Another string reel from Bandoli

My mother woke up with a headache that seemed to be a hangover from drinking too much last night.

In the evening, her pale mother hurriedly decided to go out without waiting for her to put on her face-saving brand-name clothes as she usually did.

Bring me up for the first time.

The sounds of children playing passed by me, accompanied by funny music.

It's Christmas today, but there's no snow. The roads I walk on are devoid of color.

It's almost winter, and I'm standing right in the middle of a crossroads, blending in with the bustling crowd.

The destination was not what I imagined.

The palace-like mansion is magnificent.

The older sisters in suits and ties stopped us at the door.

They seemed to know their mother.

Persuading her not to come again.

I was displayed in front of them as a commodity.

The sunglasses of the big sisters in black fell off.

……

A big commotion.

The mass-produced black-clad big sisters were busy coming in and out of the mansion.

A luxury airliner landed on the spot.

It landed directly on the wide lawn, crushing the expensive flowers and plants, just to land as quickly as possible.

A middle-aged man, looking like a child, ran out in panic, followed by a big sister whose temperament was completely different from his mother's. When his mother saw her, she stood up and started arguing...

The strange middle-aged man was at a loss in front of me.

He wore a red hat that didn't fit him and dressed up like Santa Claus, the Lord of Earth in his memory.

Is he preparing his children for Christmas?

……

The blood draw wasn't painful, perhaps because I'd experienced more pain before, but I still unconsciously tightened the little gun I'd secretly made.

There are more and more people.

Various people I didn't know came to see me, all adults, and their reactions varied, with mixed feelings towards my mother and a more relaxed attitude towards me.

The larger luxury airliner landed.

This time the luxury airliner wasn't even allowed to land; the passengers inside jumped out beforehand.

A pair of elderly people whose temperament is very similar to that of my grandparents.

She was trembling in front of me and hugged me tightly nervously.

I tried to break free from their arms, but their strength was nothing like that of an old man...

When they sensed my resistance, they became even more sad.

I think I must be starving, that's why I have so little strength...

……

I didn't get the test results, as the elderly couple had already accepted the result. They happily ignored my mother and took me around the mansion.

All kinds of exquisite food that I had never actually tasted before were served.

But none of them suited my taste.

The old people seemed even more at a loss as to what to do when they didn't show any rejection towards me, a child who was about to turn seven.

They seemed to sense that I didn't like these fancy dishes.

New dishes were served one after another.

I want to confirm my taste through error tolerance.

Too much flattery, I am overwhelmed.

……

I changed into new clothes.

The old clothes that didn't fit were taken away

The old couple were obsessed with having me change into the new clothes they had stored in a large room.

They were all boys' clothes, but I clearly heard the older sisters in black say that there was only one girl in this family.

They stayed with me for quite a long time, but after a sister in black with a rather gloomy face whispered a few words in my ear, I received a piece of information.

He became very angry and was reluctant to leave after suppressing his anger in front of me.

I vaguely heard my neighbor's name...

They seemed to be talking about what I experienced at home...

……

Mother was still arguing.

The adults were temporarily busy with other things.

The big sisters in black around me were still patrolling around me intently.

Everything a normal child could dream of was laid out before me.

High-end toys, expensive snacks, game consoles that are not yet released on the market...

I was like a big shot and whatever I wanted, even if I just said it wrong.

Someone will arrange everything for me.

But what happens next is up to me.

The noisy crowd will disturb me from receiving my "Christmas gifts".

Must leave.

I imitated the excuse from the comics and said I wanted to go back to my room.

I wasn't even sure I had a room.

The sisters in black seemed a little shaken, and they stammered, hoping that I would stay here for a while.

The young lady will be coming to see him soon.

Is she the owner's daughter?

Why do I have to see her?

Anyway, I can't stay here.

The annual "Christmas gift"...

coming soon.

……

It was not difficult to deal with the older sisters, unlike at home, where they left me too many things for me to create some surprises.

I ordered another bottle of Mountain Dew.

In their eyes, I was just like a little kid, playing with bottles and jars upside down.

But I'm actually making a smoke bomb that has a very sticky adhesion.

And make a bottle of... lost, (VII) the second-hand teleportation fluid

……

The failed transmission fluid didn't give me a good feeling. The unstable transmission brought me to this huge room in front of me, which looked like a conference room.

The effect of the teleportation fluid... looks like I was corroded by a drink spilled on me.

I could hear chaos erupting in the corridor outside.

But with the help of the smoke bombs, I don't think they saw it.

It's a shame, but at least now I have to hide.

I hid under this big round table, and when I came out, at most I would be scolded.

The hallucination is coming.

The sound of horns, explosions, roars, curses, and the beautiful splashing water, as well as all the glorious memories in my mind, make the gap between reality and fantasy so huge.

That feeling comes again...

I felt dizzy... Everything around me became bizarre...

The sound became unclear again. The underdeveloped hippocampus still couldn't adapt to this sign...

In my fantasy, I rely on a gun that can spit out green slime doors to travel through countless parallel worlds, arbitrarily decide the fate of planets, play the death game, and fool the entire alien civilization.

Everything I'm going through now...

The figure flashed by and disappeared again.

Various death experiences, various dangerous enemies, various blue bald old men from different parallel worlds killing each other...

Am I experiencing what they went through before they died...

I can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality.

What am I in reality?

Am I just a child with delusions?

Or am I actually a crazy adult in my thinking?

……

Full of power in the illusion.

Someone took my hand.

The sweet touch from the fingertips is like a dense electric current that goes straight into the body from the nerve endings.

I was hiding under the table, and she pulled me out...

The outline has gradually become clear.

Her golden hair fluttered in the wind, emitting a dazzling brilliance, dimming the rising sun behind her that did not exist in reality.

I had just had a death experience.

The moment he was forcibly dragged out, he took out the toy gun that he had pried open the door lock without telling his mother, and sneaked out, and disassembled and assembled it from the refrigerator of the neighbor girl's house for self-defense.

On the eve of the hallucination disappearing, I reacted as usual...

The safety catch prevented me from pulling the trigger.

"Hey, what are you doing—"

The muzzle of the gun was pointed at the forehead of the little blonde girl in front of him.

Her radiant smile didn't waver for a moment.

Her pupils are exactly the same as mine...

"Are you my brother? I've always wanted a younger brother!"

A pair of golden eyes sparkled with the brilliance of stars.

I feel like my heart isn't beating right...

Jump...jump so fast.

"What kind of toy is this? Is it a Christmas present from Auntie?"

Without any warning, like a leaping rabbit, she suddenly snatched my gun away without warning.

She just played with the gun like this.