【Five minutes ago】
After Su Mingan put on [Wang Han's human skin mask], he immediately walked towards the mayor's home in his memory.
His current career points are zero and his points are less than 100, so he has no chance to create clones. It was also difficult to do evil in the "Shadow" state. He couldn't beat up all the NPCs just to gain career points, which would cause him to lose a lot of favorability.
If something happens, I can only do it myself for the time being.
He expected the situation to be difficult.
...To protect the good players who remained, he couldn't stay by their side all the time. He could only seek help from NPCs.
He was close to the mayor's home. Outside the mayor's house, there was a high wall and a heavy solid wood door. There was almost no gap in the wall, except for a small window near the next door, which looked like a newly opened window. He stepped forward and was about to reach out to grab the iron ring on the door and knock on the door, when he saw the door in front of him suddenly opened first.
"Squeak——"
A dull voice sounded, and the kind-hearted mayor looked at him with a smile on his head and a cane.
It's like I've been waiting here for a long time.
"Ah..." The mayor's words confirmed his guess. The old man smiled so hard that his wrinkles were squeezed into a ball. He looked amiable, like a parent who cares about his children: "You are finally here."
His words were very gentle, even with a hint of intimacy that made people involuntarily approach him.
But Su Mingan was very wary - he remembered that the mayor Mitchell's favorability towards him had not changed much from beginning to end, and he didn't even hear a system prompt, so that he didn't even know what the other person's initial favorability was.
But the next moment, he heard the other party's words with endless nostalgia:
…
"...My dear child, Pori."
…
Su Mingan was slightly startled.
He suddenly heard the system prompt:
[Due to wearing a special prop (Wang Han’s human skin mask), the NPC will recognize your identity. 】
[NPC (Mayor of Mitchell Terrie Town) has identified you as (son of Bury Mitchell who died young)]
[Note: Please try not to deviate from Mitchell’s approval within sight, otherwise your favorability will drop significantly and unexpected things will happen! 】
[Current favorability of Mitchell: 80 points (family affection)]
"Ah." Su Mingan followed his words: "I'm back."
As early as the first day when the mayor met his clone, he said that he looked like his child Pori who died young.
So...is it such a recognition mechanism?
However, the system clearly indicated that Bo Li had "died young"... but the mayor acted as if Bo Li had just returned home.
After hearing his response, the mayor's smile seemed to grow stronger. He changed the leading crutch to his left hand and stretched out his hand tremblingly to help Su Ming'an.
Su Mingan could only act out the scene of "a loving father and a filial son" with him first. He helped Mitchell up and crossed the threshold with him.
He felt a little wet on his face.
……It is raining again.
The door behind him closed with a loud bang, bringing with it a strange chill in the spring. Through the sudden rain, he saw the two red lanterns hanging at the door in front of the house swinging in the heavy rain, shining with scarlet light in the haze, like a pair of wild beast's eyes.
The somewhat resentful voice of the shorter mayor came from beside him:
"You're finally back... Pori, I've been waiting for you for so long that I almost forgot when you left..."
"..." Su Ming'an didn't know the situation clearly and had limited clues. He couldn't guess why Bo Li left and remained silent.
But combined with the word "die young", the real Bo Li may have died on the way out.
"When you were about to leave, I advised you... The gods will not forgive the betrayed child. The journey is long and involves mountains and ridges, which is too hard for you. However, now that you are back... ...Then everything is fine, take a rest first, and I will take you to the Lord God to atone for your sins..."
Listening to the mayor's next words, Su Mingan vaguely understood the reason why Bo Li left in the first place.
He spoke tentatively: "I traveled far to find the faith in my heart."
He saw the mayor's sudden look, which was somewhat frozen through the fine raindrops.
"...Have you found it?" the mayor asked.
The two stopped in front of the door.
The red lantern swayed slightly, emitting a strange light, like a pair of faint, werewolf eyes.
Su Mingan helped the old man up and helped him climb the steps in front of him.
"...So, I'm back." He said.
