Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 632: Secret Conversation with Lani
In Lienia of the Lake, inside the Sorvis Wizard Tower of the Three Sisters.

"Ohhh...did you get it? This is what I've always dreamed of..."

Looking at the amber starlight handed over by Kara, Selvis was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

“Oh, oh, what an enchanting light. This was once the fate of demigods… oh…”

He held the amber starlight in his palm, unable to let it go, as if he was touching his lover's body.

Kara: “…”

"Hey, did you forget something?"

Servis came back to his senses and looked at her: "...Oh, I remember, I haven't given you a thank-you gift yet. You did a great job, please accept it."

As he spoke, he handed over a blue scorpion amulet and asked, "But how come you are here? Where is your master?"

Kara thought to himself that he would feel physically uncomfortable seeing you, so he wouldn't come.

Of course, he had to find a suitable excuse on the surface: "Master went to see Lani. We had an appointment."

"Oh, so that's what happened." Service remembered, "Oh, he had an appointment with Lani, but he dared to be late for several days... He is really arrogant and rude. But it is precisely because he is different that he has the value of taste..."

Kara's forehead vein jumped, but she tried her best to pretend she didn't hear clearly: "Huh?"

"Nothing. Since your master is not here, you can go by yourself." Selvis didn't look kindly at Kara. "Also, tell your master that the 'secret' has reached the final stage. Let him look forward to it. Soon, I will be able to prepare everything for him."

Kara: “…”

TNND, I really want to throw a soul crystal gun at his face right now.

But she was professionally trained after all, so in the end she said nothing and just turned and left.

After she left, Servis looked at the amber starlight in his hand, still excited: "Almost, almost... the potion will be ready soon, and I will soon get a superior puppet comparable to a demigod, and enjoy its beauty to my heart's content... hehehe..."

At this moment, at the top of Lani Magician Tower, Li You suddenly shuddered.

"Fuck, who the hell is plotting against me again... Wait, Kara should have met that old man, Selvis, by now..."

Li You paused and immediately decided not to think too much and focus on what was happening at hand.

After returning from the Shadow Land, he went to find Lani as soon as possible.

He has to come. He has been standing idly by for several days. If he continues to stand idly by, the alliance will probably be ruined.

But even so, Lani must have been unhappy when she saw him at this moment. She glanced at him with two faces, one real and one fake, and said, "What's wrong? You look so unhappy. Have you finally realized how inappropriate your behavior is? You are so rude."

Li You's expression quickly returned to normal: "That's not right, I apologized sincerely as soon as I arrived... It's true that I was late, I'm very sorry, but I also have my reasons."

Lani didn't react. "I don't want to hear those excuses. People like you can always find reasons to excuse yourself. If you want to apologize, then fulfill your promise."

"So, that's what I planned to do the last time I came here. Weren't you still sleeping in at that time?" Li You shook his head slightly.

Lani's face darkened: "What kind of words are you talking about? You are really a rude person!"

Noticing that the magic power in her doll's body began to flow, Li You stopped joking and took out the treasure chest containing the Hunting Finger Knife: "Let's talk it over! This is the secret treasure you want, take it!"

The flow of magic power in Lani's body finally calmed down. She waved her hand, and the heavy black iron treasure chest flew in front of her. When she touched it with her other hand, it opened automatically, and the hunting finger knife emerged.

Looking at the black dagger floating in front of her, Lani's expression was dazed for a moment: "...Finally. Now I can set off - embark on a road that only I can walk, deep into the darkness."

She looked at Li You again: "I think I should still thank you, and Kara. Although you injured my subordinates, detained my secret treasure for so long, and were late for the meeting with me... but you finally fulfilled your promise."

Li You felt a little embarrassed after hearing what she said.

Are you thanking me for this?

Lani probably guessed what he was thinking and actually smiled: "I don't have any expectations of outsiders, let alone trust them. Although you are Kara's master, I didn't completely believe in your previous promises... But in the end you didn't disappoint me."

