Volume 12: Cafe Heroes Chapter 14: Guardians and Million-dollar Idols
"…So you really are staying here to be an idol?"
"It's a bodyguard."
Li Lin took the trouble to correct Muse's slip of the tongue and said seriously:
"Your archbishop invited me to come here to be the bodyguard of these idols. I heard that you received an anonymous letter about a terrorist attack, so I came here specifically to serve as a bodyguard. This is a paid activity, so you don't have to think too much about it. I really just came here for the equipment."
"But I haven't heard of any terrorist attacks either—"
"There are some. This time, an anonymous letter did arrive, saying that it was threatening the success of the Million Idol Project."
"But I haven't heard of——"
"That's because you're not at a high enough level. Because the prize for the million-dollar idol is really tempting, they decided to use this method to not only damage our image and strength, but if appropriate, they would even use their own internal personnel to secretly take away the entire prize and then replace it with something else. After all, the lower levels don't know about the fight between us, so if there is a problem with the voting, we will also be in trouble. After all, our prize this time is really a bit big, it can be said to be very tempting."
George patted Muse's shoulder and shook his head at her regretfully, as if he was sorry that she didn't know the inside story, then turned around and spoke to Li Lin seriously. However, for the players, the previous NPC interaction was completely negligible, and they both listened directly to the tempting reward at the end.
"What kind of reward is so tempting? Terrorist forces are coming here to attack and cause trouble? Doesn't this sound a bit wrong?"
"A wish."
George sat in his chair and whispered:
"After becoming the strongest idol in this audition, you can get one wish. A wish that can make anything come true."
"Oh, then this situation isn't that much of a hassle, right?"
Li Lin, who was troubled by the Earth draft, shrugged.
He has seen too many scenes like this. It's nothing more than the kind where people seem to fight to the death for their wishes, and then after the princess really gets the wish, she just makes a random wish for world peace or some random thing with the price limited to one million. It's probably something to this extent.
From this point of view, the Holy Light System may appear calm on the surface, but they may be just like ordinary people inside, with their own joys and sorrows, love and hate, and separation. Fighting for a false wish and a predetermined quota, it turns out that the so-called absolute justice does not exist. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Even in the game, there is no such thing as absolute justice. This kind of future really makes Li Lin feel extremely heartbroken.
"No, Master, what are you thinking about? It's really a wish."
Then, listening to Li Lin's words, Muse and George showed a bit strange expressions:
"The people of the Demon Court worked hard to come up with a super-level wishing spell, which can even allow humans to become gods in one step. This kind of thing is really a wish. Although it is impossible to achieve world peace, it is possible to create a world and make everyone in it peaceful."
"……ah?"
Can I really make a wish?
After hearing about the ultimate prize of this talent show, Li Lin suddenly understood why he was so nervous.
Make a wish to become a god? What the hell? In other words, if a player can get first place, he can directly make a wish to become a god? What if he wishes for something bad? Although the Holy Light system is fearless, is it really okay to suddenly play such a big game?
"In fact, we didn't intend to make it so big at first, but the magic department at the academy was not happy when they heard about it. They said it was about idols, how could it be fake? How could it be fake about beautiful girls ? If it's about making a wish, then it's about making a wish. Then they just cast a super-class magic and threw it over, saying it was Cinderella's crystal boots or something. We were quite distressed. What was originally planned to be a super idol has now become such a large talent show, and the security issues have increased exponentially."
"No, no, wait a minute."
Li Lin made a pause gesture and said in disbelief:
"Are those people in the Demon Court crazy? Why do they invest so much energy in a talent show and an idol? If they had the ability, they should have done whatever they wanted a long time ago, right? Why would they spend such a large amount of money on an idol? Can't they make a wish to change themselves?"
"Who knows, maybe it's spiritual emptiness."
George shrugged.
"Aren't idols meant to fill people's spiritual emptiness? You can also call them dream makers. Who doesn't have some spiritual pursuits? Although it's strange to say this from my perspective, it's the truth after all. So the cultural front is really necessary. There was even an incident where the Void Demon was attracted to a certain Saint and personally went down to support the fight against Coll. This position really can't be lost. That's why I hope that you, Teacher Li Lin, will protect it. I'm serious about this."
"Yes, is it?"
"That's right. Although the cultural front is inconspicuous, it cannot afford to lose."
"oh……"
Looking at George's serious expression, Li Lin nodded doubtfully.
So it has such important historical significance? It's a wishing technique. It's not inconceivable that someone would come and rob it.
When Li Lin started to think, George took out an iron box from his arms and handed it to Li Lin. After opening the seemingly inconspicuous iron box, a rather elegant and gorgeous silver bracelet appeared inside. Although there were not many decorations, it gave people an illusion of gorgeousness.
"This is the equipment that the Archbishop asked me to advance, and it is the blessing of the Third Princess. It can provide the wearer with a certain degree of invisibility and foresight. You can then use this invisibility magic to hide on the stage and wait for the enemy's attack. Now we are about to enter the final round, so you only need to be responsible for a few events. I believe you will have no problem. And because it is invisible, no one will see your appearance. It is best to have a smaller collision volume, because sometimes there will be special effects light and shadow, and distortion is not good. It was originally intended to be given to the holy warriors, but the volume is really too large, and the invisibility spell cannot cover it..."
"Really? The preparations are really complete."
I thought he was trying to trick me into going up.
Li Lin took the bracelet out of the iron box, put it on his wrist and tried the invisibility function. He found that Shengguang really did not trick him, but did things in a down-to-earth manner and gave it to him without any ambiguity.
"That's fine then. It's a good opportunity to get to know other idols."
"Eh? Why?"
Looking up at Muse, Li Lin said with some doubt:
"Anyway, I'm just hiding as a bodyguard, so it's no big deal if I don't know him, right?"
"But as a bodyguard, you should always know the person you are protecting... Although you won't participate in the idol election, it's also a good thing to let the girls know who is protecting them, do think? At least let them know that their safety is brought about by the sacrifices of others, that's it."
"Really? That's fine too."
Just go and take a look.
After getting the bracelet that could improve luck, Li Lin immediately became very talkative and agreed to this seemingly reasonable request.
