Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

Aoyagi Binkou's thanks were sincere, for the two tasks, for the news about Bourbon, for the trust that implied he could complete the task, and for the last unexpected gift.

He opened the car door and turned around to smile at Gin who was smoking silently in the driver's seat.

"Goodnight, Gin."

……

After parting with Gin, Aoyagi Akimichi did not immediately cancel his skills and walked alone on the night road.

The sky above his head was pitch black, with only a waning moon hanging high in the sky, barely bringing a hint of cold light.

But he was in a good mood. He gained much more from this meeting than he expected.

Two missions that suited his needs, intelligence that an undercover agent was about to come to him, and...

[Yes, this case is very important in the original work. The murderer is a beautiful pseudo-doctor. After being exposed by Conan, she committed suicide in front of him. From then on, Conan's reasoning method changed. He rarely pushed the criminals to the end of the road. ]

"It's been taken care of."

Aoyagi Binguang looked up at the waning moon.

——How to change the fate of the original characters under the system's [plot modification restrictions].

The doctor who wanted revenge should have died three years later after completing his revenge. His death changed the shrunken Kudo Shinichi; but now, because of a player's novel, the organization is trying to silence him.

The same goes for agave.

Rabbit said that when he first arrived, he attacked two members he met near the crematorium. The same attack left one of them bloody, while the other was unharmed. This person was Tequila.

According to the original storyline, Tequila also died three years later, so at this point in time, Rabbit couldn't kill him directly like he killed the other one.

However, the rabbit did change his fate.

Aoyagi Akimitsu understood the organization's style. If one person died in an emergency and the other was fine, the survivor would have to undergo rigorous interrogation...Tequila became an abandoned person, and her life was reduced to a maximum of three months, instead of three years.

It turns out that it cannot be changed directly, but it can be promoted indirectly... However, to be safe, we have to do some more experiments...

Thinking this way, Aoyagi Binguang walked under a street lamp. He stood in the circular light and saw someone walking towards him.

He was a black-haired young man carrying a guitar bag. He had some unshaved beard on his chin and a light blue-black tint under his eyes. He had a necklace around his neck with the end tucked into his clothes, so it was hard to tell what the pendant was.

He was gray and looked decadent and weak. If he hadn't opened his eyes, others would have thought he was just dug out from a cemetery.

Aoyagi Binguang's first reaction when he saw him was that he was a dead man, and his second reaction was to look into his eyes.

——Those eyes were a reddish brown color, like the last rays of sunset shining on the land.

He passed by Aoyagi Binkou and continued walking forward with a steady gait.

Aoyagi Binguang stood under the street light and did not leave immediately. Instead, he looked in the direction he came from.

He saw the other person walk towards that place, until he was completely swallowed by the darkness, and he did not look back.

The congressman's comment was based on the case of Li Gouhaili.

Chapter 35 Birds of a feather flock together

Docklands, Tower Apartments.

When the rabbit woke up, it was dark again.

He didn't know when he fell asleep yesterday. He was extremely tired, but he just couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard he tried. It wasn't until a ray of light came through the window that he fell into a daze.

He turned on the light. The interior of the room remained unchanged, with warm tones throughout. The door was closed and the sandwich was still on the table.

The rabbit turned over, pulled the quilt tighter around him, reached for his cell phone, turned on the screen and checked the time.

It was eight-thirty-five on Sunday evening—he had been lying in bed for nearly twenty-four hours.

The system icon was flashing, and Rabbit clicked on it. It was the group chat that was flashing. Aoyagi Binguang asked him how he felt and whether he had gotten up at nine in the morning, one in the afternoon, and five in the evening.

Just then, the phone vibrated again.

【Rage: Dinner is ready, are you up? 】

……

When Rabbit came to the living room, Aoyagi Binguang was bringing a casserole to the dining table.

Hearing footsteps, he looked towards him with obvious worry on his face: "Finally woke up? How do you feel now?"

[It's much better now.]

Rabbit opened the group chat and replied. After such a long rest, he managed to calm down. He knew that it was useless to worry now.

He walked to the table and looked at the dishes on it - pancakes, skewers, soup...it was borscht?

This dish is Russian, but Rabbit has tried the domestic version before, and the sweet and sour taste suits his taste. He can't smell it in his human form, but just by looking at the appearance of the dish, he knows that it must taste good.

Qing Liu Bingguang didn't take his mobile phone. The system pop-up window opened by the ring floated beside him, and the snake-like angel with multiple pairs of wings supported the pop-up window.

"Then sit down quickly. You haven't eaten anything since yesterday noon." Qingliu Binguang turned around to get the bowl and plate.

The rabbit was already starving, and after hearing what Aoyagi Binkou said, he couldn't wait to become the only rabbit that could eat. He jumped onto the table and ran to the plate of pancakes.

Aoyagi Binkou returned with the tableware and pulled out a chair to sit down. He used a knife and fork to cut the cake into smaller pieces that were easier for the rabbit to eat, and filled the empty bowl with borscht.

"You slept for so long this time. Is it the aftereffect of using a skill?"

He placed the bowl in front of the rabbit and asked, "Entering other people's memories is different from the ability to teleport. It may cause greater mental damage."

