Chapter 256: 255 Failed Negotiation and the Way to Break the Situation

"Are we just leaving like this?"

After looking back at the clattering tavern, the Princess, dressed as a waitress, couldn't help but ask:

"That Mr. Elijah hasn't run yet. If he stays there, he might..."

"Don't worry, he'll be fine."

After tossing the young dog onto his shoulder to let it lie down, Li Ang took the rag he had just gotten from the restaurant and, while wiping the sauce off the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's face, replied:

"He has someone covering for him from above; he's much safer than us. Let alone those three sailors just using their fists, as long as Master Wang Erde is willing, even if he were run over by a cruise ship, he could still flip over and crawl up, alive and kicking."???

What is all this?

Without the anomalous object resistance provided by 【Materialism】, the Princess at this moment was still the tavern waitress "Agatha" and naturally couldn't understand what Li Ang was talking about. However, thinking of "Mr. Joseph's" usual nonsensical "crazy talk," she didn't pursue it further but instead suggested with a worried look:

"Mr. Joseph, the police station is just around the corner on the street ahead. Could I trouble you to go and report this? I'm worried about the tavern..."

"The tavern will definitely be fine!"

After wiping the sauce off the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang, Li Ang tied it to his belt, then grabbed the Princess's shoulders and said earnestly:

"Ve... Agatha, listen to me!"

Looking at the somewhat startled Princess, Li Ang, who was trying to take her and escape, explained sincerely:

"What I'm about to tell you might sound unbelievable, but I can guarantee that every word I say is true. Actually, you are not a tavern waitress, but..."

Feeling an inexplicable danger, Li Ang, with his hair standing on end, looked up abruptly and discovered a transparent silk thread, many times thicker than before, silently descending from the sky, heading straight for the back of his head!

The 【King of Drama】 has found us!

Realizing the situation was bad, Li Ang didn't use the Holy Spirit Pendant to attack the transparent thread but instead controlled his substantial spiritual power to condense into a large hand, violently pushing himself away, narrowly avoiding the descending thread.

But as a powerhouse possessing the "Power of Two Sheep," the 【King of Drama】's ability naturally wasn't that easy to dodge. That silk thread, thicker than an adult male's thigh, exploded instantly, turning into nearly a hundred invisible threads, instantly enveloping Li Ang and sticking every movable part of his body firmly in place.

"Bastard! How dare you ruin my play!"

Accompanied by a shout full of indignation, as if a pause button had been pressed, the birds in the sky stopped flapping their wings, the fresh and fishy sea breeze stopped flowing, and the crashing sound of waves against the pier came to an abrupt halt. The entire world fell into stillness.

Immediately after, "Master Wang Erde," wearing a crisp double-breasted white suit and a matching top hat, walked over leaning on a cane, standing before Li Ang with a face full of fury.

This must be the incarnation of the 【King of Drama】's will, right?

With his whole body stuck by silk threads and only his eyes able to move, Li Ang rolled his eyes and stared fixedly at the furious 【Drama Master】.

According to his speculation, the main body of this "Two-Sheep-Level" anomalous object is this seaside small town... or rather, the dramatic world it has fictionalized.

That's why he had stumbled upon information related to the 【King of Drama】 as soon as he entered. To escape from the dramatic world it created, besides using brute force, one could also find the 【King of Drama】's will incarnation, find a way to severely damage its will, and cause this world, which was born from following that will, to collapse prematurely.

And his original plan was to lure out the 【King of Drama】's will and then rely on the Holy Spirit Pendant's mental shock ability to try and see if he could severely damage it. After all, creating such a large world must consume a lot, and with the 【King of Drama】's remaining power, it might not be able to withstand the Holy Spirit Pendant's shock.

But now...

After sensing the intensity of the 【King of Drama】's will, Li Ang couldn't help but shake his head and click his tongue, rationally giving up the plan to "shock" it.

This guy's will intensity is really too high, thick enough to be like a concrete wall. He really can't shock this; it seems he has to think of another way.

"You... why can you still move?!"

Looking at Li Ang, who was stuck with hundreds of silk threads but could still shake his head and sigh, "Master Wang Erde" was slightly startled. Just as he wanted to continue adding threads, he discovered that the man in front of him just shook his head and twisted a few times, and the control threads he had released with all his might were all snapped, not a single one left.

"I can move because I can exempt myself from your control... Also, although I feel the possibility is low, I still want to try and discuss this with you."

After taking stock of his current means and finding that he really had no way to deal with the 【King of Drama】, Li Ang, having broken free from the threads, pointed at the Princess and proposed sincerely:

"If you can let her and me leave, and then guarantee that after this play ends, you will release everyone trapped, I can help you..."

"No!"

Before Li Ang's exchange conditions were finished, they were flatly rejected by the 【King of Drama】. He saw it raise the cane in its hand and point at the Princess, saying with an unrefusable look:

"You can leave after you finish acting, but she is the female lead of 'Twelve Days of Touring' and must stay!"

"No... do you really have to finish acting out this play?"

"Of course!"

After hearing Li Ang's words, "Master Wang Erde" said stubbornly:

"Even the worst play is better than one stopped halfway! Once my drama begins, it cannot stop regardless of what happens in the middle!"

"But can you still act out this play?"

After pointing toward the tavern, Li Ang reminded this "one-track-minded master":

"Although I haven't seen this play, if I'm not mistaken, the content of that scene just now should have been intended to have the male and female leads encounter some trouble together, thereby rapidly bridging their relationship so that the invitation for 'Twelve Days of Touring' could be established.

Now, the person who saved Agatha is me. Although your male lead stood out and spoke, he actually just got a beating. Your play has been ruined; is there any need to continue?"

"There is a great need! As for how to act it out, don't bother yourself, you unwelcome guest!"

