＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Ling Er, the bird

May 6. It is time to return to Tokyo.

Now I'm eating my mother's breakfast watching TV news. Looks like Dad went to work this Saturday morning as well.

My sister and brother also apparently left during the night after yesterday's birthday party.

My mother was sorry this morning. Sometimes I wish I was slow enough when I got home.

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"What's wrong, Reiji? Was it weird the taste of miso soup?

"Oh, it's okay. Delicious."

Answering my mother, I turn my thoughts around to the questions that have arisen in me since I woke up in the morning.

Yesterday's birthday party, … the memories are quite dull.

I remember my brother returning to my parents first, then my sister.

I also remember that I was delighted to give my sister perfume as a gift.

I also remember having dinner and cake with my whole family.

I have lost my memory since then.

My sister asked me to "play with my three sisters for a long time -" and I moved to my brother's room to play retro games. So I was shouldered by my giggling sister... and I realized it was the morning of May 6th.

When I asked my mother, 'Your brother carried you to bed when you slept'.

I don't remember. I wouldn't even be talking about having fainted because of the trauma and fear for my giggling sister...... sorry if that was my birthday in the corner.

I'll call you later to confirm and if so, I'll apologize.

"Was the Shinkansen on the way home eleven o'clock?"

"Yeah. Well, my dad got me a ticket to the free seat, so I'm fine with the slack in the back,"

"Summer break is the next time I come back."

"I think that's about it"

"Next time you're friends, why don't you bring her in?

"... my friend doesn't have you anyway"

Talk to your mother and spend her last moments at her parents' house for a long time.

I had a nostalgic time with my family and acquaintances on this homecoming.

Because of that, there is no physical or mental fatigue right now.

I'm ready for myself.... Let's change our mood.

I'm going to go back to Tokyo and log in to < Infinite Dendrogram > to make my last move.

And tomorrow, Tri Flags.

So, can you grasp the possibilities you want or not?

All you have to do is... exhaust your whole body.

I'm sure my brother, who left earlier, would feel the same way about me.

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□ On the night of May 5th (...) Shuichi Shigemitsu

For a long time, there have been many words that have been said.

"You can do anything," he said.

Sometimes the wording 'other than art' is attached thereto, but it has largely been so acclaimed outside of the body and outside of Dendro.

I don't deny it.

I can do most of what people can do, more than that.

The Humpty guy I met over there said what the high end was like, but I understood earlier in my life that I was something like that.

I was aware that it would be the kind of genius.

But there's no growth there.

Before I know what I'm capable of, I know it.

human limitations, or even if more talent than humans assume was available to them.

- I knew from the beginning of my life that there were (...) organisms (...) that could not be compared to humans in the first place.

"Sh ~ ich ~?"

Inside my room, a creature (...) who has now snapped his brother's neck off in an instant speaks to me.

It's a combination of familiarity as a family and intimidation of the inquiry you're about to unleash.

... I haven't seen my sister in person in two years, but I could imagine somewhere it would be this development if I saw her now.

"What is it, sister?"

"You. Come on, you knew (...)?"

…………

My sister's question was what I assumed.

However, the pressure put into the inquiry exceeds the assumptions.

"You were luring Ling Er to Dendro, weren't you? You dragged him in knowing? I know that's not the product of proper technology."

"... both Ling Er and the public should know that Infinite Dendrogram is over-tech."

"Do you think Atashi means that delusion?

"............ I knew"

My body was blowing up backwards the moment I answered.

And he grabbed me by the neck, and I was taken.

My sister kicked me off at an unpredictable rate... caught me before I hit the wall.

That's all if we talk about it.

It wouldn't be a rare move in Dendro.

… although not something that humans can do in real life.

"Kofu..."

The reason I took it is not for me... it would be for the walls of the house and my parents.

... but when I saw that the bone wasn't broken instead of the body bursting, they added and subtracted it a lot.

But I can't get a leg. It is only a few centimetres from the floor, but my sister's arms do not fall back slightly even if she wanders.

"Shuichi. Are you performing less than you did ten years ago?

"... if only I could be in my late twenties"

"Yeah? I mean, you want to say that Atashi is also an Alasser?

…………

Was it a silence?

I don't know because I have my neck lifted from my back side... but my sister's voice mixes with my grump.

However, even at this age, it seems that Yuro (...) 's physical abilities have definitely improved.

Even by the looks of it, you'll surely be seen younger than me.

... If you suck, your appearance age may be lower than Ling Er's.

I can't even compare places like this...... different genres.

I even feel like I have a different worldview (...) standing on my feet when I say I'm my sister and brother.

"More than that, sister."

"What's wrong with trying to force me to switch stories, brother?"

"My sister... you know who < Infinite Dendrogram > is? You're not even logged in, are you?

"Right. Atashi was played (...) from"

The answer was out of my imagination.

"... bounced?

"I took a hard chance and I tried to log in. Then it's fucking big...... what is it? Horizontal drum can? He said," I can't allow connections. "

Drum cans... management AI like the bunder snatch we were talking about Humpty or Doe?

