Chapter 122: Opening
It's another weekend and another good weather. In such good weather, the best option is, of course, ......
Go to bed!
Well, I admit that I am very unproductive, except that I want to eat and sleep, but there is a sentence that I say? Yes, yes, life is a life, eat and sleep! After eating and drinking, how refreshing it is to sleep beautifully! But in this case, there is a certain person who always comes to stir up trouble without interest......
"Hey, get up quickly! if you don't get up, you won't be able to catch the evening party!"
"Ah...... Aha...... Whew~Whew~"
“...... Conan, okay??"
"Ah, Sister Xiaolan, it's almost ready...... Hey, I've said it all! Don't gnaw on the quilt anymore! Hurry up, give me, get up, !!."
"Ah...... Not...... I can't eat anymore...... A lot of roast chicken...... Roast suckling pig ...... Am I in heaven...... Woo hey hey...... "Originally, I was nibbling on a huge roast suckling pig in a glorious hall with countless delicacies, but suddenly, the roast suckling pig was gone, the roast chicken was gone, the roast goose was gone, and when I opened my eyes, I was left with Conan's stinky old face, and my mood can be imagined.
"Get up. Conan's face was so heavy that it dripped.
"What are you doing when you get up? It's cold! I don't want it!" I rolled my eyes as a scoundrel, rolled my head back and forth on the tatami mat, and stretched out my hand to Conan, "Give me back the quilt." ”
"No, unless you get up right now and pack your things. Anyway, you've slept all morning!" Conan said, rolling his eyes at me.
"I didn't expect you to have reached such a point!" I looked at the expressionless Conan with a sad and indignant look at the beast: "Aren't you disgusting to rob a man's quilt? What if I sleep naked? Or is your **** finally unable to vent and reach the point where meat and vegetables are taboo and both men and women eat it......×?"
Conan's face became darker and darker by what I said, and finally he couldn't help but shout to me, "Enough!"
I shrank my head in fright and muttered, "Sure enough, I was annoyed and angry after being exposed to the filth in my heart, and it was really right on TV." ”
"Which country's TV are you watching!" Conan looked at me with a smile and said, "Okay, don't play tricks, hurry up and wash up, although the banquet has only started in the evening, we still have some things to prepare, don't rush around then." ”
"Gathering?" I had three question marks on my head.
"Don't play stupid with me!" Conan couldn't help but knock me: "I told you just a few days ago, the game conference held in the city hall, don't tell me you forgot!"
"This ......" I groaned for a moment, looked at Conan's angry eyes, laughed, and said, "Of course I remember, I amused you." ”
I don't seem to remember it...... Well, he said there is, there is.
"Really...... I can't stand you. Hurry up and wash up, everyone is still waiting for you to have lunch, oh, for you, maybe it should be called breakfast. Conan teased me and walked out.
"Yes, yes, really, is there no right to snooze? It's so unfair...... If you don't sleep, where do humans come from...... Well, wait, in this way, sleep is the driving force of human progress, so wouldn't I, who advocate the supremacy of sleep, become a great figure like God? Is there something wrong with me......?! Well, forget it. The so-called truth is the kind of thing that makes people feel very reasonable, but it is inexplicable......" I reluctantly got up and packed up as I read it in pieces. After I packed up, I didn't forget to check my diary.
I saw that you would die without a banquet, Conan.
......
At the dinner table, everyone is ready, and sure enough, I'm the only latest? But it doesn't matter, I'm a child, and children are privileged.
"What's the matter, Xiaohui, listless?" Seeing that I was a little devastated, Xiaolan asked me a little strangely.
"My roast chicken, roast duck ......"
"What?"
I looked up at the miso soup and green radish on the table, sighed, and said, "It's nothing." "Speaking of which, Uncle Maori doesn't seem to have much business lately, so it's no wonder that the food level has dropped......
"Hawkers, don't show such a disappointed expression, Xiaohui," noticing that my eyes were roaming back and forth on the table, but I didn't put down my chopsticks, I couldn't help but smile: "Now it's just a cushion for the stomach, after all, there is a big meal at the banquet in the evening, isn't it?"
