As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 544: Dramatic Degradation of Intelligence
[Dramatic Gas], strictly speaking, this thing can also be considered a causal prop.

The effect it brought was even more outrageous than the character reversal trial that Li Nuo and his friends encountered in "Creation Mountain".

"I don't know why, but I always have the feeling that I have to stop evil from happening."

Li Nuo kicked the prison door open and ran out with big strides.

"Wait, Claude, get ready!"

Nanami chased after them.

"Oh oh oh, I'm going to lead the way!"

Wells became particularly reliable.

"Although I don't know what's going on, we must unite!"

The doctors and prisoners who brought Li Nuo here were excited.

"Defeat Shinra!"

They don't even think about what Shinra is, they just feel like there should be something called Shinra.

Only the stupid pair of thieves remained behind, and as Pikachu returned to Nanami's hair, Dust and Merry began to shiver.

"I say...are you really going to rebel?"

"Just the few of us?"

"Neither of us had anything to do with this."

"But we have to do this, because..." A prisoner looked at them and said righteously, "In order to keep the world from being destroyed."

The doctor said: "To maintain world peace."

boom!
Just as he finished speaking, the door to the prison passage was kicked open, and several guards crouched behind cover with guns in hand.

"Damn it, it's the Avalanche Organization!"

Note: Avalanche is a terrorist organization in FF7 that aims to defeat Shinra Corporation. Its members include Cloud, Tifa, Barrett, Yuffie, etc.

[Dramatic Gas] The scariest part is here... It will affect everyone in the "protagonist's" field, and make them all get involved in the "drama" performance.

Li Nuo raised his cane and pointed the tip at those guys who were holding guns but not pulling the trigger.

"Do you still want to fight..."

Li Nuo rushed forward with a stick. He felt like an idiot, but he couldn't control himself and ran into the muzzle of the gun.

In fact, everyone felt that they had suddenly become stupid, including the guards who were holding guns and waiting for the protagonist to attack. The guards felt that there was no need to shoot until the opponent was close enough for them to be killed with cold weapons.

There's no way... This is the effect of [Dramatic Gas].

So, although Li Nuo felt like an idiot, he was extremely excited in his heart because he could finally lower the intelligence of his opponent without using his brain.

Thinking of this, the Warrior of Light couldn't control his facial muscles and rushed towards the guard with a smile.

"Hahaha! I will defeat you fair and square!"

The Warrior of Light smiled like a devil.

……

at the same time.

In a valley more than ten kilometers away from the city-state of Belia.

The train whistled and slowly passed by with a hoarse iron sound.

On a train near the city-state of Belia, a group of people were crowded in the carriage, looking towards the religious kingdom that was blazing.

"Those crazy people are at it again."

The conductor was used to it.

Whenever the number of tourists to Belia City-State decreases, something bad happens to the guys in that city.

Only this time, along with the shaking of the earth, something big is going to happen.

Suddenly, an energy cannon constructed with fire magic jumped out from that country and collapsed the track ahead.

The railway tracks that allow trains to reach every corner of the country have been damaged and cracked, and even the mountain has begun to loosen! The situation has become even more chaotic.

"What exactly is going on?!"

The conductor banged on the train window in frustration.

"Stop the car and contact for support!"

"Someone has to take care of that damn religious country! Stop them from using magic as fireworks!"

It only took ten minutes from Cha Bai being targeted, to a group of men and women fighting each other, to the current situation of the entire city entering into an unreasonable civil war, and at least 20% of the area suffered irreversible damage.

If it weren't for the fact that Pope Winston was so rich and there was not a goddess secretly protecting them, this country would have been razed to the ground by the steel monsters of the Blue Sea Country long ago.

……

City-state center.

Chabai and Maljie were running quickly on the rooftop, their eyes pointed at the church headquarters in the distance.

"Li Nuo should have received it, but he couldn't get in touch with me. I don't know why."

Cha Bai was a little anxious.

Maybe it was the influence of the magical "seven-year itch", she was more worried about Li Nuo's safety than ever before. An old couple could feel sick for a week after a kiss, but they would care about each other's life and death more than when they were in love.

However, there were some women blocking her from all sides, preventing her from flying directly to Li Nuo, so she became even more anxious.

"Woof (be careful)!" As Maljie reminded, the power shop under their feet suddenly exploded!
“I’ve been wanting to try this for a long time.”

A skinny old man took advantage of the chaos to rob the Orbital Shop, put on his favorite crystal Orbital Gloves, and just snapped his fingers, and raindrops fell from the dim sky.

