While traveling on Mewku Mewku's private airship,
"The Rebellion of R.S. 130 in Thai history failed because there were meetings where information was shared, so everyone knew every detail of the rebellion. Thus, when one person disclosed it, the entire plan collapsed... Even if the interrogation didn't reveal the people behind it, it must have been that insurance company, right?" Sagittarius smirked mockingly.
"Are you going to keep that company in your city?" Mewku Mewku asked.
Sagittarius turned to look at her and said, "If I drive that company out, those behind it will just find a new one to replace it. Right now, I've ordered Mina to keep an eye on every activity they make."
"What if they communicate outside of the game? And have that company keep tabs on you instead," Mewku Mewku said worriedly. "This is how the game is played; it's not real life. You can do things behind the scenes, like the interrogation. If a player doesn't want to answer, they just log out and escape."
Looking at Mewku Mewku's expression, Sagittarius must have felt pleased, saying, "sister really cares about me, huh?" Then, with a playful tone, he gazes out of the airship to the sky above, "Watch carefully, they will see what I want them to see."
Mewku Mewku is slightly taken aback, rolls her eyes once, and then relaxes with a smile, "As a sister, I worry too much about Kin-chan. You're perfect for playing a lord; don't try to be a mage."
Sagittarius smiles with a plan, "I've never been off camera before. Perhaps it's time I did."
Later on, in a certain cafe in the city of Chandra,
"Hey Melon, what's the actual deal with you and him!?" Zhu zhu, in her persistent nosiness, approached and greeted as soon as she saw her. Her curiosity pierced through the ceiling.
"Huh??" Melon-chan didn't understand, so Zhu zhu opened up a news article on the web for her to read.
The mysterious lady gamer feels uncomfortable, the lord of the metropolis neither confirms nor denies.
The news headlines were both scandalous and too detailed to resist reading.
"A mysterious female player took on a quest with the lord of a metropolitan city, and it became the talk of the entire server following an interview with that lord's sister. She told us that the mysterious female player could not endure the incessant badgering of her guild leader, especially when the guild leader asked her to do something 'against her will', like betraying her charming lord by gathering intel. Consequently, she left the guild, and just three days later, fueled by anger that the female player had not followed orders, the guild leader prepared to attack the metropolitan city. The lord of the metropolitan city, for the sake of that mysterious female player, went so far as to deploy a hundred thousand troops to obliterate the guild to ruins. How will this love legend end? Our news page will follow up closely!"
Melon-chan finished reading and held her temples, "I do understand that gossip pages rely on two parts truth and eight parts imagination, but when it becomes about oneself... sigh." Sure enough, when human society enters the game world, such news pages follow suit.
Thereafter, Zhu zhu turned to the news, which this time wasn't a gossip page anymore but directly from the MGC Online news board.
The video shows a man of a default appearance sitting at a press conference with a view of the sky in the background, indicating he is on a balloon or airship. This man sits at an elegant table and speaks as if he's a president making an announcement, "Hello, my name is Sagittarius. In the past five years, I have been working in places not conducive to gaming with a capsule device. Today, I've come out to meet everyone, to say that I can now play full time. You can tell from the quests I've cleared off-site. Alright, Mewku Mewku suggested that I share my story and future intentions through this channel."
Sagittarius clears his throat and continues, "Some of you might have guessed, but others may find it surprising that my city lord profession level is now equal to the other four remaining metropolis lords at level 95. However, my primary profession as a mage is quite behind the others, still at level 50, the same as five years ago. So, from here on out, I will be leveling up my mage profession—diving into dungeons, completing quests. If you see me, feel free to say hello. For now, that's all the sweet talk. Details that other metropolis lords have are in the game advertisements, and other players are well aware. I will have my AI assistant spread the news."
He bows gracefully, and the video comes to an end.
This short clip has sparked great excitement and amazement.
Some called this man the lord of Hikikomori because he never appeared in the media. But now, he has explained that he was living in the countryside, where he could only play with VR devices, and now, he can play full time. He will continue to level up as an adventurer.
This clip was released just two hours ago and already has hundreds of thousands of comments!
Of course, the first one had to be, "comment 1 hahaha," from this attitude, it's predictable what nationality the person is.
The following comments range from critiques of everything to being fans giving support...
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Comment #697 "Set the face to default, the real one must be much worse for sure."
Comment #698 "Nowadays, if someone has an ugly face, they just go get plastic surgery. The real face might be acceptable. They probably just don't care about their appearance."
Comment #699 "Oh, are you coming forward to defend her husband or what?"
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Comment #1256: "Where did the big one come from? Why do I have to listen to your ranting!"
