and above it is the interface for work.

"What about the people in our company?"

Qiao Qiao asked strangely.

"It's meeting time every day, so everyone is in the conference room."

Taiki Hiramaru explained.

"Wait here, I'll get the information you want."

He told the two of them to wait in the pantry before leaving to get the papers.

Qiao Qiao and Wang sat and waited for a while.

But it is certainly impossible for two people to be so idle.

"I'll take a look."

I walked away and came to the computer.

She didn't use the mouse or keyboard, and the computer automatically started popping up more pages, and without even looking at the screen, all the information flowed into her head.

"It really looks like it's just a normal game development project."

Wang said.

Qiao Qiao didn't quite know her definition of an ordinary game development project, but she also walked over to a computer and held out her hand.

Psychic –

"Huh?"

Is this game company really just a game company?

When Qiao Qiao was psychic, he didn't find anything abnormal.

However, just as he withdrew his palm, Qiao Qiao felt the changes around him.

The computer, server, and host have all disappeared, and in the dark and dark world, only hope is still by Qiao Qiao's side.

"Got it?"

Qiao Qiao asked suspiciously.

"I didn't move anything, not me!"

Wang immediately denied it.

The darkness around suddenly lit up, and after the colorful light, Qiao Qiao saw the ground again.

“？”

However, the earth is not an indoor floor, but a uneven ground made of bricks and stones, and beside the road, there is an overgrown wasteland.

In front of the road stretch, there is a town with a western feel, and the tall bell tower stands out in the light of the blood-colored full moon.

"Illusion?"

Qiao Qiao felt very strange, so he didn't say anything, looking at this kind of old god, how could he also fall into an illusion?

"It's not a hallucination, well, it seems to be some kind of memetic operation."

Wangya looked around with some confusion.

Just then, a howl rang out, accompanied by a dull bell.

From the town, several figures appeared.

"Werewolves?"

Qiao Qiao tilted his head, not quite understanding.