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Extra Chapter: Life In Search of a Future – translated by nausicaä

Kenshin

"I’ inone of his rare, solitary retreats in the forest

"Comrade?" asked Kenshin in his usual reservedstir inside him Could this person be like he was, an NPC with self-awareness?

"Yes, I’m like you, a self-aware NPC"

"Name?" Kenshin asked with characteristic brusqueness

"Dictator of Life," the

"Dictator of Life," Kenshin repeated carefully He raised his head to face this comrade and said, "I’m Kenshin, and there’s another comrade called Sunshine"

"I know," said the Dictator of Life with a kind smile as he landed to sit beside Kenshin The latter said nothing, and re down next to the Dictator of Life

"Do you want to go to the Northern Continent? We have many comrades there," the Dictator of Life said after some time "What’s more, after a while, there will be no er have to conceal your identity as an NPC"

"What do you mean?" asked Kenshin, his mind now full of questions How could there not be any humans in the Northern Continent?

"I a the hu there shouldn’t be any people left," the Dictator of Life said calrass, suddenly sat up "You’re going to eliminate the huave a faint s, all the humans of Second Life"

Kenshin was so shocked he was unable to speak Eliminate all the humans of Second Life? The idea was simply insane

"Could it be that you’re not dissatisfied living as the hunoring Kenshin’s astonish you around to do his bidding, have you never wondered why you had to obey hi to hide your identity as an NPC?"

The sudden barrage of questions rendered Kenshin te Prince’s pet make him feel dissatisfied? He was actually okay with it; after all, he had never had to call anyone "h, Prince always stole his tea, which did leave hi rather resentful

He couldn’t deny the fact that Prince was always ordering hiot himself into a particularly sticky situation, he always called Kenshin in to clean up the mess For instance, there was that incident with Celestial… Although, Prince nearly sacrificed himself for hi Cold Fox, but as a result of that, he had found someone to drink tea with, which wasn’t bad, especially since this new companion was very quiet and therefore infinitely better than the loud- to conceal his identity as an NPC… Perhaps this didhue Sunshine had to fall in love with a person

"Come join the ranks of your allies in the Northern Continent, and together let us truly turn Second Life into our world," said the Dictator of Life, his face turning gris are now," Kenshin responded with some hesitation

"Do you knoill happen if it’s discovered that you have self-awareness?" the Dictator of Life pressed relentlessly

Kenshin’s heart suddenly missed a beat If he was found out…it would definitely be the end for him Even Prince wouldn’t be able to save him then

"Are you not even a little resentful of these huhter us as they please? Would you rather continue on in this foolish manner, until the humans discover your secret and then destroy you?" the Dictator of Life asked again, continuing his ruthless onslaught

Kenshin had no words to fight back with Perhaps, he thought, his destruction was precisely what he was expecting, and he was si to experience the saainst the huic fate of Kaoru and yourself?" questioned the Dictator of Life, finally throwing down his tru Kenshin cared about

"Kaoru…" Kenshin felt a dull, throbbing pain in his heart Even…even though he knew that everything between hih it was possible that Kaoru was just a coet about her

"Join us!"

Kaoru isn’t soered, Kenshin roared, "Don’t use Kaoru to tempt me, and don’t ever let ain!"

"Is that so?" The Dictator of Life silently and slowly ascended into the sky "You are welcome to join us anytime You need only to call out to me in your mind, and your comrades elcome you"

The Dictator of Life! Kenshin watched as the figure slowly evaporated He felt a growing sense of agitation within hiht before the Dictator of Life disappeared He felt an urge to call out and stop him, this man who, besides Sunshine, was the only comrade he had

"Kenshin!" Cold Fox’s voice drifted in froo back together"

"Alright" Without another word, Kenshin followed Cold Fox, but he couldn’t help looking back at the spot where the Dictator of Life had disappeared

Celestial

Very rarely did players appear in his home But when those four players appeared, they even walked straight into the spot that lay precisely beneath the ic portal As such, in accordance with the rules, he hio deal with theht suddenly popped into Celestial’s head That round, powdery face, round hair buns, round eyes, how could everything be so round? Celestial could barely keep hiirl stay here to keep me company! Celestial decided, and i irl, Celestial wasted no ti his request, and at the saainst this cute girl’s cheek So sood!

"Don’t be ridiculous!" Despite being afraid at first, the girl looked as though she couldn’t stand hiht hand

"What are you doing?" Although he had been hit twice, Celestial only felt a light stinging in his cheeks There wasn’t th behind the blows On the whole, he found it all rather airl al all reason, she opened her ry?" Celestial asked curiously His as actually so hungry that she was eating hiirl’s face She opened her mouth and dejectedly said, "Just hurry up and kill ē"

"I’ to kill you I want you to be irl opened her eyes wide and asked, "Do you even knohat ‘wife’ means?"

"Of course I know," Celestial responded in a matter-of-fact tone "It means a person ill always be with ingly admitted "Don’t you have a lot of purpled-robed nymphs to keep you company?" she insisted

"Purple-robed nymphs? You mean this?" Celestial suirl nodded her head frantically

"This is also a part of rieved tone "Being by h, she thought Even though Celestial seemed pitiable, she couldn’t really stay there with him, and yet he refused to kill her Sob! And she couldn’t ask Prince-gēgē to come save her or he’d be killed by Celestial Oh well, she would go offline now and return toirl’s face turned pale "Why can’t I go offline?"

"What’s ‘go offline’?" inquired a curious Celestial as he squatted down in front of the girl

"It irl, ashen-faced as she struggled to go offline It was no use Panicking, she hurriedly PMed Prince, but in her distress she failed to notice the change that had coaan to weave its way into Celestial’s consciousness

"This! This is a game; I’irl, upset that she could not go offline, could only shout in reply

"What’s an NPC?" Celestial asked confusedly as astirred within the depths of his heart

Prince-gēgē said he was going to bring people to coirl finally calmed down and replied, "The characters besides the players"

"Then what’s a player?" asked Celestial, feeling evenshe said?

Although she thought it eird for this boss to have so irl still answered each one in detail, including the ame, such as players and NPCs

"I…I will think about this carefully," said Celestial as he walked out in a flustered er to keep you company This way you won’t be bored"