I have no regrets about my 2D world!

"Hey, it seems like you had a good sleep. You look so energetic right after waking up."

Hearing a slightly teasing voice, the girl turned her head and saw a black-haired boy looking at her with a smile on his face. He must have been the one who spoke just now, right?

"Well, now that you're awake, feel yourself for any discomfort. I'll check you again later. For now, just be quiet."

Interrupting the girl who was about to speak, Bai moved aside, revealing the two people sitting behind him.

However, the girl did not obey Bai's words and calmed down. Instead, she shouted in surprise after seeing Shiori sitting there: "Sister?"

"Hmm?" Bai looked at him with doubt.

The blue-haired girl covered her mouth directly.

interesting!

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and Bai showed an interested look.

When they arrived, Shinshi on the ground was already dead, and Bai was only concerned with making a deal with Mio and did not check Shinshi's gender. Now hearing Mana's name, it seems that there may be other developments.

Mana covered her mouth and saw Bai's gaze. She shook her head quickly, indicating that she knew nothing.

Shrugging his shoulders, Bai didn't care. Shiori would be well again soon anyway, so he could just ask whatever he wanted to know.

Mio, who was standing aside, did not notice Mana's shout because her attention was focused on Shiori. She looked at Shiori who was about to open his eyes, her eyes full of excitement and anticipation.

Under the gaze of the three people, Shizhi slowly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of memories and inexplicable happiness.

"Shi-chan, are you back?" Mio's voice trembled slightly.

"Mio...I'm back."

After hearing this, Mio could no longer contain her excitement and went up to hug Shiori.

Shiori patted Mio's back and said softly, "Okay, Mio, let go for now. Bai Ge is still here."

Mio obediently loosened her arms around Shiori, and Shiori stood up and bowed deeply to Bai. "Thank you, Bai, for taking care of me over the years. If it weren't for Bai, I'm afraid I would have gone astray."

Bai smiled softly and helped Shiori up.

"Maybe, but there's no need to be overly grateful. It was just a transaction."

Feeling a hint of alienation in the vernacular, Shizhi's eyes dimmed slightly.

"It's a pity. I don't know how Zhenna is doing now."

"Well, isn't it clear now?"

"Ok?"

Shiori looked at Bai in confusion, and Bai moved aside, revealing the girl sitting in the hibernation chamber.

The girl looked at Shizhi, her eyes sparkling. She pressed her hands against the dormant chamber and jumped out. However, due to the long time she had been in the chamber, her body had not yet recovered. As soon as she jumped out, she fell directly to the ground. The girl quickly closed her eyes.

However, instead of making close contact with the ground as she had imagined, she landed on a warm and generous chest. The girl opened her eyes, looked up at the smiling boy, and a blush unconsciously appeared on her face.

"It seems like you're still a little uncomfortable. Please be careful."

"Yes... yes!" The girl stood up and responded quickly.

"Really?!!"

"elder sister!!"

Shiori ran over in surprise, while Mana stood there motionless.

The two hugged each other tightly and then let go. Shizhi put his hands on Mana's shoulders and asked excitedly: "Mana, why are you here? I remember you are not..."

Shiori said as he suddenly looked at Bai who was standing next to him.

"Brother Bai, did you rescue Zhenna?"

"Well, that's true." Bai scratched his cheek with his fingers. Although he didn't contribute much, he still brought the person out, so he could be considered a rescue.

"Don't thank me yet. I'm actually quite curious about you. Do you mind telling me about your past?"

She waved her hand, interrupting Shiori's words of thanks, and asked curiously, "I didn't hear it wrong just now. Mana definitely called me 'sister'."

"That's...okay."

......

"So, Shiori, you deliberately cut your hair and disguised yourself as a man in order to prevent anyone from having bad intentions towards you and your sisters."

"Yes..." Shiori responded helplessly. At that time, due to his parents' accident, in order to better protect himself and Mana, Shiori disguised himself as a man.

"But why have I never seen you as a woman, Shi-chan? I haven't even seen you wearing girls' clothes?"

Mio asked in confusion. She had lived with Shinshi at that time for several months and had never seen what Shinshi looked like as a female. Moreover, she did not have basic knowledge of the human world at that time. She only paid attention to how Shinshi treated her and did not pay attention to Shinshi's gender.

Mana answered on Shiori's behalf: "Mio, did you ever look into your sister's closet? Or did you ever stay alone with your sister at night? No."

