Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1297: Chapter 1168: Who is she?!

Chapter 1297: Chapter 1168: Who is she?!

The State Guesthouse, officially known as the Daxia State Guesthouse, is one of the five major state guesthouses and is dedicated to handling affairs related to the royal family.

The banquet had not yet begun at this time, but the preparations that needed to be made had already been completed, and guests had started entering the venue early.

Accordingly, at the red carpet entrance, the area was already packed with a dense crowd of media and reporters.

However, before Lincoln got out of the car, the sound of camera shutters was not enthusiastic.

Because of some widely known unwritten rule, the more important the person, the later they usually appear.

Therefore, those who arrived this early were mostly civil invited guests, including some business people, educators, and charity activists—the latter two because Camille Victoria had been involved in many activities in these two areas and knew people in these fields.

Of course, those who showed up at this time were usually those with neither close nor distant relations.

Camille Victoria had made other arrangements for her truly close “friends”; they wouldn’t come so early just to wait idly, nor did they need to be photographed by the media incessantly.

Theoretically, Lincoln should not have appeared at this time either.

He was supposed to be one of the last to appear, one of the most high-profile figures, if not the most high-profile.

His early arrival, especially choosing to appear at the main entrance where the media were most concentrated, was of course for—

playing with everybody.

Just like now—

The sound of shutters immediately became a chorus.

“It’s Lincoln!”

“Who’s that woman with him?”

“Who is she?”

“What’s going on?”

“Does anybody recognize her?”

…

The noisy chatter ebbed and flowed.

Even many couldn’t help but break protocol and loudly inquire, “Boss Lin, who is she?”

“Introduce her to us!”

“Did you break up with the Princess?”

“Miss, could you please take off your sunglasses?”

…

But Lincoln ignored them completely, walking up the red carpet with an unwavering gaze, step by step towards the inside of the Guesthouse.

The realistic robot was tugging at Lincoln’s sleeve as it followed him step by step.

It only took off its sunglasses and turned to glance at the reporters in the media area halfway through, due to the increasingly absurd questions shout from behind.

The reporters excitedly asked, “Did you get it?

Did you get it!?”

The cameramen were somewhat hesitant.

Because they all felt that the woman seemed to have glanced at them.

—Every photographer and cameraman on site who had snapped a photo felt that in that fleeting moment, they had been “seen”.

“Who is this woman?”

This question arose simultaneously in the minds of everyone present.

It also appeared on the Internet along with a series of photos, stirring up even wider curiosity.

Netizens also began to ask, “Who is this woman?”

But no one could answer them.

…

…

Having entered the Guesthouse, Lincoln found that there were a few people ahead going through security checks.

This made him pause.

Because the woman by his side would never pass the security check—her body contained a large number of alloy components, and if they were to go through the security gate, an alarm would immediately be triggered.

Luckily, in the next moment, an unfamiliar person came hurrying over, muttering apologies and mentioning something about inadequate preparation, all while leading Lincoln down another path that did not require a security check.

Apparently, guests attending the evening banquet were divided into two categories: those “needing security checks” and those “not needing security checks”.

And without a doubt, Lincoln belonged to the latter.

Even the suspicious chest he was carrying only prompted the question, “May I ask what you have brought?”

When Lincoln replied, “It’s a gift for the Princess”, the questioner did not probe any further.

Thus, he easily made his way into the interior of the Guesthouse.

*

Back at home, ready to change clothes for her coming-of-age ceremony, Camille Victoria was suddenly interrupted by her sister, Zhu Qinglu, bursting into her bedroom.

“Ah!” the Little Princess exclaimed, hastily stopping what she was doing.

Her sister, however, was unconcerned, “Oh, what are you shy about!”

Zhu Qinglu was 12 years older than Camille Victoria and had watched her grow up, so she didn’t care about such things.

Waving her hand, she went straight to the point, “There’s a big problem!”

“What big problem?” Camille Victoria was puzzled.

“Your man is about to be taken away!”

“What are you blabbering about…” The Little Princess was at a loss for words with such nonsense.

“Look at this!” Zhu Qinglu handed over the Mobile Phone, “Do you recognize this woman?”

