Chapter 1151 Chance Encounter
Game Time AM05:27
Academy City, Outer Ring District, Xiangyang Trail
“Huh, I finally caught up.”
Walking hurriedly on the path back, Mo Tan, who had barely rested since an hour ago, breathed a long sigh of relief. He looked up at the starry sky that was gradually becoming thinner, and there was an unconcealable trace in his eyes. uneasiness.
To be honest, at this moment, he didn't really agree with his hasty decision not long ago.
The reason is simple. Just as I thought when my personality was 'Absolutely Neutral', even if this kind of impulsive decision succeeds, it is just a delay that cannot even cure the symptoms.
Just prolong the fragile balance between Yuchen and himself a little longer.
It is true that that feeling can indeed be called 'happiness', but it is just an illusion. As the person involved, Mo Tan can fully understand 'his' mood, but it will not waver. The ending is already determined.
Mo Tan can't be with Yuchen. In fact, he can't be with any girl at all.
This is unavoidable, and any so-called struggle is all self-deception.
But there is no way. After all, the person who chooses to deceive himself is 'self'.
So all I can do now is to try my best to make this meeting that may happen at any time as seamless as possible, and try my best to stifle any accidents that may cause extreme consequences.
To be honest, this is not an easy task...
It is true that Cole Schulun, who has been with me for a long time, is very good, even if he is not very good at acting. In terms of aspects, it is enough to crush many popular artists in the past who are not as expressive as a marmot, can cry for half an hour if their skin is broken, and whose line skills and acting skills are not as good as that of a parrot. But after all, he is just an NPC, a person with a world view and a A completely different NPC from ordinary players.
Feiyali, who has been trying to understand people from other worlds and has begun to achieve results, will be frustrated when she is crushed by 'herself' due to the dimensional difference during chats, let alone someone like Cole, who she has not deliberately taught them knowledge about other worlds before. of locals.
With such huge differences in world views, it is extremely difficult for an ordinary outsider to understand what a smartphone is, let alone learn and use it in chat.
In addition, there are chat channels, interpersonal relationships in the real world, and various other 'points' where problems are likely to occur. No matter where a problem occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable.
In reality, there is still an Idong who can help provide cover, but there is no such thing in the game. So Zombie is too busy now, and he doesn't even dare to enter the city during this sensitive period.
In fact, if it weren't for the help of the Rice brothers to solve the most troublesome tail link, Cole wouldn't even be able to impersonate the character of 'Mo', which would be completely hellish.
After all, pretending to be an ordinary player who only knows Ji Xiaoge and a few NPC friends is completely different from pretending to be 'Mo Tan', an acquaintance who is very familiar with Ji Xiaoge and Yu Chen in reality and has countless topics to talk about. a concept.
And in terms of personality, although Ji Xiaoge is also a smart and good girl, no matter what kind of personality Mo Tan is, she unanimously feels that Cole will be criticized 90% of the time if he pretends to be 'Black Fan' Chen noticed the clues.
In fact, not to mention Cole, even Mo Tan himself, shortly after his personality changed during several offline gatherings, Yu Chen would show confusion, although it was just 'confusion' 'That's all, but that's definitely not a good sign.
This is Mo Tan playing himself!
In other words, no matter how perceptive a girl is, it will be difficult to detect a mental problem, but impostering is not so easy to get away with.
Mo Tan has done the best he can.
He instilled in Cole all the issues in his concept that might be mentioned in that 'small gathering', and he asked the Rice brothers to customize it so that it could be perfect in conjunction with the [Hundreds of Conditions] To recreate the character of 'Mo', he did everything he could to lay the groundwork.
Under Evie's operation, Futaba and Diana's time will be tight during this period, and Harlequin Card can also help transfer [Hundred States].
And when the time comes, I will appear in that small gathering as ‘Hei Fan’, and I will also try my best to assist.
The rest is left to fate.
[So tired...]
Stretching out tiredly, Mo Tan shook his head with a wry smile, his whole body was full of emotions.
But in the next second——
Whoosh! ! !
Suddenly, a piercing sound came from behind Mo Tan.
Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Tan twisted sideways almost as soon as he heard the sound, pulled out the [Justice Mandala] from his waist with his backhand, and struck the attacker who suddenly touched his back with a thundering force.
