First Player

Chapter · "Thousands of people will accuse you, but I will not."

The first ray of morning light poured into the room, and Su Mingan opened his eyes.

Today is the third day that the copy has been opened.

The clock on the wall said eight forty in the morning. The green and furry branches and leaves are curled in the potted plant. He immediately looked towards the sofa. Alice was no longer on the sofa, and there was the sound of cooking coming from the kitchen. It seems that Alice is cooking.

[Girl: Detective, I've made breakfast. 】

…

An indescribable smell wafted from the kitchen. Su Mingan raised his eyes and saw Alice walking over with a pot of sticky porridge.

[Detective:...(staring at the porridge and frowning)]

[Detective: Alice, have you ever learned to cook... No, your cooking attribute points are 0, so it would be excusable to make such breakfast. 】

[Girl: I took a bite and it tasted okay. You can try it. 】

…

Su Mingan looked at Alice's expectant eyes, picked up the spoon and took a sip of porridge, and his expression suddenly turned into a mask of pain. He took a look at the system introduction of this pot of porridge:

[Item: Tasty porridge

Edible effect: three health points will be deducted every minute for ten minutes.

Comment: Tasty porridge. 】

…

Su Mingan immediately put down the pot of porridge.

[Detective: Alice... you should learn to cook porridge with me first. Your current cooking skills are not suitable for cooking. 】

[Girl: Hey... Detective, is your cooking delicious? 】

[Detective: It’s okay. I'm going to make a pot of porridge now. You can learn from me. 】

[Girl: Uh-huh! (Nodding vigorously)]

…

Su Mingan walked into the kitchen, took out the pot and started cooking porridge.

"Gududu——"

Amid the halo of steam, the sun shines on the boiling water. Su Mingan holds a spoon, stirring the rice paste, and looks out the window at the scenery.

The kitchen window affords a view of half the city block. Geared locomotives and motorcycles are like iron-gray birds, and people in coarse linen clothes are like clouds floating among the birds. The window glass reflects a layer of colorful rainbow light, making people feel as if they are standing in the sky.

Looking at these, Su Mingan felt an indescribable warmth.

The background music in his ears was extremely relaxing, and the white porridge steam was beeping. He raised his chin, and with a "beep-" sound, the stove fire went out.

Su Mingan gave the porridge he cooked to Alice. Alice took the bowl and drank it obediently.

[Girl (embarrassed, reluctant): The porridge cooked by the detective is really delicious. 】

[Detective: Right. I have been drinking porridge cooked by myself since I was a child, and it doesn’t taste bad. (confidence)】

…

While clearing away the dishes, Su Mingan took a look at the system introduction of his porridge:

[Item: Extremely unpleasant porridge

Effect of consumption: Obtain a "nausea" state that lasts for ten minutes, and there is a chance of "poisoning", "vomiting" and other abnormal states.

Comment: Extremely unpleasant porridge, it’s hard to imagine how it was made. 】

…

Su Mingan glanced at Alice, who was still licking the bottom of the bowl. Why was her porridge still rated "extremely unpleasant" by the system? Alice's evaluation was only "very unpleasant to drink", so why did her "unpalatable" level increase by one level?

[Detective: No quality. 】

[Detective: Alice, I will leave here at twelve noon today, and it will be half a year before I show up again. 】

[Girl: Why? Detective, can you please not leave? 】

[Detective: It's hard for me to explain why I left suddenly for so long, but it will always be like this in the future - I will only appear once every six months to help you arrange your schedule, and then leave suddenly again. 】

[Girl: ...I won’t ask any more questions, Detective. You must have your reasons. 】

[Detective: Before I leave, I will teach you how to live independently. You can stay in this house forever. The next time I see you, you will be thirteen. 】

…

Su Mingan began to teach Alice various common sense of life. Judging from the situation of Alice cooking porridge, if he suddenly disappeared for half a year, it would be difficult for her to live independently in this house.

"This is called a radish, and you have to cut it like this..." Su Mingan took out the knife. The moment he took out the knife, he subconsciously assumed a cutting posture, and then quickly reacted and returned to a cutting posture.

