The Moment of Departure

Alain embraced the mischievous girl, and while "fighting" with her, he gradually bent down, trying to gently place her on the floor in the corner.

He slowly released her dagger and threw it to Kind Mita behind him.

"Pop..."

After they separated, the girl's pink lips, as if they hadn't reacted yet, exhaled a breath, hitting Alain's face.

"You actually kissed me... You're so sly."

She looked at Alain's face resentfully, and the latter smiled indifferently.

The plan Kind Mita described to him was, in simple terms, to first use Alain's restraint to shift Crazy Mita's back to the long-haired girl, and then use the water pipe that had been constantly knocking in the closet to launch a sneak attack.

Of course, this was far from enough. The most important thing was Kind Mita's "dear." This was one of the keys to the entire plan.

Finally, with Alain's killing move—the kiss—he defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.

Alain deliberately tasted the flavor in front of the mischievous girl.

"It's a little sweet."

"Y-You... Big idiot!"

Crazy Mita bit her nimble lip, and turned her head away in shame. At the same time, she glanced slightly, and noticed Kind Mita standing by the cell.

"Heh..."

And when Alain was about to persuade the girl, after a blink, the figure lying on the ground disappeared.

"Did she leave? She's quick."

He was a little curious about how the mischievous girl managed to move in a way comparable to teleportation.

But after that, everything in this world had nothing to do with him.

Alain checked the Security Guard panel, and the progress bar had reached 100%.

In other words, it was now time for Alain to go home.

"After this, I probably won't come back here."

[Mission Return: Open a portal to return to the real world.]

This was the last progress bar skill of the Security Guard.

Alain put down the sword in his hand, and the blade seemed to sense that the battle was over, and gradually disappeared.

"When it's time to go back, I'm actually a little reluctant to leave."

Smiling bitterly, he shifted his mind, looked in Kind Mita's direction, and wanted to say a few words of advice at the last moment.

"..."

But the long-haired girl was now covering her eyes with both hands, and her cheeks were red.

"T-That... Alain, is it over?"

Alain didn't say much, but walked up to Kind Mita.

Although he wouldn't get a progress bar reward, looking at Kind Mita's posture...

He wanted to tease her a little.

So, Alain recalled the words the girl had used to tease him earlier.

"Dear. It was just a kiss, why are you making such a big deal?"

"?!"

Alain saw that Kind Mita's shoulders shook. The fingers covering her eyes were slightly separated, and she saw Alain's teasing gaze.

"Pretending to be a lady, from this look... you're unexpectedly quite innocent, aren't you?"

"...I, I told you I have zero experience."

"No, no, no, I see that your underlying code is quite extensive."

"..."

Kind Mita put down her hand, but fell silent.

"Actually, that was a lie..."

"Hmm?"

Alain didn't know what the other party was talking about.

"I mean, that's not what the underlying code says. Actually..."

She stretched out two fingers, twisting them together.

"I occasionally look at games, and look at the contents of the player's computer..."

"..."

You're also looking at porn sites, aren't you?

And when the girl was halfway through speaking, as if afraid that Alain would misunderstand, she hurriedly added,

"Of course! It's not that I want to see it myself. Because my player is male, so... I wanted to see his preferences... or something."

"One more question. What kind of tastes does your player have?"

Alain was a little curious, and also planned to seek some resources for his way home.

And Kind Mita, seeing him like this, narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

"Hmm... His tastes are very extreme, one half is busty, and the other half is extremely flat... what? I don't quite understand that word. L0l!?"

"..."

How come this person's tastes are so similar to mine? Coincidence? Or is it that those who like Mita are all comrades?

Alain thought silently.

No... It was still a bit strange to chat about these things with a young girl.

And Alain remembered one thing. That was, when he was resisting Crazy Mita, what the girl in front of him said in his ear.

He believed that Kind Mita's head was really not working, clearly he had already decided to help her at that time, but she was still saying "give me up" such words.

However, this girl's plan was really useful. If there was a chance to return to this world in the future, with her there, he shouldn't be as clueless as he was in the black house just now.

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly. Alain walked up to the girl and gave her a flick on the forehead.

"Ouch... Why did you flick me? Did I do something wrong?"

"No. Everything you did was perfect. Especially your plan."

Alain walked to the depths of the basement, intending to activate the return skill.

"But, it's precisely because your plan is perfect that I can also rest assured."

"...?"

In Kind Mita's sight, Alain's hand seemed to be tapping on a keyboard in front of him, clicking a few times.

Then, the empty ground began to glow.

Layers of streaming code formed a vortex, and garbled characters appeared in the game world, but were suppressed by the streaming code.

Kind Mita stared blankly at this scene, and couldn't help but ask.

"This is... what?"

"This is my way home."

"...I see."

"Aren't you shocked? It makes me a little embarrassed."

The girl heard the words and shook her head.

"I could guess a little before, why you were fearless when you saw Crazy Mita, and even when you heard that you could go home... you didn't react. It turns out, it's because of this."

"Yeah."

The two were speechless. During the process of opening the portal, the silent air spread.

Alain said, "Aren't you going to try to persuade me to stay? For example... stay and help you subdue Crazy Mita. After I leave, the mischievous girl should be very angry."

"No."

Her eyes reflected the light of the code, deep and mysterious. She raised her head and smiled sweetly at Alain.

"Compared to myself, I hope you can leave safely."

"..."

Seeing Alain fall silent, she comforted him instead.

"Everything will have a solution. After you go back, you can't forget me, dear."

"Of course—"

Seeing that the portal was about to be completed, Alain stepped onto it. He turned around and extended his hand to Kind Mita.

"Dear, and also my good comrade in arms."

"...Hmm!"

He looked at the smiling Kind Mita, and the girl blinked her big eyes playfully at him. The two hands clasped together in mid-air.

Alain also tried to blink back. And after blinking, he saw her.

The other her. The her standing by the stairs.

The her who should have left.

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