"You're awake?"

On the hospital bed, the blue-haired beauty, who seemed as if she had stepped right out of an animation, slowly sat up. Holding her head, she looked at Ren Suo with a bewildered gaze. She wore a blue-and-white striped hospital gown, her complexion pale from her recently healed serious injuries.

Game perspectives and real-life perspectives are different. In the game, Ren Suo mostly saw only the back of Luna's head, so he regarded Luna as an ordinary game character.

After all, no matter how beautiful Luna was, she was still controlled by his game controller. So, in theory, Luna equaled Ren Suo.

But the Luna he saw in reality, with her compelling and pitiable face, told him: Stop spouting your five-spice beef crap! I'm a hardcore beauty, not some unkempt slob!

Ren Suo couldn't help but smile, his eyes lighting up as he said, "I'm a doctor."

He wasn't being lecherous. If he really had been, he wouldn't have passed up the desirable task of examining Ms. Luna's body himself earlier, leaving it to Gu Yueyan. He just purely enjoyed this interaction with game characters.

It was hard to describe the peculiar joy Ren Suo felt. Perhaps Zhao Huo could understand. It was like the joy Zhao Huo would experience if he drank pesticide to enter the anime world and then gathered all his favorite female characters into his harem.

This was a type of star-chasing activity that broke through the dimensional barrier.

So, when previously interacting with the Truth Seeker and the Kitchen Girl, Ren Suo had been very nervous and excited. He never considered himself their creator, but rather a long-lost friend they were meeting for the first time.

Luna blinked, looking at them with suspicion. Gu Yueyan was also a bit nervous. After all, she had just robbed Luna, stealing her Silver Moon Crystal. However, seeing Ren Suo sitting before her emboldened her. She stood behind Ren Suo and added in a low voice, "He's the best doctor!"

Feeling the Cultivation bonus from the character label, Gu Yueyan's heart skipped. After hesitating for a moment, she cautiously placed her hand on Ren Suo's shoulder.

There's no help for it. Since my character label is 'Nurse in Love with a Doctor,' I have to act according to the label to strengthen my power and increase the chances of getting out of this intense trial...

"Hmm?" Luna carefully looked around the examination room, making cute humming sounds through her nose.

At this moment, Ren Suo was the one frozen.

This wasn't an ordinary humming sound. The Desire Resonance from Luna echoed in Ren Suo's ears: "Where is this place? This guy in front of me looks super, super annoying! Can I kill him? Is he an Apostle of the Moon God? Where's my Silver Moon Crystal? He must have taken it! If he really took my Silver Moon Crystal, I'll kill him right away!"

Before interacting with Luna, Ren Suo had already equipped Desire Detection and Listening Headphones. He hadn't expected that the stethoscope hanging around his neck purely for show could also trigger the effects of Listening Headphones.

He also vaguely knew that when game feedback manifested in reality, game characters often developed their own personalities, not to mention Luna already possessed independent thought within the game.

But he could never have imagined that Luna's mental activities would be so complex and intense.

Despite appearing as serene as a maiden, inwardly she was a raging beast, like a chainsaw maniac!

Ren Suo was so scared that he had to rethink his words. Seeing him silent, Gu Yueyan said, "I changed your clothes, so don't worry. Although the doctor touched your injured areas while treating you, I was watching the whole time. I can assure you that the doctor absolutely did not take any liberties with you."

Luna acknowledged with an "oh." Her Desire Resonance was very intense: "I was seen by him! Touched by this guy who seems as annoying as that bastard! I hate being touched the most! AAARGH, I want to tear his throat out!"

Ren Suo let out a bitter smile and quickly changed the subject. "You should eat something first."

Luna had been unconscious for quite some time. With nothing else to do, Gu Yueyan had discovered a kitchen in the clinic stocked with ingredients like wontons, dumplings, radishes, and corn. So, she made a pot of soup and prepared some boiled dumplings and plain wontons in broth.

Luna carefully finished eating. Her chewing sounds continuously revealed her chaotic Desire Resonance: "What's their motive for being so nice to me? This disgusting man must want to touch me! He definitely wants to mate with me! Anyone who looks like him must be a bastard! Oh no, is the food poisoned? But I've already eaten it all! No choice now... I've got to strike first and take them out!"

Luna's eyes grew increasingly tender, but her killing intent became heavier. Just as he was about to be thrashed by this distrustful game character, Ren Suo's thoughts suddenly cleared. He extended his hand to Luna and said, "That'll be 20 Wealth Points. Nineteen are for the Healing fees and..."