"Oh, oh!" Alice nodded.

"In addition to cooking porridge, you can also try to make broth. Let me teach you, after the water boils, put the meat in first, then the green vegetables, and then the Chinese cabbage..."

"Is it okay to just throw it in?"

"Well, well...that should be it..."

"Sir Detective, the color of this broth looks a bit strange, and the smell is a bit like what I smelled when I was picking up garbage..."

"It shouldn't taste bad. A friend of mine said the broth is delicious."

"Your friend is really awesome!"

The broth gurgled in the pot, and the smell drifted out through the window. Neighbors pushed open their doors and came out one after another, wondering which garbage dump the smell was coming from.

Later, Su Mingan taught Alice how to wash clothes.

"First put the clothes in a basin to soak, then rub the cloth with soap locust..." Su Mingan rolled up his sleeves and soaked the clothes in the basin.

"Well, well." Alice squatted beside her and looked at it carefully.

"After drying, long-sleeved shirts should be folded like this to save space. And pants...I don't know much about skirts. You can just hang them up."

"Okay, Detective."

Su Mingan gave Alice some smaller clothes and asked her to make do with them first.

Alice really doesn't understand anything. She knows almost nothing about cooking, washing clothes, and common sense in daily life. But Su Mingan knew that from now on she would embark on an extraordinary path. Even in areas she has never been exposed to, she must master them.

"Don't shake your legs while eating."

"Okay, Detective!"

"Don't squeak when you eat, and keep your voice low when you drink soup."

"I understand, Detective!"

"Alice, don't stick your knife and fork in the bread, it's for worshiping the dead."

"Huh? Is there such a rule, Mr. Detective?"

"...I'm not sure. When I was very young, my mother told me that you can't stick chopsticks in rice, otherwise you are feeding the dead."

"I understand. The detective's mother must be a very gentle person. She must explain even such things clearly."

"..."

At 9:30 in the morning, Su Mingan took Alice out to buy clothes. He sold all the detective's wine and tobacco and used some money to buy some daily necessities for Alice.

Alice, wearing an orange kitten dress, twirled in front of the full-length mirror in the clothing store.

Different from the appearance in the back alley last night, Alice seemed to be completely transformed. Her black hair was smooth and slender, and she looked confident and cheerful when trying on dresses. There was no trace of the waif she once was.

Su Mingan lowered his head and looked at the account book. After all the detective's tobacco and alcohol were sold, they only had 43 kilograms. After buying things for Alyssa, there wasn't much left.

[Girl: Thank you, Mr. Detective, for buying me some clothes. I think that one suits you very well! 】

Su Mingan turned around and saw several clothes hanging in the men's clothing area next to her. Alice was referring to a jet black coat.

[Detective: No, I won’t use it. 】

[Girl (pursed): You only buy things for me. I...I really don't know how to repay your kindness. 】

…

[The emotional value of "girl" is reduced to: 60%]

…

Su Mingan thought for a while, squatted down, and looked at Alice.

There are some things he still wants to understand.

[Detective: Alice, you don’t need to repay me. 】

[Detective: In the future, you may experience something very scary and painful, which will affect the fate of the entire world. It is for this purpose that I want to train you into an adult. 】

[Detective: According to the information I received before, that incident in the future will make it impossible for you to look back. You will leave important people behind and even die on the eve of dawn. You will be extremely miserable, and it may even become an obsession that is no longer "you". But maybe only you can accomplish this mission. 】

[Detective: It is for this purpose that I saved you. 】

【girl:……】

[Girl:...That's okay. 】

[Detective (slightly startled): Is it okay? I can even predict that the pain of walking with the fate of the world will definitely be worse than death. When the time comes, you may even hate me for raising you. 】

[Girl: Why do you always blame yourself so much? Why do you always put the blame on yourself like this? I have repeated this many times and I am very grateful to you. Why do you keep asking me about my wishes again and again? It's me who should say "thank you", not you. 】

