My game, Orange Flavor, is great!

Lu Zhao was starting to have doubts.

Chapter Twelve: His identity was revealed so quickly?

As night deepened, Lu Zhao finally finished treating her wounds and said goodnight to Xia Zhifei before arriving at her room. Looking at the sign hanging above that read "Ah Zhao's Little House" in cute handwriting, she almost mistook it for her dog's room.

However, it does fit Xia Zhifei's soft and cute style when facing himself.

Although the original owner deliberately chose a location with poor lighting, it was still a villa, and this rather secluded room was already half again as big as her former bedroom.

As soon as he entered, Lu Zhao smelled a cool fragrance. Upon closer inspection, he discovered a stack of incense burning by the door.

It wasn't that the original owner of this body was extravagantly burning incense; rather, the incense was specially designed by the Spirit Management Bureau to address her tendency to be irritable and out of control. Its purpose was to calm her mind and prevent her from burning down the villa on another bad day.

She took a deep breath and found that it did have some effect.

Apart from that, the room was so simply furnished that it hardly looked like a girl's room: a bed, a table and chairs, a wardrobe, and nothing else.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the leaves rustling in the wind outside, Lu Zhao frowned slightly.

Now that she's all alone, does that mean I can relax a little?

Looking back at the soft, large bed, she hesitated for a moment before finally walking to the desk, pulling out a chair, and sitting down.

The room was dark, with no lights on. The only sound in the darkness was the continuous crackling of burning incense.

She sat there silently, her eyes closed, as if she were asleep, but her back was taut and showed no sign of relaxation.

In just one short day, she gradually pieced together a rough outline from the few people Lu Zhao knew and from those scattered fragments of memory.

The clearer the impression became, the more confused she became. Based on Lu Zhao's experience, it was already a testament to her strong mental fortitude that she hadn't turned into an antisocial personality. Moreover, she handled everything outside of relationships exceptionally well.

Messiah respected her but was also close to her, and Xia Zhifei regarded her as a close childhood friend.

As for the other two people who "hated" her, Chi Ying was hostile because she rejected her in an almost insulting way, while Lin Yu was only hostile to her because she liked Xia Zhifei.

Come to think of it, it seems that Lu Zhao only handled matters of the heart quite poorly.

She could have rejected Chi Ying in a dignified way, but she didn't. She could have explained her relationship with Xia Zhifei to Lin Yu, but she didn't either.

In fact, when facing Xia Zhifei, she could also sense that he was intentionally accommodating her. For example, he would take the initiative to express his feelings so that Lu Zhao could perceive them, or he would consciously ignore her lukewarm attitude.

Are you bad at relationships?

Perhaps it was because of the fire a few years ago that the original owner became less adept at handling such matters.

As she pondered the original owner's mental state, Lu Zhao closed her eyes to rest, but dared not sleep. This world was full of too many unknowns, forcing her to be alert at all times.

After some time, her phone, which was charging on the table, suddenly lit up. As soon as it rang, she answered it quickly: "Hello, this is Lu Zhao."

A chaotic clashing sound came from the other side, followed by Messiah's voice: "It's bad, Captain! That child suddenly developed a high fever in the middle of the night. The doctor said it seems to be an infection somewhere, and she needs to go into the operating room again!"

She immediately stood up: "Okay, I'll be right there."

As soon as she stepped out, the door at the other end of the corridor opened, and a sleepy-eyed Xia Zhifei rubbed her eyes and came out: "What happened in the middle of the night? Is there another urgent mission?"

"No, it's just that a child is a little sick, and I'm going to the hospital to see her. You should go to sleep early, don't worry," Lu Zhao explained in a low voice, then quickly crossed the living room and left.

The room suddenly darkened again. Xia Zhifei stood there, staring blankly in the direction of the entrance.

For some reason, she felt that Lu Zhao seemed to have changed after he went out today. If she had to say, he was probably... a little gentler.

