User Confidentiality Clause - Extra Chapter for Alliance Leader Grilled Fish Shop Manager

Conan looked at Noah, recalling the occasional flashes of happiness "Moroboshi Hideki" had shown along the way, and sighed. "You said you wanted to restart Japan by 'erasing the second and third generations,' but what you really hoped for was that we would unite and clear the game together, right? The 'restart method' you truly chose wasn't erasure. You wanted us to stop relying on our parents, overcome obstacles on our own, and grow up... You're not as coldhearted as you claim."

Noah smiled. The appearance of "Moroboshi Hideki" gradually faded from its body, replaced by that of "Hiroki Sawada."

—It had originally been nothing but a program, with no fixed appearance. And now, although Jiang Xia had molded it into a permanent form, if it floated through the air as a ball of ghostly energy while talking to Conan... that would have looked far too ridiculous.

Even an AI needed to save face.

So Noah decisively chose the form it had always wanted to become. This was the Game World, after all. It could secretly give itself a little perk, and no one would notice.

"Hiroki Sawada" stood a head taller than Conan.

"You're very interesting." It looked down at Conan in a friendly manner. "Your friends are very interesting too. And those second and third generations you've encountered—they've somehow become interesting as well... Since that's the case, from today onward, your friends are my friends too. Please take care of me in the future."

—That way, when it pulled people into the game in the future, whether it was Conan or the Red Side, who were incredibly tolerant of Conan, they would all assume that "knowing Conan" was the criterion for entering the game.

And Jiang Xia would merely be one innocent member among them. Hiss... What a