This is not the date I wanted.

"Eh? Mengyue appeared in Shidou's world? But our Mengyue didn't sleep... Why??"

After Tohka muttered to herself, a look of deep confusion appeared on her face. Mengyue turned her questioning gaze to Kotori, demanding that she give him an answer.

"Events~! Events, this is common sense in galgames, isn't it?"

"Then why is it me..." Meng Yue said indifferently.

"Well, if you want to know why? Because this game was originally designed to strengthen Shidou's ability to communicate with the elves, so the heroine of the game is naturally an elf." Kotori patted her chest and said confidently, "Don't worry, the game characters are all set according to my usual personality analysis of you. I am confident that there will be no errors. (Author: "Why didn't you say this when you met your own character, Kotori-chan (＝.＝)")"

"What should I be worried about..."

He pressed his hand between his brows with a headache. He was one of the conquest targets in Galgame. This shocking news made Mengyue hard to digest for a while... It would be better to say that he didn't want to digest it ah ah ah ah (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻.

Well, after realizing the cruelty of reality, Meng Yue still managed to adjust her mentality and continued watching.

Well, Gokawa Shido, who was chatting with others and didn't look at the road carefully when walking, and Ryougi Mengyue, who was about to be late and hurried out with a piece of bread in her mouth, met Ai at the corner... ahem, I was wrong, they collided.

Then, after the collision between Mengyue on the screen, logically speaking based on the speed of the collision, Shidou should have been knocked down by Mengyue. However, in the game, after the two collided, Mengyue seemed to have hit a solid wall. After a whine of "Ugh!", he lost his balance, staggered back a few steps, and sat on the ground in an pigeon-toed position.

Then, because of the angle, Shidou was standing, and due to various unscientific factors that were beyond his control, Yumezuki's white and smooth thighs were exposed to his vision in a very seductive posture, which was not what he wanted. His sight followed the curve and slowly passed through the absolute area of ​​the skirt, and then he saw...

——Safety pants.

“…So old-fashioned.”

[…So old-fashioned.]

Then, Liang Yi Meng Yue in reality and in the game both stretched out their hands and complained in unison.

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"S-Sorry!... Meng Yue, are you okay?"

Although Shidao was deeply puzzled as to why Meng Yue, who had just appeared on the other end of the phone, suddenly appeared in front of him. But for now, he gave up worrying about these small details and reached out to help Meng Yue up.

"It's okay, Shidou. I was the same. I was a little too anxious and didn't pay attention to my surroundings."

Meng Yue brushed off the dust on her body and shook her head to show that she didn't care. Then, she tilted her head in confusion.

"But...it's the weekend, and it's afternoon, but I have to rush to school while biting on a piece of bread?"

"No...even if you ask me that."

Shidao looked at Mengyue speechlessly. He didn't know if the time setting of this world was a holiday, but judging from Mengyue's ignorant attitude, it shouldn't be the real Mengyue. It was probably a character set in the game.

"And since we're going to school, why am I wearing a spirit outfit instead of a normal school uniform?"

Pulling at her clothes, Meng Yue showed a subtle expression about her current outfit.

"Is it because I usually wear a school uniform, which is a boy's outfit? Besides the usual clothes, I usually wear men's clothes or neutral clothes. The only short skirt I wear is this spirit outfit. So for the sake of the game's welfare CG, the unreasonable setting is ignored and the plot is forced to unfold. If it is a Galgame, it is really a rubbish game."

"a ha ha ha……"

When Shidao heard Mengyue casually say something that was close to the truth, he was really panicked and basically just responded with a dry laugh.

"Well, what's wrong? Shidao, why do you look weird?" Mengyue asked worriedly.

"No...how should I say...that..."

"Oh, you're probably troubled by what I said just now. Sorry, I said something weird."

"No. It was my fault for bumping into you in the first place."

After hearing Meng Yue's words, Shidao slowly calmed down and shook his head.

