The system handed me over to the state.

"So what do you plan to do with this 100 million?"

Han Han blinked, and Bronya pondered for a moment, "Invest it in... other businesses, have you forgotten? We're not a game company."

Han Han rolled her eyes. "Yes, yes, we're not a game company, we're a technology research and development company. So what are you planning to make for your next game?"

Bronya rubbed her chin. "Probably... Sword Art Online?"

"Pfft! What did you say?!"

Han Han immediately exclaimed, "What the hell?! Sword Art Online? That death game?!"

"Sword Art Online, to put it simply, is a virtual reality game, understand?"

Han Han wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. "You really are... very goal-oriented. Can you pull it off?"

Bronya closed her eyes, pondered for a moment, and then smiled, "Well, I don't know."

"Hey! I didn't know you were going to do it! Aren't you afraid of wasting a ton of money and still not finishing it?"

Bronya crossed her arms and looked at the returning Dawei and his group on the screen. "So, we need more manpower and a larger research scale. After all... making games is not easy at all."

Chapter 109: You play Genshin Impact too?

That night, Bronya had just changed her shoes after returning home when she heard a soft voice.

Welcome home.

Bronya looked up in surprise and saw Tong Xi's smiling face. She sighed slightly, "To be honest, it feels a little...uncomfortable to suddenly have you in the house."

"Is it because my presence makes you feel bad?"

Bronya waved her hand. "It's not that bad, it's just that I'm not used to it. It's been a long time since I've had someone greet me and take care of me when I get home every day."

"Huh? Why?"

Bronya didn't answer. Her thoughts gradually drifted back to a time long ago, when she... no, he, back then, wasn't a child who understood his parents' hardships. After starting his own job, he never went back to visit them.

Every conversation with my parents involved my mother calling to offer her condolences and comfort. During the Lunar New Year, I would use the excuse that I was too busy with work to go home.

The reason why I truly reconciled with my parents and began to understand them was because of my grandfather's death, which gradually helped to resolve the estrangement between him and his parents.

And now... so much time has passed, almost two years, and I haven't contacted my parents for two years...

I opened my phone and scrolled through the call history. I could still see those names and numbers marked in red as missed calls. Among them were the names marked 'Dad' and 'Mom'.

Bronya's expression seemed a little downcast. At this moment, Tong Xi asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you so disappointed?"

"Tong Xi, after you turned me into this, did you ever think about how I would face my parents in the future?"

Tong Xi's expression turned somewhat flustered for a moment. "I'm sorry, I really didn't expect this at the time..." Then her expression became somewhat downcast.

After all, their system doesn't have parents... so naturally they subconsciously didn't consider this point.

"Can you help me? Like, could you alter my parents' memories of me, or... give me something to temporarily impersonate them?"

In response, Tong Xi helplessly spread her hands, "I'm sorry, I can't do that. I have a contract with the manager that I can't use my power at will during my vacation. Your request is already within that scope."

"However... this is indeed my oversight. You can file a complaint against me through the complaint mechanism in your system interface. After the complaint is filed, my superiors will require me to rectify it immediately, and then I will be able to help you."

Bronya blinked. "Complain? Will you be punished?"

Tong Xi crossed her arms and pondered, "I don't know... After all, I haven't experienced any complaints like this before... The punishments for my friends who were complained about were all different. Some were required to increase the number of people they were supposed to graduate with, some were required to give gifts to their hosts as compensation, and I even saw someone who was required to turn into a handsome man to be the husband of a contractor... It's all very strange."

Bronya blinked. "Then I won't complain."

"you sure?"

"Well, I don't want you to be my wife, otherwise Seele will be jealous."

Tong Xi's lips twitched slightly. So you do know you can be jealous... Hei hope's possessiveness... simply cannot tolerate Bronya having any other people around her, whether real or suspected.

"Oh! Right, there's one more thing. Could you let me go to... the world of Sword Art Online, or... Seele's original world? Although it's not within the scope of the mission, I still hope to go."

Tong Xi turned around and lay down on the sofa. "I can understand why you want to go to Seele's world. After all, there's still Bronya and Seele there, and even more people who need you to save them. But what are you going to do in the world of Sword Art Online?"

"Hmm...would you believe me if I said I wanted to have a proper discussion with Kayaba Akihiko about the future of virtual reality games?"

"Oh, is that all?"

"if not?"

Tong Xi's question stunned Bronya. "Why would you ask me that? It's as if I've done something bad in the past!"

Tong Xi drooped her eyes, her face blank. "Because basically every contractor who goes to the parallel world related to Sword Art Online targets either Asuna, Kirito, or Kiriko, or they all. You are the first person to target Kayaba Akihiko."

Then Tong Xi nodded again, "Yes, the first one I've seen!"

"...I went there to discuss the issues, not to seduce him..."

"But think about it, someone who understands your ideals, has the ability to discuss your dreams with you, and is even more capable than you, plus she's an ultimate beauty, how long do you think it will take Kayaba Akihiko to turn his admiration for your abilities into love?"

Bronya covered her face and sighed helplessly. What was all this about...? She liked Seele, not Kayaba Akihiko! Even if he was handsome in the anime, she wasn't interested.

"So, are you going to try and win over Asuna? With your charm, turning her gay should be easy, right?"

Bronya clenched her fists, her expression turning resentful. "Why do you always make me try to seduce other people?! What kind of system are you?! A romance system?!"

Tong Xi quickly covered her mouth, "Ah! Sorry... it was just a subconscious..."

Bronya quickly calmed herself down. "In short... let me state that I have no romantic inclination towards men. Even if I have any contact with men, it will be limited to friendship or business dealings."

"I'm...I'm so sorry..."

