Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

The situation was different from the first day when a player chased the car and intercepted Lincoln and Camille Victoria. At that time, they would have been taken to the police station and given a stern admonition.

But now, the players were scattered throughout the famous sites in Chang’an City, doing nothing dangerous, and stumbled upon Lincoln by “fate”. Naturally, there were no issues with that.

Not only was Lincoln helpless, but the security team was also powerless. They couldn’t prevent it.

Before someone jumped out, who would know if they were here to intercept someone or just playing in the scenic area?

When someone did jump out, Lincoln felt embarrassed to just shoo them away…

The player was very enthusiastic and said, “Idol, I’m your fan!” as they reached out to shake hands with Lincoln.

But just as Lincoln was about to extend his hand, his mobile phone suddenly beeped, making him withdraw his hand and put on the Eight Sides Headband instead of checking his phone.

Mavis couldn’t wait to leap from thin air and made a big cross sign with her hands, telling Lincoln, “Master, be careful, this person is a hater!”

Little Princess noticed Lincoln suddenly wearing the headband and immediately realized something, taking out her own headband to put on as well.

When it started, Mavis was holding a sign right in front of Lincoln, swaying it back and forth.

The sign had the Spiritual Rhinoceros account ID of the player—

[Lincoln’s No.1 Follower]

“???” Lincoln tilted his head and looked suspiciously at the still-raised hand of the excited “fan.”

“Are you really my fan?”

“For real! Do you want me to perform my cheering chant for you on the spot?” This “fan” with a suspicious identity immediately began to chant aloud.

“Stop, stop, stop!” Lincoln quickly stopped them.

If he let them shout, it wouldn’t just be a problem of being caught by one person.

“If you’re really my fan, can you explain this?” Lincoln passed his phone over.

Mavis tactfully switched the screen quickly to the hater’s Spiritual Rhinoceros account homepage.

Seeing their identity exposed, the “fan’s” smile became somewhat rigid: “If I say this is all a misunderstanding, and that I am just a counter-troll, would you believe me?”

“Counter-troll? Why? Because you think it’s too pitiful for me to have no haters?” Lincoln didn’t understand.

“Be careful with what you say, it’s been a while since I updated my blacklist.”

A drop of cold sweat slid down, and the hater mustered up the courage to say, “I’m really a fan of yours!”

“But think about it, we are in the Internet age, and you will eventually have haters, so I’ll take the ID first and let the real haters have no name to use!”

“If I take the position of the No.1 hater early on, I can easily infiltrate any hater organization in the future, and if there’s any bad news about you, I can report it immediately!”

“I’m an undercover agent!”

The hater spoke earnestly.

Lincoln was full of black lines: “According to what you’re saying, I should thank you?”

“No need, this is what I should do.”

This shameless attitude left Lincoln speechless.

“Stop the nonsense. Running to the scenic area early in the morning during winter shouldn’t just be for chasing celebrities, right? You can share your thoughts.” Lincoln wanted to end this “hater meet-up” quickly before the player noticed Camille Victoria next to him.

“Well, I really admire you…”

“Really?” Lincoln shook hands with him and said, “Since you’ve met me now, shall I leave? Or do you want to take a picture together?”

Seeing that Lincoln was really going to leave, the hater immediately couldn’t hold it any longer: “Um, can we take a step aside to talk?”

Lincoln looked around in confusion at the occasional passing tourists, “What do you have to hide?”

Not only was Lincoln unwilling to move, Yue Pengju would not let him leave with a stranger.

The “hater” looked at the passing crowd and Camille Victoria, who was curiously observing their conversation from a few steps away, hesitated for a long time before finally whispering to Lincoln, “Can you add some special service staff to the special service storefront in Night City?”

Well, well! Wasn’t it because his sexual quirks hadn’t been satisfied?

Lincoln immediately understood his motive.

Instead of answering right away, he gestured with his eyes for Mavis to step back a little.

From the perspective of the “hater” who couldn’t see her, Mavis was almost pressing her ears to his face to eavesdrop on their gossip.

Mavis reluctantly stepped back a bit, but wasn’t willing to miss out on the gossip. She clung to Lincoln’s sleeve and adamantly refused to leave.

Nothing could be done about Mavis, so for the time being Lincoln ignored her and said to the “hater”, “Alright, tell me what your special preferences are.”

“Meeting is fate, as long as it’s not too outrageous, I’ll satisfy you when I go back.”

“This is a bit complicated; let me think about how to say it.”

Obviously, he felt a bit embarrassed discussing his sexual quirks in public, so he organized his words before saying, “The thing is, since I was a kid, I’ve never been interested in ordinary girls, so much so that I thought I had sexual apathy for a while.”

Since Mavis was still listening on the side, Lincoln held back his retort: “You might be homosexual.”

“Then one time, my senior schoolgirl had an external fixation on her lower leg bone, and when I touched it, I was immediately aroused…” Lincoln mentioned hesitantly, but it was clear that these things had been brewing in his mind for a long time.

“But I can’t explain it to her, and I’m sure it’s not her I like. I like the external fixation itself, the feeling of steel wrapped around muscle… I can’t make her wear the brace forever, can I?”

“So I’ve only ever had brief infatuations and loves, and it’s hard for me to have a lasting interest in someone.”

“But I can’t help myself, I really like the fusion of machinery and flesh, that tough and tender feeling…”

“This…” Lincoln felt his horizons broaden.

“It seems like you… were born a couple hundred years too early… maybe even more than two hundred years. For humanity, this kind of sexual quirk is still too avant-garde…” Lincoln remarked conservatively.

This statement was already restrained. How could this simply be avant-garde!

‘What cyberpunk sexual quirk!’ Lincoln was throwing tables in his mind while maintaining a calm demeanor on the outside!

Out of politeness, he made a “reliable” suggestion: “Can’t you find a girlfriend who is undergoing orthodontic treatment? That could be a few years of romance, right?”

‘According to your definition, you don’t even need to take off a girl’s clothes; you should be able to climax by just licking the metal brace when you kiss, shouldn’t you…’ he thought.

Of course, such unsuitable remarks for children could be mentioned only in his head, and Lincoln didn’t say them out loud.

Even the ghostwriter’s previous proposal left the “hater” with a mysterious sexual quirk full of question marks.

“Okay, okay, I understand.” Lincoln looked as if there was nothing he could do, “So you want…”

“Prosthetic limb beautiful girl.” The hater spoke out first, fearing Lincoln’s outlandish interpretations.”

“Mechanical beautiful girl.” Lincoln’s voice rang out at the same time as well.

“Huh?” ×2

Both of them hesitated.