SLAP! SLAP!

"Doctor! Doctor!"

Ren Suo exchanged a glance with Gu Yueyan. The cute Little Nurse went to open the door, leading in two samurai in Crimson Warrior Armor.

The two samurai didn't speak the language of the Mysterious Country, but they had no communication problems. In the dream, language was merely a trivial decoration of Willpower. One of them said, "Doctor Suo, a Moon Phase ago, several citizens fought on the rooftop of Zhou Bofu's Dragon Carving Pavilion. There's still one suspect at large, and that suspect might be an out-of-towner... Have you seen any suspicious individuals?"

Why are they calling me Doctor Suo? Isn't it usually Doctor Ren... Or is my name taboo now? Has the name 'Ren' been elevated so highly by me that calling me Doctor Ren makes me sound like some millennium-old traditional Chinese medicine doctor whose lineage dates back to the Late Eastern Han Dynasty?

Ren Suo glanced at Luna. Her face showed no hint of nervousness. She simply narrowed her eyes slightly, a faint smile on her lips. Complemented by her shoulder-length blue hair, she looked like a frail heroine from a manga. But Ren Suo was sure her mind was in turmoil. If he dared to betray her, she would definitely smash his head in!

Ren Suo didn't believe that everything was safe and predetermined just because the game record was uploaded. Recently, the upload of "Inverted World" had failed. Further back, in "Devouring the Spirit of the World," Ren Suo and Dong Chengling had used a Space Gate to become stalker fans of a Nine-Tailed Fox. In the game "Devouring the Spirit of the World," when Ren Suo controlled the Nine-Tailed Fox, he only saw Dong Chengling. But in reality, both he and Dong Chengling had opened the Space Gate.

Game records could be changed even after being uploaded. If Ren Suo dared to challenge Destiny, he would have to endure a beating from fate.

He didn't know why Luna harbored such a deep grudge against him, especially when Gu Yueyan was right there! But she was completely focused on him, as if he had toyed with her before!

Ren Suo grumbled inwardly and shook his head sincerely. "I haven't seen anyone. The nurse and I have been in the clinic the whole time; we haven't gone out."

The samurai nodded, looked at Luna on the hospital bed, and asked, "And this patient is...?"

"She is my friend." Ren Suo gathered his thoughts, glanced at Luna, and couldn't help the look of Joy that flickered in his eyes.

Although Luna was somewhat different from what he had imagined, Ren Suo wasn't disappointed. In fact, he was even happier because Luna possessed a complete personality.

He longed to understand them, to know the true personalities of these game characters who were so formidable in their respective game worlds.

No matter their true personalities, they were friends who had accompanied Ren Suo through countless days and nights, bringing him endless happiness.

"She came to me for treatment because she has a strange illness..." Ren Suo stood up and said.

"What strange illness?" the samurai pressed.

Ren Suo turned his head and saw a hint of bewilderment on Luna's face.

At this moment, Gu Yueyan proactively opened the clinic curtains, allowing the Waning Moon's light to shine into the consulting room. Soon, Luna's clear, transparent, dark-green pupils began to shed tears of blood. They flowed like a river, dripping onto the towel placed on the blanket.

Noticing a change in the samurais' expressions, Ren Suo hurriedly said, "She sheds tears of blood at any time and place. She'll probably drain all the blood from her body soon and might not live for many more days... Ah, she got scared by you all and is shedding tears of blood again..."

"Then we won't bother you anymore. Goodbye."

Watching the samurai leave, Ren Suo breathed a sigh of relief. He hurried to close the clinic's main door. Turning around, he saw Gu Yueyan approaching him with small, quick steps. She hadn't found a change of clothes and was still wearing the short nurse's skirt and white over-the-knee socks. If she walked any faster, her skirt would flutter, revealing glimpses of skin—something her personality would never allow her to risk.

"The Waning Moon is so beautiful," Gu Yueyan said, pointing to the moon outside and holding Ren Suo's hand.

Although he had seen it many times in the game, watching it through a television screen was completely different from seeing the giant moon hanging high in the sky with his own eyes.

Proud, beautiful, and eternal... Even Ren Suo, who lacked aesthetic sense, felt his soul purified by this moonlit vista. He wished he could call Zhao Huo over, point to the moon, and hint, "Do you know why the Waxing Moon has disappeared? Because it's been divided. The lower half is public property, but the upper half can be privately hoarded."

"I will still accompany you to see the Waning Moon, the Waxing Crescent Moon, the Waxing Moon, the waxing gibbous, the Full Moon... Just look forward to it," Ren Suo smiled and said. It wasn't surprising that Gu Yueyan liked the moon; she was an Apostle of the Moon God, so her love for the moon was natural.

