Around1, Chiyo City's most emerging comprehensive entertainment complex, has not changed its purpose even in this distorted world, but rather has greatly improved its purity.

The former commercial town has been transformed into a small theme park that looks like a fantasy medieval-style town, and although the scale is not comparable to that of a certain Mr. Mouse, the attractions that retain modern features still attract many tourists on their days off.

In front of the fountain at the entrance, Li Wu and Hikari were waiting for people while playing an AR game of catching treasures and dreams, and Shiratori, who couldn't participate, flew around them boredly.

Soon, Airisa and Aoi Hoshikawa, who were dressed in casual clothes, also came to the meeting place.

The three of them, each with a ghost fetus, exchanged glances with Airisa as the center, while Li Wu, who was left behind, focused his attention on the white bird that fell on his shoulder.

"Do as I was told."

She whispered confidently, "This plan is named [Sunshine & Sunflower Friendship Battle]!" ”

Time rewinds to this morning, Li Wu's room.

"At the heart of a pull-in relationship is the meaningful experience we have together."

Mai Shiratori left this opening sentence, "So in order to let the two people who have not been on good terms recently fall in love with each other, we have to try to let them enjoy the fun of the amusement park together!" ”

Although Li Wu raised such and such questions, in the end, she was still sentenced, "Are you a girl or am I a girl?" No one knows better than me how to increase friendship between girls."

But she's just a pigeon.

In short, adhering to the policy of the White Bird Military Division, Li Wu began to act.

"There's a place to take a group photo here, Li Jun, let's take a look together."

Hoshikawa Aoi pulled the corner of her boyfriend's clothes and moved towards the facility that you could see around the corner just after entering from the entrance, where there were already many couples lined up, but their severely disproportionate gender ratio still attracted a lot of attention.

"Arisa, let's be with Rin-san Hori."

When it was their turn, she said, looking at Arissa.

"Ah, okay."

The latter was submissive, but Hikari offered a different opinion: "Xiao Ai just said that she wanted to take a picture with Hoshikawa-san. ”

"Huh? I didn't ...... I want to be with Hoshikawa-san. ”

Arisa is like an e-sports player who is being held to the head with a gun pointed at her head and playing a fake match according to a script, with tears in the corners of her eyes.

"There are obviously four people in it."

Li Wu, who was holding the bird, looked at them strangely, "Aren't you going to take a group photo?" ”

After the scene was silent for a second, Hoshikawa Aoi took the initiative to take Light's hand: "Hey, people almost forgot, thanks to Li Jun's reminder." ”

"The Great Battle of Friendship has been fruitful, my lord!"

Shiratori Mao substituted a strange character and chirped in Li Wu's ear, "Look, this is the first project, they have even held hands, and just now they are in the order of each other's humble group photos, I saw the flashing girl's friendship!" ”

If you let the time travelers from ancient times see it, they will definitely rebuke a courtier.

But now, no one can sanction her, and the four of them and one bird entered the not too spacious camera equipment one after another, huddled together to take the first group photo.

Li Wu stood on the left, Hikari and Hoshikawa Aoi occupied his left and right sides, and further to the right were Airisa and Shiratori in the air, which finally happened to form a composition centered on a magical girl.

Arisa held up the photo that had been developed on the spot, looked left and right at the sun, and cherished it in her wallet and hid it.

"Does Xiao Ai think it looks good?"

Hikari asked.

"Hmm...... Because it's a memory that everyone makes together. ”

Although she was under pressure that she couldn't say clearly, Arisa was so happy with the fact that she was gathered together, so much so that the two sources of stress who heard her speak felt a faint conscience uneasy.

"Still, I want to ...... too"

Unheard whispers drifted into the wind, and Arisa kept up with the crowd who had already moved to the next amusement facility.

*

"If it's not my delusion...... There are more people who seem to be human along the way. ”

Li Wu didn't scold, but just summarized the facts.

"This may be due to the fact that you've unlocked half of the quadruple seals, re-validating the relationship between this thing and current events."

Mai Shiratori relayed the information she had obtained from the Countermeasures Bureau in real time, "The distortion in Chiyo City is decreasing. ”

Unlike them, who were talking about business, Arisa was anxious for another reason.

She hunched at the back of the crowd, pulling out her phone from time to time, the two notes and nicknames of the chat window flashing alternately at the top.

[Hoshikawa-san]: Airisa, why did you suddenly change your mind just now?

[Lying on the table looking at your cat expression aggrievedly]

[Airisa]: Because I was taken away by Xiaoguang's words.

