"You also think Mu Xuejian is more powerful..."
After receiving the news about his online dating partner, he immediately found an excuse and ran out. Ji Xiaoge, who rushed to the public space as soon as possible, pouted. , looking slightly depressed.
It can be seen that even though she has no desire to win and knows that she and Mu Xuejian are not comparable, she still felt a rush after hearing that Mo Tan categorically determined that the other party was stronger. Inexplicable frustration.
But she quickly regained her composure, took Mo Tan's arm and made a face: "Although I didn't think I could beat her at first!"
"You are now This result is already very good.”
Mo Tan gently touched the girl's soft hair with a seductive fragrance. While trying to calm down his mind, he looked around and said: "Starting from the top 16, no game will be easy. Although there are players like you who are more lucky, the difficulty level from this round has entered the next stage, and even in this case, the Mu Xuejian you matched is considered the best. "
Ji Xiaoge, who is not particularly sensitive to combat, flapped her wings twice and asked curiously: "You think so highly of her. Is it because of the one in Academy City?"
"There is a large part of the reason, but not entirely."
Mo Tan thought for a while and said with emotion: "Do you still remember the book she gave me at that time? "Sword Guide"? It is no exaggeration to say that that book helped me even more than the Diesel family's "Knight Development Guide" that Lao Jia gave me, even though it was Mu Xue who was a player. The sword is hand-written, but the wild ideas and understanding of the sword are very fascinating."
"Oh?"
Ji Xiaoge hugged Mo Tan's arm subconsciously and tightened, and after a brief silence, she whispered: "It's very 'fascinating'?"
"Yes, this feeling is just like my first time back then. It was the same when I read "The Birth of Tragedy". Although I think Mu Xuejian and Nietzsche are not the same type of authors, and the latter is not even an author at all, I can feel it from that "Sword Outline" To the equal weight of aesthetics, the aesthetics centered on the 'sword'."
Mo Tan smiled and said softly in an admiring tone: "That kind of exploration of the relationship between truth and aesthetics, always. It will make me indulge in it unconsciously. To be honest, the main reason why I can use [Akatsuki]'s sword form to a pretty good level now, and even have the ability to improvise 'magic changes' when using sword moves, is It’s all because the book “Sword Outline” inspired me a lot, so from a subjective point of view, I’m really optimistic about Mu Xuejian, and I’m not surprised that she will achieve good results.”
"Well, although that's true."
Ji Xiaoge pursed her lips, stood up on tiptoes, rested her chin on Mo Tan's shoulder, and asked, "So have you forgotten her next move?" I’m the opponent on the field?”
"How is that possible?"
Mo Tan laughed dumbly, shook his head and said: "I think you are already very powerful, but it's just not easy to compare with her."
Ji Xiaoge raised his eyes. , gently poked the other person's cheek: "Why don't you just tell me You will definitely be beaten by her?"
"Haha."
Mo Tan couldn't help but shook his head and smiled: "You don't plan to fight well anyway, in the top sixteen. Wouldn’t it be nice to play the role of an audience here?”
"Who..."
Ji Xiaoge pouted, suddenly grabbed Mo Tan's hair hard, and muttered: "Who didn't plan to give a good fight! I never said that!"
“Huh?”
Mo Tan was stunned for a moment, then reacted Although Ji Xiaoge has definitely made the above remarks, the problem is that she has always emphasized that the place where she does not want to continue to win is not in front of herself, but when she is with everyone in a small offline group, she was immediately frightened. Shivering, he immediately changed the subject and started talking about something else.
Ji Xiaoge also cooperated very cooperatively while holding Mo Tan's arm and strolling near the green belt at the edge of the square, while talking to the latter about all kinds of nonsense, looking as silly and happy as ever.
However, since the word 'looks' is used here, it means that even a winged beautiful girl with a cheerful personality and almost no random thoughts, her mood at this moment is not as sunny as she shows. beauty.
As for the reason, it's very simple. It can only be Mo's attitude just now.