"Mhm!" Gu Yueyan nodded vigorously.

Ren Suo sat back down before the hospital bed and said to Luna, "One Wealth Point is for the food, and nineteen Wealth Points are for the treatment and concealment. Quite reasonable, right?"

Luna was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why are you helping me?"

This time, Luna's Desire Resonance finally became a bit more rational: "He helped me hide! / He looks like that, but he's actually a good person? / Can't tell at all! / If he doesn't try to snatch my Silver Moon Crystal, I won't kill him."

Among so many game characters, Luna probably held the deepest prejudice against him...

Ren Suo quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally resolved one of his doubts: why he, as a player, never revealed information to his game-self!

Now, he could definitively confirm that he was the NPC doctor Luna had encountered in the game! That very helpful NPC doctor from the beginning! That NPC doctor who had acted as the oriole, stealing Luna's Silver Moon Crystal!

However, the game "Night of the Hunt" was quite different from "My Life is Not Your Game." In "My Life is Not Your Game," the Mini-World Game Console was clearly set on bullying him. It changed his worldview, altered all character nicknames and identities, and even made the Rebel protagonist speak in an over-the-top dramatic way—all to prevent Ren Suo from figuring it out.

But "Night of the Hunt" wasn't like that. Ren Suo just hadn't thought in that direction while playing. Otherwise, if he had observed carefully during gameplay, he might have directly recognized that the NPC doctor was as handsome as himself.

Since he interacted with Luna during the normal game process, why didn't he straightforwardly spoil the plot for her and declare, "I, Ren Suo, am your master"?

Since the game came first and reality followed, Ren Suo could only guess: either he could spoil it for Luna right now, but it would be blocked by the Mini-World Game Console, or he dared not spoil it.

Even if the former possibility were true, Ren Suo couldn't verify it. But he felt the latter was very likely!

Because Luna's personality was too capricious, too sensitive!

In the game, Luna was intensely possessive of the Silver Moon Crystal. Since she was the only Apostle of the Moon God without companions, her suspicious nature was understandable. Therefore, if Ren Suo revealed that he had stolen her Silver Moon Crystal, or that he was a companion of an Apostle of the Moon God, Luna would undoubtedly transform from super cute to super fierce!

Thus, disguising himself as a native NPC was Ren Suo's best choice!

Not only could he make Luna trust them, but Ren Suo could also take the opportunity to interact more with Luna—killing two birds with one stone!

So, Ren Suo spread his hands with a smile and said, "Because I can't just stand by and watch a girl in danger."

Gu Yueyan, who had deep experience with this, still secretly poked Ren Suo in the waist. You use this line to flirt with girls all the time, don't you? Starting today, you're not allowed to say that anymore!

Ren Suo continued, "Because you really do resemble a friend of mine. And since you suddenly appeared in front of my clinic, I couldn't bear not to help you."

"If, after saving you, I were to hand you over, wouldn't all my efforts be in vain? Besides, your alleged crimes aren't that serious. Apart from being an out-of-towner, you were just involved in a brawl with a few citizens on the roof of the Dragon Carving Pavilion... Can you tell me why you were fighting?"

Ren Suo pretended to be clueless, just like an NPC. Sure enough, Luna became more and more at ease and disclosed a bit of the truth. "We were fighting for a treasure."

"A treasure? What kind of treasure is on the roof of the Dragon Carving Pavilion? Wild, fierce birds as ingredients? But anything edible must be a weakling, right?" The doctor laughed. "My place isn't far from the Dragon Carving Pavilion. Unfortunately, the Moonlight isn't very bright, so I can't see clearly what treasure there could be."

Luna's eyes lit up. "Didn't you see a pillar of light there?"

"No," Ren Suo lied, his face radiating a 'very curious' expression.

Gu Yueyan rested her hands on Ren Suo's shoulders. While supposedly helping him relax by massaging them, she whispered, "...No."

Before Luna woke up, Gu Yueyan and Ren Suo had already agreed to pretend to be natives. They couldn't see the silvery-white pillar of light and knew nothing about the Silver Moon Crystal. They were just an ordinary doctor and nurse who had discovered a blue-haired girl in front of their clinic.

Luna asked again, "When you found me, was there anything else around me?"

Feeling Gu Yueyan's tension as she lied, Ren Suo patted her hand on his shoulder and shook his head. "When I opened the clinic door, I only saw you, covered in blood. I didn't find anything else."

