Three Towers Game

Chapter 341 The Gift of Pisces

"If you think games are a way to escape reality, then don't let games interfere with reality. Charlie's Dust Land might be to your liking, but I'll protect Charlie."

Wen Xishu looked at Scorpio.

Scorpio suddenly smiled:
“Brother, have you forgotten… Although I’ve always called you brother, you’re just a… tower climber in the bunker.”

"And I am God."

Perhaps feeling hurt, Scorpio seemed a little angry.

Wen Xishu still remembers that when she first met Scorpio, she was very scared and cautious at the time.

But it's strange...

I don't seem to be afraid of Scorpios anymore.

As Wen Xishu faced Scorpio, he gradually gained the upper hand.

"Sirius is with you, right? You're also curious about the whereabouts of Wu Xian, Tian Qin, and Qilin, aren't you?"

“You appeared on the Ark to warn me. Shortly after that, I saw myself and the old headmaster fighting against Leo in the game you set up.”

"Not just Leos, Libras and Pisces are also in the plan, right?"

“Brother, you’re using me to expand your power. I’ve become part of your game. You should understand that threatening the character you control is a very unwise thing to do.”

"Charlie, I'm determined to save you. If you dare to cause trouble, feel free to try and see if I can change the future that Pisces sees."

"Whether the scorpion poisons the lion or the lion kills the scorpion, ultimately, isn't it up to me to decide?"

Scorpio tilted his head again, and his smile became cute again.

He wasn't really paying much attention to Wen Xishu's threat, but suddenly the "younger brother" in the conversation seemed to feel joy.

"Okay, okay, brother, I was in a bad mood earlier, but I'm in a good mood now. Never mind, there are still many fun games to play. You've only climbed halfway through your tower-climbing journey, and we'll have many more opportunities to collaborate."

"Brother, I didn't take advantage of you. We've always been cooperating and mutually beneficial. Isn't that what brothers are all about?"

"Alright, alright, I'm leaving now. My little knife will bring you even more help in the future."

Scorpio smiled and waved his hand.

The meeting thus came to an end.

Wen Xishu was actually somewhat surprised.

He knew that people only become angry when they are told the truth, and he saw anger and resentment on Scorpio's face.

He suddenly realized that this child...

Perhaps he really did create a game in which he was truly escaping reality, escaping a reality where he would be killed by all his brothers and sisters.

Wen Xishu didn't know that if one of the twelve most powerful constellations died...

Will the other zodiac signs be sad?
Once the first zodiac sign dies, will the other zodiac signs continue the killing spree?
Who will be the first to die?

Wen Xishu certainly didn't sympathize with them; he was just thinking that if one was born with the destiny of fighting until only one of them remained to ascend to godhood...

It might really be very painful.

Wen Xishu shook his head, and soon he began to meet with the next constellation.

Logically, Sagittarius should have been next, but to avoid suspicion, Sagittarius made up an excuse to decline.

Simply put, Sagittarius didn't expect so many people to be watching Charlie, so he gave up.

This is in line with his personality.

Of course, he was actually afraid that there would be risks if he met Wen Xishu in this place after their fates were intertwined and bound together.

It will be sensed by one of the siblings.

then……

The shooter forfeited.

What interests the archer about Charlie is also Charlie's power. Charlie's emotions, some of his spiritual aspects, can be personified into different monsters.

Sagittarius longs to understand this power.

He believed that by cooperating with the tower climbers, he might gain some kind of enlightenment in the process of defeating Charlie.

But after thinking about it...

Every time Wen Xishu summons him, he has an epiphany, so what difference does this one make?

Therefore, the shooter forfeited.

Wen Xishu also guessed that the archer was rather... cautious.

So this time, Wen Xishu met not Sagittarius... but Aquarius.

"Hmph, I hate you! I hate you! You must have done a lot of things that I hate, otherwise I wouldn't hate you so much from the beginning."

Aquarius and Scorpio are quite similar; they both have a childlike appearance. However, Aquarius is the kind of little girl who looks a bit mischievous.

She was holding a bottle, but unlike the Guanyin who represented goodness in Wen Xishu's previous life, this bottle was purely filled with bad water.

"But Charlie is adorable. He has the potential to become pure evil, haha. Nobody in his world loves him anymore, and he has developed a great loathing for humanity."

“He was originally kind, but with a little guidance, he could become absolutely evil.”

"This transformation from good to evil is exactly what I need."

"Hey, I can not hate you, but this time you have to be on my side."

Aquarius said it as a matter of course.

Wen Xishu said:
What makes you think... I'd be on your side?

Aquarius said:

Do you insist that good people are rewarded and evil people are punished?

Wen Xishu shook his head:
"I hope that's what people expect. But I know the world isn't like that."

Aquarius said:

"What if it is?"

Wen Xishu shook his head:
"If so, then in my hometown, there would be no group of foreign invaders who committed those heinous atrocities in history."

