Four Split Personalities

Motan saw countless red marks flowing orderly in front of him, like exquisite notes dancing lightly. Under the baton of ’himself’, they moved smoothly across the sand table, each rhythm precise and elegant.

This image should appear in front of the opponent, achievable only with high concentration and role reversal thinking.

Speculating on the enemy’s strategic tactics is common in war, almost a mandatory course for every qualified commander. But to achieve Motan’s level, even being able to directly lead from the opponent’s perspective... Perhaps not unprecedented, but it is rare indeed.

It’s not that he’s endowed with some fortress-level cheats, nor is it related to talents. Instead, ’Absolute Neutrality’ personality under Motan had long since made observing and stepping into others’ shoes instinctive, often unconsciously shifting positions to consider from another’s standpoint.

The initial aim was merely self-protection from being sent to a mental hospital. However, even in the Realm of Innocence, where one hardly needs to worry about identity exposure, the current personality under Motan still instinctively steps into others’ roles.

Whether it’s a lucky stroke or fate’s design, this trait is a natural advantage for a commander, something many covet but can’t have.

Even though Motan often claims to just want to be a quiet layabout, back in Sumer, he had deliberately begun developing his potential in this aspect.

Formally speaking, he might use this trait to help others in the future, guarding against threats like the ’Whisper Heretical Church’, contributing to world peace in a peculiar way.

But in truth, the current personality under Motan knows he’s just a bit off...

A common personality also has common worries. Even a laid-back lazy person feels slight jealousy when surrounded by... even ’himself’ being competent, enough for ’Black Hei Fan’ in the Realm of Innocence to occasionally feel uneasy.

’Foster Ward’ is strong, incredibly strong, unimaginably strong!

Initially quite confident, feeling that he could manage the opponent without much effort, Motan quickly adopted a different mindset, seeing Foster as an opponent for whom even full effort wouldn’t guarantee victory.

Admittedly, having only practical experience puts him at a disadvantage in simulated confrontations, possessing a vast gap with Foster, who often deals with the magic sand table as a professional.

Admittedly, the troops hold no thoughts, and such puppetry does not suit Motan’s command style.

Admittedly, Yu Chen has indeed worked very hard, but her counseling experience is nearly zero, her qualities in all aspects falling below Lian.

But these are just excuses.

The real reason Motan feels daunting difficulties is singular, ’Foster Ward’ is genuinely strong.

Even amateurs can easily notice that the Blue side commander’s basics are unbelievable, in formations, marches, placements, troop distributions, and instantaneous commands with no leaks visible. And while any diligent military academy student might create such scenes in smaller scales, this battlefield’s size presents tremendous operational difficulty.

As commentator La Ersi remarked, the larger the war’s scale, the more troops under command, the longer the battlefield extends, the poorer the commander’s precision becomes, because concentration is finite. Maybe an excellent military school student could perfectly lead a unit in high-efficiency rapid march. But what about ten units?

If the scales and compositions of these ten units vary?

If their departure and destination points differ?

If enemies frequently obstruct along the way?

If simultaneously they must protect the vulnerable supply line behind the lines?

If each unit has distinct strategic objectives?

If maintaining their mutual connections is essential?

Each additional ’if’ doubles the difficulty faced by the commander, and in most wars, the side managing more ’if’s often achieves final victory.

Yet, every commander inevitably faces a drastic drop in command precision while dealing with increasing ’if’s, unavoidable, like juggling multiple tasks simultaneously in daily life: gaming, TV, comedy, and eating. You might do one well but can’t handle all.

Thus, sacrifices are necessary.

If starting from complexity, we at least manage eating due to habits and instincts since living like Marshal Chen Yi using ink as sugar without noticing is indeed challenging.

Alternatively, focusing primarily on gaming since missing one bite won’t starve us, might cause mild indigestion, but games, especially those requiring high interaction, lose concentration, possibly upsetting teammates drastically.

Regarding watching animations and listening to comedy, because their difficulty falls midway, the cost-performance might be slightly lower, but similar principles apply.

In conclusion, priorities are essential, and choices are inevitable.

There’s no shame; rather, mastering weighting across various aspects is an essential quality for a qualified commander, letting the counselor group decide matters, letting frontline officers independently judge matters, and handling must-attend matters personally. Adjusting thinking according to battle conditions is crucial to avoid linking poor consequences.

This handling style under different scenarios is commonly described as ’rhythm’.

An expert rhythm controller might make the enemy uncomfortable by maximizing strengths and minimizing weaknesses, or ease the flow within own command structures. Styles may differ, but principles converge.

The place most testing a commander’s ability is not those requiring personal involvement but managing unavoidable low precision areas.

An easy example is the initial Blue side trio of army units’ aggressive advance post-match.

Motan didn’t craft coherent formations blending speed, adaptability, and perfect troop distributions. He simply let the soldiers storm out like a sandstorm.

Maintaining speed, he turned those armies into moving targets, haphazard enough that any normal war encounter would be crushed.

But does it affect anything?

The answer is no impact because Motan had considered that despite the rapid march reaching a certain point, they wouldn’t encounter any enemies, meaning until reaching said node, they could even run haywire without helmets and armor, facing zero danger.

Thus, except for some mental effort on speed, Motan invested zero energy on other aspects regarding these three army units, yielding no side effects.

Thus, if irresponsibly concluding, he reserved over two-thirds of energy during this march, with no cost.

But ’Foster’...

Let’s just bluntly say, but Teresa Tarosa seems different.

Asking for reasons, simply put —

No matter the aspect, her command precision consistently maintained at a very, very, very high standard, never declining!

Chapter 1314: End

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