Chapter 24.2

"A girl is involved in a sex scandal with me," Astra reduced the water pressure and turned his ear sideways to listen to Wen's movements, "It seems she's the disadvantaged one."

How could she be the one at a disadvantage?

Wen's brows furrowed even more.

He once told Astra that he was destined to become a hero. But a beautiful woman was a hero's graveyard, that woman just spread a scandal with him, and his heart was already soft?

He was silent for a while and suddenly said, "What about Roax?"

Astra: "!"

?!

It's none of Roux's goddamn business!

Does the protagonist know that Roax is gay?

"He left a message for you, gave you a multidimensional flower," Wen said leisurely, "and saved us on the Star Pirate ship earlier."

Astra said silently in his mind, that's why I suspect he's a Gay who has taken a fancy to my face.

Wen: "So he's acknowledged you as a well-matched companion or opponent."

?

Astra was confused, "Companions and opponents?"

"Of course," Wen said righteously, "Isn't it obvious? I think that's the most likely answer."

Star Pirate Performance approved of acting so gay? Astra reserved his skepticism; after all, Wen was a straight man and didn't understand the minds of Gays.

"So what?"

"So Roax won't let you indulge in love, Astra," Wen lowered his voice, "If you don't address these scandals, then he will appear in person and resolve it for you."

"Then let him settle it," said Astra, who did not consider it important. Besides, if Roax was concerned about his scandals, then there was no plausible explanation aside from his liking him, "I also want to see what kind of methods he will employ."

"..." Wen looked at his bathroom door, tone of voice helpless but expression profound, "Okay."

When they had finished showering, Linus sent a message and a location where he was waiting for them in the Sky Garden.

The Sky Garden had its own set of intelligent systems, allowing only those who passed the test from its checkpoint to be qualified to enter and exit the Sky Garden; Linus called them there, obviously to breach the barrier.

The virtual world was made extraordinarily realistic, so JiYu and Simon were eager to try. When the rest arrived, they urged, "Come on, come on, we're so looking forward to it!"

"What is it again this time?" Astra put on the virtual helmet and joked, "It won't be the world of Princess Linus and the warriors again, right?"

"Pfft."

Snickering sounds rang out one after another, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in Linus's heart, "What have you done?"

The snickers turned into a bright laugh, "We did not do anything ah, Hahahahahaha fuck!"

If Linus believed them, then he'd be a fool. He sneered twice and was about to invade their light brains to check when the virtual world opened. The whole place turned dark. Before they realized it, they had already arrived in the virtual world.

"Welcome to the Sky Garden virtual world."

The emotionless, mechanical voice rang, but the next instant. Its tone of voice changed, "Huh, it's the handsome boy group that got 92 points."

A palm-sized elf appeared in front of them. It was designed according to the ancient legend, the elf's intellectual brain was exquisite, and it was also designed as a Q version. The big turquoise eyes were blinking rapidly as they flapped around its tiny wings flying around them "Oh, you also brought the princess; the princess is a boy!"

"The princess is a boy!" It yelled these words and flew into the sky in a flurry of fireworks.

"Oh, my dear warriors!"

The familiar exaggerated tone appeared once more, "The princess in the castle has imprisoned the evil dragon from the abyss. The evil dragon of the abyss often cries in the dead of night, it needs strong and brave warriors to take it and escape the princess's grasp. Your goal is to save the evil dragon of the abyss and free it!"

"The route to the castle has been sent, I wish the warriors good luck!"

The voice disappeared, and only its golden words remained in the air.

Dream Team: (￣-￣)

What's wrong with the princesses and dragons in this virtual world?

Linus looked at their bemused expressions, "Was this the same theme you used earlier?"

Low pressure.

Simon froze, "No, how could it be, how could you be a princess hahaha we don't know anything hahaha."

"Fool." Wen held his forehead.

"I'm the princess—?" Linus's expression cracked, "Princess?!"

No wonder that intelligent system just said something about the princess being male!

... Wait, so that princess who looked like him the last time was a female?!

The others involuntarily took a step back, "Wait!"

"There's a time limit on our clearance!" JiYu pointed at the time floating in the sky, "Linus, let's talk when we go out."

Getting out was not a problem. The problem was hacking the whole sky garden!

Some of them supposed that the sky garden would be their territory if the hacking were successful. However, if it were unsuccessful…. then they would say Linus orchestrated it; it had nothing to do with them _(:з"∠)_

The countdown to the clearance was still ticking; Linus snickered, choosing to ignore the issue for the time being. The five trekked through mountains and rivers, a volcano that erupted as soon as they passed by, a beautiful Iceberg that requested climbers to take off their clothes, and then past the dangerous bridge that required facial clearance before they could pass before they finally reached the last level in front of the castle.

Outside the gloomy woods sat a huge stone tablet that read impassionedly, "Oh my dear warriors, you have come to the final level where you will have to face the tree-people who are extremely fond of beautiful boys. See those sturdy trees inside? Their nimble roots are already stirring, be careful not to get caught and dragged into their holes, trust me, it's never a pretty experience."

