Bengtie, I'm really not a villain!

When Jing Ye opened his eyes, the scent he smelled was different from the mysterious fragrance of the Black Tower he had encountered before…

Although Jing Ye's impression of Black Tower is now completely sea-themed, her essential nature remains unchanged.

But what I smell now is the gentle fragrance of plum blossoms in bud.

The woman standing before Jing Ye was none other than Ruan Mei, a graceful, tall, and quiet beauty.

Ruan Mei's figure was more upright than Hei Ta's, mainly referring to her breasts, which were much larger than Hei Ta's small, delicate breasts.

To Jing Ye's surprise, Ruan Mei in front of him was not wearing her usual elegant cheongsam.

Although the cheongsam that showed off her smooth, beautiful legs was very alluring, it paled in comparison to what was in front of her.

Under Jing Ye's astonished gaze, Ruan Mei's light blue gauze dress clung almost to her body, revealing her graceful curves clearly.

Ruan Mei did not flinch from Jing Ye's scrutinizing gaze; in fact, she even showed a hint of shy delight as she gracefully approached him in her high heels.

The work Jing Ye had done for Ruan Mei to get the Black Tower to come to him had now yielded a bountiful harvest for him.

No words were needed. In the ambiguous atmosphere, Ruan Mei slowly slumped against him like a boneless, beautiful snake, seemingly surrendering herself entirely to him for his pleasure.

On the night Ruan Mei was first truly humiliated in the Black Tower, she had already kissed Jing Ye, but it wasn't until now that Jing Ye finally invited her out—

The reason is that during that period, many experiments were conducted with the Black Tower.

Ruan Mei was unaware of this, and thought that Jing Ye was simply oblivious to romance and immersed in his business. Therefore, although she was now limp and alluring, she also seemed a little reproachful.

Ruan Mei seemed to be blaming Jing Ye for making up for his previous neglect of her, showing an unexpected initiative that surprised even Jing Ye.

The only problem along the way was a phone call from the Black Tower.

While Jing Ye and Ruan Mei were discussing Tai Chi postures in the traditional culture of China, Hei Ta called urgently.

At Jing Ye's mischievous prompting, Ruan Mei answered the call obediently, her face flushed with shyness.

What followed was... a conversation where, under Jing Ye's deliberate sabotage, Ruan Mei could only appease or even deceive the Black Tower:

"The Black Tower? W-what happened?"

"I...I'm jogging...haha..."

"It's okay... I just wanted to get some exercise, don't worry, uh-huh..."

"Jing Ye? I didn't see him... Oh no?!"

"I was just startled by a big dog passing by, but I'm okay now... umm, I'll contact you again if needed."

As Heita hung up the phone with a hint of disbelief, Ruan Mei gave Jing Ye a reproachful look, then put on an even more vigorous Tai Chi move as if she wanted to get revenge on this annoying guy.

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When Jing Ye snapped out of the immersive experience, he could still feel the lingering sensation of being tightly restrained around his waist.

Jing Ye had never experienced such a trembling sensation in his legs during his various experiments with the Black Tower. He never expected that Ruan Mei had such a profound understanding of Tai Chi.

Compared to Hei Ta, who was just a young lady with mediocre physical strength, Ruan Mei, although she looked graceful, had much stronger, smooth legs.

Whenever Ruan Mei used White Crane Spreads Wings, Wild Horse Parts Mane, and Grasp Sparrow's Tail in turn, Jing Ye would be shocked by the fact that her seemingly boneless, snake-like body actually possessed such powerful strength.

Jing Ye and Ruan Mei discussed Tai Chi movements for several days. During this time, Hei Ta kept calling, and Jing Ye made sure Ruan Mei took over each call.

Although Hei Ta is Ruan Mei's good friend, it seems that Ruan Mei is willing to slightly compromise her sister's feelings in order to satisfy his perverse tastes, and makes confusing sounds on the phone.

Of course, while comforting Ruan Mei, Jing Ye didn't neglect his main task—the experiment with the Black Tower.

Jing Ye would seize every opportunity during his numerous experiments with the Black Tower to explore Tai Chi movements with Ruan Mei in order to improve his health.

Sometimes, it would even happen that Hei Ta, who had just finished an experiment, would meet Ruan Mei, who had just practiced Tai Chi. The two beauties would tremble their beautiful legs and cover their skirts tightly to avoid the other discovering anything.

For Jing Ye, this was simply the greatest enjoyment.

