June 1, 1992.

This day is the day when pokeni's "New Onmyoji" was released on the MD platform.

Although June 1st is called International Children's Day, Neon is a country that does not respect this custom, but celebrates its own three Children's Day.

You read that right, it's three Children's Day!

They are "Daughter's Day" on March 3, "Boys' Day" on May 5 and "753" on November 15, but only Children's Day on May 5 will be closed.

From the side, it also reflects that neon is indeed a patriarchal society.

……

Koji Hirai is the manager of a game store on Akihabara Street in Tokyo.

In the 90s, Akihabara Street had not yet developed into a mecca for future otaku, and in addition to selling electronic products, there were many grocery stores and restaurants, which were not different from some ordinary neighborhoods.

If there are no cosers standing on the street, there will always be less flavor.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, he dragged his tired body out of the house and went to the store, ready to open the door.

Although his name is the store manager, Hirai is no different from ordinary workers, except that the salary is a little higher than that of the store staff, but the content of responsibility and responsibility is much more.

In addition to the store manager, a game store will hire at most one store clerk, mainly when the other party has something to do, and they can take turns to watch the store.

There are even some game stores where the manager is a light commander.

The game store he runs is one of the cheatfinger game sales chains under Dongrun.

When Koji Hirai walked around the corner and saw his game store, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise.

"Nani?! Really, what's going on? ”

At the entrance of the small shop, there was a whole line, and the crowd was densely packed until the end of the street......

Moreover, it is the kind that cannot see the head.

"Isn't it?"

Seriously, this is the first time he has seen this situation in the four years since he became a store manager.

What's going on today?

……

As soon as he reached the door, he was surrounded by a crowd of people.

"Little brother, are you cutting in line? That's not going to work. I've been standing in line here for more than 3 hours, please follow the rules, can you get back in line? ”

Said the young man at the head of the team.

"That's it, can you please be a quality person?"

"It's not easy for everybody, and you've been waiting in line here for a long time to buy a game cartridge. Please respect your hard work. An older uncle came out to persuade him.

The people in the team raised their heads one after another, looking at the [Queue Cutter] with disdain

Being seen by everyone like this, Koji Hirai took a step back with some weakness.

But he turned his head and thought, no.

What can you buy without me?

I really feel like a queue cutter.

The store manager was pushed backwards by people, unusually helpless and innocent.

"You guys! Are you all here to buy Final Fantasy 5? The shopkeeper asked aloud.

The air around them suddenly fell silent.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

It's also interesting to say that during this month, in addition to Pokeni's new Onmyoji release, there is also a new hit game, Final Fantasy 5, which Square Enix developed on the SFC platform.

Square Enix at this time can be described as a model worker, and since the release of Final Fantasy 1 in 1987, the company has continued to produce the latest titles at a rate of one Final Fantasy per year.

So players are also looking forward to it once a year.

Final Fantasy 5 can only be regarded as decent in the entire Final Fantasy series, with an average plot and average graphics, far from the fame of 6 and 7, and it is not as groundbreaking as 123 in the sense of the times, and it is not as good as 4 in terms of reputation.

But the system itself is relatively innovative, with dozens of classes and hundreds of skills, which greatly enhances the playability of the game, and you can freely combine your team according to your preferences.

So there are still a lot of people who buy it.

However, it is clear that the people who came to buy the game today are not here for Final Fantasy 5.

"Of course not, I'm here to buy a new Onmyoji."

A small young boy replied bravely and confidently.

"New Onmyoji?" Store manager Koji Hirai was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly remembered, yes, today is the release date of the new version of Onmyoji on MD.

This craze comes both from the "Onmyoji" anime and from Pokeni's promotion of a new branch line in the magazine.

No wonder there are so many people today.

But......

These people are really confident.

Koji Hirai looked at everyone and couldn't help but sigh-

Two years ago, customers were secretive about buying galgame.

Even after entering the store, like a thief.,After shopping around several times,Choose a few more normal games for all ages.,Before you have to pay, you suddenly pull out the galgame from the shelf and stuff it into a bunch of cassette.,Trying to fool the level.,Don't let people discover their little hobbies.。

But now, these guys can say what they like very confidently and blatantly.

What's going on here?

Is galgame changing?

Or have the players changed?

Koji Hirai thought for a moment, and suddenly felt-

It's all weird pokeni.

Galgame has given rise to new categories and new definitions.

As a result, the current galgame love direction and all-age orientation have increased a lot.,Even faintly want to break away from the original definition of the trend.。

……

Once a person accepts his weakness.

