Super Hardcore Otaku

Looking at Lin Xiaoyou's expression that was on the verge of breaking down, Fang Qi didn't feel particularly embarrassed.

He sat on the ground, holding the small figurine of a silver-haired girl with different-colored pupils in his arms...

His expression was extremely solemn.

This was not the time to be embarrassed!

He didn't know what had happened to this world.

The game had disappeared, the emails were gone, and the company address had turned into ruins...

But Lin Xiaoyou was different.

Although she had become a naive and innocent girl, she was still a crucial NPC.

As long as the triggering conditions were right, she would surely remember everything.

And what he had to do now...

Was to make her remember Liguang!

As long as she remembered Liguang, there would be one more person in the world who knew about Liguang!

So...

"Lin Xiaoyou,"

He held up the small figurine in his arms with one hand, making the silver-haired girl with different-colored pupils face Lin Xiaoyou.

"Her name is Liguang."

His expression remained serious.

"Silver hair, different-colored pupils, and a beautiful young girl."

"My wife."

Lin Xiaoyou: "..."

She stood at the door, still holding a convenience store bag in her hand, and looked at the small figurine kneeling and holding a cup in Fang Qi's arms...

The corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

Then...

Her almond eyes suddenly blinked several times!

" Oh...!"

She made a fist with her right hand and gently tapped it on her left palm.

She looked as if she had suddenly realized something!

"Senior!"

She gave a playful smile:

"Are you telling me the elements you like?"

Fang Qi: "?"

"Silver hair, different-colored pupils, beautiful young girl..."

Lin Xiaoyou had already started counting on her fingers on her own and winked at Fang Qi.

"Senior, you like this type, right?"

She put down the convenience store bag, put her hands on her hips, and raised the corner of her mouth at Fang Qi!

"Then I can do it too!"

Fang Qi's eyelid twitched.

What can you do?

"I can cosplay as Liguang!"

Lin Xiaoyou pointed at the tip of her own nose with her finger!

Fang Qi: " ...?"

"Just wear a wig and some colored contact lenses, and I'll be a silver-haired, different-colored-pupiled beautiful young girl."

Her round face was full of playfulness!

"Senior, what do you think?"

Fang Qi looked at her expressionlessly.

No...

Who made you think like this.

Is your brain really broken?

" ... No, I only like Liguang."

He flatly refused.

" Aww—!"

Lin Xiaoyou pouted, looking a bit reluctant.

But soon she waved her hand.

"Alright, alright, anyway..."

Her tone became lively again as she walked into the house:

"Anyway, I just came to play games with senior!"

She turned around and pointed at the half-open security door in the living room behind her, looking innocent.

"Who would have known that senior's door wasn't even closed. I thought something had happened. When I came in, I saw senior sitting on the ground holding a figurine..."

" Cough cough!"

Fang Qi gave a light cough.

Lin Xiaoyou blinked her eyes and then immediately waved her hand!

"Wow! Senior's e-sports room is really amazing!"

She shifted the topic eagerly, and her almond eyes sparkled as she looked around.

"So many screens!"

She widened her almond eyes and looked at Fang Qi's computer host.

"Wow, what a high - end computer!"

Finally, she looked at Fang Qi and gave a playful smile.

"Senior, let me play! I want to play the games you like!"

... She was still good at reading the atmosphere.

Fang Qi stood up holding the figurine and fell into silent thought.

It wasn't impossible to let Lin Xiaoyou play games at his place.

Although she was a naive girl now, she was still a genius at heart.

If she could be exposed to "My Yandere Android Wife", maybe it could really activate her sealed memories.

Previously, she had been so excited to look for it after hearing the game's name. Perhaps...

It had stimulated something deep in her subconscious?

But the problem was...

He looked at his computer and squinted slightly.

All kinds of information about "My Yandere Android Wife" had disappeared.

The web links had turned into 404 errors, the emails from Chenxi Company were gone without a trace, and even that corporate email address no longer existed.

