Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2148: Chapter 1009: Out of Breath

It’s quite awkward...

Under Ji Xiaodao’s somewhat pressuring gaze, Motan, who didn’t possess the troublesome skill of [Knight Spirit - Honesty] outside of the game, eventually nodded with difficulty, thus accepting the other’s request.

"Thanks."

The girl nodded slightly. As she moved back towards Summer Rain Lotus who was enjoying the sun, she said without turning her head: "You can go for your morning run now. Stay safe on the road."

"Ah... thank you..."

Motan twitched the corner of his mouth and sighed deeply in his heart, then quickly left the animal corner of the community to start his morning run, which he would inevitably do if he switched to the ’Orderly Good’ persona before 9 AM.

Although objectively speaking, he was definitely a homebody, Motan generally spent about a third of his day quite disciplined, so even though he couldn’t compare to prodigies like Jadka or stand alongside the handsome big guys like Cui Xiaoyu and Wanyang, his physical fitness wasn’t bad either. He could easily manage three of those seemingly energetic guys like Yi Dong, who would start panting after just two kilometers.

By the way, under most circumstances, Motan in his current persona didn’t view physical exercise as a burden or a task like many others. In fact, at least in the ’Orderly Good’ persona, he really enjoyed morning runs and other aerobic exercises beneficial to physical and mental health, especially the moment of showering after warming up his body—it was one of the few addictive things under this persona.

Of course, since this wasn’t ’most circumstances’, the troubled Motan, despite having a handsome running posture and quick movements, wasn’t in a good mood...

The reason was naturally because of Ji Xiaodao’s recent request regarding ’Motan’, which was to say the game character ’Hei Fan’. Truth be told, this seemingly effortless task had made him feel rather uneasy.

Observing someone’s character and personality? No problem, Motan was confident in his judgment.

Being scrutinized by someone? No problem, Motan was confident in his character.

But! The issue was with the situation itself! Ji Xiaoge was excited to have her good friend ’Mor’ from the game meet her good friend ’Motan’ in reality, and adding Ji Xiaodao’s intention for ’Motan’ to scrutinize the half-dragon player beside her sister, who although suspected was probably already deemed as having ill intentions...

[I kind of want to die.]

Using the towel around his neck to wipe his sweat (cold sweat), Motan casually switched off the morning run divine melody on his smart kid’s watch, took off his earphones, and sighed deeply, sitting on a nearby bench, clutching his side.

That’s right, due to his ongoing worries, Motan lost control of his breathing rhythm and amusingly ended up with a stitch from running.

"Everything’s going wrong... everything’s going wrong..."

He chuckled bitterly twice while gently rubbing his side, trying to reflect on his impulsive actions last night, namely talking privately with Fyari.

In fact, from any angle, doing nothing would be the wisest course of action for someone like ’Motan’. After all, in the Academy City during the exchange meeting, with all characters including ’Hei Fan’, ’Tan Mo’, and ’Mor’ gathered in one place, avoiding interaction between them was definitely the smartest choice.

The reason is simple: with all three characters being Motan, theoretically, ’meeting’ wasn’t feasible, and forcibly making it happen would inevitably lead to numerous flaws, some fatal, some non-fatal, but the one certainty is that challenging these issues cannot possibly lead to any positive outcomes—the results would be just ’bad’, ’very bad’, ’extremely bad’, and ’game over’.

Logically, by doing nothing back then, he could have at least avoided a wave of risks, namely the encounter led by Yu Chen with ’Hei Fan’ and Ji Xiaoge with ’Mor’.

Due to Black’s airsickness causing a delay of several days, the Holy Church Union delegation would be busy in the upcoming days, and despite Yu Chen being the Dawn Saintess and not an official representative, it would still be hard for her to escape all those unofficial arrangements. So, although officially on vacation, she and Black wouldn’t have much leisure time in the first few days upon reaching Academy City, with events like the welcoming meeting happening continuously.

Ji Xiaoge, on the contrary, if following the original plan, the winged beauty responsible for external commerce from Craftsman Town wouldn’t have much to do in the first days before all the big shots arrived. However, after three or four days, she would likely be caught in high-frequency travels and communications, wasting a lot of time, and optimistically, she’d be busy enough that even players, despite their ability to go twenty-four hours without sleep, wouldn’t find it easy.

Thus, with Yu Chen being very busy in the initial days but relaxing afterward, and Ji Xiaoge being idle now but likely very busy in a few days, it becomes hard for them to find a good opportunity to meet.