Chapter 39 The First Player

Having made up his mind, Xihai Qingdou stopped thinking about it.

In the comics, Cointreau's image is very stable, an absolute black villain boss, a cold and ruthless mystery teller, and he has no heart at all.

However, the image is stable, but the reputation... seems a bit bad.

Although it is possible to gain popularity by switching from a villain to a good guy and whitewashing one's image, it is also easy to be criticized as "even dogs don't like whitewashed villains" and suffer a tragic failure. In addition, there is the example of Rei Furiya before, so if one fails to switch sides well, it is more likely to be seen as a poor imitator.

This is one of the reasons why Saikai Haruto decided to "never let the Red Team know about his undercover identity". There are so many undercovers who have been known by the Red Team and successfully defected, so he doesn't need one more. It's better to be an "undercover hiding in the dark forever". Maybe only the forum will know about it and he can get more benefits. He doesn't need the protagonists or others to know.

After all, the "Cointreau" account will eventually "die away" sooner or later... He has such a good relationship with the Red Team that there is no need to feel so sad when he dies away - after all, he still has his real body even if the account is gone, it's not like he's really dead. It's enough for him to just gain some popularity from the forum.

Of course, on the other hand, although not turning against the Red Side will avoid this situation, but if you want to play a qualified villain in front of the Red Side, but not be a complete villain yourself, you still need a balance. You can't be too bad and cause the audience to think that he is "too bad and hopeless to be whitewashed is a collapse"...

Thinking of this, Xi Haiqing Dou felt a little annoyed again and opened the forum again.

There weren't many discussions about "Cointreau" in the previous post, as a lot of them were distracted from the plot and discussions about other people like Passetto. So this time he turned his attention to other posts that focused more on discussions about "Cointreau".

【hot】【The crossover episode is over, what do you think of Cointreau? 】

[Glass Color Candy]:

As the title says. After reading the entire crossover, the author has mixed feelings about the character of Cointreau.

As a setting that seemed to have been foreshadowed in the main storyline but seemed to have been forgotten and abandoned by the old thief eight hundred years ago, "Cointreau" finally appeared in the recent winery memory chapter, and as soon as it appeared, it was an entire crossover between you and Fumiaki. It can be said that it is the absolute protagonist. The old thief's drawing in this chapter is still very brilliant, Cointreau's character setting is well established, and the other characters are not too broken either.

As long as such a character survives the flashback, he will definitely join the main story later. The old thief will not miss the opportunity to make money (laughs)

But this makes me worried for the protagonists... Honestly, isn't Jundu a bit over the top? Although his reasoning skills are low because of the crossover episodes (basically they are the ones who committed the crimes), based on what he has shown so far, his brain is definitely one of the best among you, Congming Ke, right?

1L [Sweet tofu pudding is super delicious]:

You are a smart person indeed, but you may have forgotten a fatal problem - Cointreau is in poor health.

After completing the mission, he had a fever as soon as he returned from Yokohama. It was only after Akai discovered that something was wrong that he took medicine. The low fever lasted for three days before it subsided. Moreover, the old thief had also drawn that Cointreau had a bad stomach and stomach problems.

The sick debuff is okay in other shows, but it is deadly in a world full of Saiyans. If it really goes against the protagonists, I guess just letting Xiaolan take over can solve Cointreau, and maybe people will even suspect that he is a scammer. (Sorry, Cointreau, I laughed first)

2L[Don't stop]:

But you have to let Lan enter the main storyline and meet Jundu first (lightly)

3L [Dazai's Dog]:

Damn, brother 2L and brother 3L are really lacking in virtue.

But then again, Cointreau's health is really not good. Every time I screamed crazily because of his handsomeness, I would always find that his health was not good the next second... He would just collapse completely. I really doubt whether Cointreau would faint during the sex.

4L [Yuen Chiaki single recommendation]:

Damn, sisters on the third floor, please restrain yourself! This is a forum, not a no-man's land! The party and the people are watching!