Mana's words left Mio speechless. At that time, Mio did not rummage through Shiori's closet. After all, that was very impolite. Moreover, the three of them rested together at the beginning of the night. Later, Shiori prepared a room for her alone. She did not have to be alone with Shiori at night.

"And my sister specifically told me not to tell anyone about it at that time, so it's normal that you don't know, Sister Mio." Mana continued.

"This..." Mio was speechless.

Chapter 30: The World of Passion and Origami

"So Brother Bai, you don't need to be so distant from Mio. We are just good friends." Shiori took Mio's hand and placed it in his own palm, looking at Bai with a serious expression.

Bai gave Mio a strange look, but found that Mio's expression remained calm.

He smiled softly: "Really? Why do I feel that there is something else behind your words, Shizhi?"

"No... No, I don't mean anything else. I just want you to communicate more. After all, I heard that you two have known each other for a long time, but now it seems that your relationship is not very good, so..."

Shizhi's eyes were darting around and he was mumbling something incoherently.

Mana tugged at Shiori's sleeve and asked softly, "Sister, who is this Bai brother?"

After hearing Mana's question, Shiori came back to his senses and explained everything to Mana.

"Mana, it's been several years since you were taken away, and I was killed by that group of people. It wasn't until a few years ago that Mio used a special method to revive me, but I lost my memory. It was Brother Bai and Mio who took care of me all these years, and just now, when Brother Bai was helping me recover my memory, he went to rescue you from those people."

"However, rather than saying that Brother Bai and Mio have been taking care of me, it would be better to say that Brother Bai has been taking care of me and Mio." Thinking of the past, Shiori said helplessly.

He provided them with enough living expenses, visited them from time to time to see if they were okay, and provided them with regular help. Bai really cared about them to the extreme. Of course, this was what Shiori felt.

From Bai's perspective, he gave them living expenses because Mio had never thought about making money. He came to see them and help them from time to time because he was afraid that something might happen to Mio and that he would raise Shiori to death and have to do it all over again.

After Shiori finished explaining, Mana suddenly stood up and thanked Bai, "Thank you, Bai, for taking care of me and Mio during this time."

This left Bai speechless. Sure enough, they were sisters. Was this considered polite or...mature?

"Okay, thank you and I'll take it. Don't do this so often in the future. You've already thanked me several times today."

The two sisters felt a little embarrassed when they heard this, but to them, they did need to be thankful for what Bai had done.

"Now that you've recovered, you two should have a good chat. We haven't seen each other for so long, you probably have a lot to say. I'm going back to my house first, so you don't have to see me off."

Bai waved goodbye to them.

The two sisters looked at each other and said to Bai, "Brother Bai, take care."

......

Before reaching home, Bai heard the quarrel between Yamaguchi and the other one.

"I cooked better this time, so I'm the older sister!"

"No, Xixian's is more delicious."

“I make it look better!”

"Mockery, if that's all you have, Yakuya, then you'd better not argue with Yui about your sister's position."

"Ha, why?!"

"Reminder, Yui's food has been eaten, but Yakuya's hasn't been touched yet."

"what?!"

"...They're a bit too idle. I guess we need to find something for them to do."

Shiro didn't let Nanashi and Yama go to school. In Shiro's opinion, school was primarily about learning knowledge and improving life in the future, but now that Shiro was here, he could teach them anything they wanted. As for improving their lives, there was nothing in this world Shiro couldn't give them. So, he didn't let them go to school, and instead just let them do what they wanted.

Then, Yakuya and Yui started a series of competitions to determine who was the older sister, even recruiting others. Yakuya approached Nia and Nanashi, while Yui approached Yoshino, Origami, and Kotori. Shiori and Rokuko expressed their unwillingness to participate.

Although it looked like Yakuya had a better chance of winning, little did they know that Nanashi and Niya were just looking for fun. On the other hand, Yui, although the ones she had found looked younger, were much more serious than Niya and the others.

The sound of a door opening echoed, and everyone turned to look. Upon realizing it was Bai, Yakuya ran over like a husky seeing its owner return home, paying no attention to the food about to spill onto the floor.

"Bai, come and try my cooking and tell us who's better!"

"It's pathetic. Has Yakuya fallen to the point where he needs help from Bai?"

"Point out that Xixian's food has been eaten, but if Bai needs it, Xixian can make another one immediately."

He took the dish from Yakuya's hand and took a bite. The touch of the top-quality ingredients blossomed in his taste buds, and the saliva in his mouth mixed with the aroma of spices made Bai's eyes light up.

