January 20, Huaxia, Shangshi City.

Anson Lu opened his eyes and looked around in a circle.

This time, he returned not to the teacher's dormitory at Shangshi High School, but to his small apartment with poor lighting.

He opened the curtains, and there was falling snow and birds flying in the winter sky, and it was still the familiar small county town, and even Shangshi High School, which did not cover a wide area, stood out among the flat buildings, like giants.

"Shall you get some sleep first, or should you go to the public high school and talk to them?"

Anson Deer retracted his gaze and looked at the information bubble in the upper right corner of his gaze, the bubble was a striking crimson appearance, which was undoubtedly sent by Asuka, and there was more than one, it was simply bombarding indiscriminately.

"Then let's go over there and rest first."

He got out of bed, and as soon as he opened the door with the key, he heard "pop!" Then an inexplicable pile of red, blue, and green paper spilled on the hair.

Anson Lu looked up stunned and looked fixedly.

A beautiful cheek came into view, the tip of the girl's nose flushed in the winter, clear and smart eyes, she exhaled a soft hot breath and slapped it on Anson Lu's cheek.

Just now, Asuka Uesugi opened a small paper salute, and she was still wearing the same outfit today, a crimson jacket with a green skirt inside, and the skirt swayed gently in the cold winter wind.

Asuka had a smug smile on her face, as if she wanted to see Anson Deer startled.

"Sick?"

Anson Lu patted the colored paper on his head.

Asugi Uesugi threw away the salute casually, her expression dissatisfied, her head raised slightly, and her neck was as slender as a swan.

"Huh? That's how you reacted, and I thought about celebrating your birthday!"

"Please, how long has it been since my birthday?"

"Of course it's a delayed celebration!" Asuka Uesugi crossed her hips with one hand and said unquestionably, "The ghost can celebrate your birthday in the dungeon? You can't expect the system to celebrate your birthday!"

"That's right." Anson Lu lowered his head, looked at the colored paper scattered all over the ground, and said thoughtfully, "Oh, you must have made it yourself when you look so lame?"

"You ......"

Anson Deer interrupted Asuka, who was about to have a seizure, smiled, and said in a surging voice:

"Thank you, I'm happy."

Asuka was stunned for a moment, she rarely saw Anson Deer smile like this, Anson Lu's smile always gave her a very fake feeling before, like that kind of AI simulated expression.

"Oh, just be happy." She tilted her head and hugged her shoulders.

"Crow, Teacher Chu, and Yuri, are they all back?"

Asugi Asuka said, "Hmph, they're all downstairs, I told them to come and squat, but one of them walked slower than the other, so I came up first."

"What if I sleep?"

"Then I'll kick it in."

"Speechless, trespassing on the house, this woman, there is a reason why you have been marked as a high-risk person by the Foundation!"

"Otherwise, I'll spray your apartment on fire."

"I was wrong, Miss Uesugi."

"Get out, don't be weird."

Anson Lu turned his head, and at this moment, from the staircase of the corridor, three figures walked forward. ….

"Lu-kun, happy birthday." Ritsu Urushihara was wearing a black trench coat with a gentle smile on her face.

"Happy birthday, President." Chu Qimo was wearing a brown coat and smart pants, and he nodded to Ansen Lu.

Yuri was wearing a blue and white school uniform on the stone, wrapped in a blue scarf, a set of clothes that was clearly rustic on others, but it looked very suitable and fresh on her.

She raised her clear eyes, exhaled a cold breath, and stared at Anson Lu without saying a word, as if to say, "I told you happy birthday before, and I was the one who said it first."

Anson Deer glanced at Yuri twice

After a while, he used his hand to help pat off a strand of falling snow from her hair.

Then, he shrugged his shoulders embarrassedly:

"Thank you, even though it's not my birthday."

Chu Qimo raised his eyebrows slightly, and stopped talking: "It turns out that today is not it, Asuka said that today is your birthday, so ......."

"Miss Asuka may mean ......," Ritsu Urushihara said, "We can make up for the lack of being able to stay with Shika-kun on our birthday."

