Global Games: Old Chess Players

Chapter 135 "If the world is so rotten, who will save it?"

Evening, Tokyo, Ginza Higashiya.

This is a Japanese tea shop. When entering this shop with the aroma of classical tea, customers can forget all their worries. The main shop of Higashiya is used for enjoying desserts, and a tea room will also be opened for guests to enjoy.

Enjoy traditional tea there.

Ansenlu and Yuliu were sitting in the store, and the NPC waiter brought them matcha-flavored pastries.

The cake looks very appetizing. The strong tea flavor and a little sweetness are intertwined to form an implicit beauty, which seems to allow people to experience the beauty of Japanese culture.

However, Anson Deer has neither the leisure time to eat cakes nor the leisure time to drink tea.

He didn't like tea at all. Except for drinking tea and chatting with the old man in the principal's office, the rest of the time, he almost didn't even touch drinks and only drank boiled water all day long.

At this moment, Ansonlu recorded text on his mobile phone and said casually: "In my personal opinion, let's kill the boss in Tokyo Bay first, and then consider entering the Sky City."

"What's the basis?" Yuliu asked.

"If we get to that island in the sky, we might not be able to return to the land. If we can't defeat the boss, we won't have any room to escape." Ansonlu said without hesitation:

"But if it's the squid in Tokyo Bay, even if we can't defeat it, unless it floods the whole of Tokyo, we should have room to escape. After all, the venue for the boss battle is not limited to a closed place like a 'palace'

style building.”

Yuliu nodded and replied expressionlessly: "Indeed, judging from this, it is reasonable to kill the squid first."

Ansonlu stretched his stiff neck and said, "That's it. Cosimo and Kamishiro Ruri are official people and their identities are more convincing, so they will be responsible for gathering the remaining players."

Yuliu hesitated for half a second and asked: "Is it possible that if those players are away, this boss battle will be easier?"

Ansonlu took a sip of water and said slowly:

"Tokyo is a capital-level city, and the players who can be ranked in this dungeon are of very high levels. Many players have already changed jobs. They are a powerful force that cannot be underestimated."

"Oh, with a monster like you here, does it matter whether they come or not?"

"I'm not a god." Anson Deer said disdainfully: "If you can kill that squid with one slap and knock over that bullshit sky city, then why are you doing here?"

"My judgment is..." Yuliu took a sip of hot tea and replied calmly: "Even if they are not here, the strength of our four sequence players is enough to win."

"What will we do next?"

"What do you mean?"

"According to what you said, in the dungeon, the regular players were just watching us perform without accumulating any practical experience against the boss." Ansonlu paused and said:

"Then half a year later, if they are trampled to death by the snow dragon that descends on Tokyo due to lack of experience, won't we have to rely on our serial players to fight?"

Yuliu said seriously: "That's what I think about it."

Anson Deer raised his chin and said nonchalantly:

"Please, the world's population is about nine billion. It is estimated that there are only nine hundred serial players. In half a year, they will have to go through twelve rounds of dungeons. In the end, only two hundred people will die. This is a conservative estimate."

"Aren't two hundred serial players enough to deal with that snow dragon?" Yuliu asked.

"I think it's not enough." Anson Deer sighed. "Otherwise, why would we need to gather players from all over the world to Tokyo to defeat it? That would be too much trouble."

"That's true..." Yuliu put down his tea cup, "I hope that ordinary professions will allow me to see different things after changing jobs for the second time."

"If you are bolder, maybe they will overtake in the corner after the second turn, and we sequence players will be useless by then."

"That's impossible."

"Who knows what will happen in the future..." Ansenlu said slowly: "We have an old saying in China, which is called 'Feng Shui takes turns'. In short, don't think too highly of yourself."

Although he said this verbally, Ansonlu laughed at himself in his heart. He really knew a lot about the future, but he just got the information from the principal.

A pile of information that would keep him occupied for a long time.