The old man took out the shampoo he had prepared, hummed a little tune, and washed his hair in the rain.

Behind him was billowing black smoke, several young men wailing and rolling in a pool of blood, and the wreckage of guided machinery all over the ground.

This guy was a famous gangster killer more than a decade ago and was born in a mental hospital.

Later, he fell in love with a nun from the city-state of Belia at first sight. A killer and a nun should not be together, but after being exposed to the teachings of the "Soul of Steel", he realized that everything should be done as his heart desired, so he gave up his identity as a killer and became an honest resident, guarding the nun.

In fact, the whole country is full of such ruthless people.

The phrase "everyone is a soldier" that Li Nuo heard in prison can be said to be a relatively euphemistic term.

Back to the present.

The ground where the old man was was suddenly covered by shells. The old man jumped out nimbly, ignoring the burns on half his body, and raised his sharp eyes to stare at the thing that attacked him.

The springs of several guided-energy machines creaked, and the rolling tracks kicked up dirt and gravel on the ground. The drivers crawled out of the guided-energy machines, pointing a submachine gun at the old man.

"Don't block my way, old man! I want to confess my love to the nuns in the church!"

"I like nuns, too!"

"I see. Then get in the car and we'll go together."

Not long after their guided machine left, the place was blown to pieces by grenades falling from the sky.

"Sergeant, if you throw grenades again, I'll kick your ass with a woodchuck!"

"Oh, you are a devil."

A group of guys in COS military uniforms rushed in. After a sudden real-life CS game, the heat caused the guide box at the roadside gas station to turn red and swell, followed by a violent explosion.

The flames shattered the windows and the scraps of paper were blown to the other end of the block by the wind. There, Sister Friede swung her flame-tearing battle axe at the black-robed priest's magic shield, and the violent collision created a circle of ripples.

"Decide who is the strongest in this country, Freed."

"Okay, if I lose you will be my man."

"If I lose, you will be my woman."

The two of them roared with their faces almost touching.

"A fight to the death!"

The fire was raging into the sky.

All this was seen by Pope Winston, who was standing at the highest point.

"Sir! There's a riot in the prison!" a guard rushed in.

"Don't panic." Pope Winston told the guard with a kind smile: "God said, do as much as you can."

"Understood!" The guard swallowed what he was about to say next. The guys rioting in the prison were extremely strong, but since God said to do it within one's ability, he felt that he could give it a try.

When the room was empty, Winston showed a look of disgust.

"As expected of a damned demon hunter, he's already causing chaos as soon as he entered the prison."

The Pope certainly knew about Li Nuo's sudden appearance in prison. There were magic receivers throughout the church headquarters, and the strange crystal magic had told the Pope that there was a heretic invasion.

However, Pope Winston was not at all panicked.

He spent most of his life studying the teachings of the "Soul of Steel".

Although he still didn't know what the God of this religion was, after carefully studying the doctrine, he found that it was simply wonderful and was simply the most tolerant God in the world.

Strictly speaking, the teachings of Steel Soul can be summed up in two words: "tolerance".

Because of tolerance, all believers' faith in God has reached an incredible level.

Just imagine that the God you believe in tolerates everything you do and does not allow you to respect the God you believe in. Who would not love such a church?

Winston thought this must be a "cult" from another world.

If it's a cult, even better.

Winston took out the guide machine from his arms.

The tiny gears on the machine spun madly, and the ripples created by the magic power echoed, and circles of magic power floated under the sky.

come on.

Then continue fighting.

The more noise you make, the better.

The more you fight, the more faith you gain.

The power of harvesting faith is the function of the guide machine in his hand. That power is converted into energy and transmitted into the Holy Grail.

The golden Holy Grail behind the Pope is one of the treasures of the evil ruins.

The Holy Grail sometimes gives birth to strange things. At first, only "pieces of shit" appeared. Winston thought it was because he was not pious enough, and then he began a decades-long "Pope's role-playing game".

[Glasses for detecting combat effectiveness] appeared in the Holy Grail, so Winston began to mass-produce them. The glasses worn by the gatekeeper at the Tanggula Mountain checkpoint were bought from here. Later, the hot weapons in "Cyberpunk" appeared, and then the "○○ Salad Cuisine" appeared. Until the last twenty years, [Shit Gun] and [Poke Ball] appeared one after another, all of which were gifts from God.