Admittedly, Ji Xiaoge didn’t feel that her new online dating partner had any bad thoughts about Mu Xuejian. In fact, she, who had been with someone for nearly a year, knew very well that her online dating partner Ninety-nine percent of the time, the target is simply admiring the works and sword skills of the beautiful sword-mad girl.
But even so, Ji Xiaoge, who is already very sensible, can only let himself behave as cheerful and lively as usual, trying to control his emotions so as not to add extra burden to someone, but the real The mood... is actually not beautiful at all.
This is nonsense. Anyone else who listened to his [online dating partner]'s praise of his girl for nearly three minutes would probably not be happy. To be honest, Ji Xiaoge could Keeping the cheerful appearance on the surface so that Mo Tan doesn't notice the clues is already better than most love partners. After all, whoever does this kind of thing has enough reasons to lose his temper.
So here comes the question, why is Mo Tan, who is neither an idiot nor a blockhead, and whose emotional intelligence is absolutely online, and who has not been forcibly reduced to intelligence by some force that is not humane to outsiders, under the current personality that is quite sharp in all aspects? Can you find that you have made a 'gaffe'?
The reason is very simple, that is, although he knows very well that he is 'Mo' at this moment, subconsciously, he does not actually compare the current 'Mo Tan/Mo' with the previous private life in Yidong. The 'Mo Tan/Hei Fan' who was with everyone in the room was completely separated.
This is not to blame him. After all, in essence, even if he has different roles and different mental states, up to now, Mo Tan has never regarded himself as a 'black man' deep down in his heart. Brahma/Tan Mo/Mo', in other words, in his subconscious, he is always [Mo Tan].
Even if he is now under the chaotic neutral personality, he dislikes 'himself' more and more, even if he is under the absolute neutral personality, his mind is full of words, even if under the current personality, he is talking to Ji Xiaoge Juezan is dating online, but this man who has become a scumbag in terms of established facts still subconsciously feels that he is [Mo Tan].
This also leads to the fact that although he will not have any problems in the general direction, he will occasionally make some mistakes that ordinary scum would not make.
For example, it is absolutely impossible for a normal person to declare in front of his girlfriend (even an online girlfriend) that he will definitely lose in the next round without any scruples, and analyze his opponent from an appreciative perspective.
But Mo Tan’s side is a bit more subtle, because the first person who said that he definitely couldn’t beat or win was actually Ji Xiaoge, who bluntly said that he had neither ambition nor confidence in the ranking. It was still Ji Xiaoge, so in this case, he would not subconsciously feel that there was anything wrong with what he just said. After all, in a sense, he was actually following what the other party said. On this premise Next, praising Mu Xuejian could even make Ji Xiaoge feel more at ease with his loss.
But! but! !
Mo Tan ignored an important point, that is, the person who listened to these words was not Mo Tan at that moment, but Hei Fan/Mo, who was regarded as a friend by Ji Xiaoge. Tan', in other words, what he just said was definitely not problematic from the perspective of Black Brahma, but when it was said by Mo, something was... wrong.
Because Ji Xiaoge never told Mo that he had no ambitions for rankings, and even maintained a negative attitude for some reason.
What must be mentioned here is that the so-called 'some reason' is because Ji Xiaoge is afraid that if her ranking is too good, she will hurt 'Mo' who was eliminated early. After all, in her opinion, many men Although children don't say it, they actually still mind if someone they care about overpowers them in their area of expertise, and taking the initiative to let go is a taboo among taboos!
Although Mo Tan didn't care in his current mental state, Ji Xiaoge still never mentioned that he had a 'negative' attitude towards the game in order to take care of his self-esteem.
So, considering all the above situations, although both of them had good intentions, in the end, Mo Tan still had a unclear relationship with himself in such small details, which made Ji Xiaoge a little hurt. .
There is one thing to say. In many cases, the saying that "falling in love makes people stupid" is actually biased. If it is explained from a relatively more objective perspective, in fact, the so-called "becoming stupid" The main reason is that each other has too many worries and is too easy to overthink, which makes some simple things very complicated.