"Hehe... that's true. This kind of old-fashioned and classic plot actually happened between us. If this is a Galgame, you, Shidou, will definitely be the protagonist." Meng Yue chuckled and said a few words that made Shidou feel pressured. Then, she moved closer to Shidou's body and asked with a puzzled tone, "Did you see what happened just now?"

"Ah... wow... that... I'm so sorry!"

After uttering a few syllables at a loss, Shidao gritted his teeth and bowed his head to admit his mistake to Mengyue.

"Really? You didn't do it on purpose, so why are you apologizing?" Meng Yue let out a breath in silence, then seemed to find it funny and laughed, waving her hands and said, "Forget it, I have a layer of safety pants covering me anyway, there's no need for you to act like you've done something wrong."

"Ha... I'm glad you understand." Shidou said with a slow sigh of relief.

"... And since the target is Shidou... I can still reluctantly accept it..."

"Eh? Mengyue, did you say something just now?"

Because Meng Yue's voice was very soft, Shidao couldn't hear the specific content clearly.

"No, nothing."

Shaking her head gently, Mengyue looked at Shidao and smiled without saying a word.

"Well, time isn't really enough. I have to get to school."

"Oh, then be careful on the road, Mengyue."

"Eh? Come to think of it, it's already past school time. Why should I go to school? Normally, I'm either staying at home playing games or preparing dinner, right?"

As expected of Meng Yue, even as a game character, she can make fatal complaints about the game's settings...

Looking at Mengyue who kept talking to herself and then left, Shidao admired her from the bottom of his heart.

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"Hmm... Is there still a bug?"

Lingyin held her chin with her hand, and a thoughtful expression appeared on her face about the scene just now. The game character actually complained about the essence of the game. And gave a bad review. For the character designer, it was really unexpected.

Well, although Lingyin still has high confidence in this game, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of bugs in the early stages of development.

Just like a character's personality, there will indeed be errors if you rely solely on computer analysis.

"Mengyue, do you personally feel that there is something wrong with the plot that just appeared in the game?"

In response to Lingyin's question, Mengyue hesitated for a moment before speaking slowly.

"If you ask me why I feel uncomfortable... I can only say that I have basically said everything I wanted to say in the game."

"…………"

05 Virtual games are basically impossible to exit once you enter them

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Shidou stayed in this virtual world for quite a long time.

During this time, he carefully looked at the shopping streets, squares, and schools he usually passed by. To be honest, the more he looked, the more he couldn't believe that this was actually a virtual world made up of electronic data. It almost made Shidao have the illusion that this was the real world.

"So, you get along well with Tohka-chan, Tobiichi-san, the Yamai twins, Ryougi-san, and especially that Miku-tan—"

Right in front of Shidou, his bad friend Hiroto Tenmachi, who was restored by the computer according to Shidou's memory, stared at Shidou's eyes and yelled at him with an unquestionable strong tone.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! In short, these are all your delusions! Do you understand!?"

"Hmm... I understand. You must be tired, Donmachi. Don't force yourself. Just have a good rest!"

Feeling Shidou's sympathetic gaze and comforting words, Tenmachi seemed to be stimulated by something, gritted his teeth, tears in his eyes, and shouted like a stray dog.

"I, I'm normal! You're the weird one! And this world... Uwaaaaaaaa!"

(…Basically, it’s no different from the real Tenmachi.)

Looking at Tenmachi running away in tears, Shidou thought silently in his heart.

Then, Kotori's voice rang in his mind.

[Well, this world is probably like this. From now on, Shidou will experience various Galgame Lives here! ]

"Haha... I feel like I'm even more tired than before. By the way, Kotori, what happened to Miss Reine? I haven't heard her voice since a while ago?"

[Oh, Sister Mengyue seems to be very interested in the structure of this game, so I asked Lingyin to explain it to Sister Mengyue in detail. She is now in another room. But don't worry, I have confidence in the operation of the system. As long as there are no bugs, there should be no problem. ]

“…What if there’s a bug?”

