Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

"Yes, it was Theresa, the light of W. She turned into a little fan girl and cheered crazily for her idol. Theresa was standing right here at that time."

Lu Shang took a few steps forward and stood in position: "It's like Theresa rushed over to save the situation before the textures even had time to load."

Having said that, Lu Shang wanted to demonstrate it to Kal'tsit.

But the next second, Lu Shang stopped in confusion: "Wait? That's not right?"

"What's wrong?" Kal'tsit was also confused.

"Look, no matter how I look at it, it looks like I'm holding a script for NPC rape, right?"

"?"

"Then why am I starting to watch movies with you now?"

"?"

"Isn't it enough for me to just shiver? Why should I care about the plot?"

"..."

What is NPC adultery? What is the viewing body?

Although Kal'tsit didn't understand the meaning of these two words at all, she still understood them. Lu Shang was probably too lazy to continue explaining them to her or reviewing the plot with her.

No?

Why don't you continue?

What happened next? What happened after Theresa saved W?

But unfortunately, Lu Shang seemed determined to hold on to the NPC rape script and was now just leaving it there for W to change his clothes for fun.

Kelsey: “…”

Forget it.

Anyway, some information was obtained.

It will be easy as long as you know this node, because according to Lu Shang, once the plot of Born in the Night is over, the next plot is the fall of Theresa.

When she travels back in time, she will definitely ask the doctor whether she has hired a group of people or something like that.

After thinking about this, Kal'tsit raised her head again and looked at Lu Shang.

As a result, Lu Shang was flipping through the interactive menu of W while muttering, "Although the battle-damaged skin is pretty good, this mercenary's outfit really doesn't bring any credibility."

「Dress Up」→「Bunny Girl」

"It's the bunny girl again. Enough of the appreciation."

"Change clothes" → "Trance"

"Not cool enough."

「Change clothes」→「Phantom Thief Costume」

"Oh, this is cool, but it doesn't really fit in with this plot."

「Change clothes」→「OL clothes」

"This set is suitable for her to enter from behind when she is talking to other NPCs."

Kelsey: “…”

No?

what are you doing?

What Kal'tsit disliked was not that Lu Shang was having so much fun playing dress-up.

Instead, he commented and finally changed W's set:

「Doll Costume·Cockroach」

Then Kal'tsit watched as Lu Shang closed the dialog box.

Then Kal'tsit watched as Inès's NPC spoke harsh words to the NPC on the opposite side, while... supporting a large cockroach.

Then Kal'tsit looked at the big cockroach and saw it showing a weak look.

Then...

Well, even Kal'tsit couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

Can this drama be stopped?

Is this the function of changing clothes that you are given the opportunity to use?

But Lu Shang seemed quite satisfied with this, and even had time to comment: "This is probably what they call, players, please dress like a human when you are going through the storyline?"

Kelsey: “…”

Kal'tsit no longer wanted to talk.

She just watched the eye-catching scene in the distance continue to unfold.

Until Ines and the cockroach...W could no longer hold on, then Theresa finally...

"Wait!"

Kal'tsit was unusually excited. She even pulled Lu Shang's arm to prop herself up. "Where's Theresa? Didn't you say this was a reenactment? Then why—"

“Because there is no such person as Theresa.”

"What's the meaning...?"

"In this dream world, there is no NPC named Theresa. She does not exist."

"... ...,Why...?"

"How would I know? Oh, there is no Frost Star either."

"Who is Froststar?"

"A character 5 years later, she also died."

"..."

In other words...people who died in the real world will not exist as NPCs in this world?

So...what if the original plot was changed?

What if Theresa didn't die in the end due to her active intervention?

Will there be an additional NPC named Theresa in this dream world?

"This is what I asked you at the beginning. Can the real world affect the dream world? Can the dream world affect the real world?"

"I see..." Kal'tsit suddenly realized, "You drew the Chinese character 'positive' on my leg just to verify this idea?"

