Seiji and the others did as the store manager told them to.
Then the handsome uncle raised his hands, palms facing each other, condensed a white ball of light out of thin air, and sent it into the sphere of the appliance.
The pattern on the sphere lit up, and traces of light flowed on it.
"Now get your hands close to this. You don't have to touch it, just get close."
Hearing this, Seiji stretched out his hand first.
After his palm approached the sphere, black and red mist emerged and was sucked into the sphere.
Nothing strange... Seiji gestured to the others with his eyes.
Masaki was the second to reach out, and then Nomura and the others also extended their hands.
After the sphere absorbed some mist, it began to make a buzzing sound. On the lower part of the three-legged tripod, many mysterious characters flashed red.
The store manager stared at the words for a while.
"You still have three companions, each in a different place." He said, "At present, two of them can be located, and there is one who needs to be located after you find those two and cast a spell together."
"Why?" Seiji asked.
"Because that person is at a deeper level... The performance of this thing is limited, and more samples are needed to observe it."
"...Although I can't understand it, I probably understand the meaning."
The two who can be located should be Maeishi Masao and Yoshidai, and the one who can't be located is Hayashiura Kotaro. Seiji guessed.
"You need to choose one person as a 'guide', and he will lead you to find your companions." The store manager continued.
After hearing this, Masaki and the others turned their attention to Seiji.
"Let me do it." Seiji took it upon himself.
The store manager then instructed others to put their hands on him.
After Masaki and the others did so, the store manager asked Seiji to press his hand on the sphere.
"You need to press for a while, and you will feel a little dizzy during the process, please bear with it."
Seiji nodded.
Although he didn't think the store manager was plotting against this side, he was still ready to read the file, just in case.
The palm slowly approached the sphere and touched the surface.
Immediately, the palm of the hand was covered by white light, and many fragmentary pictures flashed in front of my eyes!
Two children playing in the countryside... a waitress serving customers in a restaurant... a teenage maintenance soldier running around the base...
These images were almost fleeting, but left a deep impression on him.
Is this imagination? or memory
With such doubts in my mind, I couldn't distinguish the boundary between fantasy and reality for a while.
I got a little dizzy.
Consciousness becomes blurred, the surroundings appear blurred, and everything seems to be in an ambiguous state.
In this state, Seiji vaguely realized something... Then he felt an inexplicable force enter his body, condensing on his right hand.
Dizziness goes away.
Consciousness regained consciousness and vision returned to normal.
Meet the store manager with his hand on the other side of the sphere.
"It really is you... right?" Seiji couldn't help asking.
The handsome uncle looked at him without answering, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
The smile was fleeting, as if it hadn't been revealed at all.
"The location is complete. With the mark on your hand, you can find your companions."
Seiji looked at his right hand, and saw a white miniature array on the back of his hand.
"The positioning effect has a duration, so you should go as soon as possible." The store manager paused, "The positioning will only work if you act together, so some people will go to find it, and some people will stay in the store and wait. It won't work. "
…
After leaving the basement, Seiji watched the back of the store manager back to the kitchen.
He was almost sure that the other party was the mysterious existence attached to the angel costume "Seiji" when he rescued Xiao Lingyang back then!
But only almost.
He sent inquiries, which were not answered. Expressed that he wanted to talk, but did not get a response.
The other party didn't mean to talk, just offered help, just like that time.
Can't talk? Don't want to talk? Or should we not talk about it
Seiji didn't know, and felt that he shouldn't think about it.
What to do now is to find the lost companions and return to reality!
"Before we leave, let me tell you what I think." After looking away, he said to Masaki and the others.
"I guess the two people we are going to find are Masao Maeishi and Mr. Yoshidai, and they are respectively in the environment presented by their award-winning works."
"I don't care about the environment of the two of them's works. What I care about are the skeletons..."
"I suspect that those things are the products of Kotaro Hayashiura's works."
"The Gold Medalist is a major constructor of the field, presenting his work in a powerful form that erodes the environment of others' work."
"Before Ishihara-senpai's environment was eroded, Matsutani-senpai and I found her. Ms. Hashimoto stayed here all the time, and she was fine because of the protection of the store manager. Mr. Nomura escaped when the environment was eroded. "
"As for the environment of Maeishi and Mr. Yoshida's works, I guess it may have been eroded, or even completely eroded. We will be in danger when we go to find them."
"Senior Matsutani and I may not be able to handle some dangerous situations alone, so you all have to show your strength." Seiji scanned the crowd.
The scene was quiet for a while.
"If what you said is true... how do we use our strength?" The cat ears on Yaji's head moved, "I don't know how to fight."
"Although I have a weapon, I have run out of energy." Nomura showed off his magic weapon.
This weapon is a small magic crossbow similar to a pistol. He used up the mana stored in it when he shot the skeleton, but instead of throwing it away, he kept it on him.
"As I said, this is a realm that looks like a dream but not a dream, and you have a share in this realm." Seiji looked at them, "In other words, you are the 'creators' of this place! You actually have the power of creation here. Power, can create, or call out, the things in one's own works."
Masaki and Nomura: "..."
"I know it's a bit of a second class, but I'm serious." Seiji said seriously, "As long as you concentrate and work hard to imagine, you can do it."
Both female high school students and male college students showed subtle expressions.
At this age, you still have a second-grade illness
Even if they are like this, as a (relatively) older lady who has come out of society, Hashimoto Yuko is even more... speechless.
The scene was quiet again.
"Although it's not very acceptable, but since Mr. Yuanye said so, I'll give it a try." Nomura sighed, raising the magic crossbow in his hand, "I can now imagine filling this weapon with energy."
After speaking, he stared at the magic crossbow and concentrated.
"Come on... come on... come on..." murmured.
Nothing happened.
"You have to be more involved, you might as well act a little more exaggerated." Seiji suggested, "For example, some cool lines, cool poses and so on."
Are you really kidding me
Nomura looked at him with such meaning in his eyes.
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