Anson Lu coughed twice and said solemnly, "Late justice has no meaning, I will not accept your birthday wishes, especially one surnamed Uesugi."

"Hah, remember his face." Uesugi Asuka tilted her head and said a little angrily, "Next time you celebrate this kind of person's birthday?"

"Okay, then I'll assume it's my birthday." Anson Lu glanced at her and said loudly, "January 20th, Anson Lu's new birthday, are you satisfied?"

"That's right."

Anson Lu reluctantly put his hands in his pockets, "So, have you eaten breakfast?"

"Isn't this waiting for you?" Asuka said.

"Yes, Lu-kun, we all came from the school on empty stomachs."

"What do you want to eat?" Yuri asked, wrapped in a scarf.

Anson said nonchalantly, "Well, I don't have anything to eat, I just had a tempura rice bowl in Tokyo."

"The tempura in Tokyo is pretty good." Urushihara said.

Uesugi Asuka tilted her eyebrows and asked:

"Won't you take us for breakfast?"

"Can you not be embarrassed, I know you guys are coming here, I was still in the dungeon just now." Anson Deer sighed softly and stared at Asuka's cheek with disdain.

Chu Qimo suddenly raised his hand and spoke, "President, I have a proposal."

"What's the offer?" Ansen Lu was stunned for a moment, "Also, Teacher Chu, you don't need to raise your hand next time you speak, and we are not in class."

Chu Qimo dropped his right hand and said calmly, "I can cook, how about eating at the president's house?"

Yuri was the first to nod, surprisingly.

Urushihara also spread his hands and said that he had no objections.

Only Asugi Asugi hesitated for two seconds, she glanced at Anson Deer's chaotic apartment, and asked disdainfully, "Please, how long have you not cleaned up?"

"Why don't you ask, how long has it been since I've been back to Shangshi?" Anson Deer sighed.

Asuka said disgustedly, "Okay, then eat at his house, and supervise a certain lazy worm to clean the room by the way." ….

"Are you my mother—?" Anson Lu narrowed his eyes and deliberately dragged out his voice.

"That's right, I'm your mother."

"Asuka-san, your words, in the language of our Chinese people, are a bit like scolding, and your quality needs to be improved."

"If there is ambiguity, then it is you who scolds."

On a winter morning, the air was fresh, and the cold morning breeze blew across the sky of the rocks, gently blowing on the cheeks of the teenagers and girls.

Anson Deer and Asuka argued for a while before stopping.

At this time, Yurui, Qi Yuanlu and Chu Qimo had already taken off their shoes in the apartment, and it was Yuri who took the lead, she looked at Anson Deer, and then at Asuka, and then walked into the apartment with a blank face.

"Please, can you respect the owner of the apartment a little, and is there any royal law?!"

In order to prevent the three of them from digging out any unspeakable secret documents from the room, Anson Lu couldn't care about Asuka anymore, so he hurriedly took off his shoes and entered the door to protect his privacy.

"Stupid, this person ......" Asuka glanced at Anson Lu's hurried back and chuckled.

She took off her shoes and walked into the small apartment of Anson Deer, looking around the dark and cramped living room, almost none, and the TV was covered in a layer of dust.

The apartment was hollow and there was nothing to spare.

Approaching the kitchen

Fang, Chu Qimo and Qi Yuanlu opened the refrigerator, these two seemed to be good at cooking, and they were already thinking about what to cook, but unfortunately, the things in Anson Lu's refrigerator were expired.

"Uh, who's going to buy the ingredients?" Anson Deer asked, sitting cross-legged on the carpet.

Qi Yuan Lu put his hand on Chu Qimo's shoulder, coughed and said, "Lu Jun, Chu Qimo and I are already ready to cook, you can't let us go, right?"

Chu Qimo had already tied up the kitchen group, he took the notebook and pen, seriously thought about the ingredients he needed, recorded them one by one with a pen, and then tore off the page and handed it to Ansen Lu.

"Teacher Chu and the crow have the responsibility of cooking, and our great deer president has just saved Tokyo and come out of the dungeon." Speaking of this, Anson Deer looked at Yuri and Asuka, blinked his eyes and said:

"So, you know what I mean, right?"