…
[NPC (Mitchell), favorability: 80+10]
[Current favorability rating: love]
…
Mitchell's smile seemed more genuine - he was happy for his lost child.
Children who turn their backs on the gods of Trili Town and seek faith from the outside world will be punished. He originally thought that his Bo Li had died outside early in the morning.
Unexpectedly... Bo Li came back and grew a lot.
His child... finally realized what true faith is.
He stretched out his hand and knocked gently on the door.
"Squeak——"
The girl with braids opened the door with a shy smile. When her beautiful big eyes looked over, they were as clear as the sea, sky and lake.
...Jasmine.
Su Mingan was not surprised to see her.
In fact, from the system prompts, he had already noticed that the description - "She who fell into the coffin" was most likely referring to Jasmine.
Then, according to clue 2, the tablet in the living room. Those two tablets... are most likely hers.
[Go to her memorial tablet, to the place where she is still alive. 】
The task prompt said this. The first half of the sentence seemed like she was dead, and the second half seemed like she was still alive.
The Jasmine in front of me...the Jasmine at night, what are they?
"Dad, this is..." Jasmine's eyes stopped at Su Ming'an for a moment, and then moved away.
"As I told you, my dear child Pori." Mitchell responded with a smile: "When he left home, you weren't here yet... I didn't expect to see him again one day... …”
The mayor seemed very emotional, and his eyes looked over with more eagerness.
Su Ming'an understood the meaning of the mayor's words - Jasmine might not be his biological daughter, but an adopted daughter.
Otherwise, the mayor would not use the description "come here."
"Hello...come in first." Jasmine nodded to him reservedly, then retracted her head, opened the door, and let Su Ming'an in.
And the moment he walked in the door.
Su Mingan suddenly realized something.
——He didn't hear... Jasmine, like the mayor, identified him as an NPC system prompt.
——Jasmine saw through his disguised identity.
But instead of exposing it, she let him in.
What is she going to do?
Su Mingan walked in vigilantly. He had already guessed that this mission was dangerous. Even if there was a return, he did not want to always feel the feeling of death.
He has always been wary of the girl with "sin" in the system prompts.
Entering, he smelled a faint scent of incense burning in the room.
White mist floated from the stove, and he sat down at the table. Sure enough, he saw the two tablets placed aside as if staring at the guests.
The writing on it is still blurry.
The tea cup was placed in front of him, and the tea leaves were floating in the water. He looked over and saw his own reflection floating on the water, and saw a pair of looming deep eyes.
...very weird.
"Bo Li, you are coming back this time..." The mayor seemed to be about to start a tirade again.
Su Mingan remembered his purpose and spoke first: "Mayor."
He met the other person's eyes, which looked a little gloomy in the mist of tea.
He immediately changed his words: "...Father."
The mayor's expression softened.
Su Ming'an suddenly realized that maybe the mayor didn't completely think of him as his child Bo Li.
When he showed any intention of deviating, the other party's eyes became so gloomy that he was frightened.
Mayor Mitchell, like a person immersed in his own fantasy, wanders in an illusion that is on the verge of being broken. Once the facts happen beyond his wishes, he will be unable to control himself.
Mitchell seemed to be hypnotizing himself, forcibly identifying this "returned child".
He is the elder, the wanderer waiting for him to return home.
Su Mingan probably knew how to speak.
"Father." Su Mingan shouted this word that was somewhat unfamiliar to him: "During this trip, I met many travelers from the outside world."
The mayor listened carefully, and Jasmine on the side also remained silent.
"...They helped me a lot, and some of them also saved my life." Su Mingan touched the tea cup and paid attention to the other person's expression: "They have been persuading me to go home... They said that the temporary conflict was just Family love is temporary, but it is eternal... They are right, there is nothing that cannot be sat down and talked about. I was too naive when I left in anger, and did not realize the fault of my faith at all..."
He lowered his head and sighed slightly: "Lord God is right... I shouldn't have left here just for my childhood fantasies. This is my home - so I'm back now."
