Shirou's clones number 30 million

Suzuki Satoru was stunned for a moment, then quickly went to open the door.

Upon opening the door, I was greeted by a young man in his early twenties. Unlike my own cold and lifeless demeanor in reality, his eyes shone with a very clear light, as if he had a strong expectation for something.

"You are……?"

"Hello, my name is Shiro Kurokawa. I just moved across the street from you, so we'll be neighbors from now on. This is a small gift for you. Please take care of me."

Suzuki Satoru glanced at the cake in his hand, looking surprised.

In this day and age, is it really possible that anyone still observes such etiquette? It's incredibly rare.

"Thank you, please come in and have a seat."

"I still need to pack my things, so I won't bother you any longer."

"Do you need any help?"

"Are you willing to help? Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Suzuki Satoru paused again, thinking to himself:

I was just being polite, why did he take it seriously?

Oh well, I'm free to do nothing anyway.

After putting away the cake, Suzuki Satoru followed Kurokawa Shiro into the apartment across the street. Suzuki Satoru looked surprised as he saw the large pile of newly bought furniture and household items.

"Why is everything new? Didn't you have a moving company send over your old things?"

"All the previous ones are gone; we'll have to buy new ones."

Shiro Kurokawa sighed softly. Just an hour ago, he was hiding from debt collectors under the overpass. Where were his old belongings now?

It's obvious they're all gone.

"Feel sorry."

Suzuki Satoru instantly imagined scenarios like a fire and being forced to leave with nothing, and fell silent.

While helping to arrange the furniture, he suddenly noticed that the other person had bought a brand new [World Tree] game launcher and couldn't help but say:

"YGGDRASILL has already shut down, why are you still buying this stuff?"

"It won't shut down; it will reopen once you buy it."

"Where did you hear this rumor? How could a game that's already shut down possibly be reopened?"

"Wait a moment, it should start soon."

Shiro Kurokawa installed the television and connected the cable, and advertisements quickly appeared on the screen.

Chapter 316 Forced Dream Awakening Method

Chapter 316 Forced Dream Awakening Method (Section 317)

"There's nothing here?" Suzuki Satoru looked at the TV series in surprise. "Could it be that the president of the game company is going to come out and announce that the game will be reopened later?"

“Well… you can think of it even more exaggeratedly,” Kurokawa Shirou said with a smile.

With numerous people working in cahoots, things progressed faster than expected.

At this moment, the advertisement abruptly stopped, and the television screen suddenly switched to a conference room.

"prime minister?"

In that instant, Suzuki Satoru suddenly had a bad feeling.

"...After a vote by all members of parliament, World Tree will become the only legal virtual game in our country starting today."

"Other virtual games will be banned, and any form of profit-making will be prohibited..."

Suzuki Satoru stared blankly at the TV screen for a long time, then unconsciously pinched his cheek.

"Am I dreaming? Ouch! Looks like I'm not."

"How is this possible? Today shouldn't be April Fool's Day, right? Even if it were April Fool's Day, such an outrageous dream wouldn't happen."

So, I guess I was dreaming after all?

"I never thought I could feel pain in my dreams. Those who said you don't feel pain in your dreams are all lying."

Half-believing, half-doubting, Suzuki Satoru turned his gaze back to the television.

On the screen, a typical news anchor is enthusiastically promoting the game, occasionally using gaming jargon.

"This dream is too outrageous. How could such a thing happen in reality? It makes no sense at all and is too fake."

With that thought in mind, Suzuki Satoru decided to wake himself up from the dream.

Snapped!

He slapped himself hard, but apart from the pain, his situation remained unchanged.

"It seems we have to resort to some unconventional methods."

Satoru Suzuki staggered to the sofa and tried to undo his belt.

In that instant, the image of him urinating on his newly bought sofa involuntarily flashed into Shiro Kurokawa's mind.

Without a doubt, it wasn't a premonition, but rather the future foreseen by Observation Haki.

