Nishino and Ikuta were waiting for them at a cake shop near the subway station.

When Wu Geng and Arisugawa arrived, there were already two or three cake plates stacked beside them.

"These are all eaten by Ikuta-chan." Nishino explained in a low voice.

"Because...I didn't even have time to eat when I came here at noon..." Ikuta said pitifully as he struggled to swallow the food in his mouth.

"Who asked you to come so early?" Wu Geng refused to follow her lead. "The way you eat in a cake shop... you think you are eating at a buffet."

I just bought it on the fifth night. I can’t help it, because everyone is here to congratulate her today. I don’t know if Ikuta saw this in mind and ate so much.

Probably not. If the people around her gradually turn into birds and try to trick her when they get the chance, Wu Geng feels that her life will become more and more difficult in the future.

Speaking of little flying birds, Wu Geng still remembers the uncles in my family. Each of them bought a piece of cake. After returning home, the roots of his ears should be much cleaner.

Ikuta followed Arisugawa and left on a different train, while Gogeng and Nishino took the subway back.

Before leaving, Arisukawa looked at her without hesitation. She had always had this expression since she came out of the martial arts gym. Oh Geng felt very apologetic and didn't know how to speak, although she didn't need to apologize.

Wu Geng just waved his hand, "See you tomorrow, Wei."

Arisukawa was visibly relieved, "Well, see you tomorrow!"

It's not the rush hour for commuting, and the students who finished their entrance ceremony have gone back more than half an hour ago. Compared to when they came, there are many more empty seats in the subway car.

Nishino looked down at the DV in his hand and checked the video he had taken previously.

"I'll be scolded by the staff later," she said with some worry. "It's rare to get a picture of Xiaoxiao's face."

She was right. The camera was shaking and often out of focus. It was blurry, as if it were separated by a layer of frosted glass. But the sound was recorded very clearly. Wu Geng and Nishino were playing around, talking and laughing, just listening.

The sound makes Wu Geng's heart happy.

"This will give you a sense of life." Wugeng didn't care.

"But, this is a rare opportunity..."

"It doesn't matter. Isn't there a version shot by the school? It should be okay to show it on TV after we discuss it."

The subway car passed through the long but short tunnel, the rumbling sound was like whistling in the ears, and the floor bumped and trembled slightly.

The glass opposite reflected Wugeng’s confused face.

Is it the right choice to formally contact the exchange meeting this time? Wu Geng asked himself in his heart. The other party has helped me a lot, and Arisukawa is a member, so joining seems to be a natural thing.

It is an exchange meeting that builds a huge information and energy network with some identity similar to bloodline, and it is effortless to knock down a Wenchun. Such an organization can actually be related to a little idol like her. Wu Geng really doesn’t know what to do.

How to cope with this seemingly sudden, but somewhat fatalistic sense of group identity.

similar.

That's what the other party said.

The title was like family, but Wu Geng was a little scared. While recognizing that she was the same kind as them, didn't she also admit the fact that she was an "alien" to this world?

She thought of what Murakami said.

"Wugeng, I want to meet you face to face when I meet you this time. I have learned a lot about you from Arisugawa. I think you must have been living with a sense of uncertainty about your identity.

Now, this is nothing to worry about. Everyone is like this in the beginning."

"Anyone would be panicked if they were reborn in a new world - a world that is more or less the same. And if there are similar people who are in the same or similar situation, it will also be a great comfort psychologically. This is the exchange meeting

The original intention of its establishment. Although the organization has become relatively bloated since its development, the original intention has not changed."

"We are not the kind of particularly ambitious people, and we don't want to cause a big mess or destroy the original direction of the world. What we want is just to live smoothly in this world.

Of course, members will help each other without taking drastic actions. That’s all.”

Wu Geng asked at that time.

"Why did you choose me? According to the exchange club's admission criteria, there should be many alternatives... Is it just because Arisugawa is my elementary school classmate? Or is it because of symbiosis?"

Murakami smiled and explained, "You should understand that what we need is a sense of security without being disturbed. So how do we achieve this sense of security?"

"Uh...stay aloof from the world?"

"You can't live as a hermit in this era, let alone be safe." Murakami laughed, "We have connections and huge energy connected through the Internet, but we just live in a corner. Can't you think of why?

?”

"..." Wugeng really couldn't think of anything.

"It's because of fear. It's not a bad idea to classify us as a group of cowards. Radical behavior will inevitably lead to rising resistance. In today's society, one hair can affect the whole body, and no one can guarantee that the air flow fanned by the butterfly will not be real.

Cause a major natural disaster."

"We are just afraid that big changes will happen in the future, just like a train on another track. Once we make a wrong step, things will become messy like dominoes," Murakami said.

Indeed, for the exchange meeting, knowing the future direction is their greatest advantage. This is exactly the case. With this advantage and the full cooperation among members, it is not difficult to make some achievements. The difficult thing is

How to get the maximum benefit from your own hands.

Wu Geng can roughly imagine them dancing in shackles.

The turbulence of being thrown into another world forces them to pursue an environment where they can settle down. In order to maintain this sense of security, they must obtain huge power as a protective umbrella, and huge power will make people's existence become very important. Just a small

His actions are infinitely magnified by the magnifying glass called attention in the world, thus causing a certain impact on the world.

The more important a person is, the more he can change the world; the more insignificant a person is, the easier it is for the world to change him.

What the exchange meeting wants is not change, but stability, perseverance, and a world process that can move forward along the established path and direction according to the future they know.

They overestimate their ability to control an iron ball that is countless times larger than their bodies. The only two possibilities are to die of exhaustion on the road or to be crushed.

It's impossible for Murakami and the others not to understand this.

"Honestly, we are willing to recruit you to join. Similarity is the most basic and fundamental reason."

"What's the other reason?" Wu Geng asked.

"Wugeng, although you are just a little idol, the position you can achieve is enough to prove your ability. The fact that Arisukawa and you are familiar with each other will not change or shake our choice."

"...Then why did you choose me?"

Murakami and Akasaka looked at each other. They might have exchanged some information in this brief exchange of glances. Wu Geng didn't know about this, but what Murakami said made her worried.

He said, "Because you are harmless enough - both to the world and to us."
Chapter completed!