Four Split Personalities

I’m not kidding at all, but if Double Leaf knew that ’Hei Fan’ and ’Tan Mo’ on the other side of the computer were actually the same person, her next words would definitely be the kind that can’t be seen without censorship.

However, she still didn’t know, so she left it at that, still feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

"Actually, we just chatted about Yu Chen’s mission."

Motan pretended to be a bit embarrassed, scratching his cheek and chuckling, "She fell into a coma in the game for some tricky reasons, and explaining that would be quite complicated. We thought it best not to take up too much of everyone’s time and discussed some solutions in advance; you can ask Xiao Yu if you don’t believe us, he knew, and was with us in the game too."

Cui Xiaoyu glanced at him, crossed his arms, and huffed, "I was with you, but why didn’t you include me in your enthusiastic chat?"

Ji Xiaodao said indifferently, "Maybe because they thought you were in the way."

Cui Xiaoyu’s face turned ashen.

As one of the people involved, Yu Chen had already completely lost his ability to speak, and buried his face like a quail.

"Do you know the internal situation of the Holy Church Union? Do you understand the organizational structure of the Church of the Dawn? Do you know to what extent the Goddess of Darkness and the Goddess of Dawn love and hate each other?"

Motan rebutted Cui Xiaoyu without a second thought, then snorted with a pout, "If I were to explain all that to you, half an hour wouldn’t be nearly enough."

The latter was immediately choked up with no response.

Yu Chen, feeling a bit guilty, took a moment to ponder, not having the heart to tell Cui Xiaoyu that he and Motan had spent over twenty minutes just making chit-chat and had hardly discussed any serious matters.

"So, that’s roughly the situation~"

Double Leaf couldn’t be bothered to expose Motan and just said nonchalantly, "So, does everyone welcome me, this naive, cute, pure, kind, smart, and clever sweet girl... cough, sisterly girl?"

[It’s ’mom type’, right! You meant to say ’mom type’ just now, right, you flat board! Are you bullying me because I can’t lash out now, huh? Not welcome! Scram!]

Motan kept a polite and proper smile on his face while roaring in his mind.

However, everyone else seemed to have no bias against Double Leaf, and on the contrary, everyone seemed a bit interested in this girl who could easily hack into Motan’s computer and was ranked fourteenth in combat power. Moreover, from the sound of her voice, she also seemed to be a peer, so...

"Of course, we welcome you!"

Always the optimist, Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously and clapped, "The more, the merrier!"

Cui Xiaoyu also nodded in agreement, affirmatively stating, "No objections! It’s always good to have more girls!"

Wanyang immediately supported, "Count me in!"

Kanglan pushed up his glasses, showing a dazzling smile with eight shiny teeth, "I’ve been worried about not knowing enough high-end players, please teach me more."

Ji Xiaodao remained expressionless, "I don’t mind."

Yu Chen finally raised his small face and tentatively nodded, "I have heard a lot about you from Motan; we can chat more in the future. Err, I am better at... text chatting."

Then the girl sent a bunch of emoticons and a vast array of ’welcome’ stickers in the group chat to prove that she was indeed skilled at textual communication.

Seeing this trend, the group admin Yi Dong simply went with the flow and echoed, "Very good, very good, it looks like we have another big leg to lean on."

As for Motan, who had long anticipated this outcome, silently sighed and shrugged, "Of course I welcome it, but Double Leaf, at least show your face when you video chat with everyone. After all, I’ve seen what you look like."

It has to be said, this move was indeed a cunning strategy. Unbeknownst to Double Leaf, Motan was also Hei Fan and Tan Mo and had not revealed in the group that he was associated with Black Sun. A moment of carelessness in revealing her real face could provide Motan with a clue to launch a detailed investigation. At the earliest, in three days, or at the latest within a week, he could expose ’SUN’, whom he had been among wits with for years.

"That’s not going to happen. I’m super thin-skinned..."

However, Double Leaf wasn’t foolish; even though she hadn’t connected Hei Fan and Tan Mo, she remained extremely vigilant. After all, that damned rascal was omnipresent, and had even attempted to set a trap earlier by leveraging her suspicions about ’Motan.’ So, sharing her picture was absolutely out of the question.