"We won't discuss this issue anymore." Yuliu changed the topic and asked expressionlessly: "Speaking of which, why don't you talk like this when you are usually in front of them?"

"What do you mean?"

"I can see that when you are among the people in the union, you always like to put your position very low and act stupid. I want to know why this is?" Yuliu sipped.

Mouth tea.

Ansonlu tilted his head, "What's going on?"

Yuliu shrugged his shoulders, "Nothing, I just want to say that our personalities have some similarities."

"What about?"

"Since I escaped from the orphanage ten years ago, I have experienced a wandering life for two years. I joined the Mexican Mafia a few years ago. After that, I relied on my ability to be appreciated by others.

The underground world is advancing rapidly." Yuliu said deeply:

"In other people's words, I am just a lackey responsible for dirty work, but I know that if I don't do these things, someone will do it for me. If I want to completely change these phenomena, I can only endure it and work in the mafia.

Get to the top."

"It sounds so nice..." Ansonlu raised his head and looked at Yuliu, "Let me guess, the reason why you joined the mafia is just to gain power and find a way to clear David Mena's name."

Yuliu was noncommittal, "That's pretty much what you said."

"I'm curious, then why don't you take the right path?" Ansonlu picked up a piece of matcha cake and said casually:

"For example, study hard, get admitted to the most prestigious university in the United States, climb up the chain of power, and finally become a very influential politician."

"It's not like you could ask a question, it's stupid."

Ansonlu took a bite of the cake, "Indeed, if you follow the right path, there are great restrictions. You may never find a chance to clear David Mena's name in your life, but if you get so deep in the underground world, what do you get?

"

"Identity, I didn't even have an identity at first. Just like David Mena, I was a nameless person." Yuliu said calmly: "And... power, at least in Mexico, with my power, I can

Get a fake ID for David Mena, provide him with a stable place to live, a job with a decent salary, and help him find the perfect psychiatrist."

He sneered and said disdainfully: "If I had listened to you and followed the right path, more than ten years would have passed in the end. With David's physical condition, his body would have rotted into mud in some alley in the United States.

Already."

Ansonlu chewed slowly and tasted the matcha-flavored cream on the surface of the cake. "For a person like him who has a great sense of justice, does it feel good to see you going to the underworld for him?"

"Humph, it doesn't matter what he thinks."

"Oh, so just because he gave you some help when you were homeless, you spent nearly ten years doing this to repay him?"

"You may have made something wrong. If it weren't for David Mena, I might not be able to survive until now." Yuli's eagle-like golden eyes stared at Anson Deer coldly:

"I was only 10 years old at the time. Without his protection, I don't know how many times I would have been fucked to death on the streets of Mexico."

"So, you are telling me these experiences to prove how similar we are?" Anson deer lowered his head and opened a game of Tetris, "My past is not as complicated as yours."

"The similarity between us... is that we can do whatever it takes to achieve our goals, regardless of other people's opinions." Yuliu was silent for half a second, and then said:

"But our ultimate goal is good. It was David Mena who taught me to keep a kind heart so that I would not become an evil ghost in the dye vat in the underground world."

Ansenlu grinned and said teasingly:

"Oh, people who have climbed to the top of the mafia say they have a kind heart. At the beginning of 2026, I heard a joke that will last a whole year. Thank you, classmate Xiaoyou."

"I said... If I don't do those things, someone will do it for me, and do it more cruelly. In comparison, I even saved the lives of many people." Yuliu looked disapproving.

"That's it, whatever you want." An Senlu poked the screen of his phone with his finger, "But you think too much about me. I'm not as great as you say, and I won't resort to any means, and... I also

Not kind."

"As far as my observation is concerned, you are the kind of person I described, but it seems that the last subway incident has shaken your heart."

"shake?"

"Otherwise," Yuliu intertwined the fingers of his hands and placed them on his chin, "can you explain...where were you all day yesterday?"

"sleep."