【no. 】

Rabbit devoured a few pancakes and a piece of tender beef stew in the soup before typing in the group chat: [I had insomnia last night and didn’t fall asleep until almost dawn, so I got up late. ]

"Insomnia?" Qing Liu Bingguang frowned, "Did you keep thinking about those two players last night?"

[Not all of them, I also asked the system some questions...]

The rabbit did not express the grievance and pain he felt last night.

He knew that if he told him, Qing Liu Bingguang would definitely comfort him, but he didn't want to vent such negative emotions to innocent teammates, not to mention...

The rabbit remembered the image of Aoyagi Binkou that he saw when he first came out.

She was wearing light-colored casual clothes, and her long hair was not tied up, but was naturally draped behind her. She was dressed in a very casual and relaxed manner at home, but she had such a shameful and dangerous electronic anklet on her ankle.

——Aoyagi Binguang had a similarly bad experience, and his skills were less powerful than the other three. He must have been dissatisfied at times, but he had never vented his anger on him.

"What did you ask?" asked Aoyagi Binguang.

The rabbit came to its senses and quickly replied: [I asked it about Hojo Toika's passive skills.]

Each player can only ask three times, but Hojo Toika's active skill is too terrifying, and her personality is restless, so Rabbit used one of the opportunities without hesitation to confirm how difficult she is.

Aoyagi Binguang put down his knife and fork after hearing this: "What is her ability?"

[This is an increase in active skills. ]

Rabbit did not memorize the original words in full, and summarized them in her own words: [When her emotions are strong, the power of 'Mirror Flower Water Moon' will increase, breaking the defense and allowing those who have been affected before to be affected again. ]

[This skill has a flaw. If her emotions are too strong, it is easy to cause the active skill to go out of control. The system does not say what will happen when it goes out of control.]

"That means once you're hit by her skill, you'll always be at risk of being controlled by her?" Aoyagi Binguang got to the point.

The rabbit sighed and nodded.

Qing Liu Bingguang was silent for a moment. He looked at the description on the pop-up window and suddenly asked, "What does that 'defense' mean? When her emotions are stable, is there a way to resist 'Mirror Flower and Water Moon'?"

Rabbit was stunned. He hadn't noticed this when he was reading the description. He quickly opened [Answers], clicked on the [History Query] column, and read the skill description again. This did not consume his times.

[Not sure, the system description only mentions the word "defense", but doesn't specify what it is. ]

The rabbit felt as if it had been splashed with a basin of cold water, and shook its ears a little disappointedly.

If they explain it clearly, they won't be afraid of Hojo Toika's skills when they meet her later... This system really has bad intentions, leaving them with so many high-risk things that they need to explore on their own.

He was feeling depressed when suddenly a piece of meat was placed on the plate in front of him.

Qing Liu Bingguang took the meat off the wooden skewers, cut it into small pieces and put it on his plate, and comforted him: "Don't be discouraged. It's a good thing to know that there is a way to resist."

Having said that, he frowned again as if he remembered something bad.

"Actually, I also searched some things about her this morning."

Because Rabbit had been in the bedroom, he didn't know what Aoyagi Binkou had done today.

He asked curiously: [What did you see? ]

"I went to the largest anonymous forum," said Aoyagi. "Interpersonal communication in Japan is very strange. In real-name forums, people are polite and modest, but in anonymous forums, they become very weird."

This is not just the case in Japan, netizens all over the world are like this, and he himself is even more outspoken online...

The rabbit muttered to himself, but he didn't say it out loud because it wasn't the point.

"Before, at the bookstore, those three girls mentioned that Hojo Toika had dropped out of school. Out of curiosity, I searched for it and found that someone who seemed to know the situation had posted a post explaining the whole story."

"She and a girl were arguing over who was the best actor to play the male lead. They had an argument and pushed each other. The other girl was a school bully and wanted to team up with others to teach her a lesson, but she fought back. In the end, they called their parents together."

"..."

Through Bai Jiu's memory, Tuzi knows that Hojo Ibaraki is a fan of both domestic and Korean stars, and her love is sincere - even if the male star has negative news, she still supports him, as if to say "Even if the whole world is against you, I will love you to the end."

Unexpectedly, after coming to this game, she would be the same.

If it was to fight against school bullies and resist school violence, then there would be no problem... No, it didn't seem right, it was Kitada Iris who started it first...

The rabbit was confused, and at the same time his intuition told him that things were not that simple.

Sure enough, I heard Qing Liu Bingguang continue:

"Hojo Toika's father had a facial injury, and his jaw couldn't close, so he had difficulty speaking. The girl's father was a well-spoken congressman. When they met, he mocked Mr. Hojo for not being able to apologize clearly, saying he was a useless person, and no wonder he raised such a shameless daughter."

Even listening to the narration made the rabbit feel uncomfortable.

He was sure that the actual situation was a hundred times more infuriating than such a simple description. If someone said that to his father, he would definitely beat the person up, regardless of whether he could beat him or not.

But after getting angry, the rabbit had a bad feeling again.

Hojo Toika can embarrass a pregnant woman just for a pet dog, so what will she do when her family is looked down upon like this?

"Then……"