Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

When Tuzi was learning to swim, he was repeatedly warned not to go to unattended rivers. He also heard his father say that if you encounter a drowning person, you should not just rescue someone because it is very dangerous.

Danger.

This is something he has tried to avoid since he was a child, ever since he cried when his mother held him in his arms in the third grade of junior high school.

but……

Tuzi looked at the river again. The head was about to sink. He felt that she was about to die.

But…………

Tuzi gritted his teeth and threw the schoolbag behind him on the ground. Without even having time to take off his shoes, he climbed over the bridge and jumped into the river.

——He couldn't help but watch others die.

The cold and dirty river water enveloped his body. Tuzi rowed his limbs skillfully and tried to swim towards the girl who fell into the water.

"Woo..."

She used to be a very proud and beautiful person, but now she was choked by water and could not speak complete words, and could only let out vague sobs. Her hair was wet and stuck to her face, and she was extremely embarrassed.

Tuzi swam from the front and quickly approached her. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to her, and wanted to pull her to swim to the shore, but at this moment——

A pair of arms entangled him tightly!

"!!!"

Tuzi felt that his body was tightly entangled, and his whole body was pressed toward the water!

He subconsciously wanted to struggle, but found that he couldn't break free at all!

He had competed with her before when he was playing with his cousin. Even though she was older than him, she couldn't beat him in strength! Not counting those trained professionals, ordinary girls can't beat boys at all!

But now, her strength is ridiculous!

Tuzi panicked for a moment, and he tried desperately to push her away, but she stepped on his legs and pressed her elbows on his back - as if she was using him as a pedal, trying to climb up by stepping on him. !

The water soon choked Tuzi's mouth and nose, and he felt the pain of suffocation. Soon, his hands and feet had no strength...

His world fell into darkness.

……

Time returns to the present.

Rabbit didn't know why he suddenly regained his memories before traveling.

However, he finally understood what the worry that had always been in his heart was.

He missed his parents in reality, who were the most important people in his world. It was that kind of worry that kept him from quitting the game easily.

He drowned in reality, but he was not dead and was in a coma. The system told him when it first found him that as long as the game [ends normally], the player can wake up in reality.

——However, the system has never mentioned whether the player can wake up if he exits early due to low willpower.

When Amuro Toru drowned and his willpower dropped below 20, Rabbit asked the system about this, but it didn't answer him, and he avoided talking about it when he asked again.

So Rabbit didn't dare to try. Now that he has recovered his memory, he doesn't dare to gamble.

He was afraid that if he chose to quit, he would become a vegetative state in reality and could not wake up or die directly. He did not want his parents to bear the pain of seeing their children leave again.

Even if he suffered every day, the nightmare of death often woke him up, and he tried his best to endure it in order to see his family again.

It was this kind of persistence that kept his willpower stuck at 11, where he was on the verge of being forcibly sent away.

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I've hinted at Toyoka Hojo a lot earlier, including chasing Korean stars, quarreling over aid items, stress reactions to online violence, etc... The rubber shoe box incident happened in real life, and I didn't make it up.

These chapters are about alliances, which should be a very, very important plot, but this is beyond my ability. I really can't think of a reasonable and smooth process, so I have been stuck for several days... Now I plan to write it by hand.

Writing hard is better than getting stuck_(:з」∠)_

Chapter 193 The Rabbit’s Shout

The rabbit is sinking in the water.

He listened a little during Curacao's introduction to Shirley in the morning. The water was brought from a nearby river. It was very similar to the river near his university, cold and dirty.

The feeling of drowning is really painful.

People deal with water every day, including washing their faces and bathing, including daily drinking water. But when this kind of thing wraps around a person pervasively and robs the most important oxygen, it feels like a nightmare.

This is already the third time. The rabbit, who experienced this feeling for the third time, was caught off guard and fell into the water. He choked several times and his lungs hurt.

He felt that his eyes were hot, and his heart and spirit felt even worse, as if they were going to explode.

Why does this always happen to him?

Ever since he was a child, he has never done anything to hurt others, and he has never even thought about it.