Ansonlu replied while poking at the phone with his finger harder.

"I just want to say that even if you chose not to open that door at that time, I would understand you. I am not like Cosimo, who would question your original intention." After a pause, Yuliu said lightly:

"Sacrificing those two people to ensure the lives of the entire vehicle was the right choice, but not everyone would choose that."

Ansonlu sighed and turned off his phone, "So, I chose another answer because I am a normal person and cannot make decisions as decisively as you do. Do you understand?"

"No... you hesitated, and you hesitated for a long time, which is completely inconsistent with your usual style." Yuliu said, "Originally, your answer should be the former, right?"

Ansenlu raised his head, met Yuliu's gaze, and said unhurriedly:

"So, do you want to prove that I am a scum who doesn't care about human life? That's not necessary. Crow has told me many times that I am a machine that follows correct values ​​and doesn't care about other people's feelings."

"This is our similarity, I will also choose the former answer." Yuliu said, "Although from the results, the latter is the most perfect, but I am sensible enough."

"I chose another answer, don't you understand?"

"I just want to tell you that your original answer is also correct. There is no need for you to question yourself."

"Ha, haha." Ansonlu laughed dryly, "Please, am I questioning myself again?"

"It's normal. When I was among the mafia, I questioned myself countless times." Yuliu said deeply: "But I survived because I warned myself countless times in my heart about who I really am.

"

Ansenlu took a sip of tea and said expressionlessly: "Oh, that's none of my business?"

"I firmly believe that if mankind wants to win this battle, the strongest person must know how to choose, instead of being hindered by personal feelings." Yuliu said nonchalantly:

"You can completely follow your original style and become a leader who is cold enough and sensible enough. Let them sacrifice those who deserve to be sacrificed and follow the path with the highest chance of winning."

"That's quite serious. What if I let you die?"

"Me too." Yuliu's tone was calm, "If I have to die in order to win this battle, then I will do my duty." After a pause, he continued:

"However... you must promise me that after my death, you will also make the official information on 'David Mena' available to the public, instead of just perfunctory."

Ansonlu's face twitched slightly, he opened his mouth, and was silent for a long time, unable to say a word.

"I'm tired... Can we stop discussing these issues?" he whispered.

"No one in the world is better than you. Every decision you make will affect the future. You should clarify your responsibilities and make the calmest and most correct judgment."

The principal's face flashed through Ansonlu's mind.

He gritted his teeth gently and said in an extremely indifferent voice: "You know, the last person who did this is already dead, as dead as a maggot, which makes people feel sick."

"So what?"

"I'm talking about the principal I mentioned to you before."

Yuliu was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening. He frowned and asked:

"He...is dead?"

"Yes, he is dead." Ansonlu took a deep breath, "He also told me many things. In the future, the human world will be completely destroyed by that snow dragon, and he said that I did not succeed."

Yuliu's expression was a bit unbelievable, and his golden eyes were thoughtful.

Ansonlu shrugged and said slowly: "I told you before that he is me from the future. When he admitted this, he also admitted his failure."

Yuriu frowned.

He never expected that things would be so absurd - the world had already been destroyed once, and Anson Deer traveled back through time and became the principal of a listed high school, secretly laying many traps.

Everything is really too complicated.

"He said that I am different from him, but I don't know... what is the difference?" Ansonlu's voice was full of anger, "He just explained a bunch of things in a mess, but he didn't tell me at all, I have to

How to do it."

Yuriu hissed deeply and asked puzzledly: "What clues did he leave behind?"

"They told me not to fight alone, that I was no longer alone, and then it was gone." Anson Deer smiled.

"Don't fight alone anymore..." Yuliu frowned and muttered: "So, I just told you this in the last world line."

"Yes, don't you think it's funny?" Ansenlu said self-deprecatingly: "Originally, after meeting the principal, Crow, Yuri, Asuka and the others, I really felt for the first time that I was not so lonely anymore, surrounded by people

With many, many people.

