Fast forward half a year one after another, and the co-writing is finally nearing completion.

One day after school, Atsuko Taketori returned home to find Ryoichi Takahashi in her room, flipping through the manuscript.

Ryoichi Takahashi is one year lower than Atsuko Taketori, just in time to use her notes.

Mie Taketori was busy preparing dinner, and when Takahashi came to visit, she couldn't spare her hand, so she asked people to go up and find it herself. In her eyes, Ryoshi Takahashi is a family in the morning and evening, and she doesn't need to worry too much.

Ryoichi Takahashi didn't know which one was the notebook, so as soon as he took it, he accidentally caught the manuscript.

After discovering that the content was wrong, he originally wanted to close the book, but the beginning was really attractive, and he couldn't help but read the small half of the book.

Atsuko Taketori was very nervous when she found out. She also knows her mother's attitude, and she also knows that Ryoichi Takahashi has a good relationship with Mie Taketori, so she may tell her.

Soon, however, Atsuko Taketori realizes that Ryoichi Takahashi doesn't see the relationship between the two heroines in the book, and only thinks that they are very good friends.

The neighbor was sent away without any danger, and a few minutes later, Tomokako Ikeda arrived with a bag of snacks.

The two finished writing the ending with a joke, and after inadvertently mentioning the word "publication", Atsuko Taketori became depressed.

The two protagonists of "The Blue Kingdom", one surnamed "Taketori" and the other surnamed "Ikeda", also have similar personalities to each of them. Although the probability is very low, if Mie Taketori sees or hears about it, she will definitely not be able to hide it......

When Atsuko Taketori whispered, "This kind of book can't be published," Tomokako Ikeda noticed a change in her mood.

However, she thought about the specific reason, thinking that Atsuko Taketori was worried that no publisher would accept the subject.

Tomoko Ikeda suddenly remembered her brother, the Ikeda family, who also happened to have some business in the publishing industry.

The phrase "I'll let him find a way to publish" almost blurted out, but then Tomokako Ikeda suddenly remembered that Atsuko's birthday was approaching.

…… This book can be used as a birthday surprise. What could be more monumental than publishing a book that has been infused with the hearts and minds of two people?

No!

Therefore, although Atsuko Taketori's lost appearance made her feel distressed, Tomokako Ikeda held back her words and said nothing.

When she left this time, Tomokako Ikeda borrowed the manuscript under the pretext that she wanted to read it again.

My birthday is next Wednesday, and I don't know if I can catch it. If you can't, add a few times more money, and you should be able to expedite it......

Atsuko Taketori sent people out of the door without knowing anything, and went to a stationery store to buy a few tubes of pencil leads.

When she got home, she pushed open the door and was shocked to find Mie Taketori standing at her desk, flipping through her diary.

Atsuko Taketori underestimated a mother's intuition.

Mie Taketori always knew where her daughter's diary was hidden—hiding the notebook between the books and the shelves, and that was what she had left. It's just that before, she felt that her daughter who followed the rules would not be out of line, so she didn't deliberately peep.

The diary doesn't write too straightforward words, but the vague feelings make Mie Taketori suspicious.

The two quarreled a few words, and Atsuko Taketori snatched the diary with red eyes, wiped her eyes, and ran out of the door.

……

Tomoko Ikeda was in her brother's office, urging him to get the book published as soon as possible.

She's written a lot before, but this is the first time she's wanted to get it published.

Ikeda Sa turned a few pages curiously, and frowned slightly when he saw the emotional line inside. But in the end, he didn't say anything, only asked his sister what pen name she wanted to use.

That's when Tomoko Ikeda remembered this question.

According to her idea, it would be nice to write the names of the two people together.

But considering that Atsuko Taketori doesn't like to be in the limelight, she thinks it's best to ask the other party's advice first.

I was about to make a phone call to Taketori's house, but when I walked to the cabinet and picked up the handset, through the wide floor-to-ceiling window, Tomokako Ikeda saw a familiar figure outside.

It was raining heavily, but the man walked with his head hanging without an umbrella, followed by a black cat that was drenched in the rain and couldn't stop shaking his fur.

This miserable scene made her feel a sigh in her heart, and she chased it out in distress.