After glaring at Li Ang in annoyance, "Master Wang Erde" chased him away with a cold face:

"Also, considering you are also an audience member who bought a ticket to watch my play, I won't hold the ruining of the play against you this time, but from now on, you are not allowed to watch any of my plays. Neither I nor my Morning Star Troupe welcome you!"

"..."

So there's still no room for negotiation?

After hearing "Master Wang Erde's" words, looking at the strange door that suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of him with the word "Exit" written on it, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh again.

Leaving the Princess behind is impossible. Although up to now, the 【King of Drama】 hasn't shown any intention to hurt anyone and has shown that it can communicate, making him consider solving the problem through "peace talks," it is ultimately an anomalous object. No matter how reliable it seems, it cannot be fully trusted.

Furthermore, this guy is already on the verge of losing control; otherwise, it wouldn't have gone berserk and trapped thousands of people at once because of two mocking comments from a drama critic. If the play doesn't end well, who knows if it will do anything more extreme.

What's more, he is a cleaner. He has the responsibility to clean up when encountering out-of-control anomalous objects and to catch this "Master Wang Erde" and hand him over to the General Bureau. Looking at it this way, there is indeed nothing to talk about between the two sides. It was him overthinking...

"Since you don't want to leave, then just don't leave at all!"

After waiting patiently for a while and never seeing Li Ang walk toward the exit, "Master Wang Erde" couldn't help but snort coldly, closed the door leading to the outside world, then waved his hand at Li Ang like chasing a fly, saying with a look of disgust:

"Although I don't know why you can exempt yourself from my control, I am the creator of this world. There are plenty of ways to deal with you... Go lie on the seabed! Don't appear in this city until 'Twelve Days of Touring' is over!"

Accompanied by "Master Wang Erde's" order, the world around Li Ang twisted rapidly, instantly crossing a distance of tens of kilometers. One second it was a clean and empty street, the next second it turned into the dark depths of the ocean.

However, the strange thing was that although the world around Li Ang had clearly changed its appearance, after he took a step in the seabed, he had miraculously returned to his original position, standing once again on the deep cyan street of the small town, as if everything around him had never changed at all.

What is going on? I am the creator of this world; I can even directly swap the sun for the moon! Why can't I move a mere supporting character like him?!

……

Thanks to 【Materialism】! If I can safely run out this time, you are the undisputed MVP!

Naturally, he did not tell "Master Wilde" the reason for his exemption from the displacement. After glancing at the glowing crimson badge on his interface, the corners of Li Ang's mouth curled up slightly. He then looked up at the 【King of Drama】 and commented meaningfully:

"You can't even figure out the world you created yourself. It seems that drama critic was right; you truly don't understand drama at all."?!!

Taken aback by this sudden provocation, "Master Wilde" felt anger rise to his face once he realized what Li Ang was saying. He glared and shouted angrily:

"You nonsense..."

"Do you still remember what I just did?"

After raising his hand to point at the tavern again, Li Ang said earnestly and explained (made up):

"In your original script, my character could have exited the stage after showing his own cowardice and highlighting the courage of the male lead, Elijah; naturally, I could be kicked out at will.

But now things have changed. The person who just saved Agatha has become me, and if this play has an audience, then at least half of them have already shifted their focus to me and the departing Agatha. If you throw me into the seabed now, can your play even continue?

For this dramatic world, a complete structure, logical consistency, and theatricality are the fundamental rules it must follow. And for a character as important as me, who cleverly saved the heroine one second and then suddenly disappeared the next without saying a word, do you think that conforms to the rules of the dramatic world?"

"……"

It seems... it really might be the reason? But... but I am clearly the author!

After listening to Li Ang's well-reasoned nonsense, "Master Wilde," though feeling something was not quite right, could not think of any other reasonable explanation, so he could only bite the bullet and argue:

"Without you... it is indeed a bit incomplete, but I am the creator of this world, and I even wrote the script for "Twelve Days of Wandering," so..."

"You are just a scriptwriter; what do you know about "Twelve Days of Wandering"?"

Relying on this conversation to roughly estimate the emotional and intellectual quotient of the 【King of Drama】, and finding that this guy's EQ and IQ were both slightly below the human average, Li Ang narrowed his eyes slightly and then intensified his efforts to bluff:

"In short, after the scene at the tavern, I have successfully joined the plot of "Twelve Days of Wandering" and cannot be easily deleted by you. Even if you are the creator of this world, you cannot significantly violate the rules of the dramatic world. Now you have no way to deal with me; the only thing you can do is silently accept my existence!"

"Damn it! Don't even think about it!"

Whether he believed Li Ang's nonsense or did not want his painstaking work to have irreparable plot bugs, "Master Wilde" hesitated for a while and actually did not try to kick Li Ang out of the plot, instead gritting his teeth and accepting him.

"You just wait for me; I'm going back to change the plot of the next few scenes!"

Looking at the bastard who ruined his play and took the initiative to provoke him, "Master Wilde," trembling with rage, shouted angrily:

"Don't think that just because you got a little bit of screen time, you can replace me as the controller of the dramatic world. You, a half-baked layman, will never be able to write a script more popular with the audience than mine!

After I finish changing the new plot, in the second... at most the first scene of the third act, I will completely drive you, this scourge, out of my world!"

"……"

Wait! Let's set aside whether you can drive me out... what is this about replacing you to control the dramatic world?

After hearing the harsh words from "Master Wilde," Li Ang was not angry; instead, his eyebrows twitched slightly under his control, and a thoughtful expression appeared in his eyes.

Judging by the meaning of his words... could it be that by completely disrupting the original plot and changing it to be more popular with the audience than his original script, one could become the new controller of the dramatic world?