The only thing left...

Was the small Liguang figurine in his arms.

... What about his computer?

Was the game still in his computer?

He sat down on the e-sports chair holding the figurine and reached out to press the power button on the computer host.

The RGB fans in the computer case lit up instantly, and the five screens lit up one by one.

Lin Xiaoyou stood behind him and couldn't help letting out a soft gasp as she watched the entire wall - sized screen array light up slowly.

"Wow, how high - end!"

Fang Qi didn't say a word.

He stared at the main screen that was loading the desktop, and his fingers tightened slightly on the mouse.

The desktop appeared.

Lin Xiaoyou let out another exaggerated "Wow".

"Wow! What a cool desktop wallpaper!"

Fang Qi looked at the desktop but remained silent.

Well.

It was really cool.

On the desktop was a dynamic wallpaper of a mech.

The deep - blue body, the streamlined armor, and the jet nozzles on the back were spitting out a faint blue flame...

It was cool.

But it wasn't Liguang.

The original wallpaper of Liguang wearing a sun hat and with her skirt fluttering in the wind was gone.

He scanned the icons on the desktop again...

The icon with the profile of the silver - haired girl with different - colored pupils was also gone.

Fang Qi stared at the wallpaper for two seconds, then grabbed the mouse and started searching.

Folders, applications, game libraries...

He clicked on each one and looked through them one by one.

... There was nothing.

"Senior?"

Lin Xiaoyou poked her head out from behind him, and her almond eyes blinked.

"Where's the game? Can I play now?"

Fang Qi was silent for two seconds.

Where was the game?

He didn't know either.

" ... I seem to have accidentally uninstalled the game."

He could only say this.

" Aww—?"

Lin Xiaoyou let out another "aww", even louder this time!

Her disappointment was clearly evident!

She pouted, and her ponytail drooped down.

"Senior, do you really have this game?"

Fang Qi was at a loss for words.

Did he have the game?

Now, it seemed that he really didn't.

"My Yandere Android Wife" ... had disappeared from this world.

Yesterday he had still played Ending 01, and he could still find a few discussion posts in the corner of the forum.

But now, all the clues about Liguang in the whole world had, after he went out today, at some unknown point...

Suddenly and completely disappeared?

The only thing left...

He slowly lowered his head and looked at the figurine in his arms.

The silver - haired girl with different - colored pupils still knelt there with a smile, holding a small white porcelain teacup in her hands.

On her earlobe, the even smaller star sparkled.

... Only this small figurine remained.

Fang Qi's fingers gently stroked the silver hair of the figurine, and his gaze fell on those quiet, different - colored pupils.

"Liguang..."

He murmured softly.

"Could it really be you? Li..."

" Uh..."

Beside him, came a stifled "uh" from Lin Xiaoyou.

"Senior is really a super - hardcore otaku..."

He also heard her mutter in a low voice.

Fang Qi: " ..."

He tilted his head slightly and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

Lin Xiaoyou immediately blinked her eyes, straightened her back, and waved her hands repeatedly.

"No, no! I don't mean to look down on senior!"

" I... I also like anime - related things quite a lot!"

She paused for a moment, rolled her almond-shaped eyes, and suddenly made a fist and waved it in front of her chest.

"I'm really interested in cosplay!"

Fang Qi stared at her expressionlessly.

Hey.

You're not really going to cosplay as Liguang, are you?

In his arms, the red pupils of the small figurine still glowed faintly with a red light.

It wasn't until Lin Xiaoyou left reluctantly.

...

...

From that day on, Fang Qi never let go of the small Liguang figurine.

Fang Qi would take her with him whenever he went out.

He would carefully put the figurine into a soft cloth bag, leaving only the small silver head exposed.

He would tuck it in his arms when taking the subway and hold it in his palm when walking, occasionally looking down at her.

As long as those heterochromatic eyes of amber and crimson still gently gazed at him...

He could take the next step.

When sleeping, he would also place it beside his pillow.

