Body RE. CREATORS (3)
Not long after, Nobita saw Meteora coming from one end of the cloister, followed by Kikuchihara and a large crew in black suits. The only thing to be thankful for is that none of them have guns in their hands...... This may indicate that the government really wants to communicate with him, an "unknown creature", and simply dragged him to the laboratory for slicing and studying.
"It's not a great feeling...... But they're all good people. Selega smiled warmly on the side, "Put aside your prejudice for the time being and get along." β
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"Your Highness, you shouldn't sneak out of the ward, it will take some time for the wound to heal." Meteora said like a babbling babysitter, "I suggest you go back to your room immediately, and during the healing period, you should mainly inject nutrient solutions and not eat any spicy food." β
"It's okay Meteora~~ My body is very strong, and it's almost better now." Although Selega was older than Meteora, her tone of voice was no different from that of coquettishness, and Nobiti's heart was a little itchy when she heard it, "Say it again...... You don't know how boring it is to stay in the ward all the time, in my original world, when treating the wounded was in an open environment, there was only a white wall, and nothing could be seen! I'm going to suffocate to death if I stay in that kind of place again......"
"Our world is based on the rich imagination of our creators, so it's normal that the level of technology here is not necessarily higher than ours."
She muttered an explanation, turned her toes a few degrees to the left, faced Nobita, and said politely, "Good evening, Your Highness Nobi, I am very sorry for being disturbed like this when you should be resting. β
"Oh, no...... Nothing. Nobita was a little surprised by her excessive politeness, "You should also know my condition, sleep is actually dispensable...... Just don't treat me like a human. β
"Indeed." Meteora said with a blank face, "Your situation is different from ours...... You are not the original character in the 'work', but ...... How to say it, it was created by extension. In the original work, your age has been stuck in the fourth grade of elementary school, but now standing in front of us is a senior in high school. Plus, nothing about what you've been through has ever been seen in the original story. You may say that you have inherited some of Nobita's traits, but most of them are completely new. β
"I am who I am." Nobita said lightly, "I hope we can at least agree on this point - the elementary school student you saw in manga, anime, or God knows somewhere is me, and the one in front of you now is also me." I'm not anyone's doppelganger or stand-in, is that a problem? β
"......" Meteora skipped stiffly as she didn't know how to answer the topic, "It's because of this special constitution that we can't add you to this battle...... After deliberation, we decided not to do anything to you or add to it, because no author has the audacity to do so. β
"Huh? Why? β
"Let me explain it to you from the beginning - what we're doing right now is a tug-of-war for 'recognition'. Under the coordination of the government, we are gathering the creators of the creatures who have appeared in this world, and asking them to organize a large-scale character collaboration in the form of anime live to gain the recognition of the audience. Using this powerful acknowledgment, I was able to concoct a transcendent spell called the 'Birdcage' and banish AltaΓ―r forever. β
"As for you...... Your author is a well-known master in Japan, and if you change his role at will, that is, you, I am afraid that not only will you not gain recognition, but you will also be criticized by readers in your own country, after all, you will pretend to be a 'continuation of the classics' or something...... It's too unbelievable to know how thick the sky is. β
Nobita was confused by these gods' babbling terms, and couldn't help asking, "You wait first...... Can I ask two questions? β
"Please." Meteora gave him a succinct salute.
"First of all, what is 'acknowledgment'? Some kind of strength unit? β
"You can simply think of it as 'the ability to make others identify with it', in other words, the degree to which the audience recognizes a virtual character. This value depends on the popularity of the work you belong to...... And for a virtual character, the higher the acknowledgment, the stronger his power will be. Meteora paused, then explained, "Most of the characters who are being summoned now have a high level of recognition, and for us, the audience's recognition is the source of power. β
"And you're very different from us...... As far as I know, the manga you belong to was born in the era when the animation industry in this country was just beginning, and it has an enlightening effect on future generations, just like the benchmark set by the ancestors, and it also has a certain reputation in the world. And we...... I mean, the rest of the creations have appeared one after another in the last ten years. Together, our recognition power will not be half as tall as yours, which is why no author is willing to join you in this battle......"
"Oh...... To put it simply, it's 'popularity', right? Nobita muttered, "I see, so the second question - you have been mentioning a name called 'AltaΓ―r' since just now, so what is it?" β
This time, Meteora was silent for a long time.
ββ¦β¦ She's a fanfic character created by a secondary design.,There's no fixed work in itself.,It's colorless.,So it's incomparable.γ As far as I know, it was her creator's intense hatred before committing suicide that condensed her, and made her born with hatred for this life. The ultimate goal of this character is very simple, it is to constantly summon virtual characters, cause conflicts of laws between different universes, and eventually induce the 'Great Collapse' of all multiverses. β
Perhaps not rigorously enough, Meteora added, "At the very least, all of the created universe will be destroyed by this catastrophe." β
"Ehββββ that's a complicated setting." Nobita couldn't help but scratch his head and asked, "Then again...... Don't you have a lot of protagonists here? So many people will still lose when they deal with a character who has no provenance? β
"Your Highness Nobi, you haven't fought AltaΓ―r, so you can't imagine what kind of existence she is." Meteora's voice trembled slightly, "Not to mention that she has also absorbed some characters from different worlds...... Even if we go it alone, our chances of winning on a frontal battlefield are almost zero. It's really a last resort, so I will outwit it. β
"But you don't have to worry...... None of this has anything to do with you, and as I said earlier, we can't add you to the battle plan, and you don't need to do anything. You may need a prop or two when necessary...... But that's only possible. For the rest of the day, all you have to do is be a quiet spectator. β
Since she's said so......
