When Demon King Ship crossed over to the First World, Mejiro McQueen also received a notification from the system.
'Sigh...'
What in the world is going on with that girl? Why did she cross over again so soon? Has the plot advanced? It must be known that most of the system's functions were currently unusable because that girl was in the middle of the story mode.
"Teacher, I have something to do and need to leave temporarily. Please allow me to apply for early leave."
Mejiro McQueen, who was in class, had to ask for leave from her teacher. She left the classroom, preparing to head to the First World. For Mejiro McQueen, who was currently in a semi-retired state, attending class wasn't actually mandatory anymore. However, if she had nothing else to do, she usually ensured she attended daily classes like an ordinary student.
Leaving the classroom, Mejiro McQueen returned to her dorm room. She opened the door from the inside, and in the next moment, she was back in the small room within the system space. Then, she opened another door from there to enter the First World. This was a necessary procedure; she had to use the system space as a relay station to travel to other worlds. She had no idea how Gold Ship managed to achieve physical crossover from the other world, and the system lacked the intelligence to answer her question.
She currently had three permanent locations she could travel to:
The gate of Tracen Academy.
[Mejiro McQueen]'s dorm room.
A race venue.
If she chose the third option, she could select a specific spot within the venue. This was why she had been able to appear at the Japan Cup last time without a ticket. Without a ticket, entering a G1 race venue would normally be impossible, but before the mighty power of the system, fare evasion was the easiest thing in the world.
And when other characters appeared in this world, a fourth option would appear: crossing over to a location near the other character.
Thus, Mejiro McQueen arrived in the First World once again.
She appeared in an unmanned corner and saw the practice race between Gold Ship and this world's "Protagonist Team."
Honestly speaking, seeing Demon King Ship using "gating" (debuff) skills as her running style again made McQueen feel very complicated.
Although she admitted she had learned a gating skill back then out of curiosity, she remembered that the character card Gold Ship used initially only had one gating skill: [Passionate Gaze (Gold)]. She hadn't expected Gold Ship to achieve something she hadn't been able to do previously: comprehending brand new skills within the story mode. But... why did it have to be gating skills?
'According to the manual, although it is a reincarnation, the soul separated at the beginning was indeed myself. And when the story starts, my memories are supposed to awaken. So why did she turn into a "Gate Horse"?'
Mejiro McQueen couldn't understand why Gold Ship had grown up this way. Although the body and new life experiences would indeed have a certain influence on the formation of personality due to reincarnation, she really didn't think that bit of influence could change a person this much.
In that Gold Ship, she could no longer see a single trace of "herself."
'Should I make contact with her?'
Now that the moment was here, Mejiro McQueen began to hesitate again.
She was indeed curious about Gold Ship's situation, but looking at that Demon King-like Gold Ship, she felt an immense sense of unfamiliarity. Was that girl really not possessed by something?
It wasn't that she wanted to doubt the system; the problem was that Gold Ship really didn't look like her at all.
Even though the image had changed and she wasn't looking like the "Alien Weird Horse" anymore, in a sense, she sensed something just as troublesome as the Alien Weird Horse in that Gold Ship.
'Even her domain is purely for gating. What is wrong with that girl?'
McQueen didn't think of herself as someone who liked to interfere with an opponent's condition; she didn't even have the slightest inclination towards it. The only reason she learned a gating skill when training Gold Ship's character card was purely because that girl's body and her own mind were too mismatched. To ensure she could beat the robots, she learned one gating skill.
So, she completely couldn't understand why a character card that started with only one gating skill would evolve into a "Grand Gate Horse" on its own after entering the story mode. Besides, the character Gold Ship wasn't particularly suited for gating skills either, right?
The more she thought about it, the more suspicious she became.
Was this character really not possessed?
While Mejiro McQueen was still hesitating, Gold Ship finished the race with the Protagonist Team and left with them.
She sighed.
'I thought clearing the story mode would be a good start, but I feel like things are getting troublesome.'
Although she hadn't made contact with that Gold Ship yet, she could tell at a glance that the girl was a trouble magnet.
And the fact that her personality was perverse and unruly was almost set in stone.
'Maybe I should wait until she clears the story mode before making contact.'
She felt that this girl, just like the Gold Ship (Eye) in her world, would be someone very annoying.
This was a warning from her intuition. Although this feeling wasn't always reliable, honestly, she had felt this strong premonition back when she saw that the next unlocked character was Gold Ship.
If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't change the newly unlocked character, she really wouldn't have wanted to unlock Gold Ship.
While Mejiro McQueen was sighing...
Nice Nature, who had finished training and was planning to return to the dorms, saw her figure.
"Eh? McQueen, weren't you just..."
Nice Nature wanted to say, weren't you just going to the cafeteria with the team?
But when she saw Mejiro McQueen's cold, sharp gaze, she immediately realized this wasn't the [McQueen] she knew.
"Are you... the McQueen from the other world?"
Although the appearance was the same and she was just wearing the Tracen Academy uniform, the difference in temperament allowed one to distinguish them. This Mejiro McQueen and that [Mejiro McQueen] were completely different people.
Mejiro McQueen nodded.
"Yes. Could you please not spread the word about my arrival here?"
She didn't want to attract too much attention right now.
As for why she didn't disguise herself? There wasn't much need.
As long as she didn't appear in close proximity to [Mejiro McQueen], ordinary people couldn't tell the difference between them.
The reason Nice Nature could tell was that [Mejiro McQueen] had just left moments ago, and Nice Nature's team was very familiar with the Protagonist Team.
Hearing Mejiro McQueen's request, Nice Nature thought for a moment and agreed.
Because she felt Mejiro McQueen wasn't a bad person.
Unlike that Demon King, although Mejiro McQueen had a cold temperament, her first impression wasn't that dangerous.
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