Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

Relying on his strong willpower, Lan Ke switched his 'personality mask' to Lamer, and without his command, the other party instantly released a 'demon power'.

The pain in his thigh that was pierced by the scalpel gradually eased, and his head, which had been a mess, finally regained its ability to think normally.

"I was still careless, but fortunately..."

What Lan Ke meant was naturally not the final defeat of his opponent. After all, with his current abilities, defeating his opponent was understandable. The only problem was his own exhaustion.

He was thankful that the battle just now made him realize once again that the world was more cruel than he had imagined, and that he must never show any mercy when facing the enemy.

Obviously, although Lan Ke's fighting in the "Impression Space" has greatly improved his combat experience, he is not a professional warrior after all, and has no idea that "intrigue and deception" does not only exist among humans.

However, Lan Ke was not discouraged by this. After all, it was a happy thing to be able to detect the problem and change it before the real tragedy happened.

"Thank you very much."

He thanked Lamer beside him. Lamer did not show his emotions as Pixie did. He just bowed slightly to Lan Ke to express that he had received it. However, Lan Ke could tell from the slightly upturned corners of his mouth under the hood that Lamer seemed to be in a good mood.

Pixie was replaced again. Naturally, the other party was full of complaints about Lan Ke suddenly taking her back. She flapped her wings and flew around Lan Ke, but ignored Lan Ke. For this, Lan Ke had to pay the price of "an apple" to appease the other party.

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Seeing Pixie, who needed both hands to hold the apple on his shoulders and almost lay on it and ate it with big mouthfuls, Lan Ke couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, although he smelled the special floral scent this time, his mood was quite calm.

"As expected, it's because of the datura pollen I just inhaled."

It turns out that reality is not a game. It not only refers to the way of fighting, but also includes the enemy's reaction and some unexpected attack methods.

The data in the game may provide a reference, but it cannot be relied upon completely in battle.

Lan Ke encountered unexpected troubles due to his previous carelessness, but fortunately he not only solved the troubles, but it also became nourishment for his growth.

But his gains were more than that.

After using his 'third eye' to confirm that there were no hidden monsters nearby, Lan Ke walked towards the 'desire stone'.

An irregular pink gem was floating quietly on a stone platform. The moment Lan Ke grabbed the 'Desire Stone', the originally suspended Desire Stone fell down. Lan Ke even felt a sense of weight falling on his hand. Unlike the cold touch of ordinary gems, the 'Desire Stone' in his hand had a special temperature. He could even feel a special pulsation when holding it in his palm.

But before Lan Ke could continue to feel it, he suddenly felt dazed.

"Is the Desire Stone a trap?"

The moment this thought came to his mind, Lan Ke staggered, but fortunately he reacted quickly and supported himself on the stone platform in front of him.

Then he couldn't help but look at the 'Desire Stone' held in his other palm.

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But compared to his previous curiosity, Lan Ke's expression this time was more complicated, because when he picked up the 'Stone of Desire', some memory fragments belonging to Ze Yuezhi also appeared in Lan Ke's mind.

The Ze Yuezhi in the memory fragments was younger, or more immature, than the Ze Yuezhi he had seen before.

It was so naive that Lan Ke doubted whether the memory was fake.

In my memory, Ze Yuezhi was handsome. Although he was a little introverted, he was very popular among girls in school. He had been confessed to by girls from the same school more than once, but he did not accept. In addition, the other party also had a "childhood sweetheart".

Compared to the somewhat introverted Ze Yuezhi, the other party is more extroverted, and the two often travel together.

The last scene in the memory fragment was Ze Yuezhi staring at the back of his "childhood sweetheart" in a daze.

Even though there was no sound, Lan Ke could still feel the other person's intentions.

Lan Ke simply couldn't connect the images he saw in these memory fragments with the "humanoid stud" he saw now.

But it also made Lan Ke more curious about the reason for his transformation.

It's not that he felt any sympathy for him after seeing these scenes. After all, no matter what kind of person he was in the past, everyone must pay the price for what he did, just like Lan Ke would never forgive the guy who took away his career...even if he knew the reason why the other party did it.

But one's own suffering is no reason to be violent towards others.

He was just simply curious.

After all, the 'Desire Stone' in the game doesn't have such an immersive effect.