After crossing a street before catching someone, Atsuko Taketori looks very autistic, doesn't say anything, and doesn't want to go home.

Tomoko Ikeda sighed and thought of her usual "secret base"—a suburban villa left behind by her grandfather, and she took someone on a bus to get there.

Shiraishi's eyes became kind when he looked at Tomoko Ikeda—he was still thinking about what to do with the Shura field, and Tomokako Ikeda actually coaxed people well.

The two girls took a hot bath, changed into clean clothes, leaned together and whispered, and confessed by the way while talking, and then shrank into the same quilt.

On the ground next to the bed, a black cat raised its head secretly, its neck stretched longer and longer.

But just as his eyes were about to rise above the edge of the bed and he saw what was happening on the bed, a hand pressed his head precisely, and Tomokako Ikeda ruthlessly pressed the cat's head down: "Don't make trouble. ”

……

Ikeda Sata dialed the phone, but the bell rang beside her, and when she turned her head, she saw that Tomoko Ikeda's eldest brother was next to her umbrella, and he didn't have a phone with him.

“…… She wanted to change the problem of when she wanted to change it, she wanted it on Friday, the time was so tight, and she forgot to think about the pen name in advance. ”

Shota Ikeda threw the handset back on the landline and looked at the secretary holding the manuscript next to her: "Forget it, you send the manuscript over for proofreading and review first, and the pen name will use her real name." I'll ask her again tomorrow, and if I want to change it, I'll tell you. ”

If she can't do it on time, she will definitely have to complain again, anyway, it's all a child's play, and it's over to deal with it.

……

In the villa, Shiraishi was lying on the carpet with a towel on top of it and fell into deep thought.

What is he doing in this virtual world?

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was thinking about the meaning of catlife, and a bright light suddenly flashed in front of him, Bai Shi was stunned, and looked at it, it was the light screen that lit up.

There is a new task hanging on it:

[Save the stubborn girl who was miserably dismembered x1.]

The reckless boy whose rescue plan is revealed x1]

【Start Countdown】

[Mission location: Grove 50 meters away from the villa]

“！”

Shiraishi glanced back at the bed and slipped out of the bedroom to find a place where no one was around.

The countdown of the mission is also based on the speed of time in reality, so it has not changed.

Shiraishi was just able to ask things clearly: "Can I leave the virtual world temporarily?" The task here is not interrupted? Can it be paused? ”

The Q version of the assistant's eyes fell on the pointed cat ears, and it took a while before he reluctantly came back to his senses and touched his pocket.

She pulled out three stacked triad cards and unfolded them with """""X" on them.

You can walk, you can't interrupt, you can't pause......

In the current virtual world, it seems that there is nothing needed for him. As long as you hurry up and complete the tasks in reality, you should be able to catch up when you come back.

…… Since you can have both tasks, of course, there is no reason not to go back.

The dog food was also a little tired, Shiraishi glanced back at the bedroom and nodded: "Let's go." ”

……

Back in the real world, when he opened his eyes, Shiraishi felt that his situation was not quite right.

When I looked down, my body was actually in a state of blurring.

He immediately looked around and found that this was a room on the second floor of the villa, his body was lying on the bed, his raincoat had been stripped off, and a towel was placed on his forehead, and he didn't know who had brought it back.

You can find it hidden so hidden, talent......

Progress in the virtual world is slow, and Atsuko Taketori may be the type that needs a long-term security environment to "eliminate regrets".

Since it is not clear how long you will stay inside, it is better to put your body away first, otherwise it will be very insecure to throw it in this kind of villa in the wilderness, and there are no Maolilan or Saiyans guarding it around......

Anyway, there is only him in the room at the moment, if someone comes to this room halfway and finds that he is gone, when he comes back, it can also be said that he woke up and went for a walk.

Thinking of this, as soon as the void state ended, Shiraishi immediately took out the Poke Ball.

Just as he was about to smash down, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Conan and Maoriran walked in one after the other.

They were talking in a whisper, but when they turned their heads, they saw that there was another person in the room, and they were stunned.

Mao Lilan clenched her fists nervously, but she didn't rush at once, probably startled by the strange mask of the mask.

"You're still alive?!" Conan was also shocked, and after coming back to his senses, he was still a little emotional.

