Roy's Shared Chat Group

Chapter 47. Visiting Comic Exhibitions and Testing

After lunch, Shirakawa and Roy went to the Comic Market venue with ease.

Comic Market is worthy of being the largest comic exhibition in Tokyo. It consists of eight venues with hundreds of exhibition halls and various stage stalls scattered in the aisles of the venue. There are thousands of official cosplay staff, not to mention the otakus who bring their own food. Looking around, all kinds of two-dimensional characters emerge in an endless stream, including all kinds of monsters and demons, and the more popular characters can be easily pulled out into a reinforced company. The whole venue is full of otakus taking pictures and exchanging book resources.

Roy and Shirakawa felt that the lively atmosphere was as if they were back home, and the excited girl pulled Roy around and started walking around.

"Wow, look, Uesugi-kun, that's Asuna and Kirito's cosplay, the degree of authenticity is very high!"

Roy glanced at it and subconsciously lowered his head to cover his face, because the cosplay the girl was pointing at was an official booth and next to that booth was his editor-in-charge. He didn't know why she would join in the fun, but Roy knew that if he was seen, he would either have to hand in his work in a few days, or be pulled on stage for a "big surprise."

"Sister sister, it's okay. Let's go look somewhere else. We've seen too many Sword Art Online cosplays. Last year, we've seen at least 100 Kirito and 300 Asuna. Why not try something different?"

Baichuan paused and thought carefully, and realized that what her junior said was true, so she took Roy's hand and turned away.

Just as Roy and Shirakawa turned around and blended into the crowd, an urban OL wearing black glasses at the booth looked at the direction Roy was going in confusion.

"Hey, I think I saw Mr. Uesugi just now, but it's almost time for the manuscript to be submitted, so why is Mr. Uesugi coming back to the convention? It might be an illusion caused by the deadline."

Afterwards, the urban beauty OL hurried to the next cos exhibition hall set up by their company for a series of light novels about Uesugi Roy.

"Sister, why did you buy another book about Asuna? It's so heavy. I remember that last time you bought five books about Asuna. Do you like Asuna so much?"

Seeing that Shirakawa was buying a book next to the painter, Roy was very curious. After all, in his opinion, most female otakus like gays, and there are very few who buy male and female books like the senior sister.

Baichuan's hand holding the notebook froze for a moment but she quickly calmed down her panic. Only she, a rare girl, could buy notebooks so openly in front of the person she liked. After all, she and Roy became friends first, and then she fell in love with his junior. If she became shy instead of open and confident like before, wouldn't it be a direct indication that she was guilty?

"Of course I'm Asuna. She's the first heroine under the old thief Yuume. She was my favorite in Sword Art Online when I was in junior high school. She was the most important proof of the old thief's update. I really miss the life when there was a new book every month. It's a pity that the old thief Yuume is not so good now. He is no longer the quick shooter now that he has money. The progress of one volume per quarter is too slow. I really want to know the true identity of this old thief. I must catch him in the small dark room and make him write for me. If he doesn't write 100,000 words a day, he won't eat."

"I think 100,000 words is too brutal. If I don't eat, drink or sleep for an hour, I have to write at least 4,000 words to complete the goal. How about we reduce it a bit, like 10,000 words a day?"

Roy's expression looked a little unnatural, because Ximu was his pen name. It was really weird for him to discuss with his readers how to lock himself in a small dark room and how many words he had to write before being allowed to eat and sleep. Especially since this reader didn't know his identity and he still had to grit his teeth to express his agreement.

In order to change the topic that made him uncomfortable, Roy watched the female senior students finish choosing notebooks, and then he started shopping for notebooks he liked.

When Baichuan saw that Roy didn't respond and went to look for the notebook, she became silent, but her eyes were fixed on the notebook that Roy had chosen.

She wanted to see if her junior's XP had changed during this period of time. As a fellow enthusiast, she naturally knew about her junior's XP. The Married Woman series, Queen series, Widow series, NTL series, and Pony Pushing Cart series were all his favorites, and these series had one special thing in common: the big headlights.

