As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 725 Before Rolling Away

The Basel Entertainment Company building has 15 floors.

In a room with a "Rest" sign hanging on the door, Nanami was sitting inside drinking water in large gulps.

Just then, the agent's reflection appeared in the mirror opposite: "The afternoon's advertising schedule has been postponed to the evening."

"Oh." Nanami: "Okay."

"Nanami, don't spread your legs when you drink water, it doesn't look good."

"You can't control it."

Despite her rebellious nature, Nanami closed her legs as her manager instructed.

"Is this Miss Nanami?"

The door was banged on several times.

Nanami gritted her teeth: "Here we go again."

She walked impatiently to the door, and the moment she opened it, her face immediately transformed into an exceptionally cute expression: "Oh dear~"

A group of indigenous people holding her posters stood at the entrance, and security guards were preventing them from approaching her.

As a player, she has no human rights in the community area, but as the company's cash cow, she has a lot of human rights.

Security was extremely tight to prevent anyone from harming her.

Nanami reached out and took the magazine: "It's just an autograph."

"Miss Nanami! May I shake your hand?"

"No way~"

"I can invite you to enjoy it with me..."

Go eat shit!

"Excuse me, Miss Nanami."

"Don't ask any more questions, we have other things to do later..."

"As a player, you must have killed a lot of people, right?"

The hand that was signing froze in mid-air. Nanami looked up, a hint of alertness flashing in her eyes beneath her brown bangs. The indigenous man who had asked the question pulled out a gun.

I'll send you to hell!

boom!
This was not just a gun, but a special firearm with a destructive laser, which instantly engulfed the entire room in light.

The security guards and Nanami's fans slightly opened their eyes amidst the smoke, only to see Nanami's protective back as she stood in front of them.

"Has the monster from the script caught up with us...?"

Nanami walked over, pulled the stick out of her earring, and murmured to herself with her head down.

"Ah—! Yes, I won't let you get away with this!"

The guy who fired the shot transformed into a strange creature with pale blue skin. The gun became fused with his arm, and the muzzle was pointed at Nanami. Just as he was about to pull the trigger again, the muzzle was blocked by a stick.

"you!"

"I am angry."

Nanami gritted her teeth, her eyes flashing.

“We should resolve our own issues, but you have crossed a line.”

The words fell.

A golden light shimmered around her!
"You shouldn't have laid a hand on someone who supports me!"

Snapped!
"Card--!"

The director, holding the script, shouted, "Great! Let's shoot another take of the drinking scene."

The extras stood up and walked past Nanami. She glanced back at the banner on set: "Courage Mineral Water Commercial Shooting Site..."

She sat down in the chair next to the director, and a staff member playing the role of an assistant handed her juice.

"Director, how many resources does Basel actually have? I won't make much money shooting these commercials."

"do not you know?"

"what?"

Nanami is mentally challenged and reacts very slowly to some things.

The director said, "Your world is connected to two great worlds, Cairo and the South. Our place is the 'Imperial Inquisition' area, which is located between these two great worlds. Therefore, the films sold will be transferred to the outside universe through special channels, which is what you call the great world."

"Ah~ so, my image has actually become one of those three main worlds'..." Nanami clicked her tongue: "A stupid, idiotic woman..."

As the staff fanned her, they added, "Just like the director said, Basel also needs operating funds. This is a planet first, and then a player gathering area. It's like gold coins. Can you guess why your gold coins can circulate in the Cairo World?"

Nanami suddenly realized, "So they're all the same kind of currency?"
So, Li Nuo and his group had already guessed that she was mentally challenged, and they didn't even need to investigate further to know for sure.

"Then... Ah! I get it!" Nanami crushed her water glass in shock: "No wonder players are divided into two worlds. If we can take gold coins to the real world, the currency system will be in chaos!"

The staff member squinted helplessly.

"While that's part of the reason... it's not really that important. It's just that life from two different worlds can't meet. Players are essentially ghosts from hell. How can a ghost bring its possessions into the mortal world? Unless it's a group of high-level ghost spirits. To elaborate, some 'heroic spirits' are actually also players in nature."

Nanami looked completely bewildered.

"Anyway, I'm just a dead man."

At this moment, she remembered what Li Nuo had been searching for: not being a player, wouldn't that be equivalent to a complete resurrection? Thinking about it this way, the difficulty was... insanely high.

The staff member's phone rang a few times. He answered it and saw that it was Wenk calling, so he went to the side to answer the call.

