I'm just an internet cafe owner

"Excuse me, where is this place?"

Ashley asked anxiously, while Alicia's face softened into a kind expression the moment she looked at the person in front of her. Bronya, sensing this smile, silently took a step back, knowing that someone was about to suffer.

Occasionally, "game" protagonists appear in internet cafes, a fact known even to the "protagonists" themselves. However, Liu Yuan has explained this before. According to Liu Yuan, in the endless worlds, there are indeed worlds where characters mirror those in certain entertainment works exist. While the experiences may be similar, Liu Yuan can guarantee that those who come are genuine, living people, not AI from the internet cafe.

Because the real-world mode of internet cafe games is a completely different concept from the real world. For a human, death is death. For an NPC in a game, death is like a normal person farting. There is no feeling and it may even feel good. Only deleting the account is a real death for these "NPCs".

"Hello! Ashley Graham, my name is Alicia~"

"Alicia?"

"Oh, right~"

Alicia approached Ashley and asked softly, "Sweet little girl, I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry. I have a glimpse into your future potential here. Would you like to take a look?"

"My future? You can tell fortunes?"

Upon hearing this question, Alicia made a shushing gesture: "We have to keep some secrets for cute girls, okay? How about it? Do you want to take a look at your future, and the future of some people in the world you live in?"

"want!"

Ashley is very curious about the future, as for

Kidnapping? How could that be? The woman in front of me is beautiful, gentle, and has a lovely voice. How could she possibly be a kidnapper?

"Then come with me~"

Alicia brought Ashley to a private room. The room was a bit pricey for Ashley, but it was only a small portion of her allowance. Her father was a U.S. senator, and possibly even president in the future, so she could afford it.

Sitting in front of the computer, Ashley looked at it curiously: "This is a computer? My future is in this computer?"

Alicia spoke softly, "Yes, there is a future for you here. But this future is only one possibility; only you know what your true future will actually be like. Let me teach you~"

Alicia reached out and gently took Ashley's hand. Back when they played Resident Evil, Alicia had developed a strong liking for Ashley. Although Ashley always caused trouble, she also played a crucial role in critical moments.

The real Ashley is now appearing in an internet cafe, and even as Ashley in her middle school days? This excites Alicia. She decides to let Ashley know about the future of her world, and about her own future.

Find out what kind of person Li Sanguang is beforehand. If you really like him, you can take advantage of your age to win him over in advance.

But Ashley wasn't thinking about any of that at the moment. Looking at the pink-haired, pink-eyed girl before her, smelling her sweet fragrance, and listening to her teachings, Ashley had a feeling that she might be falling for this cute, pretty, and youthful older sister.

Alicia is a perfect girl; anyone who sees her will feel a fondness for her, especially her playful tone, which is not only a powerful weapon against men but also has an irresistible charm for young girls.

This wasn't a skill or a rule; it was simply her charm. Under Alicia's careful tutelage, she didn't remember a single word Alicia said, but she did remember Alicia's smile, and…

"Ashley~"

Hearing Alicia's call, Ashley snapped out of her reverie: "Sorry, I was daydreaming. Could you tell me again, Alicia-neechan?"

Alicia's lips curled up slightly: "According to the rules of this store, I will only explain a question once, but you are an exception. I will explain it to you again. This is a privilege for cute girls."

"Cute...girl..."

Ashley blushed slightly. She was very confident in her appearance, but she felt a little embarrassed by Alicia's compliment.

"Alicia is cuter and prettier!"

"Hmm~"

Alicia accepted the praise without a second thought, because it was the truth.

Chapter 556 Inducing the Obstructive Pear to Play in Resident Evil

Ashley knew what she had to do. Following Alicia's recommendation, she had to start from Resident Evil 0 and play all the way to Resident Evil 8, experiencing all the storylines that occurred in each game.

Ashley glanced at the Resident Evil backstory, and a hint of hesitation crossed her face when she saw it.

