Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

If it were in the real world, let alone a table, she——

Oh, no, no, it’s because she was weak in the dream, so the number on her little bat pattern became 93.

Yes, it’s all this dream world’s fault.

Besides, she came here for revenge, so she had to show Lu Shang a warning first. Why did her momentum weaken first?

Thinking of this, W once again showed his heroic and arrogant look, and said, "What are you looking at! You bastard, you don't think you won last time, do you? I haven't... eh? Wait? Why are you dressed like this, Kal'tsit?"

Kal'tsit really is doing her job as a maid conscientiously.

I have been waiting behind Lu Shang since just now.

This is why W didn't notice it at first glance, and only noticed it when he got closer.

It's just this maid outfit...hiss...

"Because today's Kal'tsit smells like a maid." Lu Shang noticed W's gaze and said, "And W, why are you glaring at me like that? I didn't do anything to Kal'tsit today, right? Kal'tsit?"

Kal'tsit: "... ..., Master, you are right."

It is true that there was no physical contact, because it was she who took the initiative to snuggle up to me, and it was also she who took the initiative to lift up my southern hemisphere.

But before Lu Shang could react to the word "Master", W, on the other hand, was rubbing his arms violently as if he had goose bumps all over his body.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk—" W smacked his lips: "Kal'tsit, what are you calling this bastard? Master? How can you call that Kal'tsit?"

"If you can read and memorize the rules I wrote, you should understand why I called him."

“How can anyone remember so many…”

W muttered a few times.

All we can say is that the plot has changed, allowing Kal'tsit to occupy a significant position in W's heart. Otherwise, if the original plot had been followed, W would probably be lying on the ground rolling around laughing.

But... that booklet...

W thought about it, and then thought of something, then raised his head and glanced at the top of Kal'tsit's head.

"Hypnosis... Tsk, it turns out that it was you, a bastard, who did this."

"Why? Do you want to avenge Kal'tsit?"

"Ah!"

W sneered immediately and took a step back.

This is not because W is a coward, really not.

But she knew that Lu Shang was a bastard. The number on her little bat changed from 100 to 93. She could deceive herself and say that it was because she was weak in the dream world. If she were to return to the real world, she would definitely drain that bastard Lu Shang dry.

But if Lu Shang reduced the number on the bat pattern on W by two digits in front of Kal'tsit...

The meaning is completely different.

and--

W backed away, raised her middle finger at Lu Shang, and said, "Anyway, you bastard can only live in this dream and can't go anywhere. I'll have plenty of opportunities to take revenge!"

"So W you won't seek revenge this time?"

"This time there's something wrong!"

What's the matter?

Lu Shang didn't ask because footsteps were heard outside the corridor of the control center.

Soon, a hooded man...well, the doctor was no longer dressed like the hooded man in the dream world. He walked out with a face of a sickly queen, holding the hand of Amiya, the NPC.

You, the hooded man, really like Amiya.

But Lu Shang didn't say anything, because behind the hooded man was Theresa.

"Ah...Good evening, Mr. Lu Shang."

"Okay." Lu Shang replied casually, and then turned his attention to the doctor: "Doctor, you haven't been here for a while. I thought Kal'tsit pushed you back into the sarcophagus."

"If it were the previous storyline, I would probably ask Kal'tsit to do this."

The doctor's physical strength seems to be really weak... Well, it is weak. Doesn't Lu Shang know this?

So after the doctor sat down on the chair, he took a few breaths before hugging the NPC Amiya and rubbing her arms, saying, "But now, there is already the variable of the dream world, so - ah, thank you... Kal'tsit?"

As soon as I sat down, a maid came over to refill my tea.

The doctor subconsciously thanked her, but when he looked up, he found that the maid was Kal'tsit.

But Kal'tsit did not respond to the doctor's slightly surprised expression.

I don't know if she didn't want to say anything because her mother saw her working as a maid, or she was complaining that no one can play as well as you, a doctor. What are you surprised about now?

Fortunately, the doctor didn't care. He just glanced at Theresa who sat down with her and said, "According to the memories I got...well, I seem to have had a little disagreement with Theresa in the real world."

088. Theresa, do you want to try the Pingran series?

"Disagreements? Haven't you two always had disagreements? Otherwise, you wouldn't have switched sides in the original plot."

Lu Shang didn't care when he heard it. Instead, he waved to Kal'tsit and replied casually: "Let's have a fight. It's open here anyway and no one will disturb us. Let's have a fight as much as we want. If no one can convince the other in the end, then we can have another fight. Whoever wins will listen to him."

The merchants on the mainland are just here to watch the fun and enjoy the excitement.

But it is true. To put it bluntly in the original plot, if the doctor looks like Fist of the North Star, with a 7-star operator logo on his head, and his special skills are to tear the Japanese apart with bare hands and eat Lanmen alive, then what is there to disagree about? What is there to argue about? If you don't blow Terra up with one punch, it means I look down on you.

But the result is that the doctor is really weak. He is so light and frail that he falls down with a single push, and tears well up in his eyes if you use a little more force.

You want her to beat Theresa? If she can't beat her, then Theresa will wipe her memory.

"But now we are in a dream. You two are ordinary people. Without Originium skills, you can only fight hand-to-hand, pulling hair, slapping, and punching flesh."

Lu Shang really likes watching women fight.

If it wasn't so immoral, Lu Shang would even want to eat melons and watch the show, and eat three bowls of rice in a row.

But is Lu Shang that kind of person? Definitely not.