Although Qiu is often sick, his health is not that bad. He can carry a sniper rifle weighing more than ten kilograms and go up and down the stairs quickly without getting red in the face or out of breath. There is no elevator in the residential building. This proves that his physical fitness is still there! I don’t know if you have read the new O-Team Strange Stories. Back then, Okita, who was vomiting blood and fighting sharks, was my favorite (nostalgia.jpg)

5L[Gold glitters but not glitters]:

Raise your paw. Personally, I think Cointreau is quite balanced. Although his brain and skills are awesome, he has a physical debuff.

I am just a little worried. Given his personality, I am afraid he won't even survive to the end. He may not even be killed by the Red Team but by himself...

6L[Headless Dragonfly]:

Ah, I feel the same as the above person... Who knows? My crazy radar went off the first time I saw Cointreau!

Although he loves to be crazy, but with Cointreau's body, I am really worried that he will go too crazy one day and kill himself. I am in a state of fear every day. Qiuqiu, the old thief, gave Cointreau a good body and let him do what he wants. I even suspect that Cointreau's poor health is caused by some reason in the past (closed eyes)

It seems that Cointreau’s “sickly” nature has been deeply rooted in people’s minds even from the audience’s perspective.

Xi Hai Qing Dou didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, he looked like he was prone to illness, but it didn't mean he was really unable to fight.

Moreover, the attribute of "poor health" can also be a good prop if used properly in certain places - for example, I heard that "beautiful, strong and tragic" seems to be popular on the forum?

It has both "beauty" and "strength". With the experience of "Cointreau", it shouldn't be difficult for it to make a "misery" in the forum. Xi Haiqing Dou thought about it carefully and felt that it shouldn't be difficult.

But...

“Crazy”? Does it also refer to “Cointreau”?

This word did not sound like a positive word, and Xi Haiqing Dou was stunned when he saw it.

To be honest, he was a bit confused. He quickly reviewed his appearance in the comics and didn't quite understand.

He still remembers to manage his image... He never has a bad expression in comics! Ah, the hell filter that comes with comics doesn't count, that's not his fault, the cartoonist should take the blame.

And he didn't do anything beyond understanding, right? All of Cointreau's actions were backed by reasonable logic, and he never went crazy, right? At most, he was driving a little too fast, but it wasn't to the point of being "crazy".

It seems that there are quite a few people who agree that "Jun Du is crazy"... Xi Hai Qing Dou couldn't help but frown.

This was beyond his expectations.

But soon, someone gave him a new answer below.

9L [Salted pork dumplings are heresy]:

Reminiscence: I just got into Cointreau because of its appearance, and then I saw Cointreau appear. Can anyone explain to me what is so crazy about Cointreau?

Does it feel normal now? She looks a bit gentle, and I have a high aesthetic standard for her weak, straight, white, and tall beauty. I am not afraid of spoilers, but I am a bit panicked when you said that Cointreau will die.

10L [Doherty-465922]:

Ah, Cointreau is really crazy. Actually, looking back now, there were already some clues at the very beginning - who in their right mind would carry a wiretap installed by a colleague they just met in their arms and follow the police to the police station to take a statement? His expression was so normal that it couldn't be more normal - he is a member of the Black Organization, a pure Black Label. If it was gin, vodka or Irish Bermode, who would do this?

In the subsequent joint episode, he took others to Yokohama. On the surface, he was cooperating with the Hong Kong underworld, but in fact, he had already planted an undercover in the Hong Kong underworld to get a share of the pie in Yokohama. However, an "accident" occurred in the middle. The Hong Kong underworld suspected that Cointreau and his group colluded with another organization to defraud the Hong Kong underworld of money (in fact, it was several undercovers who contacted, and the Hong Kong underworld did not suspect wrong), so they sent people to hunt down Cointreau and another organization, the Takase Society, and Cointreau and his group ran away.

