I have no regrets about my 2D world!

"it does not matter."

"If it was during the time when you first appeared, I would have had such thoughts, but since Wuhe reported your situation to me, I have ruled out such thoughts."

"Really? Then is it possible that I deliberately showed it like that for you to see?"

There was a hint of sharpness in Bai's words, and his eyes gradually narrowed as he looked at Woodman.

But Woodman still had the same expression, and didn't say anything. He just looked at him like he understood everything already.

"...boring." Bai shook his head. Compared to someone like Woodman who was almost a spirit, Bai was still too naive and his thoughts were easily seen through.

"I did come here today for Zhenna. If you don't have any objections, I'll take her away. Of course, I won't necessarily listen to your opinions."

He put on a scoundrel look and spoke casually. After all, Bai didn't like being with people like that. His thoughts could be seen through at a glance.

"Of course I have no objection. I'm just glad that you're finally going to take her away." Woodman's expression finally changed, and he looked very happy.

"After all, with someone as powerful as you thinking about us, we sometimes get scared too."

Haha, Bai didn't believe that things would be the same as Woodman said. How could such a person be afraid? If they didn't understand Bai's strength, I'm afraid they wouldn't be having a happy conversation now, but would be going straight to the negotiation table.

"But can I ask you something, something...insignificant to you?"

Woodman's voice grew dull, and the expressions of the two people behind him also changed. A hint of resentment appeared in their eyes, but they did not speak.

"Oh, tell me about it." Bai also became interested and a little curious about the little thing he said.

In his impression, Woodman didn't care about that many things. Apart from the current DEM, she was probably the only one.

"I want to ask, is the Origin Spirit... okay?"

Just as expected.

"After hearing your news from Wuhe, I called the DEM satellite to check, but I didn't see her. Then, I think you blocked the satellite's view by some means, so the satellite couldn't see that place anymore."

"So, after all these years, is she okay?"

Seeing Woodman's serious expression, Bai, who had wanted to laugh at him, lost interest.

"You don't have to worry about that. She's living a good life now. The person Westcott killed has also been resurrected. I came here this time to reunite Mana with them."

Hearing Bai's words, Woodman breathed a sigh of relief, but a look of loneliness appeared on his face.

"Really? That person is resurrected. No wonder..."

Shaking his head, Woodman regained his original smile.

"Now that we know she's okay, that's enough. Thank you very much."

"Then let me take you to where Mana is. Allen, Kallen, you stay here."

"But..." The two looked anxious.

"It's okay. If Mr. Bai wants to take action, you can't stop him."

"Besides, we no longer have any reason to take action. Right, Mr. Bai?"

"Hmm..." Bai nodded helplessly.

"Yes..." The two women responded and stayed where they were, watching the two men leave.

Led by Woodman, Bai came to a special passage and took the elevator directly to the underground.

As the elevator reached the bottom, the sound of the door opening was heard, and the dark basement became bright in the blink of an eye.

Surrounded by staff in protective suits, various equipment, and constantly running machines, the two's arrival did not attract their attention, or perhaps these people simply had no time to care about other things.

Looking at the busy scene in front of him, Bai was not only a little surprised.

Although these people were very busy, their eyes surprisingly did not show signs of boredom. And if he was not mistaken, the equipment around them was something called a manifestation device, controlled by AI.

"It seems like you guys are making good progress here, but why is the manifestation device controlled by AI? AI shouldn't be able to use things like magic, right?"

Hearing Bai's question, a long-lost expression of pride appeared on Woodman's face.

"To be honest, these are indeed controlled by AI, but we created this AI by studying the spiritual power of elves. We created two in total. One is placed here to control the production of military industrial manifestation devices, and the other is placed in Ratatosk for entertainment purposes."

"But unfortunately, our spiritual power was used up before we could do much research, so these two AIs are actually just semi-finished products. Now they can only rely on code snippets displayed in the memory, and they can't even complete simple projection." Woodman said with regret.

If we give them some spiritual power, perhaps we can really develop artificial elves.

Artificial elves? I didn't expect that without Nia, they could research to this level with only the spiritual power that Mio had originally manifested in the world. But unfortunately, it was only a half-finished product.

