As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 741 The Final Request
The king turned around and looked at the enormous doorway.

"Let me explain it to you."

He walked up to Cha Bai and knocked on the towering, seemingly endless gate.

"Before I was tricked, I did some preparations, such as saving the souls of some players and setting up an anchor point at the place where we met at the 'threshold'. So, I had imagined that you would go this far... However, time was limited, so I could only extract the data from Li Nuo's soul and save it. You know, the special nature of the [Residual Blood] will completely destroy me."

The king could not have been unprepared.

But the one who truly put him to the test was Angel.

The king would not reveal this matter, as it would damage his reputation.

"Speaking of which, although Li Nuo's soul is stored inside, Angel carelessly didn't arrange a storage location. I only know that he will definitely face the creature he fears most in his life until an external force pulls him out."

"Hmm...you said that."

"Ah no... I'm just curious, what is that little bastard's biggest fear?"

This guy is just gossiping.

"I'm not being nosy, I just want to remind you to be prepared. Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to dealing with all problems."

Looking at the king's expectant expression, as if he were anticipating some gossip.

Cha Bai probably understands why "Endless" is a comedy category.

In Cha Bai's impression.

Li Nuo seems to be most afraid of a mute uncle in the neighborhood.

Well known.

Li Nuo has been asking for a beating since he was a child.

Ever since being pinned down and "scolded" by that mute man for two hours, Li Nuo has had an inexplicable fear of that uncle since childhood.

Even now, Li Nuo still deliberately avoids the building where the mute man lives.

"I don't know, I'll try it first. Didn't you say there's no danger?"

Ignoring the king's subsequent attitude, Cha Bai pulled hard on the door.

"Miss Tea White".

The king reminded him, "Pushed."

So Cha Bai pushed the door open a crack.

Li Nuo's upper body suddenly fell out of the dark gap, and the data cable started to coil and extend into the door from his waist. At first glance, he looked like a humanoid computer plugged into something.

This is not Li Nuo himself, but rather the "Li Nuo computer model" that carries his memories.

"..."

Even the king was helpless. Theoretically, Cha Bai would need to enter the door and grope around in the dark for a long time before he could possibly find the model of Li Nuo's computer.

Unless you're extremely lucky.

"You truly are the protagonist..."

"It seems this Li Nuo isn't the real one."

Cha Bai leaned over and touched the face of the Li Nuo-style computer, which was exactly the same face as Li Nuo himself.

"Can I have this as a souvenir?"

"cannot!"

"okay."

Undeterred by the rejection, Chabai began preparing to invade using the "Yehwa" method.

The king called out to her, "Wait a moment, let me look for the key."

"Password key?" Cha Bai looked over curiously. The king touched his pocket and took out a fake key that was as long as a banana.

"Put this in his mouth, then twist it, and it'll open with a click."

The king handed the sticky stuff to Cha Bai, who stood there blankly, motionless like a nail.

"Your Majesty, do you have a proper key?"

The king squinted and said helplessly, "What time is it? Stop being so picky."

“But this is my man.” Cha Bai pointed at the computer-shaped Li Nuo’s face and said, “I shoved a fake key into his mouth, and it felt like I was NTR’ing myself. It was so uncomfortable.”

Now, Cha Bai has a deeper understanding of the king.

When this guy isn't speaking, the aura he exudes is so oppressive that it's hard to breathe.

It's all over if you open your mouth.

The king explained, "I am truly the most skilled player in the Five Great Corridors."

Cha Bai nodded: "I believe you, so you must have a lot of keys."

After repeated urging, and after thirty seconds, the king finally pulled out a seemingly normal-looking key and a plain-looking longsword from his pocket.

"Just stick it in his chest."

"It's better than a fake key."

Cha Bai took the longsword and plunged it into the chest of the Li Nuo-type computer without hesitation. Instantly, the Li Nuo's facial features contorted in pain, as if it were experiencing immense suffering.

"What happened to Li Nuo!"

Tea White was anxious.

The king sneered, "You had someone stab you with a sword, doesn't it hurt?"

The Li Nuo-type computer suddenly spoke up: "Oh no... I cut off the bed legs."

Tea White and the King: "?"

at this time.