This is also the reason why the girl feels that she and Roy actually have hope. Her headlights are at the foul level. As a prospective college student, she has an impressive F-class cup. Moreover, this junior's XP is not like most other otakus nowadays who like loli and childish aesthetics, but tend to prefer mature women or even married women. In this regard, Shirakawa feels that she has a great advantage because she is a mature woman who has been acknowledged by the junior himself.

Roy has also bought notebooks in front of the girls and senior schoolmates many times. From being shy before to being confident now, it is clear that some things will be done countless times once you do them once, and your heartbeat will gradually calm down or become numb from speeding up at the beginning.

One book, two books, three books, four books, that's enough. The four carefully selected books are enough for him to cultivate his sentiments and learn advanced techniques for a while. He has no shortage of opportunities for practical experience now.

Landlady, stepmother, snow girl, **, sisters, Baichuan took in the four types of books selected by Roy, and soon she analyzed Roy's recent XP changes from these books. The main XP of Junior Brother, Queen Sister and Wife has not changed, and it seems that he has become interested in monster girls and special relationships. Fortunately, it's not bad as long as he still likes to play sister types.

After Roy paid the money and took the notebook, he was pulled by Baichuan to watch the cosplay of passers-by.

"Junior, what do you think of the Hachikami? She's not bad, but she's a little short. Then what do you think of the Misaka? She's not that good. Senior, you know me. I've always been a loyal believer in the gathering of people's hearts."

……

As they were chatting and laughing their way through the exhibition hall, a girl with fox ears, orange ponytails, and thick eyeshadow walked past Roy holding a pure white cat. This girl and the cat she was holding had the same aura as the senior girl, that of a superhuman and a spirit.

It seems that not only ordinary people hang out at this comic convention, but also some extraordinary people and half-demons with other looks also take this opportunity to come out and hang out.

Seeing Roy still thinking about the orange twintails that had left, Shirakawa teased with a tone that she herself didn't realize was a little sour: "Could that be the one you fell in love with? If that's the case, then go chase that girl."

Roy looked away and said calmly, "That girl looked familiar to me, but I couldn't remember her for a while so I took a closer look."

Miss Shirakawa didn't say anything but her expression showed one thing: I don't believe it.

"It's like this, senior sister. You know me well. I like guys who are taller and bigger like you. The guy just now is good but still not as good as you (his headlights are not half as big as yours)."

After hearing Roy's words, which sounded almost like a confession, the girl no longer cared about being jealous. "My heart is beating fast" is not enough to describe how she felt right now.

Is this a confession from my junior, or is he hinting at me? No, I can’t help it anymore, I need to calm down.

So, in Roy's surprised gaze, the female senior student suddenly let go and said she had to go to the toilet urgently.

Chapter 48. Shirakawa Holmes Sister

Huh, huh, calm down, I must calm down. Miss Shirakawa, you have to have a girl's reserve. My junior may not mean that.

Although she said to calm down, her throbbing heart could not calm down. In the end, she had to keep splashing cold water on her face to force herself to calm down.

No, no, we have to think of a way to confirm it. When Shirakawa saw a little boy cosplaying as Detective Conan behind herself in the reflection of the mirror, she suddenly had an idea.

Twenty minutes later, when Roy thought that the senior girl had stood him up and ran away, Shirakawa finally appeared again.

"Speaking of which, sister, you went to the bathroom, why did you suddenly change into a Sherlock Holmes cosplay costume?"

At this time, Miss Shirakawa was wearing a brown deerstalker hat, holding a pipe in her left hand and a magnifying glass in her right hand, and she was wearing a brown windbreaker.

In response to Roy's question, Baichuan said in a deep voice: "This is a problem that can only be solved by smoking three pipes of tobacco, Hua, no junior brother."

Roy was a little confused by the senior girl's answer, but he soon realized that this might be because the senior girl activated her ability and loaded the Sherlock Holmes skill.

He quietly extended his senses and found that there was indeed a strange power covering the whole body of Miss Baichuan. With the blessing of this power, the girl seemed to have been strengthened in all aspects.

What is he trying to do? He is using his ability without saying a word, and he is cosplaying as a detective like Sherlock Holmes. Is it possible that I have revealed a flaw somewhere? Does the senior know my pseudonym and is going to use this ability to confirm whether I am Yume?

