"Host--"
Upon restarting from hibernation and seeing the scene before it, the system instinctively screamed.
Willy rubbed his ears, which had been bothered by the noise, and calmly said:
"What's wrong?"
"You, you, how did you get locked up?"
"Isn't that why I can move around freely?"
He was lazily sprawled on the table, blowing on the hot milk in his cup, watching the tiny ripples and swirls, and a smile curled at the corners of his mouth with amusement.
Across from him, Chu Lai stared blankly, clearly wanting to take a bite of the toast in his hand, but instead bit into the plastic bag that was wrapped around it and spat it out.
The system's gaze followed the chains on Vili's wrist and finally landed on Chu Lai.
The system gasped.
"I knew it, this guy had bad intentions!"
Yesterday, it saw Chu Lai bring Vili back to the hotel, and then the screen inexplicably went black. It initially thought it was because its host was asleep and had lost contact, but it never expected…
I never expected to see this scene the very next day!
"Host, wait for me, I'm coming to save you!"
The little bird flew in from the outside world, but was blocked by the floor-to-ceiling glass window, and could only angrily peck at the window.
"..."
Chu Lai's attention was drawn to the thumping sound. He saw the familiar blue feathers, paused for a moment, then got up and drew the curtains of the coffee shop.
"The morning sunlight is quite dazzling."
He remained calm in the face of Willy's gaze.
Willy recalled the thick, dark clouds he saw when he left the hotel and felt that the person in front of him was getting increasingly shameless.
He shook his head and gently tapped the glass beside him.
In an instant, the hard, transparent window transformed into a soft curtain of water, and Il rushed in, bumping straight into Chu Lai's arm.
It was dizzy, but still remembered its purpose. It decisively shook its body, splashing all the water on Chu Lai.
"..."
Chu Lai, however, simply looked at the floor-to-ceiling window that had returned to its original state, and cautiously reached out a finger to confirm its existence.
A moment later, he stopped what he was doing and lowered his eyes with an unreadable expression.
Il shook off the water and skipped back to Vili's side.
"Host, what's wrong with him?"
He looked a bit lost and dejected.
"Perhaps he finally realized that things weren't always under his control."
The hot milk had cooled down, and Vili drank it all in one gulp.
The chains made of data may bind the NPC Vili, but they cannot stop the great magician Vili's steps.
Treating it as an interlude in a game, Willie casually twirled the jingling ornaments on his wrist with his fingers.
"clang--"
The distant bells rang; it was now twelve o'clock.
Vili stood up.
"Let's go, the items should have already respawned in the tower."
"……Um."
Following the boy's pace, Chu Lai responded with a muffled sound.
The tower that chimes every hour on the hour is the most prominent building in Crimson Town. Although it is only four stories high, standing on the top is enough to overlook the entire town.
Stepping onto the spiraling, decaying wooden staircase, each step creaked underfoot, as if one might accidentally fall into an abyss at any moment.
The tower's walls are made of irregularly shaped stones stacked together, with strange symbols printed on them. Staring at them for too long can make you feel dizzy for no reason, and you can vaguely see red liquid seeping out from the cracks in the stones, but when you look again, there is nothing there.
In the middle of each floor, there is a platform for people to rest briefly, which can only accommodate three or four people standing. The corners are covered with cobwebs, indicating that no one has been here for a long time.
"Wife, if you're scared, just hold my hand..."
Before Chu Lai could finish speaking, he saw Vili ignore the danger beneath his feet and quickly walk up to the next floor, where he was holding onto the handrail and looking down.
"What did you say?"
"..."
"I told you I was scared, honey, wait for me."
Chu Lai took three steps in one step and strode after him.
What should have been a three- or four-minute journey, they covered in just one minute.
The top of the tower is a wide observation deck with a huge clock tower in the center, which is shrouded in mist and appears and disappears intermittently.
The instant they stood still, a deafening roar of thunder echoed through the sky. Vili looked up and saw flashes of lightning streaking across the heavens, reflecting in his eyes, sometimes bright, sometimes dim.
It's about to rain.
In such weather, piercing through the thick fog, Willy looked down at the town's streets and couldn't find a single person.
Meanwhile, Chu Lai had already strode over to Zhong Ling and stretched out his arm to rummage through something inside.
As a child, he came to Willy's side with a stone the size of a child's palm in his hand and handed it to him.
However, just as Willy's fingers touched the stone, he suddenly closed his palms and gripped the boy's hand tightly as well.
Even as he made this gesture, his gaze remained fixed on Willy's face.
"Honey, aren't you going to reward me?"
As he spoke, his gaze gradually descended, lingering on the collar of Vili's collar.
“I don’t think this chain should be tied around your wrist.”
Vili snorted coldly, forcefully breaking free from Chu Lai's grasp, and at the same time took out the stone.
"—It should be tied around your neck."
"You little bastard."
After being scolded like that, Chu Lai stood there stunned. The next second, his face flushed, his body trembled slightly, and his heart raced.
His eyes were filled with fervent joy, almost to the point of obsession.
"Honey, do you want me to do this?"
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