Luna uttered an "Oh" and nodded. Her Desire Resonance echoed: "I was knocked out far away... / I don't know which bastard stole my Silver Moon Crystal! / Leaving me at the clinic's doorstep was somewhat conscientious of them... / But while a death sentence may be spared, the crime itself won't be easily forgiven! / When I find him, I'll sentence him to castration!"

Ren Suo felt a chill in his lower body as Luna suddenly asked, "What time is it now?"

"Almost six o'clock," Ren Suo replied. "The Moon Phase is about to change."

Luna nodded and extended her middle finger toward Ren Suo. "20 Wealth Points, right? Okay."

Ren Suo actually hadn't planned to take any money, but Luna was too suspicious. If Ren Suo simply acted altruistically, she might still harbor murderous intent, suspecting Ren Suo of using her indebtedness to coerce her into physical repayment. But now that Ren Suo was asking for money, Luna relaxed instead.

As it happened, Wealth Points were just a game mechanic, but in this dream, they were real. Wealth Points weren't so much money as a special kind of currency, strictly for purchasing existing services, making them quite different from real money. Simply put, any service purchasable with Wealth Points had to be one that others were already willing to provide.

This was a dream, and no one liked to work in a dream. Therefore, service providers in a dream must take pride in their profession. While they might be willing to work, they also needed Wealth Points as a form of appreciation. This was the true significance of Wealth Points.

Therefore, Ren Suo couldn't use Wealth Points to bend someone else's will. For example, he couldn't make a delivery boy bring him a pack of Sofy ultra-long, super-absorbent night pads—no amount of Wealth Points would suffice. The natives in this dream weren't like adults in reality; their sole guiding principle was Joy.

And the flow of Wealth Points was simple: a touch of the finger was all it took.

After tapping Luna's middle finger, Luna immediately got out of bed, found her clothes, and drew the curtains to change.

Ren Suo asked, "Do you have any questions for me? I'm quite familiar with this place and can tell you about it."

"No need!"

Ren Suo shrugged and turned to meet Gu Yueyan's eyes.

Ren Suo thought Gu Yueyan was about to scold him again, but instead, she just reached out, tugged at Ren Suo's white coat, and said softly while lowering her gaze demurely, "...Tell me too."

Seeing this Gu Yueyan, who was a bit different from usual, Ren Suo's heart skipped a beat. Averting his gaze, he said, "Don't worry, we have plenty of time."

"Mm," Gu Yueyan nodded, responding obediently with a soft affirmation.

Luna, dressed, came out and said, "Thank you. I must go now."

Ren Suo sincerely said, "Since there's no problem, be careful not to get caught... Luna, I'll always be your friend. If you need to hide or rest, feel free to come to me."

Luna paused for a moment, her clear, large eyes widening, her dark-green pupils staring blankly at Ren Suo.

Ren Suo, not understanding why, tilted his head and hummed, "What's wrong?"

However, Luna said nothing more. She just gave Ren Suo a deep look, then left the clinic directly.

After Luna had left, Gu Yueyan finally asked, "Mr. Suo, is her name Luna?"

"Yes."

"Did you know her before?"

"...No," Ren Suo hesitated for a moment, deciding it was better not to reveal anything about the game console.

"Then how did you know her name?"

"She told me!"

"Did she really?"

"Yes, she did," Ren Suo asserted confidently.

Gu Yueyan pondered for a moment but decided to drop the matter. Since the blue-haired girl has already left, this is our time now.

"So what shall we do next?" Gu Yueyan asked, looking down and fidgeting with her fingers. "Should we... go buy clothes?"

We didn't get to shop earlier...

"There's no rush for that," Ren Suo said, walking over to the window to take a glance outside. "Are you tired?"

Gu Yueyan blinked, sneaking a peek at the clinic—there was no bedroom, just the pristine beds.

"If, if you're tired, then I can be tired; but if you're not tired..."

"That's good," Ren Suo replied.

Whoa! Gu Yueyan caught the black cloak Ren Suo threw her, looking bewildered.

"Let's go, we're heading out!" Ren Suo announced, putting on his black cloak.

"To go shopping?" Gu Yueyan hadn't given up Hope.

But Ren Suo had already abandoned that line of thought. "No, we're going to track Luna!"

* * *

Under the Waning Moon, a graceful, blue-haired figure leaped agilely between buildings, constantly muttering resentful words:

"He recognized me!"

"And he knows my name!"

"He's never called me that before!"

"Now that I look like this, he's fawning over me!"

"Hmph, males."