Li Nuo's soul was sitting in his own home, smiling awkwardly at his mother across the table, while his pupils glanced into the inner room a few times.

To support Cha Bai's weight, he had already sawed off the bed legs. If his mother found out...

Li Nuo's mother suddenly said, "It's been a long time since we've had a mother-son reunion, but you've been looking at the bedroom the whole time. Nuo, you have a boyfriend? Oh, you sawed off the bed legs... Damn it! You found a fat bastard!"

"I don't!"

How did you get better?

You seem quite disappointed!

"I don't!"

His mother slammed her hand on the table, gritting her teeth, and said, "Shouldn't the reunion of mother and son be a touching scene?"

Li Nuo glared with dead fish eyes and sneered: "Ha, I really hope it's all a dream."

"So that's how it is. You haven't been beaten in a long time." His mother grabbed Li Nuo's hair with one hand: "Anyway, you're cured, so I can indulge you in motherly love without restraint."

"Mom, Mom! Let me finish what I have to say!" Li Nuo completely lost his will to resist in front of his mother.

The biggest problem now is that Li Nuo can't leave the table, which means he can't open the door to leave the room.

boom!
The door was suddenly opened by external force.

Li Nuo's feeling of being unable to leave the room suddenly disappeared, which meant that with someone coming in, he could open the door and leave.

Then he saw... Cha Bai standing at the door, panting heavily.

"Found it, great, Li Nuo... I've encountered the King, and he's currently using 'YoYa's' intrusion mode. I'm now data, we have to get out of here quickly..."

When she said the word "open," she saw Li Nuo being pulled by the hair by a woman in her thirties or forties in the living room.

Cha Bai stood there, staring at Li Nuo's mother, then glanced at the portrait on the table.

After a while.

Cha Bai took a seat next to Li Nuo.

Li Nuo's mother looked Cha Bai up and down, as if she were looking at a fat man naked: "Perfect! These legs, this waist, this face... What's going on? And a mechanical arm... Girl, your muscles are so strong... What kind of fantastical structure is this... Xiao Nuo, you... you..."

After saying this, Li Nuo's mother paused for a moment.

Then she took out a cigarette case from her pocket, knocked out a cigarette and put it in her mouth. She felt around her pockets and realized she didn't have a lighter, so she got up and went to the kitchen to light the cigarette on the stove. She stood by the window and stared at Li Nuo with dead fish eyes.

"Xiao Nuo, you've finally started human trafficking."

"I'm not that bad."

“I know you’re my child, but with your personality… how could someone like you be with me?” His mother asked Cha Bai, “Are you blind?”

Cha Bai lowered her head: "I confessed."

His mother's expression froze: "Huh?"

Cha Bai immediately changed the subject: "I was calling you..."

Li Nuo's mother immediately said, "Don't call me Mom. Once you call me Mom, we'll be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which means we're enemies. I even learned to make my own crossbow to deal with Xiao Nuo's grandmother (who is now dead). How about you call me Sister?"

Cha Bai was shocked: "What is all this?!"

Li Nuo laughed: "Oh, there's such a good thing."

His mother: "Xiao Nuo, shut up."

Li Nuo: "Ah, oh."

Cha Bai: "No, I'm too old..."

Li Nuo's mother: "I'm not much older than you. If I hadn't given birth to him earlier, Xiao Nuo would call me 'sister' no matter what."

Cha Bai: "But I'm not even five years old yet!"

These words silenced Li Nuo's mother. She roughly understood why this girl had fallen for her good-for-nothing son; it turned out she had something wrong with her brain.

Cha Bai: "I'll still address you as 'you'..."

"Wait!" Li Nuo's mother said, "I'll give you twenty yuan, you leave Li Nuo. Ah, that feels so good! I finally said it! Yay!"

The middle-aged woman's youthful and passionate tone completely baffled Cha Bai. Li Nuo had never told her that his mother was so... strange.

"But... Li Nuo's money is more than twenty yuan, isn't it?"

"No, no, no... I've weighed the potential danger of this kid. Let me calculate it for you."

As they were talking, Li Nuo's mother picked up a calculator from the table and seriously began to calculate how much Li Nuo could be sold for, while Cha Bai bargained with the woman.

Li Nuo watched this scene and gently turned her head to look out the window.

