A journey into an infinite dimension

As Shi Ye finished speaking, the girl looked at her outstretched hand and was stunned.

There was no sound coming out of the headphones. Time seemed to stand still at this moment. Only the fiery clouds in the sky slowly drifted away in the breeze, the setting sun gradually sank, and stars began to twinkle in the distant east.

The wind gradually turned colder.

This also means that night is about to fall.

"————Are you really willing to accept me?"

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, bringing the girl back to her senses.

She looked at the slender, white hand in front of her, which looked as beautiful and fragile as porcelain, but never wavered, and she couldn't help but slowly raised her hand.

"Or, are you willing to accept me?"

Shiye looked at the girl and said softly.

Acceptance is never a single giving, but a mutual giving.

Although she didn't get the exact answer, she got the answer she wanted. The girl said nothing more and just shook Shi Ye's hand without hesitation.

......

......

"Hey, is this Shiori's house?"

At the Gokawa family's house, the girl, no longer wearing the gorgeous "spiritual attire" but wearing the same Raizen High School student uniform as Shiori, looked at the furnishings in the house curiously and turned to ask Shiori beside her.

"Well, just treat it as your own home."

Shiori, who had regained control of his body, smiled.

Then she introduced the environment inside the house to the girl she named 'Yatogami Tohka' one by one.

"This is my room, this is my sister's room, this is the kitchen, this is the living room——"

"Shiori Shiori, what is that big box-like thing?"

"That's a TV. Once you turn it on like this, you can see all sorts of things."

"Ohhhh, someone was put in the box!"

"It's not that the person is put into the TV, but that the TV allows us to see where that person is and what he is doing now."

"I see. So that's also a TV?"

"That's a microwave. You can use it to heat food."

"food?"

"It's food, like this."

He took out the soybean flour bread he had bought on the way to school in the morning from his schoolbag, intending to take it home to eat after school, but he didn't have time to eat it for various reasons and handed it to Tohka. Seeing her puzzled look, Shiori couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

Has this child never eaten anything?

[After all, she's attacked by AST every time she appears, and she doesn't seem to have any common sense about this world, so your guess is not impossible.]

A figure appeared beside Shiori, and Jiaye said softly.

【Speaking of which, Jiaye, what did you mean by what you just said? 】

After helping Tohka tear open the package, Shiori looked at Tohka, whose eyes suddenly lit up after she took a bite of the bread, and whose expression was as happy as if she had obtained the most precious treasure in the world, and asked Kaya in his mind.

What's with the line 'We are born monsters'?

【It's just something I feel. 】

Shaking his head, Jiaye reached out and touched Shizhi's head, and said with a smile as if to change the subject.

"But since you're wondering about this, maybe Kotori is too. Plus, she'll have to deal with origami later, so she'll probably be very busy."

[Hmph, you should solve the trouble you caused yourself! ]

Hearing this, Shizhi snorted and didn't continue to dwell on that topic.

"Does Kotori need one too? By the way, Shiori, have you been getting lazy lately?"

With a slightly bitter expression, Jiaye looked at Shizhi who looked as if it was none of his business and couldn't help but complain.

【It seems like I'm using my body for a longer time on average lately.】

[Because I'm only responsible for getting through the daily routine, think about it, what of the recent events can be considered daily?]

His expression fell, and Shizhi coughed lightly in embarrassment and said.

「I can’t handle those troublesome things, so I’ll leave it to you, my knight.」

[As you command, my princess.]

With a light sigh, what else could Jiaye do except accept it?

The second personality has no human rights.

"Then will you lend me your body again tonight, or do you want to just watch?"

"Of course I have to watch. Otherwise, what if you use my body to do something weird with Tobiichi?"

【Am I not the one who had strange things done to him? 】

【You are the boy. 】

[Irrefutable...]

Chapter 144: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (laugh)

"Your high school is still under repair, so go on a date with Tohka tomorrow and seal her spiritual power!"

Next, Shiye was first confronted with this by Kotori during dinner time, and then Tohka kept asking him what a date was. By the time he finally coaxed Tohka to sleep, it was almost midnight.

Since this time they were not going to infiltrate to investigate intelligence, there was no need to disguise themselves, so Shi Ye went out after making some minor preparations.

By the way, after a period of discussion, it was finally decided that Tohka and Shiori would sleep in the same room. And because it was the first time for them to fall asleep in an unfamiliar place, their sleep was relatively light, so Shiye didn't know that just as she turned over and left through the window, Tohka, who was still sleeping soundly in bed, opened her eyes.

It’s so late, where is Shiori going?

Walking to the window and watching Shiori leave, Tohka couldn't help but think curiously.

At the same time, an idea came into her mind.

Why not follow and take a look?

If Shiori goes out to eat something delicious, I will never forgive her unless she lets me eat with her!

Well, let’s decide it!

Just do it, so Tohka used her flying ability that was like an elf's instinct to fly out of the window and followed Shiye's back from a distance.

