Deceitful Game

Chapter 288 Compassion for All Things

Although Mingpe has created a title of the "Atlantean" type, it is obviously unusable for the time being.

Previously, Mingpo was still pondering whether he should use "Hell Transformation" or "The Silence of the Lambs"... but this email from the board of directors relieved Mingpo of his worries.

Since they were able to "borrow" at least six days' worth of leverage from the board of directors, Mingpo is actually not that short of leverage now!

And... who knows, Gao Fan might even give his brother some pocket money!

Mingpo was filled with anticipation.

Of course, even if it can't be played for some reason, Mingpo already has enough chips.

He wouldn't put such a risk on "uncertainty".

Although Mingpo liked to gamble with her life in her previous life, it was because Mingpo did not know the purpose and meaning of living.

At that time, he was using death to seek the truth.

Now that Mingpo knows he only has seven days left in this playthrough, and he knows all the fragments he needs to truly "complete" the game and achieve the true ending, he is not going to give up this precious playthrough.

Mingpo instantly transformed into a Tier 0 hero, unwilling to die!

So Mingpo drank the wine again, exchanging it for [Dorian Gray], and used a Zhou Zhiqing Lead to create his first portrait. The process of creating the portrait was not quite what Mingpo had expected.

He doesn't need to draw with a pen, and he doesn't even need a camera.

The feeling was like someone was using extremely fine needles to pick something out of his spine. One by one, threads of light were drawn from the gaps in his bones, weaving a luminous picture in front of Mingbo like a spider web.

It wasn't exactly painful, but there was a strange and uncomfortable feeling of emptiness and soreness.

It feels like having a hole drilled in your tooth after being given anesthesia.

"hiss………"

Even Mingpo couldn't help but gasp.

Fortunately, the portrait was produced quite quickly. It only took about seven or eight seconds to complete.

Mingpo looked at it carefully.

What appeared out of thin air in his hand was an oil painting.

The frame is made of dark wood with an even darker grain.

The person in the painting isn't wearing the cyberpunk-style white trench coat he's wearing today...

Instead, she wore black-rimmed glasses and a simple gray sweater, just like Mingpo usually dresses at home.

But this time, Mingpo's face didn't have the usual sense of a half-dead, overworked office worker; instead, it exuded a strong vitality.

In the painting, Mingpo is looking out at herself, revealing a bright, almost blinding smile.

That wasn't the carefree, strangely joyful smile Mingpo had when he first participated in the Deceitful Game; nor was it the manic, ferocious smile he had when he felt death was truly approaching in his previous life... It wasn't even the arrogant, mocking, and aloof cold smile that Mingpo had in this life.

Instead, it was a gentle and warm smile that felt completely unfamiliar to me.

It's like... the feeling of a truly young and innocent student; the whole person's appearance has changed, making them look at least ten years younger.

Mingpo shivered uncomfortably.

It's a bit unsettling.

He had never seen such a smile on his face before.

The feeling was like Claude from "Black Butler" becoming Mikiya Kokutou from "Kara no Kyoukai".

Her genuine gentleness and cheerfulness create a sense of incongruity just by looking at Mingpo, even to the point of being so perfect that Mingpo feels an urge to destroy her...

Just like when he sees an adorable little animal, Mingpo always feels a urge to destroy it. He genuinely loves those cute creatures, but his destructive urges are also real.

Yet Mingpo inexplicably felt that the figure in the painting was indeed himself.

Mingpo was in a daze for a long time before she finally came to her senses.

...So that's how it is. This is me from the first timeline.

"So this is what I was like back then..."

Mingpo's expression was extremely complex.

Moreover, in contrast to his previous state of "no title," Minper now finally understands exactly what kind of mental pollution the title "Dorian Gray" has caused him.

He looked at himself in the painting, and the discomfort he had felt earlier quickly faded away, turning into a kind of fascination.

"...I'm so handsome."

Mingbo looked at the portrait in his hand, enveloped by an unprecedented sense of narcissism.

Perhaps due to the enhanced mental strength, Mingpo felt the world had become much clearer, and the air was as fresh as after a rain. All his senses were heightened. Even the slightest touch of his fingers on the back of his hand was enough to make Mingpo feel captivated by the sensation.

"...What kind of title is Slaanesh? Is the boost this strong?"

Now that Mingpo has lost four of his souls, he can actually feel very few desires left.

But now, he actually feels that he has regained some of his perception of the world!

The first three times, Mingpo lost three virtues: "the wisdom to guard one's heart," "the generosity to tolerate others," and "the discipline to know when to stop."

In this life, Mingpo lost [The Devourer].

It is clear that Mingper has lost her body's immune system.

As for the virtue he lost... it should be "compassion for all things".

The former Mingpo could never derive pleasure or satisfaction from killing. But the current Mingpo is genuinely addicted to the pleasure of destroying others.

Therefore, even Ai Shiping was shocked and confused by him.

This was even Ai Shiping, who knew very little about Mingpa's crimes!

Because Mingpo basically never told Ai Shiping about the people he had killed.

He can no longer feel pain from the things he has destroyed, so he only finds them amusing. Now, Mingbo can only infer from his past life's common sense that his actions are unjust. Yet he himself is completely unable to feel this "incorrectness."

Like colorblind people, they know from common sense that a color should be red or green, but they cannot distinguish it. No matter how carefully they look at it, they cannot tell the difference. They can only infer what it "should be" from common sense based on its shape or position.

This also made Mingpo have some doubts about [Weigu Qiongchen].

...Is the "simple burial" described in the phrase "bone buried in the dust" truly a title reflecting the realm of virtue?

How did he feel that if he really lost the seven virtues, what kind of amazing thing would he become?

However, when [Dorian Gray] took effect, Minper was surprised to find that she had actually regained a portion of her desires!

Or rather... [Dorian Gray] itself has a great ability to amplify the various material desires of its holder.

However, since Mingbo's own desires had been purified, and thanks to the enhancement from [Dorian Gray], Mingbo had regained some of the feeling of being an ordinary person...

It's like my skin was previously wrapped in a layer of plastic, and now that plastic has finally been removed... I can feel the gentle caress of the breeze! "How wonderful..."

Mingbo gazed at the portrait and murmured, "If only time could stop at this moment."