The weather outside was fine and sunny.

Two women were chattering inside the room.

These days are really great.

He thought this to himself.

The king said that here, Lino would see what terrified him most. In fact, what he feared was not his mother, but the unrealistic.

nothingness.

fantasy.

A dream that never ends.

Li Nuo closed his eyes; he hated the false reality.

“We should go.” He looked at his mother, who had stopped arguing because of those words.

"mom."

The woman stubbed out her cigarette on the table, lowered her head, and a few strands of hair fell in front of her eyes.

"Oh, I was thinking of chatting more."

"If I stay any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave again."

"Something important must be on your mind?"

she asked.

Li Nuo nodded.

"Yes, it's a big deal."

How could his mother not know the truth? From the nonsensical things Cha Bai said when he entered the room, plus the fact that Li Nuo's illness had been cured, she knew that many things that defied common sense must have happened to her son.

"girl."

The woman looked at Cha Bai, who straightened up.

"Don't be so nervous~ I just want to tell you not to call me 'Mom' or anything like that. I am not a real thing, and you shouldn't call an imaginary thing such an important title."

I know better than anyone whether I'm genuine or not.

Just as Cha Bai parted his thin lips, about to utter that word, the woman shook her head: "Listen to me."

"Xiao Nuo, before you leave, don't you plan to give your elderly mother something?"

Li Nuo stood up.

"As your son, the best gift I could give you would be to set a fire, sending your restless soul to where it belongs, but I still can't bring myself to do it. So... forget it, I'll think of something else. If my recovery isn't a gift, then..."

Li Nuo pulled up the tea leaves.

"Her name is Cha Bai, and she's very kind to me."

The woman looked at Cha Bai.

"How much did Xiao Nuo pay to buy you?"

"Twenty yuan," Cha Bai blurted out.

"That's quite a expense." Li Nuo's mother paused for a moment, then said, "Xiao Nuo, never forget the weight of this money... Treat her with your life."

"Okay~ No need for lectures, I'm leaving." Li Nuo walked to the security door, only letting the people inside see his back.

"There's one last thing!" the woman called out to Cha Bai. "Girl, if you're facing an insurmountable problem, don't bother with this brat. Let him be a bastard to the end."

Cha Bai nodded slightly: "Mm."

Li Nuo turned the doorknob; he didn't want to turn around. The door opened a crack.

"Wait a little longer! Just one last thing!"

"Mom! If you keep going like this, I really won't be able to walk anymore!"

"After your father dies... blow up his grave!!!"

That sentence became his mother's last words.

The door opened, and a blinding ray of light pierced through, causing everything inside, including the people, to be broken down into data streams and disappear.

……

Cha Bai opened her eyes, and the computerized Li Nuo fell out of the pile of data cables. She quickly caught Li Nuo and hugged her in her arms.

The door is closed.

Li Nuo is back.

"Speaking of which... why is there a sword stuck in my chest?"

Li Nuo helped Cha Bai stand up, turned around, and saw the legendary king.

"Oh~ Although it's not our first meeting, let's pretend it's our first meeting."

The king sat not far away, on the white ground, in the white space, with a smile on his face and his arms outstretched, just like an ordinary person.

"I am Karl Elimond, the former manager of the 'Endless Corridor'. It's a pleasure to meet you."

When facing this guy, Teresa's insight told Lino that the chances of winning were almost zero.

"You are more powerful than any life form I have ever seen."

Li Nuo said.

According to the timeline of the five corridors, for the past thousand years, in the world on this side of the corridor, the King has undoubtedly been the strongest.

"By the way, the sword in your chest is a key. After you leave here, when you pull out the sword, it will turn into a cane. That's one of the gifts I'm giving you."

In response to the king's question, Cha Bai leaned closer and whispered, "What about that fake key you took out the first time?"

King: "Ah~ that is the magical artifact that I bestowed upon Li Nuo to make you roll your eyes back at Cha Bai."

Li Nuo: "I want that one!"

Cha Bai: "I don't want to!"

King: "Haha...hahaha, wait a minute, once a key has been selected, it can't be used again."

He stared intently at the closed door, his gaze deep and unfocused.