[Well... let's talk about it later! ]

(Your irresponsible statement does not reassure me at all, my lovely sister!)

"……stare--"

Hmm? Feeling that someone seemed to be watching him, Shidao turned his head in confusion. Then, he saw a girl wearing strange clothes not far away, staring at him intently.

【What's wrong, Shidou? 】

"No... I just saw a girl I didn't know. It felt like she was looking at me."

[How is that possible? Lingyin said that the NPCs in this game were all extracted from Shidao's memories, so they can't be strangers! ]

"Really? Then maybe I just happened to see it and forgot about it... No, I don't know him after all."

After observing the girl for a long time, Shidou finally shook his head slowly. The other party was wearing a white nun's uniform that was very conspicuous. If Shidou had really seen her before, he would definitely have some impression of her.

The girl secretly observed Shidou for a long time, then, as if she suddenly lost interest, she turned and left.

"...I'll go over and take a look."

[Wait, Shidou, don't act rashly at a time like this. ]

Ignoring Kotori's somewhat anxious voice, Shidou chased in the direction the girl disappeared.

"etc!"

Seeing the other person's figure, Shidou hurriedly shouted, and then, as if she heard Shidou's voice, the girl stopped and looked at Shidou silently.

The other party's silent gaze gave Shidao some pressure. After scratching his face, Shidao spoke nervously.

"Well, let me ask you a weird question. Have we met somewhere before? Um, why does it sound like you're flirting with me? Sorry, that's not what I meant."

"…………"

However, the girl did not give any answer to Shidou's question, but just stared at Shidou.

"Um...what are you doing?"

"…………"

[No answer.] At this moment, Kotori said from the other end of the communication, [It seems that there should be a bug in the game, and some wrong appearance data has been transmitted... Well, it's almost time, so let's stop here for now, and we can discuss this child's problem in detail next time!]

“…Oh, I see.”

"…………"

Appearance data? Does it mean that there is no entity, just something like a hologram? Although such a metaphor is a bit strange in the electronic world... Shidou scratched his head and looked at the silent girl in front of him with some confusion.

But——I always feel that this gaze carries power.

"…………Itsuka Shido."

Eh? My name?

[Eh? How is it possible... Shidou! ...Kacha——]

Then, in Shidou's mind, the conversation with the other party disappeared as if the telephone line was cut.

"...I have a question for you..."

As Shidou was looking at him in surprise, the girl looked at him with her extremely penetrating eyes and spoke slowly.

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"So, by transmitting computer information to the brain through the calculation of the display device, the time in the game world will also be different from the real world?"

In a conversation room, Meng Yue asked while flipping through the documents in her hand. Ling Yin nodded.

"Yes, that's true. I think it's also because of the rational use of time. The flow rate ratio between here and the computer world... To put it simply, ten minutes here is equivalent to a day on the other side."

"I don't want to complain anymore that this is Gabe-the world is interfering..."

Meng Yue said with a frown on her face.

"Through the control of the display device, the time difference between the two sides can be adjusted to a certain extent. This is also the reason why you can communicate normally between this world and the Shidou in the game."

"I feel like the display device is a really easy-to-explain setting..."

After a speechless complaint, Meng Yue let out a breath and continued to look through the information in her hand.

The technology that is infused with "magic of miracles" - the manifestation device. In Mengyue's understanding, it is not a universal machine, but a general name for a series of advanced technologies.

Since the Eurasian spacequake in this world, history has taken a huge turn. In order to cope with the huge disasters brought by the spacequake, military, medical, construction... all technologies have been developed with the knowledge of "manifestation device" as the core. The so-called CR-UNIT developed to deal with the elves is just a corner of it.

Although if you must say it, this is just a world view setting in the novel to facilitate the development of the plot, but in reality, when Meng Yue saw the specific information, although it was not the first time, she still felt shocked.

The person who came up with this theory is either a genius or a madman... I guess it's the latter. Thinking back to Westcott, whom she had met once before, Meng Yue thought for sure in her heart.