Super Righteous Player
Chapter 586 - 127: The True Spinal Player_1

Chapter 586: Chapter 127: The True Spinal Player_1

Thirteen had fallen silent.

He could not even muster any anger, just looked at Husky helplessly, "Are you consulting me on how to kill me? That’s rather polite of you."

"Ah, actually, I have a plan for that."

Husky spoke with conviction, "I’ve already tested it; one punch could easily break through a wall. I can cover a hundred meters in a second, so killing you would be easy for me, no need to ask."

"How very courteous of you."

"Yes. The main issue is ’making you believe this is a dream’; that part is a bit tricky... And what exactly is this dream? It’s layered like a matryoshka doll, and I can’t wrap my head around it."

With pen in hand, he copied that part and asked Thirteen, "It’s this part here, how can this be explained? And can you go easy on me?"

"...How should I go easy?"

"Just believe it for once."

"Then I believe."

"Stop joking around, I haven’t even completed my task here. If we start fighting later, I won’t have time to ask you what to do."

Husky’s face bore no sign of mischief, but was exceptionally focused.

It was as if during a solo, he leaned over and asked questions like "What should I use to hit you for it to be effective?" or "What can I use to absolutely crush you?" And his tone was very natural.

——He even asked about skill allocation and equipment options after entering the game.

Annan was starting to understand.

Husky was not simple-minded.

The fact that he could immediately realize the need to gather information, and that they might face encounters soon, and that now was a rare safe period... this already proved his mind was sharp.

Furthermore, after waking up and finding Thirteen unresponsive, he immediately went out to gather all the resources nearby. He did not waste time waiting for Thirteen to decide, nor did he stray too far on his own.

This showed that Husky’s reaction speed and ability to act were quite impressive. Although his logical and comprehension abilities were slightly lacking, that was only because Thirteen’s strengths in those areas were exceptional.

The reason for his behavior was not that he was incompetent.

——It was because he "reacted too quickly."

Generally, when people are faced with a difficult problem, they’ll subconsciously think about it a little longer, trying to solve it themselves; some people immediately seek help without even looking at the problem.

But Husky was not the latter.

He could instantly determine what he could do, what he couldn’t do, or what he did poorly compared to others. Then, he would immediately complete the tasks within his capabilities, and directly seek help for the rest without wasting any time.

Most importantly, he didn’t let "shame" or "vanity" keep him from showing any confusion or incompetence.

"I can’t do it," "I can’t remember," "I’ve forgotten quite a bit." Actually, most people would be at this level... but they wouldn’t say it right away, opting to try and recall on their own, and relying on their partially correct memories to make do.

But when Husky couldn’t remember, he’d directly state that he didn’t remember; in this mission when he didn’t understand and couldn’t manage, he didn’t pretend to understand but straightforwardly asked Thirteen for help, "Help me, Dora-Thirteen Dreams."

——Probably what you’d call a ’spinal cord voice player.’

Husky Nobita.

"These two, they’re not bad at all,"

Annan murmured lowly.

Both Thirteen and Husky have a good measure of themselves. One trusts their own rationality, the other trusts their instincts.

Thirteen is particularly well suited for nightmare mechanisms like puzzle solving... and without teammates to help, Husky would likely not do too bad. In the few stages that rely on intuition, he might even be able to exhibit his strongest abilities.

"Don’t rush too much."

With no other choice, Thirteen explained, "The part about ’making me think this is a dream’—it shouldn’t be taken literally as ’changing my perception of reality.’ After all, it’s just a thought; it’s possible that I could think it’s a dream one moment and not the next, right? It can’t be that just by having such a thought, you’d win, obviously that’s impossible.

"If I’m not mistaken, it refers to a choice I’ll have to make later, about whether ’this place is a dream’ or not. The lead-in storyline hasn’t come up for me here, but I’ve already looked up a guide in advance.

"There is no doubt that this is a dream. So it didn’t give me a mission to complete... Once I die here and go back to ’the past’, I’ll receive the main task of [Change Fate].

"——But without a doubt, that task is a fake."

Thirteen made a wise deduction.

He cleared his throat, touching his somewhat dry throat.

Husky immediately offered him the fruits. He also took out honey wine and fruit juice he found from other rooms, pouring them all out from his bag, and even took out a packet of tea, brewing it with freshly boiled water.

He then sat down on a chair, maintaining an attentive OvO expression, focusing on Thirteen.

"Bro, go ahead."

He nodded humbly, "I’ll try my best to understand."

Husky had grown accustomed to Husky’s behavior.

He merely glanced at him and further explained, "Your task mentioned that this is my ’dream within a dream.’ That is to say, what ’I’ saw in my youth was also a dream.

"Then, why was ’I’ able to receive a task at that time? If both are dreams, what’s the difference between the dream then and the dream now?"

——The answer, of course, is that there is no difference.

Annan knew what he was about to say.

In fact, as soon as he had seen Husky’s introductory scene, he had completely understood the full scope of this nightmare.

Their plans and speculations were not wrong.

This was a nightmare born out of "trust."

As long as both parties exchanged information, the difficulty of the entire nightmare would immediately decrease significantly.

Because each person’s mainline task was precisely "what the other person wished to do."

Frederick’s mainline task was to change destiny. The destiny he was to change was to prevent Ingrid from dying.

But it was actually Justus who was secretly in love with Ingrid—if he knew what Frederick wanted to do, would he stop him?

No, he would help.

But why didn’t he help?

Because he knew it was fake—this was Frederick’s dream. Changing destiny in a dream is utterly useless.

And Justus’s task was "to make Frederick believe that the dream was real." So he wouldn’t say anything and would instead act... That’s why all the Justuses of different ages that Annan had seen before were actually the same person on the inside.

——It was "Justus" acting as "Justus" in the play.

And if Frederick knew that both sides were dreams, would he agonize over which side to choose?

He wouldn’t either.

The answer is the same—changing destiny in a dream is utterly useless.

The only difference lies in the fact that one person knows this truth, and the other does not.

"So, the real mainline mission... should be in the third layer of the world."

Thirteen Fragrances said slowly.

"That is, the real world where ’Frederick who has fallen asleep’ resides!

"The so-called ’believing this is a dream’ only requires me to do nothing, and it will naturally be resolved—because only if I believe this is a dream, I would choose to stand by and watch in contradiction to the mainline task I received."

Husky’s two tasks, on the one hand, wanted him to commit murder, and on the other hand, he had to stand by and watch. Waiting for causality to converge, strangling Frederick to death.

And Frederick was to change destiny... but he could clear the game by doing absolutely nothing.

This was obviously a destiny’s...

...No, incorrect.

Annan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He recalled the actions of the two from before and furrowed his brow: "Something’s not right."

"What’s the matter?"

Delicious Wind Goose inquired.

"There’s a flaw in this nightmare,"

Annan replied.

Its [symmetry] has not reached perfection.

Was there a problem with the Tragedy Writer?

Unlikely...

"Thirteen Fragrances might have guessed wrong,"

Annan pondered in silence for a while, then suddenly had a realization.

He said slowly, "It’s possible, I mean... just possibly.

"——Perhaps this nightmare is not three layers."

But four.

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