This villain, please exercise some restraint.

"...Oh? Is that so?"

The short boy smiled noncommittally. His short light chestnut hair was tainted with a gentle color in the light of the falling sun.

He looked at the white-haired player lying on the ground, and then squatted down.

"An Xu."

he called softly.

An Xu, who was standing, was stunned for a moment and came to his senses.

"Hey...what's wrong?"

"I remember you once told me that the existence of moderation is unreasonable. Its existence has brought you a very bad gaming experience."

"That's what you said to me at that time, right?"

This was a bit baffling, but An Xu knew that this was indeed his evaluation of moderation.

And the person he was talking to was the people related to "Final Destiny".

It's just... how did this NPC who suddenly appeared... whose identity is a mystery... know about it?

He is temperance and has the symbol of an NPC. It is true that he is an NPC, but what happened in reality, why...why would an NPC know about it.

An Xu thought of what this person had just said and thought of some possibility, and couldn't help but shrink his pupils suddenly.

"Could it be that...are you the one who was mentioned...related to "Final Destiny"? You participated in the creation of this game world, so...whether for the sake of reality or the virtual world, you will not allow this world to NPC harms players?”

An Xu's eyes were almost fixed on the... small ball squatting on the ground.

Apart from his withdrawn personality and weird temper, which he had never seen in the person in front of him, his appearance was quite consistent with the description given by the original organizer of "Rivers and Lakes".

The New Controller... does look a lot like a child, and the existence in front of him may be the third Controller, although he has the same appearance as the New Controller——

But there is no doubt that the unique feeling in him may not be something that New Temperance can fake.

"An Xu, your guess is generally correct. I am indeed a person related to "Final Destiny" as you mentioned. I didn't seriously consider your proposal at the time, but now, I want to think about it seriously-"

The short boy's brown eyes were cast on the extremely pale face.

"As an initial moderation, is it still necessary for him to exist?"

"Although I didn't know what the liquid in the syring was just now...but I can feel that that kind of thing is very dangerous."

"And now-"

The short boy stretched out his hand and touched the delicate and bloodless face in front of him. The lavender light enveloped his five fingers and then disappeared.

"I can also feel that his body seems to have been injected with something equally dangerous... no, or more dangerous."

"Those things are now loose in his limbs and bones. Although they seem to be quite mild, they are already moving up. Maybe it won't be long before they invade...the brain."

"Maybe he will disappear, maybe he will break down and lose value... To put it more simply, maybe he has an incurable disease similar to 'cancer'. We all know his prognosis, so -"

"I'm wondering if I should let him completely free now..."

These words were said suddenly and without any basis. An Xu couldn't help but look at the boy in white lying on the ground.

"Is Shi Si...a living person or...an NPC?"

He saw the short boy pondering for a moment, then shook his head.

"Unfortunately, I can't answer your question because I didn't create him. I don't know where he came from or why he exists here, but I can look up relevant information about him."

"Maybe he was a person a long time ago, but now... I don't have this kind of transformation in my memory where NPC is a living person."

"So, I am more inclined to believe that he is not a real person, but that the NPC has undergone some kind of mutation over time, which led to the current result."

The short boy's answer was very sincere. An Xu stared at the blank face, and for a moment, he had the illusion that he was in a dream.

If at that time...if he saw Shi Si being chased and chose to help, would it...would the ending be different now?

"No...this is just your guess. In the real world, if you want to know whether a person has cancer, you need to do an examination and a doctor to confirm it. You can't just judge through perception...that he will be in pain and...lose value. ”

"Your statement does not convince me. I...won't believe it."

"Even any player would not easily believe your words."

An Xu adjusted his slippery glasses, "What's more, even if your statement is completely correct, I still hope that... all choices should be made by Shi Si himself."

"Isn't...virtual life...not life?"

The moment An Xu's eyes met those brown eyes, he asked this question.

His eyes no longer wandered or dodged, but were replaced by firmness.

"Even the creator does not have the power to dispose of life at will. What's more, according to you, you are not his...creator."

The short boy stared at those eyes for a while, and finally chose to move away first.

He curled his lips, but he didn't care about this issue and was tit for tat.

"My judgment will not be wrong, although you may not agree with the reasons I gave."

"Do you know why I could easily use my strength to destroy that dangerous syringe just now? It's not because I'm too powerful."

"It's because... I gained a share of the same kind of power that may be more deadly than that syringe."

"I can feel that it is a terminally ill power, but perhaps because of this, it can easily suppress or even destroy the same kind of dangerous goods that are not so diseased."

"So...I would say, he has 'cancer'."

So, by the same principle, I would say, I could bring him total relief. "

"Because even if I only receive a small part of the power, I don't have a keen sense of perception, and I can feel... pain from it."

"I think maybe this pain, the source of this power, will be felt more deeply."

"An Xu."

The short boy stood up, looked over, and called his name again.

"Would you rather your friend linger in pain, or... would you rather give him final relief now?"

"No, maybe what I said is not accurate. Maybe, this is just a stranger to you."

An Xu subconsciously looked at Shi Si. The face he was already quite familiar with was so pale at the moment that he had the illusion that this existence would be wiped out in the next moment.

"He...is a player, he should be...resurrected..."

With a glimmer of hope, An Xu heard himself say this. He looked at the short boy. He... needed an answer.

"Who knows? Maybe...maybe not. This is territory I haven't ventured into."

The young man's answers always seemed to be quite sincere. When An Xu heard this answer, he felt a little depressed inside.

He couldn't help but think about how Shi Si looked when he rescued him and Xiaotong. He was high-spirited, handsome and neat. His beautiful face and the right smile on his lips always reminded him of the sparkling character in the novel. main character.

Such a being seems to be the natural center of attention wherever he goes.

And now... An Xu knew that based on what Shi Si had done in the past, he probably shouldn't sympathize with Shi Si now, and he still knew that the other person was just an NPC, but...

His heart didn't seem to allow him to completely sit back and watch.

For a moment, he even thought that it would be great if he could be as indifferent as Shi Si, so that he would not be entangled or... distressed.

But...he is not Shi Si after all, he is An Xu, a lively...ordinary person who is not indifferent.