Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

W, who had been hanging on Lu Shang's back and watching the whole process, suddenly refused to do it.

She grabbed Lu Shang's neck and said through gritted teeth, "You treated me so badly, and now you got this white rabbit, and you're just going to let her go so easily?"

"How am I treated differently?"

"You haven't yet!"

"WDid I eat you when you first came?"

"..."

Ah, it seems that there really isn’t one.

"Then W, when you came the second time, did I eat you?"

"..."

It seems not.

"What about the third time you came, W? The fourth time?"

"You didn't eat me the fourth time?!"

"That's me you ate."

"..."

Fuck! Are you blaming me?

How could W just let it go? She jumped off Lu Shang's back, reached out to lift up her shirt, pointed at the little bat pattern on her belly, and said, "What about this thing? You don't have an excuse for this thing!"

"This thing? Oh, W, I see you haven't asked me to help you remove this pattern. I thought you were enjoying this feeling of heat and fever."

"???"

Can this thing be eliminated?!

Why didn’t you say it earlier?

"W You didn't ask me, look at Kal'tsit, she asked me, so the word on her leg is gone."

No...I didn't ask.

On the contrary, Kal'tsit actually asked back why Lu Shang didn't draw the correct character for her.

But Kelsey was about to say this——

Lu Shang stretched out his hand towards her and a dialog box popped up.

Kal'tsit was unable to speak or move, so she could only look at W and said stupidly, "Then help me eliminate it now, just like Kal'tsit."

"Same as Kal'tsit?" Lu Shang pretended to be embarrassed: "This requires a small price."

"What price?"

Lu Shang stretched out his hand and poked the small bat pattern on W's lower abdomen.

"Y-line"

"When the high ○ reaches 100 times, the y-mark will be automatically eliminated" → "Add"

W: "..."

How many? !

071. Are you releasing some crime notice?

"So? Kal'tsit, have you figured out the rules of this dream world that pulls people in?"

Lu Shang stood up, went to the pried-open wine cabinet, picked out a few bottles of good wine, and asked this.

Kal'tsit first glanced at W, who was lifting up his shirt and glaring at the little bat pattern.

I looked again at Frost Star who was holding the cup of hot tea and blowing on it, but ended up getting scalded and sticking out her tongue, but was still enjoying it.

After making sure that the two would not cause any more trouble for the time being, Kal'tsit looked at Lu Shang and said, "The pattern...from the looks of it, it should be in the order of the plot?"

The plot has reached Born in the Night, so W comes in.

The plot has reached the Tower of Babel, so the Doctor and Theresa come in.

Going further, we will come to the creation of Penguin Logistics and the plot of the integration movement, which is also consistent with the order in which Texas and Froststar come in.

"But the question is, if we really follow the order of the plot, why is it you, Kal'tsit, who comes in first? Shouldn't it start from the beginning when Pangu created the world, and Prissus should be the first to come in?"

Lu Shang took two bottles of wine and returned to the bar. "Also, although Born in the Night is W's home turf, it is not a one-man show. Where is Inès? The lamb with white legs didn't come in either. The same goes for Integration Movement. According to the plot sequence, Alina or Tallulah should have come in. Why is it Froststar?"

Kelsey: “…”

How would I know?

You are the master of dreams, okay?

I'm just speculating now.

All I can say is that "pulling people in the order of the plot" is the most likely option at the moment.

In other words, Kal'tsit prefers to follow the order of the plot, after all, it is convenient for her -

"What can I do to facilitate Kal'tsit?" Lu Shang glanced at the top of Kal'tsit's head and asked curiously.

"Of course it's convenient for me..."

wrong.

Kelsey shut up immediately.

What did it make convenient for her? Of course, it made it convenient for Kal'tsit to determine who the next victim would be.

But what happens after it’s confirmed?

Did she arrest the person and bring him back to Rhode Island? Then give him a booklet? Finally, she told him, "Be careful, you will be kicked if you fall asleep"?

But to put it another way, wouldn't it be "Girl, it's your turn to receive the customer next. In order to avoid making Mr. Lu Shang unhappy, please read this customer reception manual carefully."

She is not a brothel owner!

"Oh, I thought you already were, Kal'tsit."

"..."

Kal'tsit felt that this topic could not be continued.

She even began to doubt whether she was hypnotized again, for example, thinking that she was a brothel owner and her job was to solicit customers for mainland merchants.

"Don't be so mean." Lu Shang poured two bottles of wine into the same cup. "The only reason I use hypnosis is for Sese. Besides, do I need to use this method to get Kal'tsit to help me attract customers? No, no, no, I think you, mother Kai, are still charming now."

