Season Seven Unpaid

chapter00

Midsummer, showers.

A man in a black raincoat stood in front of the flower shop, waiting in the hazy sky for the shop to open and become the first customer.

Patter, patter, patter, the sound of rain continued, the first ray of light with difficulty penetrated the rain curtain and fell on the thin raincoat.

The flower shop is open.

"Hello, what do you need?"

"Please give me a bouquet of red roses."

"Is it a bouquet or a gift box?"

"Gift box, deliver it to this address for me."

"Okay, please fill in the delivery time and your name." The clerk of the flower shop handed over a form.

"Thank you, give me the card too." He said, rolling up the sleeves of his raincoat.

The clerk flipped through a stack of greeting cards: "Please choose one, the pen is here."

He nodded, took out a white card, and unscrewed the cap of the pen, the dark blue handwriting made a small sound on the hard cardboard.

Just at the beginning of the third line, someone knocked on the door a few times, which alarmed the wind chime on the glass door.

"Give me another two minutes." He said without looking back.

Two minutes later, he tied the bow on the card, put it in the gift box, and handed the gift box to the clerk with both hands.

"Welcome next time, please walk slowly."

The wind chimes jingled and jingled, the glass door opened and closed, and the tall and thin figure in a black raincoat gradually disappeared into the rain.

chapter01

RPG, full name Role-playing game, means role-playing game, which is a broad type of game.In the game, the player is responsible for playing one or more characters, performing activities in a real or fictional world, and developing the characters through some actions under a structured rule.A player's success or failure in the process is determined by a formal system of rules or courses of action.

"The Brave and the NPC" is such a game.

"But you still didn't tell me how to play this game." The brave man interrupted the elder's eloquence.

"I'm already an old NPC, forgive my bad memory." The elder said calmly.

"..." The brave man was at a loss for words for a moment.

"Wait a minute, I remember." The elder stroked his beard and laughed: "Brave young man, this is a very simple game, you only have one game goal, find him, fall in love with him, You can clear the level by reaching the happy end."

"What did you say?" The brave man doubted his ears.

"Yes, go and fall in love with someone you have never met, and be happy together, this game will be considered clear, otherwise..."

"if not?"

"You will be trapped here forever, unable to leave until you become an NPC like me."

"..."

The brave man opened the game interface and found that the word [Exit Game] was gray, and there was no response no matter how he pressed it, he looked at the elder: "This is just a holographic game, what right do you have to imprison the player's freedom?"

The elder was unmoved: "Brave youth, please remember my next words, because I can only say it to you once."

"Rule [-] of the Brave: Call yourself any name other than the protagonist, GameOver."

"Rule [-] of the Brave: Be a lover with any character other than the target character, GameOver."

"Rule Three of the Brave: Achieve any ending other than HappyEnd, GameOver."

"Rule [-] of the Brave: Accumulate three external words and deeds that deviate from the character's design, GameOver."

"Rule five of the brave: be seen through by any character, GameOver."

Rows of white characters emerged with the elder's voice, and after the brave man read it once, they all disappeared.

"...Fortunately, I have a photographic memory." The brave said blankly.

"Remember, there is only one chance to clear the level, and failure is the eternal END."

These were the last words the brave man heard from the elder before he left.

chapter02

The brave man set off. He left the dark house where only the elders could be seen clearly. The moment he stepped out of the door, the brave man's eyes blurred, and the scene was very different.

At the same time, a rigid electronic voice sounded in the ears of the brave man:

[Games start]

In the next second, the brave man was smashed across the face by a pile of papers.

"I can't even tell you to be a copywriter! What else can you do?! Go back and rewrite!"

It was a harsh voice, and it must be a curmudgeonly woman.The brave man thought, and the picture on the retina gradually became clearer.

This is a well-lit office. Apart from the brave man, there is only a short-haired woman sitting behind the desk. The person who made the sound just now is now clear.

"I'm sorry...the manager is sorry...I'm going to rewrite it now..." The body bent down uncontrollably, and a voice came from his throat, which was obviously not what the brave man said.

What's going on here, can't I control the character's behavior?The brave man was puzzled.

"Don't leave work today if you can't finish writing!"

The brave man tried to control his body, but he bent down and picked up the scattered papers, then left the office with his head down and without a sound.

