April Fools’ Day

A new day.

Happy April Fools’ Day!

Hahaha~

Just kidding, don’t mind me.

To be honest, April Fools’ Day is truly the ultimate holiday for pranksters.

Today, Su Mo was going to join the ranks of these jokers and pull a big stunt for the people of Hehe City.

…

Currently, there were several hot topics in Hehe City: the Frost Snow Sovereign, Su Mo, the Dungeon, and Saint Lily.

The first one, no one dared to casually discuss the Sovereign. There wasn’t much to say beyond more praise.

The second, the number one villain who had escaped from the Frost Snow Sovereign twice and even made the Sovereign suffer. Although she looked young, those two feats were well-deserved. Of course people would curse her, but they had to carefully test the boundaries, trying to stay a bit below the peak of online opinion to remain safe. If they were targeted, they would be truly afraid—could the number one villain be a pushover? It was only because the Sovereign was still around that there weren’t fewer people discussing Su Mo; maybe eventually they would stop using her name and replace it with “that person,” speaking with caution.

The third, the “Dungeon” — how to put it? It wasn’t easy to discuss. It wasn’t that there was nothing to say; there was too much, but a slip of the tongue that crossed some red line might get you invited for tea.

There were still many smart people in the world.

So, Saint Lily, who had both hot topics and black marks, had previously publicly sided with Su Mo and questioned the authorities. She was a character that could be freely talked about and cursed without any restraint — a “crowd favorite,” so to speak!

Besides, wasn’t her usual persona that of a saint? If she got angry, that persona would collapse!

She was practically the “chosen one” of current public opinion.

Once the carnival began, the reins were off. The scale kept expanding, the limits kept breaking.

They thought about how to come up with new stunts to gain attention.

In this world, popularity was everything!

On this day,

a drawing blogger popped up with a video titled “Saint Lily is a Villain Ability User.”

It immediately attracted a crowd of onlookers.

“If Saint Lily becomes a villain ability user, she can’t dress so conservatively. First, shorten the skirt by ten centimeters, don’t cover the chest, erase it.”

“Hehe~ Cleavage~”

“Long legs, prprpr~ Let’s draw some thigh-highs that pinch the flesh~ Let’s party~”

“Come on, eyes, give you heart shapes, add some blush, and stick out your tongue~”

The blogger’s tone was flirtatious, clearly losing it online.

“Add a collar, what a cute little doggie ❤️~”

[Hmm… I have a question, are you sure this is Saint Lily?]

[Uh, I came for the title, but the more I look at it, the more it seems…]

[If I’m guessing right, you’re referring to that cool and aloof big sister?]

Yes, this presence full of mature charm didn’t match the youthful Saint Lily at all. And the more they looked at this mature woman’s face, the more it seemed… very familiar.

“Alright, now add the title!”

At the end of the video, the screen showed words written in pink pencil: “I am Su Mo-sama’s dog! Woof!!!”

[The streamer is going all out~]

[Suggest a thorough investigation! There must be a villain ability user behind this!]

[Reviewer, what are you doing?]

[Now that they tagged Saint Lily, they don’t even check, right?]

[Saved, waiting to get banned!]

[Who gave you the courage to slander the Sovereign! Damn Su Mo’s dog! Stop barking everywhere!]

[Report it for money, right?]

[Damn, don’t steal my kill! I was first!]

[Happy April Fools’ Day!]

…

……Time dividing line~……

“I was really drawing Saint Lily, and it was just an April Fools’ joke.”

“You have to believe me, I’m not a villain ability user. I’m not on that list, am I?”

“Get in there! Who said that if you’re not on the list, you’re not one? And do you think just any small fry can make the list?”

He was slammed hard against the desk, producing a loud “bang.” In the dim room, the intense white light from the incandescent lamp burned his pupils. “Talk! What is your goal? Where is your base? Give me a full confession!”

…

Su Mo curled the corner of her mouth as she looked at the latest official announcement: “The internet is not a lawless place, and holidays are not excuses for absolution.”

“Great! Well said!”

As a warm and friendly model citizen, she even left a comment on the message board.

“Grateful to the authorities. I hate these people who lose all boundaries on April Fools’ Day. If you get seriously angry, they blame you for being petty! It’s ridiculous! The authorities are our solid support! Reassuring! Full support!!!”

If not for the character limit, Su Mo felt she would have written a thousand-word essay to express her profound thoughts.

After the punishment, the internet was in a sorry state today.

It felt so peaceful!

Su Mo looked at her virtual body composed of ones and zeros, swimming through the ocean of the internet.

So this is what it’s like to surf the web? So interesting?

Then, it seemed she wasn’t alone in this area. In the distance, a black figure drifted over. It looked like a bundle of black cloth holding a scythe—was it Death?

It came rushing over with its scythe, but upon seeing Su Mo, it silently put away the scythe and quickly retreated.

“Don’t go~”

“How do you know I won’t go with you~” Su Mo, like a fish, instantly appeared beside it. “You could at least try to show me your black stockings, Miss Reaper~”

The large scythe flashed, Su Mo dodged, and then the “Reaper” committed suicide.

Su Mo giggled.

“The Reaper died~”

It made me laugh, even cried from laughing.

She wiped away her digital tears.

“But why do I feel that like this, I won’t find you?”

…

At the “True Sight” hideout, Peace Internet Cafe,

“Bang!”

A loud noise came from beside her. Tan Yuhan turned her attention.

A girl who had fallen from her computer chair took off her headphones and looked around in panic.

She wore a white T-shirt with “I ♥ Humans” printed on it. Her light blue hair was sticking up in places, indicating she was a homebody who didn’t usually bother with such things.

“What’s wrong?” Once she finally calmed down, Tan Yuhan asked, “Yimeng, what happened?”

The blue-haired girl was named Xu Yimeng.

Her ability was related to the internet—a rare hacker ability user.

It took her a while to come back to her senses. She got up from the floor, opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

“Huh… eh?” Tan Yuhan looked at the subtitles that appeared before her, a bit helpless, but then her expression stiffened.

“Yimeng, are you sure?”

“…”

“Impossible. Su Mo is a fire ability user. How could she be a hacker ability user? Could it be that someone just created an online avatar that looks like Su Mo, like your Reaper, Yimeng?”

“!” Xu Yimeng was startled, puffed out her cheeks, and waved her hands in a “so mad” gesture.

“Well, don’t be angry. Run if there’s danger—that’s our ‘True Sight’ motto. You did the right thing. What if it really was Su Mo?”

“…”

“Alright, Yimeng, take a rest! No one is spreading rumors online anymore. The temporary ‘cyber police’ task should be about done. As for that, just pretend you didn’t see it. Just do your part.” Tan Yuhan paused and smiled reassuringly. “Besides, no pay, no work—that’s also our motto, right?”

“…”

“Alright, stop overthinking. I’m hungry. Let’s go eat pork cutlet rice. My treat~” Tan Yuhan kept a smile on her face.

‘Xu Yimeng Lv.29’

She shifted her gaze upward to a spot where there was nothing.

‘?? Lv.???’

She silently looked away.

Really, how did we deserve this~

‘Happy April Fools’ Day :-D~’

“…” Tan Yuhan’s hand trembled uncontrollably as she tightly hugged Xu Yimeng.

“I can’t see it, I can’t see it. No matter what, I can’t see it. F*** April Fools’ Day!”