Two geniuses who occasionally argue but actually respect each other: one gives everything to prevent the other from being taken advantage of, while the other takes the initiative and completely betrays her best friend's good intentions.

They humiliated Heita in front of Ruan Mei, practiced Tai Chi with Ruan Mei over the phone with Heita, and then they had to keep their best friendship a secret from each other.

And she also had to cover her skirt tightly so it wouldn't be noticed.

Is there a more pleasant scene than this?

It was a series of battles against Black Tower and Ruan Mei, and even the steel-like Jing Ye had to admit that he needed to take it seriously with just one percent of his usual level.

The Black Tower, which was nothing but fodder, couldn't put any pressure on Jing Ye; it was Ruan Mei's long, beautiful legs that were truly formidable.

While reminiscing about being armbared by Ruan Mei's long, slender legs in her cheongsam, the villain simulator continued:

[You humiliated Heita in front of Ruan Mei, broke your oath with Heita, and did many things to Ruan Mei behind his back. You even made Ruan Mei deliberately make phone calls to Heita and sabotage her during the call, almost causing Ruan Mei to be exposed multiple times.]

[The condition for triggering "Equivalent Exchange" is that your behavior is 66% malicious.]

[You chose to destroy "Steal" in exchange for powerful magical abilities; the "Steal" entry is 66% destroyed.]

Most of the wisdom you stole from the Black Tower has been lost and returned to it. You feel that many of the flashes of inspiration in your mind have disappeared, and you seem much more dull than usual, yet you can't find anything unusual.

Fortunately, the magical power gained from the exchanged entries is unaffected.

[As you prepared, the Black Tower family's pursuit arrived as expected.]

With the aid of even greater magical power, you easily evaded the pursuers and rushed to the Black Tower to help it withstand the first wave of attacks.

You and the Black Tower both survived.

Black Tower couldn't believe her family would kill her so cruelly, and demanded to know what she had done.

However, you don't have time to answer Black Tower's question. Go to Ruan Mei's side immediately.

However, although you have gained enough power to quickly resolve the attacks against you and help the Black Tower escape, you still seem powerless against the third wave of enemies from Nguyen Mai's side.

Although the Black Tower observed your magic and quickly learned the same moves, it even seemed poised to surpass you in battle.

[Black Tower truly lives up to her reputation as a super genius. After you returned the 66% of the wisdom you stole to her, the magical level she learned in the blink of an eye is already terrifying. It's clear she will be a powerful figure in the future.]

Unfortunately, your battle dragged on for too long, allowing the Black Tower family to send reinforcements, and you perished in another assassination attempt.

This time, you remained conscious for longer before you died, and you saw more of what was happening around the altar.

However, you never expected that beneath the cloaks of the numerous Black Tower Clan members surrounding the altar...

[All of them resemble the Black Tower.]

Chapter Ten: The Final Simulation

Jing Ye felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the content displayed in the villain simulator!

What do you mean by "the Black Tower's people surrounding the altar, all bearing the Black Tower's appearance beneath their cloaks"?

The villain simulator means... from the time when Black Tower lost the competition and wanted to kill him, to now when it suddenly wants to kill him, Black Tower and Ruan Mei, it is all Black Tower "himself".

Right?

Before your consciousness faded and you died completely, you saw the cloaked Black Tower people around the altar, and they all removed their cloaks.

The fanaticism in their eyes was undisguised, but strangely, they all had the same face from the Black Tower.

The faces of the many Black Towers appearing before you are not the mature appearance of the Great Black Tower, but rather the faces of petite, loli Black Towers, yet this is already terrifying enough.

What's even more chilling is their expressionless faces.

[Only the burning intensity in his eyes was undeniable, penetrating to the very bone.]

You can't understand how those people around you who share the same face as the Black Tower come to be, and you can't understand why the "Black Tower" itself would kill the Black Tower.

[You hear those "Black Towers" with the same faces as the Black Tower, making the exact same voice as the Black Tower.]

They were chanting something in the same voice from the black tower, seemingly from an ancient, forbidden magic book.

You feel dizzy and lightheaded, as if the wisdom and inspiration in your mind are being gradually drawn away by that obscure and incomprehensible incantation, flying away from your mind to other places—

Flying to the center of the altar

[If you were still using the unbroken spellbook, you might be able to understand this obscure magic incantation, but after returning most of your wisdom to the Black Tower, you can hardly comprehend its contents.]

[In contrast, you discover that the wisdom and spiritual light extracted from the Black Tower's corpse by the spell are remarkably enduring, just like the corpse of Ruan Mei lying beside her.]

