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Chapter 7
Her performance was interrupted by Tenka.
Tenka‘s small hand grabbed the corner of Mo Chen‘s clothes and gently shook it, looking up with a pitiful face as she said, “You promised to help me think of a way..”
Mo Chen paused Yuki‘s joke and said with a serious expression, “Stop messing around, I have no interest in doing anything on the street, I have serious business to attend to now.”
The neglected Suou Yuki immediately pouted, “Serious business? What serious business is more important than accompanying your dearest sister?”
As she spoke, she curiously lowered her head, her gaze falling on the brightly lit phone screen in Mo Chen‘s hand.
“Oh—” she purposely drew out her tone, “You’re actually secretly looking at other pretty girls outside?”
“No,” Mo Chen turned his phone sideways helplessly, “I am conducting serious market research, technical study, and art appreciation.”
Suou Yuki: “Isn’t it just a COS, what’s there to study?”
Mo Chen gave a light cough, trying to make himself look professional, “I’m just studying why she is so popular.”
“Ha? Does this even need studying?”
Suou Yuki, looking like a sleazy old uncle, flashed a bad smile,
“Of course it depends on a good face, big breasts, and a perky butt. Without that figure, do you expect it to rely on hard work?”
Hearing this, Tenka subconsciously looked down at her already flat chest, gestured with her small hand in front of her chest, and a trace of disappointment flashed across her tender face: “Big breasts and a perky butt…”
Mo Chen retorted to Yuki: “You nasty creature, don’t destroy a little loli’s dream here.”
He turned to Tenka and gently patted her slender shoulders: “Don’t listen to her nonsense. When a person is popular, there must be many more important reasons.”
Tenka raised her face, the disappointment in her eyes instantly swept away, and she quickly smiled again: “Yeah! Big brother is right!”
Watching Mo Chen coaxing a child, Suou Yuki couldn’t help chuckling and timely put away her joking tone:
“Alright, just looking at videos won’t show you anything.” She changed the subject: “Why don’t you go ask her in person?”
Mo Chen was slightly stunned: “Who?”
Suou Yuki: “Kitagawa Marin, of course.”
“She happens to be cosplaying at a nearby comic convention today, and by this time, the event should be about to start.”
【Detected that the Master of Fate has come into contact with a destiny video, new mission loading】
【Name: Make the Bisque Doll Fall in Love】
【Stage: COC Comic Convention】
【Plot: The Master of Fate’s future university classmate and popular coser Kitagawa Marin is preparing for the final comic convention performance before the start of the semester】
【Mission Objective: As a Pure Bystander, successfully take a private photo of Marin containing her underwear, and gain her approval of the photo】
【Reward: hypnosis app — Permission Advancement】
【Time: 200 minutes】
A new mission came again. Mo Chen was slightly stunned.
hypnosis app permission advancement? This doesn’t sound like an ordinary upgrade.
“What, tempted? Want to go over and take a look right now?”
Suou Yuki acutely caught his momentary distraction, her tone carrying teasing.
“Thanks, I’m going to find her right now.”
Mo Chen couldn’t be bothered to explain; arguing with this girl would only make things darker the more he tried to clear them up.
He silently made a note in his heart: Once he gets the hypnosis advancement, she will be the first one he messes with.
He briskly got up and said gently to Tenka, who was still sitting on the bench: “When school starts, I will definitely help you find a great way to become a big star.”
Tenka raised her face, looked at Mo Chen who was about to set off, and obediently nodded.
As soon as Mo Chen moved, Suou Yuki quickly stepped to the left and blocked his path: “Wait! Big bro, are you planning to just go over like this?”
Mo Chen paused his steps: “Otherwise? I’m going to ask for some photography experience and ideas, that should be fine, right.”
Naturally, he couldn’t mention the mission.
Suou Yuki helplessly pointed at his face: “With this standard passerby face of yours, asking for a photo at a comic convention is fine.”
“But if you suddenly crowd over and ask ‘Why are you so popular—'” She sighed exaggeratedly,
“Not to mention whether she will pay attention to you, in case you say something wrong, I’m afraid I’ll have to go to the police station to bail you out.”
Mo Chen raised an eyebrow: “Then do you have any brilliant ideas?”
