Early the next morning, after finishing the breakfast Misha had prepared, Alain sat on the sofa watching the morning news while pondering the information about the mansion from the previous day.
"Well then, my dear, I'll take Miluo to school now!"
With the two farewells from Misha and Miluo, and the click of the door closing, the room was left with only the electronic sounds from the game room and the sound of Alain's breathing.
Tick, tick, tick...
The second hand of the clock passed by bit by bit, making a crisp sound. He looked at the half-filled document placed on the low table in the living room.
Currently, if he wanted to go to that mansion, there were a total of two paths laid out before Alain.
The first was to go through this document, wait for about a week, follow the procedure, and then finally arrive at the mansion. This method was time-consuming. By the time a week had passed, it would likely be too late for anything.
The second was to find the location of the mansion directly. This sounded simple, but doing it was difficult. The layout of Yalin Villa was scattered across a vast mountain forest. To search for a 'Mansion No. 6' within that expanse of natural scenery... he felt that even a week might not be enough.
And if he wanted to save time, he had to get the resident's permission and have the resident call the property management so that they could take him directly to the mansion.
And that resident... was Yang Wanhua. She was precisely the target of his trip. The current Alain didn't even know if Yang Wanhua's corpse had already gone cold.
He speculated that if Yang Wanhua were alive, and he called her himself, she would still be very happy. Happy enough to immediately rush to the mansion and imprison him again...
Moreover, the reason he wanted to go to the mansion was to secretly investigate information about Yang Wanhua and the illusion. Letting the person in question know his intentions would be putting the cart before the horse, wouldn't it?
"Sigh..." Alain lamented the heavy difficulties.
Currently, these were the two paths before him. The first path—applying with the property management—was a dead end with no room for maneuvering. If he wanted more flexibility, he could only look to the second path: finding the mansion's location directly.
"Is there any way to find the mansion's location directly?"
First, searching on foot. He had just rejected that. Secondly... there was Monika. Monika's temper was also quite hard, and since their cooperative relationship wasn't yet confirmed, she probably wouldn't reveal much to him. But Alain still kept this as a backup option.
Finally, start with that agent Uncle again? That guy undoubtedly knew the mansion's location. But his lips were sealed very tight.
"!"
A flash of inspiration struck Alain's mind, and he silently seized upon a keyword: [Agent].
So far, he had come into contact with a total of three agents. One was the chain-smoker from Yalin Villa. Another was the "Real-World Agent" for the large flat: Monika. And the last one...
"Miffy."
Miffy was the "Dream Agent" for the large flat back then, possessing superb learning abilities. When Alain was sleepwalking, she was the one taking over his body most of the time. Perhaps... in order to learn the work capabilities of a "Real-World Agent," she might know some information about the houses?
In any case, Miffy was also a quasi-staff member of Yalin Villa. At the same time, Alain himself was a bit curious about the progress of what Miffy was doing now.
Last time Alain entered the Game World, Miffy had mentioned wanting to turn the Dream World into a part of the Game World, and she had gone to seek help from the Version 1.15 Mitas for this purpose. Subsequently, after getting everyone's help, she simply stayed in Version 1.15 temporarily to continue researching how to integrate dreams into the game...
Up until today, Alain hadn't seen her face for quite a while. Presumably, the progress was going quite smoothly. Alain himself also wanted everyone in the Dream World to become part of the Mita World, and Miffy thought the same.
Although the Mitas of the dream realm lived in the Dream City, there was no doubt: they were all individuals possessing self-awareness. At the same time, due to Miffy's own reasons, they held a favorability rating towards Alain that was even higher than that of ordinary Mitas.
Assuming a Mita he had never met had an initial favorability of 50 towards him due to underlying code, then every Mita in the Dream City reached at least 80.
Hiss... Terrifying! This was also the reason why he would be "hunted down" every time he entered the Dream City. Although Alain enjoyed it, too.
At the same time, integrating the Dream World into "MiSide" wasn't just for Alain's selfish motives; there were also Alain's considerations regarding safety. Given the massive volume of the Dream City, if it were successfully integrated into the Game World, it would greatly increase the authority volume of the entire Game World.
It must be known that the ownership of the Dream City belonged to Miffy, and Miffy's ownership also belonged to him. This way, if they encountered a virus like the Corrosive Entity in the future that could carry out a full-version invasion, relying on the extremely massive authority of the Dream City, Alain could wipe it out in a single encounter.
Steady.
"Wait a minute..."
Alain looked at the water in the glass cup, where distinct little bubbles were still rolling...
The Dream City—or rather, the Consciousness Entity—was handed over by Monika to Sleepy Mita, who was not yet Miffy at the time. Could it be that Monika's intention in handing over the Consciousness Entity lay right here?