……

The original owner had learned to drive at the Spirit Management Bureau, and Lu Zhao himself had also passed the driving test, so he went directly to the street and found a shared car, driving all the way to the hospital according to the navigation.

The operating lights above the fourth-floor operating room were still on. She rushed there and found Messiah squatting alone in the corridor, motionless, muttering something to himself.

She stepped forward suspiciously and patted the other person on the shoulder: "What's wrong?"

"Captain?" Messiah looked up abruptly, grabbing her arm as if he had found his pillar of support. The composure he had displayed during the day had vanished, replaced by the panic of a twenty-year-old girl in the face of an emergency. "I just had a dream!"

At a time like this, what's the point of talking about dreams?

Lu Zhao tried to stop her, but Messiah was still muttering incoherently, "The girl in the dream was dead, but suddenly she came back to life, and in her place... was a brand new soul..."

As if his secret had been exposed, Lu Zhao's eyes widened, and he gripped her shoulders tightly with both hands: "What did you say? You can see those things?"

"My psychic powers...it's back again!" Messiah looked up in alarm. "Captain, you know my psychic powers are always unreliable, but I dreamt about them today..."

What is the psychic power of the Messiah?

Lu Zhao tried hard to recall the relevant memories, and out of the corner of his eye he happened to catch a glimpse of the work ID hanging on the other person's chest. In an instant, memories flooded back like a tide.

"My psychic powers are strange; they always appear on their own, and I can't control them. Even so, can I still get into the Operations Department?"

"Sure, as long as you study diligently under my tutelage, you'll graduate sooner or later. By the way, what are your psychic abilities?"

"Hmm... Time! Whether it's stopping time, foreseeing the future, or going back in time, I can do it! But the only drawback is... it's not under my control."

"Hahaha! Not bad, it seems I've found a treasure! Messiah, come, follow behind me, and don't wander off."

She snapped out of her daze, her chest heaving, and in surprise released her grip on Messiah's hand.

Abilities related to time.

In other words, the dead girl that Messiah saw in his dream might actually be the original Lu Zhao?

Looking at the somewhat bewildered girl in front of him, Lu Zhao clenched his fist nervously, and a wisp of flame shot out from his palm.

So...she was exposed?

Chapter Thirteen: A Bug Was Right Beside Me

"Thump! Thump thump!"

In the empty corridor, Lu Zhao stared silently at the girl tugging at his sleeve, his heart pounding with nervousness.

She finally remembered that Messiah was also one of the romance options, because her junior schoolmate had once described this ability related to time.

"It can advance and reverse the stars, or retreat and turn back time."

It is this almost bug-like ability that makes Messiah stand out from all the other characters and become the most beloved character among many fans who admire strength.

After all, in all novels, the most powerful abilities are nothing more than three: time, space, and causality.

Lu Zhao was genuinely flustered, not expecting his little follower to possess such strong abilities. However, judging from Messiah's description, she didn't know who the girl in the "dream" was, so she couldn't act rashly yet.

She lowered her voice and looked at the other person warily: "Can you see who that girl is?"

Messiah shook her head in bewilderment. "I don't know. I can't see her face clearly. I only know... she seems to be very close to me."

Lu Zhao subconsciously took a step back, realizing that he was being a little too guilty. He pursed his lips and stared at Messiah's face for a while. Only after confirming that she had no other intention to hide anything did he gradually relax.

"Don't worry, it's probably just a dream," she whispered reassuringly, then abruptly changed the subject, "By the way, how's that child doing?"

Messiah paused, her dark eyes blinking blankly before she turned to look at the operating room: "I don't know..."

After having that dream, she no longer had the energy to focus on a child.

Lu Zhao sighed and reached out to stroke the other person's thin back. "You're too tired. Here, I'll stay here and you can go home and rest for the night."

"But your injury..."

