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All he did was order a cappuccino, but the barista reacted like it was the end of the world. The cop was about to draw his weapon, and even a tank outside aimed right at him. Sensing something was very wrong, the guy quickly changed his order to a regular coffee. The barista finally relaxed, and the tank quietly turned its barrel away.

As a disposable NPC, he couldn't even choose his own coffee. In this so-called open-world game, only premium players in sunglasses could do whatever they pleased. When the cops came after them, they could just whip out a rocket launcher and blast their way through. But NPCs were stuck in the same boring routine day after day.

Wake up, say good morning to your goldfish, then pick out a shirt from a closet full of identical ones, and head to work at the bank. Whenever a player came in to rob the place, they'd obediently unbuckle their belts, then lie face down on the floor, looking perfectly content, chatting about where to grab dinner later.

But one evening on his way home, he suddenly spotted a girl humming a tune. The moment they crossed paths, time itself seemed to freeze, watching her walk away through an explosion like it was nothing, a feeling he'd never known before blossomed inside him. For the first time ever, he broke from his routine and chased after her to say hello.

but the second he opened his mouth. Luckily, NPCs can respawn indefinitely, but something inside him had already started to change. When a robber blasted through the bank counter again, he suddenly felt like none of this mattered anymore, and when he looked up, there she was again, the girl from his dreams. His co-worker told him to give it up and stop

fantasizing about the VIPs in sunglasses, but that actually gave Guy an idea. What if he just took the robber's sunglasses? The player behind the screen was stunned and scrambled to fight back. Everyone assumed NPCs were supposed to just take it, but Guy wanted to take control of his own fate. With his self-awareness now fully awakened, he actually took the shot in the struggle.