Chapter 354 Love
Chapter 354 Love
Ding--
A copper coin fell on the table, and four Chinese characters engraved on it were clearly visible: peace and joy.
"I won."
Plumeria pursed her lips and smiled, ignoring the gambler's ugly face, and stretched out her hand and said, "I accept the loss."
The gambler said nothing. He reached into his arms with his pale hand covered with corpse spots and pulled out an old almanac from between his ragged clothes. The paper was yellow and dry, like fallen leaves.
Plumeria took the almanac and patted Xia Rong's head with a smile: "Finally got it back."
In a sense, what Fen Wu said was actually correct. He did start his journey of upgrading from Taiyi, and Zhao was not within his system, so even if he was gone, it wouldn't have much of an impact.
Losing Zhaoyou would not put Ningzhe in danger, but would avoid the risk of sudden death on the spot if he found out that "all things are not suitable" one day. In addition, he could also get Baizhi who was carrying "Taisu". Why not?
Plumeria sneered and put the almanac in her pocket: "Even if I don't need it, I can't give it to Fenwu."
I will firmly oppose anything that Fenwu supports.
The more Fenwu opposes me, the more it proves that I am right.
There was still no expression on the gambler's pale dead face. He just silently picked up the copper coins on the table and looked at Plumeria again.
"Do you want to gamble again?" Plumeria raised her eyebrows and said, "You don't have enough value to bet on. If you want to gamble again, you can only bet on yourself."
The gambler said nothing, but silently slapped the coins on the table.
"Greedy indeed." Plumeria shook her head.
Different ghosts have different characteristics or personalities, and the character of a gambler ghost is undoubtedly greed, extreme greed, and insatiable. A gambler ghost does not accept losing or a draw, it only accepts winning. In order to win, it will continue to gamble even if it has to bet on itself.
"Come on, let's continue gambling."
Plumeria pushed the coin in front of the gambler and said without hesitation, "I choose heads this time. Everything will go well."
After saying this, the gambler picked up the coin and threw it up into the air.
With a ding, the copper coin fell on the table, and the four Chinese characters engraved on it were clearly visible: May everything go well for you.
"You lost again." Plumeria said, "You have nothing left. This time... you lost yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tall, thin, shriveled body of the gambler fell to the ground with a bang. The strong stench of corpse spread out in the air, and it completely turned into an ordinary corpse without any strange effects.
game over.
The ownership of the rules of the loser 'Gambler' has been transferred to the winner 'Plumelia'.
At this moment, Plumeria knew its name:
【Love】
"Love...? A strange name."
Plumeria shook her head, stood up, carried Xia Rong out of the room, and walked towards the exit of the opera house:
"Although gamblers are greedy, they are willing to accept defeat. This should be their rule."
"But just like Zhao You, 'Ai Qu' also cannot be integrated into the rule system with Ether Change as the core. Controlling 'Ai Qu' not only cannot make up for Jue Yuan's defects for me, but also adds another defect for me. It's not worth the loss."
As Plumeria walked, she thought about her next move:
"What's even more dangerous is that whether it's the Snake God Zhaoyou or the Gambler Aiqu, their rules have already been known by Fen Wu. If I rashly control these two ghosts, it's tantamount to actively exposing more than one weakness to Fen Wu. It's like going to the streets and shouting, "Don't miss it if you pass by, come and stab me..."
Thinking of this, Plumeria's expression became more solemn. "Fortunately, the rules of gambling ghosts can separate the controlled ghosts from people. I can make a fuss about this."
"I have controlled Jue Yuan, and I also have a part of Fen Wu's identity that I can borrow from Taisou. Perhaps I can try to brainwash someone, use the thought stamp to create a slave who is absolutely loyal to me, and then gamble with him and lose both Ai Qu and Zhao You to him."
"The servants control the ghosts, and I control the servants."
"In this way, I can take advantage of the ghost's power for free without suffering the backlash of the rules."
The thought of getting something for free suddenly made the world seem wider. Plumeria felt that she understood An Wu a little bit. Getting something for free was really good. It was always good to get something for free.
While thinking about who should be chosen to pilot Aitori, Plumeria unknowingly returned to the Saint Ebilon airship.
I opened the door and entered the familiar room. The chessboard on the table came into view. Plumeria, wearing a black dress, was sitting on the sofa with a seductive smile on her face.
"I'm home?"
"Yeah." Plumeria nodded, walked straight to the center of the room, and reached out to take the bronze mirror on the table to return to the real world.
At this moment, suddenly, a gentle call came from behind:
"Miss?" Plumeria's body trembled suddenly, and she froze in place.
