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Chapter 1 - The Emperor's New Clothes 1
update icon Updated at 2025/1/30 12:10:12

The difference between sleep with a body, compared to sleep with an empty soul, is too great for words.

If you think about it seriously, isn't the sleep with only the soul left, death?

There is nothingness and emptiness, and when you wake up, you don't even know that you have slept.

Yes, if I don't take into account the few times I woke up in the middle of the day, I felt as if I had just created a personality and put myself into a deep sleep, and then I woke up again, for example, it was a pleasant afternoon, sitting on the sofa and dozing, and when I woke up I thought I had slept for ten minutes at most, and then I looked at the clock and realized that an hour had passed.

It's just that what was less than a minute for me was actually almost four months.

My name is Chong Mingde, and some people call me Kapji, but apparently, my real name is better than this strange name that gives me goose bumps.

(Note: The medical term for the degree of middle-agedness is often used to describe a naive teenager.)

(Note: middle two disease, circulating among naive adolescents symptoms, clinical manifestations of language organization disorder, unnatural twitching of limbs, etc.)

(Note: Explosive, combat race terminology, from the famous book "How the combat race is made Z".)

The explanation of my birth, my current situation, is extremely complicated, and I will explain it in detail when I have the opportunity to do so later. Right now, the problem I continue to solve is how to deal with the girl in front of me called Uesugi Yui.

I wonder if the world is getting worse, or if it's just the two kids. It's not a good idea to have a teenage girl of 15 or 16 years old alone in a small room at night.

I had just returned to the house and hadn't changed my clothes, but Uesugi Yui was already in her pajamas. It should be fine in the middle of winter. But the popularity of heating in Kyoto is so ubiquitous that Uesugi Yui is still wearing the loose pajamas that show so much in the summer.

Uesugi Yui is sitting on the cushion opposite me, and I am sitting on the chair, so you know what that means (laughs).

So, with the top-down gaze, I couldn't avoid taking in the view of the green and underdeveloped valley.

Thanks to the popularity of heating devices.

To cut to the chase, at the moment, her high profile, aggressive attitude, no doubt to question me, despite the fact that objectively speaking I was doing higher than her, but still difficult to stop her momentum.

"Ziongzong, didn't we agree to stop hiding and discuss any difficulties together?"

Her gaze was as hot as the laser rays in a science fiction work, and could have pierced a hole through my thin body in a minute.

Uesugi Yui's questioning was troubling because she didn't know my true identity, and in fact, where I was going to live, most people would only think of me as a teenager named "Ziongzong "

Ziongzong, my fake name, is also my name for the personality I created, in order to achieve certain purposes, I created this personality, give him false memories, and then make myself sleep, and give control of the body to "Ziongzong "I will not wake up until he meets a certain opportunity.

The name is the opportunity of despair.

"I'm talking to you Ziongzong, don't run away from the problem."

"Only sister, give me a minute to think about it, okay?"

"Oh ...... then you think, I'll get a glass of water."

Uesugi Yui said so and left my room, temporarily.

The walk back and forth from my room to the living room where I could get water was about two minutes, and in those two minutes, the memories related to Uesugi Yui, I think, could not be read, so I had to do my best.

Two minutes later, Uesugi Yui came in with two glasses of water, and I still hadn't come up with an answer to her question.

This young girl with a handsome single ponytail was really hard to deal with, especially with her sharp eyes, which always made me feel like I would be caught red-handed if I lied.

"How about it, still thinking of excuses, that won't work for me~"

Uesugi Yui smiled badly and handed me water.

"Excuses? Vai sister you think too much, before answering your question, I would like to ask what is the difficulty you are referring to? What difficulties did you encounter in Xiamen, before?"

"Didn't you send Ito to the airport without my knowledge? You also called Araki-sensei without telling me, does that not count?"

Sending Ito to the airport?

Was there such a thing? I didn't read it in Ziongzong's memory, right?

Is there really such a thing, or is ......Uesugi Yui lying too?

No, there is no need for her to lie, which means she could have been tricked as well.

The matter deserves further speculation, but for now Uesugi Yui must be blindsided first.

"I'm sorry Uesugi Yui, it was urgent at that time, so I didn't have time to inform you. Also about the phone call, I thought Araki-sensei would have told you for sure, so I didn't do much about it."