Tong Xi tapped her index fingers together, looking apologetic. Bronya waved her hand, indicating that the matter was settled. She turned around and knocked on Seele's door. No one answered, so she pushed the door open and went into the room. She saw Seele wearing headphones, a loose short-sleeved shirt, and black casual hot pants, nestled on the sofa, intently staring at the computer screen in front of her.

Bronya blinked, looking exactly like a typical internet-addicted girl...

"Seele?"

"Ah?! Bronya, you're back?"

Bronya's sudden call startled Seele, who immediately took off her headphones and laughed. Bronya stepped forward, "You actually responded... I thought I had to call you several times before you answered."

"Thinking about something..."

Bronya looked at the computer screen. A familiar interface... Hmm? Genshin Impact?

Are you playing Genshin Impact?

Seele nodded. "I played it when I was bored. Although everyone online says you can play without spending money, I still couldn't resist spending some..."

Bronya raised an eyebrow, stepped forward, picked up the mouse, and opened the shop's information. Seeing the amount marked in small print as nearly 100,000 Primogems, Bronya exclaimed in surprise, "You've invested so much money! How's the game going? Have you fully upgraded all your characters?"

Bronya's question startled Seele, who had expected Bronya to ask why she had spent so much money, or to start criticizing her.

Bronya turned her head, looked at Seele's surprised expression, and chuckled, "Pfft! Did you think I would criticize you or lecture you? Do I look that strict?"

Seele blinked, then stretched out her arms and hugged Bronya, saying, "Bronya, why don't you experience the charm of this game? Or... the charm of Seele?"

Chapter 110: The Creation of Parallel Worlds

Faced with Seele's affection, Bronya grabbed Seele's head and ruffled it into a messy, disheveled hairstyle. "Can't you just get along properly? You're always thinking about these things. Aren't you afraid that one day I'll piss you off and just throw you away?"

"Would Bronya do that? Seele doesn't believe it."

Black Seele hugged Bronya and nuzzled against her chest. "In fact, Seele in the past rarely expressed her feelings directly. Now that it's me, of course I'd like to express them in a more positive way."

"After all... Seele's feelings for you aren't just those of a simple sister. Bronya in that world never realized this, but that doesn't mean I didn't."

"Rather than watching the person you like slip away from you little by little, it's better to take the initiative, grab her firmly, bind her, and make her never leave you. That's what Seele likes to do the most!"

Seele looked up and smiled at Bronya. Bronya smiled helplessly and reached out to rub Seele's cheek. "You've been holding it in for too long, so you couldn't hold back anymore, right?"

"That makes sense, so Bronya, would you like to try Seele's flavor?"

"Damn!"

"Huh?"

Bronya smiled and said, "Alright, let's get ready for lunch."

Seele had basically gotten used to Bronya's attitude over the past few months. Whenever Bronya took the initiative to tease her or offered herself to her, Bronya would choose to avoid her!

It wasn't because Bronya disliked or rejected Seele, but because Bronya had her own ideas. Just because she liked Seele didn't mean she had to be intimate with Seele in every situation. That was all.

She prefers... slightly formal occasions, preferably... ones with a certain sense of ritual, because life needs a sense of ritual, doesn't it?

Bronya wasn't particularly fond of someone like Seele who came to her doorstep so readily.

However, Seele didn't think that way... She watched Bronya's retreating figure as she left the room and sighed softly. Sure enough... Was it because she wasn't proactive enough, or because she wasn't good enough?

Or is it that... Bronya still only sees him as a younger sister rather than a partner?

Of course, Bronya was unaware of Seele's thoughts at the moment, but something happened before lunch: Research Institute 1 contacted them through a special holographic projector.

The holographic projector was placed in the living room, the windows were closed, and the lights were turned off. Just like watching a movie on the projector, after the holographic projector was turned on, the faces of Ji Chengtian and Lao Yu, composed of holographic images, appeared in the room.

"I'm sorry to disturb your vacation, Bronya, Seele, Lin Yuxin, and Tong Xi."

Bronya looked serious. Before leaving, they had agreed that unless something very serious or absolutely necessary for her to handle came up, they should not disturb their vacation.

Now that the two of them have been able to contact us, something serious must have happened.

"Has something happened? We've only had less than two weeks to rest."

"Strictly speaking, it's not a major incident. We just discovered something quite important. Do you remember the evidence we found about parallel worlds before?"

Bronya's expression froze. "You mean... you've discovered concrete information about another parallel world's Shenzhou, or even a passage to it?"

Ji Chengtian nodded. "Yes, we have discovered a way to travel to the parallel world of Shenzhou, but this is not just something we want to tell you."

The holographic image in front of them began to change, and the structure of a device resembling a hyperspace teleporter appeared before them. Ji Chengtian then began to explain, "Based on the data left inside the base, through research on the Sea of ​​Quanta, and the existence of the hyperspace teleporter, we have combined our exploration to develop our first generation of equipment for exploring the existence of parallel universes."

"Based on our exploration, I have successfully determined the cosmic location of the previously discovered parallel universe Shenzhou, and we have also discovered an amazing situation."

The holographic projection image twisted again, transforming into a starry sky-like scene. "We are certain that the region where the parallel world is located is the Sea of ​​Quanta, and within the Sea of ​​Quanta, there is a parallel world that is rapidly approaching our world."

"We are certain that our two parallel worlds will come into contact within the next three years. We don't know what will happen when these two parallel worlds intersect. We must take precautions, or... strike ahead of time!"

Bronya pondered. According to her understanding, the position of parallel worlds in the Sea of ​​Quanta is fixed, which is the so-called Imaginary Tree. The position of the world on this tree will not change unless the world above it fails to pass the test of Honkai.