If there is a player present, the Holy Grail panel will look like this:

The Holy Grail of Trash

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Effect: Collect energy, detect the source of energy, and get something from the source, which is most likely garbage]

[Brief description: The cooling-off period is about five to ten years]

In fact, there is a chance that what Li Nuo and the others have in their hands will become a degraded replica of the Holy Grail.

Those who believe in the church will be infected by the magic of the other world and fall into frenzy when excited. In fact, it is the toxicity of the Malje magic element that affects the brain judgment of the believers.

The goddess Tia came here and helped the people of the church to study a magic summoning array. As long as the power of faith is strong enough, gods can be summoned. The Pope feels that the magic factor of the demon hunter is also needed to attract people.

Summon the God.

Throw the [Poke Ball] at God, calling it: taming the divine beast.

The red and white ball is kept in the Pope's staff.

He knew the function of the [Poke Ball] because of the unreliable goddess Tia.

But the goddess doesn't know how to use the [Shit Gun].

The gears of the guide machine in Winston's hand were spinning wildly, creating sparks, indicating that enough strong faith had been collected.

He decided to put an end to the infighting among the believers in case foreign troops came to suppress the infighting when the summoning ceremony was launched later.

Winston walked to the balcony at the edge of the church and activated the "sound wave guide speaker" on the balcony railing.

"Everyone."

His hoarse voice echoed across the country on the magical ripples of the trumpet.

When the fighting believers heard the Pope's voice, they all chose to continue fighting, because doctrine told them to do whatever they wanted. Normally, they suppressed their emotions so that the church could spread among travelers. Now there were basically no travelers, so there was no need to stop.

Winston's next sentence is the key.

“God is ready to show up.”

In an instant, the noise across the country stopped.

The priest and the nun stopped fighting, the rampaging guided machine stepped on the brakes, and the noisy guys raised their pious eyes.

Everyone looked in the direction of the church headquarters.

"god……"

"Belief……"

"really?"

“I can see God!”

“Finally I can see Him!”

What echoes in the city is the worship of faith.

Winston smiled under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes.

"Your power of faith has been fully absorbed. God can hear it. More importantly, God's opponent, the demon hunter, has entered here."

"Everyone, look in my direction. He will be here soon. Please..."

Before he could finish his words, the floor behind Winston was knocked away by bullets from the Gatling gun.

Because the speaker's range was the entire room, the sound was projected several times louder, and the trees on the street were shaking. Li Nuo crawled out of the hole, complaining, "You almost hit me, Barrett!"

Cha Bai, who was climbing on the roof not far away, was suddenly startled: "This voice... is it Li Nuo's? What's wrong with Barrett?"

Maljie: "Woof (Humph, Miss Chabai, I have a bad feeling)."

Chabai nodded.

Then a roar was heard: "Kill you Shinra lunatics!"

Brother Wells was firing wildly inside the church with a Gatling gun. His whole body was shining with matte black, and his King Kong body protected his body from being hurt by the guards' attacks.

The group of prisoners who escaped with them each did their own thing. They shouted "Avalanche" and fought with the guards in the church.

The two stupid thieves who played the roles of Musashi and Kojiro hid in a dark corner and shivered. They didn't know why they suddenly became timid.

"Why do I feel so strange..."

"Yeah...ever since I felt like I was Kojiro, I've been afraid of danger."

"What should I do!"

The two hugged each other in panic.

The side wall suddenly collapsed, throwing them both away. At the same time, a petite and thin girl came out from inside, wielding a long stick. Nanami grabbed a guard captain by the collar and threw him to the ground.

But there was no more hostility on Nanami's face, only the calmness, uneasiness and nervousness of a young girl.

"Yuffy, be careful!"

boom--!
Nanami was accidentally injured by Wells's impact cannon below, but she reacted quickly, waving her long stick and flipping in the air, and came to the hole next to Li Nuo.

Li Nuo grabbed Nanami's stick.

The two looked at each other.

"Hold on tight, Yuffie."

Li Nuo pulled her up, and the two of them were so close that it seemed unreal.

"Thanks, Claude."

"Where's Barrett?"

"I'll help you clean up the miscellaneous soldiers down there. It's up to you two to deal with the Pope of Shinra!"

Wells' voice was loud and full of excitement, and the next second there was the sound of Gatling gunfire.

Da da da da da!
The sound of the Gatling guns echoed across the country through the speakers.

Chabai and Maljie stood on the roof with expressionless faces.

"Wang (Miss Cha Bai, Li Nuo is that Claude, right)?"

