Chapter 13
After calmly drinking a sip of water, Xizel stared at the psychological descriptions on the screen and remained silent.
He seemed to have thought about these words, but taking them out of context made them seem a little strange.
...It seems that the character has deviated from the track that was envisioned.
However, seeing the good response, he decided to include this setting as a reference for future performances.
"The boss got retaliated against?" Xizel raised his eyebrows slightly, recalling the specific situation at that time. "That's... Apple's problem."
When "Kleist's Red Apple" is triggered, there is a note saying that it "once poisoned Snow White".
He immediately deduced that this thing might be poisonous, and the boss's psychological description also included a "more powerful poison", which means that the boss's talent is also poisonous.
"Talent can be countered by those of the same attribute, and can be suppressed by higher levels." Summarizing these two possible rules, Xizel lowered his eyes slightly, tapping the table lightly with his index finger. "...It's a bit troublesome."
But now is not the time to consider talent level.
Since "Crest's Red Apple" can cause the boss to suffer a great loss, it may be that its poison is really overbearing, or it may be that the level of this ability completely suppresses the boss - in comparison, Xizel is more inclined to the former.
After all, whether this ability is a talent is still unknown.
Moreover, Snow White in the story fell down after taking just one bite of the apple. Even though she was rescued later, it shows that the apple was highly toxic.
He continued to look down.
"Wait, you don't want to die again, do you, Cesar?"
The brown-haired boy's blurt-out was perfectly captured in the comic.
And Xizel himself had no expression on his face: "..."
He just knew it.
The black-haired boy casually opened the barrage.
["Again"? "Go to hell"? I don't think Xizel and Xia Zuo have met before.]
【I feel there is a hidden plot】
[Hidden Story +1]
【Does Cesar know something? 】
[No, anyone would be surprised if someone told them they wanted to die again!]
[…You’ve all lost your focus. Notice that Xizel wasn’t talking about “Xia Zuo thinks I want to die,” but Xia Zuo’s “again.”]
[What the hell…what does this mean?]
[Foreshadowing!! This is definitely foreshadowing!!]
[Wow, I really want to know what the hidden plot is.]
Xizel: "..."
The black-haired boy was silent for a moment, then smiled slightly: "Yeah, I want to know too."
At that time, he was mainly focusing on whether the loading of the game file would expose a major problem. It turned out that comic readers were more picky about words than he thought, and the existence of barrages and forums would cause clues that were originally discovered by only one or two people to spread rapidly.
The black-haired boy sighed helplessly, his misty blue eyes harmless and hazy, and he muttered to himself softly: "It seems that next time... I have to be more careful."
After all, he was just a minor, and he was alone most of the time, so it was inevitable that he made some mistakes, but he was good at finding them, remembering them, and warning himself not to make them again.
"There's a hidden plot..." He rested his chin on one hand as he pondered, "If this is going to happen, I have to find a way to arrange it."
Moreover, it must be consistent with this scene and fill in the "foreshadowing" that emerged due to his omission.
...I always feel that the character is going in a weird direction.
For example, the following picture -
Xizel looked at his own profile in the comic calmly.
——The black-haired boy lowered his eyes slightly and looked out the window without saying a word. The weak light of the early morning cast a layer of light and shadow on him, making him look even more silent, alienated and bleak.
The point where his gaze fell was specially drawn with a frame. It was a happy family of three talking and laughing, covered with a hazy filter, as beautiful as a childhood dream.
However, when the two comic panels are combined...
Cesar:.
He could already imagine what style would come next.
He turned back calmly.
Sure enough, the next scene was that the black-haired boy silently looked away and pulled down his hood, covering most of his face. A thick shadow spread over a large area of him, as if he wanted to hide himself completely so that he could breathe in peace.
Xia Zuo, who was sitting opposite him, thought of his own experience, and his usually cheerful and optimistic temperament dimmed. He even said without any hope, "There should be fewer human experiments in the Gray Moon Zone."
“…”
The black-haired boy who had been listening to him silently from the beginning finally responded.
He raised his head slightly so that his eyes could meet his, and for a moment, light seemed to filter into his pupils—in the comics, his eyes finally seemed somewhat human, a beautiful blue in the darkness.
The black-haired boy stretched out his hand and patted the head of the person in front of him. His voice was as calm as ever, but it made people feel extremely at ease.
He said something that didn't sound like comfort: "It may not be less, but it is definitely there."
If the dialogue list is removed, some people might think he has no emotional intelligence or is deliberately poking at someone's sore spot. However, readers who have read the previous part inexplicably feel a slight pain in their hearts.
[…Will this also be a pain for César? ]
【Why is he so sure? 】
He's been there, he knows, he can empathize.
A translucent bullet screen appeared on the screen.
Xizel: “…”
Silence, silence is tonight's "Absolute Talent".
He typed silently: [Is it possible that he really just wanted to persecute Xia Zuo and pull him out of his emotions?]
Have you all forgotten about César's character?
Oh yes, he had acted quite successfully before, and everyone thought he was just a good guy in the protagonist group with a slightly sharp tongue, and he suddenly appeared from the sky, was weak and frail, and there was a 99% probability that he had a tragic life experience.
...never mind, it's a disguised way of achieving his goal. After all, he doesn't want readers to know Césaire Kleist's true nature too soon; a twist is always exciting. The current situation, embracing pity, will completely derail the public's subsequent speculation.
César decided not to touch the setting made up by the readers and joined the character improvement plan.
His setting was originally built from scratch, piecemeal. After all, it was a "setting," involving many things. In a reality with such a strong sense of freedom, he could only take his time, adapting to the situation and avoiding being passive.
"Not even a dog would believe what the Federation says."
Seeing the handsome comic boy on the screen who looked almost identical to himself say these words, the heavy atmosphere before was completely gone. Xizel couldn't help but slightly curl his eyes, feeling a little amused.
The comments were filled with "hahahahaha" and criticism of the Federation: [This tone, this wording, is worthy of you, Xizel]
The Federation can afford to build expensive levitation pods, yet the White Elephant District we see is still poor and backward.
[The authorities even shielded criminals (by not reporting the black-robed men) and harmed innocent people (by arresting the protagonist as a scapegoat). With corruption at the bottom, it's likely the upper echelons aren't much better.]
[I can only say that what the Federation does is even worse than a dog’s.]
Seeing that the latter two people were going to jail and were assigned different roles, the barrage of comments suddenly became excited.
[Xizel is so skinny, he must be a prisoner, right? Xia Zuo looks like he's meant to be a guard. He's a real fighter, what prisoner would dare fall into his hands?]
[Not necessarily. Think about it carefully. What kind of prisoners need to be guarded? Those with strong fighting ability.]
【What, my brain flow is not worthy? 】
Xizel, who actually made the decision, looked at these speculations and raised his eyebrows slightly.
The comic ends here, leaving a perfect suspense and making the readers who follow the comics wail.
"The author is truly amazing," the black-haired boy said casually, "the comics he created actually have a will of comics and even spawned a whole world."
The comic will was silent for a moment before he said dryly, "If it weren't for our deal, you would be dead now."
Xizel smiled and said nothing more.
He was just a little curious whether the correct order was really that of cartoonist creation - comic will formation - world derivation.
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