But since they are semi-finished products, I wonder if I can complete them. Thinking of this, Bai also had some ideas about these two artificial elves.

"Can you give me a copy of the source code?"

"this......"

"I can exchange spiritual power with you."

"No problem at all!"

Woodman, who was a little conflicted, smiled instantly.

For him, creating artificial spirits was simply a way to get closer to Mio. Even though the dead man had been resurrected, it didn't mean he had no chance. Trading two semi-finished products for spiritual power research was a sure win for him.

So when Bai asked about AI, Woodman could have steered the conversation in that direction; he didn't believe anyone wouldn't be interested. Furthermore, after analyzing Bai's personality, he didn't believe Bai would resort to outright snatching. Of course, if he did, there was nothing he could do; he'd simply misjudged the person.

Seeing Bai made the request, Woodman agreed immediately.

"Well... I feel like I've been at a disadvantage seeing you like this." Seeing Woodman's expression, Bai also realized that he seemed to have been plotted against.

"How could that be? You gained two AIs that can continue to evolve, and we only gained a small amount of spiritual power. Why does it seem like we're at a disadvantage?"

"...Forget it. Let's go find Mana. Just don't forget to give it to me later."

Said in displeasure, Bai continued to walk inside.

"of course."

Chapter 29: The Popular Singer and Shiori's Identity

Led by Woodman, the two men walked to the door of a room at the deepest part.

Woodman walked forward, and after iris authentication, the door slowly opened, emitting a puff of white mist.

Looking inside, there was something similar to a hibernation chamber, and inside it was a blue-haired girl lying.

Although a long time has passed, there is still no change on the girl's delicate face. She is still wearing the school uniform of an unknown school. Her petite body lies there quietly, like a sleeping beauty.

"Can this thing be opened directly?" Bai walked to the hibernation chamber and said to Mana inside.

"You can open it directly, but it's best to check it after opening it. After all, it has been left for such a long time, and your body may feel uncomfortable."

"Yeah, I see, but there's no need to open it just yet."

Now, Mana is no longer the brainwashed and trained magician from the original story by DEM. He is just an ordinary child. Shiro decided to wait until he helps Shiori recover his memory before opening the door, lest the girl wake up and not see Shiori and react violently.

Although Bai can restrict whatever Shinna does, let's forget it to avoid trouble.

"Then I'll take her away."

With a flick of his hand, the hibernation chamber was put into the personal space. He turned around to look at Woodman, only to see that Woodman had not changed at all, which was obviously within his expectations.

Tsk, why not go back and learn from Zi Ma? We've only just met once, and I've already guessed her personality and abilities. I guess I need to show off my other abilities less often in the future. Otherwise, if I really encounter someone who can hurt me, I'll probably suffer a great loss. Bai Momo, who was already gradually developing into the old silver coin, thought silently.

"In that case, I'll leave if there's nothing else. I'll find something to store spiritual energy for you later."

"Of course, you are light." Woodman still smiled gently.

"Tsk." After smacking his lips, Bai's figure disappeared.

Woodman looked at the ball of light left where Bai disappeared and smiled without saying a word.

That ball of light was the object made of spiritual power left by Shiro, but it did not contain Shiro's own abilities. Instead, it was taken from the part of spiritual power that Mio gave to Shiori after she gave birth to him.

There was no need for storage or anything like that. Bai had only said that to trick Woodman, to see if he'd get any interesting looks. But Woodman seemed to have already accepted Bai's actions and didn't seem to care at all. That was why Bai smacked his lips before leaving.

After exiting the DEM, Shiro checked the time and saw it was still early, so he wasn't in a rush to go back. Since Mio probably wouldn't be able to explain everything to Shiori in such a short time, he decided to just wander around for a while.

Seeing that it seemed quite lively not far ahead, Bai also went over.

A group of people gathered in one place, discussing something.

Bai walked up and patted someone on the shoulder.

"Hello, are there any activities here?"

The person who was patted was happily discussing something with others when he suddenly felt someone patting him. He turned around angrily and was ready to scold.

But when he saw Bai's gentle smile, his anger dissipated.