"That's why I want to thank you. Of course, I want to thank Kara even more. She and I had a very pleasant cooperation in the past. It was she who brought you here and led to the change of fate. You and your disciple have indeed helped me a lot, and I have nothing to repay you. I can only express my gratitude with this gift."

As she spoke, she handed Li You a strange upside-down statue of a magic apprentice. Li You recognized this thing. It was one of the rewards for the original Lani branch, which could open the way to the Lienia God-granting Tower.

Several divine towers were originally used to activate Great Runes that had lost their powers, but Ranie had long since abandoned her Great Runes, and all that was left on the top of the tower in Lienia was her former corpse and the marks of the death curse engraved on it - that was the key prop needed for another ending.

Li You had no interest in that ending at all, because that was the ending that allowed the Deadborn to flourish, and the side quest also required some "small sacrifices"...

Let’s not talk about that for now. At this moment, Li You was looking at Lani, thinking about how to have a deep communication with her.

Perhaps because she was unusually excited, Lani continued to talk about her own things: "...In this way, all the conditions are in place. Then, I just need to go to my own dark night."

She glanced at Li You and said, "Kara is at Selvius' place, right? I believe you have already discovered that the old guy has evil intentions and bad intentions. If you want to get something from him, then I advise you to get rid of him immediately after you achieve your goal - solve it from the root."

Li You was stunned, but not surprised. With Lani's personality, it was normal for her to be wary of Silvester. However, in the original game, Silvester wanted to trick the protagonist, the Fader, into feeding the Amber Starlight Potion to Lani, turning her into a puppet. After failing, he was expelled from the game, and this world...

Li You subconsciously felt a chill again, and immediately changed his mind and replied: "...Don't worry, I know what to do."

"Oh, I think so. After all, you are a cunning man." Lani glanced at him and said no more. "Then leave. Remember to tell Kara what I said. From now on, we probably won't see each other again."

Li You thought that was not okay, so he didn't bother to choose his words and wanted to ask more questions. But at this time, Lani was stunned first, noticed something, and took the hunting finger knife in front of her.

For her, there was no such thing as poor eyesight and unclear vision. This instinctive action only showed her disbelief.

Then, Lani looked at Li You: "...Why does this knife have signs of being used?"

Li You was stunned: "What's wrong with you?"

He then thought of something and immediately changed his tone: "Well...it's hard for me to tell you."

Lani stared at him: "Why? Do you still want to negotiate with me?"

Li You smiled and said, "No, because this is directly related to what you just said, my 'excuse'. I respect your opinion, so I won't tell you about this."

Lani: “…” She glanced at Li You and said, “No one likes a man who is too petty.”

Li You: "...You don't have a partner or a king either. At least I have someone waiting for me when I return."

The two looked at each other, then turned their heads away: "Ha!"

However, even though they hurt each other, the necessary information sharing cannot be omitted, not to mention that Li You also plans to ask Lani about matters related to the law.

So he thought about it and said, "Well, I wanted to tell you these things, but don't be surprised when you hear them."

Lani snorted, "Who do you think I am? I am the witch Lani, the mastermind of the Black Knife Night. What other secrets can surprise me?"

Li You shrugged: "Okay, then listen carefully..."

Lani listened calmly at first, but as Li You continued to talk, her mouth opened wider and wider...

——At the entrance of Lani Magician's Tower.

While Li You went to see Lani and Kara went to find Selvis, V, who had nothing to do, was sparring with the "half-wolf" Blaze.

Neither of them used weapons, just bare hands, to compete in physical skills. Blaze was half wolf, so his physical strength was obviously superior to that of humans, but V was originally a cyborg, and her legendary cyborg could be continuously upgraded, which was already beyond the reach of ordinary people, not to mention that she now had extraordinary magic power.

So the two of them collided with each other with fists, and it was evenly matched for a while.

