These Dangerous Girls Placed Me Into Jeopardy – Chapter 338

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Chapter 52: I Want to Protect This World
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“You’ve really gotten yourself into some strange things… Judging by your appearance, you seem to be used to it?”
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“…Pretty much.
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Because strange and bizarre anomalies have been happening repeatedly, rather than saying I’m used to it, I guess I’ve become numb.
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So when Xueqing told me about the Pure World Glazed Tile Shrine and searching for a god, things that make you doubt someone’s sanity, I didn’t complain and just accepted it. …I’ve seen it with my own eyes once… Although that was a god called an ‘Outer God’, an otherworldly existence. My personal understanding is ‘an anomaly that created and dominates this Spiritual World’. This understanding is perhaps the most reasonable.
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Splitting it into parts, gods are just powerful anomalies.
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From the organization’s… Ah, this is the Spiritual World… No wonder I don’t dream. It’s because this body is already ‘in a dream’!
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“It all makes sense now. Hmm, very reasonable.”
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…He nodded silently, closing his eyes, as if he had solved a difficult problem, with a look of relief.
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Boko chuckled and sighed.
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“I can’t help but sigh at your calmness… And you accepted it so quickly. When Akaji heard me talk about this earlier, she had this look of ‘What? Is your head okay?'”
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“Wow, Boko, are you sick in the head?”
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When I returned, Xueqing had accidentally let it slip. Although Xueqing didn’t understand what I had said before, she remembered it completely. It was I who explained the matters of the Spiritual World to these peculiar roommates. To be precise, it wasn’t me who told them, but rather I was in the process of… detecting a BUG of existence. From just a few scattered remarks, I sensed something was wrong and forced myself to speak… I had no choice. Then, I told them the whole story in detail.
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It wasn’t until the dorm lights were turned off that I finally managed to explain my origins and the truth of this world.
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This was how the three of them reacted in the study room.
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Then, the one who accepted it just now was Akaji. Her mental state completely collapsed, and she screamed, clutching her head.
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“Out of the three, how could you two believe it! Such absurdities! If this world is really similar to a dream…
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“No, no! Then what are we?!”
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Boko, stroking his chin, offered a possible answer.
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“I theorize there are two possibilities: One is that we are our real-world selves, the ‘main bodies’. Two, we are copied spiritual beings confined to this world.
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“To say something so terrifying! Suddenly realizing that your entire life for the past eight years has been fake is more cutting than any science fiction novel, Akaji.
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“Wow! Don’t talk about phantom novels, hey!”
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“Oh oh oh! This development! Come on! This ‘kusogame’ of life is finally getting fun!”
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“I’m going to do a lap naked around the campus! Yahoo! Even though this is such terrifying news, why are you so happy! Also, don’t unscrew the screws in your head! Hey, hey… Akaji and Abi.”
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“Seriously, I really don’t want to deal with these two clowns. They continued to analyze eloquently.
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“Boko believes the second possibility is more likely.
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“I personally think it’s the most terrifying! Why isn’t it the first possibility?”
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“Because it’s too complete. Not only do we have memories, but we can also think independently. I don’t think consciousness alone can achieve such a high degree of completeness.
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“Because we might be copied spiritual beings, combined with what Juncheng said earlier, this world’s god… is likely the one who created this world. We were probably born out of the power of this god who created this world.
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“…No matter how much we deny it, it’s all fake…”
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“…I slumped into a posture of despair, my mouth twitched. I wanted to reach out and pat his shoulder to comfort him, but I didn’t know what to say. It’s so desperate. I should be happy, Akaji.
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“What’s there to be unhappy about? Have you given up thinking like Abi?”
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“Huh? Even knowing that this world is just a Spiritual World, we should be happy. We’ve escaped the ‘Brain in a vat’ paradox.
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Boko revealed a dashing smile and said, crossing his legs and leaning his white coat back.
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“I think, therefore I am. Existence is reasonable. Now, everything makes sense, and we know the truth. Shouldn’t we be happy?”
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Philosophical… Reason and truth, that is ‘truth’.”
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“I like it. As expected of the God of Science. Every time, he makes people feel that this person is terrifyingly a monster.”
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“‘I’ve known him for a month. A young, madscientist like you would surely get along well with him.'”
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“You mean knowing Eddie?”
