My portable gaming girlfriend

The energy gun is adjusted to burst mode. In this mode, the gunshot damage is very high, but it takes a long time to cool down after one shot before the next shot can be delivered.

So I didn't hesitate when I saw the nameless man appear, and the energy bullets flew towards him silently.

But he raised the short gun slightly, and a blue straight line shot out from the muzzle just happened to collide with the energy bullet flying in the air. The explosion from the collision turned into a cloud of blue smoke, obscuring my view.

A red bullet cuts through the smoke, heading for me.

I know the red bullets are from long guns, and the bullets have great range and penetration. Perhaps because the smoke obscured his view, he shot sideways. The bullet didn't hit my torso but went through my right arm, which also caused another 10% drop in health.

All of this is still in my expectation, the floating cannon I manipulated has circled right above the unknown man, I switch to the left hand to hold the gun, and use the positioning of the floating cannon to fire a second shot at him, and at the same time the floating cannon also attacks from above, no matter what No matter how he will be hit by one of them.

sand--

The floating cannon shattered his mask, which of course should have dealt him 150% of the damage of a headshot. This attack won't kill him but it will definitely injure him badly.

But when the smoke cleared, I saw a face that I could hardly believe.

"What...!" I heard myself gasp in surprise, that face...

How can it be exactly the same as me? !

"You think you can beat me with such a clumsy trick? How naive."

His figure disappeared in place, and in the next moment, he appeared in front of me only three steps away. This position is very dangerous, my energy gun is still cooling down, and I have no weapons to fight back. Fortunately, my floating cannon is still aimed at him, but I am also pointed at by the muzzle of his short gun.

deadlocked. Whoever shoots the gun loses both.

"You and that lady had a great time in the world customized for you."

Custom scene? ...Could it be that room?

"You simulated my room...? You were the one who played tricks from the beginning! And your face, who are you?!"

"That's right! What's the relationship between you two? What are you trying to do!"

Monica, recovering from the shock, confronted him at the same time as I did.

I was surprised, but I remembered that when I didn't fight against him, but only saw him in the game, I felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu. I thought it was my illusion, but now that he admits that he has manipulated the data to simulate a room that is exactly the same as my memory, then he must know me very well. Who is this person...

"I still can't figure it out, why don't I give you a hint - not only do I know where you lived, but I also know your wishes. If you are not so stupid that you are useless, then you should be able to get a little bit of the answer."

Knowing my wish...then he is not my family nor my friend...

That is, the answer is...

"—I am you, is this answer hard to think of?"

"..."

Before I could wake up from my confusion, he had already given the answer. Even with half the mask shattered, even after a headshot, he can still smile with an uncomfortably mocking smile, as if the injury process is under his control.

"You are a loser, weak-willed and useless, you only appeared in this world as a background board. Now you know who I am? I am just the 'you' who is not willing to be a supporting role."

He sneered:

"The bet in this duel is your identity. If I win, I will replace you who is weak and incompetent, and let you see how I can change Ni's life that should be mediocre little by little, and rewrite the destiny that is destined to be sad."

The unnamed person's harsh words were like machine gun fire. I understood every word, but when they were put together, they pierced through my heart.

No, he is AI, I am human without a doubt, how can he be me? !

"Don't lie! You're an AI! It's just a piece of code!"

The nameless man sneered and said:

"Who told you I'm an AI?"

Of course the programmer told me...but I can't say he exists.

"You must have heard about the existence of multiple personalities, but you don't know that modern VR helmets have a very small probability that the second personality can move freely in the virtual world without the body. Think about it, the room you have lived in for 5 years except You yourself and others can know more about the arrangement of each of its items than you? And restore it completely? Only I can, because I am you, I have all your memories, but you don't know my existence. Shi Yuanxing, you are a pathetic person."

"But...how is this possible..."

I still can't think of a reason to refute. The principle of VR helmet? I don't know, maybe Shen Qing will know...