“...... That's right!" My eyes lit up when I heard the banquet! I heard Conan say that it was like a gathering of celebrities held in the city hall, and there must be a lot of delicious food! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but gently put down my chopsticks.
"What's wrong?" Conan looked at me with an unhappy expression.
"I didn't eat it, in order to save my stomach for the night. "I said solemnly.
“...... Hehe. Ran looked at me and smiled indulgently, but didn't say anything, while Conan and Uncle Maori looked at me from a downward perspective with undisguised contempt, but they invariably put down their chopsticks.
These two hypocrites!
At night, when the lights were on, I came to the door of the city hall with Conan, Xiaolan, Uncle Mori and the children who had arrived, and by the way, our invitations were all made by the garden, which is said to be because the Suzuki Group also participated in the game, and Uncle Mori received the invitation himself, don't forget, our Uncle Mori is a "well-known person in society".
On weekdays, the city hall has been crowded with bustling crowds, and all kinds of cameras, lights, and cameras have long been in place, and the light of the flash lights is constantly "crackling" on the big people who come one after another, and the white light even sets off the night as if it were day. The TV station's OB van is making various preparations before registration. Far from being diminished by the cooler weather, the atmosphere is getting higher and higher, and we are amazed to see it.
"It's a big scene. I looked around and said with some surprise.
"Of course, this upcoming game called 'Cocoon' is the latest product developed by the Sindora Group, led by Thomas Sindora, the emperor of the American IT industry, and Japanese game manufacturers, so of course, the scene is huge. Conan explained to me with emotion.
"Ah, yes. It's not a big deal, it's just a computer game......"
"Computer games, this game is different from ordinary computer games!Minghui-san!" After listening to my disapproving words, Mitsuhiko on the side said to me solemnly: "This game, nicknamed 'cocoon', allows players to enter a cocoon-like capsule, and in a hypnotic state, talk to a game with a voice recognition system while playing in the virtual world, it can be said that it is a game that combines the essence of the latest technology, and it is said that it will change the territory of video games in one fell swoop!"
"In other words, it's like concretizing the mental power of human beings to form a virtual body, so that players can play a physical game in the world of the game, right?" I asked the children around me after thinking for a moment.
"Well, that's probably what it means. Conan bowed slightly.
"Wow~ It sounds like it's quite advanced......" I was slightly moved.
"It's not like, this game is really advanced stuff. In fact, this press conference is also not open to the public, if it weren't for the eldest lady, it would not be easy for us to come in. Xiao Ai added lightly on the side.
"That's it, Minghui-san, don't underestimate this game!" Ayumi raised her eyebrows at me with some dissatisfaction.
"Yes, yes...... I see. "While I was dealing with the children, I couldn't help but have a little anticipation for the game. As we spoke, we came to the interior of the town hall, because it was all big people, and the security was as tight as I expected, so I didn't think much about bringing the pistol with me. Of course, it has long been dressed up as a banquet hall, where many staff and guests come and go, shuttling non-stop. And when passing by the conference hall in the city hall, dozens of conspicuous cocoon-like objects on the rostrum also aroused a burst of admiration from the children, presumably that is the protagonist of this press conference, the game called "cocoon", right? Unfortunately, it seems that there are only fifty trial places, and it is impossible for the children of dignitaries who are not related to the game to get the trial places, in other words, we are out of content.
Even the introverted Mayu couldn't help but glance at the "cocoon" several times, revealing a look of longing in her eyes, but she didn't say some envious words like other children, but lowered her head and silently retracted her gaze.
Alas, it would be nice to be more honest with this child. I sighed silently.
"Well, don't be disappointed," I couldn't help but clap my hands to attract everyone's attention and show a gentle smile after looking around, looking around and looking at the children's depressed expressions. ”
"That's right, let's cheer up, everybody. Conan followed suit.
