Honkai Simulator: Not for Kidnapping Herrschers!

"Interested in watching me perform some magic?"

Chapter 43: Magician? Fraudster

Surviving in the Flame-Chaser was easy; you just had to stay in the back.

But to stand out within the Flame-Chaser, you needed to display talents beyond ordinary people.

This was Vill-V's realization after spending some time with the Flame-Chaser.

She was a person with a strong desire to perform, a desire that could be for survival or to attract attention.

But more than anything, she wanted praise and the astonished gazes of her audience.

The Flame-Chaser was an organization that gathered geniuses.

If she could shock these geniuses, that would feel amazing!

However, she couldn't shock everyone at the moment, so she decided to start with these two, who seemed to have intelligence closer to ordinary people.

Kevin and Chen Ran exchanged a look and didn't refuse Vill-V's invitation to watch her magic show.

After all, life within the Flame-Chaser was mostly boring.

"Here we go, here we go! Even though the audience is a bit small, it won't dampen my passionate desire to perform."

Although Vill-V hadn't undergone mental division yet, she already suffered from a condition akin to schizophrenia—a genius of the mind, with a strong desire to perform.

For example, Vill-V's personality now had the nascent form of a conductor.

Kevin was somewhat distracted.

Chen Ran jokingly said to Vill-V, "Ordinary magic won't impress us. If you can make his beloved appear, then his reaction will truly shock you."

"Oh, a request from the audience already."

Vill-V wasn't stumped by Chen Ran. She smiled, "In that case, what can I, as a magician, not fulfill?"

Then, the young girl smiled mysteriously, took off her hat, and a small paper figure transformed under the sunlight.

Kevin was momentarily dazed; he seemed to see Mei's phantom.

Just then, a familiar voice called out, "What are you guys doing?"

Mei had arrived at some point.

Chen Ran and Kevin were dumbfounded.

Vill-V winked playfully from the side.

It was clear she had done her homework on the two of them during this time, and Mei's arrival was clearly her arrangement.

Even if Chen Ran hadn't said that, she would have done something like this. Chen Ran's words had just accidentally elevated the magic's effect.

If she hadn't genuinely found no stooges, she would have suspected Chen Ran himself was her stooge.

Kevin, seeing Mei, became somewhat flustered.

It was supposed to be training time; Mei wouldn't think he was slacking off, would she?

A boy in love was always anxious, but Chen Ran greeted her openly, "Watching a magic show, want to join?"

"No, I'm not interested in entertainment that takes a long time. At most, I'll just listen to music."

She shook her head and said, "But..."

She looked at Vill-V and asked, "You sent me the message, didn't you?"

Mei took out her phone, which had a text message from an unknown number, asking her to come here.

"Isn't it interesting?"

Vill-V's eyes held a hint of mischief. "That astonished, disbelieving look just now is the best praise for a magician."

Kevin sighed, "This is cheating, isn't it?"

Mei, however, raised an eyebrow and said, "Magic is about using all abilities within logic to create surprises outside of logic. That's why it's boring once revealed. But it's not cheating, of course, because making the audience react is considered a success."

Vill-V couldn't help but applaud, "Well said! You said exactly what I wanted to say."

She put her hat back on and said, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Vill-V, a magician, aspiring to become the greatest performer in the world."

Chen Ran casually remarked, "Then you'll have to make the entire Mu Continent disappear."

"Oh, how did you know my plan?" Vill-V laughed. "That will definitely go down in history as the greatest close-up magic trick."

Chen Ran believed Vill-V truly had the ability to do it.

Deceiving satellites probably wouldn't be difficult for her.

"Don't cause too much of a commotion then. Dr. Mobius isn't that kind," Chen Ran said casually.

Vill-V was brought to the Flame-Chaser from the thirteenth prison by Mobius. Chen Ran, having gone through the story, naturally knew this.

Mei, on the side, ignored all this and looked at Kevin, "If you have time, walk with me. I want to clear my head."

Kevin immediately trotted after her.

Chen Ran couldn't help but exclaim in wonder.

Why is Kevin's personality just like Kiana's, completely under her thumb?