It's invincible.

After removing their defenses and tearing off their disguises, people became calm.

It is also a blessing and joy to be able to gather with like-minded people in such a place.

Everyone may have thought that galgame is a little difficult to talk about, but when it comes to "New Onmyoji", there is no sense of shame, and even very calmly.

After all, although this game is a galgame, it is a very classic turn-based RPG.

So everyone said a word, and I chatted word by word.

"Ah~ I really miss it, Onmyoji, I didn't expect it to be almost 2 years."

"yes, looking back now, it feels like it was yesterday."

"But as soon as I saw that ......" a middle-aged man raised his chin, and everyone followed his gaze, only to see a large poster pasted on the glass door at the entrance of the store.

On the top of the poster, a ray of light cuts through the middle and is divided into two parts: left and right.

On the left is the male protagonist of the Onmyoji, Amakura Yuan, and on the right is the heroine Yuki Ling wearing a red and white witch costume.

On the left is the mountain, on the right is the sea.

The sunlight in the distance hits and after processing, rendering the image into two different colors.

The mountain on the left is majestic, with a holy golden color.

The sea on the right is turquoise and sparkling, making it even cooler.

Asakura Yuan and Yuki Ling each stretched out their hands and shook them together in the middle of the frame.

Let people produce a kind of-

The illusion that these two people want to be together even if they try their best.

Or, the old thief of the ancient plains continued to be inappropriate, and what he wanted to express was the meaning of his thoughts, although the two people could be together, they were still separated in the end because of some force majeure.

In short, depending on the direction of your thinking, there are different interpretations.

It's true that the drawings are more elaborate than they were two years ago.

Especially Yumu Ling, the image in everyone's minds is more three-dimensional.

"It's beautiful, Spirit." The middle-aged man exclaimed, "But as soon as I saw this, I felt a faint pain in my heart." ”

His words immediately awakened everyone's memories, and everyone seemed to have been hit by a bullet, as if they were mourning, and their eyes showed a sense of pain and regret.

"The revenge of killing his wife, not sharing the sky, the old thief of the ancient plains, Xinei!"

"Yes, when I played the finale, I wanted to kill the old thief of the ancient plains."

"But being able to experience a new plot in the new version today can be regarded as making up for regrets, right?"

"Well, the key is whether this news is true or not. Pokeni has no credibility on my side anymore, since the last time [Absolutely No Knife]. ”

"Hahaha, [Absolutely no knife], I feel that it is better to go straight to the knife, and people with the reverse degree are still uneasy to calm down when they think about it now."

"Damn, if P Society still releases fake news this time, then I'll be polite to Furuhara Tsubaki."

After scolding, everyone looked at each other and laughed meaningfully.

At this moment, a person raised his watch and looked at it, "It's 9:20, I see that the business hours written at the door of the store start at 9 o'clock in the morning, why haven't you opened the door yet?" ”

"What do you think?"

The store manager glanced at him with a resentful gaze.

"Let's let, let's go."

The store manager pushed through the crowd and walked inside.

However, his strength was relatively small, and he was put on the way.

"Why? Don't you understand what you just said? Line up! ”

"Damn!"

After feeling the charm of this queue, the store manager is confident and bold, and he is no longer cowardly.

"If you don't let me pass, who will open the door for you?!"

"Nani?! You're the store manager?! ”

The crowd snorted and quickly got out of the way.

Koji Hirai quickly straightened up and walked over to meet everyone's gaze.

Just these few steps, the whole blood is boiling.

As soon as the roller shutter door opened, the crowd immediately poured in.

"Hmm~ That's amazing! Is this the charm of Onmyoji!? ”

Koji Hirai let out a sigh.

……

Hiroshi Furukawa immediately bought the new "New Onmyoji" on MD

Plug in the card, turn on the TV, and start the game.

After entering the game, the first reaction is-

The graphics of this game are indeed a lot more refined.

After all, this is already an MD, a 16-bit machine, and the performance of the original red and white machine is definitely not comparable.

However, in terms of plot, it seems to be no different from the original.

When everyone experiences the game repeatedly, having a certain amount of experience will naturally speed up the progress, and it took 10 hours to play Onmyoji for the first time, and this time it only took half the time.

Yugi Ling fulfilled her mission of the Izanagi clan and died with the Yaki Orochi.

The wind and snow are vast, and it is difficult for Ma Cangyuan to walk.