"Well, Minghui and Conan are right, we will definitely be able to play in the future. Ayumi nodded, and several little ghosts glanced at each other and laughed.
"But Conan doesn't seem to be very good at video games, right? Motota looked at Conan's down-pulled face and smiled maliciously.
"My fingers don't seem to be very flexible. "When it comes to striking Conan, Mitsuhiko always works well with Motota.
"Hee-hee!" Ayumi and Mayu laughed as they were both amused by the two living treasures.
"Minghui is Conan's cousin, so isn't he also good at games?"
"No, I'm good at games, and I've been playing games since I was a kid. I smiled slightly, and my eyes gleamed inexplicably.
This kind of game is called killing......
"Really, how is your level of playing games?" Seeing that he didn't achieve his goal, Yuan Tai asked me a little unconvinced.
"I haven't lost so far. I said with a smile.
Because this is a very cruel game, and those who lose will die.
"Why?!! so powerful!!" the children looked at me in amazement, because I had never told them anything about it, and they didn't know that what they understood as a game and what I meant by a "game" were completely different concepts.
Feeling my hand tighten slightly, I turned my head and smiled at Xiao Ai, who was looking at me a little nervously.
After arriving at the venue, it is not surprising that this place has already been filled with all kinds of delicacies, but although there are many delicacies, there are very few people who eat them, for no other reason, all the celebrities present are celebrities with "status", how can they do such a bad thing? But I don't care, I'm just a child, I'm just a child......
I was silently thinking in my mind as I frantically swept across the table.
"Hey, don't look so ugly, it's a shame!" Conan stabbed me with his elbow as he ate "gently".
"Don't be wordy, buddy, I've been hungry all day for this meal, how do others like to look at it, I'm just like that. I rolled my eyes at Conan and continued to sweep wildly. I turned my head in my spare time to look, and I saw that Uncle Maori and Mrs. Yuan were even more fierce than me, and sure enough, was I too low-key? No, I can't lose to them!
I eat! I eat! I eat!
"It's so delicious!!," Yuan Tai shouted happily as she feasted.
"Luckily for the kids. Ayumi looked at a group of "well-dressed" children not far from us unwillingly. Looks like they're getting a badge representing a place in the demo game.
"The grandson of a capitalist in the financial world, the son of a politician of the ruling party, the grandson of the deputy inspector general of the Metropolitan Police Department...... The second and third generations, who are responsible for Japan's future, have all arrived. Uncle Maori said with emotion.
"It's the epitome of Japan's ugly hereditary system. Xiao Ai watched everything in the venue with cold eyes, and there was no emotion in his tone: "With this hereditary system, the wrong history of mankind will continue to repeat itself......
The children, as well as Xiaolan, Uncle Maori and others, couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Xiao Wai's words. Naturally, the children could not understand what Xiao Wai was saying, but the adults were also surprised that such profound words came out of the mouth of a child under the age of ten.
"You, didn't I say it, talk to me like a child!" Conan reluctantly approached Xiao Ai and reminded in a low voice.
Xiao Ai also seemed to notice that everyone's expressions were not quite right, but she did not stop, but continued: "The son of a politician will become a politician, and the son of a banker will also become a banker, and if this continues, no matter how long it takes, Japan will not change." Speaking of this, a cheerful expression suddenly appeared on the face of Xiao Wai, who had always been expressionless, and she laughed like an ordinary little girl, while trying to open her arms and put on an extremely innocent look, she smiled cutely: "Hehe, if you say something like this, you said a lot on the TV news yesterday!"
Hearing Xiao Ai's last words, everyone who had just been shocked by Xiao Ai's words breathed a sigh of relief and showed a relieved smile. This is the kind of performance that a little girl should have, and it was really a misunderstanding just now.
And Xiao Ai smiled at Conan secretly: "That's okay, right?"
Conan looked at Xiao Ai with a cold face, probably because he felt the power of Xiao Ai's face-changing function as a girl, and he was speechless for a while.
"Well...... A country like Japan would have perished sooner. Hearing Xiao Wai's words, I couldn't help muttering in the gap between binge eating.