Everything seems normal up to this point, right? Then Cointreau's trick came - he found the cooperation of Mori Ou and his ex-brother, and directly usurped the position of the leader of the Hong Kong gang; then he deceived a senior member of the Takase Society and tricked him into a trick, and got him to cooperate with him, and then killed the leader of the Takase Society.

11L[Gray Moonlight]:

If you think about it carefully, Jundu is really crazy... He never even thought of solving the problem in a peaceful or roundabout way. If he is not satisfied, he will just fight without saying anything. And he will directly fight the leader and the big boss.

You're trying to kill me by mistake? You're trying to use me? Fine, I'll just kill you without any hesitation.

If there was a problem, wouldn't they just send it directly? But Cointreau seemed to have not considered this issue at all, as if they didn't care at all...

12L [Chiaki Yubuchi, my husband]:

What should I do? I love my husband even more.

Especially the way he fooled people with a smile as if nothing had happened, and he looked like a decent human being, not polite and courteous at all. In fact, he did things more cruel than the last, without even blinking an eye. He was basically dancing like crazy on my XP, really hissing.

13L [Matsuda's curly hair]:

Oh, this is too crazy, right? Can't you explain it to the Hong Kong haters?

So reckless. Didn't Cointreau think about what would happen if he failed? He didn't even tell Zero about his plan. He just acted as a riddle teller. If there was a problem, wouldn't the others be killed by him for no apparent reason? Even if they were the black side, they were still his companions, right?

14L [Dazai's Dog]:

The people upstairs have to trust Cointreau's brain... He may be crazy, but he is a madman with a brain. The script team has their own scripts, and facts have proved that his plans were successful, and they were a huge success without any problems.

And if we tell them everything, wouldn't that make things more likely to go wrong?

15L[Guest door]：

I want to be crazy, I want to be crazy! What's wrong with the two-dimensional world having crazy people? So many new comics have so many crazy people, so why can't you have any in Ke Ping! Give the protagonists a little crazy shock.

And we at Cointreau are not just crazy. I want to clarify that we at Cointreau are still very kind! Do one good deed a day, don’t you understand the value of doing good deeds?

16L [Blue Eyes]:

23333I'm dying of laughter. Do you mean throwing the dying person to the ground to let him live or throwing the Maruno brothers onto the roof?

It's clearly two good deeds a day, but it's still over the limit.

All we can say is that this is something Cointreau can do, with a crazy mind that no one can guess.

……so it is.

Xi Hai Qing Dou sighed quietly.

He took it for granted at the time, and looked at the situation from a God's perspective and a bystander's perspective, just thinking about how to solve everything quickly in the fastest and most convenient way.

But he forgot one thing - "Xi Hai Qing Dou" knew how cruel the old leader was, how irreconcilable and unreasonable he was, and that even if he tried to reconcile with the Hong Kong gang, he would not succeed, but "Gentleman" did not know.

Moreover, from the perspective of other viewers who have no idea about Bunno's story, his conspiracy with Mori Ougai is even more "audacious".

But God knows, he really just wanted to use Passetto to provide a little help to Mori Ou Wai at that time. The only thing to blame is that Passetto and Mori Ou Wai are too good at imagining things, which directly made him think of the script at a glance. It can only be said that the smarter people are, the more they like to think from their own perspective...

As for the matter with the Maruno brothers, it was really something he did on a whim and half-heartedly.

Moreover, he knew his level, and the existence of the comics forum also gave him some confidence. It was not that he did not care about his life, but he dared to do it because he knew that nothing would happen to him. The forum guessed wrong on this point.

It seems that he should try his best to avoid other problems caused by "other perspectives" in the future. Although the effect looks good this time, he can't always rely on luck.

However, he originally thought that the "crazy" attribute would be disliked by the audience. After all, who in real life would like someone with mental problems?

But it seems that he is overthinking all this. The audience has obviously adapted well to the "2D Madness" and there are a lot of people who like it.

It seems like…even though it was an accident, maybe he can adjust the character of “Cointreau” appropriately in the future and lean towards this angle?

Xi Haiqing Dou wrote all of this down in his little notebook.

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