There was a charging port on the back of the figurine's neck. At night, he would plug in the charging cable and let the red pupils stay lit.

In the darkness, that faint red glow became the last thing he saw before falling asleep...

And also the first thing he saw when he woke up.

Several times, he woke up suddenly in the middle of the night with his heart pounding!

All he could think about was "Did the figurine disappear too?!" Then he would suddenly turn his head...

And see that the faint scarlet light beside his pillow was still there.

Only then could he slowly and shiveringly let out a breath and close his eyes again.

The permission Liguang gave him was still working, but... it could only maintain his surface rationality.

What really kept his heart from being completely swallowed by panic...

Was the glowing little star on the figurine's earlobe and that sentence "Master, your tea" that would play every time it was turned on.

He would search on the Internet.

The first thing he did every morning when he woke up was to turn on the computer, rummage through every forum, and search every keyword.

"Liguang", "Heterochromatic eyes", "Silver-haired AI", "Yandere mechanical wife", "Chenxi Company"...

All the combinations he could think of and all the corners where there might be a trace.

And every time...

He could find something.

In an obscure post, someone mentioned that "it seems there's a female lead with silver hair and heterochromatic eyes in an indie game".

In a game forum, someone was asking "for an old game where the female lead is a robot and is very clingy to the protagonist".

On a social platform, someone posted a blurry screenshot and said "This figurine is so well-made, it's a pity that I don't know which brand it is from".

Every time he saw these, Fang Qi would immediately get excited!

He would take screenshots, make records, and follow the links...

Then he would rush out of the house with the figurine in his arms!

Heading straight for the place pointed to by the clue!

Closed game stores, abandoned exhibition venues, and the second-hand goods market where it was said that "they used to sell anime merchandise".

... But every time he would come back empty - handed.

The owner of the game store said that he had never seen any figurine of a beautiful girl with silver hair and heterochromatic eyes.

The abandoned exhibition venue had been turned into a warehouse, filled with building materials and cartons.

The stall owner in the second - hand goods market rummaged through the inventory and finally handed him a chipped figurine of a green - haired virtual singer.

And said...

"Kid, I really don't have what you're looking for. Do you want this one? I'll give it to you cheap."

Of course, he couldn't take it because...

Liguang would definitely be jealous of the green - haired virtual singer!

At first, he was very motivated.

There were many clues and plenty of time.

But it was okay the first time.

The second time, the third time, the fourth time...

He came back empty - handed every time.

What made his heart even colder was that after every failure, the clues he had originally found...

Those posts, screenshots, and discussions would completely disappear, just like that email before.

Not even the browsing history could be found.

It was as if...

There was something that would remove the signposts one by one every time he got closer.

His mood, which was initially excited and optimistic when he found clues, began to become more and more depressed.

After every failure, when he got home, he would hug Liguang's small figurine...

And sit on the sofa for a long, long time.

Then he would get up and go to the kitchen, boil a pot of water, and rummage through the cabinets for tea leaves.

The tea leaves were not of good quality. He just bought them casually at the supermarket downstairs.

He would pinch a handful and throw it into a cup, then pick up the kettle and pour water into the cup.

The water temperature was never 52 degrees.

He couldn't control the temperature of the tea as precisely as Liguang.

But he would still carry this cup of tea back to the sofa, sit down, and look at the small figurine quietly kneeling on the coffee table...

Then he would reach out and gently flip the switch on the back of her neck.

"Click."

The red pupils lit up.

"Master, your tea."

"The temperature has been adjusted to your favorite 52 degrees Celsius."

Fang Qi picked up the cup of tea and took a sip.

It was a bit hot.

He blew on the steam from the cup and then leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes.

In his ears, Liguang's voice still lingered.

In this world where there were no longer any traces of Liguang, only this small figurine would talk to him in such a voice.

As long as he could still hear this sentence...

He could still hold on for one more day.

The tea wasn't 52 degrees.

But just hearing that voice was enough for him to keep going.