"Father, I will go to atone for my sins, and I beg you to take me there." Su Ming'an raised his head again and looked at the gray-haired old man opposite with a very sincere look: "The beliefs of the outside world are all false, here This is where I belong.”
After finishing this sentence, he successfully heard the system prompt:
…
[NPC (Mitchell), favorability: 90+10]
[Current favorability rating: Beloved]
[Note: The current favorability level has reached (family line·highest)]
[Due to your status as a person in power, you can make certain demands on the other party. 】
[Note: There are pros and cons to the highest degree of favorability, so please proceed with caution. 】
…
"...Before I atone for my sins to the great god, I would like to ask you to do me one thing." Su Mingan looked at the old man whose expression gradually became eager, and said:
"Those travelers from the outside world were once my companions. I want to... temporarily suspend their fight before completing my atonement."
...He did not make a request to eliminate all werewolves.
Judging from the wording of the system prompts, these NPCs can only intervene in the battles between players to a limited extent.
They can't interfere with the banishment, they can't interfere with the night behavior, because these are set by invisible rules, independent of the town.
However... off-field behavior that exists outside clear rules, such as fights that occur during free movement during the day... can be completely intervened.
Because this is also [part of] this small town.
He only needs to protect the players in the good camp during the daytime and prevent them from being eliminated due to direct attacks from the werewolves.
The real outcome...will have to wait until night.
The third night.
He watched the mayor's expression and watched as the other person's expression gradually softened.
"Bori..." The mayor sighed slightly: "After temporarily suspending the fight between those people, did you sincerely atone for your sins to the gods?"
"Yes." Su Mingan nodded.
He confirmed his suspicion that Mitchell did not completely recognize him as Pori.
Otherwise, Mitchell would not have agreed to his request without asking any reason, without asking what to do after the fight was stopped, or even carefully considering the loopholes in his words.
This old man... just wants this "Pori" to follow the gods and satisfy his unfinished regrets.
To do this he can ignore any uselessness.
Su Ming'an noticed that Jasmine's expression on the side was a little gloomy. She stared at him and then looked away.
"...Okay." The mayor nodded, stood up shakily, and leaned on his dragon-head crutch:
"I will temporarily stop the travelers' fighting during the day...but what happens next depends on them."
He turned around and took a deep look at Su Mingan:
"My child." He was like a frozen man coming slowly from the fire, his eyes burning:
"……wait me back."
The door was pushed open.
The old man ignored the pattering rain and plunged in. His thin figure gradually disappeared in the light of the red lantern.
"Squeak——"
Jasmine stood up and closed the door, then turned around, her eyes as calm as a lake.
Su Mingan originally thought that Jasmine, who had seen through his true identity, was going to attack, but she didn't expect that she suddenly said:
"Pori."
That was the name she shouted.
Su Mingan vaguely felt something was wrong.
This unpleasant feeling... he had also experienced it when facing his strange deskmate Shen Xue.
Jasmine stepped forward and placed her hands on the table. She was very close, with the fresh scent of grass in her hair. She was obviously a farm girl who knew how to work hard, but her skin was white and delicate, and she seemed to be shining when she came closer.
Those clean eyes were like mirrors, and he could even vaguely see himself in them.
"Now that you're back..."
Her posture was extremely powerful compared to before, and her mirror-like eyes seemed to be carving into his whole body.
He leaned back slightly, and then heard her voice very close to him, with an undoubted meaning:
"...When are you going to marry me?"
"..."
Su Mingan's scalp felt numb.
He guessed that the barrage at this time would definitely be filled with "Every copy must be given for free".
But every time, what was given to me for free was a rose with thorns.
He didn't dare to be careless at all - he had reason to suspect that if he was perfunctory, he might be stabbed in the back.
... He originally thought that when he arrived at the memorial tablet in the living room, it would be like Alice in Wonderland in the third world. He would automatically enter a single-player copy in a small space, and the system would give him specific single-player tasks.
He looked at the girl in front of him who was very close to her with a commanding look in her eyes.
...But, it seems.
This extremely dangerous single-player dungeon,
…
——Has it started unknowingly?
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