As soon as the scene changed, the brave man was already sitting in the noisy office area. The protagonist's body was typing on the keyboard intently. The brave man glanced at the copywriting that was rejected just now.

It's really not very well written.The brave made a realistic evaluation, silently.

In the next second, time passed by at a visible speed. People around came and went and stuffed many to-do things, large and small, piled up on the desks, and then these people left the office one by one, and the room was lit. The lamps were extinguished one by one, and finally only the one in front of the brave man remained.

The brave man suddenly understood.

"Rule [-] of the Brave: Accumulate three external words and deeds that deviate from the character's design, GameOver."

The character of the character has been shown in front of the brave man at this moment, and he must play the role according to this character. If he makes three words and deeds that do not conform to the character design in front of others, it will be GameOver.

According to the plots of the two scenes so far, the protagonist is a person with ordinary abilities and weak personality.

[Successfully obtained the protagonist's design, progress: 25%]

At the same time as the last word of the electronic sound fell, the body senses returned to the brave man besides the vision at the beginning, which showed that he was able to control the character's body.

A progress of 25% means that there are still three quarters of the characters left waiting to be excavated by the brave.

The brave man stretched his waist and flexed his muscles, and stood up.

The game seems more interesting than expected, he thought.

chapter03

Brave sat in the empty office area, and the quiet environment gave him a good atmosphere for thinking.

There are a bunch of things neatly arranged on the table, wallets, mobile phones, key cases, a watch with a broken belt, and a metal card.

These are the things that the brave man found out from the protagonist. He needs to use this to understand the identity of the protagonist, because this cheating game refuses to explain these things clearly in advance.

The brave man opened the protagonist's wallet. As expected, he was poor, with only some small change, a debit card, and an ID card.

"Ji Wufu."

The brave man read the three words next to the name column on the ID card, showing his first smile after entering the game: "Very good name."

"Age 24 years old, male, unmarried, address at No. 23, East District, Jishi..."

The brave man paused, put his ID card back into his wallet, and turned on his phone. The world structure of this game seems to be copied from the real world, and the phone is also a two-year-old model, a general-purpose fingerprint unlocking machine.

When the screen of the mobile phone was turned on, the first thing I saw was a wallpaper. In the photo, only a male hand was photographed, with distinct knuckles and slender fingers, and a watch on his wrist.The background is pitch black, probably the top of a black table.

The brave man looked at the watch with a broken belt on the table, picked it up for comparison, and found that although the style was the same, the color was different.The watch in my hand has a dark brown leather strap, while the one in the wallpaper is black.

It's almost like a couple's watch.

So the question is, who is the owner of the hand in the wallpaper?Is it the main character's lover?If yes, is that the same person as the target character?

"Let's confirm one thing first." The brave put the watch back into his pocket and opened the phone map.

"No. 23, East District, Jishi..." He entered the address and clicked on the real map.On the map, a real picture of a high-end villa area jumped out, and the software automatically calculated the distance and driving distance.

The brave man turned off the map and opened the calendar.

"October 373, Li Yuan 10, six ten in the afternoon."

The brave turned off the phone.

He confirmed one thing, the map in this game is the real city, and at this moment in 373 Li Yuan, it was two years ago in the real world, this game seems to have directly moved some real data into it , but it is still a step away from proving this.

But the most urgent task is to finish writing the protagonist's copy.The brave man thought blankly.

chapter04

"This game can actually be renamed." Brave typed the last word on the keyboard, talking to himself: "Brave and overtime."

He tried his best to complete the copywriting at the level of the protagonist. As a brave man, it is his primary duty to always keep in mind the rules of the game.

"Perfect finishing touch."

The brave man packed up his things and left the company, blinking at the already dark sky: "It's time for dinner."

As if in response to this sentence, the phone in the brave man's pocket vibrated. He took out the phone and saw a new text message.

[I'm back, let's have dinner together. ]

The sender's name is: Fu Zhihe.

The brave man stopped in his tracks, the streets under the night lights of the city were very noisy, but he felt that the world had become quiet at this very moment.

As I said before, the brave is a person with a good memory, even with a photographic memory, even if his brain will automatically filter some unnecessary things, but it is not difficult to recall the things he has seen before, just need a little time.

Give some examples: For example, a person I met once, or a name I wrote once, or a piece of news that I glanced at.

The brave man clicked on reply, typed a few words, and sent the message.

