What?
The party continues.
Ichijō Mirai doesn't touch the sushi on the table for a while, but only the orange juice that someone has been drinking half a day in advance, taking half a sip every now and then to show that I'm enthusiastically participating in the party.
When he wasn't drinking orange juice, he was turning his wristwatch.
Turning the wristwatch was a bit too much for him to bear, the screen lit up slightly, and a dialog box popped up: [Dear player, our company has not sent any manpower to track you, spy on you, and so on...]
Ichijō Mirai lightly glanced at the dialog box and withdrew his eyes.
Customer service paused for a moment, and popped up the dialog box again: [If the company had sent someone to follow and monitor you, you wouldn't have found any suspicious people today.]
Because the watch is there.
When Ichijō Mirai realizes that someone is following him, and that he's trying to fish, he can immediately dismiss any followers for the time being.
Ichijō Mirai was noncommittal as he drank two-thirds of his glass of orange juice before whispering, "Yes."
"If you had sent the stalker, I would not have found anyone suspicious today."
"I really didn't find anyone suspicious either."
Customer Service: [...]
"I don't know what kind of person you perceive 'Ichijō Mirai' to be," Ichijō Mirai calmly explained in a low voice as he pretended to drink his orange juice without moving, "but I have my own bottom line."
No, you don't.
"According to the game's plot, I lost my parents when I was about six or seven years old in this world, right? Even if I didn't, I don't have any feelings for them."
"Otherwise, you wouldn't have set up the deaths of those two wonderful Ichijō officers in the plot."
No way.
There's no logical relationship between sentences, and a happy family with two parents can still create a plot where the protagonist's parents die horribly.
"I'm afraid, there are still some things I don't care about."
Ichijō Mirai banged the bottom of his glass against the table, "But I don't."
He controlled the amount of force he applied so that his tone didn't fluctuate, "I care about certain things, especially 'less than those around me'."
"If it is the trackers you sent who directly followed me and monitored me, I have no opinion. Whether they were discovered or not, whether they were taught a lesson or not, it is all acceptable."
Just like animals go out to hunt for food, some catch other animals, and some are caught by other animals.
"But to make a move on those around me, no."
If you disturb the people around Ichijō Mirai, it will be like an animal in nature attacking humans.
Ichijō Mirai paused, "Of course, I don't care much about the people I currently know, whether it's Auntie or Ms. Suzuki and the others, I'm just a little bit fond of them."
"It's just that I'm more concerned about my bottom line being touched."
He put down his glass of orange juice, "There won't be any suspicious stalkers today, I know that."
"And I hope that in the future, there won't be a next time."
[Hear that, my weakness is the people around me, my bottom line is that I'm not as bad as others, against me, you can use this trick.]
This emphasis actually depends on one's IQ.
If the other party has a high IQ, they will realize that this bottom line is very plastic.
But the game official...
So far, Ichijō Mirai feels that the game officials seem, maybe, probably, possibly not very smart.
Especially the customer service.
Ichijō Mirai controlled his tone of voice, and after giving a blow and quietly feeding a poisoned date with his personal information, he appropriately gave a sweet date, "Of course, we're not on enemy terms."
His tone was gentle, no longer without fluctuation, "We are a cooperative relationship, right?"
"I help you play the game, you help me get a second life, is a cooperative relationship."
Customer service: [...]
[You care about the people around you?]
The dark screen with white letters, but it looks like the customer service is a little surprised.
After a second or two of digesting this message, it popped up a new dialog box and replied solemnly: [Okay, I will never touch the bottom line of the problem.]
And clarified again: [Our company has not sent any tracking and surveillance personnel...].
It sincerely explained: [I know your strength and have a direct connection with you, so I will not send tracking and surveillance personnel to do anything unnecessary.]
[Do you think I'm a stupid guy?]
...Are you not?
Ichijō Mirai was sincere: "Of course not."
"Then the stalker is someone else," he concluded before the not-so-stupid customer service could react, and fed the date again, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood."
"I think collaborators get along with each other need to realize each other's bottom line, in order to get along better, then some direct."
Said, he did not move to pay attention to the wristwatch's reaction to the apology and sweet dates explanation.
The wristwatch after a few seconds before popping up a very rusty response: [It's okay, you're for better cooperation.]
The words appeared one by one, not only rusty, but also hesitant.
Ichijō Mirai lifted his glass of orange juice, and frowned at the right moment, "If not you, then who else would be asking about me, following someone related to me?"
"I'm not the target."
This sentence is based on the premise of 'I believe your denial', and successfully diverted the customer service's attention.
The wristwatch replied in seconds: [Maybe it's someone you've recently met...]
[You're an outstanding person, it's not unusual for someone to find you, set their sights on you, and stalk you...]
Ichijō Mirai reads the message a few times, and starts with a question mark, "You don't mean..."
[Don't mean…]
"Pervert?"
[?]
"
The description of 'someone spotting you, watching you, stalking you' is really quite a Japanese specialty game!
Suspicious stalker or golden-haired, more Japanese characteristics!
Customer service: [...]
"Oh, it's normal," Ichijō Mirai mused, quickly realizing, "This is Japan, it's normal."
Compared to 'You look like a nobody, but my girlfriend likes you, so I like you too', 'Can you develop a deeper relationship with my girlfriend and me?', it's actually quite normal.
"It's very popular."
Normal people can only be thankful when they see Ichijō Mirai: "Fortunately it's not a Japanese game."
If it was a Japanese game, I'm afraid the daily routine would be all sorts of niche
As a normal person, he can only drink orange juice again to calm down, "okay."
Customer Service: [...]
Successfully coping with the situation, Ichijō Mirai tucked in his afterglow that had been paying attention to his surroundings, and looked squarely at the party.
The atmosphere of the party was a bit dull because of the interruptions one after another.
It was so dull that Minagawa Katsuhiko felt for another cigarette, he thought about it, but didn't light it directly, he stood up and walked out, "I'll go out for a smoke first."
Kaori Sekiya looked up at the sound, "Hey."
She hesitates for a few moments, pulling a box of chocolates from under the table and hastily hiding it behind her back as the others withdraw their eyes, "I'll go check on him."
Ichijō Mirai's eyes swept past their departing backs to look at the others.
Tanaka Naomichi's face grew grim as he secretly hammered the ground.
Watanabe Yoshimi was looking in the direction of their departure, she was also hesitant, her right hand was placed under the table to reach for the prepared chocolates, but she finally put it down.
Wakamatsu Toshihide was unaffected, his face flushed red as he shyly touched Conan's little hand.
...What?