A journey into an infinite dimension

Even if they might not know about this, her conscience would still be bothered by it.

"Ow."

A crisp sound reached Jiaye's ears. She turned her head slightly to look at Qianyu, who was lying on her shoulder with a tail swinging behind him, and was looking at the distant scenery excitedly. Then she raised her hand and scratched his chin.

"Qianyu, let's play hide-and-seek with them."

"Ow!"

Nodding, Qianyu shouted excitedly, and then his and Jiaye's figures quietly disappeared on the branches.

......

......

"Gaya started to move."

In the jungle, Shiori, who was originally approaching Kaya with a water gun in the shape of a medieval rifle in his hand, stopped Kotori and Tohka from his group the moment she started to move, and closed his eyes to carefully feel the unique connection between himself and Kaya that could never be cut off.

Although this method is considered cheating in many ways, Shiori feels that it is not so much cheating as it is a unique advantage that belongs to him.

After all, Jia Ye is not someone else, but her second personality.

Therefore, although he felt sorry for Origami and the others, Shiori did not intend to give Kaya's first date to anyone else.

For this, she must win this competition!

"over there."

Opening his eyes, following the guidance of that connection, Shiori pointed in a certain direction and said.

"Say, sister, why didn't I notice you were so stubborn before?"

After listening to Shiori's explanation, she also understood the connection between her and Kaye. She changed into a black headband and held two modern pistol-style water guns in her hands. Kotori couldn't help but look at Shiori, who was extremely motivated, speechlessly and complained.

"You really don't want to be chosen as a date?"

Shiori's current aura of "I must win" and fighting spirit were evident to Kotori as she wanted to choose who she wanted to date rather than passively date the winner.

Because Shiori and Kaya are the same person, Shiori's victory also means Kaya's victory. Therefore, when Kaya wins, she can have the opportunity to "compensate" and choose her date.

"Well, after all, if we don't do this, Jiaye is fully capable of hiding until the end of the game time. Besides, if the date is chosen by her, I'm worried that the others who were not chosen will be unhappy."

Hearing this, Shiori couldn't help but laugh dryly, and then continued to talk about the reasons that Kotori had thought of for her.

After all, she didn't intend to reveal what she was thinking.

As for how to make an excuse later, she knew that with Jiaye's personality, the person she chose to date would definitely be one of her or Junai, so she only needed to tell her and she would definitely choose her.

So as long as she works a little harder, it will be a great victory for Shiori Gokawa!

"Although Kaye's fighting ability is strong, her hiding ability is also strong—Shizhi, lower your head!"

Holding a ferocious yet handsome sniper rifle in her hand, Tohka, who was about to take over the conversation, suddenly fixed her eyes and shouted loudly to Shiori.

"!"

Hearing this, Shiori subconsciously lowered his head as Tohka instructed, and then she also felt it.

Something dangerous was coming at her from behind, aiming for the back of her head.

And the direction is————

In an instant, the intuition that he had developed through his unremitting efforts in receiving Jiaye's training in the conscious world every night came in handy.

Before any thoughts could form in his brain, Shizhi's body took action first: he turned over and left his original position, and in the process raised the gun and pointed it in a certain direction behind him, and then pulled the trigger.

Boo!

It wasn't as loud as a real gun, but instead it sounded inexplicably cute. Then, in mid-air, two colorful bullets made of bubble-like material collided with each other at exactly the same distance, and a large amount of colorful water splashed out.

"Kotori, Tohka, shoot at your seven o'clock position!"

She landed lightly on the branch of a big tree, and before Shiori could breathe a sigh of relief, she took advantage of the moment when her perception was still strong and loudly instructed Kotori and Tohka.

Boo!

Boo!

Hearing her voice, the two men, with their trust in their hearts, raised their guns and pulled the trigger in the direction Shiori said without any hesitation.

"flash!"

At the same moment, Junai's voice came from the direction of the gun, and then two figures suddenly jumped out from the dense grass behind and passed directly by the bullet.

Maintaining their mid-air posture, Junai and Origami simultaneously raised their guns and pulled the trigger continuously at Shiori and the other two. Then another figure rushed out from a hiding place in the opposite direction, raised both guns and focused fire at Kotori, accompanied by a slightly sharp laugh.

"Nyahahahaha, Tohka and Shiori-nee are both too strong, so it's only common sense to kill the weakest one first!"

It was obvious that this was a feint, and the real goal of 'Team One or Four' was to eliminate the weakest Kotori first.

In a sense, Kotori is indeed the most vulnerable person in this game.

After all, not to mention Tohka, Yoshino and Juna who are elves, let’s talk about Shiori and Origami who are also humans. One is an existence that can use the power of elves, and the other is an existence that has been trained and can face elves directly. In comparison, Kotori, as a battleship commander, is indeed not very good at this kind of personal combat.

However, it is normal for the commander to not be good at fighting, but if the commander is useless, then she will not be able to take the position of commander.

So facing the current situation where she was being targeted by Yoshino and Yoshina, while Shiori and Tohka in the same group were being restrained by others, Kotori just raised the corners of her mouth lightly.

Similarly, Shiori and Tohka, who noticed Kotori's predicament, did not panic at all. They just dodged the bullets in an orderly manner and fired back.

They had already expected that the weakest Kotori would become the target, so how could they not be prepared?

Ding——ding ding——

At that instant, a slight yet inexplicably harsh sound was quietly detected by everyone's ears. So, subconsciously, except for Shiori and Tohka, Origami and Maruna, who fell back to the ground and rolled to avoid the bullet, and Yoshino and Yoshina, who were rushing out from the side of Kotori, all subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.

