Chapter 173: The Cross-Dressing Ultimatum

After passing the assessment, I logged off the game. It was three in the afternoon, with three hours left until Yingning and the others came online tonight. And after tonight, we would set off to attend the much-anticipated Game Carnival.

So Yingning had dragged me out to pick out tomorrow’s daytime battle gear.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re flat-chested; just use padded bras. Besides, your butt is naturally perky and your figure is amazing! So I still recommend you wear the sexiest tube-top super-short girl outfit! It’s this year’s trend! You know, the great musician Yang Ye made his debut wearing a fox-girl cosplay outfit!”

“No way! It’s too revealing! What if someone gropes me?”

I stared fearfully at the terrifying outfit before me, which exposed shoulders, stomach, and thighs—even though this was basically my daily wear in the game, the game was the game, and reality was reality! In reality, I was a real man!

“No, you have to wear it! The role you’re playing this time is Yaya! This is Yaya’s daily outfit! You must dress as close to Yaya as possible so everyone will believe you’re Yaya! Yaya is a very cute moe girl!”

So why did I have to dress up as the in-game me? I was a man!

“No!” I prepared to fight to the death.

“Really not wearing it?”

“Really not wearing it!” I was resolute! Hmph… the little girl wanted to play psychological warfare with me—she still had a lot to learn!

“Fine then, I’ll go tell Qingyu that you’re a woman disguised as a man, that you’re actually a girl, and that’s why you refuse to wear women’s clothes—because you’re flat-chested.”

“Fine! I’ll wear it! I’ll wear anything!”

And so, I was forced to choose tomorrow’s outfit.

Luckily, Yingning wasn’t completely unreasonable. She graciously allowed me to wear a white-clad, red-skirted miko outfit over it, entering as a shrine maiden, and then decide whether to take it off later based on the situation.

“I’ve already bought you a tail—a suction-type coccyx extension tail. Just attach it to your tailbone, and using the same neural perception system as in the game, it senses your thoughts and the tail swings freely as you wish, like an extension of your body… This thing is expensive! Make sure to use it well!”

All I could do was nod tearfully. What else could I say?

“And there’s a matching neural perception fox ears and white wig—the ears can move too, reacting to your emotions. I can already foresee the scene of you being surrounded! You need to protect yourself then, don’t let perverts drag you off and eat you up!”

Thanks for your concern! I covered my face, the scene involuntarily appearing before my eyes. Just imagining it made my face burn!

Although in my previous life I had worn women’s clothes many times for undercover work and trained dozens of different voice types, rivaling voice actors, so playing a woman wasn’t shameful… But I had never tried on such shameful and strange accessories before.

Neural-perception electric ears and tail… With such high technology, why couldn’t they be used for something good?

“When that incident first happened, you wore women’s clothes and imitated different women’s voices to make me laugh, so I’m not worried about your voice at all. Although it’s a bit strange that you’re so skilled, that’s your freedom… Well… don’t worry… I don’t mind… I really don’t mind…”

I felt the world explode. Oh my god! What a huge misunderstanding!

“Don’t misunderstand! I don’t have any perverted hobbies!”

“No buts! Tomorrow you’ll cross-dress whether you want to or not! And use your sexiest voice to charm everyone—male and female! Don’t come home until you’ve collected five hundred love letters!”

I blinked stupidly, watching Yingning finish her speech and authoritatively buy a tube-top super-short outfit and a white-and-red miko outfit… What the hell could I even say?

Forget it, forget it. The little girl was happy for once.

On the way home, we decided to stop by and see Einstein and the others. I heard that this group of cats had recently been fighting for territory with the dogs led by Lu Xun and Lao She. Somehow, they had learned to mark territory by urinating like male dogs! Lu Xun and Lao She were not to be outdone, and for a time the streets were flooded, making life miserable. You could smell the stench from far down the alley…

Luckily, the city hadn’t implemented any stupid bans on cats and dogs, nor did it have a stray animal shelter, so they could continue their rampage.

Of course, to prevent stray cats and dogs from overrunning the city and spreading diseases, affecting citizens’ normal lives, the city management had taken corresponding measures.

Universal sterilization!

That is to say, whether Einstein or Newton, Lu Xun or Lao She, Hawking or Galileo, Li Boyang or Confucius, all were neutered!

Whether male or female cats, male or female dogs, scientists, writers, or artists, all were sterilized!

Putting aside the management’s helpless measures, as soon as I rode my bicycle carrying Yingning near the warring block, the Science Cat faction and the Literature Dog faction swarmed around us. The leaders were Cat Boss Einstein and Dog Boss Lu Xun.

Neither side backed down. Cat Boss Einstein arched his back, fur standing on end, while Dog Boss Lu Xun growled low in her throat, staring warily at Einstein.

“Stop urinating everywhere, understand!”

“Meow~”

“Woof~”

Einstein and Lu Xun lay down on either side of Yingning’s feet, looking up at her pitifully.

Oh heavens! These creatures were practically spirits! They even knew to lie down and act cute before getting scolded!

“Sigh…”

Even though she knew that if the war continued, the neighbors would eventually get angry and drive them away, Yingning really had no choice. After all, she couldn’t expect cats and dogs to understand human speech.

Yingning looked down at her watch.

“Four o’clock, two hours until we go online.”

After checking the time, she looked at me.

I smiled helplessly… The little girl was still the righteous one I knew.

“Got it. I’ll go to the store to buy brooms, mops, and trash cans. You buy the deodorizer. Let’s make it quick.”

Since we couldn’t control these cats and dogs, we had to do it ourselves.

Because the sanitation robots were afraid of being carried off by the stray cats and dogs gathered in the area, they were set to ignore these blocks and not clean them. So we had to do it ourselves.

An hour and a half later, the nearby streets hadn’t exactly changed in appearance, but at least under the effect of the deodorizer, they smelled different. It seemed these scientists, writers, and artists wouldn’t be driven away for now.

It seemed necessary for Yingning to change the robots’ routes… Even if they were captured, so what? What did it have to do with me?

Anyway, we finally made it home in time, took turns taking hot showers, lay down in the game pods, and returned to the lush and scenic Adell Continent.

As soon as Yingning and the others logged in, they continued their occupational assessment. Their assessment was obviously much more complex than mine, requiring many stages to complete one by one.

Meanwhile, I leisurely cradled my daughters, feeding them milk while studying the Z-system language of Adell Continent.

As I studied, I suddenly felt emotional.

Indeed, programmers couldn’t escape the fate of cross-dressing…

Self-studying Z language—from beginner to cross-dressing… Well, that made sense.

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