r18novel Chapter 87, "Some Strange Past Events," has been expanded.
Chapter 87, "Some Strange Past Events," has been expanded.
Jaeger returned to his apartment in Crime Alley.
Once home, he began to study the new storyline card, "Gotham Rhapsody," which he hadn't had time to fully explore while on the Batmobile.
The so-called new storyline card actually means that you have deviated from the original storyline and started a new side quest during the game.
Take the original card game without mods as an example. Although the obvious "you die if you don't break cards" rule is the main theme in the early stages of the game, most of the things players do are for the purpose of breaking cards.
However, in the later stages of the game, if you are still only collecting cards, you will get stuck in an endless loop and will not be able to achieve the true ending.
The various branching paths that lead to different endings constitute the storyline.
As far as Jaeger knows, the original game had escape routes, dragon-slaying routes, rebellion routes, godhood routes, and so on, and the endings for each branch route varied depending on the different branch plots.
This is also why, after arriving in this world, Jaeger has only dealt with some of the current events without taking any major actions – he would call the period before ending the Iceberg Club incident an observation period.
The observation period involves exploring the basic characteristics of this world, lifestyles, and the pressure of card folding... It can also be called the newbie period.
It's like when you first start playing Minecraft. In order to survive, you first need to chop down trees, mine, build houses, build livestock sheds, and farm the land.
However, once you obtain a special storyline card, it's equivalent to officially entering the walkthrough for a certain storyline ending.
Let's take Minecraft as an example again. After you're fully equipped and survival isn't a problem, you finally start planning to explore the Nether, the End, Woodland Mansions, Underwater Temples, Ancient Cities...
The game is only just beginning.
Originally, Jaeger thought that the triggering of the special storyline would be related to that [Unknown Identity Card].
But now it seems that the [Unknown Identity Card] is just part of stepping into a new storyline...
With that thought in mind, Jaeger opened the Gotham Rhapsody disc.
New Side Quest - Gotham Rhapsody
[Description: You have embarked on a path to rewrite the original fate of the city and its people.]
Is the end of this path annihilation? Rebirth? Or merely a wild fantasy?
A path to rewrite destiny?
As Jaeger was pondering, he saw the Gotham Rhapsody card, which he had triggered, inserted into the edge of the card table, causing the tabletop to change.
The tabletop had been transformed into a dark blue velvet surface, with a few cards scattered across it.
Jaeger was the first to pick up a card that depicted an owl:
[Court of Owls - Storyline Has Changed]
[Description: Originally a follower of an evil god lurking in the shadows of this city, he has now been influenced by you, unknowingly following other gods and regarding Batman as a chosen one.]
It seems that influencing the Court of Owls is indeed one of the steps to trigger this storyline.
Jaeger looked at the next card, and to his surprise, the card depicted a rat.
The content involves a deceased friend:
[Otis Flanigan - Plotline has changed]
[Description: He should have been killed by the imposter, but until his death he believed that Batman had betrayed his Ratcatcher.]
Because of the plot changes you've made, he might soon be released from prison and embark on a new path.
Who would have thought that Otis Frynigan's fate would also change?
Jaeger was surprised.
He looked at the next card, which was also a character card:
[Catherine Todd - Plotline has changed]
[Description: A person who should have died due to drug dependence and illness.]
In many stories, people like Catherine Todd might become like a red candle that burns out completely. They leave behind a legacy of beauty for those who love them, only to be forced to leave this world, leaving behind only the lingering light in their memories.
But now, perhaps this light no longer needs to be forced to extinguish.
The description of this card made Jaeger's eyes flicker.
Having seen this, Jaeger was certain that the key to entering the "Gotham Rhapsody" branch was to change the course of events and the fates of certain characters in this world.
Interestingly, Jaeger was unaware of the potential impact his actions might have on the characters.
This is clearly related to his lack of understanding of the current state of the world.
This suddenly reminded Jaeger of a conversation he had with one of his online friends before he traveled through time.
—On a certain social media platform, on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year—
[Supreme]: You know what? I've always felt that I'm the kind of character that power-based players love the most.
[Great!]: ?
[Great!]: Are you indulging in your superhero self-image again? Is the topic of discussion this time combat power?
[Supreme]: Because combat power is a topic that superhero online communities can't avoid! (Sunglasses.jpg)
[Supreme]: Okay, let's get back to the main topic. Judging from online discussions, everyone likes to talk about things like attack power, defense power, and even intelligence gaps as arguments for discussing combat strength.
[Supreme]: But unfortunately, I have all of these—now is the Supreme Moment!
[Supreme]: The best part is, I've read way too many comics...maybe too many? So I know every single character inside and out. You know, I know their weaknesses!
[Yay!]: Awesome, awesome! (Seal clapping.jpg)
[Supreme]: And recently, since I've finished reading all the new comics, I got so bored that I browsed through a lot of derivative works in the community, which are called fan fiction... Seeing that everyone is very confident in my fighting ability, I feel relieved. (Note)
【Great!】: Huh? Your persona has gone so far that people are writing fanfiction about you?
[Supreme]: That's right, exactly.
[Supreme]: However, while reading these articles, I suddenly noticed a problem.
【好耶】: What?
[Supreme]: Why are there so few transmigrators who don't know the plot? Uh, because if you know the plot, there are just too many hellish jokes and stereotypes, I'm going to be overwhelmed.
[Supreme]: But thinking about it carefully, since they've already written derivative works, I can understand why they need to know the plot.
Since you don't know the plot, how can you change the predetermined fate of some tragic characters, or make other changes?
[Great]: Is this why you set yourself up as someone who knows the plot of comics?
[Supreme]: No, I already knew!
[Great!]: Okay. But I've also seen the spin-offs, and in my opinion, knowing the plot isn't that important.
[Great!]: Rather than saying I prefer an unknown start, I prefer an unknown start.
One reason is that not knowing the plot makes dealing with unknown risks more exciting, and the problem-solving approach is not limited by the plot itself.
Another reason is that if you know the plot, your understanding of a character will inevitably be preconceived—you can't truly understand a character through those papers, impressions, and comments.
[Supreme]: ...
[Supreme]: Do you have preconceived notions about a certain character because of other people's evaluations...? Perhaps you are right.
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In the ensuing conversation, Jaeger found that he couldn't quite remember it.
After all, even with that conversation, Jaeger probably wouldn't have remembered it if he hadn't actually encountered a similar situation.
"Do I want to change the plot even though I don't know it?" Jaeger thought, looking at the side quest card, "Gotham Rhapsody".
Now it seems that since I successfully started this side quest, it means that even without knowing the plot, I can still make some changes.
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Pulling his wandering thoughts back, Jaeger looked at the remaining cards.
One of them belongs to Jason Todd.
But strangely, this card is different from all the other cards that have undergone changes in the storyline...