[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-three-towers-game-three-towers-game-chapter-320":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Three Towers Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1096607,1431,"Chapter 320 - 119 If You Can’t Even Trust Games_5","three-towers-game-chapter-320",320,"\u003Cp>Even though it was phrased as a question, the overwhelming power difference left Wen Xishu with no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorpio had even turned John Leon, the protagonist, into a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu could only follow Scorpio’s suggestion and choose to reminisce about the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new interface appeared, a sixteen-grid CG appreciation screen emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are all snapshots of John’s life journey. If you piece them together, it makes a movie. Brother, you watch them first. I’ll wait for your decision.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorpio was very obedient, squatting next to John Leon, almost becoming part of the background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Wen Xishu clicked on the first picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cg01.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Charles, let me play with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl named Catherine looked at the Monopoly board game on the table, eager to join.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Charles gave her a look of disdain:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get lost, get lost. This game is called Monopoly. Do you know how much my set of cards and board cost?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine lowered her head. In a time when prices weren’t outrageous, her daily allowance was three dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One dollar in the morning could buy a chicken leg bread, and two dollars at noon could buy a hearty meal at school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really didn’t have the money to buy expensive toys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John Leon glanced from afar and felt quite disgusted with Charles, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Catherine, let’s play!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine was a bit puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? John, do you have it too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, but it’s so simple, I can draw one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John then indeed drew a Monopoly board on white paper and carved a dice out of an eraser with a small knife, attracting a crowd of onlookers:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow, John, you really drew it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John’s hand-drawn Monopoly board was even more interesting, featuring many Wind City landmarks, their school, and each of their homes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when everyone played, they felt especially immersed, especially when acquiring someone’s house. Some boys would boast:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your house is mine now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charles suddenly felt his Monopoly wasn’t so appealing anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final scene was a group of children surrounding John, sharing the simplest joys brought by the game with laughter and cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cg02.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen quickly changed, now showing John in sixth grade. He looked much taller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, John’s favorite game was one called Bomberman. There was a two-player version of Bomberman Quest on Sega.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This story is simple; John came back late one night because he had been playing too late with his friends, missing an appointment with his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he got home, his father was playing Bomberman Quest, already at the second boss stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bomberman defeated a jumping pyramid monster using bombs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John thought he was going to get scolded, but his father just said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, I’ve been stuck on this stage for ages. Help me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John’s face lit up, and he immediately picked up the controller and squatted on the floor with his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the last scene of cg02. John, with a smile, squatting on the floor playing Bomberman with his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cg03.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still playing! Do you even know what time it is? How can you be so irresponsible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I scrimp and save so you can study well, so why are you addicted to games?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because old game consoles would overheat if played too long, John would sometimes play games like crazy when his mom wasn’t home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his mom got smart. When she came home, she would touch the console and could tell how long John had been playing by its heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John was a bit defiant:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... but Dad plays with me for this long! Mom, some games need a long time to get through them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then go live with your dad! Go!\" his mom yelled hysterically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year, John was fourteen, and his parents got divorced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dad had racked up gambling debts and even stopped receiving his salary because it was garnished to pay off what he owed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had been a long time since his dad played games with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dad was now obsessed with a game from the East—mahjong. Later John found out there were video games for mahjong too, so he saved money by skipping breakfast for days to buy one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He excitedly pulled his dad to play mahjong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was the last time he played a game with his dad. Because no matter who it was, John could always see joy on their face when playing a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Childhood Catherine, his dad back in elementary school, all his friends... they were always happy when playing games because, in those moments, time was truly theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, he saw annoyance on his dad’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was much later that John understood. The game wasn’t boring; it just didn’t involve gambling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dad had been a good father and still was. But he had wronged his mom and the entire family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, his mom paid off his dad’s debts, and they divorced. John was placed under his mom’s custody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John first learned that money could take away the joy of playing games from someone.\u003C\u002Fp>",845,"2026-06-03T11:12:39.009Z","2026-06-03T11:12:44.449Z",1,"novelbin.me","4050595943596f6e067501f9b58a9a7b576b68da33de4b563171951ecd379229","three-towers-game-chapter-321","three-towers-game-chapter-319",1179,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-towers-game-cover.jpg"]