Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

As a responsible and curious person, Negi naturally arrived early and went straight to the center of the incident. After entering the zero-gravity barrier, her body floated uncontrollably into the air.

“Oh, this is amazing,” Neki spread her dragon wings and reached the same height as Ri. “I see, so this is the method you were talking about. Indeed, there are quite a few things here that look like they could be used as building materials, and there seems to be food as well.”

"Of course, I'm a treasure chest monster, I might have anything!" Li chuckled, patting his chest. "Let's hurry up and sort this mountain out, it's not good to just leave it like this. Olito, can you hear me!"

"I can hear you! What's wrong?"

Olito, at the bottom, responded immediately after hearing Li's call.

"Please make arrangements! Get everyone to come and help! We need to sort these things so we know what we might have!"

"I understand. I'm sorry to trouble everyone here."

"Wow, Ambassador, where did you conjure all this stuff from?!"

"That's awesome! Don't worry, we're here! Don't fret, everyone! Let's get to work!"

Chapter 7 is incredibly stable.

"Hey? Ambassador, what is this?"

"Oh dear, be careful when you put that down, it's oil!"

"Miss Ning, these are the books we found recently. Where should we put them?"

"So many... Let me see, I'll leave it there, I'll deal with it later."

"These are food, right? I'm sorry, there's no room in the warehouse, so I'll just leave them outside for now."

"Okay! Time! I'll take these with me for now!"

"Oh, it's okay if you take those."

After a day of sorting and categorizing, the mountain had been completely cleared away. However, many items remained unmoved on the open ground. Through the large hole above, one could see the sky gradually darkening, indicating that night was approaching. Li straightened his body and stretched, accidentally aggravating his wound, and a stinging sensation instantly spread throughout his body.

"Ouch?! Hiss...it hurts so much..."

"Oops... You've aggravated your wound again, haven't you? That's why I told you not to do anything reckless."

Ning reluctantly approached her and skillfully began to massage her, gradually relieving her pain to some extent.

“I didn’t want to either…” Li looked at the large number of items piled up on the open ground, “but everyone is working so hard, and it’s not right for me to be the only one who is special.”

"I think you've already done enough," Ning poured cold water on her enthusiasm. "If the work gets any more complicated, you'll just become the one causing trouble."

"Wow, you should trust me a little more."

"Alright, hurry up and sort out the rest of the items."

Ning didn't continue talking to her, but instead turned her attention back to her work. Li muttered a couple of complaints under her breath, then also returned to her work.

The items they sorted out this time can be roughly divided into two categories. One category consists of items from this world, including miscellaneous materials, rare weapons and equipment, books from this world, and so on. The other category consists of items from Earth, which make up the majority of the items and are extremely diverse, including food, clothing, daily necessities, miscellaneous items, medicine, and so on. It was because there were so many items that it took them a lot of time to classify them.

Because if it's something from this world, everyone can tell the difference, but not things from Earth, since they don't know what they are. And here, only Ri and Ning can identify Earth items, making the workload enormous. They even explained a rough classification method to the people of Akihabara, and with their help, they managed to achieve this much.

"Sister Li, what is this?"

"Ah, this... a model kit... this seems to be a limited edition Vandal robot. I'll just put it in the junk folder... I won't need it in this world anyway."

"Ah."

As instructed, Xia Ling placed the limited-edition model kit vanda into the pile of miscellaneous items. Xia Ling arrived from home shortly after they began sorting. She had a certain understanding of the things in her house, so she could distinguish the Earth items to some extent, which made their work much easier thanks to her.

On a side note, a monster rushed in during the cleanup, but Xia Ling, who happened to be there, killed it on the spot using some mysterious method. When did she become so powerful...? Li began to suspect that everyone around her was secretly getting stronger behind her back. Oh, right, by the way, that monster's name was Guma, and its level seemed to be over 200. It's already been taken away by Finoer and the others to be dismembered. We'll be having dinner here in Akihabara tonight.

While slightly anticipating the monster cuisine, Rin was also finalizing the classification.

