The Riddler Game Was a Total Scam

[Wait, he's touching the comments?]

[Can he see us?]

[It looked like he was blocking our view just now, not letting us see Nimel.]

[We can't even look?]

[He's protecting Nimel, isn't he?]

[Nonsense, Boss Caro can't possibly be that gentle!]

[Boss Caro is Boss Caro. What does that have to do with my Caroso?]

[What kind of interactive gameplay is this? Has technology advanced this far already?]

[Why does my wife obey this guy's every word?]

[She even seems a little afraid of him.]

[It'd be strange if a villain wasn't scary. Anyway, I love him!]

[Defection, defection! Boss Caro is number one in the world, screw the protagonist!]

[Stop it, we're the protagonists.]

[Kill me to entertain Boss Caro!]

"Who are you..." Caroso frowned. "Why are you saying Nimel is the God of Wisdom, and that she's your wife... What is Huojian Liuming? What are mobile games and animation? What is Xinyue 3... And also, do you... know me?"

What was happening before Caroso's eyes had already surpassed his understanding.

Though he looked mature, he was only fourteen years old. Faced with something this strange, he had even forgotten his father's assignment.

Driven by his instinct to protect his younger sister, he had sent her away first.

If he could not figure it out, he would have to ask his father to deal with it.

Unless absolutely necessary, Caroso did not want to trouble his father, because that would be considered incompetence.

What the Kolia family could least tolerate was incompetence.

[It really is interactive. Nimel was my wife to begin with, wahahahaha...]

[Huojian Liuming is a man named Liuming who uses fire tongs.]

[Mobile games and animation... those seem beyond your comprehension.]

[Xinyue 3 is a symbol of wealth. Someone of your status would be Xinyue 3.]

[Of course we know you! Caroso is so polite, Auntie likes him so much!]

[Come here, let Mom hug you!]

[The skippers and fast-forwarders might not know him, but the plot-watchers definitely do!]

[In the future, you'll be the villain of the card game End. Your eyes will be gouged out, one hand and one foot cut off, your parents killed, your brothers turned against you, your fiancée betraying you, your sister betraying you... Then you'll completely fall to darkness, kill all your brothers, lead your army across the land in conquest, become the emperor of an empire, and stretch your demonic claws toward other nations, starting a world war. You'll pave your path to godhood with blood, but sadly, you'll die at the hands of Utopia and the rebel army. Caroso Kolia, handsome, strong, and tragic all in one!]

Caroso: ???

He recognized many of the words above, but when they were put together, he could not understand them at all.

His parents would be killed? His father was Grand Duke Kolia of Azure Wolf Province. Azure Wolf Province was the largest province in the kingdom, three times the size of an ordinary province. Most of its needs could be met internally, and it possessed the largest army of any province—a full three hundred thousand soldiers. How could a father who ruled such a province possibly die?

His fiancée would betray him... Since when did he have a fiancée?

Emperor... This was a kingdom, not an empire. Where would an emperor even come from? At most, there would be a King.

Becoming a god...

That was the most bizarre claim of all.

The gods had vanished from this world long ago. How foolish would he have to be to attempt to enter the God Domain with a human body?

And he would die at the hands of Utopia and the rebel army?

What was Utopia? And who led the rebel army?

Countless questions filled his mind, but what Caroso cared about most was actually that comment calling itself "Mom."

"Mom?" Caroso frowned. "My Mom would never speak to me in such a bizarre way."

[Hahahaha... He took it seriously!]

[I can't take it anymore. Caroso at this age is so cute, adorably dumb.]

"Please do not toy with me." Caroso waved his small hand, and the comments vanished.

Seeing that he really could disperse the comments, Caroso stared blankly at his hand.

These things were far too strange...

Especially the words those bizarre people were saying. It was hard not to care.

Did he really have to let his father handle this?

For now, they merely spoke strangely. He had not noticed any hostility...

"Come out." Caroso tried waving his hand.

[Holy crap, the screen went black just now.]

[He can stop us from looking at him?]

[Caroso, although many people are joking, some of us aren't.]

Caroso frowned at the comments and organized his thoughts. "Which ones are jokes, and which ones are not?"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

A huge flood of chaotic comments drifted past—things like [Nimel really is my wife], [I'm your real fiancée], [Boss Caro is number one in the world], and [Believe me, what I'm saying is the truth].

Caroso felt a little dizzy. He tried his best to distinguish useful information from the mountain of useless information.

[You can ignore them for now. I can explain what's happening in a way you can understand. We're from another world. Your world is merely a story in ours, and you are one of the people in that story. To put it simply, your world is more like a novel in ours. If your current life was on page ten of the book, then we've already read to page three hundred.]

There were no games or films in this world, so it could only be explained through novels.

[It seems even the gods thought your future was too tragic, so they allowed you to foresee the future through us and change your life.]

[As for whether changes in your world will alter the story as we know it, or whether your world has already become a parallel world, that is something you must explore for yourself.]

Caroso felt like his brain was not quite enough for this.

"You said my father will die. Then how will he die, and when?"

[Uh... The plot only said your father was blown to death in a conspiracy by the Ibernia Kingdom.]

[When he dies... The plot didn't give an exact time!]

[Damn, this game is way too cryptic.]

"Who gouged out my eyes?"

[Someone named Karei did it. His exact identity is unclear.]

[He gouged out your eyes the first time you entered a dungeon.]

"Did Karei cut off my hand and foot too?"

[Not that. Your eldest brother did it.]

[Your eldest brother was ruthless. Otherwise, you wouldn't have resolved to fight for military command.]

"How exactly did I die?"

[That's next chapter's plot...]

Seeing how vague the comments were, Caroso became even more suspicious.

Had they not said that his affairs were a story from their world? Why did they know nothing?

And they wanted him to change the future? How was he supposed to change it?

[Ahem, there are too many characters in this book. You're only one of them, and the details of your story are still vague. It's like when you read World History—aren't many people's lives summed up in just a few short sentences? Even some emperors are included that way.]

"If I become an emperor in the future, at least my major deeds would be recorded." Caroso's expression remained indifferent. "Compared to parallel worlds, I think this is more likely some magical or technological method beyond my current understanding that has placed these words before me. What is your purpose? Do you want to kill me, or kill my father?"

[It's over, we can't explain this.]

[The kid is completely confused...]

[I'm grabbing my blade and going to demand answers from the planners.]

[Planner creates a new text document: Writing it now, the next chapter's plot is being written now.]

[Watch my comment carefully. Ignore them for now—I can prove what I'm saying is true.]

Caroso ignored the vast amount of useless comments and fixed his gaze on the one that said it could prove itself.

He tapped the comment with his finger and discovered that it stopped moving. Several options appeared: Highlight, Block this user's messages, Report this comment.

Caroso froze for a moment. I can control them too?

With that thought, he selected Highlight and asked, "How will you prove it?"

[You're making cards right now, correct? Tell me how long you've been learning and what materials you use. Also, what rank cardmaker are you now?]

[If I can help you make a card that surpasses the current understanding of cards, then you can at least believe me for now, right?]