Then they saw a round grenade, which looked cute in paint but pricked everyone's dangerous nerves, rolling gently at Qinli's feet, and the safety pin on it was nowhere to be seen.

"Surprise."

Risking being shot, she quickly moved behind a nearby tree, her body facing the bullets, and Kotori's smile gradually became more sinister.

Snapped! !

The next moment, in Yoshino's wide-open eyes, colorful fireworks suddenly bloomed.

Chapter 173: The game is in progress...right?

"I didn't expect that Gokawa Kotori would be so cruel."

Origami had no choice but to stop attacking temporarily because of the splashing watercolors. She hid behind a big tree and looked at the colorful watercolors splashing past the tree trunk, sighing.

"It seems we still don't know Miss Kotori well enough."

Junai, who was behind another big tree, smiled calmly and said.

"Miss Yoshino and Miss Yoshina are likely dead. It seems we need to change our course of action and prioritize finding Father."

"Do you know Kaguya's location?"

Hearing this, Origami couldn't help but tilt her head and asked.

"Yes, because Junai's body exists only because of the spiritual power provided by his father, Junai can rely on this connection to sense his father's location."

Nodding, the corners of Junai's mouth curled up slightly with a hint of complacency.

"This is a connection that only exists between Junai and Father. It's an advantage that belongs only to Junai."

Yes, this is the proof that Junai is Father's daughter. It is a unique ability that even Mother, who is the same person as Father, absolutely does not have.

Therefore, Junai, who possesses this ability, is the only destined winner in this game - no one can take his father away from Junai, no one!

"Speaking of which, why do you always call Kaguya father and dear mother?"

Taking advantage of the good opportunity, Origami asked the question that had always been on her mind.

"Aren't Kaguya and Darling the same person?"

Hearing this, Junai just smiled faintly and shook his head.

"Because Father is Father, and Mother is Mother. Although they are essentially the same person, emotionally, Junai loves Father, not Mother."

Of course she knew that Jiaye and Shizhi were the same person, but so what? She cared more about her feelings than the truth.

The one she loves is her father who created her and gave her everything. Even though her father and mother are the same person, this is not a reason for her to divide her emotions into two.

"Besides, aren't you the same? Even though you know they are the same person, you still subconsciously treat them differently."

After hearing what Junai said, Origami was speechless.

They all treated Shiori and Kagaya as two people, consciously or unconsciously. This had nothing to do with facts or reality, it was simply because their emotions wanted them to do so.

Because even if Shiori and Kaya are the same person, when Kaya appears in front of them as an independent person and shows a personality that is completely different from Shiori, it is difficult for them to treat the two as the same person.

Because they think this is very unfair to Kaya - she obviously has her own consciousness, thoughts, ideas, personality and emotions, but no matter what she does, it will be attributed to Shiori's credit. She has no sense of her own existence from beginning to end. Even though she herself does not care, but is very happy about it, they cannot accept this.

————Although this practice of treating Kaya differently from Shiori can, in a sense, be said to be a denial and rejection of the meaning of her existence.

Because the person they love is Shiori, they don't want to entrust their feelings to a second person, even if that second person is essentially the same person as Shiori.

Although no one else realized it at the moment, Junai was very clear about it.

therefore----

"Since no one loves father, then Junai will love him."

Junai didn't say this.

At this moment, a round object drew a beautiful parabola in the air and fell straight towards where they were hiding.

"We retreat."

Junai and Origami exchanged a glance, then left their spot at the same time, firing behind them while quickly moving away from the area.

Although I feel sorry for Yoshino, she has lost her ability to fight, so it would be useless even if they saved her.

"Ah, ah, I've been abandoned."

With her body covered in colorful watercolors, Yoshina looked like a work of art. She looked at Origami and Maruna walking away and shrugged helplessly.

"But we've already been eliminated, so there's nothing we can say about that."

“Even though I lost, I’m very happy.”

Yoshino, who was also covered in watercolors but had a happy smile on her doll-like face, said this.

“It’s a great feeling to have fun with everyone.”

This was her first time playing with other people. Before this, every time she appeared in the world, she was always hunted by humans. Then she would wait until the time was up before responding to the call of the neighboring world, returning to her territory to sleep, waiting to wake up next time.

So she was very glad that she could meet Sister Shiori and Brother Kaye.

"Yeah, right."

In response to this, Shionai nodded with deep feeling.

"It was so great to meet Shiori-nee and Kayano-kun back then."

If she hadn't met the two of them, she and Yoshino might still be repeating their previous lives of being hunted down after waking up.

"Yoshino, Yoshino, let's take you out first."

Shiori, whose clothes were only splattered with a little watercolor, came over and smiled at Yoshino and Yoshina.

"No need, Miss Lingyin said she would use the airship to take the eliminated people to the ship."

Shionai said, shaking her short little hands.

"coming."

At the same time, Shion raised her hand and pointed at the green light that was quietly surrounding her body.

This is a unique scenario when Fraxinus is used to recycle someone.

"Really? Well, go ahead and play whatever you want to play. We'll be done soon."

With a slight smile, Shiori gently touched Yoshino's little head and said.

"Well, Shiori-san, Kotori-san, Tohka-san, come on."

Blushing, she lowered her head, but did not reject Shiori's action, and said softly.

"Everyone, keep working hard,"

With a wave of their hands from Shiona and Shino, their figures disappeared quietly in the flowing light.