The good thing is that the difficulty Uesugi Yui was referring to was not a big deal, and it would have been good for me if she had only grasped what happened in Xiamen to that extent, because after all, she was the one who even knew the truth about the child abduction incident earlier.

And I still don't know how Uesugi Yui knew those things.

"Okay ...... you are right, let's let you off this time, next time will not be the same."

Uesugi Yui took his index finger and poked his chin to think for a while, and mercifully let me go.

"Thank you sister Vai~ It's getting late too, good night?"

"Well ...... good night.

Good, finally got rid of this chick ......? Just as I was thinking this, Uesugi Yui, who opened the door and was about to walk out, suddenly stopped and looked back at me.

I suddenly felt a chill in my back, this is not right ah, with my determination, how will be a small girl to disrupt the situation? This must be because the previous "Ziongzong period" was abused by Uesugi Yui so that the body has a conditioned reflex.

The crude personality is unreliable, how could it be made like this by a little girl.

"Is there anything else, Yui-san?"

I tried my best to suppress my voice otherwise this unhelpful body would betray my cold back.

"It's not much, just ...... always felt you were strange and not quite the same?"

"How can it be, that is your illusion, only sister."

"That's right, then ...... have a good night."

This time Uesugi Yui finally was gone, until she closed the door behind her, my heart hanging in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York was relaxed.

I changed into my pajamas, rolled round to my bed, looked at the ceiling and began to remember the valley of Uesugi Yui just now, oh no, began to sort out my jumbled thoughts, well, jumbled thoughts.

As I said earlier, "Ziongzong" is my No. 1 personality experiment, and I am not a genius, which means that this work will be flawed ...... in the light of the current situation, this flaw is fatal. Simply put, I can't absorb all of Ziongzong's memories from the past four months in a matter of minutes, as I expected. Even if absorbed, I can only understand a general, not specific details.

I want to continue to live as "Ziongzong", at least for a short time, so the memories of the past four months are very important to me now. My most important task at this stage is to familiarize myself with "Ziongzong's" life style and his social circle.

As a conclusion, although I have succeeded in achieving the purpose of my sudden artificial personality plan, I am in the current situation, but I am completely dead.

(Note: the extreme behavior of human beings who give up treatment and seek death at the end of their life cycle.)

After sorting this out, I happily went to sleep, and as for the mess that had been piled up, I'll talk about it later.

Then the next morning came and woke me up with a warm, foreign substance mixed into my quilt.

The first thing I did was to find out what was under my blanket. The size and warmth of the ...... Uesugi family should not have a dog. ......

I was still awake, and my consciousness was hazy.

Until the warm wet something will be my fingers in the nest groping, I woke up with a jolt.

The first thing you can do is to use such a misleading statement early in the morning, I lifted the nest and did justice to my own modesty.

The person lying under my blanket was a loli named Koga Mizuo.

"Yo, good morning, Ziongzong!"

"Well good morning."

I rubbed her head and went out to brush my teeth. I had already seen this unfold in "Ziongzong's memory", so I wasn't surprised, but before I could take two steps, she came up from behind and kicked me square in the back.

I guessed she was going to kick me, but I didn't guess she could kick me.

The little one's bouncing power is a bit exaggerated, isn't it?

"What are you doing?"

I covered my injured back and looked at an exasperated Koga Mizuo.

"Brother Ziongzong's reaction is too calm, isn't it?! Why not spit I will be in your quilt?! Usually, you have to have a good morning bite with me under the blanket before you get up?

Koga Mizuo said something very serious.

Although I basically believe in the personality of "Ziongzong", I was careful to quickly go through the memories of waking up related to Koga Mizuo to verify the truth of her statement.

The good thing is that what she said is false, so I'm really relieved, otherwise I don't even know if it's a crime or not.

Good morning bite or something, this is too bad, not everyone likes to bite their nose.

(Note: The good morning bite is said to be an ancient Mayan custom where people close to each other bite each other's noses to greet each other after waking up.)

"Okay, okay, good boy, stop it, I'm going to wash up, if you have time, help me to pack the bedding."

"Pack up the bedding? No problem, I'll take care of it!"

