Someone You've Met

Ichijō Mirai: "?"

Ichijō Mirai: "..."

He raised his eyes and stared at the instruction of the mystery box, focusing on the word "grudge". He flipped the wooden amulet again and checked the words on it repeatedly. He was quite speechless, 'He has a good temper, but he hold grudges. '

What's wrong with 'High Moral Sense'! In the game, the player is the son of a High Moral Sense police officer, and even if he's a murderer and looter, the NPC is supposed to say 'You're really a High Moral Sense person' without changing his face.

This newbie guide NPC is a bit of a misfit.

Ichijō Mirai tugs on the wooden omamori's rope, casually ties it around his wrist, and sends a message to Gin: [Don't hold grudges too long.]

[Are there any casual clothes at the place where you stay? If not, I will go prepare them.]

'I'll go prepare.'

Gin replied in a second: [Yes.]

[Every room has casual clothes, the master bedroom is on the second floor, and there are dishes in the kitchen, which are changed regularly.]

The NPC who was not obedient at all gave a barely acceptable excuse: [I heard from Vodka that you were seriously injured and you have a mission to carry out tomorrow. You should rest today and avoid strenuous exercise.]

'Don't go out'.

He also gave an assurance: [Tomorrow, I will contact you in advance.]

Although Gin has shortcomings of all sizes, such as don't like to smile by nature, don't like to smile by nature, and don't like to smile by nature.

But he also has some admirable strengths: he fights stress, he endures high blood pressure, and he does what he says he's going to do.

He said he would contact Ichijō Mirai in advance, and he did.

Half an hour early.

And when he met a good person, he had the courage to let go of some decisions, such as the exact location of the operation, to Ichijō Mirai.

[I'm meeting the target of the mission in half an hour, I'm sneaking up on him, prepare in advance.]

The 'sneak' is to give a location in advance for the target to arrive at, then change the location when the target arrives, then change the location again when the target arrives, so that the target is tired of running around, and slowly has to follow the instructions.

Gin sent over the locations to be chosen. [Pick a location you're good at.]

There were five or six locations to choose from, all well-prepared and varied, from abandoned factories in remote areas awaiting demolition, to low mountains with little human traffic, to well-developed streets, to hotels and presidential rooms, and even to amusement parks.

Each of these locations has its own favorites, some of which can be observed in advance to see if the target of the mission is armed, and some of which can be disguised as staff members and quietly become 'non-existent people'.

The trader can also retreat at any time in the middle of a transaction, which is ideal for trading.

Just a question: [Amusement Park?]

Ichijō Mirai felt a little strange: "Are you going to cut your hair?

No matter how you think about it, a grown man who looks cold and heartless, and has long silver hair that stands out, going to an amusement park is going to attract attention, isn't it?

Amusement parks are special places, special in the sense that there are a lot of children, and many of them will completely subconsciously stay away from seemingly dangerous people and describe them in their recollections when questioned by the police afterward.

Gin is very tall. Ichijō Mirai didn't measure her carefully, but based on a rough recollection, he determined that she must be over 1.8 meters tall. He couldn't pretend to be a woman, so he could only wear a hat to hide his long hair or cut it off.

But it's summer in the game, and there are very few hats in summer that can hide waist-length hair perfectly.

Gin: [?]

[No cuts, no disguises,] he replied briefly, [Then the amusement park, I'll send the location to the mission objective.]

And a reminder: [Organization requires black clothing during the operation.]

The details of the amusement park map were sent, with several locations marked on it: [Select observation point.]

There were a lot of observation points, both outside and inside the amusement park, and Ichijō Mirai saw a few eye-catchers at first glance: a carousel, a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel, a pirate ship, and a haunted house on the second floor. 

C- carousel?

Ichijō Mirai: "...?"

Huh?

Gin didn't get a reply, so he sent another message, [The roller coaster runs halfway across the amusement park, so you can quickly check your surroundings from the top.]

After a few seconds, he added: [But there was a roller coaster accident a few months ago, and it was a big deal, so if you care, forget it...]

He re-recommended the carousel.

He also sent a picture of a carousel that spins up and down, [The carousel is near the amusement park gate, and is the first attraction that allows you to have an unobstructed view of all the guests entering the ride when it's in the up position.]

That makes sense.

But what age group is on the carousel? Children.

Ichijō Mirai: "?"

He confirms Gin's meaning: [My mission is to keep an eye on them.]

Gin: [Yes.]

Stalking means to quickly check the situation without attracting the attention of the target, and if you find anything out of the ordinary, report it to the top of the chain and get out of there.

So: [You mean you want me to wear a long black trench coat in the summer, go to an amusement park and ride a carousel that only children ride, observe the target, and not let the target notice me?]

Is that human language?

Ichijō Mirai didn't understand, but he was shocked.

[You don't have to dress like me, just in black, and this carousel isn't just for kids, it's mostly for young people.] Gin replied in a second, [You don't want to ride the carousel?]

After a few seconds, the rest of the options are given: [Ferris wheel, pirate ship, second floor of a haunted house...].

Ichijō Mirai: "..."

The reason the 'original owner' resisted entering the game was that the game was too real, and there was a creepy feeling of not being able to tell if it was the real world or the game world.

On the contrary, Ichijō Mirai's feeling is that he can tell the difference.

When describing how he encountered the police from a distance and found that the Japanese police were unexpectedly lame, he was very clear that the real police would not be so lame.

At least he'd never encountered a police force that pulled their crotch like that.

Ichijō Mirai was also very clear when Gin made a serious suggestion now.

In reality, there were no black-clothed men sitting solemnly on a carousel on a stakeout.

If there were, they would be dead.

Ichijō Mirai pressed the button and replied, [None of them.]

[You tell the others to ride the carousel, I'll take my pick.]

He reopens the map of the playground's surroundings, looks at it for a few moments, and decides on a location: [Cafe]

[There are black casual clothes in the closet, which match the cafe. I go to the second floor of the cafe for high-altitude observation.]

Gin was a bit surprised: [You're not going to go in?]

Without giving Ichijō Mirai a chance to back out, he immediately answered, [The second floor of the cafe in front of the amusement park, I've registered.]

He quickly ended the topic of point selection, and sent another message: [Someone will come to you during the operation to report on the current movements of the police...]

[Someone you've met.]

  1. not a translation error
  2. 5'8"
  3. not the first case in manga/anime, completely unrelated