With anticipation, Lan Ke put the 'Desire Stone Fragment' into his 'backpack'. It was obvious that he intended to continue his exploration.

However, compared to his previous explorations, he had one more goal, which was to collect Ze Yuezhi's "Desire Stone".

The door of the room was slowly pushed open a crack, and Lan Ke hid behind the crack and used his "third eye" to scan the empty corridor.

Fortunately, there were no patrolling 'shadows' outside the 'wax museum'.

This is undoubtedly very strange. After all, the other floors of the 'Zeyue Real Estate Building' are full of thugs, but the last floor as the core area has no 'shadows' patrolling, which is undoubtedly very abnormal.

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But Lan Ke did not slow down because of this. Instead, he used his "third eye" more vigilantly to explore.

As expected, although there were no patrolling shadows, there were all kinds of strange traps, making the entire floor look like a "trap house".

It would probably be extremely troublesome for ordinary people. After all, it would be difficult for anyone to take a single step in such an environment.

But Lan Ke was obviously the so-called 'accident'.

With the help of the 'third eye', no matter how sophisticated the trap is, it has nowhere to hide, and he can nimbly move between the roads.

Lan Ke’s journey of exploration began, until————

“Ahhhh~!!”

Amidst a series of mournful cries, a slime monster covered in mud turned into ashes in the flames, and Lan Ke skillfully stepped forward and grabbed the things it dropped.

"'Poisonous sludge'? It can poison the monsters it hits... It's more useful than I thought."

Just like the things Lan Ke had gotten from other 'demons' when he was collecting 'protection fees' before, many of them were things that had never been seen in the game. However, compared to those ordinary items without any special effects, the things that the 'slime monsters' exploded were at least somewhat useful.

However, Lan Ke did not care too much about it. Instead, he frowned and looked at the "Desire Stone Fragment" in front of him, which was sharp at one end and uneven at the other end. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should touch it.

Why do you have this idea?

It's very simple, because the previous 'Desire Stone Fragment' brought extremely bad memories to Lan Ke.

That’s right, this ‘Desire Stone Fragment’ is already the third one.

If the first fragment of Desire Stone describes Ze Yuezhi's youth before he "awakens", then the previous "Desire Stone Fragment" is the memory of the other party completely transforming into a humanoid self-propelled artillery and sowing seeds everywhere.

The intensive and continuous scenes of having sex with women made Lan Ke feel instinctively uncomfortable.

It looked like just an ordinary collection of short videos, but it gave Lan Ke the feeling that it was a collection of desires that had completely gone out of control. The feeling of having a human form but looking like a monster made people feel instinctively uncomfortable.

It was precisely because of these experiences that Lan Ke hesitated about whether to continue to contact the "Desire Stone".

But in the end, curiosity got the better of him, and he grabbed the "desire stone".

The familiar feeling of trance appeared again, but this time Lan Ke recovered quickly.

"Hoo~!"

Lan Ke let out a breath unconsciously, his face full of relief.

It was not only because he didn't need to watch those strange pictures anymore, but also because he knew some of Ze Yuezhi's experiences from these three "Desire Stone Fragments".

Maybe it was because the search order was wrong. Lan Ke found the three pieces of Desire Stone in the order of 1/3/2.

The first fragment introduces the childhood sweethearts Ze Yuezhi and his childhood sweetheart;

The second fragment introduces that Ze Yuezhi's childhood sweetheart in college accepted the confession of another man. Ze Yuezhi, who had never had the courage to confess, fell into complete hysterics. Then, the next day after learning about this, he "attacked" his childhood sweetheart.

The third one is naturally the experience of the other party turning into a human seed drill and constantly spreading desires.

From this, we can know that the source of Ze Yuezhi's twisted desire was that he was afraid to confess his love to the girl who accepted other men, and he raped her on impulse. In the end, his desire got out of control and completely ran wild, turning him into what he is now.

With the help of the fragments of memory about Ze Yuezhi's gradually distorted desires on the "Desire Stone Fragments", Lan Ke knew why the other party had become what he is now.

But the problems did not decrease, but increased instead.

Judging from the hair color, Lan Ke suspected that the so-called "childhood sweetheart" should be the other party's current wife. Even though the other party forgave Ze Yuezhi because of their initial feelings, the other party later turned into a "human seeder". Why didn't the other party say much and even support the other party?

