Chapter 1298 - Intermission: The Tea Party of Black and White ~ ~ s.h.i.+ro's Provocation ~ ~

In the Sanctuary, G.o.d Realm, the land where Shallow Vernal lives, Shallow Vernal and Kuromueina were currently drinking tea together.

[Come to think of it, Kuro. Did you know that Kaito-san is going to open a stall?]

[Eh? Unnn. Of course I know, but what about it?]

[Look at this.]

In front of Kuromueina who was curiously tilting her head, Shallow Vernal took out a paper bag and showed it to Kuromueina.

[This is the first prototype of the baby castellas that Kaito-san made. Do you envy me?]

[Eh? No, I want to enjoy the atmosphere of the festival, and Im looking forward to buying it on the day, so I dont really]

[Do you feel vexed about falling behind me when it comes to baby castellas, your ident.i.ty?]

[No, like I said, its not like Im competing for the order]

[Im first, Kuro is just after, arent you?]

[I wonder why? Like I said earlier, I dont care about the order, but seeing s.h.i.+ro being so proud of it is kinda annoying.]

Kuromueina couldnt grasp the change in Shallow Vernals facial expression as well as Kaito, but even she was able to understand that the current Shallow Vernal had a smug look on her face.

No, her expression hadnt changed much from usual, but she could literally see Shallow Vernals state of mind from the large three-dimensional Doya that appeared behind her.

[Its my win, Kuros loss.]

[I didnt lose though? We didnt even have a match in the first place Is this that, s.h.i.+ro? Could it be that youre picking a fight with me? Thats why you called me here today?]

[I see, so these are those so-called grumblings of a loser.]

[Huh? No, I havent lost though? Rather, youre strangely provocative towards me today, arent you? I dont think theres any benefit to s.h.i.+ro from p.i.s.sing me off, so why dont we stop talking about this here?]

Even though a vein popped up on her forehead from the earlier conversation, Kuromueina still tried to remain calm. Kuromueina didnt know what motives Shallow Vernal had, but since shes provoking her that blatantly, Kuromueina could guess that she was trying to anger her, so she kept her composure to some extent.

Most of all, it was annoying to act according to what Shallow Vernal expected

[I suppose youre right.]

[Unnn, unnn, Ill pretend I didnt hear what you just said, so lets just have some fun drinking tea]

[It seems pitiful to bully a loser any more than this after all.]

[Alright, you want a fight, Ill give you a fight. Ill crush you right then and there.]

[Wanting a losing streak, how curious.]

[In the first place, I havent even lost a single time though!?]

However, Kuromueina also had a limit to her patience. That especially goes when it comes to Shallow Vernal, they often quarrel because they were open to each other, making it difficult for her to keep her self-restraint.

Just as Kuromueina stood up with black fumes exuding out of her body from anger, Shallow Vernal calmly spoke.

[Well then, lets settle it with this.]

[Eh? Whats this?]

[Its the same other world game that I gave Kaito-san on his birthday.]

[Huh?]

When Shallow Vernal suddenly took out a black box-shaped object on the table and told her this, Kuromueina forgot her anger just now and became dumbfounded.

In any case, this was a development she didnt expect at all.

[Kaito-san likes games. It seems that he often plays that present I gave him with those from the same homeworld.]

[Unnn. So?]

[I also want to play games with Kaito-san and have fun with him. I did ask Earth G.o.d for some information to some extent, but I have never actually played it, so I decided that I need to practice.]

[In short?]

[However, there are games where two people play against each other, so I need an opponent.]

[Eh? All that for this!? Youve been provoking me a lot since a while ago in order to bring about this development!? No Cant you just invite me normally? Its not like I would just refuse]

[Fumu, then Ill do that next time.]

Just as she was wondering why Shallow Vernal said and did a lot of things that really seemed just to provoke her, it seemed like all of that was just so that she could play a game with Kuromueina and realizing the meaning of these actions, which were just like Shallow Vernal to do, an astounded expression appeared in Kuromueinas face.

However, since she doesnt have any particular reason to refuse to play games with her, she sat next to Shallow Vernal and held her controller.

[Well, not like the fact that Kuro will go on a losing streak will change though.]

[I- ha- vent- lost-, o- kay- ? Seriously Ill crush you.]

Hearing that one last provocation added at the end, Kuromueina looked at the screen displayed in the air with a serious expression on her face.

And so, Shallow Vernal and Kuromueina decided to play a game together but

[Hey, s.h.i.+ro! Isnt this thing reacting so slow!? Look, its too slow!!!]

[How foolish, Kuro. This is created to match the abilities of a human. If you cant even adapt your senses to this, you should go and lose Ah.]

[Even s.h.i.+ro hasnt been able to adapt at all though!? Your characters moving like crazy!!!]

[Oh my, it doesnt react to actions performed 1/10,000 of a second huh]

[Even if thats slow for us, normal humans also cant react to that, okay!?]

The two were having a hard time playing the game. Because both Kuromueina and Shallow Vernal were too powerful, they found the games response too slow, making them struggle with it.

[Uuuu, isnt this difficult? Putting aside our physical ability, with my reaction speed, I couldnt help reacting, and once you press the b.u.t.ton, you cant take it back Also, this thing doesnt recognize repeated hits above a certain speed. Therefore, we have to make adjustments in that area as well.]

[Its certainly more troublesome than I thought.]

[I mean, couldnt we have something that doesnt need intense movements, something more laid back Something like sugoroku? Why dont we get accustomed to that first]

[Fumu, you have a point. Well then, something with a little less movement]

In the first place, being amateurs in playing games itself, it was inevitable that the two of them would struggle.

[Rather, its something I just thought of.]

[What is it?]

[I mean, if we were to fight Kaito-kun, we would be on par with him if we werent used to it No, I think Kaito-kun would have an advantage because of his experience Wouldnt it be more exciting to play together with him now than when our reaction speed can fully adapt to the difference in reaction speed?]

[Indeed]

While having that kind of conversation, the two continued happily playing the other world games They somehow got along well and enjoyed playing with each other.

Serious-senpai : [Its the same pattern back in that racing game, where their basic abilities are too high, which instead makes it more difficult for them huh]

? ? ? : [I can play normally though.]

Serious-senpai : [In the first place, it seemed like you had the experience playing games like these back in your former world.]