Motan rolled his eyes and said teasingly, "Just how thin-skinned are you to boldly admit hacking into my computer after doing it?"

"Not showing my face won’t scare me!"

On the screen, the chibi cartoon version of Double Leaf proudly placed her hands on her hips and said coyly, "I have social anxiety. It’s okay like this or in games, but showing my face feels like I’m having a face-to-face conversation, which is super uncomfortable! Besides, I’m not good-looking, so I definitely don’t want to show my face!"

Her words were half true, half false. The part about social anxiety was accurate, as Double Leaf wasn’t good at interacting with people. In reality, even when buying instant noodles, she’d rather type on her phone and have the seller read it. However, the claim, ’I’m not good-looking’ was a bit far-fetched. Although she couldn’t match Xiaoge’s devilishly good looks, the real Double Leaf, if silent, was definitely a petite and lovely girl, which had nothing to do with the words ’not good-looking.’

"You..."

Motan initially wanted to say ’you nosy woman do indeed look quite ugly,’ but, thinking of his current persona as ’Absolute Neutrality,’ he forcibly swallowed those words, chuckled awkwardly, and then fell silent.

After all, if he persisted, Double Leaf was capable of turning everyone against him in under a minute, then collectively decrying him as a bastard and subhuman. Eventually, she’d blow this matter out of proportion online under the guise of feminism, ensuring Motan would never have peace.

So, Motan gave up, as he hadn’t held much hope to begin with.

Then, everyone began chatting noisily about the topic of The Realm of Innocence...

Under Kanglan’s moderation, Motan, Yu Chen, and Cui Xiaoyu first briefly narrated their glorious deeds in Misha County, captivating everyone, especially Wanyang and Xiaoge, who almost wished they could turn back time and come over to help. When they spoke of brutal encounters, even Ji Xiaodao couldn’t help being moved, while Double Leaf, who frequently interacted with ’Hei Fan,’ listened more quietly, appearing quite ladylike at first glance.

However, when it was revealed that Cui Xiaoyu was the person ranked second in combat strength from Cordova, the girl couldn’t help but let out a (mostly fake) gasp of astonishment and subtly expressed her admiration, leaving Brother Xiaoyu quite embarrassed.

The second to tell stories was Kanglan, who had recently returned from a business trip to the Silver Alliance located on the Southwestern Continent. He had also taken part in a regional world quest there, receiving handsome rewards. He was currently in Elves’ Forest on the west side of Mystic Dark Forest, ’opening up’ with two teams of professional gamers on yet another regional world quest, evoking envy from the likes of Wanyang and Yi Dong.

Revealed as always busy running errands and taking care of children, Yi Dong felt somewhat awkward because of Double Leaf’s participation, forcing him to concoct some absurd quests, making him the least interesting storyteller.

Wanyang once again elaborated on the battles between Sumer and the heretics, only omitting the part where he condemned the Holy Church Union. After all, he vividly remembered the recent events where dozens of advanced stage clergies were killed, Saintess Xia Lian was severely injured trying to save civilians, and from the five hundred Holy Knights, only a handful survived.

Meanwhile, Xiaoge briefly mentioned his recent pursuit of slave traders and shared quite a few amusing anecdotes about Anthony Dabus and Ya Ya. Throughout this, Motan frequently noticed a murderous look in Ji Xiaodao’s eyes, apparently due to a Half-Dragon man named ’Mor.’

Double Leaf shared some interesting things about the Violet Magicians Guild and then spent twenty minutes asking Wanyang and Xiaoge about ’heretics’ and ’slave traders,’ showing an intense thirst for knowledge.

Real time 3:45 PM

Owing to Cui Xiaoyu needing to buy new dishes, this was the end of everyone’s first online gathering. After a brief ’farewell’, everyone went about their own business.

Two minutes later

Double Leaf hacked into Motan’s computer again...

"Yo~ you and that busty saintess are really hitting it off!"

Chapter 483: End