After thinking about it, she added: I'm sorry, I was also shocked, I didn't expect things to turn out like that.

[Hoshikawa]: It's okay! Erisa doesn't have to worry so much! It's not the most important time yet.

Before Erisha could organize a verbal answer, another message came.

[Xiaoguang]: Staring——

[Airisa]: Hikaru is angry, right...... I think it's okay for you to be angry, but please believe me, the photo was not on the scheduled itinerary, and if I had time, I would have stopped Hoshikawa-san...... I'm sorry I couldn't stop her.

[Xiaoguang]: It's okay, it's the witch's fault. Moreover, the time for a decisive battle has not yet come.

Arisa looked at the blackened screen and breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, as long as she takes the initiative to show twelve points of guilt first, they will not be suspicious, but will not dare to ask any more questions because of the uneasiness of conscience.

All you have to do is get through the day safely, the girl prayed.

*

"No more...... I can't hold on today. ”

Arisa's eyes were blank, dragging herself step by step.

After half an afternoon, it was already night, and the group had generally enjoyed most of the free entertainment.

There were also some minor episodes that weren't worth mentioning, such as a friendly discussion over the seating arrangement of the roller coaster, where Hoshikawa-san and Hikaru both humbly wanted to give each other the honor of sitting with everyone's favorite Arisa.

In the end, Li Wu didn't know what to think about after communicating with the pigeon on his shoulder, and he comforted and encouraged the two to get along well.

After everyone came down, Arisa checked her back three times to make sure that there was no penetrating wound from the four sharp gazes.

Now, they're taking a break in the indoor video game area.

The place where I used to be here with Hikari still hasn't changed much, the different kinds of arcade screens are flashing fluorescent, and most of them are unattended.

When Li Wu went to redeem the game currency and came back, he found that only Airisa was holding Shiratori Mayi in place.

"What about the two men?"

He looked around, "Did you already go play by yourself?" ”

"Maybe it's going to a duel outside...... No, nothing. ”

Arisa saw Hoshikawa Kazukatsu coming over with two cups of sundaes, and quickly changed her words.

"Xiao Wu, the second contract."

Saying this, the light filled the cream that was about to melt, and wanted to pass the spoon over the obstructor to Li Wu.

"Thank you."

Hoshikawa Aoi, who was crowded between the two, cut off his beard halfway, ate it in one bite, and said vaguely, "What is the second contract?" ”

“…… That's not about you, and it's not for you to eat. ”

After a few minutes, Hikari stubbornly dug a large spoonful of the part covered in frosting to try again, and found that the other party and her boyfriend were exchanging their respective tastings.

"It turned out to be a pineapple flavor, Li Jun should also try this."

"I'll give it a try...... Actually, it's a mango, you can see that the colors are all similar. ”

"Only children use color to distinguish between them."

The hand he was about to reach out hovered over at the starting point, unable to hand it out for a long time.

Arisa sat at one end of the bench, watching the situation unfold while sharing her ice cream with Shiratori.

"Come on...... Duel! ”

Ah, a real duel.

The little vampire, who was gradually numb, thought as he held a spoon in his mouth.

Of course, Hikari, who suddenly made a dueling request to Aoi Hoshikawa, didn't really want to slash each other passionately like last time.

Next to the two arcade machines standing with their backs to each other, Aoi Hoshikawa is gearing up.

"Rin-san Hori wants to challenge me in this field...... You're 20,000 years early. ”

"You are, the Death Omen is already shining in the sky."

Not to be outdone, Hikari provoked.

"So, please abide by the principle of fair play, friendship first, and competition second...... The winner will receive a prize. ”

Li Wu, who was arrested to act as a referee, announced the beginning of the duel, and in his hand was the plush toy that he had just grabbed from the crane machine, which was the prize of the first Brave Cup, named after Rinmitsu Hori.

Almost at the same time, the brave and the magical girl took the wind into the seat and threw the game currency into the machine.

THE BATTLEFIELD THEY CHOSE WAS CAPCOM'S 1993 CLASSIC FIGHTING GAME WRESTLING OVERLORD.

The two of them, both of whom are capable of putting their athleticism above industrial machinery, shake the joysticks and buttons with the momentum of destroying the poor arcade machine, like a storm passing through.

Hikari controls the character as a blonde muscular man, while Hoshikawa chooses a red-haired wrestler known as "The Big Ghost".

"Li Wujun, Erisa, who do you think will win?"

Shiratori landed next to him and asked, seemingly out of curiosity alone.

"I don't know much...... I feel that the person who chooses the light looks more powerful. ”

Erisha made a typical passerby speech.