Dangerous and important items were all collected into her body, such as guns and ammunition. The most dangerous thing was that several cars fell down. If it weren't for the weightlessness barrier, these cars would probably have been smashed to pieces on the spot. However, she didn't collect these cars because they were basically unrelated to the battle.

There are about five vehicles: one cement truck, two road rollers, and two large trucks. These are all things that will be used in the future plan. Because the traffic conditions in this world are very poor, the roads have only become known to most people because many people have traveled on them. If you don't look carefully, you might not even know that it is a road.

Therefore, after completing the establishment of the Labyrinth Kingdom, they would start paving roads when expanding outwards. Given the level of technology in this world, even building roads would probably be an extremely energy-consuming, financial-intensive, and manpower-intensive task. Most countries wouldn't want to do such a thing. As a diplomatic bargaining chip, the Labyrinth Kingdom could help them build roads, etc. Well, I guess Olito would be the happiest person about this.

At least for now, Li knows that the other remaining countries are still safe. Once things stabilize here, she will begin to work on diplomatic matters. After all, she still has two people hiding here. Li's gaze drifted from the things in her hands to another place, where the Earth girl, Xia Que, who had caused them a lot of trouble, was.

Originally, I didn't want to call her, but the workload was just too heavy, so I had no choice but to call her. She herself said that she felt very guilty for causing them a lot of trouble, and that she came to help as atone for her sins, even though she usually doesn't want to leave Hao'er's side.

“…Is there something you need, Miss Ri?” Natsuko turned around, noticing Ri’s gaze.

"No, it's nothing," Li replied casually. "Thank you for coming to help."

"No, I'm the one who should thank you," Xia Que said, bowing her head. "I've caused you all so much trouble..."

“This isn’t your problem. You just got dragged into this by the Demon King and his group,” Ning said calmly. “In the end, we were just dragged into it too. We’ve already settled things with the culprits, so there’s nothing left to worry about.”

Yes, the two of them had already decided the outcome of that battle with that bald guy, and everything was over. Now they only needed to focus on the present and the future.

"Yes, yes, so stop dwelling on that kind of thing." Li said with a wry smile, "It's all over now. So, what are you going to do now?"

"What should we do..." Xia Que said blankly, "I haven't thought about it yet..."

Since arriving here from Earth, Xia Que has been passive in everything; she has no say in anything. Now that it's all over, and everything is irrelevant to her, she doesn't know what to do. Hao Er is still unconscious due to severe injuries, and it's unknown how long he will take to wake up. Xia Que will stay with him until he does.

“Well, it’s not a good time to say these things,” Ning interjected, “You and Hale will probably both be going to the kingdom soon, and Alice will likely have something to say to you… not just her, of course…”

"……Ok, I know."

Xia Que nodded; that was her meaning, but whether she truly understood it was unknown. Ning simply assumed she did. Li nudged Ning's waist, casting a reproachful glance, which Ning ignored, continuing her sorting work. Currently, there should only be three Earthlings left in this world: Demon King Xuanze on the demon side, and Xia Que and Li in Akihabara.

Li brought Xia Que and Hao Er here for two reasons. First, she didn't want them to be criticized by the outside world so early and had to hide their whereabouts. Second, she wanted to try that thing, but she wouldn't show it so soon before the experiment was successful. Also, she wanted Xuan Ze to know about this.

The four of them finally finished the final sorting work. A large number of items have now been sorted and placed together. After Xia Ling called the Chamber of Commerce to take away the distributed items, the matter was temporarily concluded.

"Haa~ Finally finished." Li couldn't help but stretch. "Let's go, I think dinner should be ready by now."

"Yes, that's true. Xia Que, you should come too."

Ning called out to Xia Que, who was about to leave alone after finishing her business. Xia Que, startled by the sudden call, trembled slightly. She turned around timidly, a look of fear on her weak face. Having spent a long time with the two of them, Xia Ling naturally understood Ning's meaning. Without needing an explanation, she quietly approached Xia Que from behind, grabbed her hand, and led her away without further ado.

