Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

The Demon King... and Theresa can't be considered the same person... so it's okay, um, probably.

But when Lu Shang took out two more halos and pressed them on Theresa and the Demon King’s heads respectively——

"Wait!"

Kal'tsit finally couldn't sit still anymore.

Still coming, right?

Do you really never get tired of this empathy?

"Theresa...this is her first time coming to this dream world." Kal'tsit tried to stop her.

"Oh." Lu Shang nodded: "So?"

"So... your rule is the rule of three times..."

"When did I have the principle of no more than three times?"

what?

There's none?

and you--

That’s not right... Lu Shang didn’t seem to have said that.

Kelsey was immediately confused, but in the end, Theresa, who was standing beside her, comforted her, "It's okay, Kelsey, I believe in Mr. Lu Shang."

Why do you believe him...

The doctor believes in Lu Shang's obsession with Sese, so what do you believe, Theresa? Do you believe that Lu Shang is full? Is he in sage mode now?

"Well..."

“Theresa?! You—”

"Ah, it's okay, I just felt someone pinch my face. It felt...new?"

Theresa was first one of the six heroes, and then she became the modern Demon King. No one dared to pinch her face for fun.

So even Kal'tsit was stunned by Theresa's words "It's quite novel".

Then he turned his head and saw that, as expected, Lu Shang was really reaching out to pinch the face of the NPC "Devil King".

While pinching, Lu Shang was still in deep thought.

Finally, I pinched my cheeks, thighs, shoulders, and chests.

Lu Shang asked curiously, "Listening to the voice of the NPC Demon King, she said that her body has no temperature, but it feels warm to the touch, so I thought of Nian."

"Year?"

Kal'tsit's eyes twitched as she watched.

She was really afraid that after Lu Shang finished pinching her breasts, he would go and pinch that little bun.

And... Theresa, could you please stop looking down with such curiosity?

"Yes, Nian. Among the twelve fragments of Yan Country, Nian ranks ninth."

Lu Shang was considering whether to drag the NPC Nian over as well, but after thinking it over, he gave up: "Nian's voice also said that there are 1,400 degrees of heat inside her body."

"So I was thinking, if Nian also traveled to this dream world, would her body temperature return to normal like the NPC Demon King, or..."

"I have a blood lock." Lu Shang said indifferently: "But considering the situation of Kal'tsit and the others, even if Nian traveled through time, he would probably become an ordinary person. What a pity."

pity?

What are you regretting?

Are you going to try even 1,400 degrees?

"No, I don't want to try the 1,400 degrees, although I'm curious about what it feels like."

Lu Shang waved his hand and said, "What I feel sorry for is Xi, the youngest of the twelve fragments. Xi said in the plot that after being frightened by the age, she didn't dare to close her eyes for hundreds of years. Since she didn't close her eyes, it means she didn't sleep. If she doesn't sleep... it seems that Xi will never travel through time, right?"

Unless you say Xi is actually Zhang Fei.

"Ah... Mingmingxi's NPC has a super soft body. It feels like I'm holding a marshmallow, and my whole body feels like it's sinking into a cloud. Just holding it in my arms is an incomparable enjoyment."

To put it simply, Xi has been staying at home for too long, and all the muscles in his body are useless and all are soft.

Xi at least has the body of a god to support him in the real world, but what if he goes to the dream world and becomes an ordinary person?

But if Xi doesn't sleep and doesn't travel to this dream world, then everything is just empty talk.

Thinking of this, Lu Shang turned his head and looked at Kal'tsit.

This made Kal'tsit's eyes twitch, and even the cat ears on her head shrank back subconsciously: "I told you I'm not a pimp, can you please not always..."

"I'm not asking you, Kal'tsit, to be a brothel owner. I just suddenly thought of the plot behind Born in the Night."

Kelsey: “?”

Aren't you jumping around a bit too much in this topic?

I can't follow your train of thought at all -

Well, actually I can keep up.

"Ha... the plot after Born in the Night, right?" Kal'tsit sighed and said, "Which NPC will appear in the later plot? Which character do you like?"

I have my eyes on Xi, but Xi can't come for the time being, so I'll change to another victim. There are many NPCs here anyway, so I can pick any one.

This is probably how Lu Shang thinks.

"After Theresa and the Doctor were swapped, W chased the murderer all the way. In order to seek revenge, he finally joined an organization called the Unity Movement... oh no, it's the Unity Movement."

"Reunification Movement?"

"Yes, it's the Frost Star that I often talked about to you before, from the Reunion Movement."

Frost Star...?

Ah, I remember now. It was you who told me before about what this dream world was like, a good dream or a nightmare, and you used the Frost Star as an example?

So you're not thinking...

"Yes, since Theresa can survive by changing the plot and adding an NPC of her in the dream world, what about Froststar? Is it possible?"