“Of course I do!”
Yuki proudly raised her chin, her tone full of confidence: “I can send her a message right now and tell her.”
“Sounds like you two are very close?” Mo Chen asked.
“Of course,” the corners of Yuki‘s lips curved into a confident arc, “Don’t underestimate my network.”
“We’ve known each other online for almost a year, and she even told me that she’s transferring to our university next semester.”
She blinked slyly, “The main point is she doesn’t know what I look like. As long as I say we’re meeting offline, she’ll definitely mistake you for me.”
“By then you can ask whatever you want, she will definitely trust you.”
“Sounds good,” Mo Chen put his hands in his pockets and answered neatly and decisively, “But I refuse.”
“Eh?” Yuki was stunned.
“I don’t need to use your network.” Mo Chen‘s tone was calm yet firm, “To win her trust, I have my own ways.”
Far from minding, Yuki‘s eyes lit up, and she leaned in half a step with great interest: “Big bro, you’re suddenly so spirited, quite handsome too. Really don’t need my help?”
Suddenly thinking of something, she lowered her voice and laughed, “Could it be that big bro plays galgames every day and actually figured out some divine skill to conquer girls from them?”
Mo Chen confidently hooked the corner of his mouth: “Naturally.”
Mo Chen had the hypnosis app. Once hypnotized, he could do whatever he wanted to Kitagawa Marin, without having to consider trust issues at all. After all, after she woke up, she wouldn’t remember anything.
Yuki smiled evilly and forced another step forward, almost pressing against him, raising her face to press on:
“Then~ big bro, do you want to demonstrate it right now? Try to see if you can conquer me on the spot with just one sentence?”
Mo Chen was forced to lean back slightly by her sudden closeness, and his tone suddenly became vague: “Well… let’s talk about it when we get back.”
“Pfft… hahaha!” Yuki burst into laughter, no longer tangling, and neatly pulled out her phone,
“Alright, alright, I won’t tease you anymore. Hurry up and set off, any later and there will be too many people at the comic convention and you won’t be able to squeeze in.”
She lowered her head and operated quickly, while instructing: “I’ve sent you the location, remember to look at the navigation, don’t get lost. Also—”
She raised her head, shook her phone, and said, “I’ve already mentioned it to her, saying that I have a big bro who will go over to help. This little foreshadowing should be fine, right?”
Mo Chen breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and replied: “Yeah, thanks.”
Mo Chen lit up his phone, and the screen clearly displayed the navigation information for the “COC Comic Convention”.
It was just past 8:30 AM, and there was still plenty of time before the official opening at 9:00. The venue was in an area of Tokyo called Akihabara, which wasn’t far. Mo Chen took a bus, got off after a few smooth stops, and a bizarrely styled building suddenly came into view.
Chapter 14: Comic Convention
Tokyo, Akihabara
A huge octopus-head stone sculpture lurked on the roof of the main hall, numerous carved stone tentacles hanging down from the roof, winding like snakes on both sides of the entrance.
The outer walls of the venue were carved with a large number of fish-headed human-bodied reliefs. Their scales were rough, and their bulging eyeballs stared hollowly at the passing crowds.
The style of this venue fit Mo Chen‘s imagination of Western fantasy very well, and he looked around the venue with novelty.
As a student who usually lived a two-point, one-line lifestyle, this trip could be considered going far from home. The venue wasn’t open yet, but outside the venue, it was already bustling with voices.
Photographers carrying cameras, meticulously dressed cosers, and couples walking hand in hand could be seen everywhere.
Just as Mo Chen arrived at the entrance, he heard a “beep” prompt sound—at that exact moment, the venue doors slowly opened.
Mo Chen didn’t delay at all, his figure flashing like lightning into the dense crowd. Kitagawa Marin had some popularity online, and if he delayed further, he’d probably have to queue.
Although the crowd at the comic convention was dense, Mo Chen shuttled through it with ease, relying on the footwork he practiced by fighting for food in the school cafeteria. His gaze swept across the booth numbers, and his steps didn’t stop.
A911—Kitagawa Marin‘s booth was set up in a relatively inner area. Mo Chen accelerated his pace, and in just a moment, that booth number came into view.
