Role Playing the Dark Horse Character-Chapter 144 : Chapter 144

Chapter 144 :If Extra
"Luckily, I brought this cosplay guidebook." That was the third thing she said.
Only after saying it did she fully realize what was happening, looking around slowly and saying, "Lili?"
The others snapped to their senses as well, hurriedly grabbing their roommate's hand and leaving the plaza together, heading into a nearby alley.
Out of sight from passersby, they finally let out a sigh of relief, taking a moment to process and assess their situation.
"We really did cosplay-transmigrate," Yuyou said, sounding like she was done with life.
She had just been joking around—never imagined they’d actually end up here.
"We’re screwed. I also feel like I’ve got some kind of ability now, but against a bunch of ability users, we don’t stand a chance!" Luo Han, the practical one, zeroed in on the critical point while freaking out. "We don’t know the timeline, who the SS-ranks or SSS-ranks are, or if they’re even still around. If we get found out, we’re totally done for!"
"My face really changed, ugh," Lulu said, touching her face while looking at her phone. "But I still want my own face back..."
Meowla’s eyes welled up with tears. "I want to go home, waaah—"
Meanwhile, their roommate stared blankly at their surroundings and said, "Lili’s gone."
"..." The chaotic frenzy of the group seemed to hit a pause button.
"The male god is gone?!"
Just then, Li Li, who was already sipping milk tea with An Heyu, lazily produced a mechanical voice.
[We sincerely apologize. Due to a temporal turbulence, you have been accidentally brought to this world. As compensation, we will connect you to a shared chatroom. In one day, we will repair the turbulence and return you to your original world.]
Before the others could breathe a sigh of relief, the roommate anxiously asked, "What about Lili? There were originally seven of us!"
"I’m right here," Li Li said in her normal voice, right by her roommate’s ear.
Roommate: "??!!!"
She jumped, startled, and looked around, but there was no one there.
The others also wore expressions like they’d seen a ghost.
[To help you deceive the world’s consciousness, we have automatically matched you to the timeline.]
"So I became a ghost," Li Li continued in her normal voice, keeping up the act.
[However, you may choose to use your original bodies. This system does not enforce otherwise.]
She then patched things up with the mechanical voice.
After all, Jiang Lan was cosplaying a corgi—if she actually turned her into a corgi, it’d be a huge inconvenience for Jiang Lan.
Thanks to Libra, she’d learned how to pose as a system and fool people.
And, honestly, it was pretty effective.
The six girls, who had been a chaotic mess, quickly gained confidence.
Once Li Li assured them she was fine, the six regrouped and began investigating what timeline this world was in.
Li Li’s system persona kindly provided them with disguises to conceal their appearances. An hour later, they gathered again in the alley.
"Sisters," Jiang Lan said, her tone deathly serious, "I’m pissed."
"Yeah," Luo Han echoed, her gaze sharp enough to kill. "The good news is there are no ability users here. The bad news is this world’s progression is different from the manga."
"This city is called Li City. Everyone knows the Illusionist as Heige, the Light of Dawn," Yuyou said slowly.
"But in the manga we read, none of that exists," the roommate added. "Heige is a traitor, an evil prophet of the Empire. No one knows he was here before the Dawn."
"I’m so pissed," Meowla summed up. "Only we got screwed over."
Li Li felt they were already getting close to the truth.
"This world is a bit different from the manga," Li Li pointed out.
Then she saw Meowla, who had just been crying about wanting to go home, clench her fists. "We’ve got a system and a chatroom, friends. What do we do?"
Do what? Li Li was, for once, puzzled.
"We can’t be the only ones getting screwed!" Luo Han shouted with genuine passion. "The ending of Extreme Black and White can’t just screw us over!"
Jiang Lan, in her corgi pajamas, raised her fist, waving it with emotion and no restraint. "This transmigration is fate telling us to screw them over!"
"Do it! Screw them over!!!" the roommate cheered.
Li Li, watching their inexplicable burst of enthusiasm: ...?
Weren’t these the same people who were just terrified? Who was crying about wanting to go home?
"You’re not scared anymore?" Li Li asked again.
The cosplayers answered firmly and in unison: "Not scared!"
"Male god, you keep floating! We’ll drag the Extreme Black and White ending and screw them over, wahahaha!"
"Feel the dump truck from the manga world, hahahaha!" Jiang Lan cackled maniacally.
And so, Li Li watched as they whispered to each other, finalizing their script, ready to find people—or rather, to screw people over.
The chatroom Li Li provided was already being used with ease.
[Yuyou]: ! I found Yiming!
[Yuyou]: [Location]
[Others]: We’re coming!
Li Li had a feeling a storm was brewing, and at its center was Yiming, who was still completely clueless.
Poor Little Corgi. She shook her head, not entirely heartlessly.
On her end, as Li Li stood next to An Heyu, he happened to walk over and say, "Yiming brought a street stall owner from Jiao Huang City to Li City. Huyu asked if we’re going to eat squid pork buns later."
Li Li thought for a moment. "Yiming’s over there, right?"
"They’re there," An Heyu confirmed.
Li Li suddenly looked up, giving An Heyu an indescribable look that made him take a slow step back, as if sensing some hidden danger.
All Li Li could think of was the flirtatious glance from Luo Han’s Red Crane persona that morning.
Forget the others—An Heyu was definitely going to get screwed over.
So she nodded slowly, firmly. "Let’s go!"
What to do? She was so looking forward to it!