Yunyu stared at the catchphrase, and he was silenced for a long minute. Pupa circled around Yunyu. It thought Yunyu was embarrassed by the catchphrase and the game id. But that data was permanent and would be stamped forever over Yunyu’s head, that he was Cutiepie69.
And it coincided because the last boss was not a serious and scary man. He loved Sailor Moon and many magical girl manga and anime. So, in order to not get OOC, Yunyu had to act like he was a magical girl otaku or they would need to restart the world.
For some reason, Pupa pitied its host for a moment, "Unfortunately, you cannot change the game id and catchphrase. My apologies."
"Pupa... that catchphrase..." Yunyu lowered his head. He seemed to be very disappointed.
"Yes, I know. My deepest condolence," Pupa said.
"... IS AMAZING! WAAHH! I bet the real owner of this body is also a fan of Sailor Moon!" Yunyu gushed over the catchphrase. He was delighted that he found another Sailor Moon fan, albeit that fan was dead now.
"Don’t worry, my deceased comrade! I shall take this honorable mantle and soar high in the sky with the power of the moon!" Yunyu shouted excitedly, totally ignoring Pupa’s condolence a few moments ago.
"I take back my apology," Pupa said. It felt disgusted. Because for the first few minutes, It was actually pitying Yunyu.
Pupa felt like a clown as it saw Yunyu excitedly gushed over a catchphrase, "Oh well, I guess I have been overestimating you. I should have known that you are this shameless."
"Oh, Pupa, you don’t understand! I have been loving magical girl since I was a kid! But my dad is that very traditional patriarch. So I always watch Sailor Moon in secret and do some of the poses during bathtime!" Yunyu said excitedly.
"So, I bet this Cutiepie69 is a hardcore magical girl otaku, and I have to act like one, right?"
"... yes."
"And his favorite position—I mean, favorite number is 69, right?!"
"... yes."
"HOORAY!" Yunyu danced on his chair. His arm wiggled around horribly, but it was how he wanted to show off his excitement.
"... anyway, do you want to see the reason how this world got destroyed?" Pupa tried to divert Yunyu’s overexcitement.
"Sure!"
Pupa showed a hologram of XuanLake and a girl that was supposedly the love interest. They finally defeated Cutiepie69 on floor 100. Cutiepie69’s body dispersed, and his body left a crystal that contained his original power.
After the game was cleared, XuanLake could crush the crystal, and everyone will be ejected out of the game world.
"Xuan, I can’t wait to meet you in real life!" the girl said. They had been training and fighting tirelessly to defeat the last boss. It was an arduous task, and many players had already lost their bodies in real life as their consciousness had been fully transferred to the virtual reality.
But at least, the majority was still alive in real life. Thus, XuanLake could save the lives of many people.
XuanLake took the brilliant crystal that dropped out of Cutiepie69’s body. It was a bright rainbow shine that bedazzled him, "Lily, do you really want to see me in real life? You said that you are the daughter of the prime minister in your country, right?"
"Well, yeah..." Lily smiled, "But I promise that we will meet once we leave this game world. Let’s go, Xuan."
XuanLake’s smile deepened as he got the answer from Lily, "I don’t think you can keep your promise. Because I already saw you cheating with one guy in our party, Zerocheat, was it?"
Lily’s eyes widened, she wanted to deny it, but XuanLake suddenly pushed her away with his ability, "In this game world, I am the strongest. Everyone loved me because I am the pinnacle of the powerful."
XuanLake stared at the brilliant crystal, and his deep smile turned into a smirk, "I am all-powerful."
XuanLake swallowed the crystal, absorbing Cutiepie69 power, and he ascended as the new god. The new god decided to cut everyone’s consciousness away from the real world, massacring hundreds of thousands of players worldwide.
In the end, everyone desperately tried to beat him out of frustration. But after an endless cycle of death and respawn hell by XuanLake, the players stopped trying and just lived in this virtual world normally. That was the moment when XuanLake got bored and empty, he had every power imaginable, but he was still lonely.
Thus, in the end, XuanLake decided to kill himself alongside the virtual world.
Yunyu gulped as he saw the dark expression on Hu Xuan’s face before he ended everything. It was the mix of loneliness and boredom, two powerful feelings that usually triggered many dangerous acts.
"So, we have Bi He’s long lost brother as our main lead this time..." Yunyu pondered.
"Well, not really. But yeah, XuanLake pretended that he was weak from the very beginning and used everyone until it was only him and that girl named PoisonLily, the female lead. I’m not sure about his true intention right when he obtained that crystal, though," Pupa said.
Pupa was just a robot. Although it could understand human action through logical reasoning, human heart was complicated. Sometimes, action didn’t equal logic.
"I think, to help this guy, I need to go out and disguise myself as a regular player," Yunyu thought, "Pupa, I’m not trapped in this place, right? I can go anywhere I want."
"Yes, there is no limitation, just... all your skills and ability needs to reference Sailor Moon in order to stay in character..." Pupa informed reluctantly.
"That’s easy!" Yunyu waved his hands in the air and chanted, "Moon Prism Power: Makeup!"
A sudden bright light burst out of his body. After the whole minute of Pupa waiting for the transformation to end, Yunyu finally finished his transformation.
Short and messy hair, a bright and cute face that would melt the coldest ice, and that signature mischievous grin on his face, "You are using your real face here?" Pupa asked.
"Hehem, I use my real, handsome face because I’m sure this will attract XuanLake," Yunyu said, "Don’t you think I’m a handsome young man, pupa?"
"Don’t flatter yourself. I see that you retouched your face. When I first met you, I know that you have few pimples, but it was all gone here," Pupa scoffed, "It’s like an advanced photoshop."
"Hush! What if my fans know?!" Yunyu protested.
"What fan?"
"... that one fan in my fan page..."
"Pffftt!"
Yunyu pouted. He put on some more magic and dressed normal enough to be a regular player with regular gear. After he was ready, he asked the system, "Where is he right now?"
"In a small town called Kain Town, just imagined his face and a town view, then open a portal," Pupa instructed.
Yunyu imagined XuanLake’s face, and then he made a circular shape in the air with his hand. Yunyu opened a rainbow portal, "Okay, let’s go and meet XuanLake!"
Yunyu hugged Pupa, who had turned invisible, and they entered the portal.
The moment he was transported to his destination, the first thing he got was a sharp dagger that touched his neck. Yunyu gulped as he saw XuanLake pointed his knife at him.
"Who are you?"