Shiraishi discovered that this time, the situation was a little different.
The planning interface did not load on the screen, but a few lines of text slowly appeared on the screen.
[This virtual world is special. You will enter it as an important supporting role and change the protagonist's life]
"?"
From development games to virtual reality?
Confused by doubts, Baishi, who wanted to go back as soon as possible, hesitated for a moment and chose "OK".
A circular countdown was projected on the screen. After the number reached zero, the feeling of falling hit me again.
Shiraishi imagined the identities of many "important supporting characters" - it might be Ryoichi Takahashi, it might be Chikako Ikeda, it might be any classmate in the club, or it might even be Atsuko's father.
The landing place was indeed in Taketori Atsuko's room - Shiraishi never expected that he would become one of Atsuko's family cats.
Sitting in front of the mirror, I thought about life for a while facing that cat face, and a screen of light emerged.
The Q version assistant walked out from the edge of the screen holding a small wooden horse with a single horn on its head and two wings on its back.
Seeing Shiraishi's appearance, she was slightly stunned.
"What's going on!?" Bai Shi immediately leaned over and stared at her.
Although currently, the system has made certain adjustments to his motor functions and senses so that he can better adapt to his current body, but...
"Why can't you even be a human being?"
The Q version assistant looked at the tip of the black cat's swaying tail, and a suspicious blush slowly appeared on her cheeks. After a few seconds, she remembered to answer the question:
[Save energy]
"..." Bai Shi was angry and slapped the light screen with one claw: "Don't cut corners on this kind of thing!"
In the past, as soon as he poked his hand, the Q version assistant would avoid it.
But today she didn't move.
Shiraishi was startled, wondering if it was because he became faster after turning into a cat?
As a result, my palms suddenly felt itchy, and my paw pads were rubbed twice through the screen.
Shiraishi was excited and retracted his paws. He saw the Q-version assistant holding her little wooden horse on the light screen, with an expression as if nothing had happened, and a trace of strange satisfaction in his eyes.
"..." Baishi suddenly realized that something was wrong, "...are you fucking doing this for personal gain?"
…
Combining the mission description given in the light screen, Shiraishi had some understanding of the current situation.
Unlike the man who committed suicide for revenge in the first virtual world, Atsuko Taketori committed suicide purely because she didn't want to live anymore.
Also because of her special mentality, the Q version assistant specially brought a Trojan horse virus to interfere with this virtual world and erased Atsuko's memory from the current point in time onwards.
Otherwise, maybe as soon as the world was created, and she remembered the situation "before rebirth", she would simply kill herself again.
That Trojan virus looks quite cute, with round eyes. Although it is the Q version, there is an inexplicable kindness in its eyes.
In addition, the system also provides several convenient functions for Shiraishi who was turned into a cat.
In addition to eliminating physical worries such as eating, drinking, and diarrhea, the mask can also be used to temporarily transform into a human being, making it easier to move around.
The Q version assistant finally waved his hand to Shiraishi, adjusted his helmet, and ran off to plant Trojan horses.
As soon as she left, Shiraishi immediately turned on his mask.
The originally huge-looking room suddenly returned to normal, and it turned out that it was more comfortable to walk upright.
When the mask was activated this time, Shiraishi did not become blurred, but physically changed from a cat to a human directly.
He looked back again, and sure enough he didn't see the cat's body in the room.
Then Shiraishi looked at the countdown again, and what was displayed on the light screen was:
【00:07:43】
After staring at it for several seconds, the time was still 00:07:43, motionless.
From this point of view, the usable time of the mask is still based on the real time flow rate. Although it seems to be less than eight minutes, it can last for a long time.
Taketori Atsuko was just called downstairs by her mother to greet the guests.
While the owner of the room was away, Shiraishi walked around while thinking about his course of action this time.
Affected by the Trojan horse, Atsuko Taketori in the virtual world has no memory of the current time and beyond. She does not even know that this is a so-called "rebirth".
In other words, as long as she lives a comfortable life and doesn't get copied like in reality, the task will be almost completed... It's very simple.
…
After a week in the virtual world, Shiraishi realized how naive this idea was.
After listening to Suzuki Ayako's discussion before, he thought "Atsuko" was a gentle and cheerful little girl.
However, he soon discovered that it was just the appearance of Atsuko Taketori in front of others.
When alone, let alone cheerful, she even showed signs of depression.
No wonder cats can also play "important supporting roles". The company of pets can indeed make people feel relaxed - but Atsuko Taketori's black cat ran away when she saw her because she had thrown things.
Being with me will only make people feel abandoned.
Shiraishi can only shoulder the heavy responsibility of being a cat, responsible for slapping Atsuko Taketori awake when she is distracted, making cat cakes to sell when she is depressed, and turning off the light switch on time every night to put people to bed.
, hard core treatment for insomnia.
Of course, these cannot fundamentally solve the problem.
Shiraishi originally wanted to find an opportunity to trick her into seeing a psychiatrist, but after the spring break was over and Nanyang University started, Atsuko Taketori suddenly felt better.
——She can often meet Chikako Ikeda in club activities and elective courses.
Shiraishi found that the relationship between the two was so close that they were more in tune with each other than some couples, but no one pointed out the relationship.
They also have very similar interests and both love to write novels. Although the styles of their works are very different, they invariably incorporate prototypes from both sides into their books.
However, both of them had some opinions about the images in the other's book, so they finally got together and wrote an article together.
Shiraishi secretly flipped through the combined manuscript. Compared with the previous ones, this combined edition was the most similar to the "Blue Kingdom" he had read.
Seeing the relationship between the two getting better and better, Shiraishi felt like an old father watching a cabbage being fucked. At the same time, he also paid more attention to Taketori Atsuko's mother.
Unlike Chikako Ikeda, who has a happy family and even has an older brother, Atsuko Taketori only has her and her mother at home.
Taketori Atsuko has a soft personality, but her mother Taketori Mie is a strong woman. Her husband died young, so she raised the child alone. Her current life goal is to buy a piece of land and rent a house from this
Move out.
Although she is very independent, Taketori Mie has completely opposite requirements for her daughter.
Perhaps because she felt that living alone was too hard, she began to talk about it from a very early age, hoping that Taketori Atsuko would marry into a good family soon and have a good husband she could rely on.
Ryoichi Takahashi, who lives next door, is her chosen son-in-law.
He also perfectly meets Taketori Mie's criteria for choosing a son-in-law - he is not handsome, he will not be a philanderer, and he is honest. Therefore, Taketori Mie often invites Takahashi and his mother to his home, hoping to enhance the relationship between the two children.
Relationship.
The family members who depend on each other have strong personalities and hold this view. Shiraishi always feels that the fact that Taketori Atsuko commits suicide in reality may have something to do with it.