Kyushu Cheng switched the chat channel to a private chat with Senior Sister Yachuan and asked:

[What's wrong?] 】

[Are you free tomorrow?] Let's talk in person. Sakumi Yagawa replied.

[Is it the day after tomorrow?] Kyushu asked.

He and his neighbor Xiaojing have an agreement tomorrow, and he feels very guilty about a socially phobic and autistic child.

[Well, I'll see you the day after tomorrow.] Sakufumi Ragawa replied.

"I'm really going to be busy this summer~" Kyushu Makoto sighed secretly.

But he usually can't be idle, so it's good to be busy.

In the afternoon of the next day, after eating lunch, Kyushu Cheng knocked on the door of Xiaojing's house.

"Brother Cheng... Good afternoon! Xiao Jing pushed a crack in the door, leaking half of his pale face.

Compared to the previous meetings, she looked more trimmed. My hair was neatly groomed, with a hairpin clipped, and I deliberately changed into a neat shirt and middle pants.

"Excuse me, can you let me in?" Makoto Kyushu was carrying a box of dim sum, a specialty he had brought back from Yanhuang. According to the customs of the Yanhuang people, you must not go to other people's homes empty-handed, otherwise it will be a bit embarrassing.

"Hmm" Xiaojing nodded slightly, then opened the door halfway as if he had mustered up courage, and then stepped back to the corner of the hallway.

Kyushu Cheng had already been to Xiaojing's house once before, but last time he came to help expel the burglars, and he woke up in the middle of the night, with a little dazed getting up, and he didn't carefully observe the layout of her home.

This time, the layout of Xiao Jing's room is similar to his house, but the area is one-third smaller than his.

Probably because Xiaojing cleaned it urgently yesterday, the living room was cleaned up neatly. Outside the semi-open kitchen, there is a dining table, and next to the floor-to-ceiling windows, there is a sofa and a large TV connected to Switch and PS4 gaming equipment.

Makoto Kyushu put the snack box on the table and said, "Let's play games and chat this afternoon, relax a little, and don't have to be too restrained with me." ”

"Hmm" nodded and asked cautiously: "Brother Cheng. What do you want to play? ”

“.” Makoto Kyushu frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "What have you been playing lately?" ”

Kyushu Makoto prides himself on being old-hearted, and he is happy to play games with such a younger generation of children. But when it comes to video games, he doesn't know much.

"Hmm, Radiant Soul 3?" Xiao Jing thought for a while and said, "But this game is more difficult to play, and Brother Cheng may not be suitable." ”

"It's okay, let's have fun!" Makoto Kyushu agreed.

Since you want Xiaojing to open up and communicate with others again, you must first accompany her to do what she likes and let her relax.

Xiaojing connected the PS4 to the TV and handed Kyushu Makoto a handle.

The game opens, and a warrior in tattered armor appears on the screen of the main screen, holding a sword in his right hand and a handful of dust in his left hand. The gap in the soldier's helmet was so dark that he couldn't see his face clearly, but there was an inexplicable sadness of despair.

According to Xiaojing, this game is a difficult action role-playing game, with the goal of stimulating players' "sense of tension", "sense of crisis" and "sense of excitement".

The backstory is presumably that an undead man is going to the Furnace of Heaven to sacrifice the "Light Flame" in order to extend the life of this world. Along the way, it will have to defeat a variety of powerful enemies, as well as meet other undead people who are friends and foes.

The TV screen is split into left and right halves. Makoto Kyushu quickly pinched a "useless person" character in the character creation menu on the left.

According to the game, the "useless man" is like a blank sheet of paper, with low initial stats and shabby equipment, but the development potential is greater than that of other characters.

"Eh, Brother Cheng, how did you choose the most difficult role?" Xiao Jing opened her "clergyman" character archive on the screen on the right, a female priest wearing a magic robe and wielding a short staff and a short sword.

"It's just a little more difficult, so it's fun to play!" Makoto Kyushu smiled excitedly and began to rub the handle to move the character.

"Oh, Brother Cheng, you go through the first beginner map first." The little attraction replied, "I'll be waiting for you at the starting point of the second map [Chris's Wall]. ”

"Okay, how long does it take to clear the first map?" Kyushu asked.

"It took me more than an hour." Xiao Jing thought for a while:

"But Brother Cheng chose the most difficult role, and it may take longer. But it's okay, I'll help Brother Cheng! ”

Under the guidance of Xiaojing, Makoto Kyushu steered a warrior wearing a tattered fig leaf with a wooden stick and a wooden board shield as he walked through the cemetery.

Kyushu Cheng concentrated, and after operating the character, he jumped to dodge the attack of a black-robed monster, but was backstabbed to death by another black-robed monster that jumped out of a dead corner of his vision.

"This game is really not simple" Looking at the screen gradually graying out, a line of "YOU DIED" appeared in the center, Kyushu Makoto shook his head helplessly.

"Brother Cheng. I'm sorry, I forgot there's a sneak attacker." Xiao Jing's brows drooped, and he felt a little sorry for him:

"Why don't we play another game. It's all my bad, shouldn't play this! ”

"It's okay, I'll try again!" Kyushu Cheng replied with a confident look.

Although the difficulty of this game is very high, Xiaojing is obviously enjoying it, and even his eyes are shining with excitement when guiding Kyushu Makoto, and there is no sign of social shyness at all.

After another half an hour, Makoto Kyushu finally met the boss in the novice area, a huge armored knight. In front of this boss, the role manipulated by Makoto Kyushu is simply small and powerless.

Makoto Kyushu manipulated his character to roll, parry, and from time to time he took advantage of the boss's attack to rush up and smash a stick, and soon beat it to half health.

"Be careful! There are two phases to the boss! Xiao Jing couldn't restrain his voice and shouted excitedly.

One of the boss's hands suddenly exploded, spewing out a giant arm formed by entangled black tentacles, and began to sweep Kyushu Makoto wildly.

「YOU DIED」

The screen is gray again.

"It's okay, do it again!" Kyushu Cheng held the handle, and there was no hint of retreat in his eyes.

After three or four attempts in a row, Makoto Kyushu finally beat this boss to the point of residual blood under the guidance of Xiaojing's bystanders.

"One last time! Come on, Brother Cheng! Xiao Jing covered his mouth, and sincerely sweated for Kyushu Cheng.

"Poof——!

[Defeat the enemy, the seed of the flame has returned]

Finally, the boss's blood bar was knocked empty by Kyushu Seiichi with a stick and turned into powder and fell to the ground.

"Great, Brother Makoto! It's finally over! Xiaojing excitedly wanted to give Kyushu Cheng a hug, but froze the moment he opened his arms, and quickly shrank to another corner of the sofa.

What am I doing. Xiao Jing's cheeks were as red as if they were burning, and he couldn't help but wonder why he had such a bold idea as "hugging the neighbor boy he had only met a few times" just now.

"What's wrong, Xiaojing?" Makoto Kyushu turned his head and asked.

"It's okay!" Xiaojing hurriedly jumped up from the sofa and picked up his handle:

"We... Let's move on! ”

(End of chapter)