I don't know why, but that made Koga Mizuo so submissive that she jumped up and down to help me pack, and I could hear her whispering while she was jumping up and down, "Help pack the bedding or something, that's just like husband and wife!"

Nowadays children, is there a problem with values?

If there is a problem, it must be the fault of this era.

After a few moments, I sat around the table with Uesugi Yui, Uesugi Yuuki, Koga Mizuo, and Uesugi Tano to eat breakfast. Koga Mizuo would dine at Uesugi's house from time to time because he did not live far away.

The Uesugi Tano was reading the newspaper while eating breakfast, just like in "Ziongzong's Memory", and every now and then he would put on a little improvised love show with Yukino Uesugi; while the Uesugi sisters were regular, the quirky Koga Mizuo was the one I needed to keep on my guard. I can't predict when she will attack from what angle, this girl's future is unlimited.

After that, the four of us left for school together and parted from the two lolitas at the intersection in front of the elementary school, and soon Uesugi Yui and I arrived at Higashiken High School.

Throughout this process, I tried to avoid bringing the conversation to myself, not to speak if I could, so as not to reveal myself once I had regained this body. The good thing was that the day was filled with everyday conversations, and the class work was simple enough to allow me to use class time to read "Ziongzong's memories", and everything was progressing step by step until an unexpected incident occurred after school on my way to Kyudo.

It was when I was leaving the classroom and walking down the hallway to the stairs, not far from the hallway, a female student in another school's uniform was looking around, looking confused, either waiting for someone or lost.

She was about 5'6", with a streamlined hairstyle that matched her sharp features, that valiant look that resembled Uesugi Yui, and in terms of age, at least a second year, but I'm leaning more towards the possibility of a third year.

Although similar to Uesugi Yui, she is more rich in nature than Uesugi Yui, with the air of a young girl from the grassland.

While I was thinking about all this nonsense, I kept my previous pace towards her, but I had no intention whatsoever of striking up a conversation; she just happened to be standing in my path of advancement.

"Hello, how do I get to the judo department?"

Just as I was considering whether I should cross to her left or right, she stopped me and asked me for directions.

"Judo Department ah ...... I happen to be on my way, why don't I take you there?"

"May I? Then I'll trouble you!"

The young girl said so cheerfully and happily held my hand.

Although she did not realize what, and I do not care about such things, but after all, I am unmarried and she is not married, men and women are not related, as to whether she has a boyfriend is not important, after all, the boyfriend is used to NTR, and if it is the husband, it is not very moral ...... please do not care about my unsound moral sense.

(Note: NTR, that is, New Type Revolution, short for New Human Revolutionary Project.)

"By the way, my name is Ziongzong, I'm a third year student at this school, and you?"

"Bai Xuyu, Kyoto City Municipal Hokuno High School, third year."

Bai Xu Yu? Although it was a typical Chinese name when written in kanji, she was using a Japanese pronunciation, making it difficult for me to determine her nationality.

"Bai Xu Yu? Uh ...... which country are you from?"

"Well ...... my father is from Mongolia, but I've been living in Japan for a long time and I don't know which country I am hahaha."

Mongolia? Is that the name of a Mongolian? Shouldn't it be Tengger, Erdemutu or something like that?

Although it's tempting to ask questions, this is not the time to pursue that.

"Mongolian? It's the first time I've seen one! Also, Kitano High School ...... is in the Nakagyo district, right? Coming all the way over here for a club event?"

"Well ...... how can I say this, because there are no more rivals, so I came out to other schools to turn around~"

Shirasu Yu hemmed and hawed and ran ahead of me, because the Judo Division's dojo was already visible.

"Thank you, I'll go in then~"

"Hmm."

Originally, I was supposed to go straight to the Kyudo section to report, but out of curiosity about Bai Xu Yu's "because there is no more opponent", I quietly entered the judo section's dojo and found a corner to enter the drama mode.

I've never been in a judo dojo before, even including the "Ziongzong" experience. Although the judo division of Higashiken High School was not very strong, it was still at a level that would qualify it for the national competition, so when Shiraito Yu offered to spar with them, regardless of gender, the atmosphere in the dojo became lively.

Everyone was curious to see what this young girl could do.

I had the same opinion as them, especially when I found out that this was a Mongolian girl.