053. Kal'tsit always felt that Theresa seemed to be starting to let herself go

"When the time comes, Kal'tsit, just tell them:"

Lu Shang reached out and lifted up the skirt of the NPC "Demon King", as if he wanted to see what kind of underwear was inside, and said:

"Tallulah, you don't want anything to happen to Alina, do you?"

"Alina, you don't want Tallulah to be possessed by a black snake and wear a little skirt and pose seductively, do you?"

"Patriot, you don't want Froststar...Oh, Patriot should have called out Yelena's name, say it again."

Kelsey: “…”

What a ghost.

Kal'tsit felt that she must have been kicked in the head by Amiya, otherwise how could she believe that Lu Shang would really give them serious advice?

Not to mention that your Oriental accent is almost overflowing from the screen, just the way you speak...

Are you sure we're not going to cause trouble?

and--

"Theresa..." Kelsey took a deep breath and squeezed the cat's paw: "What are you doing?"

"what?"

Theresa, who had just been sitting on a chair like a well-behaved baby and listening, had now run to Lu Shang for some reason.

It would have been fine if she just ran to Lu Shang, but Theresa even squatted down and, together with Lu Shang, curiously reached out to lift up the skirt of the Demon King NPC.

After hearing Kal'tsit's question, Theresa looked up with an embarrassed look on her face: "Well... I, I just want to see if my dressing style and aesthetics have changed in 5 years..."

"Oh, it's black." Lu Shang interrupted.

"Hey! Am I so bold five years later?" Upon hearing this, Theresa hurriedly followed Lu Shang to see.

Kelsey: “…”

Theresa!!!

Even if that demon king is not the same person as you, at least he has your face, your memories, and your body.

You are actually discussing the style of underwear with a man. It's really shameful...

Ok.

W was punched in front of Theresa, but Theresa remained calm and even played dumb the whole time to take care of W's emotions... It seems unnecessary to talk to her about shame.

And what do they discuss in the real world?

If you travel to the dream world, you will be kicked out.

Yes, thanks to the unremitting efforts of Kal'tsit and the others, Theresa successfully developed a misunderstanding about the dream world: "If you travel through it, you will definitely be beaten."

Compared to being pouted...it's just looking at the style of the underwear, it's nothing, right?

So be silent, sigh, and stand up.

Ignoring Theresa's explanation and defense, Kal'tsit reached out and grabbed the back of Theresa's collar and pulled her back forcefully.

"Okay, Theresa, be quiet for a moment."

“B-but—”

"listen to me."

"Well... okay..."

Kal'tsit always felt like she was a firefighter.

She tried desperately to save everyone, but when she looked, she saw W shouting "I'm going to fight you!" and rushed towards Lu Shang, and was pinned to the ground by Lu Shang.

W was finally rescued. When I turned around, I saw Dr. Xu lifting up his clothes, shouting "Ah!" and running naked as if he was letting go.

After finally rescuing the doctor, they looked again and found that Theresa was lifting up her skirt in front of Lu Shang and saying happily, "Look, Mr. Lu Shang, this is the latest style five years later."

Kelsey: “…”

Kal'tsit suddenly felt that it was actually quite good for them to be scolded by Lu Shang.

Save? What's there to save? Just wait for them to die.

Once you're knocked unconscious, you'll know to be quiet.

So she could only sigh deeply, and then rubbed her eyebrows while she spoke tiredly: "The Integration Movement you mentioned... is it a new organization? I don't think I have heard of it, but the Patriot you mentioned... is he the one I imagined?"

"The Reunion Movement is still hanging around in Ursus, and it was only organized in the last one or two years. Kal'tsit, you were busy with the confrontation between Theresa and the Doctor, so of course you haven't heard of it. As for the Patriot, yes, that's the one you imagined, the last pure-blooded Wendigo."

The Patriot, Bozhukast, a Kazdel man, a Sarkaz race, the Lord of the Royal Court, although he voluntarily withdrew from the Royal Court in the end, for the contemporary Demon King Theresa, the Patriot is still a force that cannot be ignored.

So after saying this, Lu Shang deliberately glanced at Theresa.

Seeing Theresa still acting like a good kid, Lu Shang suddenly felt bored and continued, "According to the original plot, after Theresa swapped with the Doctor, W joined the Reunion Movement in order to hunt down the murderer. At the same time, Alina died, and Tallulah suffered a serious blow. Not long after, she was taken advantage of by the Black Snake and possessed."

Is this... sorting out the plot line?

Kal'tsit frowned slightly when she heard this, but didn't Lu Shang say last time that he couldn't remember the plot?

Then the next second, Lu Shang stood up, walked to the control center, and called out the PRTs interactive menu:

「Set destination」→「Ursus」

"Set time point" → "Roaring Light"

Kelsey: “…”

Well, it’s the recollection room again, right?