"I'm not very optimistic about the light."

Li Wu is purely because he played arcade with Xingchuan a long time ago and killed Fu Fushen attached to the game console by the way, and Guang has figured out her strength since she was a child, so she can make bold judgments.

"I see, Li Wujun thinks that light will lose."

As the fighting green plum froze, Hoshikawa Aoi seized the opportunity to perform a special move, and the wrestler on the screen grabbed the blonde hunk's head and spun it around, then slammed him to the ground, emptying the last trace of blood.

"I won!"

The girl sitting across from her jumped up, and Hikari turned her head and looked at the babbling fellows almost with grief.

"It's all Xiao Wu!"

"Blame me, blame me, I won't interfere with you in the next game."

Li Wu, who knew that he was at a loss, kept his mouth shut, but this did not save the gap in strength.

"Fighting games, it's fun."

Hoshikawa Aoi hugged the plush puppet and declared contentedly.

Hikari, on the other hand, slumped himself in his seat as if he had been subjected to Arisa, as if he was sitting melancholy in the background of fireworks after missing out on the championship.

"I remember the game has a doubles mode, right? The four of us play another round together? ”

Li Wu, who was a little unbearable to see her like this, proposed, "I'm in a group with Hikari, Hoshikawa and Airisa. ”

Aoi Hoshikawa, who was in a good mood after the victory, thought about it and agreed, so the referee was replaced by Shiratori, who had no hands and could not participate.

Li Wu sat down next to his Qingmei, his elbows almost together.

"The light, a little bit past, will interfere with each other."

Reluctantly, she shifted slightly to the right.

"Before, it wasn't that narrow."

"Because we've grown up."

When they were young, the two would also sneak into the arcade near the school, and even made a modest name among the elementary school students.

Hikari was probably suddenly visited by the past of his childhood, and he showed the same smile as him.

"Kill them!"

She deliberately bent her elbow and bumped into it, bringing a nice smell.

"Well, kill them!"

Li Wu was also aroused by the long-lost passion of the arcade.

Hoshikawa Aoi smiled, and the joystick in his hand was almost deformed in the face of the unconscious huge force, making a dangerous sound of rattling.

Playing reminiscing about the years in person, right, can't you afford to kill it if you have memories?

Let me create new, fiasco memories for you.

Airisa fidgeted and pulled her teammate's cuffs: "Hoshikawa-san, I'm not very good at playing this ......"

"It's okay, Erisha remembers the order of the few fixed moves I said, just protect yourself."

As soon as she breathed a sigh of relief, she received two more messages on her phone.

[Hoshikawa-san]: Erisa is in charge of interfering with them outside the field.

[Xiaoguang]: Xiaoai, please do your best to hold back.

Arisa slammed headlong into the machine in front of her, groaning like a stomachache.

Kill me!

Leaving aside the dirty methods of the two secretly lacking the spirit of e-sports, the 2v2 fight officially began, with Hoshikawa Aoi and Hikari keeping their previous candidates unchanged, and the new additions Arisa and Li Wu chose a fat man like a sumo wrestler and a masked man, respectively.

Hoshikawa Aoi's strength is undoubtedly above him and Hikari, which has nothing to do with hardware such as reaction speed, it is purely the experience gap brought about by how much she usually plays.

However, the strength of the team mainly depends on the shortcomings.

As long as Arisa has enough vegetables, they can win!

The calmly analytic Li Wu swooped down on Arisa's control role with great martial devotion, allowing Hikari to temporarily abandon her throwing skills and only entangle another enemy, and soon reduced her health bar to a dangerous level.

The poor vampire screamed in pain every time his character was hit, as if his fist had fallen on him, and he frantically slapped the button and begged for mercy.

"On the playing field, there is no grace!"

Li Wu ruthlessly ignored the girl's pleas and gave her the final blow.

Two against one, the advantage is mine!

"Uh-huh, well, I won't lose to this despicable tactic!"

"You're losing to our flawless teamwork!"

Even if the player is a step higher, they can't resist this fatal numerical disparity.

When the red-haired ghost finally fell, Li Wu suddenly saw the two boys and girls who were wrapped in thick down jackets in winter, snuggled together in the ten-yuan arcade hall, stretching out their hands that were red from the cold.

"Yay!"

Hikari cheered and stood up, holding out her hand to him.

Just like he had repeated many times before, Li Wu cooperated and raised his five fingers, and the two palms were pressed together, making a loud crisp slapping sound.

"We are champions!"

Then, the petite girl in front of her tilted her head, and suddenly opened her arms and threw herself into his arms.

(End of chapter)