Chapter 2890 - 1370: Changing the Mode (2)

But considering their personalities, repeating the same kind of operation would undoubtedly be a distressing torment. Simply put, it’s neither novel nor motivating.

For many people, the so-called game is just like this—a comprehensive contest of various qualities, including patience. But Motan and Double Leaf are not most people. Although they are not lacking in patience and ability, they both have an instinctive resistance to repeating past operations.

Just like the Black Sun of the past, the fundamental reason they ultimately established such an organization was that they became frustrated after repeated confrontations yielded no actual results.

They may invest months or even years into a plan or a game but are unwilling to spend an extra half a second to torture themselves by doing the same thing.

This is the objective reason why they decided to change the game mode after a brief discussion.

The more subjective reason can be analyzed from two perspectives:

First, from Double Leaf’s side, after finding that the Fenrir Team was miraculously awakened, she cherished her first batch of teammates after entering The Realm of Innocence. Her situation became very awkward. She had to change from being reckless to being cautious as a mouse; she had to consider the possibility that even if she successfully killed the opponent, Ned and others might be dragged down by this lunatic to perish together.

Moreover, if the previously life-and-death rhythm is maintained, the resurrected Fenrir would undoubtedly stand against her. The scene that happened at the exit of the library would unavoidably replay, and who knows what a person without any bottom line like Motan would do to her companions.

Double Leaf saw very clearly at that moment that the Fenrir Team tried to save her at the last moment, which made her both happy and sad. Happy because they remained fundamentally unchanged even if they transformed into a certain undead creature, and they retained perfect thinking ability. So even if they couldn’t recognize her, they eventually broke out based on the previous conditions, despite it being against their stance.

The worry is that she fears the opponent might do something to Fenrir Team because they couldn’t become a qualified tool. After all, since Tan Mo can strip the four people’s memories, thinking deeper, such as forcibly changing their personalities... seems not impossible either.

So, under such circumstances, if she continues to maintain a purely antagonistic stance as before, all actions of Double Leaf will be constrained. To be frank, if such a situation were to be repeated today, she lacks sufficient confidence to escape again.

And Motan’s situation is equally awkward. Indeed, as he previously mentioned to Yi Dong, being able to be active in the game with multiple identities grants him a god-like vantage that can be seen as cheating. Not to mention, just the identity of Hei Fan gave him a huge advantage in the game with Double Leaf. However, because ’Motan’ corresponds not just to ’Tan Mo’ but also to ’Hei Fan’, ’Tan Mo’, ’Mor’, and four fragmented periods of time, his hard power improvement is destined to lag behind Double Leaf, and it’s not just a normal lag; he can’t even catch the tailwind of the other party.

Compared to the character ’Tan Mo’, Double Leaf has far superior resources in enhancing and consolidating power, especially after she connected with the City of Miracles. If nothing unexpected happens, this woman won’t fall off the top of the personal strength ranking page for a long time, and Motan himself... under the constraints of game time, has almost no chance to break into the top hundred with any role.

If things continue this way, the distance between them will only widen. The longer the time drags on, the slimmer Motan’s chances of surpassing Double Leaf will become. The latter achieved feats able to crush dozens of peak-level strong individuals with a mere raise of her hand in just half a year. If given another half a year, God knows what level this woman could evolve to.

And on the journey along the mysticism path, with Double Leaf’s talents, she might soon realize the fact that the Fenrir Team doesn’t need Yi Dong to survive anymore. By then, what does Motan have to compete against her?

Thus, to reverse the situation, Motan must figure out a way to change the current situation, at least strive for a period where designing traps for Double Leaf isn’t necessary, so he can advance according to his own pace.

This is the core reason why these two irreconcilable individuals could reach a consensus to establish Black Sun in the past and could now barely retreat one step each, giving each other a wide berth.

In today’s battle, without accomplishing the objective and having lost numerous meticulous setups over half a year, Motan lost, but having been clutched by the weakness by the former, the seemingly constrained Double Leaf also did not win.

"By the way, that Clown Brand’s number two chair of yours..."

Yi Dong furrowed his brows, casting a sidelong glance at the seemingly relaxed Motan beside him: "Was it reserved for Double Leaf from the start, like the Joker in the deck?"

"Not exactly."

Motan shook his head, lazily yawning: "Although I indeed left her a position in Clown Brand, it isn’t some so-called Joker. That woman cannot accept being ranked below me, so strictly speaking, she’ll become one of the two Aces, and I’ll be the other one. As for the organizational leadership... huh, it never was a purpose-oriented organization; there fundamentally is no leadership, even Foster and others have never fully obeyed me."

Yi Dong’s mouth twitched as he dryly laughed: "Kind of like some kind of fellowship?"

"It’s a charity organization."

Motan corrected sternly with a grin: "Besides, compared to so-called fellowship, our nature leans more towards mutual utilization. Trust built on suspicion is often more reassuring than those ostensibly noble and righteous reasons."

Yi Dong scratched his head, hesitantly said: "Why does this sound so familiar..."

"Because Black Sun is such an organization."

Motan chuckled, shrugging: "And Clown Brand is its luxurious upgrade. After all, there aren’t many people in the real world who could get along with Double Leaf and myself while maintaining a high standard. But in The Realm of Innocence, it’s entirely different; there are as many interesting people as you could possibly want."

"The head of the Academy City Law Enforcement Team, the most excellent cadet in centuries Foster Ward, the young lady of the Death Angels Lian Yuan Rui, the genius of the Diesel family Scarlett Disel, one of the currently strongest players Snow Bathing Sword, the young lady of the Magic Eye family of the Rehman family Ivy Lehman..."

Yi Dong clicked his tongue, muttering under his breath: "Spider with quite a mental disorder, the fraudster Duodolong Air Pump hunted by more than ten large organizations, Licia Covus who inherited the blood of Bartley, the Witch who has held a spot on the famous generals list even before graduating, Theresa Tarosa, along with you and Double Leaf, these two monsters, all truly ’interesting’ characters competing with one another!"

"Indeed, but you should also notice that most of us are just potential stocks."

Motan absentmindedly retorted while picking his nose: "I’m merely gathering some interesting seeds in one pot. As to what chemical reaction they will have, ha... who knows."

"I think your pot will soon take root and sprout, and then begin to trouble the human world."

"Thanks for your good words."

"I plan to leave Academy City in the next two days, taking Ned and the others with me, anyway I probably can’t help much with what’s coming."

"Oh? Leaving in such a hurry?"

"Not really in a hurry, just had some insights after that possession and fusion event, planning to find a secluded place to retreat for a while, and stabilize the physical conditions of those four from Fenrir."

"Go on, you’re of no use for now anyway."

"Speaking of which, Motan..."

"Let it out."

"I’ve always been curious, whether under this personality, you have what’s called ’feelings’."

"Oh? Isn’t my range of emotions diverse enough?"

"You know that’s not what I mean."

"The turbid are self-purifying."

"Huh?"

"That’s the evaluation System gave me."

"What do you mean?"

"I have no idea what it means~"

Chapter 1370: The End