"If that's all, it's a complaint inflammatory thing, but he said, 'You know why. You don't meet the standards for human beings or anything close to them." If Atashi knows what he's talking about, it can't be just a game at that point. "

…………

"The Starry Sky kid who lent it to Atashi said," I thought it would happen. "

Starry Sky House. Either one of my two daughters would be my age to tell my sister what a 'child' is.

... One of them was Ling Er's high school senior?

"I'm angry, but I won't cover that Atashi can't get into Dendro"

My sister cuts words there, but says words that go on mixing up a little pleasure.

"Because I regret pulling back there - I went to see Lewis (...) - Carol (...)"

The statement surprised me.

I should have realized a long time ago that I didn't have to be surprised at what my sister would do.

"Lewis Carroll… Developer of < Infinite Dendrogram >"

"That's the guy you're supposed to be. Well, it's the management AI that actually developed (...) the game, and he seems to be the main one to manage (...) the whole thing and negotiate over here."

"... you existed over here"

Quite a chance, I thought there was only one (...) over there.

It's only in < Infinite Dendrogram >, and I was wondering if all the footage that's out in the world is output from over there.

Like the latest version of CM now in the world.

"I was there. I met and talked. There was a lot of crap and negotiations. 'Don't touch me', right? I listened, and I was convinced. There's still something to hide, but it wasn't going to be any more pleasant."

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"So Atashi doesn't get involved. I don't even know Atashi. He knows what it is, but it seems he can pass it by no touch."

My sister's connections...... my sister's kind.

There's something like that. This side is probably it.

Lewis Carroll, who runs Infinite Dendrogram, won't want you involved either.

Different genre.

I don't know if that's the right way to describe it, but the relationship between my sister and < Infinite Dendrogram > feels like it.

If this world is a creation, it is like another work by the same author.

That means the timing of the impending collision was somewhere someday.

"I think I can tell you this story, too. You're not as good as a rat, but on this side, and you already know it yourself."

That's it - my sister strengthened the power she could get into my neck grabbing hands.

"It's just that Ling Er is different"

There are no shards left in that voice, such as pleasure.

"I have the cowardice (...) to want to stick my neck in people's help, but that's all. She's a normal, sweet girl. Well, it looks like I've been sharpened because of the sea urchins."

…………

I can't help it.

It's like a herbivore who fears a carnivore evolves to escape its fangs.

Especially this change in the degree of danger of an organism called sister...... has that happened to feel a change in mood, there is a sensitivity to the movement of people's minds.

Reiji's influence on personality and stance is enormous.

If not giving up on the possibility is an influence from me, it would be my sister's influence to feel a bad aftertaste that I can't tell you about overlooking the tragedy around me.

... No, is that from the beginning?

"So. Why were you trying to drag Reiji into Dendro like that? You know it can be poisonous for that kid, right?

"... if you know so much about the situation, you'll know there's no danger."

"Well, of course."

My sister only loosened her strength a little.

"If Death Game or its equivalent, it would have eaten down more, but it didn't. That doesn't interfere with this side in any way, physical or vital. Well, it sounds like you're too surprised to be shocked by your heart. Even the mansion and the jet coaster are occasional."

And now, no one has died because of < Infinite Dendrogram >.

... Though Lord Figa may have been in danger.

"It's just that Reiji's heart could break. 'Cause she's sweet."

That's what my sister said to care for my own tightened brother... I agree.

Reiji's nemesis was Maiden. If so, then the tragedy within < Infinite Dendrogram > is no different for Reiji from this side.

In fact, one of those Gozmaize Bandits I heard from Reiji would have been at stake.

... even so.

"I'll ask you overlapping. Why (...)?"

In response to my sister's interrogation,

"I have one or two wishes to fulfill, too"

I speak the language without falsehood.

"The means to fulfill one of them was to enter < Infinite Dendrogram > with Reiji. That's all."

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My sister chewed my words... and let go of my hand.

"That sort of thing. Then I'll miss you now."

I hold my aching neck with my hands, while my sister continues her words with a slightly frightened look.

"Well, I've been worried about you a lot, but Ling Er will probably be fine."

…………

"Although that kid is somewhere too kind... he has a stronger core than you. That's why you invited Ling Er, right?

…………

I looked for words to answer, but nothing came up.

There was nothing to give back.

"You guys haven't even had a sibling fight (...). Maybe that's what could happen."

"... brotherly fights, huh"

Well, maybe it's odd to say.

Indeed, in a certain sense, it can also be said to be so.

"Hmm? Speaking of which, aren't you with Atashi?

"... bear to be forgiven over here"

"Bear?"

The possibility of beating my sister would be on the other side of the decimal, but it wouldn't be something I could grasp with about a right leg crushing fracture like one day.

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My sister then left the house early saying she had work to do.

I also decided to return to my home in Tokyo for my last manipulation at Tri-Flags after carrying Reiji to bed where my sister passed out.

My parents held me back (because unlike my sister, I don't work), but I left this day promising to return home again soon.

If I had predicted, I wouldn't be able to go back to Dendro for ten days after the war.

To be continued