Chapter 16: Game_2

Double Leaf pursed her lips and fell into silence for a while, then raised her head to stare at the blurry face in front of her and asked, "How did you know?"

"Do you find it so unbelievable?" Mo Tan looked at her as if she were an idiot.

Double Leaf was irritated again, but this time she calmed down quickly and said impassively, "I do have a guess, but I'd like to hear your answer before I make a judgement."

Mo Tan's gaze at her became increasingly weird, he skeptically asked, "Are you really SUN?"

Double Leaf chuckled, "It's okay if you don't believe me. Why don't you expose a little information and give me a chance to prove myself?"

"Forget it," Mo Tan spread his hands, "I just happened to notice that a large amount of false information under certain conditions popped up on the web. I did a little investigation and found they were all meaningless stuff, so I left it at that, until..."

He flicked his fingers, half of the life in the universe disappeared instantly... sorry, wrong script...

He flicked his fingers, raised an eyebrow at Double Leaf, "I didn't expect someone to follow the traces left by that false information. Moreover, the tracking methods and habits were very similar to someone I know. This undoubtedly proves that those false information is more or less related to you…"

"I see," Double Leaf interrupted without waiting for him to finish. She drooped her head helplessly, "Then earlier, you noticed that I was the only one in the area who fit the description of multiple false documentation, so you came over suspecting anything, and then…"

"You jumped out on your own," Mo Tan laughed, "Like a naive young girl who's been wrongly accused of puppy love by her teacher."

Double Leaf rolled her eyes, "I didn't realize you had such a terrible personality, Black."

"Because for an adversary, we've never met before, we often unconsciously glamorize them in our minds." Mo Tan extended his right hand to Double Leaf, "When the distance disappears, the idealized image we created also disappears. So, nice to meet you, Sun."

Double Leaf slapped Mo Tan's hand away casually and huffed, "From what you said earlier, it seems that I am quite different from the Sun you had imagined."

"Let's not tear each other down," Mo Tan shrugged, "I have no intention of hitting your self-esteem anymore, mate…or should I now be calling you 'miss'? Or something else?"

Double Leaf grimaced, "You can call me whatever you want. Now let's move on to the next topic. Have you also tried attacking Innocence Corp's systems?"

"Alright, Little Pudding."

"What did you say?!" Double Leaf's originally cloudy expression immediately darkened.

Mo Tan looked at her innocently, "Didn't you say I could call you whatever I wanted?"

"Just keep calling me 'mate'," Double Leaf said coldly. "So, you've also faced setbacks at Innocence Corp like me?"

"I'd rather not talk about it," Mo Tan suddenly said with a very gloomy tone. The combination of his emerging anger and his complex character sent a shiver down Double Leaf's spine.

From the girl's perspective, the answer was already very clear...

He must have hit the same wall as she did, and probably took a bigger hit. Because of the irrational 'pride' of men, this guy might feel even more defeated than she did...

[Humph, serves him right! Who asked you to tease me, missy, just now? I wonder if the all-powerful Mr. Black will feel even worse when he finds out I, a girl, am his rival, SUN.]

Double Leaf thought this to herself maliciously.

But after increasingly believing that the messy guy in front of her was not the same person as the smart priest named Hei Fan, under the misleading of Mo Tan, Double Leaf was straying further from the truth...

At this point, the situation was reversed.

Of course, Mo Tan wasn't as angry as he appeared to be. His slightly agitated appearance now was more to conceal his urge to burst into laughter. The emotions and expressions he showed to Double Leaf were all pretend, all an act.

The performance by Mo Tan had already begun from the message he left for Sun in the morning.

This included his interactions with her under the guise of an [Absolutely Neutral] role, his constant provocations just now, and his current anger as if a proud genius had been hit in his own domain, all were fake.

All this was to clear Double Leaf's suspicions about 'Hei Fan' and 'Mo Tan', and to let her drift away in her wrong judgement…

Now, only one last step was left.

"Anyway," Motan abruptly changed the subject, "I never thought you played this game. It seems I was too presumptuous to give you a hard time about the Game Cabin."

Double Leaf didn't want to entice him too much. It wasn't because of the 'soft heart' that most girls have, but rather, she didn't want to waste precious time testing him by engaging in pointless mutual mockery. After all, who knew when this unpredictable guy would suddenly log off and disappear. So, she picked up his cue and responded, "I felt the same~. I never thought you'd find time to play games, instead of spending your time with tissues and adult videos like the rest of your tribe do."

Oops! It seemed she inadvertently mocked him anyway!!!

Nevertheless, Motan didn't seem to mind this time. Instead, he chuckled and said, "I think you have a very biased misconception about male hackers..."

"No, I just thought you were a homebound geek," Double Leaf laughed.

The atmosphere suddenly became much more friendly~~

"Haha, I do occasionally go out to feed the stray cats and do some charity work~"

"Not bad~ I heard guys who take care of animals give a sense of security~"

Of course, that was all just superficial. After all, these two were not easy to deal with. Although they seemed to get along quite well, they were the type who wouldn't hesitate to seize any chance to throw each other under the bus...

But Double Leaf was always planning to take a big dig at Motan.

And the latter, only because he was in a state of "Chaotic Neutral", held this kind of thought, so he could not avoid suffering. Being found out first was a clear example.

If it were not for the system bug caused by his multiple personality disorder, Motan, who inadvertently gave himself away, might have lost this game first.

When his personality was 'Absolute Neutral', Motan, thinking of this, always felt somewhat scared...

But the him now...

Just purely felt pleasure and excitement~

As long as it made him feel good, he didn't mind whether he was digging near a grave or dancing on the blade...

It's all about having fun!

As a pop-up window appeared in front of Double Leaf, all of her last-minute doubts were suddenly dispelled.

[Player Tan Mo (Chaotic Neutral) requests to add you as a friend]

"I feel like a fool," Double Leaf murmured to herself, but then accepted Motan's friend request without hesitation. After that, she glanced at another name in her friend list.

Friend: Hei Fan (Absolute Neutral)

Even if this guy might have some problems, and could potentially be a skilled hacker, it didn't matter anymore...

Double Leaf lifted her head and looked at the guy in front of her, a smile appearing on her cute doll-like face.

[Because the biggest, most troublesome, and trickiest prey has already appeared~]

She suddenly felt an explosion of motivation!

"Even though I have caught you off guard by adding you as a friend, don't gaze into space in shock." Motan's somewhat cocky voice brought Double Leaf swiftly back from her thoughts.

Looking at the somewhat petite redhead mage in front of him, he leaned in close to her ear and whispered....

"I want to play a game with you."

Chapter 16: The End