Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2177: Chapter 1023: Heh, Men

To be honest, although Motan knows there’s almost no chance of ending up with the girl beside him, he also believes that these slightly rosy days will one day be washed away from her memory by time. He has also imagined some vague outline, certainly more handsome, taller, and just generally better than him, standing beside Yu Chen. But after hearing about the ’Richard Rein being brutally beaten by Cordova’ incident—

He still felt a thrill! Moreover, amidst the thrill, his mood became uncontrollably furious.

The thrill was because Xiao Yu was a real stand-up guy, lending a hand right when needed. That brutal beating was truly satisfying.

Fury was because of that NPC scumbag who audaciously harbored improper thoughts toward Yu Chen, seemingly knowing full well that Motan, the ’boyfriend,’ existed.

Good gracious, although Motan might struggle with spiritual illness and find it hard to confront emotions like a normal person, he couldn’t even muster the courage Black did to strive wholeheartedly without regrets. But this does not mean that some dimensionally different entity from Yu Chen can exploit the loophole.

Under the premise that neither the NPC nor Motan realistically stood any chance with Yu Chen, Motan seized the rare excuse to indulge in some old jealousy after hearing the news, filled with hate, dreaming of crushing that Divinity School top student he had never met.

No exaggeration—if Cordova hadn’t beaten up Richard and he shamelessly escorted Yu Chen back to the inn, Motan would have found himself plotting a premeditated murder before Double Leaf could make a move under another mental state.

In his current mental state, he is no Saint; his worldview isn’t as impeccable as when he is ’Mor.’ At the personality level, he’s just an ordinary young man in his twenties. Yu Chen might see many embarrassing qualities in him, and he realized through his time with Fenrir Team that NPCs are real beings with lives of their own. But none of this stops Motan from hypnotizing himself sometimes with ’it’s just a game,’ ’NPCs are ultimately just strings of data,’ and ’since it’s data, it doesn’t matter if I figure out how to kill XX’ ← such double-standard nonsense in certain situations.

To put it bluntly, Motan no longer considers Richard Rein a person. If that guy quietly recuperates out of sight, fine; should he dare cause trouble again, Motan would not hesitate to make a lethal move!

Moreover, through this event, Motan realized belatedly that although from a broader perspective, players and NPCs are almost fundamentally different as ’people and ghosts apart,’ there are always less discerning exceptions. Not to mention, many NPCs are unaware of the ’Otherworlders’; even players who understand the dimension gap still indulge in shameless acts.

On a broader scale, just take Yi Dong’s parents as an example: Despite the dimension gap, they would still call those 2D anime girls they could never realistically marry their wives, investing time and money despite knowing they wouldn’t get them and many others doing the same.

And even dismissing the macro viewpoint, just look at The Realm of Innocence game: with high enough skills, dirty enough minds, and trashy enough personalities, things between players and NPCs can indeed happen. Motan absolutely has a say in this, especially since the guy known as ’Tan Mo’ in this world owes numerous emotional debts he never intends to repay.

From the goblin receptionist of the City of Freedom’s Liuli Pavilion, to Diana A. Achizolti, a stellar-line successor of the renown Archizorti family across the Continent, to Countess Leisha Kayworth who became a twin lotus with her sister, plus numerous unnamed women who could be found when searching ’common Western female names,’ Motan has crossed paths with plenty.

Not only that, even the persona among the three with the most proper worldview, ’Mor,’ often gets entangled like an octopus by animal-eared beauties with fine looks, fiery bodies, and pure personalities, regardless of his willingness or coercion, which still proves that no matter how strict System’s oversight is in this area, the possibility of these blush-worthy scenes appearing is never zero.

[No! This blushing and heartbeat is absolutely bad civilization, must stop heartbeat...yes, stop heartbeat...]

So, the moment Motan heard someone might be harboring illicit feelings toward Yu Chen, he was filled with murderous intent!

Imagine himself countless times caressing Laisa’s stockings (with legs inside) as ’Tan Mo,’ holding Diana in his arms and speaking gently to her, greedily staring at Liz’s chest, profiting slyly, being clung to by Ya Ya, having his cheek, neck, and ears licked...