Roy's IQ is still very high, but unfortunately straight men don't understand girls' hearts. That's right, but only half right. He didn't know that this senior would directly use her skills just to find out whether he likes her or not.

But it’s just role-playing. Since the girl senior wants to play, I will play with her to the end.

"Doctor, since this question is too difficult, why don't we put it aside and check other clues first."

Baichuan girl subconsciously prepared to nod and put the pipe into her mouth, but when she raised her hand halfway, she remembered that the pipe in her hand was just a showpiece and could not be put into her mouth, so she put her hand and the pipe down awkwardly.

As expected, I still can't control my abilities perfectly. I should quickly find out my junior's feelings and get rid of them as soon as possible, otherwise it will be troublesome if the degree of mental erosion is high.

After many tests, Baichuan has actually gained a certain understanding of her own superpowers. She can obtain the abilities of the corresponding virtual characters by wearing cosplay costumes, but the strength of this ability is closely related to herself. First of all, after putting on the cosplay costumes, she needs to conform to the character setting to have the corresponding power. The higher the degree of restoration, the closer the ability she can exert will be to the original owner. However, the higher the degree of restoration is not necessarily better.

Because once the degree of restoration exceeds a limit, her mental aspect will also be affected accordingly, which is called mental erosion by Shirakawa. She didn't know this when she put on Mai Shiranui's cosplay costume at home for the first time. As a result, because of her physical factors, the degree of restoration was directly maxed out. After reaching a peak, she didn't think she was Shirakawa but Mai Shiranui, because she could even use Shiranui style ninjutsu and bone method fist at that time. If the cosplay costume hadn't been broken because of her when she was using ninjutsu, she would probably have really become Mai Shiranui that time.

And after that cosplay, for a long time, Shirakawa subconsciously wanted to wear revealing clothes in front of men to seduce them and then find their flaws, subdue them and beat them up.

In addition to the degree of restoration, there is also the issue of ability. That is, the more frequently the ability is used, the higher the degree of mental erosion will be, and the physical strength will be greater after the ability is released. Also, when releasing extraordinary powers, the degree of erosion is much greater than ordinary abilities. If she plays a character like Sherlock Holmes who has no extraordinary powers, it may take a day or even more than ten hours for the degree of erosion to reach its peak. Then, if she plays an extraordinary person like a magical girl, once she uses extraordinary powers, it will take more than ten minutes or even a few minutes for the erosion to reach its peak.

And the cost of using extraordinary powers is not just this. Once extraordinary powers are used, the physical energy consumption will far exceed ordinary abilities. Once she cosplayed as a magical girl, she released two light cannons in excitement, and as a result, she had to stay in bed for a whole week afterwards.

The last point is that when she wants to release her ability, she needs to enter a fantasy world and play a role in the fantasy world before she can release it.

Next, Roy and Shirakawa Holmes walked and talked all the way. Shirakawa used Holmes' extraordinary observation ability to find out many of her junior's preferences and habits, but she couldn't find out the issue that she was most concerned about at all, because the result she got was very strange. The words he said seemed to show that he had a good impression of her, but based on his expression, it seemed that the junior didn't realize what he was saying in his mind, as if his junior's mouth had his own thoughts, which was very strange.

It is really worrying to know whether this junior of mine is a scheming scumbag who keeps countless fish or a straight man who speaks his mind.

Roy's natural performance made it impossible for Baichuan to judge what kind of person he was even if she had the ability of Sherlock Holmes.

However, the flowers did not bloom despite her efforts. Unintentionally, she gained something unexpected while in the state of Sherlock Holmes. She found that there was a sister wearing black glasses following them. She was probably an acquaintance of her junior.

"Junior, look at that sister wearing black glasses behind us. Does she know you? She has been following us."

Black glasses?

Roy subconsciously glanced back and found that his editor was following him from a distance. It was this glance that made Aoki Koharu, who was following behind, confirm that Yuume-sensei and Uesugi-sensei were indeed at the comic exhibition.

Looking at Editor Aoki approaching step by step and the female senior student who was watching with interest, Roy sighed inwardly that this time he was probably going to be asked to submit his manuscripts and be exposed at the same time.