"I suddenly don't want to care about them..."

Despite what Chabai said, he still grabbed Maljie's tail and carried him to the church headquarters. Along the way, all the believers and citizens had stopped fighting and were looking up at the Pope.

Winston stared at Li Nuo and confirmed that his face was the demon hunter in the portrait. He smiled and said, "Everyone, the demon hunter has come to me. Please come and help."

He is instigating tens of thousands of believers to come here.

But Li Nuo shook his head: "No... I'm not a demon hunter. I'm just here to stop you."

Winston: "Ridiculous... Do you know what you are doing?"

Li Nuo: "No, but you won't know the result until you do it."

The look between him and Nanami was very different, it was just… very righteous.

It was so righteous that even Winston felt that the god might really be an evil god.

Justice, role-playing, and personality changes are actually all due to Doraemon's "dramatic gas".

To put it simply, this prop allows the user to immerse himself in the stage performance, which will delay things in most cases. For example... Winston was affected.

Because [dramatic gas] is contagious, anyone who is around the "protagonist" can't help but act along with the protagonist.

To put it in a metaphor, Li Nuo and his friends are like carrying an airborne virus. Wherever they go, drama will begin.

Winston seemed unable to control himself and said, "It's just the last step..."

Li Nuo frowned: "What do you mean..."

Winston took a deep breath: "Don't you understand? I plan to let that god come out."

His Holiness smiled.

"When I was young, I followed a team to fight against evil demons. At that time, I served as a merchant to provide logistics for the team. During that journey, I learned about the 'Soul of Steel'."

When the believers in the city heard this, they were all amazed. It turned out that the Pope was one of the warriors who had defeated the evil spirit?

Pope Winston heard the cry from the city.

"And then I became a traitor."

It was at this moment that Winston felt something was wrong... and the Warrior of Light in front of him was actually smiling.

"I do not believe."

"idiot!"

Winston begins the classic dramatic decline of the villain faction.

"Of course you don't understand! From the beginning, I was a seed cultivated by the evil master in the world! The purpose of my life is to defeat humans! Hahaha! That's why I worked hard to become a businessman and followed that army to fight against the evil demon!"

"Those guys from Papagus, those idiots, never realized who I was! But...ah! But the evil master was still defeated! I don't understand why, you bastard!"

In fact, it was Tia who was interfering at that time.

"But it's not over yet... I took the money left by the evil master and found a buried doctrine in his place... Yes! It is the current 'Soul of Steel'! I used that money to establish a country, a religion, and recruited those psychopaths into the church. Oh, my God! Look how suitable this doctrine is for finding excuses for those bastards."

Winston raised his staff, pointed it outside the house, and his facial expression began to twist.

"When you complain about your shortcomings, God will tell you that it's all your parents' genes' fault, not yours. When you feel like you can't do anything right, God will tell you to kill those people who make you feel they are wrong. When you feel very hungry, go and steal food from beggars. Why not steal from rich people? Because it's better for us to bully the weak. When you have someone you like, just molest him/her/it. When you meet someone who questions the church, you can send him/her to see the God he/she believes in in a kind and gentle way, such as by shooting him/her in the head."

Church members across the country fell silent.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and everyone thought that this doctrine was correct.

Winston is still going.

"The doctrine attracted those bastards to join. I collected their faith just to summon that God one day, and then... conquer Him!"

At this moment, Maljie and Chabai no longer had the heart to fight. They really couldn't figure out what Li Nuo had done to make the Pope confess his past in public.

"Subdue?"

Although Nanami is playing the role of Yuffie, she still can't control her worry when she thinks of Maljie being the "God".

"How are you going to subdue...?"

"Why should I tell you?" Winston suddenly regained his intelligence, and then he came up with a big one: "I want to subdue that god. At the same time, I have the power of a country and will renew my loyalty to the evil demon who is about to be resurrected!"

The sound of the radio echoed in every corner of the streets and alleys.

The believers were in disarray.

Even Wells and the guards who were fighting below were in disarray.

They don't want to pledge allegiance to any evil.

"Damn it..." Li Nuo gritted his teeth and said, "You deceived an entire country! Are you Griffith?"

For some reason, Winston felt guilty when he heard the name Griffith.

"I don't know the Griffith you mentioned, but I know... If it weren't for the country and religion I founded, at least 30,000 of the more than 50,000 people in this city would have died outside!"

He's right.

"Even if these idiots have all kinds of reasons, they are all dregs that are not accepted by society! It is me who gives them the meaning of life!"