A chilly wind blew in the mirror world of No. 3-7. An invisible evil spirit quietly crouched behind the girl and called out softly in a voice that was very familiar to her:
"Plumelia?"
The gentle voice belonged to her half-sister. Plumeria had lived with Marylin ever since she could remember, and even though her memory was wiped, she still felt close to her. At this moment, she had a strong urge to look back, but her self-awareness named "Ningzhe" suppressed it.
"As expected." Ning Zhe looked at the scene in front of him and nodded slightly thoughtfully.
Although all her memories were deleted and even her self was lost, Plumeria, who was "flashed" by Taisou, still had an instinctive curiosity about her own name.
"Earlier in Chenyugu Prison, the unlucky prison guard named Yan Yukuan was also deleted by Fenwu and reflashed, and then some of Fenwu's memories were implanted. He thought he was Fenwu and chased me around the prison."
"But even though he already thought he was Fen Wu, when the 'Blowing Lantern Ghost' called him his real name 'Yan Yu Kuan', Yan Yu Kuan still reacted subconsciously, and even began to doubt his own identity, which allowed Jue Yuan to take advantage of the situation and eventually drive him crazy."
Plumeria's current state is very similar to Yan Yukuan's original state. Both of them had their memories cleared and their selves deleted by Taishou, but the difference is that Yan Yukuan was implanted with Fenwu's memories by Taishou, while Plumeria stole part of Ningzhe's memories through Taiyi.
"Plumelia?"
The ghost who blew out the lanterns spoke again persistently, and the gentle call seemed to contain some kind of magic. Plumeria knew that she was Ning Zhe and the ghost who blew out the lanterns was not calling her name, but at the moment she heard the call, she still instinctively thought that the voice was calling her.
"what happened?"
Am I not Ningzhe? Why would the Light Blowing Ghost call Plumeria's name behind me?
Am I not Ning Zhe? Why did I want to answer from the bottom of my heart when I heard the ghost calling Plumeria?
"Miss? Didn't you hear me calling you?"
The ghost blowing out the lanterns' voice came faintly, with a hint of anger:
"Plumeria Frimmisret!"
Oh no! Sister Meilin is angry!
Plumeria was anxious and subconsciously wanted to turn back. Since I was a child, Meilin always called me "Miss" or "Melia", and only called me by my full name angrily when I made a mistake!
"Wait… me?"
Why me?
Plumeria's face turned pale at this moment. A mixture of emotions surged into her mind, causing her whole body to stiffen. Then she trembled slightly, sliding from her head to her toes.
"I am... Plumeria?"
"But am I not Ning Zhe?"
"No, that's not right. I should be Plumeria, but I am Ningzhe. No, I'm not Plumeria... Ning, no... Yes, I, I'm Ningzhe, not Ningzhe. I'm Plumeria, not me..."
Plumeria's legs went limp, and she collapsed to the ground, repeating incoherently to herself, her hands trembling in front of her chest, her pale face devoid of any color, as she muttered to herself:
"Who am I...?"
Ning Zhe walked up to the girl and squatted down. He pinched her small, snow-white chin with two fingers, slightly lifted up her doll-like face, and looked at and admired the fear in her eyes, which was deep into her soul. It was the instinctive fear of losing her "subjectivity", which was more despairing than death.
"Be good, don't be afraid." Ning Zhe hugged her trembling shoulders into his arms, put his hand on the girl's head and stroked it gently: "I'll tell you who you are."
"who I am?"
"You are Plumeria."
"Plumelia?"
"Yes." Ning Zhe nodded, feeling the trembling of the girl in his arms, and stamping her mind on her collapsing spirit: "You are Plumeria."
"I am... Plumeria?"
"Yes, my dear Plumeria."
Ning Zhe spoke softly, his facial features distorted and twisted into a common face without any characteristics, and a nondescript voice came out of his throat: "Okay, good boy, have a good sleep, forget all the pain that does not belong to you, be obedient, and when you wake up you will find that everything is the same as before..."
Plumeria closed her eyes, and scenes faded away in her mind. The rules of 'Taisui' began to take effect, selectively deleting the memories belonging to 'Ningzhe' that she had previously stolen through the rules of Taiyi, leaving only 'Plumelia in Meilin's cognition' that Ningzhe had previously stolen.
"Good night, dear."
Ning Zhe placed the sleeping Plumeria on the sofa, took out a silk scarf to wipe the tear marks on her face, then stood up and picked up the bronze mirror on the table.
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Volume 3: Traveling around.
Finish.
(End of this chapter)