Roy's guess was correct. Although Editor Aoki did not reveal his identity in front of others, the clever girl Shirakawa guessed that Aoki Koharu's occupation was an editor based on just a few words. She also calculated that he was a light novel writer based on the time when Editor Aoki came to him. If the information was not enough, Roy's disguise would have been stripped off by the girl senior.

Looking at Shirakawa's eyes that were almost glowing, Roy decided not to pretend anymore and to show his hand. After using the saved manuscript to block Koharu's mouth through email, Roy chose to ignore the gossipy eyes of Koharu, the editor who was half his elder, and took Shirakawa Holmes's hand, found a secluded and quiet room, closed the door, and prepared to go in and confess.

Since it has come to this point, if I continue to hide my identity, it would be like I am no longer considering my senior as a friend.

Chapter 49. The style of painting gradually develops towards the style of anime

Pushing open the door, Roy took Shirakawa and walked straight into the room introduced by editor Aoki.

There was no one else in the room, only rows of cosplay costumes neatly hung on hangers. They were all costumes of popular anime characters. There were also various accessories of all sizes in the two yellow boxes next to them.

Shirakawa's eyes lit up when she saw so many cos costumes. It was because she was in a special state, otherwise she would have pounced on them like a puppy.

But soon her attention was no longer on these exquisite cosplay costumes.

"What, you are actually Xiume Lao, teacher."

Shirakawa opened her mouth slightly in disbelief. You have to know that Sword Art Online was published seven or eight years ago. At that time, Uesugi was only a fourth or fifth grade elementary school student and probably couldn't even recognize all the characters. How could he write a masterpiece like Sword Art Online? She would believe it even if he was a high school student, but it was too acceptable for an elementary school student to write it.

Roy also knew that his situation was a bit eccentric, but in the past few years he had created a persona for himself as a precocious prodigy born in poverty, and the arrival of the chat group had become a solid backing for him.

"Sister, I am precocious and have a photographic memory, so I grew up earlier."

Seeing that Shirakawa still didn't quite believe it, Roy had to take out his mobile phone to show the girl his contract with the publishing house and a volume of light novel that had not yet been sent out. Then he demonstrated in front of her what it meant to have a photographic memory, and finally made Shirakawa believe that he was Yume.

Shirakawa's rationality and Holmes's speculation told her that what Roy said was true, but her emotions could not accept it all, because she had said bad things about the old thief Yume many times in front of Roy before and expressed her admiration for him. Now she thought about how embarrassing it was to say bad things about others and be infatuated with them in front of them. She now wished she could use her toes to dig out a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment and hide in it and never see anyone again.

Miss Shirakawa never thought that she would use the ability of Sherlock Holmes. Instead of finding out the information she wanted to find out, she found out a huge scandal that would lead to her social demise.

The collision between Holmes' cold rationality and Shirakawa's excited emotions made her own abilities unstable.

Oh no, I'm going to automatically activate my ability and exit the Sherlock Holmes state, but if it weren't for my junior brother Uesugi, that old thief Yuume would be pulled into the illusion by me, and I'm going to be exposed now, what should I do?

Before Baichuan could figure out how to deal with the problem, a strong mental wave burst out from her, covering the entire small room.

As a magician, Roy could of course sense the unusual fluctuations and the mental pull of Baichuan. It was not known whether it was because of the chat group or because of his own high mental strength, but Roy was able to control himself and not be pulled in. However, after Roy carefully sensed that there was no danger, he was actively pulled in.

After a dizzying moment, Roy's consciousness fell into an illusion.

Boom, boom, boom, the huge sound of flowing water exploded in Roy's ears like thunder. Roy opened his eyes and found that he was standing by an extremely wide waterfall. There were green trees all around him, and the river breeze blew across his face. The milky white, boiling water beside him poured into the bottomless ravine below, and the splashing water flew everywhere.

Is this the last case?

Roy had also read Sherlock Holmes and knew that this was the most unforgettable plot. After all, this was the plot of Holmes' death. If the readers at that time had not used various means to get Conan Doyle to continue writing the Return of Sherlock Holmes, then Sherlock Holmes would have really died.

But I remember that the protagonists of this scene should be Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty. I, the "Watson", don't have much role. Do you want me to perform the role of collecting corpses?