The director rubbed his hands together and said, "Nanami, you need to take care of yourself. Starting tomorrow, you'll be starring in the scripted movie you're working on with Mr. Wink."

Nanami touched her cheek: "I'm alright... I've been sleeping pretty well lately."

Can't you see that your face is pale?

"How did you figure out that I, a Caucasian, looked pale?"

Although she asked this question and didn't want to admit that she looked unwell, she did have some sleep problems. Ever since the Great Labyrinth incident, she kept recalling the time she suddenly felt nauseous outside the Castlevania.

No matter how hard she tried to recall, she couldn't remember what had happened. She was quite certain that her memory hadn't been altered because there was no problem with the timeline; it was as if she had suddenly developed symptoms like a stroke and then suddenly recovered.

A feeling of unease lingered in her heart.

From a woman's intuition: something big is about to happen.

"not good!"

Suddenly, a staff member ran over, grabbed Nanami, and ran.

Director: "Hey, what's up!"

Staff member: "We'll go first!"

"What's wrong?" Nanami asked from behind.

“Li, Li Li Nuo…”

"He got beaten up?" Nanami asked expectantly.

Staff member: "He found the ticket for that unauthorized player!"

Nanami: "...?"

……

When she arrived at the "path to death," the entire street was packed with staff.

The staff seemed very happy, holding up all sorts of colorful signs.

The signs read things like "Go away," "Get out of here, you bastard," and "Please don't come back," or something similar.

The staff member who brought Nanami over explained, "Player 5900 is always messing with the people here when he has nothing better to do. Threats are commonplace for him. For example, when Mr. Wenk sometimes resells things with us, he often uses Li Nuo's name to exploit us."

Nanami squinted, thinking to herself, "So, it was all so she could settle accounts with Wink after he left..."

"Miss Nanami".

The staff looked at her solemnly.

"Please try to persuade him to leave with peace of mind."

At that moment, Li Nuo was standing at the door, arguing with the group of staff using a megaphone.

"I'm so happy to leave you all!"

"Nonsense! Things are more likely to go wrong when you're around!"

"If I weren't a player anymore, I could attack you!"

"We will block the passage to 'Icarus'! We don't care if it's against the rules!"

"So you also have tickets to 'Icarus'?!" "Of course! It was difficult, but we managed to make them!"

Give it to me within one day.

When Li Nuo stood at the door and said these words, the entire room fell silent.

"Otherwise, I'll die because of my identity as a player."

In an instant, just an instant, the staff scattered like birds and beasts, all rushing to finish that train ticket.

After the crowd dispersed, Nanami stood helplessly with her hands on her hips on the empty street. She finally understood Cha Bai's feelings. That bastard really was scheming from the moment he opened his mouth.

"So you're really planning to leave?"

"Come in and talk."

Li Nuo opened the courtyard gate.

He recounted the whole story to Nanami.

To Nanami's surprise, there were only two tickets.

"Didn't you make a wish with three?"

Doraemon sat in the yard eating and said, "Maybe it's because he's unlucky, only two-thirds of his wishes have been fulfilled, or maybe it's just that his time hasn't come yet."

It stuffed all the food into its mouth in one gulp, then hopped over to the "What If Phone Booth," opened the door, went inside to check the parts: "There shouldn't be any problems, but if you still want to use it, you'll have to wait at least a few decades."

Nanami asked curiously, "Why don't you just ask for something more straightforward, like 'I want to be resurrected' or something like that...?"

"What about the next script?" Li Nuo took out his thermos.

He sat down on the folding stool, took a sip of tea, and spat out the tea leaves: "Old Ma has already gone to Lillian to ask about this. If I suddenly disappear, will the next script still appear, or what other consequences might there be?"

Even though Nanami isn't the brightest, she understands Li Nuo very well, and she knows very well where he's not being honest.

What about the next script? The unspoken question was: What if you find yourselves in dire straits while I'm not around?
This guy is ruthless to outsiders, but very protective of his own people.

To date, whenever a situation has come down to a disadvantage, without Li Nuo, it's likely that none of them would have made it through.

Nanami knew all of this, she knew it all too well, yet Nanami still squatted down and grabbed Li Nuo's hand that was holding the thermos.

"leave."

"what?"

"Li Nuo, take Cha Bai and leave this place."

"Why?" Li Nuo tried to gently pry Nanami's hands away and asked, "What did you see?"

Nothing escapes his eyes.

Why do you turn pale when these things are mentioned?

