After the man in the jacket, Seiji went to look at other humans and non-humans.
No matter what he said or did in front of these humans or non-humans, they didn't react at all. They just continued to act on their own.
From this, Seiji was sure that these were all things similar to NPCs!
NPC, this abbreviation generally referred to the humanoid characters in the game.
In his previous life, Seiji had played various large-scale open world RpG games, such as Vigilante, Assassin's Creed, and so on. There were a lot of realistic NPCs that could walk, talk, and do all kinds of activities.
But even if they looked like real people, they were virtual humans that could only act according to a certain degree. They were like artificial robots or puppets that could move on their own.
The living things in this city were like that … Although he didn't see the whole city, Seiji believed that was the basic situation.
He didn't do any intense tests, such as destroying those things, because he couldn't predict what would happen. If those things fought back after being attacked by malicious actions, it would be terrible.
After all, this wasn't a game.
If he couldn't get any information … how could he find Sensei's soul?
Seiji thought about it and tried to imagine a dog that could track Sensei!
He failed.
He tried to imagine casting a spell that could directly see Sensei!
He also failed.
He tried to imagine casting a spell that could directly observe the whole city!
He still failed.
He tried all kinds of methods, but they all failed.
Did he really have to see the whole city with his own eyes?
He thought hard.
If Sensei's soul was awake, then …
Seiji thought of another method, so he flew into the sky and imagined a big gun.
Shoot!
He shot a light bullet, which exploded into brilliant fireworks!
He observed the reaction of those things.
No reaction.
Very good.
He continued to fly over the city, shooting fireworks everywhere.
If Mayuzumi's soul was awake and saw these fireworks, she would notice him!
Seiji also imagined a 3D image device, which kept shooting his 3D image.
The huge image flew over the city … This scene made Seiji feel inexplicably ashamed.
After doing this for a while.
He suddenly saw a small firework exploding on one side of the city!
He immediately changed his direction and flew over there.
He saw an apartment building.
On the street in front of the apartment building stood …
"Teacher!"
Seiji landed in Mayuzumi's direction.
The manga author watched in a daze as the golden-red armored humanoid descended from the sky and landed elegantly on the ground.
The mask opened, revealing Seiji's face.
"Found you, Teacher!"
"Harano-kun, why are you …"
"I imagined this armor. What do you think? Cool, right?" Seiji struck a mighty pose.
"… He's quite handsome." Mayuzumi blinked. "But what I want to ask is …"
"You want to ask me why I'm here, right?" Seiji laughed. "Of course I'm here to look for you!"
"Harano-kun …" Something flashed in Mayuzumi's eyes.
"I won't say much. In any case, you'll know the situation once you wake up. Now, we need to leave this place immediately." Seiji paused for a moment. "Guild Leader, did you hear me? I found Teacher! "
There was no reaction.
"Guild Leader?!"
Seiji had a bad feeling about this.
He shouted a few more times, but there was no response!
What happened?
Was it because my voice didn't reach them? Or did something happen outside!?
Seiji's expression became serious.
Mayuzumi looked at him quietly.
"I'm sorry, Teacher … something might have happened," Seiji said. "It should be fine after a while."
"… I'm sorry, Harano-kun, that you're trapped here as well." Mayuzumi sighed.
"It's just a small problem … I've already found you.
As long as Guild Leader can contact me again, she'll be able to wake us up. "Seiji chuckled.
"Don't worry, Guild Leader is incredibly strong. She'll definitely be able to take care of things."
Mayuzumi fell silent and lowered her head slightly.
"By the way, did you … encounter anything here?" Seiji asked out of concern.
"No … I wasn't harmed," Mayuzumi said softly.
"It's just … Harano-kun … how much time has passed in the real world?"
Time?
"Real time … from the time I discovered that Teacher had fainted to the time I arrived here, about an hour had passed," Seiji answered. He spent some time preparing to cast his spell.
"As expected …" Mayuzumi slowly raised her head. "The time in here is different from the time in the real world."
"Eh?"
"I've already been here for more than five months, Harano … Haruta-kun." Mayuzumi looked directly into his eyes and spoke in a serious tone.
'More than five months?'
Seiji was stunned by this.
'More than five months!?'
He repeated this in his mind.
Peach-sensei's expression was serious. She didn't seem to be joking at all.
She … Amami Mayuzumi really had spent more than five months in this place!
And only one hour had passed in the real world.
Seiji was momentarily speechless.
Words like Time Acceleration, Inception, Star Travel … all sorts of things flashed through his mind.
Time being unequal was a common occurrence in anime and movies. The House of Spirit and Time in Dragon was a prime example.
Spending one year in that house was equivalent to only one day in the real world.
And Teacher … her experience was even more exaggerated! It wasn't a year in one day; it was almost half a year in one hour!
Silence.
Seiji didn't know what to say. He could only look at Mayuzumi in front of him.
Mayuzumi also looked at him.
After a while, she retracted her gaze.
"Come with me."
The manga author walked towards the apartment.
Seiji followed behind her.
He removed his steel armor when he entered the apartment.
They took the elevator upstairs.
When they exited the elevator and walked down the hallway, a middle-aged woman walked towards them.
She greeted Mayuzumi warmly.
Seiji's gaze sharpened upon seeing this.
The middle-aged woman only spoke to the manga author and didn't even look at him.
Mayuzumi responded to this woman as if she were an ordinary neighbor.
After that, the woman continued walking away.
Seiji followed Mayuzumi into the apartment.
The interior of the apartment … was unfamiliar.
"This is the Tachibana residence," Mayuzumi explained. "It's where Ling Yang Tachibana and her parents live."
"Ling Yang …"
"She's currently in school. Her father is overseas on a long term business trip, and her mother … is me."
Seiji: "!?"
Mayuzumi sighed. "She treats me as her mother … as long as I deny this, she'll start crying, causing the surroundings to become quite scary."
"I understand … I've had similar experiences before." Seiji recalled the time when Little Shi Kagura was still alive.
That was within Ling Yang Tachibana's soul. She had the power to influence the entire environment, not to mention that she also had a mysterious power.
Mayuzumi was unable to disobey Ling Yang Kagura.
"I've been together with her for the past five months.
It's as if this child is living in a dream. She doesn't notice anything abnormal around her …
"I've accompanied her and done all sorts of things according to her wishes. I haven't been hurt, but …
"At first, I was thinking about what to do and tried to do a few things, but … it didn't work.
"And then, I gradually got used to it …"
Mayuzumi looked towards Seiji Mukai.
"When I saw you arrive, I thought that I was finally hallucinating and couldn't react in time.
"Thank you for coming to find me. I'm sorry that you're trapped here as well …
"Although I probably shouldn't say this right now, but … I'm really happy …"
The manga author slowly smiled.
"… I'm truly happy … to see you again."
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