"I've already gone home and changed, it's nothing serious." Lu Zhao was already quite adept at lying through his teeth.

Messiah gave a sullen reply, then reluctantly left, turning back every few steps: "Shall I go back now?"

“…Wait a minute,” looking at that slender figure, Lu Zhao had a sudden thought and called her again. It wasn’t until Messiah turned around, confused, that she awkwardly looked away. “It’s too dangerous for you to go back alone now. You should go to the emergency room first. There should be some people from the monitoring department there. Go back with them.”

“Okay!” Messiah’s eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously.

Having finally seen off this dangerous person, Lu Zhao leaned against the wall as if all his strength had been drained. He looked up with lingering fear, relying on deep breaths to calm his tense emotions.

Who would have thought that a seemingly harmless sidekick would actually be one of the nine key characters to capture?

She remembered her junior saying that each of the nine characters in the game had a unique background. After learning about Lu Zhao and Xia Zhifei's past, she finally understood what these "unique backgrounds" really meant.

It's like a sky full of razor blades!

Are all these game developers sadists? Or do they just enjoy sending players death threats?

Lu Zhao lost control and killed his parents; Xia Zhifei lost the dream she had held onto since childhood and was abandoned by her family; Chi Ying was rejected by the person she liked in an insulting way. Aren't these razor blades being distributed too frequently?

Then came the Messiah, a guy with a distinctly Eastern face, who took the alias of a religious savior. There's definitely a story behind that.

However, Lu Zhao has no desire to learn about the story of such a potentially pitiful person. The ability to travel through time is too overpowered; the ability to rewind time alone is enough to expose her.

She wasn't sure if the Messiah was seeing her in his dream, but the only thing she was certain of was that if she spent more time with the Messiah, her chances of being exposed would increase exponentially.

Everyone she comes into contact with in this world is dangerous. Once she is exposed, the only thing waiting for her is death.

Glancing in the direction of the operating room, Lu Zhao forced herself to stand in the empty corridor. A tiny flame emerged from her palm, flickering silently.

The white flames are the original body's spiritual energy—powerful, dangerous, and easily out of control.

Silently clenching her fist, she withdrew the white flame, took a deep breath, and tried her best to regulate her emotions that were fluctuating due to fear.

After an unknown amount of time, the lights in front of the operating room finally went out, and several nurses pushed the girl out on a hospital bed.

"How is she?" Lu Zhao quickly stepped forward and asked.

The nurse glanced at her. "The situation is not good. She is too young to control her psychic energy. If this continues, the psychic energy will burn her internal organs out of her body."

We administered a sedative specific to the Eldar, temporarily putting her energy into a dormant state. However, this cannot last. As long as she doesn't learn to control her abilities, she could be consumed by them at any moment.

Lu Zhao was slightly taken aback. She remembered that Messiah had said that this child's ability was also fire, and it was a lower-level ability of her own white flame.

"What if a higher-ranking spirit of the same attribute helps suppress it?" she blurted out.

The nurse glanced at her in surprise, quickly settled the girl in, and then had a chance to examine Lu Zhao closely. After a while, she widened her eyes and asked, "Aren't you that Lu... Lu something?"

It seems that the news from back then was really widely known, and people can still remember it even after several years.

She gave a helpless, wry smile. "I'm Lu Zhao, a current member of the Sky Dome's Action Department. Is there anything I can do to help her?"

The nurse gave her a complicated look. "I can't say for sure, but theoretically speaking, among the spirit races, those with higher abilities can suppress those with lower abilities."

Lu Zhao smiled and nodded solemnly, "Thank you for your guidance."

Her white flames were among the first abilities to awaken, and are considered top-tier among fire-attribute abilities. Any flame or its derivative abilities can only submit to her.

She had already tried this when she was cleaning the kitchen before.

After all the nurses left, Lu Zhao sat back down by the bedside and quietly looked at the little girl in front of him by the light of the bedside lamp.