"Oh, that's just my bad taste. By the way, Kal'tsit, has the word "正" on your leg disappeared? I specially set the marker pen to be "indestructible" and "inerasable."

"..."

Lu Shang didn't care about Kal'tsit's look that looked like she wanted to stab him. He just smiled and said, "So I'm sorry to bother you, Kal'tsit. Remember to find a way to get W into this dream world for me to play with."

"Anyway, if you deliberately avoid the plot, then W will probably be gone. And you don't want Theresa to know that you didn't save the Sarkaz, right?"

"And Kal'tsit, don't you want to know the rules? What are the conditions for traveling to this dream world?"

"Is it based on the order of appearance in the plot? Or is it enough to just know that the dream world exists? Or can you take the initiative to invite the old ones to come?"

Kelsey: “…”

That's the truth...she must figure it out.

Otherwise, even if she changed the plot and saved Theresa, what if Theresa also traveled to this dream world?

so...

Kal'tsit was about to nod, but just gave up just to say it perfunctorily.

But the next second, she heard Lu Shang speak again: "It's fine to be perfunctory, but if that's the case, next time Kal'tsit comes through again, I'll have to repeat the same gameplay as today."

"How will you play today?"

How to play? Stuck in the dialog box "No high ○"?

But Lu Shang shook his head: "Look at the top of your head."

Top of head?

What's on top of my head?

"Kal'tsit (Hypnosis: Changing some of my cognition...)"

Kelsey: “???????”

What did you change my perception of?!

017.So when did you start being hypnotized?

Until the end, Kal'tsit still didn't understand what had changed her perception.

Because think about it, her perception has been changed. Even if Lu Shang said it in front of her, and Kal'tsit heard it, her reaction would probably be:

"I'm asking you something serious. Why are you telling me these trivial things? Aren't these all normal and natural things?"

Then Kal'tsit stopped talking.

She could only remind herself in her heart that next time she came here again, she must always pay attention to the status bar above her head, otherwise she would never know when this man would do something bad to her.

"This time isn't even over yet, Kal'tsit, you're already thinking about next time? Are you so anxious to go back?"

Without wanting to guess, Kal'tsit knew that it must be the status bar above her head that exposed her mental activities.

So upon hearing this, Kal'tsit just glared at Lu Shang.

Of course I want to go back.

If she doesn't figure out what she has been hypnotized for, it means that Lu Shang will do something to her at any time, but she knows nothing about it and even thinks it is natural.

This is something that no one can accept, right?

"You are a cat, not a human."

"?"

“Forget it, it’s okay. After all, Kal’tsit, you endured seven days this time, and finally traveled back because you couldn’t bear it anymore. Maybe Theresa and the Doctor are rescuing you in the medical room. So in order to prevent Kal’tsit from suddenly traveling back, then——”

Lu Shang held Kal'tsit's hips with one hand and took out the familiar marker from his pocket with the other hand: "Continue to make a mark?"

"... ..., that's all your bad taste is."

"No, no, no, Kal'tsit, you should be glad that I only have this little bit of bad taste. I just wrote a positive word, not something else."

Then I have to thank you?

Although she wanted to say this, Kal'tsit knew that she couldn't avoid this matter.

Her body was so soft to begin with, how could she resist? Not to mention that her legs were so weak that she couldn't even walk, let alone escape.

So she could only watch as Lu Shang put her down from his arms and let her stand aside, while showing a look of disgust and waiting very obediently.

Waiting for Lu Shang to come over, he stared at her thighs for a long time, touching them left and pinching them right.

Then he took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped the sweat off her thigh. Finally, he wrote the correct character stroke by stroke.

Well, pretty good.

The maid outfit's skirt is too short and can't cover it at all.

So the expression on Kal'tsit's face became even more disgusted.

But Lu Shang didn't care about that look at all. He just put away the pen and looked up at Kal'tsit.

Seeing Kal'tsit stretching out her arms towards him as if it was a matter of course, Lu Shang walked forward and picked up Kal'tsit again.