But what he said was a bit extreme.

The believers were angry and annoyed, but they wanted to see the shadow of that god even more.

The damn witcher is here.

Where is God?

Malj is on his way.

Winston had long realized that his IQ had dropped sharply. He was gathering his magic power to dispel the "curse", but he still couldn't control his mouth.

“When faith reaches its apex, when the demon hunter appears before your eyes, when the magic circle of guidance is ready to go… O ancient magic, please awaken here and engulf everything with pure and spotless power!”

He raised his staff high.

The magic circle built in the center of the church was activated.

The magic of summoning God left by the goddess Tia burst out with dazzling blue light.

Magic factors overflowed from Li Nuo's body, and the star-like spots of magic were sucked over by the magic circle.

Nanami grabbed hold of Li Nuo's arm to prevent him from being sucked away as well, but in the intense storm, his vision was obscured by the bright light.

at the same time.

Maljie who was beside Chabai suddenly disappeared.

……

Somewhere in Middle-earth.

Taoist priest Wang Li stood with his sword, sparks of burning smoke were flying, and hundreds of orc corpses were scattered around.

"Not bad."

Tia stood behind him and praised him.

"Senior... this is just a level 80 scenario for players... and they are just miscellaneous soldiers... I can't say that I can't even defeat these orcs, right?"

"Just do it step by step." Tia smiled: "Anyway, I'm going to take a month's vacation. It would be boring to show off right away."

Wang Li was a little worried about the world where Tia was, because this "god" was a little... unreliable.

So Taoist Wang suddenly thought of what kind of god even Tia worshipped.

"Senior, you said you have a god you worship very much. What exactly is that high-dimensional being?"

"I do not know either."

Tia's answer was unexpected.

"Aren't you a god? You should be able to see things that ordinary people can't see, right?"

"Who said that?"

"In the worlds I've been through, even high-ranking gods can do this."

"I'm just powerful, not omniscient. Besides, the strength of that world is actually very high, idiot."

Tia told Wang Li some of her experiences.

The general meaning is that when Tia opened the "Gate of Prison", the magic of the abyss invaded the world, causing the strength of that script world to be ridiculous. A talented indigenous person could realize the "Demon Slash" after swinging the sword at the air for two years.

"The reason why the high dimension is high dimension is that it can see through everything. However, the gods in that world who meet the definition of high dimension have long died. I am just very strong, not omniscient."

Tia doesn't have the ability to spy on people's hearts like the Mirror Master. Even if she did, she couldn't use it on the people in that world. In this respect, she is not even as good as Lillian.

Wang Li stared with dead fish eyes.

"That is to say, Senior doesn't know what that god is?"

Tia nodded playfully.

"But I left a magic circle in that Belia city-state. As long as the believers have high enough faith, there is a chance that they can see the god after activating the magic circle. Although the success rate is very low, I pretended to be a witch and lied to the believers that there is a 99% chance of seeing the god. I guess those fanatical believers will think it is a 100% chance."

She hoped that the magic circle would not be suddenly activated during the month she was away. Tia thought that Wang Li was a [Critical One]. Although she wanted to ask for the answer, in order to leave herself with expectations, she resisted the urge to ask and instead changed the subject to divert attention.

"In fact, I used some props to spy on a corner of that god, and that scene is why I like that guy."

"Is His whole body surrounded by holy light and immortal energy?" Wang Li had a more upright mind.

Tia shook her head.

"No, because he's handsome."

"..."

"I love handsome guys, that's all."

……

In order to stop the "degradation of intelligence", Winston still activated the magic circle.

Under the blue light, the impact brought by the magic circle destroyed the upper echelons of the church beyond recognition.

The open-air dome of reinforced concrete collapsed.

The believers stood on high points in the city with cameras and telescopes, staring at the collapsed upper floors of the church, looking for any signs of God.

As the light from the magic circle that impacted the sky dissipated, only a circle of smoke ripples could be vaguely seen, and a shadow stood there in the strong light.

Winston's eyes widened with excitement, almost popping out of their sockets: "Success... My summoning was successful!"

The light of the magic circle is slowly dissipating.

Everyone held their breath and stared at the shadow that emerged from the center of the formation.

Then...nearly 10,000 people across the country saw a white-haired dog.

Li Nuo: "..."

Nanami: "..."

Winston: “……?”

Maljie stood in the center of the formation, staring with his dog eyes, looking around hesitantly.

"Woof?"

(End of this chapter)