Just as Roy was thinking this, he saw Senior Shirakawa, also known as Sherlock Holmes, not far away. Oh no, Roy suddenly realized who he was in the illusion, Holmes' old rival Moriarty.

This requires me to have a duel with my senior sister, but with my skills, I can't easily beat her.

When Roy thought he could bully the weak opponent, Baichuan was extremely anxious.

She was indeed trying to perform a plot when she lifted the illusion, but there was one thing she couldn't say, which was that her performance was developing in the direction of the book. She didn't know whether it was because her superpowers were not serious or because of excessive psychological desires.

Every time she went through this plot, she would experience a fantasy and become wet. The character Asuna was the most common, because she only had this one set of cosplay costumes in her wardrobe. This was also one of the reasons why she particularly liked to read Asuna's book.

In the past, when she used her ability to activate the illusion, she would hide in a small room or toilet alone. After all, she would be soaked every time afterwards, and it would be easier to change clothes in a deserted place. She originally planned to find a toilet to change clothes after chatting with her junior, but she got so excited that she lost control of her emotions and dragged her junior into the illusion with her.

Now Miss Baichuan no longer thinks that what she did before is embarrassing, because she is afraid that something more embarrassing or even exciting will happen to her later.

If the "plot" in the illusion is not performed in time, then Shirakawa's own mental erosion will gradually increase. If she can withstand the erosion and the plot ends, she can actually get out of the illusion and remove the ability. Often when she encounters a "plot" she doesn't like, she will choose to endure it.

The price is just that his speaking habits and manners will become a little strange over a few days or weeks. For an ordinary person like Holmes, the fighting power will be eroded in a day or two at most.

However, when Shirakawa used to think that the problem was insignificant, when she faced her junior brother Uesugi, she suddenly thought that it would be better to just resist the erosion. Who knows what side effects it might cause? So she decided to put up with it and stage a "plot" with her junior brother. Well, it was just an illusion anyway, so she might as well give it a try.

Roy looked at the female senior, or rather, Holmes' mother, and his heart was beating fast. This beating was pushing and urging him to rush up and engage in hand-to-hand combat with "Holmes" to complete the plot.

It's strange why this feeling doesn't seem like meeting a long-lost opponent and wanting to fight, but instead it's a bit like the feeling I had when facing Aso-san and Yukino-sama in uniform. This illusion gives people a somewhat different feeling.

But Roy didn't think too much about it. He couldn't wait to finish this plot and have a good talk with the female senior about the extraordinary people.

When Roy walked towards the senior girl step by step and stood in front of her, ready to take action, he looked at Holmes's mother who took the initiative to unbutton her windbreaker and gradually realized that something seemed different from what he expected. This wouldn't be a real fight, right? Although this was an illusion, it was also the wilderness!

The style of painting in the fantasy world gradually began to develop in the direction of the internal and external comics.

Chapter 50. Final Case

It was not the first time that Baichuan took off her clothes in a fantasy world, but this time she was so nervous that her hands were shaking slightly, because her fantasy world changed from a stand-alone VR game to an online game, and the person online was her favorite junior.

"Clap."

The tan windbreaker, deerstalker hat and pipe were slowly placed aside by Shirakawa, and soon she was left with only her underwear.

"This is just a necessary sacrifice to eliminate the erosion, and it's just an illusion, it's no big deal..."

At this point, Baichuan began to hypnotize herself, and the little bit of girlish reserve she had left was gradually let go under self-suggestion.

A set of underwear printed with two-dimensional avatars was untied and taken off by Baichuan girl with trembling hands.

The perfect girl's body was revealed in front of Roy.

Although Miss Shirakawa lacks the charm of a married woman and the fully mature plumpness compared to Mrs. Yukino, a girl has her own advantages. The undeveloped light pink color makes it clear at a glance that she is a virgin, and the shyness in her eyes gives her a sense of purity unique to a girl.

By this time Roy knew what he should do. As a man, when a girl voluntarily took off her clothes in front of him, doing nothing would undoubtedly be a humiliation to the girl, so in order to show respect, Roy also began to unbutton his clothes.

Soon, beside the rumbling waterfall, a man and a woman were face to face and talking frankly.