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"Is Ze Yuezhi also capable of 'hypnosis'?"

It's a pity that although the 'Desire Stone Fragment' recorded some memory fragments about Ze Yuezhi's twisted desires, that's all. If you want to know more, you'll probably have to continue asking Ze Yuezhi.

As for where Ze Yuezhi is?

In fact, Lan Ke had already found it when he was looking for the "hidden room", but that was precisely why he did not go there. After all, at that time, his mind was full of thoughts about how to find the "Desire Stone" to uncover the secret of Ze Yuezhi.

Following the marks on the 'map', Lan Ke quickly arrived at his destination.

It was a place with an extremely strange style.

If the bottom 20 floors of the 'Zeyue Real Estate Building' gave Lan Ke the feeling that it was a 'den of money-losing' that was most in line with people's expectations, 21L represented the 'last line of defense', and 22L was even more bizarre.

After all, let alone comparing it with the previous 21st floor, even the weird wax museum in 22L is completely different from the strange square in front of us.

First of all, this place is extremely empty. There are no vulgar powders and suggestive candlelight, nor is it as dead and lifeless as the previous area. Instead, it is full of a feeling of "wabi-sabi".

Neon is a very strange country that advocates mono no aware, and 'wabi-sabi' is a style derived from it. It can be simply understood as a beauty that is full of flaws on the outside but even more shocking on the inside.

This is the feeling Lan Ke gets here.

There aren't even any statues in the empty space, but the gorgeous yet cold 'stained glass windows' have a strange beauty similar to a religious feeling.

What's even more bizarre is that when Lan Ke opened his 'third eye', he didn't find a single trap! !

You have to know that because 22L didn't patrol, other areas were full of traps, but this one was the only one without any, which almost had "something is wrong here" written all over its face.

This is both to collect more potentially useful props and information, and out of instinctive caution.

After Lan Ke had almost circled the entire 22L, he finally arrived at this last place.

But now that he's here, no matter how weird it is, in order to complete his "heart-stealing mission", Lan Ke can't back down - at least he can take a look first.

But when he was mentally prepared and about to push the door open, something embarrassing happened.

No matter how hard he tried, the door in front of him didn't budge.

Confused, Lan Ke wondered if there was a 'lock', but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find a lock, let alone a keyhole.

However, through the distorted "stained glass window" next to the gate, it can be clearly seen that there is a figure standing behind the "glass wall" in front of you.

Although the pattern was so distorted that he couldn't see the person inside, only a blurry image, Lan Ke's intuition told him that it was his target this time - Ze Yuezhi!

At the same time, a special "ball of light" was floating in front of Ze Yuezhi.

The owner of the palace, the inaccessible space, the special ball of light...

There is no doubt that that is his goal, the 'secret treasure' belonging to Ze Yuezhi!

It is also the source of the other party's twisted desires!!

Thinking of this, Lan Ke couldn't help but get excited. After all, the purpose of his coming here today was to scout the location for the "Heart Stealing Operation".

However, the excitement only lasted for a while before he gradually regained his composure. After all, if he wanted to "steal the heart", he had to go through the door in front of him.

However, even after opening the 'third eye', he could not find any 'clues' on this door.

But from a certain perspective, this lack of clues is also a clue.

This means that in the palace owner's understanding, this door will not be opened by anyone other than himself!

Then there is only one thing he needs to do next!

Shatter the other party's cognition!

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It just so happened that Lan Ke only had a few days left before the other party held a "celebration party".

He had been thinking about how to send the 'preview letter', and now he had a direction...

Chapter 52 An unexpected encounter

Compared to the cautiousness on the way here, the efficiency on the way back was much higher.

It's not just because the traps and alarms have been basically lifted, the most important thing is that the 'elevator' will not be used under normal circumstances. He only needs to slowly climb down the ladder, which naturally will not attract unnecessary attention.

Only after he used his "work card" to swipe open the elevator door and left the "Zeyue Building" through the secret passage did Lan Ke truly breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the building behind him that seemed to be bustling but was actually made of sins, Lan Ke walked towards the door without looking back.

It was obvious that Lan Ke planned to leave first.