"I'm not familiar with supermarkets......" Yuri tilted his head and asked in an emotionless voice, "You're coming with me?"

Anson Lu held his chin and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, once born, second ripe."

"yes, then I'll go alone." Yuri said.

Asugi Uesugi squinted the whole time, she really couldn't stand it:

"It's just me and this idiot, Yuri, you can rest here."

"Speaking of which, I'm now over 50 spiritual attributes." Anson Lu suddenly opened his personal panel and changed the topic: "The attribute added by this skill is spirit divided by 10 points, so I can add 5 attributes to the chess type!"

"Who cares about you?"

Asugi Uesugi very simply dragged Anson Deer, who was crying for her father and mother, and the two left the apartment together.

"Peng!"

The door slammed shut.

"It's a pity." Yuri picked up his cup and took a sip of hot water.

Ritsu Urushihara turned on the TV with a remote control, and the news was playing on the TV - [The shocking video of the boss battle released by the Japanese official, the old chess player "Anson Deer" turned the tide and saved Tokyo! 】。 ….

Chu Qimo stared at the screen expressionlessly: "This copy of the president looks difficult."

"Well, this copy of the Deer Monarch Row should be the most difficult one in the world." "Of course, this excludes those capitals that have fallen."

"I heard that Seoul in South Korea has fallen?" Chu Qimo looked at the crow.

"That's right, thousands of citizens are lost in another dimension." After a pause, Kirithara added, "Moreover, the 'Transcendent Eagle' and 'Grey Warrior' of the Law Enforcement Team died in this dungeon."

"Is it......" Chu Qimo was stunned for a moment, and his expression quickly returned to calm: "Then the matter is serious, the people from the law enforcement team should have already gone to Seoul to crusade against those monsters?"

Seoul has fallen, and the monsters that have not been swept away will survive as colonizers in the world, and if they are not cleared in time, they may one day endanger other cities and even countries in the future.

"The people in the enforcement team are probably overwhelmed, but they won't move that fast."

"Why?"

Qi Yuan said slowly, "The first reason is that the monster this time is not so easy to get rid of; The second reason is that there is an important person who has not yet returned to the present world."

"Important?"

"This important person has returned."

Chu Qimo was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "You mean the president?"

"Yes, this time the situation is so serious, the capital-level city has fallen, and there is only one choice for the law enforcement team to ensure that the city is recovered from the monsters without casualties." Urushihara took a sip of water.

Yuri, who was listening, suddenly spoke, "They will ask us for help, but Anson Lu is not here, and they don't know how to negotiate with us."

"I see." Chu Qimo took a deep breath, "I'm too slow to react."

Qi Yuanlu put down the water glass, crossed his ten fingers against his chin, sighed lightly and asked:

"Speaking of which, do you think Lu-kun will refuse the law enforcement team's request?

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"Nope." Yuri said.

"Presumably not, the president is a kind man." Chu Qimo also said.

"Well, it's ......" Qi Yuan Ritsu raised his eyebrows and smiled helplessly, "Then we have to work overtime."

The TV is still showing extremely shocking pictures, it is the old chess player ordering the floating shark to give the final blow to the statue of the Ten Thousand Horses, all the audience is applauding, and the real-time barrage is bursting.

There is no doubt that the officials of various countries are using the Anson Deer incident to try to cover up the heat of the fact that the South Korean capital has fallen, and they will not let the people fall further into uncontrollable panic.

The existence of chess players in the past has become the hope in the hearts of many people.

Yuri glanced at Anson Deer, who had an indifferent face on the screen.

Suddenly, she said, "That's right......

"What's the matter, Miss Yury." Urushihara Ritsu turned his cheek and looked at him with dark eyes.

"Now, I have a new understanding of him."

"Understanding?"

"You said that the closer you get to him, the more you can recognize his cold side, so when you are pushed away by him, you will get hurt."

"That's what I've said, but 'Hurt, it's not about you, Miss Yuri, after all, you're emotionally devoid and don't feel it." Ritsu Urushihara said, "Well, I'm talking about Miss Asuka." ….