Then a series of questions came out of his mouth:

"You're here for the bandage man? Where is he hiding now? Looking at Shiraishi's body lying across the bed, Conan realized something, and added, "You know him?" ”

Skillfully ignoring Conan's question, Shiraishi looked at the two people at the door, then at the main body, and suddenly realized that this was also a rare opportunity for experimentation.

If it fails, it's a big deal to return to the body and rush into the woods again in the void state.

The two protagonists see the man in black glance at them indifferently, then retract his gaze as if he were looking at the air, and then he raises his hand and slams it down with an unknown tool, slamming it on the head of their innocent neighbor.

After knocking, the main body is still the same body, and it was not included in the goal.

Sure enough, "being stared at and not being able to activate" is a common problem that most system props have...... This really shouldn't be, props live in this world, and they must be thick-skinned!

Mao Lilan didn't expect Baishi to beat someone first without saying a word, although she was a little scared, but in order to protect her neighbors, she still shouted, "Stop!" "I just want to rush over.

Conan suddenly reached out and stopped her.

In the second or two of delay, Shiraishi, who satisfied his curiosity, opened the balcony door without hesitation and jumped down from the second floor by kicking the railing.

Kamen's body was already on the light side, and the mud and cascading dead leaves also gave him some cushion.

When Maolilan rushed to the balcony, she had no night vision and could only see a pitch-black wood.

"Ran away...... Is he the bandaged man just now? But the face seems to be thinner than that of a bandage man. ”

A few lines of rain were blown into the balcony by the wind and pasted on her face, Mao Lilan wiped her face, remembered her hapless neighbor, and hurried back to the bedroom, worried: "Mr. Shiraishi is okay." ”

"It's okay, the black cat just now...... Ahem, the man in black was holding a plastic ball in his hand, which was not lethal. ”

Although Conan was puzzled by this conclusion, it seems to be true whether you look at the style or listen to the sound of the stroke.

This made the question marks in his mind increase instead of decreasing.

Maybe what the black cat has in his hand is a black technology sign measuring instrument, but the use method is relatively special, just like the doctor's invention occasionally has some small flaws......

In this way, my previous reasoning was really correct, and there was a certain connection between Shiraishi and the black cat.

Since it's not the same person, that's knowing?

If Shiraishi is in charge of collecting information and Black Cat is in charge of rescuing people, then they often appear in the same place, and it can be explained.

It's just why did the two of them do this? Out of a sense of justice?

……

Bai Shishang, who was running in the woods, didn't know that his ordinary body had been labeled as extraordinary again.

The distance of more than fifty meters is not too far, and when I rushed over, there was still a minute or two left in the countdown to the mission.

Under the trees, Tomokako Ikeda and Ryoichi Takahashi were arguing emotionally, and if it hadn't been for the rain and the mountain breeze through the woods, their voices might have been heard in the villa.

Shiraishi didn't talk much nonsense, he relied on himself to be in the shadows, and tried to throw a tranquilizer bomb over.

However, this gas form of ammunition is easily affected by rain, and it does not make any difference because of the "Butterfly Shinobi Product".

I have to do it another way......

The white stone cuffs protrude through the lasso-shaped wire, which is rarely used.

The two in front of them became more and more agitated, and when Takahashi reached out to touch the murder weapon, Shiraishi threw out a tightrope, accurately lassoed him, and then pulled hard.

Ryoichi Takahashi wiped the floor with his back and slid in front of Shiraishi in embarrassment, his clothes were messed up with mud, and the knife that had not yet been pulled out slammed into the stone made a clicking sound.

- After escaping from Moriran earlier, Ryoichi Takahashi tried to find the axe, but couldn't find it, and finally had to steal a knife from the kitchen.

He rarely fights with people, let alone has no experience in dealing with this kind of pulling, and when he finally wanted to draw a knife to resist, a hand wearing black gloves had quickly reached over, pinched the spray bottle, and sneered in front of his face several times.

Takahashi's eyes went black and he quickly lost consciousness.

Tomoko Ikeda, who was next to her, grabbed a flashlight and held an umbrella, watching all this in a daze. Growing up in a peaceful society, she had never seen such a scene.