So Lu Shang could only settle for the next best thing, and wait for Kal'tsit to follow his orders and walk over to him in her 10cm high heels with a cat-like step, with her hands lightly folded in front of her abdomen, bending over and listening attentively:

"Miss Maid, go - the word 'go' is a noun, not a verb. Miss Maid, you don't have to lift your skirt."

Lu Shang stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of W: "Miss Maid, go and grab W. I want to open a bottle of champagne for her in front of her highness today."

"You fucking——!"

As soon as Lu Shang finished speaking, W, who was squatting next to Theresa, like a little fan girl, ready to fight against the doctor together with her highness, immediately cursed out loud.

"Can you be a human being, you bastard?"

W cursed: "Don't think I don't understand! It's the kind of champagne that comes out with a bang when the cork is pulled out, right?"

You're going to do this in front of His Highness?!

Don't think she doesn't understand slang, she has studied it seriously and hard!

W rolled up his sleeves and wanted to have a war of words with Lu Shang first.

But unfortunately, when the maid Kal'tsit heard it, she bent down and nodded, then stood up and walked towards W.

"Kal'tsit? Kal'tsit, don't come over here! Say something! Don't look so pitiful! I haven't been fired yet!"

"I am in a state of hypnosis. My body is not under my control. W, you have experienced it and should know it very well. So it is useless for you to tell me this."

"Grass!"

Seeing that she couldn't convince him, Kal'tsit came straight towards her again. However, because Kal'tsit held a lot of weight in her heart and W didn't want to punch her, she could only turn around and run away while cursing.

The maid Kal'tsit was very conscientious and followed him all the way.

Now, both of them have run away. Does Lu Shang, who is sitting alone in the chair, have to wait boredly for Kal'tsit to catch W back?

That's not it.

When Lu Shang saw W running, he stood up and walked towards Theresa.

"Although I also think that the ideas of my real self are somewhat radical." The doctor was still debating with Theresa: "But at the same time... Theresa, I don't quite agree with your point of view."

"But... isn't it the best option for the entire Terra to unite as one and face the unknown enemy together?"

Although Theresa's voice was soft, it was not weak: "Although I agree with what Mr. Lu Shang said before, that the current civilization is even more unable to solve the problem that the previous civilization could not solve, but - ah...?!"

A sweet and weak cry came from Theresa’s mouth, as if she was frightened.

If this happened in the real world and was heard by her followers, they would probably cover their hearts instantly and fall to the ground with a look of happiness and peace on their faces.

But this is a dream.

So when Theresa hurriedly turned her head to look back, she saw that Lu Shang had come behind her at some point, and was reaching out to touch and pinch the two little devil horns on her head, as if he was studying their material and hardness.

"Um, um...Mr. Lu Shang?" Theresa looked inexplicably weak at this moment: "Please don't touch me like that..."

"What's wrong?" Lu Shang was a little surprised by Theresa's reaction: "Do you still have sensory nerves on your horns?"

"That's not the case...but...well..."

Theresa looked a little embarrassed.

Is it because of a girl's modesty? Or is it because of some saying about this character? Or is it simply because she was frightened by such intimate touch from the opposite sex for the first time?

No, this Theresa is a pink-and-black person, and Lu Shang doesn't think she will be scared.

Last time, W was empathized in front of her, but Theresa remained calm.

Then after eliminating all the impossibilities——

"Oh, I forgot to take care of your feelings, Theresa. Blame me, blame me. Well, since you care so much about me, I'll make a Pingran series for you." Lu Shang said.

"I'm not blaming you, Mr. Lu Shang..." Theresa blinked, and then looked a little puzzled: "But... Mr. Lu Shang? What is the Pingran series?"

Lu Shang said nothing.

Just in front of Theresa, he opened her interactive menu.

then:

"Hypnosis" → "Ignore the existence of 'name: Lu Shang'"

"Eh? Please, please wait a moment! Mr. Lu Shang, you don't have to do this... huh?"

Before she finished speaking, Theresa's eyes were confused for a moment, then she tilted her head and muttered softly: "Hmm...what was I doing just now..."

After a while, Theresa seemed to recall something and looked up at the doctor sitting opposite her again: "Oh, by the way, Doctor, you should also know the original intention of building our Tower of Babel, right? I don't think it's dictatorial... Doctor? Doctor, what are you doing behind me?"

Theresa saw that the doctor was looking at her for a long time without saying anything, and kept looking behind her, which made Theresa look back feeling a little uncomfortable.

But isn't it nothing?

So Theresa turned back in confusion.

Then she saw the doctor look behind her, then look at her, and then put his chin on the top of the NPC Amiya's head, tilting his head and asked: "Theresa, I have a question, if someone suddenly touched the horns on your head, what would your reaction be?"

“Touch my horns?” Theresa was a little confused, but she answered truthfully: “You’ll probably be scared, right?”

"No more? What about shyness, embarrassment, etc?"

"No." Theresa thought for a moment and shook her head: "Doctor, why are you asking this? Do you want to touch my horn? I can let you touch it."

"..."

The doctor turned his eyes away silently: "For someone who you are currently ignoring, I have found evidence that can bully you openly."

089.W, you don’t want your prince to do this or that, right?

Although Theresa has a friendly image, her identity is there after all.

Therefore, the people who can touch her horns are either those who are close enough to her, such as Kal'tsit and the Doctor, or those who have a good relationship with her but still keep a distance from her because of their status, such as W and Askalon.

But this would at most scare Theresa when she was caught off guard.

As for embarrassment? Shyness?

It's impossible...