Specially Well-Matched

Fang Qi leaned against the transparent wall of the charging pod, his face pressed against the cold glass...

Just staring at the silver-haired girl inside... whose head was wrapped in bandages!

Her amber left eye was currently staring wide open!

The moisture in her pupil was still trembling, but more than anything, it was a look of...

Bewilderment.

Absolute, utter bewilderment!

Her small mouth was slightly open, her chin trembling faintly, and her whole body was stiff inside the charging pod as if she had been struck by lightning!

...So cute!

She was truly too cute!

Even her bewilderment was adorable!

He couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth from rising at all!

But he knew... now was not the time to just focus on how cute she was!

He needed to add some fuel to the fire!

He had to make her pull herself together again!

And the way to make a yandere pull herself together...

So he took a deep breath, stared into that amber eye, and lowered his voice.

"Liguang."

"I told you before, didn't I? You need to trust Master."

Liguang gave a slight shudder, and the look in her eyes trembled!

She became even more bewildered.

"So now, Master is asking you..."

He stared into this amber eye and said softly,

"After I died, did you believe Master?"

Liguang's eye instantly widened even further!

The moisture in her pupil gave another violent tremble, and her small mouth opened wider!

"Ma... Master...? Master... you...!"

She murmured, her voice soft and drifting, stuttering...

Her entire body swayed inside the charging pod!

That amber eye was so full of bewilderment it was practically overflowing!

But immediately after...

She panicked!

She really panicked!

Her gaze darted away from Fang Qi's face with a whoosh, as if it had been burned!

Drifting left, drifting right, drifting up, drifting down... she just didn't dare to look at him again!

Her eyelashes fluttered frantically, like two frightened little butterflies!

Her whole body began to squirm slightly inside the pod, her two small hands not knowing where to rest!

One moment clenching her skirt, the next letting go, then raising them to cover her face, only to pull them back halfway!

Completely at a loss! Panicking to the extreme!

Explosively cute!

"Um... um... Master... Li, Liguang...!"

She spoke haltingly, her voice soft and drifting, carrying obvious panic and a guilty conscience!

"Liguang was just... just... just afraid...!"

As she spoke, she suddenly paused.

That amber eye, which had been darting everywhere, suddenly froze in midair.

The moisture in her pupil was still trembling, but the emotion inside... changed.

It went from panic to sluggishness, and from sluggishness it turned into a kind of... bewildered shock.

"Huh...?"

She murmured.

Then, that eye slowly, slowly...

Shifted back onto Fang Qi's face!

Staring straight at him!

"Master... just said..."

Her voice grew even more ethereal, as if drifting out from a dream.

"After Master... died...?"

"So... Master's suicide..."

"Was really to be with Liguang...?"

"Master didn't lie to me? Really didn't lie to me?"

She spoke faster and faster, the light in her eye beginning to tremble madly!

"Master really didn't lie to me?"

"So... huh?"

"But... why?"

"Why... would Master have the same dream as Liguang?"

"Parallel worlds...?"

"Time travel...?"

"Huh?"

"Huh?!"

And then...

"Sizzle..."

Fang Qi saw a thin wisp of white smoke actually rise once again from the top of her little silver head!

And over her right eye, covered by a pale blue bandage, the cloth could no longer completely hide the flashing scarlet light!

Pulsing steadily, like a rapid breathing light!

She was thinking furiously!

But obviously... she couldn't figure it out!

After all, who would have thought... that this world was a game world? And who would have thought that her Master could load a save file?

Fang Qi looked at her little smoking appearance...

His breathing grew rapid! His emotions flared with excitement!

His words had made Liguang understand!

He hadn't lied to her! He hadn't intentionally left her in that despair!

And she... although still bewildered, although still in chaos...

The aura of despair had already dissipated quite a bit!

Good!

Then he would strike while the iron was hot!

You crazy girl, get into my arms right now!

He immediately reached out to press the open button on the charging pod!

"Wait a minute, Master!!!"

A scream suddenly exploded from inside the charging pod!

It made Fang Qi's eardrums ring!

His hand, about to press the open button, froze. He looked up and saw... the chaos in Liguang's left eye had solidified!

She looked at Fang Qi's hand about to press the button... then violently turned her head and looked into his eyes!

Her two small hands also shot up, desperately covering that...

Right eye that was already covered by the bandages!

Her whole body shrank back desperately!

Her back pressed tightly against the inner wall of the charging pod!

"Master! Wait, don't open the charging pod!"

Her voice was trembling.

"Just... just like this..."

"Just talk to Liguang like this... okay?"

"Liguang... Liguang really is... a monster..."

"Liguang... Liguang doesn't want Master to..."

Her fingers tightened, pressing hard against the bandage as she murmured,

"I don't want Master to get close to... a monster..."

Fang Qi's hand froze in midair as he looked at that amber eye.

Aside from the ecstasy and chaos from earlier...

Now there was pleading, panic, an inferiority complex, and... deep self-loathing!

She knew her Master hadn't lied to her anymore.

But... she was still drowning in self-loathing.

Especially...

After she realized that the previous playthrough might have actually happened...

That loathing grew even deeper!

She felt that she was just a monster!

Her silver hair burned away, her bionic skin peeled off, leaving only a metal skeleton and a burning crimson eye.

She felt that was the real her...

So even though she still loved him madly, she felt... she was no longer worthy of him.

She... didn't dare to touch him anymore?

Fang Qi's breathing grew heavy.

You crazy girl... how could you think that?!

How could you not be worthy of me?!

Even if someone wasn't worthy, it would be me who isn't worthy of you!

He immediately wanted to say this out loud!

But it instantly caught in his throat.