Conan, who was beside me, couldn't help but tremble when he heard my words, turned his head to look at me in confusion, and said helplessly: "I really don't know where you, as a Japanese, got such heavy disgust with Japan. ”
"I was Chinese in my last life. I grinned at Conan.
"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. Conan waved at me, not looking very interested in the topic.
I shrugged my shoulders and lowered my head to continue eating.
See, people are like this sometimes, and no one believes them when they tell the truth.
"Lan!" Just as we were enjoying our meal, the garden in a bright red evening dress and luxuriously dressed garden beckoned to us, and walked up to us and smiled at the children: "Hi, Boysandgirls!"
"Ah, Sister Garden, that badge won't be ......" Garden's eye-catching dress did not arouse the interest of the children in the slightest, and the children were more interested in the "cocoon" badge on her chest than in the gorgeous dress of the garden.
"Ah, is this it?" Sonoko glanced at his badge with the children's gaze and smiled slightly, "As I said before, the Suzuki Foundation also funded the development of the game. ”
"Oh, that's right. Xiaolan smiled with relief.
"That's nice......"
"I think I want it...... too"
The children's desire to be suppressed by me just now is now being picked up again by the garden.
"Let's die, the position is different. The so-called "children of famous families", who had just been surrounded by the stars and moons, came to our side at some point, and one of them, who looked like a child's head, said to us with disdain on his face, his face full of adult-like condescending and arrogant expressions.
"By the way, have you really been invited?" said a child beside the child's head.
"Hey, you guys, that's rude, these kids are my guests!" said to the garden on one side, with his hands crossed over his waist to a group of children.
"Isn't this the daughter of the Suzuki chaebol?" a child in a blue suit bowed slightly to the garden like an adult, and greeted him in a fake manner.
"Do you know?" said the child who had spoken before triumphantly looking around at the little kid who was following him, and the smug expression on his face was even worse, "Man has already decided his life when he is born. ”
"Yes, yes, beautiful clothes will also choose its owner. ”
"Those who weren't chosen just watched with their fingers in their hands. A few imps with no one in their eyes coaxed.
The pig-like speech made my appetite drop. The knife and fork in my hand paused.
"Dad, tell me about them!" Even Xiaolan, who has always been good-natured, couldn't help but want to reprimand them. Uncle Maori, who was busy drinking, heard his daughter's request for help, and naturally wanted to educate these arrogant imps as "people who came over", but he was unexpectedly teased by these imps who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth with Aunt Yingli running away.
"Jingle bell!" the stainless steel cutlery fell into the porcelain dishes with a pleasant sound. The imps, who were laughing arrogantly, suddenly focused their attention on me, who had been eating with a stuffy head.
"Ah, it's rude," I said with a proud smile as I wiped my mouth with a napkin, "and it seems that some filthy words have broken into the air here that is not very clean, and my throat is a little uncomfortable, and my hands can't help but shake a little. ”
"Hey, where are you a wild boy?!How dare you talk to me like that?!"
"Believe it or not, we're kicking you out!"
"I'm afraid you can't even dream of such a luxurious haute cuisine!
"Hahaha......"
"Shut up. Seeing that I kept smiling and watching them without speaking, the child named Zhuxing in the lead frowned slightly, and waved his hand to stop the children behind him from taunting me, his group of children seemed to be very prestigious, and when he spoke, the children behind him obediently closed their mouths.
"It seems that your ancestors have forgotten to give you some truth, and as a child with a good upbringing, I was wondering if I could help remind you. I straightened up, with an elegant smile on my face, filled with a gentle, polite, but repulsive sense of separation. Although I am not very tall, I have the illusion of looking down on everyone. For a moment, there was silence around me. Looking around at the so-called celebrities around me with smiling knives and coldly looking at the intrigue between the staggered and the staggered intrigues, in this occasion full of dazzling lights and well-dressed people, I actually found the feeling of being Ling Xiao in my previous life.