Kelsey: “…”

You can shut up.

Then should I thank you for praising me?

"No need to thank me, no need to be so polite." Lu Shang handed the glass of wine in his hand to Kal'tsit: "A glass of wine can make up for all grudges. Come on, mother Kal'tsit, drink this glass, and that will be your way of thanking me."

Could you please stop calling me "Mom Kai"?

and...

Looking at the strange color in the cup, Kelsey frowned slightly: "What is this?"

"Oolong tea."

"?"

"I was going to say that, but the proportions don't seem right. The colors are mixed. Forget it, Kal'tsit, just make do with it for now."

"..."

No, Kal'tsit didn't want to drink at all.

She even thought to herself that after returning to the real world, she would have to add a sentence to the booklet: "Don't drink anything with the word 'oolong tea' on it."

and--

"You also want to give me a drunken buff?" Kal'tsit asked with narrowed eyes.

After all, W’s miserable condition is still vivid in our minds.

"The drunken buff also varies from person to person."

But Lu Shang rejected it: "The drunk buff is only suitable for drunkards like Huang, Hei, Xingxiong, etc. They are like big sisters who say they can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, but after one glass of wine, they get drunk and feel wronged, and cling to people like little animals. This contrast is what we want."

"Each character has a different way of playing. For example, W is not suitable for the drunken buff. W is a female imp, and it is most suitable for her to be seen crying and begging for mercy and admitting her mistakes."

"If it's all the same, it's just boring."

"And for example, Kal'tsit, you——"

Lu Shang raised his head and looked at Kal'tsit, and Kal'tsit immediately leaned back, with even the cat ears on her head retracting backwards.

It’s a pity that Kal’tsit’s cat tail is too short and is hidden in her skirt, otherwise you might see its fur standing on end.

However, Lu Shang laughed when he saw this: "Yes, just like this, Kal'tsit, don't you understand it well?"

Kelsey: “…”

What do I understand?

Be alert? Be afraid? Be submissive?

"No, it's the look of a strong woman who is aloof and cold, with a strong sense of self-esteem. She feels humiliated after being subjected to an unequal contract, fraud, and pressure, but has to grit her teeth and endure it."

"For example, a rich lady was framed and bankrupted by a rival company, and was demoted to a commoner overnight. She was then bought by a young master of the rival company as a personal maid. Although she still had the pride and anger of a rich lady, she had to bow down to her enemy in humiliation because of her current status."

"For example, the female knight leader of a fallen country had to humiliate herself and become a slave of the imperial general in order to protect her own highness."

"Look, isn't it very similar to the way you looked when I caught you, Kal'tsit, in the dream world for the first time? You had an expression on your face that said 'I'll never give in', but you had no way to deal with me and could only endure the humiliation?"

Kelsey: “…”

No wonder you had so much fun playing with me.

"So you understand, Kal'tsit? I can't have the ability of hypnosis and let you be a brothel owner. It's such a waste of talent."

Then I still have to thank you?

Kal'tsit felt a little pain in her tail.

“You’re welcome.” Lu Shang waved his hand and said, “Kal’tsit, you might as well be careful. Be careful that next time you come to this dream world, you will definitely think that you are some kind of poor rich girl, and then take the initiative to put on a maid outfit and come over to call me master or something like that.”

Kelsey: “?”

Wait? What you just said about the rich lady and the female knight of the fallen nation, weren't you just giving an example, but are you really planning to play it that way?

Are you posting some kind of crime announcement?

072.W: Even if I starve to death or jump off here, I won’t let the number of times decrease even once!

Good news, Lu Shang didn't do anything to her this time.

Bad news, Lu Shang has released the next crime preview in advance, which is still a hypnosis + role-playing type.

Kal'tsit was thinking, since she knew it in advance, could she find a way to change the plot?

At the same time, she was thinking, even if she had really made hundreds of preparations in the real world, would she still be able to remember those things when she was hypnotized after traveling through time?

Fortunately, she still has a lot of time to think about it.

Because the time is almost up.

Kal'tsit could clearly feel that her consciousness seemed to be about to float up. Perhaps her body in the real world was about to wake up?

Kal'tsit then turned around and looked at Froststar who was still struggling with the hot drink, and said, "I will wake you up Froststar after I return to the real world. It will be quick."

"Huh? Ah...thank you."

Although Frost Star was stunned when she heard this, she quickly understood Kal'tsit's intention.