Aquarius was puzzled, but after thinking about it, she decided to say a little more:
"My ability is to control good and evil. I can transform extreme evil into extreme good."

"I can also turn the ultimate good into absolute evil."

"I know you must have killed some of my men in the Tower of Ghosts, which is why I naturally dislike you."

"But it's okay, I can control this disgust for you. As long as you can understand me."

"In such a world, kindness is useless. Only by leading all evil can the goal be achieved."

"Charlie has become kind, but in the apocalypse, everything will be taken away from him by an even more terrifying being."

"But if Charlie becomes evil, that's a different story, hehe, anyone who gets close to the Dust Land will be killed by him."

"So, what you thought was protecting and saving Charlie was just protecting the kind Charlie, but kindness... isn't a passport in the apocalypse."

"Right, right?"

Wen Xishu was stunned.

"You mean... you can not only turn people bad, but also turn them good?"

"Good or bad is temporary. Now is the end of chaos. My brothers and sisters are ruthless. My subordinates cannot be a group of good people. Only pure evil can defeat them."

Aquarius smiles:
"After the apocalypse ends, I'll make them better, and then everything will be perfect, right?"

Wen Xishu thought about it and realized that it actually made some sense.

He originally thought that Aquarius was the least likely person he could communicate with. But surprisingly, Aquarius managed to persuade him to some extent.

Even kind-hearted Charlie will have everything taken away from him.

Perhaps it would be best if Charlie became pure evil... As long as he can eventually turn back, wouldn't that be a good outcome once the world stabilizes?
Therefore, Aquarius likes evil because she has the ability to transform evil into good at a corresponding level.

However, in the end times, good is much weaker than evil.

Along this journey, Wen Xishu has also been proving it.

Jack, the An brothers, Tang Rui, Xiao Tong and Xiao Xing, the three police officers... weren't they all bullied because of their kindness?

Wen Xishu was actually somewhat swayed by Aquarius, whose favorability rating was the lowest.

But after thinking about it for a while, he still shook his head and refused.

"I'm sorry, I can't refute you for a moment, but I just feel... that would make all my efforts seem ridiculous."

"And... what I'm doing is what I believe is the most difficult and right thing to do: let the good guys win."

Aquarius stamped his foot and said urgently, "Whether he's good or bad is up to me!"

Wen Xishu shook his head:
"I'm sorry... whether he's good or bad is not for you to decide."

At this moment, it seemed that Wen Xishu finally understood where the problem lay.

This is like you leading a group of people to another country to burn, kill, and plunder, committing countless atrocities. Then, after the war ends, you revise the history books to tell others that we were good people, and that our history only recorded this event without any massacre.

Then you teach your children and grandchildren "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness," as if your past misdeeds were just a part of your practice of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness," and nothing else matters because you are already good people.

Does it have to be important? Can good and evil be judged like this? Don't the victims deserve justice?
If Aquarius leads a group of villains to do all sorts of evil deeds, does that mean their evil deeds will disappear once they become good?
Wen Xishu shook his head again:
"Sorry, I don't like you either."

Aquarius is puzzled:
"I've already made myself perfectly clear."

Wen Xishu said:
"Even though Charlie loathed the world, in his obsession, he left a way of understanding for those who came after him, which also shows that he didn't actually loathe the world. He just blamed himself more and was afraid of the world."

“But he has never been a bad person. If he could, he would never hurt the world. I can make his kindness sharp, but I can’t turn him into a bad person directly.”

“You can change someone back to their original state if you corrupt their mind and make them do evil deeds, but what has been done is done! It will always exist and never disappear.”

“If he really does become good, these things will torment him for the rest of his life, just like his failure to embrace Anya.”

"Only beasts would deny their past misdeeds. For them, it's an easy thing."

"There are many easy things in this world. It's easy to let bad people kill good people, but that's wrong."

"As for me, I don't like things that are easy but wrong. For me, there is only one option: to do the right thing, no matter how difficult it is."

"Let good people no longer have guns pointed at them, let good people survive the end of the world. Let good and evil, right and wrong, not be corrupted."

Wen Xishu's words were resounding and powerful.

Aquarius suddenly burst into tears:
"Why are you being so mean! I hate you! I really, really hate you!"

The little girl wasn't crying because of Wen Xishu's fierce tone.

She had only been... comforting herself all along, but the underlying logic behind it was finally exposed by Wen Xishu.

What has been done is done; it will always exist and never disappear.

This statement pierced through the facade that made Aquarius feel justified in letting themselves go astray.

Wen Xishu never expected that he would be like Guan Yu passing five passes and slaying six generals. Except that he didn't cut off heads, but destroyed hearts.

He broke down the defenses of both Scorpio and Aquarius.

Wen Xishu said:
"If you also believe in your heart that the world will be stable in the future and the end of the world will be over... the world needs kind people."