"Hello... Hello, we are discussing Tsukino Aoi's upcoming concert."

"Yodai Tsukino?"

Bai asked with some confusion, not being able to guess who this was for a moment.

"Yes, that's the young singer who's been very popular recently. I heard she's very beautiful and has a very nice voice."

Speaking of the topic under discussion, the man became inexplicably excited again.

"Friend, are you coming to the concert? It happens to be in our city this time, and tickets are said to go on sale in two days. I'm sure it's going to be really hot!"

While this person was excitedly introducing himself, Bai finally remembered who Xiao Dai Yue was.

Is this Yuimiku's name before she became a spirit?

And since he's been debuted for a while, that thing must be happening soon.

After a brief moment of thought, Bai smiled at the person in front of him. "Of course, after hearing what you said, my friend, I'm also very curious. I will definitely go when the time comes."

"Nice! As expected, no one can resist the beautiful and singing Tsukino-chan! Our team has grown again!"

Seeing the man in front of him making an affirmative gesture with his arm and muttering some incomprehensible words, Bai, having received the news, did not intend to continue the conversation.

"Friend, I suddenly remembered that I have some things to do at home, so I'm leaving first." After saying that, he walked away without waiting for the man's response.

At this time in Mio's house, Shiori already knew the whole process.

He just sat there with a complicated expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

"I died once before? And then, after Bai Ge reminded me, Sister Mio resurrected me? And I was a man before? And I had a sister?"

Shiori looked at Mio with a complicated expression. This information was still a bit too much for her to handle. Her thoughts were confused for a moment.

"Besides, Brother Bai feels that he is almost done today and wants to help me recover my memory?"

No wonder I've noticed Mio and Shiro are deliberately drifting apart since I can remember. Is it because of me? If I don't regain my memories, will their relationship improve? But how can I deal with Mio and her younger sister, Mana, without regaining my memories?

Shiori couldn't figure it out. She had thought about whether she could leave on her own if she really regained her memory, but she wasn't sure if she would still be able to maintain that thought. After all, judging by Mio-san's attitude towards her, it was clear that they had a more than ordinary relationship in the past.

While Shiori was still struggling, Bai had already returned here.

"How's it going, Mio? Have you guys communicated well?"

Mio didn't answer, simply looking at Shiori calmly. Deep down, she desperately wanted Shiori to regain his memory and become the Shinji he once was, but she could also see his hesitation. Now, she was waiting for Shiori to make a decision. No matter what Shiori chose, she would support him.

Looking at the two silent people in front of him, Bai smiled gently: "Alright, don't worry about it, my memory will definitely be restored. This is something I have already promised, you won't let me fail to do it, right?"

To Shiro, Mio was just a friend and a trading partner when they first arrived in this world. And Shiori was a former friend's lover, now the kid next door. Their decisions didn't affect Shiro's commitment to fulfilling his promise.

"Brother Bai..." Shizhi looked at Bai and smiled bitterly. "Okay..."

"Then be prepared. I haven't used this move before, so I don't know if it will hurt." He pointed a short flintlock rifle at Shiori and whispered, "Ten Bullet."

"Wait..." Shizhi's face changed when he heard Bai's uncertain words. He was about to speak to stop him, but he was hit by a bullet.

The unspoken words stopped at his lips, and Shizhi's eyes seemed to be filled with scenes from the past, and then his eyes slowly closed.

Looking at Shiori who was lost in his memories, Bai took out Mana's hibernation chamber. The hibernation chamber was not very big and could be placed in the living room.

"Now that Shiori's issue has been resolved, the next step is to wake up Mana."

Ignoring Mio's gaze that was fixed on Shiori, Bai placed his hand on the hibernation chamber and turned on the switch.

With a "beep" sound, the lid of the hibernation chamber automatically retracted. The blue-haired girl inside felt the air from the outside, and her body began to rise and fall slightly.

However, his brows furrowed involuntarily, his breathing became more and more rapid, and suddenly he opened his brown eyes and sat up abruptly.

“Who are you…?”

There was a hint of doubt in her brown eyes. Looking at the surroundings that were completely distorted from her memory when she was asleep, the girl couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

who I am? where am I? What am I doing?