Nobody gave me any more time to wait. When he raised his hand, the world behind him suddenly turned into a pitch-black plane, and then the plane cracked, revealing a red curtain and a wooden floor, just like the decoration of an ancient theater more than 100 years ago.

"Thanks to your unrestrained game, you have provided me with plenty of time to move around—after all, only when you put on the helmet and are in the virtual world, I have enough freedom to use this time to do what I want. See look-"

He bent down slightly, pointed to the theater, and saluted me.

In the theater, a masked young man in a black windbreaker, holding two magic guns, one long and one short, was running in the arena. He caught a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the bullet from the long gun shot through the opponent's head.

Off the court, the two guns in front of me floated beside the unknown man, and the bright hollowed-out silver inlaid exterior dazzled my eyes.

"You have a talent for fighting, but you don't know how to use it. With this talent, I made it to the top 10 in the fighting arena, and you are only 587 so far."

The man in black in the theater entered the Gothic cathedral with twisted mechanical lines. Candlelight illuminated the dark corner of the church. The creation scene painted on the stained glass flowed slowly as if melting. In the center of the cathedral stood a man. , he raised his hand to manipulate many matrices composed of numbers floating in the air.

"You could have made more money with the help of your 'helpers' behind you, such as making money from the black market by selling cheats, but you would only spend your parents' money to have fun."

The theater changed again, this time in the bar. The unknown man was wearing the uniform of a waiter and still had a mask on his face. Ryan. The bar was full of people, and on the stage facing the gate, the Red Queen was answering questions from enthusiastic fans.

"It's hard for you to join DEBUG. If you have the consciousness of the protagonist, you should guide it and become its master, but you will only accept the commission from your companion for 'small benefits'. And I made the tears of doom from a The guild created to please the rich girls has become the organization with strict rules and intelligence covering the virtual world today. I started looking for awakened AIs earlier than you, and even made them believe that I am their kind..."

Tears of Doom... the mysterious organization he belongs to.

His voice was unhurried, as if he was just exchanging his own experience among friends, but the contents that made it difficult for me to refute kept oppressing me.

"What qualifications do you have to occupy this identity? You have nothing to achieve, and you are wasting your life time."

"I'm just here to play games... I just want to play games for fun. What achievements do I want? I've got a lot of game achievements."

I noticed that my throat was dry, and I had no confidence in my rebuttal. The nameless person looked back again, and the arena behind him turned into an arena again, as if that space had never existed.

"The weak always comfort themselves like this, but I don't know what you think in your heart. Do you dare to say that you don't want to be famous in the fighting arena? Do you dare to say that you don't want to make money through games? Do you want to always follow Su You's arrangement? , instead of..."

I subconsciously opened my mouth to interrupt him, but he still said the following words:

"... Become the leader of DEBUG by yourself?"

"Ahem... these are all your guesses, I never said that, I think DEBUG is pretty good now!"

"You can't even admit your own thoughts, so cowardly... Your contradictory thoughts will only make you anxious, not to mention-you still want to take care of your virtual girlfriend, don't you? How bad is her situation, yourself Clear. In fact, I have a solution to Anorv's threat, and I can also repair the damage to your virtual girlfriend."

[Sakura: Ah Yuan... what is he talking about, do I have any 'damage'? 】

【I don't. Do not worry. 】

【Sakura: Really...】

The nameless person turned his head slightly, as if looking at the direction of 'Sakura', sighed and said:

"Bored emotions with AI will only hinder your progress."

"But it doesn't matter. I can let you take over everything I have in the virtual world. As long as you give me your real identity, I will help you solve your troubles. You can stay together forever."

In the communication interface, Sakura looked at me with sad eyes.

[Sakura: What do you mean? Ah Yuan...can you live in the same world with me? 】

[Me: No...]

[Sakura: Live with me all the time, okay? 】

[Me: It's really good, but...]

