"Holy crap! What the hell?"
Fly's eyes widened, a chill running down his spine. The man in the video was clearly himself, so why did he feel so strange and terrifying?
"Let me reintroduce myself. I am [ Chou Ox ], the current Uncrowned Overlord of the Imperial Crown Team, and one of its twelve core members."
" Chou Ox?"
Fly was completely bewildered. Chou Ox was his longtime friend from the King of Glory, whom he had never met. Why would Ugly Ox look exactly like him?
In the selfie video, Chou Ox smiles charmingly. "You may be horrified, confused, or incredulous, but please listen patiently to what I have to say."
Fly swallowed hard, suppressing his shock.
"In 2015, when you were 15, you were diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. I was the alternate personality that split off from you at that time. Although you were hospitalized for treatment in time and your condition was stabilized with medication, I have always existed."
"What?"
Fly's pupils constricted, his face filled with shock!
Is the Chou Ox a secondary personality of myself?!
"2015 and 2016 were probably the happiest two years of my life. While you were sound asleep at night and your consciousness was temporarily offline, I took control of my body, played Honor of Kings, joined the Imperial Crown Team, and made many friends in the game."
Fly finally calmed down, but the moment he heard that nighttime was the dominant force in his body, he immediately exploded, after all, he had a girlfriend!
"You don't need to worry about ethical issues. You are awake, I am asleep, and because of your subconscious, there are many restrictions on my control of the body. The most stringent one is that there must be no other person around."
Fly clutched his chest, panting heavily, thinking to himself, "Thank goodness."
No wonder I always felt like I couldn't get enough sleep in 2015 and 2016; it turns out my alternate personality Chou Ox, had sneaked out to battle in the King's Canyon.
"2017 was a year of great success for you, but for me, it was a death sentence, because the time I spent dominating my body at night was getting shorter and shorter, less and less frequent, and I even had a feeling that my life was coming to an end."
Fly was shocked and completely confused.
"Later, after researching the information, I realized that if one actively seeks treatment in the early stages of dissociative identity disorder, the disease can be completely eradicated within 3 years. In other words, my lifespan is at most only 3 years."
Fly was stunned.
"I'm sorry, Fly. As your alternate personality, I should have merged into your main personality and disappeared completely in 2018. But I stubbornly persisted for another 7 years for my own selfish desires, allowing you to suffer from dissociative identity disorder until now."
Fly's heart Jidong.
"But those seven years of enduring it were truly agonizing. I couldn't move, I couldn't open my eyes, I couldn't hear. I was like a vegetable in the dark wearing an oxygen mask, my personality slowly being eroded by my original self."
Fly asked naively, "Why force ourselves to endure for seven years?"
"You might ask, what kind of selfish desire made me endure for seven years? At first, I thought I wanted to see Captain Imperial Emperor, but later I realized that seeing Captain was just an excuse to numb myself."
"I have an apprentice named Aries, and her online name is now Honor of Kings [ Yun Shu ]. We used to be very close, and I want to meet her in real life, have a nice meal with her, watch a movie with her, and ride the Ferris wheel with her to enjoy the night view."
Fly suddenly realized, "No wonder during the civil war in the Imperial Crown, my eyes would always unconsciously glance at Yun Shu."
"Fly, I know you want to retain your Supreme King Title title in this Clash of Kings. I can help you. With my unparalleled gaming skills, defeating the Strongest Overlord, the Exalted Emperor, is more than enough."
Fly was thrilled. There was no doubt that Chou Ox was a top laner, after all, he almost became the Uncrowned Emperor in the early days of the Imperial Crown's internal war!
In exchange, you have to promise me one thing.
"In October, our Imperial Crown will be holding an offline gathering to celebrate the team's 10th anniversary. On that day, you need to let me take control of my body to meet Captain Imperial Emperor and Aries!"
"If you agree, please delete this video."
Chou Ox's selfie video abruptly ended.
It took Fly a long time to recover.
"Who would have thought that the Imperial Crown's Chou Ox, with whom I was having such a lively conversation, was actually my alternate personality? That guy from Huahai was right after all."
Fly stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "In exchange for helping me ascend to the title of Supreme King Title, will you allow me to take control of this body and attend the 10th anniversary celebration of the Imperial Crown Team?"
"That sounds like a good deal."
A short while later.
Fly presses the button on Chou Ox's selfie video and then clicks the "×" delete button.
I hope that both of us will get what we want.
Wuhan eStar Training Base.
The tea room is shrouded in mist.
" Qingrong, I'd like to join your [ Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes ] team."
"Puff..."
Wanmo spat out his tea, staring at Huahai in shock, and stammered, "Hai... Brother Hai, didn't you want to avoid getting involved in the Three Emperors Team's revenge against [ Imperial Crown ]?"
Qingrong, standing nearby, held a peeled banana, her eyes wide with surprise.
Huahai shrugged. "There's nothing I can do. My half-brother, Exalted Emperor, who has no blood relation to me, doesn't need me anymore."
Qingrong asked with great interest, "What do you mean by that?"
Huahai peeled Ukyo Tachibana, popped it into his mouth, and chewed, saying, "Originally, I planned to join my brother Exalted Emperor's Sovereign Dominion Team and help him win the title of King of the Clash Lane in the upcoming Clash of Kings."
"However, he recruited three top-tier King-Titled Player- level players, plus the Whale Overlord, Liuli, and the substitute, the Grinding Overlord Tai Sui. The team's overall strength is enough to take the King Title!"
So there's no need for me to worry about it.
Wanmo suddenly realized.
As Qingrong peeled a banana, she said meaningfully, "Once the arrow is released, there's no turning back. Huahai, you'd better think carefully. Once you join our Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes Team, there's no turning back."
"Do I even have a choice?" Huahai sighed. "Now that you, the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes, have become the largest shareholder and actual controller of eStar, if I want to use eStar's core Clash of Kings, I have to act like a lackey, groveling and begging for mercy, doing whatever you say."
"It's better to be the boss than the underling."
"That's a really harsh thing to say," Qingrong muttered while eating a banana. "But you used the term 'little brother' very aptly. All the members of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes are Captain Phoenix's little brothers!"
Wanmo's fluffy dog ears perked up, its tongue lolled out, and its eyes gleamed as it said, "I also want to be Boss Phoenix's underling."
"Silly kid, being a lackey isn't easy, especially being a lackey for Champion Emperor player." Huahai suddenly felt worried about his future, and sighed, "If the title of King of the Jungle wasn't so unstable, I would never have become Phoenix's lackey."
Qingrong said casually, "Don't worry, with the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes Team's help, this year's jungle King Title is definitely yours."
"If you knew that Twilight of the Gods was going to help AG Yinuo and Zhongyi win the King Title, you probably wouldn't think this way."
Huahai holds up his phone to show the latest news from the esports scene.
Qingrong stared intently, then froze in shock.
"Ah?"