In the end, the old man told me that everything I am experiencing now was arranged by him..."

After a pause, he continued:

"There must be something wrong with this guy's brain. A guy who doesn't understand human nature has placed a group of people around me without permission, a group of weirdos like me, so that I can hug them and keep warm, and then disappear without a trace.

Without a trace, do you think I am no longer lonely?"

He gritted his teeth and said seriously: "I'm not fucking lonely, am I disgusting?"

"At least..." Yuliu hesitated, his throat a little dry and hoarse.

His expression was complicated, and he didn't know how to comfort the young man in front of him.

After all, what Anson Deer experienced was too bizarre - the responsibility of saving the world suddenly shouldered on his shoulders, the apocalyptic predictions from the future, and his life being arranged like a puppet on strings.

If it were other ordinary people experiencing this, they might have gone crazy.

Who can accept all this calmly...

Ansenlu was silent for a long time and asked in a low voice: "Yuliu, tell me, what else can I believe in?"

Yuliu hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "A person who can't even believe in himself anymore, what else can he believe in? How do you want me to answer you?"

"So, since you don't understand anything, then stop saying nonsense like you are similar to me..." Ansenlu raised his head, stared at Yuliu with empty eyes, and said almost word by word:

"Do you understand? I'm really tired of being analyzed. Having a crow around me is enough."

".I understand."

"Okay, then I'm going to rest. If you have nothing to do, don't bother me anymore."

Yuliu gritted his teeth, "But do you plan to keep doing this, being depressed by these things, and finally letting the same failure happen to you again, just like the principal you said did?"

"Don't mention him to me again." Anson Deer said, "Just pretend...I never said this."

Yuliu moved his eyes and looked at Ansonlu's fingers trembling with anger.

"I don't see any fighting spirit in you now. I only see a confused, tantrum-throwing child. So, I need to confirm one thing - can you still stand up?"

"It doesn't matter if you are defeated like this. Sooner or later, someone else will take up your responsibility. However, I won't waste time following you anymore."

"I don't want her to die."

"What?" Yuliu felt a little confused.

"Yuri, that Icelandic girl."

"If I'm not mistaken, the person who brought her death is the principal you mentioned, and that principal is you from the future." Yuliu snorted coldly and said unhurriedly:

"If even you in the future say that you have no chance to save her, then will you continue to deceive yourself and waste time on things that have already decided the outcome?"

Ansenlu knew that Yuriu was right: Yuriu's illness was caused by the principal, and the specific cause was unknown.

Moreover, the principal has lived in the future for decades, which means that the principal has knowledge and information that far exceeds that of Anson Deer. This is based on decades of experience.

However, since even the principal said, "Cherish the people in front of you."

So……

The ending of Yuri's death is basically irreversible.

but……

Everything the principal saw was limited to the future destroyed by the snow dragon. Therefore, he relied on his limited knowledge to conclude that Yuri could not be saved.

There is another possibility.

That is, the possibility hidden in another future direction.

Ansenlu said: "As long as I become stronger than that old man, as long as I can see beyond his field of vision, I will still have a chance to find a way to let Yuri survive."

"For example..." Yuliu asked with a frown.

"For example, half a year later, mankind wins the battle against the Tokyo Dragon, then I can see things that the principal has never seen in his life." Ansonlu said slowly:

"Have you heard of a rumor that as long as you win the world boss battle, the player who gets the MVP in this boss battle will get a chance to face the 'game developers'."

Yuliu was stunned for a moment, "I've heard of it. It seems to have come from someone from the law enforcement team. They said it was accurate information obtained from a certain capital-level copy. I don't know which member disclosed it."

"Yes." Ansonlu said decisively: "This information should be correct. As long as I defeat the snow dragon and meet the 'game developer', I will have the opportunity to ask for a way to keep Yuri alive."

Iulius whispered thoughtfully: "I understand, this is indeed a path I did not imagine..."

