Chapter 201: Shut Your Mouth!!

The tail clearly paused in confusion, asked two questions, and only hurried away after confirming Fang Yue wasn't joking this time.

After the tail left, Fang Yue took out the parchment, first fed it 2g of Black Ember, then asked.

"Parchment, if I gather three Captains to cooperate, can we kill the strange entity possessing An Shenyi?"

【I am Fang Yue. I gathered three Captains to ambush the Memory Erasure strange possessing An Shenyi.】

【Our ambush was exposed; the escort team was wiped out; Luoye Cun was destroyed.】

【I felt I had committed an unforgivable sin; every time I recall it…】

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Fang Yue's face darkened; the parchment was pulling its old routine again.

But the parchment ignored Fang Yue and continued to emit characters: 1g of Black Ember per question—suddenly suspiciously diligent!

【If, back then, our ambush had succeeded? What would the situation have been like?】

Ambush succeeded?

Is the key here?

Fang Yue's expression froze.

So it seems the Memory Erasure strange isn't that strong? Four of us together had a chance?

"Why did our ambush fail?"

【Our ambush was extremely hidden, but when we struck, we chose to attack simultaneously, sealing off all escape routes.】

【But this was wrong.】

【It gave the Memory Erasure strange time to react—and erased our memories.】

【We failed.】

【If I had a way to resist memory erasure—even just for a moment—and I led the vanguard to create chaos in the Memory Erasure strange, the situation would have been completely different!】

Resist memory erasure?

How?

【I am Fang Yue. I am deeply troubled.】

【My plan has serious flaws, but if I seek help from the great and noble Parchment Lord, everything will be resolved—and the cost is merely a cute piece of Black Stone.】

Fang Yue's face darkened.

"Damn, greedy bastard! Dream on! Not even in death!"

【... The great and noble Parchment Lord feels paper shouldn't take advantage, at least not anymore! So the price has been lowered—to just 90g…】

Before the parchment had even finished forming its characters, Fang Yue suddenly slammed it onto the table.

"Shut your mouth!!"

"I'm giving you a number!"

"1g of Black Ember. Help me strike 875 times, or I tear up the deal!"

【!!!】

Good, so assertive!

Suddenly so assertive!

You're just a tool, why suddenly so bold?!

The parchment felt itself floating—it was what? This was heart-fluttering… oh, no, it was just the wind from the window blowing against my body, making me rustle—never mind.

【I am Fang Yue. I threatened the great and noble Parchment Lord. The Parchment Lord is unhappy. Angry!】

"Angry? Last time I didn't settle accounts with you—now you're doing this again?"

"1g of Black Ember. Take it or leave it!"

"Fine, I won't handle it at all! Don't forget—in the game, if I die, my character is ruined, and then I won't have the power to protect you in reality!"

"My real-world strength is tied to my character's strength. I forgave you for your earlier price hikes, but now you're pulling this again? Do you think I won't go all-in and destroy everything—quit the game forever?"

Fang Yue was bluffing the parchment, but he truly felt he needed to knock some sense into this rule-breaking parchment!

Sensing Fang Yue's determination, the parchment hesitated.

【...】

The parchment seemed to think for a long while, finally deciding not to push Fang Yue too hard—total collapse would hurt everyone.

It began slowly forming characters.

【I am Fang Yue. I am very skilled at haggling. The great and noble Parchment Lord doesn't wish to argue further—just 50g of Black Ember, and the Parchment Lord will fully assist me through…】

"1g!"

【... 35g of Black Ember, as the great and noble Parchment Lord says—don't be ungrateful!】

I'm supposed to be grateful now?

"1g!"

【10g! This is the great and noble Parchment Lord's bottom line—if you dare…】

"1g!"

【5g. Don't be too Fang Yue. The Parchment Lord's paper-life advice: listen more.】

"1g! No negotiation. Tonight, you get 1g or nothing—I won't pay a single cent more. Refuse, and we're done!"

【That won't do!!】

The parchment was shocked.

It had just found such a useful, low-IQ tool—how little had it eaten already, and now it was going back to starving?

Hidden Endurance!!

【The great and noble Parchment Lord agrees! 1g is 1g!】

Noble parchment, humble online!! Holding a grudge! Holding a grudge! Holding a grudge! Holding a grudge! Holding a grudge!!

"Hmph!"

Fang Yue let out a cold snort, secretly delighted inside.

Indeed, this guy still needs me!

As long as it doesn't go too far, I should haggle down the price—earlier, I was totally ripped off by that much Black Ember!

"Get to work!"

【Damn it!!!】

【Watch your words!!】

【The great and noble Parchment Lord said so!!】

【At least be polite!!】

"…Please get to work!"

【…】

The parchment fell silent for a moment, then began to display text.

【I am Fang Yue. I am preparing to deal with the Memory Erasure demon.】

【The Memory Erasure demon isn't that strong—it just keeps erasing memories, causing our ambushes to fail.】

【If there's a way to restore memories at any time, the Memory Erasure demon can be crushed with a flick of the finger!】

【I thought of the great and noble Parchment Lord—the Parchment Lord who is immune to memory manipulation and can help me restore my memories anytime.】

【With the help of the Parchment Lord, I made Lin Duoduo and the others who had lost their memories believe me again, and we struck at the Memory Erasure demon once more.】

【Soon, things took a turn.】

【I discovered that when the Memory Erasure demon uses Memory Erasure repeatedly on a target in a short time, the amnesia effect weakens—the memories become fragmented, and eventually vanish entirely.】

【I kept calling out, and the greasy senior sister woke up. The four of us trained together again and finally killed the Memory Erasure demon.】

【Facing the body of An Shenyi, I felt a pang of conscience—if I could, I truly wanted to save An Shenyi, not just kill the Memory Erasure demon.】

Nice!

This worked, didn't it?

No wonder it's you, Parchment—you're really useful! When it counts, you're still top-notch.

Fang Yue fondled the parchment happily, praising it.

【Stop! You pervert!!】

【One should not, cannot!!】

【Aaaahhh! Don't touch there!!】

Fang Yue froze. This thing—sometimes it's quite pleasant to look at, sometimes it really deserves tearing apart.

What the hell could I possibly do to a piece of paper?! That's disgusting!!

【Who knows what disgusting thoughts you have!!】

Fang Yue's face darkened.

"Enough nonsense! The plan seems fine, but from what you just said—does that mean An Shenyi can still be saved?"

(End of chapter)