In my opinion, the so-called power in the mouths of these children is simply ridiculous, and in my previous life, as I stood at the peak of the world's pole, what kind of big scene had I never seen? What kind of big man had never seen it? The grandson of a deputy police director dared to be so arrogant, which made me feel extremely ridiculous. If it had been a previous life, I would have been able to get all the kids here into the orphanage with a phone call in less than an hour, and even now, I'm sure any of them would have been ruined within a month. It's not big words, it's strength, and the way I look down on everyone is not their delusion, but a fact. It's contempt that emanates from the bones.
In my eyes, they are not much stronger than ants.
Mortals have mortal habits, and nobles naturally have aristocratic rules. Those who dare to trample on the rules have only two ends, either stepping on everyone's head or being ruthlessly crushed by everyone. Seeing the expressions of these children, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of virtue their parents are. Bullying others, disrespecting the elders, bullying the weak, and speaking ill of the weak, this has violated the character that a noble child should have, and it is almost invisible in a large family, only the children of the nouveau riche will be like this.
"This little brother, what's your name? I think there may be some misunderstanding between us, I think this matter is forgotten, our elders may know each other, my grandfather is ......" looked at me deeply, and the tone of the child named Zhuxing in the lead became calm for the first time.
I have to say that this child's intuition is very accurate. In fact, although they are just children, I have always been in a bad mood because of my body, and I have just been impatient with their constant provocations. Otherwise, I wouldn't have acted like "bullying the small".
"I'm not interested in who your grandfather is, but I think it's better for everyone to show some family education, if you want to have an identity, you must first learn to follow the rules, so that everyone will be very comfortable, what do you say?" I said lightly.
“...... Okay, I got it. After a moment of silence, Zhuxing answered me sullenly, turned his head and pulled the unconvinced imps behind him away.
Whew~ I let out a long breath. It's been a long time since I've spoken in this tone, and just now a depressive breath was stuffed in my chest, and I almost wanted to go crazy desperately.
"Xiaohui, you ......!" Xiaolan seemed to want to ask me something, but she couldn't. The adults around me all looked at me with a dumbfounded expression, even Uncle Maori and the garden, and the children looked at me in a daze, not knowing what they were thinking.
"Ah...... That one...... I'm sorry, I just wanted to teach those kids a lesson, it seems...... It's too much, hehe......" Seeing that everyone wanted to talk and stopped, looking like they wanted to approach me but didn't dare, I scratched the back of my head with my hand and laughed innocently.
It was only at this moment that Edogawa Akiki, who had been familiar to everyone, reappeared in front of them. The crowd that had finally reacted to it was in an uproar, and almost at the same time, the sound of a uniform sense of relief came to my ears.
"What was going on just now? Am I dazzled? How do you feel that the boy's expression and tone are like those of medieval European aristocrats?" Uncle Maori touched his head and muttered a little inexplicably.
"Minghui, you're amazing! How did you do it?!!"
"Strange, how do those kids see you the same way mice see cats? Do you know them?"
"Handsome! Minghui! It's like a prince!"
The children looked at me with starry eyes and adoring expressions on their faces. Hey, forget it about Mayu and Ayumi, what stars are your eyes shining? Are you hungry?!It's disgusting!
"That's cool!...... If I were ten years younger, I would have chased you!" even the garden shouted like a nymphomaniac.
"Hey," Conan asked me in a low voice, tugging at my sleeve, "What happened to you?" It's like you've changed into a different person, and it seems different from when you got older......
"Ah, that's just me pretending, just trying to scare the kids, and it looks like it's working pretty well. I glanced at the imps who were still whispering at me not far away, and nodded in satisfaction. That's exactly what happened, after that, these imps seemed to be deliberately avoiding me, and even playing football was far away from us.
"Can't it be?" Conan looked at me suspiciously.
I shrugged my shoulders, didn't speak, and returned to Xiao Ai's side.
"The one just now, is it Ling Xiao?" Xiao Airao glanced at me with some interest and said lightly.