"Eh, eh? Is it okay?" Xia Que looked very flustered.

"It's alright, it's alright. It's not good for you to be so reserved." Li grabbed her other hand. "Come on, you can't stay cooped up at home all the time."

"Sigh, sigh..." Xia Que simply gave up. She didn't think she could escape from these three people now.

"By the way, Xia Ling, how much food did we pack today?" she asked, recalling the matter.

“There’s quite a lot,” Xia Ling thought for a moment. “Just the food, I heard from my brother, seems to be enough for us to live on for three or four months. There are also other things, furniture and appliances, and a lot of medicine. Basically, we have everything.”

"Ha, I thought I'd have to start from scratch with everything, but after you did this, I have everything."

"What? Isn't it better to save effort?"

Ning complained helplessly, and Li also grumbled a bit. Originally, according to Ning's estimate, if they wanted to develop magical technology, they would have to start from scratch. They had the foundation of magic, but Earth's science and technology would have to start from scratch. Ning had long been prepared for a long time to work on it. However, thanks to Li's efforts, they had actually obtained many key things. Ning could also use these things to confirm whether the information about the actual structure and purpose of these things was the same as what she had learned from the books.

With this, the foundation for the section chief level has been laid to some extent, and the rest is up to Ning.

"As for the books, my brother had them all delivered to our doorstep."

"Oh, really? I'll have to thank the Chamber of Commerce later."

Even though the Borg Merchant Guild has left their original territory, their resources are not to be underestimated. Moreover, the Borg Merchant Guild has brought manpower to help with the reconstruction of Akihabara in the past two days. As they can see now, Akihabara is being steadily rebuilt. However, establishing a nation is not such a simple matter. There are still many things to deal with after that.

"You guys are amazing." Xia Que, who hadn't said much until now, finally spoke up. "Saving the world, establishing a nation, and solving so many problems..."

After truly getting to know these two, Xia Que realized just how amazing they were. Li possessed an extraordinary level of enthusiasm and drive, while Ning seemed omnipotent. In Xia Que's eyes, it seemed that the entire world couldn't do anything to them when they were together.

"I didn't do this willingly," Ning said irritably. "If I hadn't met her, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."

"Huh!? So can you please stop putting me down all the time?!"

"Hmm? Do I?"

"What?! Where is it?!"

“I’m not talking to you about that. I’m talking to Xia Que.”

Before they knew it, their bickering turned into playful banter, making everyone laugh and cry. Even though they had already proven their relationship in front of the entire Akihabara, they still acted like nothing a couple would do. Akihabara had witnessed most of what this special couple had gone through together, and looking at them like this, Natsumi seemed to understand a little bit of the reason behind it all.

If that's not true, her future, even after being with him, will probably be like this.

"Ah, Sister Li, Sister Ning. You can see it now, the banquet venue tonight."

Reminded by Xia Ling, the two of them came out of their private world and could see the brightly lit banquet venue. This was the celebration banquet that had been promised not long ago. They could hear the shouts of the men after drinking in the distance, so the banquet had probably already started.

"Looks like we're late." A smile had already appeared on Li's face.

"There's no other way but to spend so much time on this; we can't just leave it unattended." Ning shrugged.

"Oh, is that Sister Chu Chu and the others? They're calling us. Let's go, Miss Xia Que."

"Huh? Oh, oh!"

This is the first time Li and Ning have experienced the path of nation-building, and many things are hard to predict. But the only thing they are certain of is that their path to nation-building will be incredibly smooth. If it were just them, they might not have succeeded. Their partners are waiting for them there.

"Let's go, Ning."

"Let me make this clear first: you are not allowed to touch a single drop of alcohol, understand?"

"Okay, okay, I'm not a child anymore."

Chapter 8 Victory Celebration Feast

"To Akihabara's victory! Cheers!!"

"oh!!!!!"