【Sakura: 'but'? ...We can be together all the time, go shopping together, watch the sea together, sit by the square fountain and feed pigeons together...]

[Sakura: That's the agreement we made, have you forgotten? 】

Her eyes were full of disappointment, gradually losing their luster.

The nameless person did not speak, he was waiting on purpose, maybe he already knew that there was a conversation between Sakura and me, and now he was happy to watch the fire from the other side.

【Me: I haven't forgotten those promises, but I can't lose myself either. 】

【Sakura: But...】

【Me: I will try my best to let you live in reality. 】

I have thought that the only way is to get a dummy robot body for Sakura... Although the Supreme Science Council strictly prohibits the development and manufacture of dummy droids for civilian use, maybe sooner or later there will be a way...

But now, you can't lose to the nameless one.

"You're wrong. I once had an ideal, even if the reality is so embarrassing, I will not admit defeat!"

In order to make myself more imposing, I pointed at him and said word by word:

"I don't want to be anyone!"

"Oh, it's just a bluff."

"Bluffer? You say you want to be me? That's so funny, so I say you're not me...you're a loser!"

He was silent, then smiled slightly:

"……really interesting."

[Programmer: Yes, you are not as stupid as I expected. 】

【I am stupid? 】

[Programmer: I thought you would promise him that the virtual world is not a suitable place to live. 】

【Me: It sounds like you feel the same way...】

The person who looked exactly like me suddenly had a mask in his hand, which was exactly the same as the one that was shattered before. He put on the mask with his left hand, picked up the gun with his right hand, and pointed the black muzzle at me:

"Maybe you misunderstood, I'm not discussing anything with you, but I'm sure about your identity..."

"ha!"

At some point, the black-haired girl climbed onto the metal cavity behind the unknown man, fell from the sky, and kicked the unknown man's back!

The nameless person actually noticed her at this moment. In order not to fall to the ground in embarrassment, he half turned around and blocked the flying kick with his left arm, but the gun in his right hand also shot crookedly.

It's a pity that Monica didn't seem to be a fighting type, and fell to the ground when the blow missed. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and stretched out her hand to support herself.

As soon as she touched the ground, she immediately adjusted her posture, got up and hid towards the black iron wall next to her.

The Nameless One did nothing. With his reaction speed, it was easy to deal with Monica, but he didn't...

[Programmer: Hurry up, concentrate on imagining 'time stagnation'! 】

The programmer was rarely in a hurry, so I immediately followed him and said——

[? ? : The actual-virtual ratio has been modified successfully, and the current value is 10:1, which does not exceed the upper limit. 】

Information appears in front of you in a color and font unlike any system prompt. At present, Monica has avoided, while the nameless person is standing still, I don't see any difference from just now.

[Me: Successful? 】

[Programmer: That's right, the essence of time stagnation is to change the time virtual reality ratio of your own space, and there are two problems. First, 10:1 is the highest safe upper limit. Second, this ability only lasts 3-5 seconds - outside time. 】

The outside time lasts 3-5 seconds, so the time I can act within my ability is 30-50 seconds, which is enough for most actions.

It is more than enough to defeat the nameless man by relying on this time of cheating.

"...Relying on foreign objects will only lead to self-destruction."

? !

A thick black wall suddenly appeared between me and the unknown person. The bullet hit the wall and bounced off with a 'snap'.

Is it his 'creation' ability? But now time is still at a standstill, how could he react——

"Do you think you are invincible? My actions are restricted, but my thinking is still unimpeded. I can activate my ability within a thousandth of a second, and you can't limit it."

He can't move, but can he think and create things regardless of the stagnation of time... The wall in front of him is about ten meters long and wide. It is impossible for me to bypass it and continue attacking before the power time expires. If I can't attack, I lose.

[Sakura: ——Don't bully Ah Yuan! 】

A 'hole' appeared in the space, and a girl's hand stretched out from the 'hole'.