In the confusion, I saw a familiar figure silently waiting under a big tree in the snow from a distance. It turned out that Kurai Yue was holding an umbrella in his hand, holding the baby in his arms, looking at Asakura Yuan affectionately, waiting for his return.

……

It's good, I experienced the feeling of being depressed again after my heart was broken.

Furukawa Hirosawa closed his eyes and sneered twice.

Laughing is not because of happiness, but anger to the extreme.

Bastard!

I knew that Furuhara Tsubaki wouldn't be so kind!

Completely fooled by the old thief!

This time, you must send a blade to the old thief!

And at this moment, a line of words appeared on the screen-

What if I could have known everything at that time? 】

[If ......]

Well?

Furukawa Hirosawa looked up and found that after returning to the main interface, there was an additional option in the menu-

【Hypothetical Beginning】

What is this?

His eyes suddenly lit up, and at that moment, Hirosawa Furukawa realized that this thing should have been discovered by Pokeni's conscience.

Click Imagine Start

The game is repeated, but this time it's similar to the second week, and you can inherit some of the props and equipment in the first week.

It's a lot easier to fight monsters.

After entering the game, there is an extra line of small text in the upper right corner of the screen [IF]

“IF？”

Oh, Hirosawa Furukawa reacted, that's what if.

In the course of this game, when the male protagonist first landed on Xianling Island, he did not choose to go to the lake to peep, but noticed that someone was following him, so he repelled the ill-intentioned people of the Moon Country.

Although she didn't peek at Ling, Grandma still felt that the two of them were a good match, and hoped that Ma Cangyuan could be with Yumu Ling.

It's just that this time, Asakura didn't do anything strange with her on the wedding day.

Along the way, I still met Kurai Moon and Kazekage Luo of the Moon Country.

This time, the male protagonist, who already knew that the Infernal Land would collapse, took the lead in taking precautions to protect Kurai Yue and Yuki Ling.

So there's no need to look for phoenix eggs and unicorn horns.

This time, it still goes back to the past, and although the male protagonist still failed to save the witch queen (that is, Yuki Ling's mother), he caused a heavy blow to the Yaki Orochi.

After sending Yuki Ling back to Fairy Spirit Island, Asakura returned to reality.

Several people were intact and entered the final battle with 100% strength.

In this battle, the strength of the male protagonist has improved a lot, and at the same time, Kurai Yue and Yuki Ling are in a full state, plus Kazekage Luo, the four of them teamed up to attack and easily solved the sect leader's departure.

After the defeat, Litian summoned the Yaki Orochi again and merged with it.

The Yaqi Snake was hit hard ten years ago, and its strength is not as good as before, but it is still very powerful.

The crowd was beaten to their knees and seriously wounded.

At the moment of crisis, Yuki Ling still stood up and rushed towards the Yaqi Orochi with a ten-fist sword in his hand.

Rumble!

A light burst open.

The flood receded, and after the disaster, only the ruined walls of the Moon Country remained.

The sky cleared, and in the golden sunlight, the Ten Fist Sword slowly fell.

The ten-fist sword glittered in the sunlight, but it was a long time since Yumu Ling returned, and Ma Cangyuan was grief-stricken.

Hirosawa Furukawa's heart is entangled to the extreme.

No way?

What about the spirit?

Or are they all doomed?

Just when his heart sank to the bottom of the sea, he saw the sea water rippling slightly, and a glow appeared on the water.

A slender girl rose from the bottom of the water.

Yumu Ling smiled miserably at the corner of his mouth, leaving traces of blood, but he was still alive.

Seeing this, Furukawa Hirosawa followed Asakura Yuan in the TV, with a relieved smile on his face.

"Woooooooooo......oo It's finally time for this day. ”

Although I know that this is the IF line, which is equivalent to something in parallel time and space, it is what happens after the actor makes other choices, not the reality of the main line.

But at this moment, Furukawa Haoze still couldn't help but burst into tears.

He had waited too long for this day.

That feeling of wounds being healed and regrets being mended.

"Furuhara Tsubaki! Awesome! ”

……

Qing Zhiyuan felt his eyebrows jump sharply, and then sneezed heavily.

Seeing this, the little HR sitting at the door said with a smile, "President, you must have done all the bad things, and the players are cursing you." ”

"Ahh

Qing Zhiyuan frowned and glared at her fiercely.

This guy is getting more and more lawless.

"But......" Akane Ayase smiled, covering her mouth, "I wonder someone is missing you." ”

"Huh?"

……

(End of chapter)