Visiting the Exhibition

Even though it was only 8:50 in the morning, under the scorching sun, the area outside the venue was already a sea of Narukami players.

Cameras hung around their necks or phones were held in their hands, their eyes full of anticipation for the opening of this player meetup, waiting for the venue to officially open at nine o’clock.

“Hey, hey, hey! Shirui, stop!”

A voice came from the distance, and the players all turned to look.

Having some fun while queuing was always a way to pass the time.

Looking towards the source of the voice, a pink shadow brushed past them, closely followed by another figure.

Su Ran was in a panic right now.

If she had known this would happen, she would have said she wouldn’t have agreed to Yuan Shirui coming along for anything.

Because she needed to be in costume today, she had asked Winnie last night how to wear a wig and do makeup.

In the end, after hearing her out, Winnie helplessly said that she would get up early today and do everything for her, and also drive the two of them to the venue.

After Winnie left, Yuan Shirui showed a look of eagerness.

She helped Su Ran into the wheelchair.

“What’s this button?”

Standing behind Su Ran, she looked at the white button on this new wheelchair that she had never seen before and gently pressed it.

The result was Su Ran starting a hundred-meter dash outside the venue.

The matching wheelchair could actually be driven, and after Yuan Shirui pressed the button, it started running on its own.

Su Ran, holding Yuan Shirui, trembled with a mixture of fear and helplessness, the wind hitting her face and whistling in her ears.

She couldn’t turn around and press the button to make the wheelchair stop on its own, so she could only rely on Yuan Shirui to think of a way.

The final result was that before the venue opened, all the players queuing knew that there was a pink-haired girl in her own

wheelchair, wandering around outside, with a white-haired girl following behind her, looking a bit like…

“I didn’t expect you to make such big news before we even arrived, Xiao Ran.”

Qiu Feifei was also cosplaying a character from Narukami today.

Two long brown braids hung down, paired with the iconic robe and the red flower on her hat.

She held a long rifle in her hand, about the same size as Su Ran’s sniper rifle, with the muzzle in the shape of a flame—another classic character from Narukami.

The three beautiful girls standing in one spot had already made the passing players unable to walk on.

If it weren’t for the fear of disturbing the girls’ private conversation, the people around with cameras were already eager to come up and ask if they could take a photo together.

“I didn’t want to. Who told Shirui to randomly press buttons on the wheelchair?”

Su Ran was already leaning against the wheelchair, not wanting to move at all.

In the end, the wheelchair wasn’t stopped by Yuan Shirui, but stopped on its own after the battery ran out.

In the few laps she had made around the venue, almost everyone already knew her.

During the admission process, Su Ran faintly heard someone beside her pointing at her and introducing her to a friend.

“That’s her! The pink-haired beauty in cosplay, the one who couldn’t get off her wheelchair before the opening!”

Su Ran felt as if she had already experienced a social death.

“I’m sorry. I was just curious why this wheelchair had an extra button compared to the others.”

Yuan Shirui stuck out her tongue and apologized to Su Ran.

Since it had already happened, what else could Su Ran do? Of course, she could only forgive her.

“Where’s Sister Xiaodie? Weren’t we just together?”

Su Ran looked around but didn’t see Li Xiaodie.

She was cosplaying as Kanzaki Eri today.

“I didn’t expect to meet Yuan Shirui here today.”

Seeing Su Ran’s slightly surprised expression, Yuan Shirui also scratched her head.

She really didn’t expect Su Ran to know her, a small, transparent figure in the cosplay circle.

Hearing this, Su Ran couldn’t help but facepalm.

Of course she knew Yuan Shirui.

This person was a well-known newcomer in the circle and even had a large group of fangirl fans.

Even Li Xiaodie was one of her fans.

It was just that this person’s fangirl group was mostly composed of girls.

Su Ran had also been forcefully introduced to her circle by Li Xiaodie.

Regarding this person, Li Xiaodie, Su Ran also sighed helplessly.

The first time Su Ran saw her was when she had just entered this circle.

At that time, Yuan Shirui had not yet been called the “workhorse” of the circle.

Her first impression of Su Ran was that of a bold and lively beautiful girl.

After all, at that time, Yuan Shirui had directly pounced on her and kissed her.

Today, she was cosplaying the blonde, white-stockinged nun, who should have been very popular among the players.

Wherever she went, she was the focus of the players, but Su Ran had looked around twice and still hadn’t seen her.

“Oh, her. She said your accessories were a bit lacking and went to find them for you.”

Qiu Feifei skillfully twirled the long rifle in her hand, then pouted, “It’s alright, just a bit lighter than my own weapon. The workmanship of this shop is quite faithful to the original.”

“Look, Xiaodie is back!”

Just as Qiu Feifei was getting bored and about to twirl the long rifle again, Li Xiaodie ran towards the three of them in her little white shoes.

“Thank goodness, I finally found it outside the venue.”

After hearing what Qiu Feifei said, Su Ran had been a bit curious.

She was already wearing all the cosplay accessories neatly.

The wings, halo, and little apple pendant were all there.

Was there still something that wasn’t faithful enough to the original?

Li Xiaodie pulled out a white flower from somewhere and placed it on the muzzle of her sniper rifle, reinforcing it with magic essence, then nodded with satisfaction.

“That’s more like it. A single missing detail is not enough to be faithful to the character.”

Sensing the trace of magic essence Li Xiaodie used, Su Ran felt a bit strange.

‘Aren’t we not allowed to use magic essence in the city?’

“There is a detection system in the city, so you can’t use magic essence. But as long as it doesn’t reach the detectable amount, you can use it secretly.”

Seeing Su Ran’s questioning gaze, Yuan Shirui spoke up and answered her question.

Now Su Ran understood.

In other words, there was a limit to the amount of magic essence that could be used.

As long as it wasn’t exceeded, it could be used secretly, and the authorities would turn a blind eye and not pursue it.

“Alright, we’ve been waiting here long enough. Let’s hurry up and look around.”

The nearby players already had a tendency to gather.

After seeing the highly faithful cosplay of Su Ran’s group of four and hearing their love for the characters, when they went to see other cosplays, they suddenly felt a sense of blandness.

So, after making a lap around the venue, the players’ footsteps unconsciously led them back to where Su Ran was.

On the officially set up stage, a few popular cosplayers who had been invited walked out from behind the stage under the host’s introduction and greeted the audience below.

To their surprise, what should have been met with cheers was now only a handful of die-hard fans.

A question lingered in their hearts: where had the other audience members gone?

But the event still had to proceed according to the schedule, so they could only continue to wear their professional smiles and interact with the few fans below.

On the other side, at the official booth of Narukami, a large crowd of players had gathered.

They were looking at the pink-haired young girl in the wheelchair on the stage with reverence.

On the big screen, the screen in front of the young girl was being synchronized.

One incredible technique after another was presented before the players’ eyes.

“Four-star? No-damage? Clearing the Abyss? I know all these words, but why can’t I understand them when they’re combined?”

“Damn! What kind of rotation is this? How can you achieve permanent crowd control? Isn’t there supposed to be a hidden toughness bar?”

“Time-stop slash? Does this require frame-perfect switching speed?”

The techniques Su Ran displayed made countless Narukami players sigh in admiration.

Before Su Ran, they had never thought that Narukami could be played like this!