It was both a safety umbrella protecting the Game World and her certificate of allegiance, while also leaving a way out for her future self. Alain once again felt that this woman's schemes ran quite deep... Fortunately, such a person could still reach a cooperative relationship with him.
If Monika were a pure enemy, Alain would have to count on the Mitas' intelligence just to stand a chance against her.
Then... just do it.
Alain confirmed his next objective: go to the Dream City, find Miffy to understand the information about the mansion, and at the same time learn about her current progress in integrating the dreams, or what difficulties she had encountered.
He stood up, walked to the computer, and opened the Mita Window. Tiny Mita's small head popped out immediately.
"Big Dummy, what do you want?"
"Do it."
"???"
Tiny Mita swayed her small head, evidently not understanding what he was saying. Alain rejoiced that his subconscious dirty joke hadn't been picked up, and he coughed dryly twice.
"Help me go to Version 1.15 to find Miffy; I have some business with her."
"Okay!"
Seeing it was serious business, the little guy didn't hesitate. She immediately hugged the camera and ran towards the door of the Tiny Room.
"???"
Wait a moment, the camera? And can the camera be carried like that? While Alain was confused, she had already opened the door and arrived in a tender pink room. The little guy seemed to be observing the room's condition, also looking for where "that person" was.
Before long, Alain saw a girl with a low ponytail in the tender pink room.
"..."
That was Alain's other 'dear', currently holding the electric saw Alain had personally gifted her, appreciating it...
Looking closely, with that beaming smile, Alain actually found her a bit cute. He wanted to strike up a conversation, but the Tiny little guy didn't think the same.
She "stealthily" slipped to the entryway door. After a sound of opening and closing as faint as a mosquito's buzz, Version 1.9 returned to tranquility.
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Click!
The sound of a door opening. Behind the door was a room resembling a workspace. The tender pink color of the walls was the same as an ordinary Mita room, but here it seemed redundant.
"Oh my, what a cute little guy~"
Accompanied by a voice and the da-da-da sound of footsteps, the Tiny little guy looked up in horror, only to see a "towering" figure. Extremely long legs allowed that Mita's head to reach straight for the ceiling...
"Long time no see," Alain voiced a greeting.
Lost Mita looked around in confusion, her gaze finally landing on the camera in Tiny Mita's arms.
"Alain? You're here too?"
Apart from her excitement, she also understood that for the young man still in reality to come to Version 1.15, there must be some urgent matter.
"Wait a moment, I'll find Big Sister." She turned her head back. "Big Sister~"
"Coming, coming... Why does everyone call me by this title?"
A light yet steady voice came slowly, and a short-haired girl scratched her hair in distressed helplessness. Subsequently, she spotted the camera in Tiny's arms at a glance. Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"Alain is looking for you—"
Just as the Tiny little guy wanted to speak, the camera in her arms was snatched away.
"???"
Then she saw Short-Haired Mita carrying the camera and walking quickly towards a room.
"Sorry Alain has business with me I'll say hi to you later."
Bam!
She closed the room door. Leaving Tiny Mita and Lost Mita in disarray. The two stared at each other, big eyes meeting small eyes.
It was Lost Mita who spoke up to relieve the awkwardness, "Forget it, Big Sister is abusing her authority again. Alright, Tiny little guy, come into my arms~"
"Hey! Don't treat me like a doll!" Tiny Mita complained loudly as she was picked up and snuggled by Lost Mita.
And inside the room...
"Cough, cough... I'll state this beforehand. As a Version 1.15 Mita who is also responsible for training newborn Mitas, I would not abuse my authority."
Big Sister sat on the bed, looking at the camera beside her, still defending her actions. Alain was helpless, but he harbored no dislike. On the contrary, he was very happy to see Short-Haired Mita's little idiosyncrasies.
"Alright, I won't mind."
"Of course I know you won't mind," Short-Haired Mita said somewhat embarrassedly, but her expression turned serious in an instant. "So, you came to find me for something, right?"
"Correct. I want to find Miffy to understand the situation, and incidentally know about the progress of the Dream World," Alain's voice came through.
Short-Haired Mita pondered for two seconds, then spoke calmly, "Miffy is currently not within Version 1.15, but is situated in the Dream World. As for the progress of integrating the Dream World into the Game World... she has also discussed the concept with us.
"After checking the code of the Dream World, we found that there is indeed great feasibility. The code structures of the Dream World and Mita originate from the same source, as if typed out by the same engineer."
Hearing this, Alain, who was looking at the computer screen in reality, breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that no unexpected situations had occurred.
"However..."
But in an instant, Short-Haired Mita changed the subject.
Alain understood that the damn unexpected situation had occurred after all.
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