Although sparring does not represent a life-and-death battle, it is also a reflection of strength. Blaze was extremely surprised at this moment. He did not expect that V also had such power.

Meanwhile, Yuzu, Edge, and the spirit of the mountain troll strategist Iggy were all watching.

Blazer saw that he could not defeat V, and he was even at a disadvantage. He knew that he could not be careless anymore. He took two steps back, looked up to the sky and howled, saying, "You are very strong... I will go all out!"

V smiled and said, "Just what I want. Come on!"

The two looked at each other, their eyes almost creating sparks in the air, and then they were about to collide with all their strength!

at this time.

"--What did you say!?"

A cry of surprise suddenly sounded from the top of the magician's tower, piercing everyone's ears. Blaze and military advisor Iggy were instinctively startled, because it was undoubtedly the voice of their master, Lani!

At that moment, Blaze, who was eager to protect his master, didn't care about V and immediately rushed to the top of the tower: "Lani——!!"

V exchanged a glance with Yuzu and Edge, but none of them moved. Li You had already passed on the message through the mental link, so they were mentally prepared - although they were still startled by Lani's exclamation just now.

As for Blaze, he ran to the elevator in the magic tower and was bounced back by the magic barrier. Then, Lani's voice rang out: "...It's nothing. I just heard a secret suddenly and was a little too surprised. You and Iggy don't have to worry, go back."

Brother Wolf was obviously still a little worried, but since Lani had spoken, he had no choice but to obey.

At the top of the tower, Li You looked at Lani with a smile on his face: "Didn't you say that you have received professional training and will not scream no matter how surprised you are?"

Lani couldn't help but glance at him: "When did I ever say that?"

Then, even though she was a puppet, she took a deep breath out of habit before saying, "...was what you just said true?"

Li You directly took out the staff transformed from the tail finger of the Mother of Finger. After passing the system authentication, he now knew that the name of this staff was the Supreme Distant Staff.

"Can you feel it yourself?"

Lani looked at the staff he took out, and with just a slight sense, she realized the essence of the power, and understood that what Li You said was true.

"There is such a thing..."

"Rather, I'm surprised that you don't know about this." Li You looked at her, "Doesn't the Kalia royal family have a deep connection with the Stargazers and the Knox people?"

Lani looked at him and said, "Even if that's the case, it was a long time ago. Even the royal family of Kalia didn't pass down such secrets. I only knew about the existence of the hunting finger knife, but I didn't expect it to have such a past..."

"That's it." Li You nodded. This made sense.

Lani took a moment to speak, then said, "The Shadow Land... I didn't expect Michaela to find it, and I didn't expect the Mother of Finger to exist there. So you and Kara disappeared for so long, adventuring there? And you brought her back from there too?"

"exactly."

"Hmm..." Lani looked at Li You again and suddenly said, "I changed my mind again. Do you know what my law is?"

Li You was stunned. He was thinking about how to talk to Lani about this, and she brought it up on her own initiative?

However, if you think from Lani's perspective, it seems normal. After all, she has just learned the general course of events that happened in the Shadow Land.

So Li You naturally would not miss the opportunity, nodded, and continued with her words: "I would like to hear the details."

……

In front of the Lani Magician Tower.

After what happened just now, Blaze was no longer in the mood to spar with V. He just sat on the steps, sharpening his greatsword.

Kara had already returned from the Selvis Magician Tower. The reason why she came a little late was that according to what Li You said, she went to see the hidden basement of Selvis on the way - there should be a puppet body suitable for Teacher Serlian in it.

Kara returned to the magician's tower, looked at the quiet crowd, and asked, "Master, haven't you finished talking to Lani yet?"

V said: "Not yet. There was some commotion just now, but I don't know what the situation is now..."

Before she finished her words, she saw Li You striding out of the magician's tower.

With a smile on his face and holding the badge of the Knight of Kalia in his hand, he said to his companions: "From today on, we and Ranie are close allies!"

Everyone: "?"

(End of this chapter)