Comment #1257: "Then why are you listening?"
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Comment No. 6582 "Screaaaaam, Sagittarius Sama is so handsome"
Comment No. 6859 "Hey, No. 6582, he has a default face, how is that handsome?"
Comment No. 6860 " What's nosy, Comment No. 6859?"
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Comment No. 8549 "Leveling up from fifty and above will become increasingly difficult, dungeons will be more dangerous. It seems like you haven't gone dungeon for a full five years since moving to the countryside and being unable to use the capsule machine. With such a long absence, please take good care of yourself."
Hmm, a formal comment has arrived.
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In conclusion, the gossip was swallowed up by the wind and vanished with the sunlight in this manner, and that made Zhu zhu become suspicious.
Did the gossip come out so he issued a statement to cover it or not?
Melon-chan hastily waved her hand dismissively and said, "I only met him while doing a quest, and never saw him again afterward. How could there be anything between us?"
Zhu zhu, holding her chin, couldn't stop wondering, "Then why did he help you..." Her eyes sparkled with realization as she pointed at Melon-chan's face, "Or could it be that he has a crush on you!"
Melon-chan hastily waved her hand dismissively again, so much that they almost tangled, "You're thinking too much."
Zhu zhu ship (slang : relationship), "Look at that, he designed a city in a national art conservation style. Must be an old man for sure, just like GuHai Hwu Pian who set up his own city to be like an ancient Chinese city. I heard he's almost forty!!!... An old man wouldn't look at a young girl, would he? Just being able to feast on young is enough for him." Hearing how she spoke, he knew she wasn't old. He certainly wouldn't care about her default face!"
Melon-chan was so startled by Friend's words her face turned pale, and she immediately stuffed a cake into Zhu zhu's mouth. She couldn't help but follow the thought.
The one who was seen as an old fogey, he didn't really think about flirting with or protecting Melon-chan at all. He didn't even read the gossip pages.
"Just like that, I've become the prey, haha," Sagittarius laughed wickedly.
Mewku Mewku didn't think it was a big deal, even though the people behind Columbus 1492 were big shots from the government, whether from small countries to large nations, that was all. Because in the game, the five of them were the biggest figures already.
Who else could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to casually bombard a city in three days? In the real world, the governments of some countries can't even do it.
Mewku Mewku said, "For the 10% teleport gate discount, elder sister has already put in the effort to manage the city of Seven Lakes. As for the method for setting up automatic NPC soldier dispatch commands under certain conditions, elder sister hasn't compensated Kin-chan yet... Let's do this then, Kin-chan is leveling up a mage, right? Elder sister is a max-level and can coach Kin-chan. Then Kin-chan won't have to go through the trouble of looking for guides and reading them. Elder sister will take you through the quests and dungeons myself."
The gameplay time for the four lords of metropolis is full-time, while Sagittarius plays occasionally, sometimes repairing the colony reactors; there's no need to mention his main profession, but having the same level in their secondary land lord profession is pretty good already.
Sagittarius seemed interested. Actually, he wasn't too concerned about the little tricks for sneak attacks and the like, because he had to work on Mars and didn't have much time to play, so he'd set things to automatic where he could.
"Thank you in advance," he said.
When he accepted, Mewku Mewku's eyes sparkled, "Taking the risk of getting caught adds a different flavor to it, huh, Kin-chan!"
Sagittarius pout upon without realizing when hearing. It turns out that her offer to help was not because she was in debt, but because he saw himself as bait. She wanted to be captured along with him, to add excitement to the gameplay.
What can one do? It seems that after becoming the lord of the metropolis, she found herself trapped, floating in an ivory tower, untouched by mosquitoes, with nothing to climb or be bitten by. The games were not fun. Now she had the chance to claim that she was getting close to another metropolis lord to form an alliance. Her subordinates, who doted on her like children, had to let her have her way.
Everyone had their own unique problems, depending on their social status, job responsibilities, and living conditions.
When the rainy season came, farmers feared the possibility of floods damaging their crops, while during the drought season, they worried that their crops would not grow and would wither and die. Looking at rich businessmen who turn tens and hundreds of billions, they also worried about events that could damage the market they have invested in, leading to devastating losses.
Turning to the game world, whether it's a player like Melon-chan or Sis Mewku Mewku, who is lord of a metropolis, they each have their own worries.
The same was true within the strategic department of MGC Online.
The planning department staff and public relations staff were also feeling anxious. A group of about ten workers all looked up at the clock at the same time. It turned out that there were only two more hours left before the deadline to submit the "world invasion" project report to the CEO's desk. They still couldn't unanimously conclude how to kick off the event.