"The door leads to the embodiment of the inner demon, and the key is the embodiment of the reward. This door can only be used once."

Li Nuo understood the meaning: the king's authority was dwindling, so he had to clarify things as soon as possible.

"My resurrection means that Sauron and his men succeeded."

“It won’t be that easy. You bear the label of ‘sinners,’ and Schwarz will find you sooner or later.”

Without hesitation or probing, the king directly pointed out the core of the problem.

“If Soren Lee had returned to the future alive, Judge Hugh Farrell would have brainwashed him. That guy’s greatest role is to keep you in check, but Soren was well aware of this, so he committed suicide.”

Upon hearing the news of Soren's death, Li Nuo showed no surprise whatsoever; it was entirely expected, as Soren would have committed suicide.

"Really? Such an important pawn is dead. That guy should make his move now."

The king did not give a direct answer.

"Li Nuo, what do you think of my strength?"

"powerful."

"The opponent you are about to face is no less than me. He is a monster that has been lying dormant for a thousand years. So I will give you two choices. I can make up for your lost player tickets again. You two can forget everything now and go to the new world to live out the rest of your lives in peace."

"Can we live in peace?"

"do not know."

"Then let's choose the second option."

"I couldn't kill Judge Schaffarel a thousand years ago, can you?"

Li Nuo thought for a moment: "What can you give me?"

The king said, “I have a way. I can use your body, just like Yusuke Urameshi was possessed by Raizen, but you must see the judge first.”

Li Nuo: "No."

King: "So straightforward?"

Li Nuo: "First, you possessed my body, so whose body is that?"

King: "You..."

Li Nuo: "Only I can possess a body as white as tea leaves."

Cha Bai: "How annoying..."

King: "No... that reason..."

Li Nuo: "I have a second reason for refusing... This is my revenge, and it has nothing to do with you. If I let you control my body to kill that guy, who gets revenge in the end, you or I?"

The King: "You can't win."

Li Nuo: "So what else can you give me?"

Carl Ellison: "They're still haggling with me!"

Li Nuo: "If you want revenge, use your own power to do it!"

Karl Elimond: "You guys have never experienced what it's like to be born with cheat codes, never tasted the feeling of starting with a winning hand, and you still want to keep going like this?"

Li Nuo: "Yes, that's how it should be."

Karl Elimond: "I can give you a cheat that all players envy, you don't want it!?"

Li Nuo: "I told you, that was my revenge."

Carl Ellison: "Li Nuo, have you thought it through?"

Li Nuo: "You resurrected me not just to say these things."

The two seemed to be at an impasse.

Cha Bai looked at the two of them with a blank expression. It wasn't even a heated argument, but the oppressive feeling in the air made her feel suffocated.

The king stared into Lino's eyes.

"Hahaha...hahahahaha...hahahahahahaha—! Ahhhhhhh!"

This guy suddenly started laughing like a madman.

You wouldn't even take my life! You idiot!

Li Nuo laughed and pointed at himself: "If I wasn't stupid, would I let someone scheme against me like this?"

The King said, “Think it over. You are about to face a dining table. You can either cook the dishes on the menu or be the person eating. If you choose the wrong step, everything will be wrong.”

Li Nuo: "I choose to be a chef."

The king slowly stood up, raised his hand, and pointed at Lino.

"You little rascal, you've passed."

At that moment, the air seemed to lose its meaning.

"I had originally prepared another generous gift for you, intending to send you to a safe place to settle down first, and we could talk about the future later, but I have changed my mind now."

The king raised his chin, and a violent airflow swept around him. The entire "threshold" area could not withstand the magical energy he released and was on the verge of collapse.

"Witcher, I entrust my future to you! I entrust my mission to you!"

He took a deep breath, his eyes bloodshot, and his uncontrollable rage shook the entire world.

"Kill Judge Hugh Farrell!"

Li Nuo stood in front of Cha Bai, his silver eyes turning into golden demonic pupils in excitement. He shouted loudly, in the manner of a demon hunter and the tone of a warrior of light, "Reward!"

"Of course I prepared it a long time ago! And I'll give it to you right now!"

The king raised his arms, and the rings on his fingers, symbolizing the ruler, gleamed dimly.

"I will grant you the sixth corridor!"

(End of this chapter)