Chu Qimo had just recovered from the wonderful pictures broadcast on TV.

He turned his head and asked, puzzled, "Are you discussing the president?"

The two did not respond.

couldn't insert the topic of the two, in fact, Chu Qimo was not interested, and simply continued to watch TV.

Following the news of the old chess players, the news platform was followed by the performance of the captain of the law enforcement team, "Lorenzo de' Medici", in a capital-level dungeon.

The location is Washington, D.C., United States.

Lorenzuo's performance was also very shocking, and it can also be said to have turned the tide.

However, compared to Anson Deer, he is still much inferior, and the main Lorenzuo still adheres to the principle that he will never use the skills derived from "negative emotions" unless necessary.

Chu Qimo asked the reason for Qi Yuanlu.

Urushihara said that if Loren used too many skills related to "negative emotions", he would be disturbed by these emotions to a certain extent, and thus appear mentally burdened.

Over time, it's not surprising that even the personality has changed drastically.

Because of this, despite the power of negative emotions, Lorenzo still adheres to the principle of never using these skills unless necessary, and the law enforcement team also hides this matter from the outside world.

"Asuka ......" Yuri put his hand on his chin.

"Well, Miss Asuka is not like you, despite her strong appearance, she is a vulnerable person." Qi Yuan said slowly:

"And Lujun is a two-faced person, in fact, he rarely shows tenderness to the people around him from the heart, unless there is a need, and even then, most of it is a disguise. This split in his personality will allow him to inadvertently hurt those close to him."

Yuri said unemotionally, "I have a different understanding of what you say."

"What kind of understanding?" Qi Yuan was very interested, and he looked like he was listening.

"According to you, after getting close to him, you noticed that he began to behave indifferently, in fact, it wasn't who he was pushing away, and he didn't think about hurting anyone." Yuri Says:

"That's what he is, and only if you trust you enough will he show his indifferent side to you."

"It's also an interesting view."

"He...... Actually, it's just very tiring."

"Tired?"

"Well, I don't understand it, so I hide myself." After a pause, Yuri said, "So, he's tired, and sometimes he shows others what he is, it's not indifference, it's not pushing anyone away, it's because he trusts you."

Ritsu Urushihara looked at Yuri,

"You know him well enough, Miss Yuri."

"I don't argue."

Chu Qimo watched the wonderful replay of a boss battle again, he turned his head and tried to insert the question of the two again:

"So...... Are you talking about the president at such length?"

"No, we're talking about Juliu." Urushihara said perfunctorily.

"Hmm." Yuri nodded.

.........

.........

On the stone market, head to the supermarket on the street.

At dawn in the morning, the entire Shangshi City is in a quiet winter atmosphere, Ansen Lu has never seen snow on Shangshi before, but today it suddenly snowed, which is a unique landscape. ….

The shops on the side of the road have been opened, and the aunts and aunts on the street are carrying a bag of vegetables, greeting each other with a smile and saying a word or two, "Have you eaten?" "Looks good today", and then said goodbye at the top of his throat.

There is an uncle riding a bicycle, listening to the MP3 of the last century, very leisurely passing by Asuka and Anson Deer, Anson Deer's first thought is - uncle, you take me away!

Although the end of the world is coming, everyone should live and still have to live, it is impossible for everyone to huddle in a room and shut up, humans are very adaptable creatures.

For these citizens, since the things that determine their fate cannot be held in their hands, they have to be prepared to resign themselves to fate, and work when they should work during their vacation time, eat and drink.

When the dungeon starts, the time to watch the game in the different space should be a holiday, buy a few plates of popcorn and a few bottles of Coke and bring them to the other space, cheer for those players while eating, and even some citizens are still opening in the different space, betting on who will get the MVP of the dungeon, which players will survive to the end, and the one who plays is called a joy, and this enthusiastic formation is only higher than the World Cup.

At this time, Anson Lu had thick dark circles under his eyes, a depressed face, and was led by Asuka throughout the whole process.

Obviously, he is a native of Shangshi, but Asuka is more familiar with this road than him, and it is so outrageous that it can't be outrageous.