"Then stop what you're doing now and let the good people defeat the bad people, instead of letting the good people become the bad people."

"I don't actually dislike you. Your abilities are far greater than I thought. So... don't make yourself a synonym for evil."

Perhaps it was the image of an Aquarius girl, coupled with her crying posture, that evoked some pity in Wen Xishu.

As if by some strange twist of fate, he really did ruffle Aquarius's hair like an older brother.

Aquarius is just a phantom, naturally untouchable.

But it's strange, even though her favorability rating is the lowest among all the zodiac signs, just like Wen Xishu's...

But surprisingly, Aquarius didn't resist this action; in fact... their head even tilted slightly.

She immediately realized that this seemed wrong; she had longed for older brothers and sisters to treat her like that.

But in reality, her older siblings only wanted to kill her.

She immediately realized it, and felt a surge of anger:
"Lies! Lies! What I do is none of your business! I don't want your business! I really hate you! You're making me so angry! I'm going to turn Charlie into a bad guy! I'm going to turn Charlie into a bad guy!"

Wen Xishu didn't say much about it. If she really had that ability, she wouldn't have used this meeting to try and win him over.

So, in the end, Wen Xishu simply waved to Aquarius.

"Goodbye."

The conversation with Aquarius has ended.

Soon, it was the turn of the last constellation.

Pisces.

As soon as Pisces appeared, Wen Xishu subconsciously looked at Pisces' thighs, and well... as expected, there was nothing there.

"Charlie also possesses some time-manipulation abilities, though not strong, but I'm very interested in them."

"He can trap himself in a time loop."

“I have seen Charlie’s future; he will be redeemed. But not in the most perfect way. He will eventually overcome the pain of losing Anya and emerge from his suffering.”

"Logically speaking, he should have fallen into depravity. But because of your appearance, his life has changed."

Pisces spoke at length. Unlike the others who invited Wen Xishu, Pisces directly stated the results of their observations.

Wen Xishu was puzzled:
"So... since you've seen the future, why waste your breath?"

Pisces said:

"Virgo and Gemini, their approach is most in line with your mindset. Both of them appear somewhat weak because they hold onto certain things. Of course, Gemini is weak because they have lost important power."

"As for you, I'm here to verify something. I created the Honkai to prevent history from being seen through."

"The fact that I can see through history is something only I can know."

"But not long ago, I realized something. Wen Xishu, your identity is not simple. You seem to be able to change the future that I thought was already set in stone."

"Logically speaking, I should try to eliminate someone like you."

Yes, Pisces should indeed kill themselves. After all, all the futures Pisces sees are accurate, until their own karmic counterpart from the underworld appears.

But since Pisces said that, it means she doesn't want to kill herself.

Wen Xishu immediately understood:

“There are several futures that you are not satisfied with, and you want to use me to change them.”

Pisces said:

"You're so smart that the more I want to kill you, the more I feel. I don't actually hate you that much, but the thought of you getting close to Scorpio makes me feel like you're a threat."

Wen Xishu said:
"I will become close to whoever helps me."

Pisces understands the meaning behind those words.

"In life, the margin for error is actually quite large. Even someone like Charlie can grow and learn from past failures."

"But I think you definitely crave a better outcome. Now, I'm going to grant you that outcome. Don't worry, it doesn't contradict the expectations of Gemini and Virgo. It's a win-win-win... no, a win-win-four option."

A seal suddenly appeared in Pisces' hand.

From a distance, it looks like a yin-yang symbol, but upon closer inspection, it reveals itself to be a pair of yin-yang fish.

"This is a time annotation. If you use it on an invitation, it can take you back to a most... crucial point. You can set the time value yourself. This is something you might not be able to do even if you use up all your luck points."

Consider it a gift, a present to you.

Wen Xishu asked:
"What's the price?"

Pisces said:

"Just like Scorpio's knife, Taurus's horns, and Libra's scales. You can choose not to use them, but if you also want to redeem Anya, if you want Charlie to have something worth protecting in his life, so that even if he remains kind, he will become resilient and strong..."

"Then don't refuse me."

I really can't refuse that.

Wen Xishu took the time annotation, thought for a moment, and said to Pisces:
"Thank you."

Pisces said:

"You owe me a favor, so you have to repay me with a future. Goodbye."

Pisces has disappeared.

After asking all twelve zodiac signs, Wen Xishu didn't expect...

In my memory, the zodiac sign with the lowest favorability rating doesn't seem to be overly hostile towards others despite the low favorability rating.

Even though she was an Aquarius, Wen Xishu didn't feel angry at talking to her.

At one point, I even thought that the other person was a child who held great power over good and evil but had gone astray.

"I feel like I have a strange sense of familiarity with these constellations."

Shaking his head, Wen Xishu returned to the conference room.

He had to make his own choice and save Charlie.

(End of this chapter)