At the same time, next to Shiya's room, in Qinli's room.

"Commander, it has been confirmed that Xiaozhi has left home, and Tohka is also following Xiaozhi."

"Track their whereabouts in real time and send them to me."

Listening to Reine's report coming from the headphones, Kotori smiled coldly.

"Okay, you ran out in the middle of the night without sleeping. I want to see when did your sister become such a bad kid."

"Commander, you are also a bad boy who didn't sleep in the middle of the night and planned to go out."

"This is a sacrifice I made to prevent my sister from going astray. It's different!"

Kotori retorted dissatisfiedly after taking off her pajamas and changing into casual clothes.

"Okay, Commander, as long as you're happy."

Ling Yin's voice on the other end of the communicator still sounded drowsy.

"I've sent Xiaozhi's location to your phone, Commander. Please check it."

"I did."

She put on a black coat, then tied her flaming red hair, which was usually tied into two ponytails, into a single ponytail, and put on a hat with the ponytail extending from the back of the hat. After completing the change of clothes, Kotori looked at the picture displayed on the mobile phone, and a playful arc quietly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Well then, let my lovely sister see what secrets you are hiding."

Naturally, Shiye had no idea what happened in the Gokawa family after she left. At this moment, she was strolling in the streets under the starry sky, enjoying the tranquility and coolness unique to the night.

[Jiaye, do you often hang out in the middle of the night? ]

Shizhi, who had changed into a set of sky blue pajamas, floated beside Shiye and asked curiously.

[I usually report to you when I come out, don't I?]

Feeling the soft moonlight falling on his body like a veil, Shi Ye looked up at the starry sky above his head as he walked and said softly.

"Actually, if you come up with something, you don't need to report it to me. There's no hierarchy between us."

[Well, I'll tell you next time if I remember.]

Shi Ye said with a slight smile.

[How cunning.]

Reaching out and poking Shiye's cheek, Shizhi couldn't help but sigh.

This guy Jiaye always answers with this kind of answer.

Although I know that she is thinking about her, but is it really necessary to make such a clear distinction between them?

【Yeah. 】

Shi Ye did not comment.

[Speaking of which, Jiaye, your behavior of running off to Tobiichi in the middle of the night without telling anyone else really makes you look like a cheating scumbag.]

Collecting his thoughts and skipping over the topic, Shizhi puffed up his cheeks slightly, looked at the innocent-looking Shiye with some indignation, and said.

The number of Pokémon we'll need to capture in the future is unknown, so from the moment we agreed to Kotori, we were destined to become this kind of scum.

Shi Ye said helplessly.

"I thought Tohka was the only spirit back then."

Hearing this, Shizhi suddenly realized that he really didn't seem to have the qualifications to criticize Shiye.

After all, this matter actually started because she wanted to save Tohka, and Shiye was just acting to realize her idea.

Moreover, she understood Shiye's character. If it wasn't for the fact that Origami didn't want to affect her daily life, Shiye would never have given in to Origami. And because he took her feelings into consideration, the solution Shiye chose was so gentle, instead of simply and rudely making Origami disappear from the world.

Shizhi knew that Shiye had the ability and the mentality to do so.

[Forget it, forget it. But Jiaye, I'm warning you first. You can pretend to be lovers, but if you dare to make it real with Yuanyi, then don't blame me for being rude to you!]

Shiori waved his little fist and said seriously.

Although she decided not to dwell on this matter anymore, it didn't mean that she would let Shi Ye do whatever he wanted.

Not to mention that Shi Ye used her identity, and she would have to take the blame if anything happened, let's just say Shi Ye fell in love with someone else...

Just thinking about this, Shizhi felt his heart seemed to become uncomfortable.

Even though she was not using her body and theoretically there was no such thing as a heart, the pain coming from her heart and the uncomfortable feeling that made her irritable and depressed were real.

[Don't worry, Origami loves you, and I won't fall in love with anyone else.]

Smiling, Shi Ye said.

Although it seems that she is the one who has a close relationship with Origami, and even with Tohka, Kotori and others, in fact, the person they care about and likes has always been Shiori, and this will not change.

Because in their eyes, she is Shiori.

As for this, Shi Ye did not feel any loss or resentment, but was relieved instead.

After all, her personality meant that she wasn't the type to fall in love with everyone she met. For her, Hong and Melusine were enough—if the scope was narrowed down to 'women she cared about', then Zero, Kakuya, Ichihime, Kokoro, and others could also be included.

Therefore, with so many outstanding people around her, even if she wants to be unfaithful, she will not be unfaithful to others, right?

Moreover, Shi Ye felt that it would be better not to get involved too much with girls, who were difficult to understand.

Because she felt that things might become very troublesome if she did that, she was very satisfied with the situation like now where she had to get into trouble with other girls because of the mission, but she could use Shiori's identity.

【But I can’t feel happy at all...】

Although she said so, the smile on Shizhi's lips revealed her true feelings at the moment.