Vill-V, standing nearby, also sighed.

She had overlooked one thing: while Kevin was easily swayed, MEI was not.

Therefore, she now had only one goal left.

"Hey, want to see another magic trick?"

Chen Ran was ultimately dragged away by Vill-V to do some grueling work.

By the time he returned to the First Research Institute, he was completely drained.

"Brother Chen Ran, you're here."

Little Griseo, brought to the institute by Blanca, greeted him cheerfully.

This future beloved of the Flame-Chasers was only six years old this year, an age for education. However, due to the unique nature of the Flame-Chasers, her parents were within its ranks, and she naturally wouldn't have a life like an ordinary person.

Still, Griseo was so incredibly adorable that even Mobius treated her with kindness.

So, Mobius took it upon herself to become Griseo's biology teacher.

Even though a six-year-old child didn't need biology lessons at all.

Blanca rarely brought her daughter here, but her husband, Heng, was away on a mission during this period, so she had no choice but to bring her daughter along.

"Yeah, little Griseo," Chen Ran said. "Is it fun staying in the lab?"

"Teacher Mobius read me storybooks, it was very fun," Griseo replied sweetly. "She also taught me how to use paints to draw."

Chen Ran noticed that Griseo's hands already had traces of paint on them.

For her, who rarely encountered peers, drawing and storybooks were indeed the best ways to alleviate loneliness.

Griseo was often lonely; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so reliant on Kosma, who was more like a peer.

He smiled and said, "I have a little magic trick here, Griseo, do you want to see?"

He paused and casually picked up a piece of paper from the lab table.

Then, the young man manipulated the flowing wind, lifting the paper into the air.

"Wow."

Little Griseo's eyes widened. "That's amazing."

"Anything else? Anything else?"

"Of course," Chen Ran said, skillfully controlling the wind in his hands and then blowing through her long hair.

Like a mother stroking her cheek, Griseo's eyes immediately narrowed, lost in the sensation.

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Chapter 44: Second Simulation Scenario Activated

[Ding, System has checked and repaired the simulation scenario successfully. The simulation scenario will continue to be open.]

[Second simulation scenario has been opened.]

[Current Scenario: Thunderclap Changkong.]

After Chen Ran spent some time being treated as a lab rat by Mobius and as labor by Vill-V, the System finally emitted its long-awaited voice.

The simulation scenario had reopened.

However, when he used his consciousness to select a scenario, he found that [Wind Painting Scroll] was displayed as inaccessible.

Fine, the System had blocked his possibility of continuing to court disaster from the root.

Unless he lived for another fifty thousand years...

Chen Ran cast aside his thoughts and asked, "System, I want to know if the time in each simulation scenario is parallel or inherited?"

Thunderclap Changkong was clearly related to Changkong City.

He said, "If the time of one scenario is before the time of the previous scenario, will it affect the previous scenario?"

The System responded coldly.

[Each scene has a special inheritance relationship in time, but they do not interfere with each other. The System can only adjust the fate of a certain moment in the future by simulating some key nodes of the scene.]

It was obvious that although the System could interfere with the future by simulating scenes, its own abilities were limited.

It was a simple principle: if the System could directly interfere with the future, why would people still need to fight the Honkai?

Although the simulated time nodes had an inheritance relationship, what happened in the simulation did not necessarily happen in reality.

The time span was too long.

After realizing this, Chen Ran began the simulation.

He had already gained a rudimentary understanding of fluid dynamics and temporarily put aside thoughts related to Wendy.

Now was not the time for him to reminisce about the past; his goal was clear: he had to deal with the disaster of Finality's arrival.

Even if the System couldn't help him survive Finality, he at least wanted to successfully live to see the world after Finality.

"I hope this scene will give me some clues."

[Welcome to the simulated scene: Thunderclap Changkong.]

[Current Time: 2013.]

[Scene Objective: Retrieve the Herrscher of Thunder, or prevent the Third Honkai War from occurring.]

[Your corresponding identity has been generated.]

When Chen Ran's consciousness was born once more, he found himself in a school.

"Changkong City, not destroyed… Speaking of which, isn't Changkong City a bit too prone to disasters?"