Standing in front of the booth was a blonde girl, her shoulder-length golden hair shimmering with a soft luster under the booth lights.
She wore a sapphire blue sleeveless dress, overlaid with a pure white lace-trimmed apron, while white knee-high socks and black Mary Jane shoes outlined the slender lines of her legs.
She was Kitagawa Marin; although Mo Chen couldn’t immediately tell where the character she was portraying came from, she was definitely cosplaying Alice.
“Welcome～”
A crisp voice came from behind the booth.
The one making the sound was not that “Alice“, but another young girl standing behind the booth.
She was carefully organizing several piles of dōjinshi on the table, holding a simple video camera in her hand.
Seeing Mo Chen stop, she immediately raised a friendly smile, her eyes curving slightly:
“Would you like to come take a look? The latest dōjinshi here all feature Kitagawa Marin in the illustrations, and every single photo was carefully taken by me.”
【Time Stillness】
Mo Chen ignored the booth girl’s greeting and directly activated time stop.
He would take a good photo first; things to make her satisfied could be considered later.
The task requirement was to take a gravure photo that satisfied her, but it didn’t stipulate that she had to be satisfied with the shooting process itself.
Since that was the case, the means didn’t matter.
Later, when he found an opportunity when they were separated, he could directly deal with Kitagawa Marin using the hypnosis app to complete the task. The time stop was only five minutes, so he had to hurry.
He walked up to the doll-like, stationary Kitagawa and carefully adjusted her posture.
He made her hands gently pinch the hem of her skirt, just right to reveal the pure white bloomers underneath and a section of fair thighs.
“Why is there another layer?”
Mo Chen furrowed his brows slightly; this was a bit more troublesome than he expected.
Like dismantling a Matryoshka doll, he quickly pulled down the innermost bloomers a little further.
A touch of blue and white fabric came into view.
Mo Chen neatly took out his mobile phone and quickly pressed the shutter.
Kitagawa in the photo maintained the skirt-lifting posture.
The originally pure color scheme of the sapphire blue dress and white apron presented a unique temptation under the carefully adjusted posture.
Her curvaceous figure perfectly blended fairy-tale innocence with subtle flirtation. This time, using the time stop could be considered using the right path, but there was no time to appreciate it.
Mo Chen quickly restored her movements to their original state, as if nothing had happened.
Less than one minute left.
【Time Begins to Flow】
Kitagawa Marin in front of the booth suddenly reached out subconsciously to press down on her skirt hem. A slight breeze seemed to have brushed past the side of her legs just now, but looking around, there was no abnormality anywhere.
“Compared to the photobook,” Mo Chen naturally stepped forward a few steps and said in a calm tone, “actually, a friend asked me to come over to help.”
Hearing this, Kitagawa blinked, looking slightly puzzled: “Help? Your screen name… could it be’Super Loves Onii-chan’?”
Hearing this screen name of Suou Yuki, the corner of Mo Chen‘s mouth twitched slightly: “No, I’m her older brother.”
Marin instantly understood, a meaningful smile appearing on her face:
“So that’s how it is. Since you’re her older brother, please feel free to sit wherever you like. There’s nothing that needs help for the moment.”
Mo Chen looked at the girl behind the booth with a camera hanging around her neck: “Is that alright?”
“It’s fine, as long as Marin doesn’t mind.”
She turned her head and pointed to a folding stool by the wall that was pressed down by half-a-person-high piles of dōjinshi:
“That one right there. You can sit after moving the books on top to the ground. With Kitagawa out front, nobody will pay attention to our side anyway.”
Mo Chen walked toward the chair piled high with publications as told.
“What, are you interested?” The girl behind the booth played with her camera, a smile hanging on the corners of her mouth, “There are roles played by Kitagawa in these.”
“Well, I’ll think about it.” Mo Chen responded vaguely, starting to move the books wrapped in red book jackets to the ground,
“I’ll leave the books here first.” Mo Chen said as he straightened up.
Just at this moment, a crisp shutter sound rang in his ear. “Click!”
He raised his head following the sound and saw the girl holding the camera aimed right at him.