[Detective: Because I have been accused too much. 】

[Girl: - But thousands of people will accuse you, but I will not. 】

[Girl: If thousands of people say you are a bad person, I will cover my ears and not listen to these words. If tens of thousands of people say you are a selfish person, I will close my eyes and not see their evil deeds. If hundreds of millions of people denounce you as a devil, I will still stand by your side and walk with you until the end. If these billions of people want to raise flags and shout, declaring that you should die, I will stand in front of you with a weapon and die before you do. 】

[Girl: You may think that we are just companions who have just met for a day, and I am too young to take what I say seriously. 】

[Girl: But I’m serious, Detective. 】

[Girl: The warmth I have never felt in my life, you gave me in the coldest night. The love that I have never felt in my life, even if you don’t say it, I feel it. 】

[Girl: That’s enough. 】

[Girl: Are you willing to...believe me? 】

…

Su Mingan was stunned.

He looked at the girl who only came up to his chest.

The girl was wearing an orange dress from a clothing store. She was slender and short, but she was such an ordinary-looking girl. Her words... touched him so firmly.

【detective:……】

[Detective: I understand...(touched)]

[Detective: ...system, I’m not moved. (Duplicity)]

[Girl: Detective, from the first time I saw you, I felt like you were a holy angel. Maybe we have met before when neither of us remembers it? If we really met for the first time last night, it was really a fateful meeting guided by the gods. When I saw you for the first time, I felt like my soul was touched. 】

[Detective: Maybe. 】

…

After taking Alice to buy things, Su Mingan went to the Royal City.

He was surprised to find that many of his skills could not be used in this game, such as spatial displacement. It seems that "Girls' Dream Project" is really a game with the theme of "nurture". The main focus is a "warm healing", and even the player's strength is suppressed. Otherwise, if we just kill all the children of the other Mengxun family, what else will others have fun with?

Arriving at the Royal City, Su Mingan met the captain of the Bright Knight here. He used the "Talent Bloodline Awakening Array" obtained in the fifth world Minghui and showed it to the knight captain.

[Ferguson Kyle (Captain of the Bright Knights): You... are really amazing. You can actually improve people's talents by drawing a magic circle on the ground. I feel that under the cover of this talented magic circle, I immediately became stronger. Detective, can you really only draw this circle three times? 】

[Detective (putting away his quill): Yes. This kind of magic circle is called "Talent Bloodline Awakening Magic Circle". I charge 10,000 grams for each drawing. If necessary, you can come to me at No. 3030 Mike Street six months later. 】

[Ferguson Kyle: Don’t worry. I will report this matter to the royal family, and I believe that Her Royal Highness will be happy to see you when she returns from the winter hunt. 】

…

The capital problem was solved, and the starting assets of 30,000 kelms were enough to raise Alice as an adult.

After saying goodbye to Alice, Su Mingan quit the game and sat on the bed for a while holding the Dream Patrol helmet.

While doing those warm daily routines, Su Mingan would think for a moment that he was not in a cruel and dangerous world game.

It wasn't until he returned to the present world and thought of his pile of vests that he realized that this kind of relaxed daily life would never belong to him.

…

Living Psychological Counseling Center

Su Mingan came to the psychological counseling center located in the center of the city. Unsure of what the vest "Dr. Su" looked like, he put on thick glasses and a mask.

When entering, a patient almost bumped into Su Mingan.

"Hey hey hey, I saw it! I saw it! You are all blind, you are all deaf! Only I am the most awake! This world does not exist at all! Ten thousand worlds do not exist! Oh, ha, no Exist!" The young patient shouted words that others could not understand and ran around like a headless fly.

Su Mingan took a few more steps and was almost hit by another patient.

"I'm not crazy! I saw a god in my dream. He has long white hair and white eyes. He said that we will all disappear!" The patient stumbled and his laughter was a bit desperate:

"Everything is cause and effect, everything is fate. It's so amazing, so amazing. Human beings won't be able to understand the overall situation until the moment of destruction, hahahaha——"