Once the white light faded and Bo Yi opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was a pair of smiling red eyes.
"Well?"
Those red eyes curved into a smile at him. "I didn't lie to you this time, did I..."
Bo Yi stared at him without speaking.
"What, are you angry?" Mitian leaned closer to Bo Yi, coaxing him. "It was my fault before... I shouldn't have broken my promise..."
"But you have to believe me, baby. I didn't mean to stand you up..."
"It was my own carelessness, too. Someone got something on me, so I-" Before he could finish his apology, Bo Yi interrupted him. "Was it because of me?"
Bo Yi looked at the man who had suddenly fallen silent before him and stubbornly asked again, "Did you get into trouble because of me?"
In the first two Instances, Mitian had only appeared through objects, like the doll, or NPCs, like the villagers. Yet in the third Instance, he had suddenly appeared in a dead player's body. More importantly, when they entered the Home Visit Instance, they hadn't used the usual method of entering an Instance.
And the biggest difference between those three Instances was-Bo Yi himself.
He had been injured when he entered the third Instance.
Bo Yi was no fool.
Mitian had decided to open the Instance ahead of time to ease his injuries. He had even rushed to appear in a dead player's body so he could take care of Bo Yi while he was hurt.
Thinking back now, Mitian had already shown a few signs that something was wrong during the Home Visit Instance. But at the time, Bo Yi had been busy clearing it, and his trust in the Evil God's divine powers had led him to overlook those