[In this vast universe of endless planets, civilizations, and fantastical curios, there are countless, unrepeatable sparks.]
[Yet, like fate itself, Herta witnesses two identical snowflakes.]
[The curio she found is exactly the same as the one you once possessed.]
[With the Simulator she crafts from it, the long-vegetative you finally has a chance.]
[Powered by this newly forged Villain Simulator, your brain heals. You awaken from your vegetative state.]
[You regain your consciousness—but your memories of those distant days are a blur.]
[Your past feels like a long, muddled dream about a world too primitive to tread the stars.]
[And now, you've woken up.]
[Under Herta's blend of magic and technology, the Villain Simulator repairs your brain.]
[After an uncountable number of days and nights—]
[You stand before Herta once more.]
Reading this "bonus," Jing Ye had to admit—it was… quite the surprise.
He'd expected something trite and wholesome. Instead—
Every word the Villain Simulator displayed was familiar, but strung together like this, they felt utterly alien.
"Kept as a vegetative patient by Herta and brought back with the Villain Simulator"?
Was the Simulator claiming that the reason he was here running simulations now—
Was because everything that had happened before connected directly to this dungeon's plot?
Even if he wasn't a genius like Herta, Jing Ye still understood just fine.
He simply didn't want to believe it. Or maybe he didn't dare to.
And the Villain Simulator, sensing his shock, mercilessly pushed onward:
[The curio Herta crafted truly deserves her genius reputation. As one of less than a hundred geniuses in the galaxy, she created a flawless Villain Simulator.]
[After countless years of sleep, you wake up on her space station.]
[She gives you the identity of her employee—and the first thing you do is…]
[Smash her adorable little Herta doll to pieces.]
[The doll, with its cute face and delicate hands and feet, is reduced to a scattered mess.]
The Simulator not only showed text, but also a familiar video—the same one big Herta had shown him earlier.
There he was, venting all his frustration on a tiny Herta puppet until it fell apart, joints dislocated and pieces everywhere.
Exactly like the first time he'd blackmailed Herta inside the dungeon.
Across countless years, the same scene had played out twice. Two identical snowflakes in the same universe.
Herta had somehow stacked them perfectly on top of one another.
As those impossible coincidences reflected in his eyes, the Villain Simulator rolled calmly toward the end, chiming like a laughing girl:
[Herta watched the entire thing.]
[She smiled more than she had in countless days and nights.]
[In her eyes, what you did to the doll was exactly what you'd done to her long ago.]
[And you never realized—]
[The way Herta looked at you, the desire in her gaze, was exactly like the greed and lust you once showed when you first set your sights on her…]
[Simulation complete.]
[Congratulations, Host. You have cleared the dungeon: "Herta's Tears."]
[Final rating: SS.]
Only now did the Villain Simulator truly display the words "Simulation Complete." Jing Ye, on the other hand, still felt dazed.
[Achievement unlocked: Double Meaning – You have discovered the dual meaning behind the dungeon's title.]
[Herta's tears are not only for the humiliation you inflicted, but also the grief at losing you.]
[Beyond lust and sin, what cuts deeper is the sacrifice and burden behind those tears.]
[Achievement unlocked: Depth of Evil – You have reached a higher realm of villainy.]
[Your evil did not end at treating Herta as a toy; you also forced her to grieve you for countless years.]
[Though you did not truly die, your vegetative state left Herta and Ruan Mei with immense sorrow.]
[Your evil is not only physical; it cuts into the soul, carving a hole in their hearts.]
[You turned Herta's hatred into love by dying for her. Over countless years, that hatred twisted into affection.]
[You turned Ruan Mei's love into hatred, then back into love at the end.]
[The Host's understanding of villainy truly stands apart.]
[Your evil has profoundly shaped Herta and Ruan Mei.]
[Ultimately, the bullets you fired at them have also struck you.]
The Villain Simulator's voice was praise and mockery all at once—payback.
Payback for all the times Jing Ye had mocked it as "incompetent" when he was strategizing how to attack Herta.
He'd once scoffed: "Either you can or you can't. What do you mean 'wait and see'?"
Now the boomerang had hit him square in the forehead.
The Simulator hammered the point home:
[Dungeon "Herta's Tears" rating revealed: "??" has become "Origin."]
[After everything has played out twice and your lost memories have returned, do you still remember what you did?]
[Do you remember that warning?]
[Everything you do will profoundly affect Herta and Ruan Mei's personalities.]
Faced with all this taunting and warning, Jing Ye squinted.
o.O?
The information was shocking, sure, but…
He didn't buy it.
He refused to take the Villain Simulator's word at face value, and he forced the tremor out of his gaze.
After all, it was only a Simulator. Were its claims supposed to be true now?
Everything he'd just experienced was supposedly what really happened to big Herta in the past?
This was all some grand reenactment Herta had created, just to restore his memories as a long-comatose patient?
He wasn't going to fall for that.
It wasn't that he was running from the past.
Or that he didn't dare imagine what Herta might do to him if the Simulator was telling the truth.
No, of course not.
He simply felt that the Villain Simulator was clearly messing with him.
What, was he supposed to march up to big Herta and open with, "So, did I really do all that to you?"
Then watch her give him a "did the simulation fry your brain?" look and mock him for being stupid—while the Simulator cackled in the background?
As someone who had perfectly cleared the dungeon, he wasn't about to fall for that.
The Villain Simulator, seeing that he didn't believe it, didn't insist. It simply escorted him out of the interface.
...
For a moment, Jing Ye thought he glimpsed a sly, malicious grin—like someone rubbing their hands together, ready to watch the show.
Then his senses snapped back fully into his body.
After leaving the Villain Simulator, returning to real perception made him feel oddly disoriented.
The test run was complete. The Villain Simulator was fully operational. It was time to tell big Herta—
"Oh my, you're awake?"
That sickly sweet line, deliberately softened, sent a chill up his spine.
Tall, elegant Herta was standing in the doorway, blocking his exit, smiling right at him.
Licking her bright red lips, eyes gleaming dangerously, she penned him in.
"Remember everything now?"
"My dear… master?"
In her vivid violet eyes was an all-too-familiar look—
The same hungry gaze he'd once turned on her, now aimed straight back at him, as though she were looking at her favorite new toy.
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