noveltune Chapter 435: Pursuit
Chapter 435: Pursuit
Thanks to everyone's suggestions, Alain finally understood... the only candidate for the trip to the Core this time was none other than Crazy Mita!
The ability to build a teleporter that Millie mentioned? Mina just happened to have it. In fact, there was a spare, usable teleporter right in her basement!
And the heart-stirring encouragement Miluo spoke of... Mina had that too. Her attitude of acting like nothing concerned her could perfectly alleviate Alain's nervousness, making him feel that Mina was just begging to be bullied.
As for the individual combat capability mentioned by Cool Mita and Mila, Mina didn't even need to be discussed.
The only thing Mina was comparatively lacking in was the ability to oversee the overall situation, as Misha had pointed out.
There was really no way to make up for this point; both he and Mina were the short-sighted type who took things one step at a time. But this issue didn't justify dragging Misha, who always stayed in the rear, into the dangerous Core along with them.
Wouldn't wearing a headset solve it?
The headset graciously provided by Big Sister possessed both voice and real-time video functions, sufficient to support Misha in conducting real-time command.
"Eh?" The pretty voice of the young girl beside him attracted Alain's attention.
He followed the sound and looked over. Misha was staring at him with a face full of disbelief.
"Crazy... Mita? Alain, you're taking Crazy Mita with you?"
"That's right," Alain did not deny it. "Because she completely fits your requirements."
"Wu, wu..." The long-haired girl puffed up her cheeks, her face flushed and bulging with anger, looking like a balloon.
"My Dear... You harem protagonist!!!"
After Misha finished speaking, she let out a soft "Hmph," and with a da-da-da sound, walked toward the end of the long corridor.
Leaving Alain watching her retreating figure, he let out a sigh that was barely perceptible.
"Oh my, oh my... You made your best friend angry." Millie took Misha's seat. "What do you say? Are you still worried about Misha's abilities? Normally, you would have just taken her, right?"
"Mn... Correct. I am one hundred percent at ease with how she handles things. But..."
The danger of the Core needed no further explanation: the crisis encountered when they first went to the Core in the Hat Room... had left an indelible shadow on Alain.
Therefore, the Mita accompanying him to the Core must possess a minimum level of self-preservation capability. And as for what this so-called "minimum level" was, Alain couldn't figure out exactly how much it was. He had no baseline in his heart.
The suggestions everyone gave were very good, and among them... the suggestion regarding personal strength was the most important one here.
The strongest known Mita was Crazy Mita.
Alain believed that no matter what dangerous situation or trap they encountered, at least Mina alone should be able to escape with her life.
When that time came, Alain wouldn't be overwhelmed trying to look after her.
Aside from that, there were also some of Alain's personal motives involved.
Last time in Version 0.98, after Mina poured out everything, she had left hastily, making Alain unable to stop worrying about whether she would do something foolish.
"So, bro." Millie gave his shoulder a solid pat, offering an encouraging look. "Add oil for the journey ahead!"
"That's right, Knight Lord! Charge!" Miluo raised her small hands high, sending out a professional cheer for Alain.
Watching this, Cute Mita clicked her tongue in wonder from the side, then copied the example and did a set herself. "Oh, oh... like this, Alain—Charge!"
Cool Mita touched her lips and smiled faintly. "Hehe... Although I'm not going with you, I will be waiting for you here."
"Well then, me too," Mila said on the phone. "Besides..."
...
But the self at that time, however, had said such words.
Forcing her long-term pressure and despair onto the person she liked... This wasn't called being wayward anymore; it was being unreasonable.
Mina pursed her lips.
She couldn't figure it out—why was she like this?
Alain was a man of his word. He had escaped from the palm of her hand time and time again just like that, advancing without any hesitation to a distance only one step away from the Core.
The her of the past also wanted to occupy her comrade Alain all the time, by any means necessary.
But now... Mina thought she had already completely obtained Alain's heart. Or could it be... that once obtained, it wouldn't be cherished—was she really that kind of person?
These were emotions she was producing for the first time... liking, anger, jealousy...
She lay on the sofa, holding the heavy electric saw up like a toy, centering it against the ceiling.
Why spend so much time on those puppets—this remained an unsolvable proposition in Mina's heart.
According to Mina's thinking: No matter what happened in the Game World, she didn't care how those Mitas were...
She only needed the two of them, her and Alain, to live on properly... no matter where.
Material necessities of life? Socializing? Goals? Mina felt that everything, everything was unimportant.
As long as... she could live happily with the Alain she liked, just the two of them, she would be content.
This tiny little hope was destined to be difficult to realize.
Failed Works, Failed Works... self-deceiving Failed Works.
When he learns of this fact, he will see me that way too—
"Is that really so? Alain." She asked the photo of Alain, responding to herself.
Knock, knock, knock!
At this moment, a light and rhythmic knock on the door attracted Mina's attention.
"!"
She sat up from the sofa, looking at the silent room door in confusion, and tilted her head—
"Who is it?"
She already had the answer: her gaze fell on the electric saw, on the photo belonging to Alain.
"He came... to find me!" Those boundless depressions were thrown to the back of her mind in an instant.
But Mina had a second thought... right now she and Alain were in a state of quarreling; should she show him some attitude?
Two seconds later...
To hell with reserve and all that!
She walked quickly toward the door, already unable to wait to see Alain...
When he saw that matter, how would he view her? Would he still be like before?
Would Alain question her?
Mina also wanted to obtain her unique answer from Alain's mouth!
Yes... reserve, go to hell!
All she wanted was Alain!
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