Vill-V's Inner Council / Event Unlocked: Affection Level

Perhaps a little. After all, Sakura is quite receptive, and she might be more adaptable to Elysia's "shameless" remarks than Eden —at least if there's really no other way, Sakura feels she can accept Liu Bai having a harem.

But more likely... Eden has revealed a flaw.

Or rather, the current situation is a rare one where "Eden has no time to spare, and Liu Bai will not easily return to Eden's side."

In other words, as long as people don't gather together, everyone has room to maneuver.

Although it depends to some extent on Liu Bai's mood, it's much better than the situation where there was almost no chance before.

"It's not even close to being settled yet..."

Sakura muttered to herself as she started the car again.

Shouldn't we think of a way to deal with Vil-V now? After all, that guy has spent almost as much time with Liu Bai as Eden, and it's quite legitimate.

Can't I find a legitimate reason...?

Ah, now that you mention it, it seems like Ling has been able to finish her homework very quickly lately. Why don't I use the excuse of strengthening her education to have my boss come over and assign her some homework, and then take the opportunity to chat with him?

"Achoo!" Ling sneezed and felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. "Where did this creepy feeling come from...? Could it be that my older sister is going to use that old-fashioned excuse of 'strengthening education' to get closer to my brother? That's so corny..."

Expert: "Speaking of which, have we had any other people join us recently?"

Chef: "Really? I feel like everything is normal."

Conductor: "Instead of discussing intuition, let's all count off. I'll go first, 1!"

"2!", "3!", "4!", "5!", "6!"

Conductor: "Wait, wait, wait! Where did this 6 come from? Me, a scholar, an expert, a magician, a chef, where did I get a sixth one? Newcomers, sign up!"

As the conductor finished speaking, a calm voice rang out. "Hello everyone, nice to meet you all, I am the Lover."

Chapter 352 Vil-V's Brain Meeting

"What are you in love with?"

The other five Vil-V asked questions at the same time.

"My lover," Vil-V, who called herself her lover, replied matter-of-factly.

"We know they're lovers, but who are they in love with?!"

The other five Vil-V all sounded like they were on the verge of collapse.

"Huh? Who else could it be but Liu Bai? Could I possibly fall for Pardo's secret little pudding?"

The Lover Vil-V's, matter-of-fact tone contrasted sharply with the devastated tones of the other five people.

"It's precisely because there's no one else besides Liu Bai that it's so unbelievable..."

The expert was the first to recover from the breakdown, and in a calm tone, he stated the facts that the others wanted to say.

"Conductor! Are you cutting yourself randomly again?!"

"Cut myself, my foot! Liu Bai and I are just normal colleagues—and look at me, if I really wanted to date Liu Bai, would I really cut myself like that!"

The conductor, who was innocently blamed, was quite unhappy at this moment.

Although she admitted that she had feelings for Liu Bai, after all, Liu Bai was a really good person and good-looking. Normal people would naturally develop feelings for him. The conductor said that even though she had spent a lot of time with Liu Bai and their feelings were quite deep, it was not enough to create a lover personality specifically for this kind of thing.

And as she said, if she really had feelings for someone, she would just take up arms and go for it herself. After all, her job as a conductor is to handle daily social interactions, and dating is obviously part of that. Why make it so complicated?

If it weren't for the fact that it's not the right time, the conductor felt that dating Liu Bai would allow him to fool all the other personalities before the final step, making the "lover" personality a complete oversight.

"... That's true."

Although the conductor's words had many flaws, they were still very convincing. After thinking for a while, the expert agreed with the conductor's statement—if this guy had any dirty thoughts, he wouldn't have developed a romantic personality.

And how should I put it... to be honest, their personalities might not feel romantic love for Liu Bai, but as for affection... it's probably to the point where they would shyly accept a confession.

So if it were a legitimate relationship, they could all agree on it in their minds, or to put it more simply, they couldn't find a reason to refuse, since all five of them had an excellent relationship with Liu Bai!

Now, a lover personality has suddenly appeared, and these five personalities are now somewhat like a thief within the family, making it difficult to guard against.

"So in the end, it's actually the 'id' that sneaks out and cuts itself?" the scholar concluded.

"If it's about the ego, then there's really nothing we can do," the conductor sighed.

Even if the id is like a nobody, indifferent to everything, and can't find anyone when trouble comes, it can't deny that the other person is the highest authority in this body. Once this person takes over, all the "alternate personalities" have to get out of here and go silent.

"Isn't this a complete lack of options?" the magician said, displeased.

"Don't talk like you want to push someone back."

The conductor seemed relatively open-minded about it, since she was closest to her ego—well, perhaps the appearance of a "lover" could change that "closest" to "second closest."

"Um... did I cause trouble for everyone?" the lover said, feeling innocent as well.

"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with you. I just have a bit of a grudge against a certain absentee manager."

The conductor has a pretty good temper, especially towards his other self.

Of course, more importantly, there's no such thing as infighting between personalities. Even if a personality dies out, it's simply because the separated personality couldn't support its own independent existence and thus perished—incidentally...

"Hey chef, why aren't you saying anything?"

"I'm just a lousy cook..." the chef muttered, "But speaking of which, when were you born, my lover?"

"Um... about ten minutes ago?"

The lover's answer made all the personalities in the brain conference realize something.

"So, wasn't the conductor the one who just took the number?" The expert covered his face in disbelief.

Are you out of your mind, conductor?! Don't you realize you didn't log in yourself?!

"I thought it was a magician..." the conductor said, covering his face.