"So how exactly did you figure out that I, a Caucasian, looked pale?" Nanami gave up on her teasing and said directly, "There's no reason. It was a sudden feeling of palpitation during the Great Maze that I still can't forget. We are players, and accidents are bound to happen sooner or later. Otherwise... you see, why haven't any players from hundreds of years ago survived to this day?"

She was right this time.

Players have long lifespans, some even possessing infinite lifespans, yet none can survive past a hundred years.

At least that's the case with the "Endless Corridor".

Li Nuo began to think carefully: although escaping was shameful, it was useful.

"What is this thing?!" Doraemon shouted.

He took a diary out of the phone booth.

Li Nuo walked over, took the diary, and shook it in his hand: "The secret compartment I asked you to make before, how could you forget it?"

Doraemon pouted, holding the board, and said, "Who remembers it every day?"

Nanami asked curiously, "What kind of diary is it?"

“This…” Li Nuo walked into the phone booth and put the diary back in its place: “This is one of the backup plans I’ve prepared for my future.”

He hesitated, then stopped talking.

"Li Nuo's House".

Although that thing can no longer be seen, it has always been a source of anxiety for Li Nuo, who wrote "The Room of the Warrior of Light" (Chapter 575) for himself because of this.

If something unexpected happens, such as his life becoming a puppet because of "Li Nuo's Room", this diary might be useful, but it needs a safe place. The "What If Phone Booth", which manipulates cause and effect and time and space, is the safest place.

That's why Li Nuo put the things here.

But he didn't want to say it.

The fewer people who know about this, the better.

When he came out of the phone booth, Nanami was still outside.

"I understand. I will leave as long as I can accept the answer from Old Ma and Lillian."

"no."

Nanami shook her head.

Then he turned to leave, waved his hand, left his back view, and disappeared through the door without saying a word.

Doraemon whispered to Li Nuo, "I guess she just wants to see her friend's shadow one more time."

Li Nuo said expressionlessly, "Is that so..."

……

Night.

Li Nuo returned to the hotel in reality from the corridor.

The room was dark and the lights were off.

Cha Bai turned on the light after opening the door.

“I just took some time to go to the corridor from Peters, and then some Indigenous people asked me about it.”

She sat on the bed, took off her shoes, looked at her toes, and whispered softly.

"Xiao Cha, I heard you're leaving?"

Cha Bai mimicked the tone of a local auntie from next door.

"Then I went to Wenk's tavern, where Wenk was sorting out your bills, and he told me everything... Li Nuo?"

She didn't seem very excited, and there was no hint of excitement on her face. For her, as long as Li Nuo made the decision, everything else was irrelevant.

Li Nuo looked at the dim light on the ceiling.

"Old Ma talked to Lillian. It doesn't matter if we die before the next scenario happens. But if we live, we can enter that scenario as summoned creatures from other worlds. We have more control and are safer. The only problem is the 'benefits' of breaking through level 99."

He stood up as he spoke.

"Lillian means that she knows someone who has switched from being a player to a native. While not being a player means not having a panel or system as a 'cheat code,' the way abilities grow is no longer locked into a systematic growth pattern. Whether this is an advantage or a disadvantage is hard to say."

"Old Ma and I checked the shop. There are some nice things that allow natives to gain short-term player system data. They can still break through player levels even when they're not playing. Although they're a bit expensive, we have plenty of gold coins, so we're not short of money."

"By the way, I've already had the staff get the tickets to 'Icarus'. It was a bit rushed, but they'll do."

"Also, for items and the like, I can use methods like summoning Brother Wells or spitting out Nanami to get them to bring us items or even pre-processed equipment."

At this point, Cha Bai understood, and she touched her stomach and said with a smile, "I haven't had dinner yet."

Li Nuo rolled up his sleeves: "I'll go outside and buy some."

As he opened the door, Cha Bai suddenly asked, "Li Nuo, if our story were a comic book, would it be ending now?"

Li Nuo: "If our story were a slice-of-life comic, it would probably only be the beginning now."

"If you can't let go of this place..."

"Sis, stop being so sentimental. The only thing I can't let go of is the property certificate, and I'd rather be an air pirate."

He closed the door and left the room.

Cha Bai sat on the bed, pinching her toes with her fingers, deep in thought.

She could tell that Li Nuo was a little awkward.

She had no attachment to this world.

However, Li Nuo still has a few outstanding issues to resolve, such as the deputy director of the community senior activity center, and Dr. Xu.

……

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P.S.: (In the following content, all the foreshadowing from the previous text will be presented in screenshot form as much as possible).

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