"If you don't mind, I'd like to get to know my creator, is there any suitable channel?"
Nobita's brain suddenly became hot, so he asked such a question, and after asking, he immediately regretted it: Now that it is clear that it is wartime, why do you still make such a request to distract other people's energy?
Can...... He was so curious, so curious! What kind of environment and from what kind of people were you created? At this moment, as a creature, he cares more about this matter than anyone else.
"Don't mind, it's human nature." Meteora seemed to see a little embarrassment in Nobita's expression, and took out her magic guide book casually, retrieved the information related to "Nobita" in this world, and said, "In Kawasaki City, there is a similar ...... A museum for memorials, I'm sure there's something you're looking for. Tomorrow is Thursday, and there shouldn't be many tourists in the morning, so I'll book it for you at ten o'clock first. β
With that, she poked her finger at the magic guide book a few times in the stunned eyes of everyone, and then, God knows what happened, she pulled out a rattan book from the crack of the book. Entrance ticket to the F. Fujio Memorial Museum.
"When you arrive at the station, you will be picked up by a special bus, and you will be recognizable at a glance when you look at it, because the caricatures of you and your friends are printed on the car......"
"No, no, no, I'm more curious about another thing before that......" Nobita pointed to the magic book in Meteora's hand with a shattered expression, and asked, "Was the ticket just now drawn directly from the book?" β
"Hmm." She nodded, as if she felt that there was no need for an explanation for this sparse and ordinary operation.
ββ¦β¦ How? β
"My magic book has the same search power as a search engine, and through it, I can grasp the state of the earth, history, the distribution of organisms, the laws of physics, the political structure, and all kinds of ideas. In other words, it's not hard to link it to the Internet as long as I want to. Meteora shook the tome in her hand and said, "Of course, the money will be paid for well...... As a fund for the event, the government allocated me some money, as if I invited you to go. β
When he said this, Meteora actually smiled at him rarely, "You don't have to sleep, but it's not too early...... That's all for today. Your Highness Nobi, I hope you will be in good spirits tomorrow. β
"Oh...... Thanks to you. Nobita said in a daze.
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Since he had no place to live in this world, Nobita had to obey the government's arrangement and temporarily live in a room prepared for the "creatures". There are at least thirty rooms on the first floor, but only three people live there, as if to completely separate the creature from the human race...... Of course, Nobita can understand the reason, but this feeling of being slightly discriminated against still makes him quite unhappy.
In addition to himself, the Maitreya Temple Youye who I just met, there seems to be a young man who drives a gundam who lives next door...... But Nobita's mind is in a mess now, and he didn't think about going to the door or anything, so he fell asleep. How good my sleep used to be! However, now I am full of worries, and when I fall down, I toss and turn for most of the night, and I don't fall asleep......
This world, where everything is beyond one's control, is full of unknown dangers.
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He got up at six o'clock the next morning, after all, he couldn't sleep because he had something to do.
The subway here is very similar to Nobita's hometown, to what extent...... He took out his subway card, and he can also swipe it here, which shows that the form of electronic money is the same. Fortunately, there are not many people on the subway at this time, and even if you have to sit all the way to Kawasaki, it will not be too crowded.
The only thing that cared about him was the companion who sat next to him.
Meteora changed into the private clothes of this world, and without the generous robes, her already petite figure looked even more slender. Since her short hair is snow-white from the roots, it is inevitable that it will attract attention, and everyone probably thinks that this cold-looking girl is a full-time coser......
"That, Meteora...... Actually, you don't have to come at all. Letting the girl catch the car with him early in the morning, Nobita was a little unbearable, "You must not have slept much until you were so busy yesterday, right?" β
"Please don't worry about me, Your Highness Nobi, as a scholar, it's already a daily routine to be busy until late at night." As she spoke, she arched her back slightly like a cat and yawned, "It's just that, in my experience, the people on Altair's side tend to come and woo the creatures who have just arrived in this world and persuade them to join her side...... Just in case, I have to go with you. β
"Uh...... Are you afraid that I will rebel? β
Meteora leaned over a little, stared at Nobita with her beautiful blue eyes, and said, "Last night, I went through all the comic books related to His Highness Nobi...... Personally, I think that a person like you, even if he has experienced a major failure in life, will not think of pulling the whole world to accompany the funeral, so I am ~~point~~ not worried that you will rebel. β
Meteora was slightly shorter than Nobita, and this action caused her snow-white hair to touch Nobita's shoulders, and the latter's heartbeat began to speed slightly.
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"However, AltaΓ―r is a man who is very good at fraud. She can easily grasp the weakest point of your heart and promise you some benefits that you can't refuse......" she said, "and at this point, it will be my responsibility to tell you that everything she has said is a lie." β