This is not the date I wanted.

Nanashi frowned slightly, looking unsure.

"Nanashi, you can understand it, right? How could I see anything in such a dusty and shiny environment?"

Shidou nodded seriously and replied.

"Well……"

The broom-shaped angel reappeared, and after a flash of light, Seven Sins had turned back into her original mature and sexy witch appearance, with a hint of hesitation on her face.

"So please believe me, I am not your enemy. I really want to save..."

"Ha ha ha ha--!"

Before Shidou could finish expressing his true meaning, Nanashi laughed exaggeratedly.

"What a ridiculous statement. Shidou-kun, this is a trick, right? You say you didn't see anything, but if I believe it, you'll say something like... 'Ah, that person is so stupid that he actually believed it.'"

"No, no! I don't have such plans!"

Shidou hurriedly tried to deny it, but Nanashi didn't seem to have any intention of listening any further.

"I'm sorry. Shidou-kun, no matter whether what you said is true or not. As long as there is a slight possibility, I will not let you go. Don't worry, this is just the beginning. I will play with you until you disappear from this world, Shidou-kun."

With that, Nanashi got on his broom and flew away from Raizen High School.

"At this speed... no one except Xi Xian and the others can catch up."

Looking at the Seven Sins going away, Meng Yue gave up the idea of ​​displaying part of her spiritual equipment to chase after them.

"As long as there is even a slight possibility, he will not let Shidou go... I am a little concerned about his true face that he does not want others to see."

"Hey, hey! Mengyue, please don't mess around."

"I got it."

Mengyue waved her hands to indicate that she would not do anything rash.

"But I think that if you don't make it to the point where Nanashi can accept you with her true face, then sealing it won't be possible."

"Well, that's true..."

What Mengyue said made sense, and Shidao scratched his cheek in distress.

"Well, she has already targeted Shidou for revenge, so we will definitely meet again soon."

Mengyue patted Shidao's back hard as if to encourage him.

"Then, for the sake of your remaining place in school, Shidao, I'd like to ask Shiori-chan and I to help you make up for what happened just now on behalf of your 'cousin Shidao'."

"Well...I know."

When he thought of this, Shidou's face was filled with bitterness.

"I want to help Shidou too!"

"Shidou's troubles are my troubles. I will help."

"Thank you, Tohka, Origami."

Seeing Origami and Tohka expressing their willingness to help, Shidou expressed his sincere gratitude.

However, dressing as a woman and pretending to be his cousin and then clearing the grievances of himself as his cousin...Since the relationship between them was too confusing, Shidao finally decided to give up thinking about it.

PS: Because this chapter borrowed a lot from the original work, so I wrote it quickly. ╮(￣▽￣)╭

09 Thirteen Suspects

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DEM, the office on the top floor of the UK headquarters building.

"Ah~ The boring meeting is finally over."

Wearing a jet-black suit and with light-colored hair that was as sharp as a blade, he looked to be a young man in his thirties. DEM's CEO, Sa. Izak. Ray. Perram. Westcott, sat at his desk, propping his chin with his right hand, and couldn't help but complain. He looked so unfocused, like a student who slept in until the end of the exam.

Just a few minutes ago, Westcott had just attended a DEM meeting, which was about Westcott's illegal use of rights in Japan, which caused the Japanese branch of DEM to be semi-paralyzed, the secret manifestation device being witnessed by the public, and the resignation of a large number of magicians due to the influence of hackers. If all these things were converted into a loss amount, it would easily exceed 1 billion pounds.

The fact that a conference that could almost threaten DEM's future international status could be summarized as "boring" shows how terrible Westcott's thinking patterns and values ​​are.

But in fact, the real purpose of this meeting was just to put pressure on Westcott. As a member of the board of directors, Duke had already bribed a large number of directors to demand Westcott to step down.

Naturally, those who raised their hands to support this proposal, without exception, had their arms cut off by a laser knife by the light blonde secretary beside Westcott. Now the directors are staying in the medical department of DEM to reconnect their arms with the display device.

"I could have just waited until my personal entertainment was over and then given the entire company to them. You're so impatient—"

Westcott shook his head and sighed with great regret. As for when his personal entertainment would end, most likely only he knew.

"Alan, give me a cup of coffee."

"Give."

As soon as Westcott finished speaking, Allen handed a cup of brewed coffee to Westcott.

"Delicious, or you understand me, Alan."

"you flatter me."

Westcott sipped his coffee gracefully and praised. Allen stood beside Westcott and said calmly.

"But Ike, the consequences caused by hackers are indeed a troublesome problem."

Westcott nodded in agreement.

"Sure enough, Alan thinks so too."

If there was only one thing in this meeting that could arouse Westcott's interest, it was the last point - the incident in which a large number of magicians resigned due to the influence of hackers.

Not death, but voluntary resignation.