"Very good, Yakuya."

"Hehehe, for the sake of victory, I, under the guidance of angels from another world, went through countless reincarnations before I successfully developed this delicacy that makes the world pale in comparison. How can Cricket Xixian be compared to me?"

"Sigh, Xixian's food has been eaten up, otherwise Bai could have experienced what real deliciousness is."

"It doesn't matter, there will be another chance next time."

He casually comforted the somewhat disappointed Yui, put down Yakuya's food, walked over to Kotori who was looking at Nanashi's paintings and said softly, "Kotori, how about you go play with Roku'er for a while? I want to talk to them alone."

Although Kotori, who was wearing a white ribbon, didn't know what to say in order to be excluded, she nodded obediently and ran to Rokuko's room.

Although Rokuko dislikes Nia and Nanashi's personality, he still has some common ground with innocent girls of the same age like Kotori and Yoshino. So as long as they are not with Shiro, Rokuko will not refuse them from coming to see him.

After Kotori entered Rokuko's room and closed the door, Shiro called everyone together and said words that some were happy and some were sad.

"To prevent you from being too idle at home and constantly tearing things down, and to train your combat abilities to prevent situations where you might be able to defeat an opponent but fail, I will place creatures made of spiritual energy around the world. They could be animals, plants, or even humanoids. Ordinary people can't see them, only you who possess spiritual powers can."

"Of course, if ordinary people get too close, they'll be affected by your spiritual power and aware of their presence. So, during the battle, you'll be taken to the critical point, and I'll teach you how to enter and exit it. You can also use the critical point to travel faster. And I've programmed it so that the more you kill those creatures, the smarter they'll become. Eventually, you might even be able to rival normal humans."

"Of course, I'm not without rewards. When you kill enough creatures, or are the first to kill a creature comparable to a normal human, I will grant you one wish, no matter what it is. And don't worry about the record being wrong, I will leave my aura on each creature as a record. So be prepared!"

After hearing Bai's words, some people were naturally happy and some were sad.

The ones who were happy were Yamaguchi and Nanashi, while the one who was sad was naturally Niya.

Yakuya: "Hehe, Yui, how about we use this as the standard for our next competition."

Yui: "I agree. Yakuya will definitely be defeated."

Nanashi: "Can I really wish for anything?"

Erya: "Ah, how boring! As a support staff member, I don't have to participate."

Looking at the people with different ideas, Bai just smiled lightly and waited for them to accept this matter.

Bai had already had the idea of ​​training them, but he just had no good time to bring it up.

Even if Shiro were to leave this world and return to Gensokyo, even if he could build a portal connecting the two worlds and even if Rinne, the world consciousness, helped adjust this world's time, he would still face safety issues. This world isn't just about special beings like elves; magicians existed before elves even appeared.

Although DEM is currently controlled by the relatively mild-mannered leader Woodman, it's inevitable that magicians elsewhere will harbor ulterior motives for the elves. Furthermore, elves aren't omnipotent. As far as Bai knows, the world's top magicians are capable of single-handedly challenging elves.

Especially for Pokémon in their normal state. Without much combat experience, they would easily fail. Therefore, Bai wanted to train their abilities and test whether they could awaken their reversed forms without Bai's help.

After Bai's adjustments, the spirit crystals have become much gentler. Unlike the original, they no longer require despair for a reversal. Instead, they have a chance of awakening with a significant stimulus. However, if people stay at home all the time, unless something exciting happens, it's difficult for them to be stimulated.

As for collecting statistics, Bai didn't plan to do it himself. Instead, he decided to hand it over to them after repairing the two AIs. As professionals in data processing, they could also take into account more aspects.

"Okay, you guys keep chatting. I'm going to go out for a while."

Bai didn't listen to their conversation any further. The outcome was all within Bai's expectations. Now, Bai planned to go look for Origami. It was a rare day off, and Origami usually came over, but today, unexpectedly, she wasn't. Bai wanted to see if something had happened.

At the beginning of this spring, Origami's parents embarked on a world tour under the pretext of a honeymoon, leaving Origami in Bai's care before leaving. Shi Bai, saying things like, "We've been playing together since we were little, and Origami has a crush on you," hurried off.

Shiro lived up to Origami's parents' expectations. He would pay attention to Origami every day when she went to and from school, and would chat with her every week about things around her. Origami was usually very happy, and would basically come to Shiro's house every weekend to play with Nanashi and the others.

But this time it seems like something unexpected happened.

"Origami, Origami, are you home?"