Four Split Personalities

Thus, Motan simply carried his laptop and toured the small apartment. Due to well-known reasons, he cleaned his place every once in a while, and although it was not spotlessly clean, it was far from being unbearable to look at. For a man who had been single for over twenty years and hardly ever entertained guests, this level of cleanliness was indeed commendable.

Yu Chen also appropriately expressed surprise, subtly complimenting Motan as the place was much better than she had imagined.

All in all, both of them sighed in relief, Motan because he had barely managed to maintain his image, and Yu Chen because she had indeed been planning to find time to help clean up.

"Okay, the tour is finished, let’s start discussing the main issue,"

Upon returning to the living room, Motan placed the laptop on the table and, rubbing his shoulders, smiled at the girl nodding vigorously on the screen, "These last couple of days must have been quite frustrating, haven’t they?"

Yu Chen, holding her teddy bear, swayed slightly and shook her head, "Actually, it’s not too bad. Although it’s pretty boring not being able to do much, my big brother and Feather Song have been chatting with me, so I can’t really say I feel stifled. Besides, I’ve been a bit tired recently, and now I’m just taking it as relaxation. After all, lying in the game for a long time doesn’t make my back and waist ache."

"But this isn’t a long-term solution, you know..."

Mo wore a troubled expression and furrowed his brow, "Although the system probably wouldn’t assign you a task that’s impossible to complete, there are currently absolutely no clues. Even though Xia Lian said that there might be a way after returning to the City of Light, the reason for your coma is most likely... no, definitely related to the Goddess of Darkness. If this isn’t handled correctly, it could potentially cause a lot of trouble."

This topic was the reason the two had arranged a private video call half an hour earlier, as the issue in Misha County was genuinely significant. Although the battle was over, the aftermath was problematic. Although matters like post-war compensation, reconstruction, and refugee resettlement did not need Motan and Yu Chen’s direct involvement, there was still one inescapable issue: Yu Chen’s fainting due to the ’accumulation of too much negative energy with both divine and magic power becoming uncontrollable, exceeding the body’s limits’ as stated by the system.

As there was so much to discuss and ’Hei Fan’ hadn’t been online much these past days, the two didn’t want to take up too much of everyone’s time, so they decided to have a private chat first.

By the way, it took Motan two hours of decisiveness before he initiated the topic.

Yu Chen, without hesitation, gladly accepted, though she didn’t think too much about it nor felt the strong sense of crisis like Motan. She simply wanted to chat casually with him, especially considering his reduced online presence these last two days.

"Hmm, maybe, but I think it might not need to be so guarded,"

Yu Chen adjusted her sweater’s collar slightly uncomfortably, then with a beaming smile, reassured Motan, "Although both goddesses, the Church of the Dawn and the Dark Night Sect don’t get along very well, both the Saintess sister and the Pope are good people, so things probably won’t get very troublesome, right?"

Motan sighed and said with a wry smile, "It’d be great if that were the case, but it’s also not wrong to consider the worse scenarios in advance. And those two ’sisters’ along with the Dawn and Dark Night sects aren’t just ’inharmonious’; it’s pretty clear they want to bash each other’s brains out. As for being good people, leaving Xia Lian out of it, anyone from the Church of the Dawn wouldn’t be foolish enough to treat their own God’s Chosen badly. But being the Saintess of just the Dawn is one thing, being the Saintess of both the Dawn and Dark Goddesses is another."

"Yeah, you do make a strong point,"

Yu Chen nodded vigorously, then suddenly pushed the face of her teddy bear into the camera, "But I still think there shouldn’t be any problems. Plus, if you think about it, the system also said all my talents and skills have been sealed. So, the components of the Dark Saintess should be sealed too, right?"

Motan nodded slightly, murmuring, "In theory, yes, but this game has always been rather tricky. Relying strictly on surface explanations and data can be costly. Of course, that said, I don’t really have a better plan right now. We can only take it one step at a time."

"That’s right~"

Yu Chen moved the shaking bear away from the camera and smiled slyly, "Things will work out when we get to the bridge. Always worrying too much will only cause wrinkles!"

Motan, avoiding her gaze, tried to respond with a calm and serious tone, "You’re right, it’s just me overthinking things. Besides, at the end of the day, The Realm of Innocence is just a game. For us players, the worst outcome is just dying and starting over."

"Every time you emphasize it’s just a game, then get especially serious thinking about that,"

Yu Chen playfully ’accused’ him, then sweetly smiled at a now more composed Motan, "Have you already thought of some approach?"

"How did you guess that..."

Motan chuckled nervously, having his thoughts exposed on the spot, and shrugged, "I just thought of it now. Luna is planning to go to the Holy Land with us, right? Since she’s already an unconventional Alchemist, if the sect finds something wrong with you, we can totally direct them towards the Living Dead Potion. As long as we sync up with Luna ahead of time, letting her spout some specialized knowledge that is both deep and obscure, we should be able to bluff for a while. And if someone detects something related to the Goddess of Darkness Delia, we can just connect it back to when Xia Lian got hurt and you were involved in the ceremony, that should minimize the risk."