The time required to extract the wisdom of the Black Tower is roughly twice yours, which is roughly the same amount of wisdom you return to the Black Tower after breaking the entry.

You have a vague suspicion in your heart, but the lack of inspiration caused by the deprivation of your wisdom prevents you from fully filling in the gaps in your thoughts.

[You suddenly notice a detail: all the "tribe" who share the same face as the Black Tower have obvious marks on their joints exposed under their cloaks.]

The assembly marks, resembling those of a doll, were starkly displayed on those "black towers."

[You seem to understand something. Could it be that these "black towers" are all puppets, but with their own consciousness... or acting under the orders of some master?]

[Your gaze is fixed on the most important figure on the altar, and he seems to notice your gaze and turn his eyes towards you. Surprisingly, you are still alive.]

The other person slowly unveiled her cloak, but you completely lost consciousness before you could see her face clearly.

【you are dead】

[Simulation complete. Result rating: A-]

Although the host successfully saved himself and Black Tower, he still failed to save Ruan Mei and died in the pursuit.

[Please do even worse things to Black Tower and Ruan Mei in exchange for greater power to deal with the pursuit and expose the truth about the Black Tower family.]

The truth is right before your eyes, host, keep going!

Jing Ye wasn't too surprised to see himself die again in the villain simulator.

When the villain simulator showed that he only triggered 66% of the "equivalent exchange" effect in this instance, Jing Ye had a vague idea that he still wouldn't be able to overcome the difficulty.

The conditions set by the villain simulator seem to be very precise; only power obtained by exchanging 100% of the broken attributes can survive the Black Tower family's pursuit and uncover the truth hidden behind the Black Tower.

What concerned Jing Ye even more than this failure was the sudden revelation of the Black Tower family's true nature during the simulation.

Is there not a single living person in the entire Black Tower family? They're all puppets with Black Tower faces?

So, does that mean the Black Tower itself is the mastermind behind everything?

Why did Black Tower stage such a show? Was it a pre-planned retaliatory dungeon within the Villain Simulator designed to target them, or was it something within the Villain Simulator itself?

In short, this dungeon is full of mysteries, and even more mysteries lie ahead after the initial one is solved. You really don't know what the final answer will be until the very end.

However, unlike in the villain simulator, Jing Ye is not currently placed in the middle of the altar and his wisdom is extracted by those obscure spells, so he has not yet become mentally disabled.

Jing Ye, still possessing a sharp mind, thought about it carefully. Those were all dolls with the face of the Black Tower, and the altar they set up was probably meant to drain the wisdom of him, the Black Tower, and Ruan Mei.

But why wait until such a late moment? What are you planning to do with all this wisdom...?

The mastermind who died before he could even see his true face after removing his cloak...

Jing Ye now understands why the rating of this dungeon, "Tears of the Black Tower," is followed by two question marks.

No wonder they didn't give a rating directly; it turns out this is such a bizarre instance.

But even so, Jing Ye is about to reveal the final truth. No matter how well the mystery of this instance is hidden, he will still tear off the skirt.

Jing Ye glanced at the "Equivalent Exchange" entry in the villain simulator, which still only had 66% of its entries broken. It seemed that what he had done to Ruan Mei and Hei Ta was not malicious enough.

Simply humiliating Black Tower in front of Ruan Mei and attacking Ruan Mei behind Black Tower's back is not enough to completely shatter the entry.

So what exactly constitutes 100%? What heinous things must one do to Black Tower and Ruan Mei to be considered a 100% villain...?

Jing Ye had a general idea in mind.

"Tears of the Black Tower," just wait for him to tear the dress apart and reveal all its mystery.

Then, Jing Ye started the villain simulator again.

[You were born at age 0, and the "Stealing" tactic was activated...]

[You and Black Tower enroll...]

In order to deal with the Black Tower family's pursuit, you chose to bring forward the matter of Black Tower and Ruan Mei even earlier, and start taking action against them sooner.

[You approached Ruan Mei and tricked Hei Ta into coming to your door...]

You humiliated Black Tower in front of Ruan Mei...

[You broke your oath and attacked Ruan Mei behind Black Tower's back...]

[You have secretly treated the Heita and Ruanmei sisters as your playthings, sometimes humiliating them on the phone with Ruanmei and Heita, and sometimes letting them listen to each other's voices from behind a wall.]

[You even intentionally sought out Ruan Mei to discuss Tai Chi after the experiment with the Black Tower, then gathered them together to enjoy watching them pretend to smile even though they could barely walk.]