Not long after arriving in Academy City, he discovered that someone was watching him. Later, even Yaya was targeted by someone who controlled the [Wang Chong]. Mo Tan has almost never neglected his vigilance during this time. , especially when he was walking alone at night, although he could not calm down, he calmly reacted immediately.
"Oh!"
A cry of surprise suddenly came from the darkness, and the figure reflected in Mo Tan's vertical pupils staggered on the spot, narrowly avoiding his eyes again and again. For some reason, the momentum of the sword was suddenly blocked, and after a brief pause, he continued to rush forward with all his strength.
[Crane Moon] was activated. Faced with the attacker's unorganized swoop, Mo Tan, who felt a little confused, easily avoided the figure, but he did not take the opportunity to draw his sword again. Instead, he used his own With his free left hand, he pushed lightly on the opponent's back...
Bang! ! !
The woman wearing light armor fell to the ground in a very unseemly posture, and because she was wearing a short skirt, she perfectly achieved a textbook exposure.
Mo Tan, out of gentlemanly demeanor, subconsciously turned his head away even though he was under the cover of night. Of course, it didn’t matter even if he didn’t look back, because the system had already been there the moment the person fell. Pasted the mosaic.
“What a chance!”
But when he saw the woman on the ground let out a clear cry, a carp jumped up on the spot, holding the sack in his hand high and rushed towards Mo Tan for the third time. , and shouted at the same time: "Ajiong! Ancient tree! Come up together!"
"No."
A unmotivated male voice sounded from not far away, and his tone was full of pain: "I beg you, can we not go crazy, can't you see They are giving in... Hey! Gushu, what are you doing!"
"Follow the leader's order."
Another voice sounded very clear, followed by A twisted wind blade swirled from a short distance away, accurately blocking Mo Tan's avoidance angle.
In desperation, Mo Tan could only stay put, stretched out his leg and kicked the toe of the girl who was holding the sack high.
A very, very light blow.
Then... bang!
That's right, the girl fell down again, but this time she didn't choke on the dog. Instead, she rolled around on the ground for half a circle and sat down like a duck, pointing at Mo Tan angrily. He shouted: "Damn it! You despicable and shameless villain, why don't you just catch me now!"
Mo Tan: "..."
"I'm really convinced."
The first male voice sounded like his egg was about to burst, and he suggested to the other people in the darkness: "How about we go back?"
"Haha."
The second one The male voice smiled, obviously not planning to leave.
"Qiuyue, please stop making trouble..."
Then another weak-sounding female voice came, tremblingly saying: "This is really not good!"
"I think it's not this person."
A fourth very calm voice sounded, clear and indifferent, but with almost no emotion at all.
"I knew it..."
Almost as soon as the sack woman in front of him started shouting, he reacted. Mo Tan, who had perfectly guessed the identity of the other party, retracted his sword with a wry smile. In the sheath, he bent down and stretched out his right hand to the girl: "Long time no see, Captain Qiuyue, do you still remember me?"
"Ah?"
The beautiful girl, less than 160 centimeters tall, with a refreshing single ponytail and long eyelashes and big eyes, was stunned for a moment. She subconsciously grabbed Mo Tan's hand and stood up. She looked at the latter for a while before saying in confusion. : "Who are you?"
"Mo, Mo from the Wangwang team."
Mo Tan shrugged helplessly, and then met the girl named Qiuyue in front of him who still didn't react at all. In order to come over, he added: "We met near Craftsman Town not long ago, and we resisted powerful robbers together. Do you have any impressions?"
"Ah!"
The leader of the group who loves to join in the fun, a girl named Qiuyue in the game immediately clapped her hands hard: "Where are you bastard?" "..."
It was Mo Tan who was stunned for a moment in front of the other party's brain circuit that was almost dancing. He reacted for about two seconds before replying with a chuckle: "Wang Badan and the other guys like me were stunned for a moment. A friend is also in Academy City."
"Oh, why don't you take such a good bastard with you?"
"Uh...it's too late, it's not convenient... "
"Then you still want that bastard? Don't give it to me!"
"This...although that guy is indeed a bit despised, I still don't plan to give it away for now."