"A biohazard outbreak in Raccoon City? Raccoon City isn't that..."

Ashley had been to Raccoon City with her father, and in her memory, Raccoon City was a thriving new city. How could a biohazard have occurred there? And how could all of this be related to her future?

With this in mind, Ashley entered the Resident Evil series under Alicia's guidance, and Alicia thoughtfully selected the game difficulty for Ashley.

After all, it's about letting her experience her own future, even the future of her own world. The realistic mode is a bit difficult for her, while the game mode is just right. Moreover, Resident Evil is the initial game in internet cafes, and the items obtained in the game can be brought into reality. Simply completing the game also grants some special rewards.

Ashley enters the game, but she doesn't start directly from Resident Evil 0, because 0 and 1 are a bit too difficult for Ashley. Players need some combat experience to better experience the fun of the game.

That's why Alicia had Ashley experience Resident Evil and the charm of Raccoon City starting with Resident Evil 2.

Ashley entered the game, and as a woman, she naturally chose Claire as the protagonist. This is standard practice for all newcomers; almost everyone playing games in internet cafes chooses a character of their own gender.

As players play games more and more, they gradually lose their humanity, and their image begins to change. Let alone spiders, slimes, and blocky characters, even an old man with panties on his head has appeared in internet cafe games.

Ashley started the game, while Alicia quietly returned to the front desk as Ashley entered the game. When she arrived at the front desk, she saw Liu Yuan waving at her.

"Boss? What brings you here?"

Liu Yuan: "I saw you say in the group that you saw 'Getting in the way of pears' online, so I came to take a look out of curiosity."

Alicia nodded and said, "I've already put her in the game; she's playing Resident Evil right now."

Liu Yuan couldn't help but complain, "Which one are you playing? It's not the fourth generation, is it? Honestly, if I were her, seeing myself getting in the way in the game, I'd probably strangle myself."

While the difficulty levels in internet cafe games are consistent with reality, various realistic variations are added to enhance the player experience.

PC behaviors, actions, and expressions will be slightly exaggerated.

Although it's a bit exaggerated, it's actually based on what real characters would do according to the character settings in the story.

However, even though this is true, and might even be something Ashley does in the future, it doesn't stop her from having the urge to strangle herself when she saw herself as an adult and embarrassed.

Especially in scenarios where the game state and the real state are completely different, even if you get captured in the game, you're thinking, "Who am I? Where am I? Who am I going to kill?" Regardless of whether you have the strength or not, just kill.

In reality, it's different. If you get caught, it's not about being killed, but about "saving me."

Alicia: "No way~ She started playing from the second game, and played Claire's route."

Liu Yuan recalled, "Oh! That's alright then. She'll probably be able to get close to William and Sherry. But given her abilities, can she even beat the game?"

Alicia: "Who knows~ After all, reality and virtual games are completely different~"

While the staff were complaining, Ashley also entered the game.

"I'm playing Claire? Is this... Raccoon City?"

Ashley watched the cutscene and had absolutely no idea how to react.

"This feeling...it feels so real..."

Ashley walked around for a bit. Although it was a game mode, the sense of realism made it feel novel to her.

What should I do?

Unlike the real-life mode, where the story progresses normally even if you don't do anything, the game mode's storyline is completely linear. If you don't trigger any events, time won't pass.

Am I supposed to explore this place?

After fumbling around for a while, Ashley roughly understood what she had to do. She walked to the supermarket next door, and after entering the supermarket, she found the key with the guidance of the game system. Then the zombie attack began, tearing and biting.

"Help!!!"

Upon seeing the zombies, Ashley screamed for help and ran for her life. Watching one awakening corpse after another gave her goosebumps. Thankfully, the game mode didn't let her smell any blood or feel any pain; otherwise, Ashley might have immediately taken off her glasses and physically quit the game.

In a panic, she ran to the door and opened it, instantly entering the scene.