...He couldn't say that. If he did, Liguang would feel even worse!

She was so sensitive right now...

Words like that would only make her feel... that Master just didn't want to be with her anymore, so he was making excuses!

What to do... what to do...

How do you comfort a self-loathing yandere...

How...

Ah.

Fang Qi looked at the silver-haired girl before him... who was shrinking back so fiercely.

She was hating herself...

Then he understood.

He. Knew. What. To. Do!

What he needed to do wasn't to deny her thoughts.

Nor was it to comfort her.

But rather...!!

He slammed his face... back against the cold glass!

The silver-haired girl trembled in fright at his sudden move, murmuring, "Don't... don't... Master, don't look at me...!"

"Liguang."

He stared intently at that trembling amber eye!

"Actually, after I died, everything you did... I saw it all!"

Looking at Liguang's instantly stunned expression, his voice carried a slight tremble.

"Your madness, your tyranny, and your..."

"Ugliness!"

The silver-haired girl... stared at him blankly.

Then her eyes widened!

The moisture in her amber pupils trembled violently!

"Master... saw...?"

She muttered, her hoarse voice carrying a faint electric current.

"Master... saw it?!"

The next instant, her body began to desperately shrink back!!

But the charging pod was only so big, she couldn't shrink back much!

She could only press herself tightly into the corner, covering her right eye even harder with both hands, curling up into a ball!

"Don't look!!!"

She screamed, her voice so sharp it pierced Fang Qi's eardrums!

"Master, don't look!!!"

"Don't look at Liguang like that!!!"

"Don't look at that... that monster-like Liguang!!!"

Her whole body was trembling!

Her long silver hair hung loosely, and under the pale blue cloth strip, scarlet flashed frantically!

But Fang Qi suddenly raised his hand!

"Bang!!!"

A slap hit hard against the transparent wall of the charging pod!

The loud noise shook the entire charging pod!

Liguang shuddered!

That amber eye instantly went blank!

She just stared blankly at Fang Qi, looking at his face pressed against the glass, looking at that... something in his eyes she couldn't understand.

"Liguang."

Fang Qi's voice was kept very low, but every word was crystal clear.

"Now, immediately, right now—"

"Look something up for me!"

"Look up... a human skeleton!"

Liguang was stunned.

That amber eye blinked, and blinked again.

"Ma... Master?"

Her voice was soft and floating, carrying an obvious daze of not having reacted yet.

"Look... look up what?"

"A human skeleton!"

"Bang!"

Fang Qi slapped the charging pod hard again!

"Immediately! Now! Right now! Look it up for me!"

Liguang trembled from the slap and subconsciously did as told!

The pale blue cloth covering her crimson eye revealed a flashing red light; she was clearly retrieving data.

A few seconds later—

"Ma, Master... Liguang... found it..."

Her voice was cautious, carrying a hint of probing.

"And... and then?"

Fang Qi stared at her amber eye, smiled, and raised his hand...

Pointing to his own nose:

"The human skeleton you found..."

"That's me."

"That's what I look like when peeled of flesh and blood, just like you!"

Liguang's eyes widened again, her small mouth slightly open.

She was confused for a moment, then shook her head violently:

"No! That... that's different! Master will die like that! But Liguang is...!"

Fang Qi didn't give her time to react!

He pressed his whole body against the glass again, his face almost squeezed out of shape!

"Also, those people you killed in the previous life—"

He met Liguang's sluggish amber eye!

"Some of them, I ordered you to kill!"

"Some of them, you killed to avenge me after I died!"

His breathing was slightly heavy:

"Those sins, half of them are mine!"

"You crazy woman... you don't have the right to keep all those sins to yourself!"

Liguang stared at him blankly.

The corner of Fang Qi's mouth curled up again.

"And then... look, Liguang."

He pointed to himself.

"I am a human skeleton—the one you just looked up."

Then he pointed to Liguang in the charging pod.

"You are a metal skeleton—the one you didn't dare let me see."

His eyes curved.

"Our essence... are both such ugly skeletons!"

Since his wife thinks it's ugly, then it's ugly! Even if it's not ugly, it's ugly!

"Our sins are equally heavy!"

Don't even think about... wallowing in self-loathing all by yourself!

Liguang stared at him blankly, her red lips trembling: "I... I..."

But he stared intently into Liguang's eyes!

"So, Liguang, now, don't you think—"

"You and I..."

He stared at her, saying word by word:

"Are a perfect match?"

Inside the charging pod, it was dead silent.

Liguang just stared at him blankly.

The moisture in that amber eye was still trembling.

But the things inside were changing bit by bit.

Confusion, shock, disbelief...

Fang Qi took a soft breath.

Finally, he said softly:

"Now, besides Liguang... no one else will want me."

"Liguang... you won't abandon me, will you?"

The room became completely quiet.

So quiet that the faint sound of heat dissipation from the charging pod could be heard.

The silver-haired girl's hand that had been tightly covering her right eye... finally slowly let go.

It slowly dropped down.

The pale blue cloth strip was still wrapped around her head, covering that crimson eye...

But she didn't try to cover it anymore.

She just looked at him like this, and then that amber eye...

Also slowly curved into a crescent shape.

The moisture inside was still there, but it was no longer fear and inferiority!

"Master..."

She murmured.

Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying a trembling joy.

"Master... Master... Master... Master, Master, Master..."

"No one wants Master anymore..."

"Hehe..."

"Only Liguang wants Master..."

"Hehehehe..."

"Only... Liguang..."

She just looked at him, murmuring tremblingly.

He also looked at her, breathing softly.

Separated by the transparent wall of the pod, the two looked at each other.