Camille Victoria leaned in to look at the screen showing a photo of Lincoln and the woman.

Her sister swiped the screen again, revealing the woman’s face as she removed her sunglasses.

“???”

The Little Princess immediately became perplexed.

“Isn’t this…

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me?”

“Huh?” The older Princess was also stunned when she heard this, “What do you mean?”

Camille Victoria took a closer look at the full-body shot.

Although there were some minor differences, wasn’t this woman her incognito identity “Victoria”?

For quite some time, she had appeared in Yunmeng’s Virtual Office as an Intern, using this persona.

But now…

A real person who looked just like her virtual image had suddenly appeared?

And Lincoln had found her?!

Well…

she wasn’t doubting Lincoln’s ability to recruit people, but Lincoln was unlikely to do something so uncertain, not to mention he hadn’t brought it up at all the previous evening.

Holding firm to the principle of immediate communication when there’s a problem and never hiding anything, the Little Princess immediately sent a Text Message to Lincoln to inquire.

She received two replies right away—

[Hehehe.]

[It’s Mavis~]

The Little Princess blinked and looked at the photo again, unsure whether to be confused or shocked.

That was Mavis?

That…

wasn’t a real person??

“What’s wrong?

You look so surprised,” her sister Zhu Qinglu asked anxiously, “Do you know who that is?”

After a moment of speechlessness, the Little Princess put down the phone and said, “It’s nothing, I know her.”

She then pushed her sister toward the door, “I still need to change Clothes, don’t waste time.”

“You could at least tell me who she is!” Zhu Qinglu asked as she was pushed out of the Bedroom.

Before leaving, she slapped the door in dissatisfaction.

In the past, she too was a well-mannered lady with excellent home education, but as she approached 30 years of age and gradually became a spinster, she became increasingly free-spirited, and her temper also rose substantially…

*

The media, netizens, and Zhu Qinglu weren’t the only ones mystified and puzzled.

Lincoln’s Security Team was also in complete disarray.

The sudden emergence of Mavis had given them quite the shock, but fortunately, she hadn’t appeared In Reality.

Later, everyone basically confirmed that the girl was an artificial intelligence and relaxed a bit.

But this time!

The woman had come straight out of Lincoln’s House!

(The house that Lincoln had moved into the day before with a Chest of luggage.)

This was a real person stepping into the real World!

The driver, Yue Pengju, was stunned on the spot, asking Lincoln who she was in amazement, but Lincoln fobbed him off with “I’ll tell you Tomorrow.”

Afterward, the Security Team began to report frantically.

Before Lincoln even got out of the car, the [Lincoln Analysis Group] convened an urgent meeting to find out where this woman had come from.

The [Lincoln Countermeasures Group], far across the ocean, was also in an Emergency meeting…

Everywhere was in chaos.

Inside the Daxia State Guesthouse, the invited guests attending the ceremony were not spared and fell into confusion as well.

In their plan, seeing Lincoln meant they should approach him to strike up a conversation and, if possible, get to know him and exchange contact information.

But when they saw Lincoln coming in with an unfamiliar woman, behaving somewhat intimately, they immediately halted their approach.

Their minds were a mess.

On the Princess’ coming-of-age day, her boyfriend showed up with another woman—this…

Could it mean something major was about to happen?

Some who had worked with Camille Victoria took the initiative to come over, wanting to find out who this woman was.

But under Lincoln’s relentless interruptions and deflections, they never got the chance to ask.

Lincoln was covering for Mavis.

Realistic Robots, after all, are robots; they lack the intricacy and cleverness of a human body.

If one looked closely at the face, it wasn’t hard to spot imperfections, and some movements were not as smooth and natural as those of a human.

Thus, Mavis wore a long dress to cover most of her body and sunglasses to hide her eyes, which were most likely to give her away, minimized unnecessary movements, and avoided talking unless necessary.

It was precisely this care and caution that successfully deceived everyone.

After dealing with a few guests, and seeing more people about to gather around, Lincoln promptly took Mavis away from the lobby and ran to the Resting Room to seek some peace.

Meanwhile, he went online to enjoy the spectacle.

All this effort to create such a tumult around the World, and for what?

Just to enjoy the show!