"Uh...... You're laughing. I touched my nose a little embarrassed.
"It's really arrogant and unbeatable, no wonder it's plotted. Xiao Ai gave me a gentle look.
Uh, can't argue with that......
Just when my fledgling pride was struck by Xiao Wai, a commotion at the scene caught our attention again, but this time it was not a dispute, but another big man arrived at the scene.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention to the stage!" the host's voice sprinkled through the microphone throughout the audience, and the noise of the scene was weak, and everyone looked at the stage in unison.
"Now, Mr. Yusaku Kudo, who provided the creative ideas for the scene design of 'Cocoon', has arrived from the United States!" As the host spoke, a middle-aged man slowly walked out of the crowd and walked towards the stage.
Dad!! I almost wondered if there was something wrong with my eyes, but my Dad, Yusaku Kudo, suddenly appeared here!
With a proper dress, a straight posture, an elegant countenance, and a gentle smile, there is no doubt that at this moment, it is my father who is standing on that podium to speak. With the arrival of Daddy on stage, there was also a burst of warm applause and cheers at the scene. I was completely blinded.
"This game was created by Dad, and Dr. Asasa helped with the program, so it's no surprise that Dad's presence here. Conan, who was standing next to me, opened his mouth and explained to me.
"You know?" I said, looking at Conan, confused.
"Of course you do, don't you know? Mom didn't tell you?" Conan seemed more surprised than I did when I asked.
"No one has told me about it, okay?" I said helplessly.
"Well, it's Yukiko who won't let us talk about it. Just then, an old man's voice interjected.
"Dr. Asasa?" I looked at Dr. Asasa in amazement.
"Yukiko said she wanted to surprise you. ”
"Surprise?"
"That's it, give. Dr. Asa said, handing the two calloused badges to Conan and Conan.
"This is...... The badge for the demo game?" I took the badge in my hand and played with it twice, looking at Dr. Asasa: "What did Mom say?"
"Akiko said that it would be nice if you could play games as happily as a normal child. This game is set in late 19th century London, right?" Dr. Asa touched his bald head and smiled kindly at me.
"London at the end of the nineteenth century, Daddy's tastes are as unique as ever......" Conan smiled wryly.
"Well...... Although Mom and Dad are well-intentioned, if it's just my own share......" I turned my head to look at the children not far away, and sighed slightly, forget it, there will be opportunities to play in the future.
At this time, my father, who had finished his speeches and TV interviews, finally had no job, but unfortunately as soon as he came to meet us, he was surrounded by enthusiastic fans in the center, unable to move at all. Conan and I couldn't get through, so we had to watch my father in the flash from the crowd.
The father under the gaze is so dazzling, so radiant, people can't help but admire. If the light of the elder brother is like a torch, then the father, without a doubt, is the sun that radiates infinite light and heat, warm and generous.
In the midst of his busy schedule, Dad took the time to glance in our direction, and his gentle gaze shot straight into our hearts through the heavy human wall.
"I'm relieved to see that you're all still in good spirits. Although he did not speak, his father's eyes clearly said such a sentence to us.
"Ah, you too. Conan and I smiled and nodded at the same time.
It was a wonderful feeling that we had not spoken a word from beginning to end, but the thoughts we wanted to express were transmitted to each other's hearts without hindrance.
And just after that, the lights of the venue suddenly dimmed, and this long-awaited game officially appeared in front of everyone with the disappearance of the lights. In this game, all people are players, and those who lose, will die......
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PS: I'm ashamed, this chapter was supposed to be uploaded on New Year's Day, but it was written for a long time, and it was never completed. If you renew the sin of being late, make up for it with the word count.
I haven't written it for a long time.,The state of hand life has appeared as always.,Although the number of words is a lot.,But it feels like it's a little bit close.,Actually, I want to write a little more.,But if you write it like this.,I'm afraid it's going to be 20,000 words in a chapter......
As I promised before, I will try my best to do as much as I can during the summer vacation...... Look at providence.
PS2: I'm telling you I'm leaving myself lazy......