Story Summary

When the perspective shifts again, the Player were originally involved in the story have returned to the Library.

How much time has passed?

As soon as he opened his eyes, Bai Zhi asked the Chronicler sitting opposite him a question.

"Uh... two or three minutes."

The Chronicler subconsciously reached up and tugged at the hood over his head as he answered.

"I thought I'd have to wait here for at least seven or eight hours..."

Her current feeling is like having just seen off a classmate at the Station in a great atmosphere, only to see them return from the train with their suitcase a few minutes later... something like that.

"... What exactly happened before?"

Looking at the book in the middle of the table that had quietly closed at some point, [Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part] asked Bai Zhi with some hesitation.

"To be honest, I feel completely confused... Was the Monster actually you from the beginning?"

Oh, no.

Leaning back in his chair, Bai Zhi pouted.

"Let's put all that aside for now. Don't you think you should apologize to me first? I've practically made you two the Heroine men and women, and what do you do? You wipe out several of my Shadow Guard in one go..."

"... What's the meaning?"

After a moment of silence, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part asked.

"Don't you understand? It means that in order to save the other characters in the story, Black&White killed the real Monster at the beginning and then pretended to be the Monster himself."

Before Bai Zhi could reply, Xia Wen, who had just realized what was happening, spoke up with some dissatisfaction.

"So I already said, wouldn't it be better to trust us?"

"Don't think of me as too noble. I'm just trying out different possibilities and seeing how far I can go in a story."

Turning his head to look at Xia Wen beside him, Bai Zhi calmly began to speak.

"To put it simply, I tried to change the original story framework of [the Monster]..."

The background of the story [Monster] is actually a well-worn topic.

A meteorite fell from the Tian Kong and landed near the town. Some Special alien substance attached to the meteorite infected the humans. This alien substance distorted the human body and mind, turning them into Monster.

People in the town were already infected at the beginning, but it was only in the early stages of the infection. To outsiders, he looked like a Madman. Of the 12 people who went to the villa, Bob was the first to be infected.

Infected humanoids will become distorted, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, thus sinking into darkness and despair, killing themselves, and Monster will be born on their original bodies.

According to the original storyline, the 12 people would be infected one by one, and then die one by one in fear and darkness, until the truth was finally revealed.

If the story had gone according to plan, it would have ended with all 12 people being wiped out.

However, from the very beginning, the story's direction was completely rewritten by someone...

"So, the last part of the story was something you made up...?"

Upon hearing Bai Zhi's words, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Big brother~ please be understanding. I was exhausted from running around all by myself, playing the Monster, catching people one by one, and going down the mountain to buy explosives. It's already quite an achievement that I could barely come up with a plot. I've already made you guys the male and Heroine, what more do you want?"

Rolling her eyes, Bai Zhi turned her head with great disdain to glance at Instant, who had been sitting silently there since returning.

"But to be fair, your adaptability is pretty good; you were able to keep up the performance even in that situation. Compared to you, the person next to me is far inferior. The last line was just a monotone recitation... Would it kill you to add a little emotional variation to the dialogue?"

"Here you go."

He turned his head and glanced at Bai Zhi beside him, then took something out of his pocket and placed it on the table, his face Instant becoming expressionless.

--That's a small Electric Baton.

"I mean, how come one of the Shadow Guard is missing... Where did you find this one?"

Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly as he looked at the Electric Baton on the table.

"This thing..."

"When you're playing the Monster, it's really hard to catch them unscathed, right? One wrong move and you could actually kill them, so let's just sneakily take them down with the Electric Baton first."

With a slight shrug, Bai Zhi put the Electric Baton away.

"As the saying goes, high-level Monster often use the simplest methods to capture people. Isn't Electric Baton great? It's safe, quick, and pollution-free. I strongly recommend that all Monster carry one."

"... So the reason Rohard and the others couldn't move before was because you gave them each a good shock with the Electric Baton?"

Upon hearing Bai Zhi's words, Xia Wen's lips twitched violently.

"Nonsense, the Shadowkhan is weak, okay? If we don't use some other methods, wouldn't they have wiped us out easily?"

Bai Zhi looked completely at ease.

"If we hadn't done that, the Shadowkhan might have been wiped out by you all... Oh, by the way, actually, at the very end, I was thinking of giving you a shock too, but then I thought better of it."

"... Thank you so much!!"

"Don't mention it, we're companions after all, thanking me would be too much."

"..."

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic. Now it's time to get down to business."

After glancing at the two remaining members, Yi A Pure Smile, Shy Blushing Cheeks and the Hetushu. com•com Chronicler, Bai Zhi thought for a moment and then turned his gaze towards the Chronicler.

What did you see while we were away?

"What else can we see? Words are appearing one after another on the Blank Pages of that book..."

As he spoke, the person taking notes pointed to the book that was now closed and Levitation in the center of the table.

"The story in the book is the one you just mentioned, but there are some differences in the details... If what you said before is true, then you have completely changed the background of this story."

At this point, the Chronicler pointed to Bai Zhi, Instant, the Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part... and finally, Xia Wen.

"In that brand new story, you're the villain, and this guy is the Protagonist who comes to his senses because of love; she's the Heroine, and she's Extra..."

"You're the Extra, I'm clearly the Heroine, okay?"

Xia Wen grinned at her, his words tinged with resentment.

"If it weren't for my physical discomfort, how could she have stolen my Heroine?"

"..."

The Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part, and the man glanced at the flat chest of the person with a rather subtle expression.

"Then what?"

Bai Zhi reached out and tapped the table.

"After that, the story is... um?"

Before he could finish his sentence, Bai Zhi looked up at the book in front of him.

Under his gaze, the book opened again and silently turned to a brand new page.