In the story, Claire and Leon meet, and Leon decisively shoots, killing the person chasing Claire. So, one goes to Raccoon City to take up a new post, and the other goes to Raccoon City to find her brother; the two strangers temporarily team up.

The two of them remained silent the entire way, their only interaction being fighting and violence. They got into a car accident and ended up at the police station together. While you were playing hide-and-seek with the tyrant at the police station, I was out there battling wits with William.

Every now and then, the two bows would switch places, experiencing the joy of being chased by the bows. Along the way, Ashley used up all the bullets she could, was hugged and bitten by zombies, hugged and bitten by lickers, pierced through the heart by William, and had her head crushed by the Tyrant.

Thankfully, she was playing the game mode; otherwise, with her abysmal gameplay, she might have developed a phobia of the game altogether.

"This game is too difficult. And how could such a crisis possibly happen in Raccoon City?"

Ashley grumbled in dissatisfaction. During her rant, she discovered the chat software TT, which had game guides. So she opened the TT forum to look for guides on Resident Evil.

So, before Ashley even got to the point of being captured in the game, she saw herself in Resident Evil 4.

"This is...me?"

Ashley saw people in the game who looked exactly like her being captured, beaten, and killed. That was one thing, since she really didn't know anything, and she still had a bit of faith in herself.

But when she saw netizens calling her a "nuisance pear" and listing in detail how she was in the way, Ashley froze. She vowed to find out who was behind this and give them a good beating.

At the same time, Tina, who was hunting with a javelin in the Gourmet World, sneezed.

That's right, the post with the most clicks, replies, and likes that Aishili saw was posted by Tina. Because Tina was one of the earliest customers to play the Resident Evil series, and also the first customer to complete the series' realistic mode. Back then, there were very few customers in the internet cafe, so Liu Yuan complained about it quite a bit.

That's why the "troublesome pear" meme became known to people in various worlds through Tina, and also to Ashley from six years ago.

Chapter 557 Ashley: "I'm not a nuisance!!"

"Lyon!"

"Lyon!"

"Leon!!"

Ashley initially dismissed the comments in the post. She was a beautiful young woman who had even learned to use a gun; how could she possibly be in the way? But after seeing the video Tina edited in which she experienced her future life, Ashley's eyes widened.

"Is this me?"

"Will I be kidnapped and then rescued by Leon in the future?"

She was dumbfounded. Why did she look so pathetic? Why was she screaming and yelling at a little monster?

"Would I call out like that if I encountered a zombie?"

Ashley recounts her experience in Resident Evil 2. Although she initially performed poorly, with a full supply of handgun ammo, she quickly dispatched zombies one by one. And with a shotgun, she wasn't afraid of Lickers anymore!

Look at the zombies in Resident Evil 4. Although they look like people, they wield weapons and mutate when killed, but they can still be taken down with a pistol and a shotgun.

Ashley completely forgot how she screamed in that convenience store when she first started playing. It was only thanks to Alicia's thoughtful arrangement of a private room that Ashley was able to avoid making a public spectacle of herself.

Is she really allowed to keep yelling like that? What she finds even more unacceptable is that her future self is shouting and yelling during player battles. This includes, but is not limited to, being shot by a 9mm bullet and falling down instantly, being too afraid to jump off a two-meter-high platform, and remaining motionless in the face of zombies that are trying to capture her but dare not lay a hand on her.

She also watched the compilation of deaths of the annoying pears that Tina posted, and after watching it, she fell silent.

"Heh, what does twenty-year-old Ashley have to do with my high school Ashley? Her dad's the president, mine isn't!"

Despite saying that, she still opened the Resident Evil game and chose to refuse to play.

"***, why would the Raccoon City Police Department conduct decryption in its own backyard?"

"Such a large laboratory, didn't any locals discover it?"

"Why is this dog running so fast? And why can this herb treat bites and infections?"