Although he thought that this matter would be difficult to achieve, if Anson Deer could regain his will with such an idea, then why should he pour cold water on it and tell Anson Deer that the hope was very slim?

"I will win that snow dragon in order to save my friends. Saving the world is just incidental. Who would go out of their way to help that disgusting smelly old man and do what he failed to do." Anson Lu said deeply.

He took a deep breath and said in a harsh tone:

"I will tell him that the things you can't do even after your whole life, here with me... it's as easy as eating and drinking, just wait for me, you piece of shit."

At this moment, staring at Ansenlu's shadowy side face, Yuliu suddenly frowned and froze in place in astonishment.

A terrifying truth slowly formed in his mind.

Julius Mena suddenly understood why Anson was depressed, and why he hated the principal so much and showed such a look.

The person known as the "Principal" spent ten years planning and finally achieved a goal.

Not only did he change Ansenlu's character, he also successfully used "Yuri's death" to guide Ansenlu to raise his will and do his best to defeat the snow dragon that came to Tokyo half a year later.

The purpose is... to give mankind a new future.

He knew himself well enough, so he was confident enough - after he left, the Anson Deer in this world line would definitely save the world, because Anson Deer could not let Yuri die like that.

And it was precisely because he knew that he had completely fallen into the principal's trap, but was unable to change anything and could only follow the principal's guidance, that Ansonlu became so angry.

As long as Anson Deer in this timeline doesn't want that Icelandic girl to die - then he must try his best to defeat the snow dragon and bring a new world to mankind.

Finally, find the possibility of saving the Icelandic girl from this new world.

When Julius reached this point, he shuddered for no reason.

He looked at Ansenlu's gloomy side face and thought tremblingly in his heart: What kind of person could be so cruel to him? It turns out that Ansenlu in that timeline was such a cold-blooded person.

?

Only then did Yuliu realize that he had completely misunderstood.

What if the person standing here at this moment was not the Anson Deer who had been deliberately laid out by the "principal" and whose personality had been adjusted.

But it was the original Anson Deer who was extremely indifferent and cold-blooded.

After Yuliu was drained of all his value, he no longer knew where he died...

After all, the original Ansonlu was a person who could do this to himself, so how cruel should he be to others?

How can we maintain a trusting attitude towards others to establish a good cooperative relationship?

perhaps……

The previous Ansonlu, the pale-haired principal, had already completely abandoned humanity and was like a machine.

The back of Yuliu's hands was covered with cold sweat. He bit his fingers and said, "I actually thought that he was not decisive enough and tried to guide his personality to a more indifferent side. Am I wrong?"

There is no need for guidance at all...

Because the Anson Deer in the original timeline was already that kind of person.

But that Anson Deer failed, so he went back to the past at all costs, and under the constraints of many rules, tolerated the plan to gradually change the character and thinking mode of the Anson Deer in front of him.

"Sorry, I'm a little emotional today."

Ansonlu's tired voice interrupted Yuliu's thoughts. He patted Yuliu on the shoulder and said, "See you tomorrow, Yuliu Mena. You should also go to bed early."

After saying that, he drooped his head and walked out of the refreshment shop.

In the silent refreshment shop, only Yuliu was left in a daze, his spirit still reeling from the indelible fear and shock, and his thoughts gushing out like a waterfall.

"Hehe...hehe..."

After a long time, Yuliu couldn't help but laugh.

The sharp golden eyes of the young eagle were shining with light. He hissed deeply into the turbid air. The cold oxygen penetrated his heart like a sharp sword, awakening his soul that was curled up tightly like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"I didn't follow the wrong person..."

Yuliu recalled Ansonlu's gloomy profile, slowly raised the corners of his lips, and murmured in an almost trembling voice:

"Mr. David, what on earth was I questioning before? If such a completely rotten world can be saved by someone, it can only be this kind of out-and-out monster..."

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