Under Neki's lead, the atmosphere at the victory celebration became even more lively. The men raised their glasses and clinked them together, the foam of the ale flying out of the glasses before they drank it down in one gulp. Then they ordered a second glass and continued drinking.

You might wonder why a victory celebration banquet would be held when supplies are so scarce?

Because the people of Akihabara insisted on doing so, their ever-optimistic attitude meant they were never bound by difficulties. They would fully enjoy the present and then muster their strength to act for a better life. In fact, they did overcome countless hardships with this kind of spirit. After all, Akihabara had once been a thorn in the side of the Principality.

This banquet has three meanings. First, as Neki just said, it's to celebrate victory; second, it's to celebrate the founding of the nation; and third...

"Oh! Ambassador! Miss Ning! From the first time we met, I felt you two were a perfect match!"

"Haha, we've finally gotten together, haven't we? How was it? Did you do 'that' kind of thing?"

"Wow, you two, you were crying and shouting that your wives had been stolen when you first found out, how could you change your tune so quickly?"

"Hehehe? How dare you speak to the ambassador like that? Is it appropriate to say such things at a time like this?"

"Li, Ning, ignore them, those men are all drunk. Congratulations, I never thought you two would end up together."

"Haha... I didn't even expect this to happen..."

At the center of the crowd were the couple, Ryou and Ning. Everyone came over to greet them and offer their blessings, as the banquet also served as a celebration for their confirmed relationship. However… Ryou herself didn't really feel it was real. She just blankly held Ning's slightly cold hand and responded woodenly to the well-wishes from the crowd.

Because, you see... it seems like nothing else happened after that night. It's like they got married in a flash. The relationship was confirmed, but Li didn't really feel anything. He just spent every day with Ning Ni as usual.

The drunken men offered somewhat unspoken blessings and greetings. Leslie, who had previously worked at the Chamber of Commerce, and her friends approached the couple to offer their well wishes. Before that night, Li had truly never imagined such a dramatic turn of events would occur; now, thinking back, she wanted to disappear. It was embarrassing in every way, and the most puzzling thing was how readily the world accepted homosexuality…

"What's wrong? You two, are you having a fight?" Lemmy asked, sitting across from them at the table.

"Nothing like that... I just don't really feel anything..." Li said with a wry smile. "I'm happy for everyone's blessings, but Ning doesn't seem to have expressed anything much... Why is that..."

Halfway through her sentence, Ning reached out and began to play with her smooth chin, looking quite aggressive.

"Could it be..." Ning whispered in her ear, "that you want to do these things in front of everyone?"

"No, that's not true... So you... Ugh!"

Ning forcefully took Li's lips, stopping her from continuing. Those witnessing the scene cheered and jeering. Chu Chu, still oblivious to love, shyly covered her face, peeking through small gaps between her fingers. Salid and Xiao were playing with the twin moons they had brought along, completely oblivious to what was happening around them. Finoer wore a satisfied expression, taking a small sip of her expensive red wine (one of today's trophies).

"So what are you doing?!"

After a moment of panic, Li quickly pushed Ning away. She felt that if she didn't do so, things would become even more dangerous, because Ning's expression had turned fierce.

"Of course, it's another declaration of sovereignty." Ning felt no shame whatsoever.

"You've gone too far! You idiot!"

Li was so angry that he didn't know what to say, but he felt like he couldn't do anything in front of Ning, so he simply gave up.

"Oh dear, isn't this great? They're even flirting in public." Leslie joked about what had just happened.

"It's not good at all, please don't talk about this..."

Despite it being a celebration banquet, Li felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally. She was inexplicably tired, and to make matters worse, Ning was causing trouble, making her feel incredibly wronged.

"Alright, cheer up," Ning comforted her. "You know best how we feel, right?"

"Humph."

Li gave a soft hum, turned her head away without saying a word, then silently picked up the glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp. The sweet and sour liquid flowed into her mouth, a strange taste rushed back from her stomach, and her head began to spin... Was she tired?

"Ugh, so annoying... all you do is bully me... it's so annoying..." Li complained, swaying unsteadily.