He just wanted to save people, he wanted to save that painful mother, he wanted to save a person who had made mistakes but was not guilty enough to die... Couldn't he have done something wrong?

Why did he get into this game?

Why does he have to go through all this pain?

And his parents.

They are both good people. His father is generous, honest and upright, and his mother is also a good person who is particularly enthusiastic about him, her children and everyone around her. They have also never harmed anyone.

But a child was taken away from them, and they experienced the tragic pain of losing a child. Now I am on the verge of death - in a similar way.

What will happen to his parents?

What if... what if they really lose their child who was born again after losing their only child? Can they... bear this blow?

Watching the water surface getting further and further away from him, the rabbit's thoughts also strayed further and further away.

He almost gave up the struggle and allowed himself to die again.

[It has been detected that your willpower is 11. Do you want to exit the game? 】

——The system pop-up window suddenly popped up in front of his eyes.

"!!!"

Rabbit was stunned.

He woke up suddenly, as if he had just realized that he was drowning. His brain became extra clear, and a firm voice spoke in his heart.

He doesn't want to die.

——He doesn’t want to die again.

The rabbit calmed down, and he quickly adjusted his body, transforming himself from a weak rabbit shape into a headless human shape.

In this form, he has no head, and relies on the black mist around his neck to see, hear, and breathe.

His black mist can temporarily peel off his body and fly directly up to breathe, but in this case, his only body will sink to the bottom of the water. Unless Glenn comes to salvage it, he won't even be able to change into an animal in the future...so he'll have to swim up.

Don't be afraid, no one is bothering you now, you can swim, you can try to save yourself, calm down... calm down...

Rabbit tried his best to recall the swimming postures his father taught him. Because a child died like that, he taught him very carefully, and he also swam in the swimming pool hundreds of times.

He slowly slid his limbs again.

His arms successfully stirred up the water, and his numb and stiff body finally began to move. The rabbit was so happy that he tried his best to swim upstream.

"Wow!"

He swam out of the water.

"........."

The rabbit in this state couldn't take a big breath. He saw the black mist around him surge up and down crazily. After a few seconds, the pain of choking on water gradually subsided.

Rabbit looked up. Miyano Shiho's office was above, and a big hole was blown out of the floor. He looked to the side and found that there was no explosion in other areas, and the ground was fine.

How on earth...wait, where's Shirley?

The rabbit thought of the girl who fell with him and looked around anxiously.

There was no one else on the water, only him and two gates in this area that were suspected to be used to block the flow of water. The surveillance was also destroyed by the explosion just now.

Is she still down there? As a member of the organization, she can't swim? ...Or was she stuck by gravel, water plants or something like that?

The rabbit floated on the water blankly, and many thoughts came to his mind.

He finally regained air and escaped the pain of drowning. Now he'd better swim to the shore and run away to find Glenn. He knew the way he came and the locations of the surveillance cameras to avoid being discovered.

...He looked blankly at the water again.

The black mist seemed to have passed through the turbid water, and I saw the scene below. There was a young girl trapped in this criminal organization, and her life could pass away at any time.

"..."

The rabbit's hands and feet were all soaked in the water and became cold and stiff. He tried to move his hand several times, but his fingers failed to move.

It seemed like a long time passed, and it seemed like only a few seconds passed. After several attempts, he successfully clenched his fist.

He dove back into the water.

At the same time, the system pop-up window jumped in front of him again.

[The player camp has changed. 】

[Black’s camp ‘Lust’ is determined to transfer to the red’s camp. 】

……

Rabbit ignored the notice.

When he first entered the game, he wondered why he was on Black, and once thought about changing sides. But now he doesn't care.

He just wants to save people.

The cold river water enveloped the rabbit again and he couldn't breathe again, but this time he was very calm.

The black fog slowly spread out from his neck, searching for the target instead of his eyes. Soon he saw a figure among the rubble.

When the explosion occurred, heavy objects such as the blown-out floor ruins and furniture were the first to sink underwater. Miyano Shiho's feet seemed to be stuck in the gap between the chair and the table, preventing her from coming up.

The rabbit swam toward her.