It can be seen that during his absence, Asuka should have walked all over the city, after all, this little dragon girl is full of vitality, and she can't sit down at all when she is idle.

Life is not easy, Ansen Lu sighed heavily: "This red dragon girl, can you not be so rude, when you enter my Shangshi City, you have to adapt to the simple folk customs here."

"You said as if you didn't call you that." Uesugi Asuka rubbed her Tianming as if she couldn't stand it, and said disdainfully, "Also, can you stop bullying Yuri, she is not deeply involved in the world, what if she goes to the supermarket alone and is abducted?"

"First of all, she's a sequence player, who can kidnap her?" Anson Lu said, "Secondly, she has hyperamnesia, and she memorized the steps to buy things once she went to the supermarket, and she is not a child.

Finally, didn't I let you go with her, why did you kidnap me?!"

A trace of disdain flashed in Uesugi Asugi's clear eyes, and she snorted coldly and said almost word for word:

"I'll kidnap you."

"Please, Anson Lu said weakly: "Dude, I really want to rest, you have all been out of the copy for a day or two, I just got out of the copy, I feel like my legs are about to break after walking these few steps, I just want to be a giant baby and roll directly on the ground."

"Whoever told someone to say 'sick,' after seeing my carefully prepared salute, said."

"That's also called meticulousness, our ingenious Shangshi people can make a hundred in one night, and besides, half a week has passed since my birthday!"

"I don't care, I'm just going to celebrate your birthday, look at you so pathetic."

Anson Lu rolled his eyes, "Yes, yes, whatever you want."

At this time, Anson Deer has already attracted the attention of many people. ….

Feeling the sight from the surrounding brushes and the sudden cumbersome discussion, Asuka felt helpless.

She gently

With a sigh, he took off the cap he was wearing and stuffed it into Anson Deer's head, covering his eyes.

"What are you doing?"

Anson Lu straightened his hat and asked helplessly.

Uesugi Asuka glanced at him, covered her face and sighed, "You don't look at who you are, if you don't wear a hat, you will be surrounded by people in the supermarket for three seconds."

"Oh, and that's right, I keep forgetting I'm a celebrity now."

"Hey, you're a little self-aware, aren't you?" When Asuka Uesugi said this, she elongated her voice in a strange way, "Obviously, he is already the world's No. 1 Anson Deer-sama."

"It's almost there, the world's number one doesn't have to go to the street to buy groceries, hey, everyone is too nervous."

Ansen Lu said, looking down at the list handed over to him by Chu Qimo, and said with some dazzle, "Teacher Chu is also too good, with so many ingredients, can my broken kitchen withstand it?"

"Show me." Asuka Uesugi leaned closer to her head, her gentle breathing close to the end of the day.

Anson Lu only nodded: "Have you brought any money, Teacher Chu and the crow seem to be going to make a big meal?"

Asuka took out her bear purse from the pocket of her red coat, took out two more coins from it, and then looked at Anson Deer with disdain:

"I said, you don't usually use evolution coins to pay back, I feel like I'm more like a stone man than you!"

"No, don't you understand the exchange rate of evolution coins, ten evolution coins are enough to live in Shangshi for a month!"

Asuka sighed, "It's good if you're happy."

"Actually, I'm pretty happy." Anson Lu said suddenly.

"What?"

"It's the first time I've had a friend celebrate my birthday."

Uesugi Asuka was stunned for a moment, turned her cheek, and put a shallow smile on her lips.

"That's good."

The two walked into the supermarket, their bodies shrouded in the light of incandescent lights, and they bought ingredients in the supermarket according to Chu Qimo's instructions.

Anson Lu pushed the shopping cart and followed behind Asuka, who pinched Chu Qimo's list, like a deer bouncing around in the supermarket, walking around, carefully selecting ingredients.

From time to time, her eyes were wide open, and she didn't know how to distinguish between the good and bad ingredients.

Anson Lu rolled his eyes in the back, and he almost fainted directly from sleepiness, he thought that she was such an eldest lady, it would be strange if she knew how to pick ingredients, at least Asuka was happy in it, then he didn't bother to say anything.