Although no one died, the magicians who fought with the hackers all showed varying degrees of physical rejection of the display devices. In mild cases, their faces turned blue and they broke out in sweats, while in severe cases, they fainted just by putting on the wire clothes.

Westcott could understand this. After all, fighting against a calamity-like existence with a weapon that did not bring a sense of security was a foolish thing in itself.

"But those guys actually put this topic aside and tried desperately to force me to abdicate. It really makes me lose the desire to accompany them."

Westcott shook his head helplessly.

"It is indeed a problem for hackers to control the display device."

Alan frowned slightly. Bandersnatch and other electronic machines are not to be mentioned, and magicians are no different from lambs to be slaughtered if they don't have a random field that can shield all electromagnetic waves.

"Well, there is still a way." Westcott smiled. "Although the artificial elves I sent out a while ago have no contact, I still found some interesting things."

Alan said somewhat unexpectedly.

“Can what happened last time solve this problem?”

"Well, I don't know yet. I may have to figure it out for a while."

Westcott shrugged and asked Alan.

"But Alan, I think even if we really solve the problem of hackers, there won't be many magicians who can be deployed as a real combat force."

"Yes."

Hearing Westcott's words, Alan showed a trace of distress on his face.

Although he is the strongest magician in the world, he will encounter problems that cannot be solved by one person in time when performing many tasks. It must be said that in the last battle, Mana's betrayal and Jessica's death were indeed a big trouble for Allen.

"Talent recruitment is what we need right now, so this should be the case."

Westcott gave the answer to this question for Allen.

"really."

Alan nodded in agreement.

As for this question, Westcott and Allen already had a candidate in mind.

In this world, in addition to the Hacker and Gokawa Shido who successfully launched a sneak attack, there is also a magician who injured Alan in the battle.

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"what……"

Shidou laid down on the sofa and sighed.

Today is October 10st, Saturday. Five days have passed since Nanashi appeared in school disguised as Shidou.

After that, Nanashi never appeared in front of Shidao again. But he actually said that revenge had just begun and he would definitely not leave like this.

"But after such a long time nothing has happened. I feel a little uneasy..."

Although he had thought of finding the Seven Sins, if the other party did not cause a space shock, Fraxinus's detection device would not be able to detect it.

When Shidou was staring at the ceiling of his house in a trance, he suddenly felt something heavy on his stomach.

“Gurgle… y-what?”

Shidou came back to his senses because of the sudden weight, turned his head and saw that his sister Kotori, who was wearing a black headband, was sitting on his stomach.

"…I say, Kotori."

"Ala, I saw this thing was motionless. I thought it was a sofa made of human skin."

Kotori said with a smirk on her face.

"We don't have the kind of furniture that a serial killer would be interested in at home."

Shidou sighed and complained speechlessly.

"Well, it's just a little joke for Shidou who has lost some of his tension. One, two--Hey!"

“Wow—!”

Kotori held a lollipop made of Kabejia in her mouth, and a sly smile appeared on her face. She used the reaction force to press her weight on Shidou's stomach and stood up. Shidou's eyes widened and he made a sound like a deflated laughing bag.

"I'm talking about you..."

Shidou rubbed his body and slowly stood up, just about to give Kotori a lecture, but suddenly he found that his sister's face suddenly became serious.

"What's wrong?"

Shidou asked in confusion.

"This is what was put into our mailbox this morning."

As she said that, Kotori handed a white envelope to Shidou.

Shidao held the envelope and found that there seemed to be something inside the envelope. It was not only very thick but also quite heavy.

"Is this... a letter?"

"No. It's a love letter from Seven Sins."

"what?!"

At Kotori's suggestion, Shidou turned to the other side of the envelope and found that under the wax seal, there was indeed the signature of "Nanatsune".

Shidou swallowed nervously.

"It's okay to open it..."

"Yes. But there is also the possibility of explosion if opened. Let's conduct an external inspection in Fraxinus. There shouldn't be any dangerous items. Of course, the other party is an elf so we can't guarantee it 100%."

"Don't say such timid words."

Shidou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He took a deep breath and prepared himself, then opened the envelope. Then, Shidou took out a stack of photos and a postcard.

"This is... me?"

Kotori frowned as she looked at the photo in her hand. It was a photo of Kotori wearing a white headband and a junior high school uniform. From the picture, Kotori didn't look at the camera and was a little far away, so it must have been a candid photo.

Not only Kotori, but Tohka, Origami, Yoshino, Yakuya, Yuzuru, Yumezuki, Miku, Ai, Mii, Mai, Kozue-sensei, and -- Tonomachi. All were secretly photographed without knowing it.

Only Mengyue and Origami seemed to notice the camera and looked over here.

"This is……"

Seeing these photos, Shidao had a bad feeling for some reason. He picked up the postcard in the envelope with a short message on it.

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I'm right in here.

Can you guess which one is me?