CHAPTER 136: CHAPTER 134: PURPLE GEAR

"What are you looking at?"

She was so angry she almost lost her mind, she didn’t notice the man coming out of the bathroom.

Quickly turned off the phone, and smiled: "Nothing much, just checking out some trending news."

"Hmm, some negative news isn’t worth your attention." The man said as he put on a robe and walked toward her.

Honestly, the man had first removed the towel and then put on the robe, but he was so fast she couldn’t see anything, like a magic trick.

She thought he would go to sleep once he lay down, but she seemed to be mistaken; the man was already getting closer to her.

Their eyes met, and several scenes already flashed through Elliana Lyle’s mind...

A strong, good-looking arm extended out from under the blanket, grabbing a box from the bedside drawer.

...

The next day.

Elliana woke up at 11 a.m., but she didn’t want to get up at all.

She supported her body and sat up, the pain made her shiver uncontrollably!

She remembered passing out several times, then waking up again.

"...So painful..."

"Miss Luna, the lady of the house hasn’t gotten up yet!"

Outside were hurried footsteps and Lana’s voice, looks like Luna came, but she hadn’t had time to get dressed!

Knowing Luna’s straightforward nature, she would just push the door open, so Elliana had no choice but to lie down again.

"It’s midday, why are you still sleeping?" While speaking, Luna had already barged in.

And walked straight toward her.

Seeing her eyes open, Luna said, "Aren’t you awake? Get up then."

Seeing the comforter not completely covering her, Luna paused for a second, then saw the empty packaging in the trash, immediately getting the whole picture.

With a smirk, arms crossed, she teased, "Wow, someone had a passionate night last night."

"That’s not true!" Elliana glared back, embarrassed and angry.

"How is that not true? Tsk tsk, at this rate, Norman Bennett should be worried about running out of resources."

"Luna Sutton! Get out!"

Watching Elliana boil with embarrassment, Luna retreated with a grin: "Alright, alright, I’m leaving, you freshen up and come out, I have something to tell you."

By the time Elliana was ready, it was already 1 p.m., but looking at the stairs before her, she felt a headache. She didn’t want to go downstairs; she just wanted to lie in bed.

However, Lana understood immediately, "Lady of the house, let me carry you down."

"Okay."

Luna was on the couch watching a comedy movie, eating lime-flavored chips, with several empty bags on the floor!

She ate through her stash!

"Hahaha, this is killing me." Suddenly feeling a chill, Luna turned around abruptly; Elliana was already standing behind her.

"Holy crap! You scared me, come sit."

Elliana sighed and sat down beside Luna, asking, "Go on, what’s up?"

"It’s nothing major, just wanted to tell you, John Shaw got sentenced, 16 years." Luna’s eyes still glued to the TV screen.

The news seemed odd to her: "John? Who’s John? Does it concern me?"

"John Shaw, also, Simon King is coming to South City the day after tomorrow, so I canceled today’s flight. Alright, it’s rare that I have free time, watch a movie with me."

Turns out it’s nothing significant, she’s not in the mood for a movie, so she just picked up her phone and started browsing.

On a whim, she tried to check on the blogger from yesterday, only to find the account already banned!

She didn’t expect the officials to act so swiftly!

Before she could exit and continue browsing videos, Summer Hue’s call came in.

"Hey, Summer, what’s up?"

On the other end, there was a hint of excitement: "Sis, I’ve got a qualification code for you, get in the game and help our studio generate some buzz."

"Alright... fine!" As she said it, she glanced at Luna beside her, and whispered, "Do you play games?"

"Hmm? What game? The one you posted yesterday? I didn’t get the code." Luna shrugged; she tried using the invitation code Elliana posted on Weibo yesterday but only won 1000 copper coins in the lottery.

Seems like Luna wants to play, Elliana whispered: "Wait a sec, let me ask."

Summer Hue didn’t hesitate to give her two codes.

But Luna, disliking the villa’s slow internet, suggested, "Let’s go to the cyber cafe; it’s been ages since I last went to one."

"Isn’t that not a good idea?" Elliana was hesitant; she had never been to a cyber cafe because she had one at home.

Luna continued to encourage, "What’s so bad about it?

We could rent a private room, eat while we play, and no one will disturb us."

"No, I don’t want to go."

...

―――GlideStar Cyber Cafe.

Inside a VIP double room.

The dim room was lit only by the computer screens reflecting on the two girls’ faces.

"How much longer for your download?" Elliana sat in the gaming chair, occasionally tapping the mouse, especially when looking at the progress bar now at ninety-seven percent, she sat up straight.

Luna sipped her cola, exhaling, "We’re on the same network, shouldn’t take much longer."

As the progress bar filled, the page began showing dynamic animations, full of martial arts style.

The scene was exquisite and realistic, though they didn’t know how it would be in-game.

After logging in and verifying their identity, they could start creating their characters.

"What job should I choose?"

"You should be a healer, what else can you even play?"

Luna confidently chose the assassin class, high difficulty, high damage, high mobility; the only downside might be its fragility.

...

[You have died, please wait for resurrection by the healer class.]

Elliana: (●—●)

She was the healer class.

But she had died, watching the boss with only a sliver of health left, yet she wasn’t able to dodge a skill in time, getting slapped to death by the boss!

Followed by her five teammates dying one by one.

A tank player named Big Fist in the audio seemed to hesitate, then finally sighed, "Ah! Healer, you need to dodge! We were so close to finishing! Why don’t you go farm instead, why are you even playing?"

Elliana: (●—●)

Thinking back, it was also this tank constantly asking for "heals," leading to her demise.

This tank just assumed he’d have a healer, never dodging the boss’s skills, even running into non-targeted skills, simply masochistic.

Leaving her unable to keep up with the healing.

Big Fist: "I took so much damage, do you guys have any damage? Can you even play?"

[Big Fist has been kicked out of the team by Luna Moon]

As the team leader, Luna simply kicked the tank out, saying, "We’ll do it, I’ll take the boss’s aggro, everyone dodge the boss’s skills."

"Luna, without a tank, it won’t work. You’re too fragile, I can’t keep you healed."

"Let’s give it a try."

Without Big Fist, although it took an extra half minute, the whole team didn’t lose a single person, initially, Elliana thought Luna was too fragile, as even tank’s health required constant healing.

Looking at the purple equipment that dropped, everyone started bidding with copper coins.