"I'll trade it with you for pomegranates. Do you know pomegranates? They're pretty good-looking. , and the breasts are so big!"
"Please forgive me for refusing."
"Hey, you are so stubborn."
"Sorry... …”
"Then why did you kill Akira?"
"Huh?"
"Ask you! Why did you kill Akira? Does she owe you money?"< br>
“No…”
“Why did you kill her when I didn’t owe you any money? She was such a weak little girl!”
"..."
Mo Tan was speechless, speechless in the literal sense. He felt that there must have been some misunderstandings between himself and the leader of Qiuyue that ordinary people could not understand, and from the other party's messy and fragmented Analyzing it in terms of words, even though my eloquence is pretty good, I can explain it clearly in a short while.
So, he turned his attention to asking for help——
“Enough is enough, you idiot!!”
He is also a member of the group who loves to join in the fun, and he looks ordinary. , with an ordinary figure and ordinary equipment, Mo Tan remembered that it was a young man named Smith who strode over, locked Qiu Yue's hands from behind, and said angrily: "Can you please stop being embarrassed!"
"Let go! You handyman!"
Qiuyue was furious and immediately began to struggle violently: "I am the leader, you can't do this to me!"
With this At the same time, three other people also walked out of the darkness.
A member named Gu Shu, a handsome guy with long brown hair and slender eyes and squinting eyes, bowed elegantly to Mo Tan: "It seems to be a misunderstanding."
"Yes. ...Sorry!”
The chestnut-haired girl named Pomegranate, who had a cute appearance and a great figure, bowed at 90 degrees and apologized to Mo Tan with a red face.
"..."
The little girl with fair skin, walking at the back, glanced at Mo Tan calmly and said nothing. This is Ming who loves to join in the fun. Sakaki.
"So what happened?"
Mo Tan first picked up a handful of pomegranates, whose bows had gradually increased to 180 degrees, and then looked at the direction where it seemed easier to communicate. Smith asked curiously: "What is the killing that Captain Qiuyue just mentioned..."
"Ming Sakaki was killed."
Smith, who knew the identity of Mo Tan's player, did not hide it. He sighed, and while tightly restraining Qiu Yue, who was still struggling, he said dryly: "Just a few hours ago, when we were having dinner, Akira, who was out for a walk, suddenly sent us a message saying that he had been killed and that he had just rebuilt his character and might have to come back later."
Mo Tan: "Huh?"
"It seems that he was suddenly attacked while walking on the road."
The ancient tree nodded slightly and added: "The location is nearby, she We were sent back to the login space without seeing the murderer clearly, but we were very lucky. Not only was the race that was randomly selected again still human, but the refresh location was also near Academy City. It only took more than an hour to rejoin us. ”
Shiliu also nodded and said timidly: "Then Qiuyue said she would come here to hide the murderer... Ajiong... ah! It was Smith who failed to stop her, and finally everyone came out together, and then... ugh! I'm sorry!"
Another ninety-degree bow.
Mo Tan realized it at that time.
"Then you saw me."
He scratched his hair and smiled bitterly: "Sorry, I walked all the way from there and didn't see anyone suspicious. ”
"You yourself are a suspicious person! You may have killed Ming Sakaki! Even the murderer would not say that he is the murderer!"
"Uh...but it's definitely not me."
"No. If you say so, why are you wandering around in such a deserted place!"
"..."
"Speak! Are you feeling guilty?"
"I...lost."
"Ha! I knew it was you!"
Hearing Mo Tan's perfunctory explanation, Qiu Yue suddenly became energetic.
Smith also cast a look at him at the same time, saying, "Brother, why don't you make up a reasonable excuse?"
Mo Tan is so uncomfortable.
He also wanted to come up with a good reason, but he was really lost just now. He couldn't lie!
Fortunately, the person involved stepped up to the rescue.
“It’s not him.”
Aki Sakaki said firmly and expressionlessly.
“Why?”
Qiuyue was puzzled.
"Because..."
Aki Sakaki frowned and was silent for about half a minute...
"He is a good person?"
Mo Tan: "..."
Other members of the group who love to join in the fun: "..."
Chapter 1144: The End
(End of this chapter)