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For his intuition, Chen Mo has always believed in it.
"What is this time... a game of hide and seek?"
Expanding a random field within a medium five-meter radius, Chen Mo passed by at a low altitude above the street while recalling his experience of betting against an elf girl named Yoshino five years ago.
Hmm... Or to be more precise, it should be the experience of betting against Yoshino, the hand puppet Yoshino controls.
The game is an arcade fighting game, and the bet is that the loser will call the other party big brother.
Facing Yoshino and Yoshino, who had never played arcade games before, Chen Mo easily won without any pressure.
He will never forget that rabbit doll who disturbed his good things several times, and had to bow his head and call himself big brother after losing the game, and the scene of anger, regret, resignation, and a little bit of timidity and shyness. Yes, stammering "Big... big brother... okay? Satisfied, you nasty pervert!".
Recalling the situation at that time, Chen Mo couldn't help showing a happy smile on his face.
"Then, if you lose this game again, what else can you lose to me..."
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Nanjia Town.
As an island country in Japan, it is normal for it to be rainy in spring.
At the end of April and the beginning of May, the ocean current strengthens, the climate warms up, and the hot and cold air shows a polarized cycle. In the morning, it is not even ten degrees, but at noon, it is so hot that you have to take off your coat and only wear a single piece of clothing. At night, the temperature returns to ten degrees. These are normal weather phenomena.
However, even in Japan, where the weather changes drastically, the sky will not be clear and cloudless and the sun is shining brightly one moment, but it will turn into dark clouds and heavy rain the next moment.
Even in summer showers in a temperate rainforest climate, there will be a short period of accumulation of cumulonimbus clouds before the real rain, which is an absolute law that nature cannot violate.
However, this absolute law of "cannot be violated" was destroyed by violence the moment the elf girl set foot on the streets of Nanko Town.
"Boom—"
A moment ago, it was a fine weather with clear skies, but in the blink of an eye, dense and thick dark clouds gathered. Among the gray and dark clouds, the low-pitched thunder roared like a stone mill rolling over the sky.
Simultaneously with the first muffled thunder, there were also countless soybean-sized raindrops, pattering, wetting the soil and dust on the ground. After a few breaths, the rain was so dense that it was almost hard to see clearly. The extent of the scene beyond five meters.
The Nanko Town where the rainstorm fell, the people living in it obviously had no chance to enjoy this wonderful scene. They had already hid in the underground space earthquake defense facility more than an hour ago. On the empty street, wearing The petite girl in the dark green rabbit ear jacket walked aimlessly. Beside her, the violent rain further highlighted this helpless feeling.
It's almost like being abandoned and hated by the whole world.
...No, this may not be an illusion.
The existence of "elves" is almost equivalent to the direct incarnation of the word "disaster" in this world. Their existence is an absolute taboo that will never be accepted by the world. People fear elves, fear elves, Hate elves, spit elves.
Of course, people also drive out elves.
"Yoshina..." The elf girl called out to the rabbit doll she wore on her left hand with a shaken voice: "Why do those people...try to bully me every time...I just...just don't want to, Staying in that dark place again...why do those people... always try to drive me back...?"
"It's okay! It's okay, Yoshino!"
The rabbit doll opened its short hands and waved it a few times, but its shape is too cartoony, so it looks a little funny.
"Yoshino is not wrong! I will never let others hurt you!"
Unlike humans who always show malice and murderous intent towards themselves, Yoshino, who has always been by Yoshino's side, is strong and trustworthy.
So after hearing the comfort of the rabbit doll, Yoshino couldn't help nodding and humming, and at the same time felt a little more at ease.
However, when it comes to human beings... from the day I can remember, although Yoshino has been chasing and running away from those vicious guys all the time, but like Yoshino, she has no confidence in her at all. She has encountered any human beings with any hostility and killing intent.
Remember...it seems to be called Chen Mo, right?
Not only is she not afraid of herself, she is willing to talk to herself, but she also took her to the video game city to play various games.
For the first time since first appearing in the world more than 30 years ago, Yoshino experienced that warm feeling from a human.
I don't know how he is doing now...
Just when this idea came into Yoshino's mind, a faint fluctuation of spiritual power suddenly entered her range of perception.
It was so weak that it seemed likely to dissipate at any time, and it was obviously a spiritual force that had existed for a very long time.
At the same time, this spiritual power also gave her a very familiar feeling.
"Is it... my spiritual power...?"
As an elf incarnated by a spirit crystal, Yoshino's sensitivity to spiritual power can be regarded as instinctive. She walked in the direction of the weak spiritual power, and finally arrived at the door of a certain house in an apartment building. stopped before.
The closed metal anti-theft door in front of her made her walk around a few steps in a bit of embarrassment, and then she turned her eyes to the almighty Yoshina for help.
"What, what should I do... Yoshino..."
"Uh……"
Hearing Yoshino's voice asking for help, Yoshino also started to have troubles, she doesn't know how to open the lock...and it is an electronic lock that is quite difficult to handle at first glance.
Otherwise, just break open with violence?
Compared with the good baby Yoshino, Yoshino's thinking is much more active.
Anyway, there will be no one...
"Standing at the door of someone else's house, with an expression of wanting to go in... What are you planning to do?"
"Can't you tell, of course I want to—" Yoshina instinctively answered halfway, but her voice suddenly froze.
Then she and Yoshino looked back at the stairs at the same time, which was the direction from which the questioning voice came from just now.