Just like now, it is clear that neither Mo Tan nor Ji Xiaoge is stupid, but things have become subtly complicated, and this complexity is still unilaterally complicated on Ji Xiaoge's side. After all, someone who has no consciousness at all can't I know that I am not happy because I have caused trouble to others.
After that, the two of them strolled together for about 20 minutes. Then Ji Xiaoge said that he had received a call from his sister and wanted to leave first. Mo Tan, who had originally planned to change his number and go back to watch the game, naturally He didn't have any objections, so he nodded happily and let Ji Xiaoge get off first.
Attention! Here is another question!
First of all, for Mo Tan, although he was a little reluctant to let go of the other party, but considering that 'he' would go to the same place to watch the game soon, he immediately felt relieved, so for Ji Xiaoge' I'll go first.' The reaction to this sentence is very natural, and the sentence 'Go, go, go' is said in no uncertain terms.
However, in Ji Xiaoge's eyes, the situation is that the two of them finally got tired of being together for less than half an hour, but when he reluctantly said that he wanted to leave, the other party agreed so happily. , as if it doesn’t matter if you are with me or not.
Of course, the above-mentioned emotion is actually just a vague 'tendency'. Although it looks serious when converted into words, in the heart of the person involved, it is just a little uncomfortable. After all, Ji Xiaoge really understands Mo Tan, I know very well that even if the other person is reluctant to let go, he will show it because he doesn't want to make it difficult for him.
As for Mo Tan, it can only be said that if he is just 'mo', even if he doesn't want to make things difficult for Ji Xiaoge, he can't completely hide his desire to stay with him for a while, but in his case Not just 'Mo' but 'Mo Tan', because of the hope of 'seeing her again soon', Mo Tan can completely conceal the reluctance and loss in his heart at this moment.
As a result, Ji Xiaoge, who was originally a little unhappy, felt another layer of minor unhappiness after the two separated.
But even so, she never thought about losing her temper with him. After all, apart from being a little irrational in cooking, Ji Xiaoge has always been a very 'sensible' good child. There is a slight difference between Yuchen's understanding and Gu Xiaole's tolerance and easy-going, but she will never do anything that she considers 'unreasonable'.
And this good quality is not actually an 'advantage' in some situations, because suppressing one's emotions is never the best way to solve problems, even if time can bring about it in most cases Relief, but at least during the period before relief, these negative emotions can actually affect people.
……
Game time AM10:37
Public space, Yidong’s private room
“Yo~”
Ji Xiaoge in a burst of white light Appearing in front of everyone, he smiled happily and said to everyone who turned their attention to him for the first time: "I suddenly felt a little nervous."
Hirano smacked his lips, shook his head and said, "Stop making trouble. Didn't you say before that you can't advance even if you beat yourself to death? There's nothing to be nervous about if you're looking forward to losing the game."
"Ahem, it's just that Suddenly I felt that I had reached this point, and it was not impossible to struggle a little longer. "
Ji Xiaoge shook his wings, spread his hands and said, "Then he suddenly realized that he didn't have much capital to struggle, and he started to get nervous. "
Huo Yanyang frowned and asked curiously: "Shouldn't that be called 'despair'?"
Pa——
Gu Xiaole slapped Huo Yanyang on the head and said angrily: "If you can't speak, don't speak!"
"Having said that."
Mo Tan, who changed his number first and came back Then he looked at Ji Xiaoge with some curiosity and asked: "Where is Xiaodao?"
"Xiaodao?"
Ji Xiaoge blinked in confusion and said: "Didn't I say before that Xiaodao has something to do and won't be able to come today? Ah! Mo Tan, are you trying to take advantage of Chen Chen's absence to attack my sister..."
"Stop it!"
Mo Tan, who was still a little curious about why Ji Xiaoge's words were inconsistent, suddenly trembled and said seriously: "I just think that as a sister of yours, she should come to the competition. Just take a look."
"Haha. , what’s there to watch? Anyway, I will definitely be killed by the super handsome and powerful female warrior Mu Xuejian. Watching my competition is not enough to waste time.”
“Uh...”
< br>"What's wrong? What did I say wrong?"
"No...nothing."
Chapter 2011: The End