The word 'beautiful' was blood red, and it gave a few of them involuntary goosebumps.

How scary was it to be brought up as a reminder?

Astra's heart trembled; could it be tentacle play?

... It was time to get serious.

They looked at each other and quietly rushed into the eerie forest.

The process was disastrous. The strongest, Simon, was the first to be pulled down. He was crying with snot bubbles all over his face while clutching the mud; his misery was such that one could look at him and weep, "No, aaaahhhhh!!! Help!!!"

I can't save you, brother; I have no time to attend to you!

Finally, after sacrificing Linus again, the remaining three arrived at the castle. They rescued the pink-painted evil dragon from the princess, and after watching it fly away crying in pain, they looked at the princess in silence.

Fortunately, but rather, unfortunately, the princess was not in her Linus guise this time.

It's a pity and unfortunate that this time the princess looked like You Meng…

They looked at each other and concluded that the intelligent system in the sky garden was just too vicious!

Upon exiting the virtual world, the three saw Linus staring at the crying Simon with an expressionless face. Upon seeing them come out, Linus let out an unseen sigh of relief; he was really shocked by Simon's ability to cry.

The amused eyes of the people around him circled Simon, who tried to hold his tears in but couldn't.

He was a natural crier, and because of this, he trained himself to be masculine. As a result, the harder he cried, the more the people he got to take care of him, so it became a habit.

These days Simon had been protected by his teammates, he hadn't cried for a long time, so when JiYu saw him cry, he was a bit unresponsive at first before he sighed and pulled out a tissue to wipe his tears.

The screen on the side showed their score, 90 points. The reason was the same as last time; they did not show their love for the princess.

Love?

They had strange expressions.

Simon and Linus noticed, "Who is it this time?"

Linus expression was stinky after learning the "truth" from Simon.

"Captain You Meng," JiYu coughed a few times, "he's the princess."

The team: …Pfft.

"Did you take pictures?"

"Videotaped."

They joked and laughed as they walked back, and while on the way, Astra heard rumors about Winnie and himself.

The rumors were so good that if the story's main character weren't himself, he'd really believe it.

Not knowing how the other story party felt, Astra inwardly tsked, thinking Le Si was a bit stupid.

stupid, stupid

It was the first time the others heard this rumor. After listening to the entire story, they were surprised and amused by the scenario, "Astra, you're famous again."

Astra rubbed his nose, "No way."

He was too charming.

What could actually be done with just a rumor?Astra didn't think it would be of any use to him. Is it possible to force a Gay to like girls?

What a joke.

The day passed like that. In the middle of the night, Astra was awakened by urine, so he opened his eyes sleepily, only to see a dark figure standing at the head of his bed.

Fuck!

He was instantly wide awake. He rolled over in bed and saw his visitor's face through the dim moonlight from the window.

Roax!

Astra's eyes widened. Before he could make his next move, he saw Roax let out a laugh, and then before he could react, he was yanked out the window and was sent flying from the 56th floor!

Astra's pupils constricted; after leaving the room, he spared one look at the opposite bed; however, it was too late to make a sound. He then looked up at the stars in the sky.

The wind whistled past his ears; his light clothes lifted slightly, and his black hair floated in front of his eyes, constantly slapping his face.

The night of the Topian star is not as beautiful as the white star and the starless star, but the thousands of shining stars blanketing the night are a rare scenery on earth.

The cold summer night wind carried a chill as it dropped; Astra's eyes flashed with viciousness as he elbowed Roax hard in the back.

Roax groned, yet his grip was firm as he threw them down.

From the 56th floor to the 40th floor and from the 40th floor to the 20th floor.

The huge impact of the force went up the roof, but the man could only rush down.

The human body's fall triggered the entire building's security system to emit an ear-piercing ticking warning.

The students who had not yet closed their curtains watched in awe as they fell through the window with horror in their eyes.

Until the 18th floor.

The black object on Roax's wrist shot out a hook line that hooked onto the tall building beside them.

The two men paused between the eighteenth and seventeenth floors.

"You fucking–"

Astra cursed, "Lunatic!"

The masked man Roax did not answer, "The people from the military department found you; you threw the flowers I sent."

The hook line got longer, and they fell slowly to the seventeenth floor.

Some frightened students called for teachers and the security team, and the security system hidden in the building called for people.

"Look," Roax, "look around."

Astraa looked around with an expressionless face.

Teachers, classmates, the security team, and Sophia from the army.

Everyone gathered in a group, part of them on the ground looking up at them and part stepping on their flying machines to keep watch around them.

"—Roax, put down the hostages."

They threatened seriously.

Everyone crowded the scene, and Astra saw Sophia turn on her light rain. Undoubtedly, the army would block all the routes that Roax could use to escape instantly.

But the madman Roax was still laughing.

"Look, everyone has seen it," Roax whispered, looking down on those below him as an emperor looks down on a mole, "and when morning comes, all the rumors about you will only be one."

"That's with me."