"Stop! This is a sofa I just bought. What do you want to do?"

Shiro Kurokawa immediately grabbed his shoulder and arm to stop him from making any further moves.

"I am waking up from a dream."

"I've only ever heard of 'sobering up,' this is the first time I've heard of 'wake-up dream.'"

“When I was a child, every time I did this in my dream, I would instantly wake up.”

"You're not dreaming, I promise!"

Suzuki Satoru stared blankly at Kurokawa Shirou for a long time before finally asking:

"How could it not be a dream? The Prime Minister is the highest leader of the country, how could he say such outrageous things?"

"Besides, how could a news anchor possibly promote a game that has already been shut down in such a professional manner?"

"I understand, you're a dream too!"

As he spoke, Suzuki Satoru once again placed his hand on his waistband.

Seeing this, Kurokawa Shiro quickly grabbed his clothes and dragged him all the way to the apartment across the street, pointing to Suzuki Satoru's own bed and saying:

"Now you can continue with the dream."

"Oh... um, could you turn around first?"

"I'm going back."

Shortly after I stepped out of the door and returned to my room, a scream suddenly came from the apartment across the street.

"Finally realized you weren't dreaming, huh? Haha..."

Shiro Kurokawa glanced in the direction of the apartment building across the street and burst into laughter.

Although I really wanted to go over and see the expression on his face, I knew he was probably busy washing sheets and blankets right now.

Moreover, they would be absolutely embarrassed to see themselves.

"Let's continue tidying up the room. The game should reopen at 11 p.m. tonight. We need to get the furniture organized before then."

Shiro Kurokawa glanced back at the time displayed on the TV and quickly sped up his tidying up.

……

At 11 p.m. sharp, the game server reopened on time.

Everything in the game appears unchanged from the original, but in ways unknown to others, the changes are enormous.

Above the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild's headquarters, an invisible floating island has appeared, and on this floating island sits a powerful empire.

Of course, there are very few NPCs in the empire, and the game company's employees are currently working overtime to design them.

Meanwhile, the Empire's treasury is being updated in real time.

Upon entering the game, Shiro Kurokawa immediately assumed the identity of the emperor of the empire, entered the treasure vault, and sat down on the ground.

My level has already reached the maximum, so there's no need to go out and fight monsters. I've also collected most of the powerful items, so there's no need to go out and rob anymore. I can just wait for the opportunity to travel through time.

Of course, if there were a real chance to travel through time, the Ainz Ooal Gown guild below would definitely be the first choice.

So I stayed above them, waiting for that day to come.

Unlike the hyper-realistic game world of Sword Art Online where souls enter the game world, 'Eternal Tree' has too many virtual elements, and the player in the game does not possess the powers they have in reality.

Once you travel through time, you will lose your physical body and powers in reality. However, as long as you shake hands with another version of yourself, you can basically say that you have no loss.

While I was deep in thought, a system notification suddenly sounded.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

Isn't that my own voice? Or is it a shadow clone?

"I heard you! Go ahead and speak."

"The treasure vault you are in contains replicas of all the items in the entire game world; to put it simply, it's similar to the Gate of Babylon. Of course, new items like the Anywhere Door haven't been designed yet; we're working overtime to modify the program."

"Postpone the design of the Imperial NPCs and focus on developing items first. Add all the items you can think of as soon as possible."

"Understood. I will have someone update the treasure vault immediately every time a prop is designed here."

Soon after, the real system notification sounded again.

[Here are N precious items for you to receive. Please check them.]

take over.

"Is this... a portal? Why is it so big?"

"This is not a portal to anywhere, but just a teleportation portal that can connect two places. The main portal cannot be placed, and the child portal cannot be moved after it is placed. Currently, the programmers are designing the portal to anywhere based on the existing teleportation portal."

"Hurry up."

Shiro Kurokawa tossed the portal aside and continued to sit and wait for his destiny to arrive.