Or he can just took it in secret and leave behind some letter or 'evidence' that ROBIN HOOD took it.He did something really clever there. He altered the story by making the automata be the ones seen, not his face. So now he has successfully removed himself from the story, even if he is still very much involved in the story.
It was still pretty ridiculous how he needed to alert Liner's family on purpose, to recreate the game event. If this had been a real operation, the parents would have only noticed later, maybe even days later, that the someone had broken into the warehouse. As much as he wants to rely on the game knowledge, things just don't work similarly in real life and scripted games, so he needs to do weird things. At least those two living dolls are incapable of reporting anything back to Justus.He did something really clever there. He altered the story by making the automata be the ones seen, not his face. So now he has successfully removed himself from the story, even if he is still very much involved in the story.
game event has still not ended, they are supposed to be defeated by the hero as part of his start in the game, he can still be found as I doubt he will sacrifice those 2 brainwashed poor people.It was still pretty ridiculous how he needed to alert Liner's family on purpose, to recreate the game event. If this had been a real operation, the parents would have only noticed later, maybe even days later, that the someone had broken into the warehouse. As much as he wants to rely on the game knowledge, things just don't work similarly in real life and scripted games, so he needs to do weird things. At least those two living dolls are incapable of reporting anything back to Justus.
It's not so much about realism or a real operation as it is trying to establish a chain of consistency and predictability. Even if things don't work out the same (presuming the parents were supposed to die there instead of be incapacitated), it's better than just running hogwild with whatever makes things easier in the moment but having zero idea what may occur in the future. If Liner had zero idea about who'd have done the theft and they were too efficient, he can't predict if Liner would even become notable later instead of letting his parents handle the sword hunt. You see it as weird, I see it as him tweaking the timeline, since the game's fate has already tried to rear its ugly head in the face of vast alterations.It was still pretty ridiculous how he needed to alert Liner's family on purpose, to recreate the game event. If this had been a real operation, the parents would have only noticed later, maybe even days later, that the someone had broken into the warehouse. As much as he wants to rely on the game knowledge, things just don't work similarly in real life and scripted games, so he needs to do weird things. At least those two living dolls are incapable of reporting anything back to Justus.
Also, that such a thing was necessary implies that the original story did not have someone competent enough to manage them to do it stealthily.It was still pretty ridiculous how he needed to alert Liner's family on purpose, to recreate the game event. If this had been a real operation, the parents would have only noticed later, maybe even days later, that the someone had broken into the warehouse. As much as he wants to rely on the game knowledge, things just don't work similarly in real life and scripted games, so he needs to do weird things. At least those two living dolls are incapable of reporting anything back to Justus.
To add onto this you also have to remember that he wants the big bad to lose and the scenario has liner fighting him, he needs to give liner a reason to go on his journey in the first place.game event has still not ended, they are supposed to be defeated by the hero as part of his start in the game, he can still be found as I doubt he will sacrifice those 2 brainwashed poor people.
He can't. He is already at the limits of what the Narrative is allowing him to do. Yes it is unnatural that he can't just fix things himself. When he tried, whatever force that is pushing the Narrative forcefully knocked him unconscious and frog marched him into a cell. Shortly there after it then proceeded to railroad him so hard the Orient Express was practically tattooed on his left ass cheek.“I sure hope we don’t become enemies in the future.”
I wonder how you could ever solve this with near perfect knowledge of the world?
It always bugs me that the protagonist in these stories only shows creativity in making the same events happen. I would love a MC that just says “hey I could have written this better “ instead of slavishly following the plot and treating people like npcs.
He can't. He is already at the limits of what the Narrative is allowing him to do. Yes it is unnatural that he can't just fix things himself. When he tried, whatever force that is pushing the Narrative forcefully knocked him unconscious and frog marched him into a cell. Shortly there after it then proceeded to railroad him so hard the Orient Express was practically tattooed on his left ass cheek.
So, just like his enforced speech patterns, Harold is stuck playing marionette puppet till Liner can bring Justice down.