Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2634: Chapter 1246: Deadly Game · Acceptance (Final)

[Blank Book 2: The Road to Survival·Poison Harm Task Completed, Reward: Access to the Seventh Level of the Forbidden Book Zone, Due to Task Completion at 102%, No Additional Rewards]

After the system prompt sounded slowly, Motan lazily sat up and joined Double Leaf and the Book Spirit’s discussion.

...

"In short, that’s basically what happened after ’Maeve’ disappeared."

Motan exhaled deeply after explaining the situation and shrugged, saying: "Fourteen didn’t intend to let Haru go, and at the time, I calculated a bit. Even if I tried hard to convince him and luckily succeeded, there wouldn’t be enough time for me to escape from Duan Tou Cliff’s pursuers."

The girl squinted slightly, looked up and studied Motan for a while before twitching her mouth and saying, "So you just slit your own throat?"

"That’s right."

Motan nodded and smiled, "Actually, I’m quite afraid of pain, so no matter how I think, whether being killed directly by Fourteen or by Duan Tou Cliff’s pursuers, I probably wouldn’t die comfortably. So I might as well just give myself a quick end."

Double Leaf rolled her eyes and teased, "I really don’t know if you’re cowardly or brave."

Motan laughed, without hesitation, "Are you kidding? I’m super cowardly."

"Not my problem."

Double Leaf huffed and elbowed him, "Even if you’re bound to die sooner or later, can’t you ask a few more questions?"

"Hmm..."

Motan inadvertently moved his gaze away and didn’t say anything.

"Or besides the nonsense like ’reducing unnecessary pain’..."

Double Leaf didn’t ignore Frank Hughes’s oddity and immediately pursued, "Do you have any other reasons?"

Surprisingly, the latter nodded readily and whispered, "Probably."

"Eh?"

The girl instinctively widened her eyes and asked curiously, "What is it?"

"It’s not convenient to say now."

Motan awkwardly touched the tip of his nose and said, "I’ll tell you later, okay?"

Double Leaf frowned, about to say something, but then a hint of unusual color flashed in her eyes, and surprisingly, she gave up pursuing, then unhappily changed the topic: "Alright, anyway, I didn’t have much hope in you. Those characters in the story have nothing to do with me."

Motan immediately sighed in relief, looking much relaxed, and then turned to the Book Spirit, asking, "Well, Mr. Book Spirit, I actually have a few questions I want to ask, uh, if it’s convenient for you."

The Book Spirit sitting at the table nodded slightly, "Please speak."

"Thank you."

Motan smiled warmly and then directly asked, "I want to know why you didn’t let me board the [Massacre Ship]."

"That’s because he also doesn’t know what would happen after Fourteen and his crew set sail, couldn’t invent it, I just asked him."

Double Leaf lazily answered before the Book Spirit could speak.

"Uh... I see..."

Motan was taken aback, then smiled and nodded at Double Leaf, and then asked the Book Spirit, "So, I also want to know the reason why ’Maeve Xiangluan’ played by Double Leaf disappeared, is it because of..."

"No pain Divine Punishment."

Double Leaf interjected again with a dry laugh, "I just asked that as well."

Motan blinked, then looked at the Book Spirit, and after the latter nodded slightly indicating ’that’s how it is’, he simply laughed bitterly and directly asked Double Leaf, "Okay, then in real history, Maeve Xiangluan and Haru Kuttata, those two..."

"Maeve Xiangluan’s ending seems to be the same as mine, also killed by Divine Punishment on the coast."

Double Leaf answered lightly, then shrugged, "I also asked about Haru Kuttata, but he probably died."

This was when Motan finally turned to the Book Spirit, who finally had a question to answer, but the latter’s expression had always been calm, even while being rudely cut off by Double Leaf time and again remained extraordinarily calm.

"Haru Kuttata didn’t board the Massacre Ship, perhaps because he didn’t demonstrate the value that you, Frank Hughes, displayed."

The Book Spirit smiled and nodded at Motan, then said softly, "Of course, he indeed didn’t survive. According to Mr. Kutton’s memory, Haru was seriously injured during his escape, not fatal, but it still prevented him from evading Grey Lizard Hunting. In fact, that [King of Medicine’s Poison] firmly insisted on staying behind alone after realizing the situation and was brutally killed after securing sufficient time."

Until just now, Frank, who was Haru Kuttata, seemed a bit dejected, fell silent for a while before softly saying, "That’s really unfortunate... but at least he fulfilled his wish."

"So there’s nothing unfortunate to feel, sentimental little Frank."

Double Leaf mocked Motan in a teasingly kind tone, then lazily said to the Book Spirit, "Oh right, I suddenly remembered, according to your standards, Book Spirit, just what do we have to achieve to get 200 points? That is, the most perfect ending for Maeve and Haru."

As if anticipating Double Leaf would ask this question, the Book Spirit responded almost instantly as her words finished, "Kill Fourteen, recruit everyone, and become the new owner of that ship."