“厉元375年1月19日凌晨3点11分，届市市长之子傅之禾突发重病抢救无效，确诊为脑死亡……”

"Did this confirmation come a little too soon?" The brave man stood there and couldn't help asking himself. Of course, no one could answer him, so he could only speak in a declarative tone, that's all.

Pedestrians came and went in a hurry on the street, and the time flew by to 06:30, but only a few seconds passed for the brave man.Then, a black car stopped beside the brave man, and the neatly dressed driver in white gloves got out of the car, bent over and opened the rear door.

"Master, get in the car." The driver said to the brave man.

There is already a person sitting on the back seat, a person who looks very good, who can be described with many beautiful words, although the brave thinks so, but he can only imitate the protagonist and bow his head to say thank you , and then get in the car quietly.

The person sitting on the right hand of the brave man was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and he was a little dusty. The brave man felt that he would speak before himself.

So the man spoke, and he said, "Brother, what do you want to eat?"

So here comes the question again, why is Fu Zhihe's elder brother named Ji?Thinking about it, the brave man showed a shy smile to the person looking at him: "Anything is fine."

chapter05

Brave has also played a lot of rpg games before. He has played roles such as the knight who bravely fights the dragon, the knight who wanders the rivers and lakes, the Taoist priest who cultivates immortals and fights monsters, and the self-made businessman, etc. He thinks that he has a good understanding of rpg games , because he usually can pass the customs smoothly.However, the premise of everything is: there is a clear main line and clear goals in the game.

Obviously, this game doesn't.It allows players to find the target by themselves, develop the plot by themselves, GameOver if they can't find it, and GameOver if they find it wrong, it seems that it's all about luck.

However, in such a seemingly casual game, the characters, maps, and even the timeline all exist in reality.

Will this be a game with humans?The brave drew a question mark in his mind.

But he is in no hurry, time will tell.

When he came back to his senses, the brave man was still in the car. Looking at the scenery passing by outside the window was becoming less and less crowded, he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't we going to eat?"

Soft-spoken, acting continues online.

The next second, a chuckle came from the left: "Brother, are you drowsy? We have finished eating for a while, and now I will take you home."

The brave man was taken aback. If he remembered correctly, [Fu Zhihe] was sitting on his right hand when he got in the car.

"Ah... I was sleepy... I've been working overtime lately, and I'm not in a good mood." The brave man said as he took out his phone.

"It's already 45:[-], did I sleep for a long time?" Brave asked looking at his phone.

[Fu Zhihe] smiled: "About 10 minutes, it will be 08:30 after eating. It will be there soon, you go back and have a good rest, pay more attention to your body."

The brave man nodded.

I got on the bus at 06:30, and it was 45:[-] in the blink of an eye. Did you just skip this period of time?Usually the game does skip some parts that are not important to the plot, but there should always be a transition period, such as the rapid passage of time that has appeared twice, which is an obvious transition method.

The brave man was still contemplating, but the car had already stopped.

"Here we are." The person in the car reminded the dazed brave man.

The driver opened the door, and the brave man thanked him and got out of the car, saying goodbye to [Fu Zhihe] who also looked very tired.

[Ji Wufu]'s key is in his pocket, the brave man opens the door of this small villa and turns on the light.At the same time, the phone in his pocket rang, the sound of an alarm clock.The brave man took out his phone and checked it. On the screen, a line of big characters in [Alarm Clock Remarks] was particularly eye-catching:

"Welcome to come, there is no payment for the seventh season."

The author has something to say:

Friends who are familiar or unfamiliar, if you are lucky enough to read this text, please listen to me calmly.

This story stopped writing in May and now, I finally made up my mind to lock the chapters other than the first one.Not struggling, but very relaxed.

In fact, it should have ended long ago.

It has only one volume from beginning to end, only tens of thousands of words.

Why did you sign the contract in the first place, and why did you rack your brains to continue writing the following content?

Then my work was destroyed by myself.

Do you regret it, yes, but it has come to this day, and I think this may be the growth I should experience.

All in all, although a year late, the story ended the way it should have.

I finally remembered at this moment: yes, this is the kind of story I want to write, a story where nobody is with whom.A story full of regrets like a trick of fate, incomplete, but extremely beautiful.

Hope you enjoy it too.

I will be grateful and continue to write on the road that I think is right.

Goodbye bye.

2017.11.2