During this period, many aunts and uncles, as well as young players, and even children recognized Asuka, and they rushed up one by one, asking Asuka for autographs, group photos, and so on.

Anson Lu was embarrassed on the side, and hurriedly lowered his cap and hummed a song with a shopping cart, for fear of being recognized as the world's No. 1, Shangshi Xiaolu.

Asuka once won the MVP of the Upper Stone Copy, and she is also considered a celebrity in this city. In addition, after leaving the law enforcement team, Asuka's reputation has improved, so the citizens of Shangshi still have a good impression of her.

In addition to asking for friends, whether it is an autograph or a group photo, Asuka is very patient to give them one by one, she is a very face-saving person, and she needs the approval of others very much. ….

"Okay, okay?"

Anson Lu exhaled and asked in a low voice.

"The last one."

Asuka Uesugi finished signing a child and reached out and touched her head.

"I'm going to be like Sister Asuka in the future, and become a sequence player!" The girl said.

Hearing this, Anson Lu couldn't help but shudder, and complained in his heart: "Please, if you grow up and the evolution game continues, then the human race will have perished a long time ago!" ，

"Absolutely." Asuka snorted.

'It's a ghost. , Anson Deer said in his heart.

After Asugi sent the child away, Asugi turned to look at Anson Deer, "Why are you so impatient?"

"If you say I'm going to do it again, why don't we go back in a Christmas sleigh?" quiet

Senlu sighed lightly.

"No, what if someone sees it?"

"They can't come to heaven and ask me for an autograph, can they?"

"It's going to cause turmoil in the city."

The two of them came to the front desk of the supermarket to check out, because Asuka asked for too many ingredients, which exceeded the scope of Chu Qimo's original want, so they packed a full four shopping bags.

She was in a happy mood and was about to pull out the money from the bear purse, when the cashier at the front desk smiled and said, "Don't pay back, you're a serial player, our hero."

Ansen Lu nodded hurriedly, just wanted to hurry up, he had already thought in his heart: the queen stone statue carried two bags of ingredients, and the different kangaroo carried two bags of ingredients, perfectly distributing the four shopping bags at hand.

No.

How can the queen carry the shopping bag?

The Shadow of Dust should be summoned and made to replicate an alien kangaroo.

"How can I be, I have to pay the money I have to pay?" Asugi Uesugi frowned slightly and slapped the money on the counter.

The cashier didn't know that Asuka had such a strong personality, and she smiled and said:

"Miss Asuka, it's our boss's rule, if we really accept money from you people's heroes, we will be punished."

"Okay...... Uesugi Asuka pouted and put the bill back in her wallet, "It's rare to save money, I want to experience what it's like to buy something."

Anson Lu was stunned, "You saved this money yourself?"

"Wouldn't I have had a temporary experience with you?" "I've had the opportunity to experience this before, and my family will help me arrange everything, even if I go to school in the United States," she said.

As she spoke, she put her purse back into the pocket of her coat and handed Anson Deer a piece of gum.

Anson Lu took the gum, tore open the wrapper, and put it in his mouth.

"It's okay, just be happy."

After that, he very consciously picked up the four bags of ingredients, walked out of the supermarket, and entered a corner.

"Arrange the extradimensional kangaroo, arrange the shadow of the dust, and replicate the extradimensional kangaroo!" Anson Deer said decisively.

"Gaba."

"Gaba."

An original heterodimensional kangaroo and a gray heterodimensional kangaroo immediately appeared in front of Anson Deer.

Anson Lu burst into tears, handed the shopping bag to the two kangaroos, and said, "Kangaroo-kun, Kangaroo-kun No. 2, you are really my lifesaver!"

"Hehe, didn't anyone sue the old chess players for cruelty to animals?" Asugi Uesugi smirked and said, "I really should have posted this photo on Weibo."

Anson Lu shrugged his shoulders and replied nonchalantly, "If this is also going to be accused, then the world should be destroyed sooner."

On the way home, a teenager, a girl, and a kangaroo carrying two shopping bags, a phantom version of a kangaroo carrying two shopping bags, their backs are particularly warm under the winter light.

96.

The rain falls on the evening bell