“I heard just now your name is Mo Chen? I’m Sana Kurauchi.” She put down the camera with a smile, introducing herself.
Mo Chen sat down on the newly cleared chair, his gaze sweeping over the equipment in her hand: “A photographer?”
“Sort of,” Sana gently fiddled with the camera strap,
“But it’s just an amateur hobby. I just like capturing those interesting moments.”
Mo Chen seized the opportunity to follow up: “Amateur? Then those videos Kitagawa posted on the video sharing site, were they filmed by you?”
“I filmed all of them.” Sana nodded in confirmation.
“The skill is indeed very good,” Mo Chen naturally took over the conversation,
“If the photography technique were a bit worse, it definitely wouldn’t produce such outstanding results.” He planned to butter her up first, so it would be easier to find an opportunity to send her away later.
Hearing this, Sana‘s eyes instantly lit up, and her tone became brisk:
“Thank you for the compliment! I really didn’t expect that besides Marin, someone would actually notice the photographer. I originally thought nobody cared about these things.” She turned her head to look at Kitagawa Marin, who was quietly posing for display in front of the booth, and called her over.
“Do you want to take a photo with Kitagawa?” Sana enthusiastically proposed, “Since you’re already here and we’re not busy right now, consider it a souvenir of visiting the comic convention.”
Kitagawa Marin turned her head upon hearing this, a friendly smile on her face: “Yeah, since you’re here, let’s just take one together.”
Facing the enthusiastic invitations of the two girls, Mo Chen couldn’t decline and had to go forward according to their wishes.
Surrounded by Marin and Sana, he somewhat helplessly went along with the atmosphere, making the classic gesture toward the camera together with Marin.
“Click!” The sound of the shutter rang out, and a somewhat rushed group photo was thus frozen in time.
【Ding! CG achieved】
Chapter 15: Taimanin
【In the life of a Pure Bystander, unexpected everyday scenes that add fuel to the fire for future main acts are indispensable. Congratulations to the master of fate and his partner Kitagawa Marin, Alice, for jointly recording a dream-like memory】
【Reward: wonderland magic cake】
【wonderland magic cake: An exquisite pastry that can be eaten three times. The pure white cream surface cleverly spells out the words “Eat Me” using dark raisins. After each consumption, it can make the master of fate grow larger, turning into a giant of light, with the form lasting for three minutes.】
Grow larger? A giant of light?
This was obviously a magic cake from the fairy tale of Alice, but Mo Chen always felt something was not quite right.
“Mo Chen, why aren’t you coming over to take a look?” Sana‘s greeting interrupted his thoughts.
She was excitedly flipping through the photos in the camera, and Marin was also eagerly crowding nearby.
Mo Chen didn’t think too much more about it and helplessly followed along,
looking at the ordinary himself flashing a peace sign on the camera screen, who simply looked like he came from two different dimensions compared to Kitagawa cosplaying Alice beside him.
Sana teased mischievously: “Looking at you like this, could it be you don’t like taking photos with Kitagawa? Or do you have an objection to this style?”
Kitagawa Marin also turned her head curiously upon hearing this: “What do you think of this Alice style? Is there something wrong with it?”
“How could that be,” Mo Chen quickly explained,
“Alice‘s image is very cute, and I’m very happy to take a photo with you, it’s just that it’s my first time at a comic convention and I’m a bit unaccustomed to it.” Sana chuckled: “He seems a bit shy indeed.”
Kitagawa proposed: “Anyway, the venue just opened and there aren’t many people yet, do you want to take a few more photos to get used to it?”
“Would this be too much trouble for you?” Mo Chen hesitated somewhat.
Sana readily shook her head: “I have no objections.” “Relax a bit,” Marin added with a smile,
“After all, Super Loves Onii-chan specifically asked me to take good care of you.”
Hearing that embarrassing screen name of Suou Yuki, Mo Chen uncomfortably turned his face away: “That guy really…”
“Right,” Kitagawa smoothly changed the topic, “you’ve watched my videos, right?”
“I’ve watched a few,” Mo Chen nodded, “I also asked Sana about the filming earlier.”
Kitagawa: “Then which episode is your favorite? After school starts, when I come to the comic convention next time, I’ll cosplay that style.”