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“Huh? You added the words ‘young’, so you can pretty much guess who it is. That super genius who published ‘Channels Beyond the Universe’ in middle school, causing a sensation? Later, he also published ‘The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence’ and a series of groundbreaking theories like ‘Shape Determines Relationship’ and ‘Electromagnetic Induction’.”
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“I’m not very clear about the details, but it’s probably him… What’s with those high-level papers? As expected, the guys in class are all cheats with protagonist halo.”
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“These theories sound magnificent. This Spiritual World, although fictional, and we are just copies, it’s incredibly close to the real world. Perhaps that god wanted to ‘recreate memories’.”
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“Recreate memories? Does that god still have lingering feelings for the mortal world?”
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“This means…”
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“Juncheng, Liao?”
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“Hmm? Oh.”
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I followed Boko back to the dorm, leaving Akaji and Abi bickering in the study room. We walked onto the dorm balcony.
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“There should be something you want to tell me alone. You probably already know, Xiao… Juncheng. It’s already obvious.”
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“The Pure World Glazed Tile… The organization you mentioned, Pure World Glazed Tile. Juncheng, what do you think ‘purifying the world’ is about?”
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“Also, the organization’s objective is easy to guess. It’s either domination or reshaping. Judging by the word ‘purify’, this organization probably wants to reshape this world with divine power! You mean they want to recreate this world?”
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“Yes, but reshaping requires cleansing and destruction. If they succeed, this Spiritual World will face the end of days.”
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“Then… wouldn’t you guys…?”
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“That kind of disappearance, but it’s not important.”
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“We all will! It’s important!”
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“There’s no need to worry about that, Juncheng. We are just ‘accessories’ of this Spiritual World. As Akaji said, we are fake.
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“Don’t get too emotional. The real us still exists in the real world. You’re talking to a ‘phantom’ right now, understand? It’s just a copied fact… I can’t accept it…”
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“I know it’s cruel, but I hope you can remain rational.”
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Boko patted my shoulder and then turned around, resting his arms on the balcony railing.
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“I’ll tell you, the fate of this world is now in your hands. I don’t know why, but this world’s god is close.”
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“I just want to… I don’t know why, but Xiao An trusts you the most now. So if you can influence Xiao An’s thoughts, aren’t you influencing this world?”
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“I didn’t intend to, but Xiao An will want to do things for you.”
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“I know.”
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“…” I glanced at Xiao An, who was sleeping with Xueqing on my bed.
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Since I first met Xiao An, she’s been very attached to me. Perhaps it’s because I was the first person she saw after waking up, so she treats me as ‘real’.
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“Indeed. From another perspective, maybe Zi’ai’s purpose of entrusting Xiao An to me was also for me to become the person Xiao An trusts most.
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“There are still some things I haven’t said, but it’s okay. Those things in the real world are not important even if you don’t tell me.”
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“I know you’re still deliberately omitting things about Ruanruan and Lan, as well as what happened in the real world. It’s mainly because explaining them would take all night.
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“When I said that the organization’s goal was to destroy and reshape the world, you reacted so strongly. Heh heh, who was the first person who came to your mind?”
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“Do you also know psychology…?”
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“Boko, how could you…”
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The person who suddenly appeared in my mind was Ruanruan.
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Indeed, like me, she’s from the real world, so she might be able to stay in the end. But Ruanruan… she’s just…
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Lan is with me…
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This Spiritual World represents Ji Lianbing’s spiritual body. If this Spiritual World is destroyed, will Ruanruan also disappear? This absolutely must be avoided!
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No! If the organization’s goals are realized, I won’t let them take Xiao An away!
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I looked at Boko seriously and said, “Then I won’t let this world disappear.” I’ve made up my mind. “Well, I, Akaji, and Abi are all your brothers, so of course, we’ll help… But I still have to say one more thing.”
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“It seems you’ve decided. Boko, you are not of this world. Ah… are you really going to stay here?”
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“You’re saying the same thing as Juncheng and Aron. They’re all warning me that I don’t belong in this world, not to get too involved…”
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“Boko, I’m already involved. How can I suddenly withdraw now!”
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“But, no matter what, I don’t want Ruanruan to disappear, nor do I want Boko and the others, or Xinran in this world, to disappear.
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“Of course! I want to protect this world.”