Although the Magician is categorized based on her job, she is actually a "daily" personality, just like her. When she's not using her own personality, it's the Magician who takes over.

"So that means it was still the id just now... Let's fire the conductor, he's completely useless."

"What's it to me? You talk like you've suddenly realized something!"

The conductor was also very unhappy. He said it was as if any of you could fight back against your ego. You're all useless, and you still have to find someone to blame, right?

"Anyway, someone has to be sacrificed to the heavens. Scholars, think about whether there is a reliable ritual for sacrificing to the heavens. Let's find an opportunity to sacrifice the conductor."

"Hehe."

The conductor responded with a cold laugh.

The scholars remained silent; as highly intelligent individuals, they were too lazy to discuss such matters with experts.

Moreover, if it were truly possible to perform a sacrifice, the scholar stated that he would immediately join forces with the magician to sacrifice the expert who liked to wear heavy boots.

"Has everyone finished discussing? Can I temporarily take over the body?"

The couple, who were the focus of everyone's discussion, spoke up weakly.

"What do you want to do?" The conductor immediately tensed up.

"Of course, it's a confession!"

The lover suddenly became motivated when the topic came up.

"Now that Eden is away, isn't this the perfect opportunity to raid their base? Let's make that woman Eden regret it for the rest of her life!"

The Lover's ambitious personality smoothly infected the other five personalities.

"... Is this child still half asleep?"

The magician asked his other self with a straight face.

"It's obvious that people in love have some kind of brain problem—what's commonly known as 'love brain'." The expert was speechless.

While passion can be infectious, can't you come up with something more practical? Don't come up with a proposal that would make Eden regret it for the rest of his life.

Do you think you're Mobius or the new Elysia?

If you say you're going to bully Pardo, everyone will definitely agree. But if you go and provoke Eden... well, go sit in that corner over there. We're not going to get ourselves killed.

The fighting power of these guys is really not on the same level.

"Then, let's first win Liu Bai's heart with gentleness, and then confess to Liu Bai so that Eden will regret it for the rest of his life!" Seemingly sensing the awkward atmosphere, the lovers proposed another plan.

"'First, win Liu Bai's heart with gentleness'—I can hardly believe I could say such a thing."

The commander's expression was somewhat distorted.

"Press her down! If she gets out, all our reputations will be ruined!"

Chapter 353 Events Unlock Favorability Levels

"What's wrong, Vil-V? Have you been overworking your brain these past few days?"

After checking the experimental equipment, Liu Bai, who had just crawled out of the equipment, looked at Vil-V sitting in a chair, covering her forehead and looking utterly hopeless, and was quite puzzled.

"Overworking your brain?" Vil-V rubbed her temples with a worried look. "I'd rather it was me who overworked my brain..."

"Oh, so you're saying there's another contradiction in your mind?"

Liu Bai immediately understood, while Vil-V's face darkened.

I think I've gotten a little too close to Liu Bai. It's a bit ridiculous that he could figure out my private matters from just two sentences!

With this level of understanding, Vil-V realized why her id had suddenly flared up today.

The five of them were so close to Liu Bai that before today, they had completely overlooked the possibility of "romantic feelings." Before today, their relationship with Liu Bai was truly that of pure colleagues!

On the contrary, the ego, which only occasionally wanders around, has the lowest "adaptation" to Liu Bai, so it is actually more sensitive to emotions than the other five.

Regarding today's Eden and Elysia incident, none of the five women realized it was an "opportunity" until their lover mentioned it. At most, they were just annoyed by Liu Bai's romantic relationships.

—Okay, don't feel "fucked" now that the lover is here; she herself has become part of this fucked-up relationship.

In the game's parlance, before the lovers appeared, although the five of them might have a 90% or higher level of affection for Liu Bai, their affection level was still locked at "friends" because no event had been triggered... and then today the event was triggered.

"What kind of mess is this..." Vil-V slumped in her chair and sighed to the heavens.

"Could you elaborate on the background and consequences before making such a remark?"

Liu Bai stroked his chin, lost in thought. "Could it be that you've realized you've inevitably gotten yourself into some trouble?"

"..."

This guy knows himself way too well!

Vil-V's eye twitched slightly. "Is mind reading really not one of your special abilities as a ghost?"

"I had a chance before, but I gave it up."

Liu Bai said softly.

Reading minds is nothing compared to the pleasure of physical intimacy... Although looking back now, I realize I was a bit reckless.

"And besides, could someone please have some self-awareness? Only a fool could read your mind—so what the hell are you in trouble with?"

"You know, if I want to surpass Eden in terms of femininity..."

Before Vil-V could finish speaking, Liu Bai floated to the side of the landline.

"Hello, is this 120? I have a severely mentally ill patient here, specifically suffering from dissociative identity disorder..."

"Hey! What are you doing!" Vil-V jumped up from her chair with a jolt. "And what hospital number is 120?"

"Just kidding, the call didn't go through." Liu Bai showed the landline with a half-smile. "So, can you tell me the problem now?"

"Didn't I already say that?"

"Vil-V said with a hint of resentment."

So you think I'm joking?!

Liu Bai: "..."

Liu Bai glanced at Vil-V, then picked up the phone again with a serious expression and dialed. "Hello, Mobius? I have a mental patient here... um, yes, it's Vil-V. Symptoms? Um... it seems to be loss of judgment and decreased intelligence. My intuition tells me that surgery would be the best option. Do you have a bed available?"

"You bastard! What do you think you're doing?!"