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Arc 2: Luxury Cruise
Chapter 35
——"Is this Mr. Austin? I am Xu Ziyue"s friend, the one called Wu Wenshan."
The man sitting in the room silently reading raised his head. He stared at the door expressionlessly for a long time before closing his book and changing into his usual gentle demeanour, "The door is not closed. Come in."
Wu Wenshan patted his chest to calm himself down. He pushed the door open. Seeing the person inside looking at him with a faint smile on his face, he subconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
Regardless of whether Austin"s personality was truly gentle or if it was just an act, this had no effect on what he was intending on doing.
He was nothing more than a "good person" who wanted to tell the deceived NPC the truth.
"What"s the matter?" Austin placed the book on his leg onto the desk. He looked at Wu Wenshan like he was looking at someone he was slightly familiar with. It wasn"t anything special.
"It"s like this. I overheard your conversation today……..I just want to ask first, are you and Xu Ziyue confirmed…..in a relationship?"
Austin looked at Wu Wenshan with a look that had a trace of confusion, but he still nodded.
Wu Wenshan looked around and still felt that the NPC before him had nothing special to him apart for his face. This one looked even more innocent than the female NPC he encountered last time.
"Nothing will come out of it." Wu Wenshan made a very agonised expression, "I don"t want you to be deceived so…….You should hurry and break up with him."
"What do you mean?"
Wu Wenshan noticed him adjusting his posture slightly. It meant that he now had the full attention of the person before him.
"Ah……….I"m actually not supposed to tell you this but I also don"t want to lie to you." Wu Wenshan furrowed his brows. He then told Austin that they were from another world and only came to this ship to complete their task. Once their task was over, they would leave.
And it was the type where they would never meet again.
"………So, I think it"s better to end it early before you get hurt." Wu Wenshan watched the man before him fall into thought. Inside, he felt slight disdain.
What"s so good about men? If you wanted to date, you should go for the soft and gentle girls.
Even if Austin didn"t blacken and didn"t do anything apart from breaking up with Xu Ziyue, his goal was achieved.
With so many people living in fear all day long, why should Xu Ziyue who could only see faces live comfortably and without any worries? Since he was taking a shortcut, then he shouldn"t be surprised that there would be people who wanted to interfere.
Just based on how Xu Ziyue looked, he probably won"t be able to survive very long by himself.
"Can I ask why you"re telling me this? Didn"t you say that you can"t say it?"
Wu Wenshan didn"t underestimate any of the NPCs let alone ones like this that reveal all their thoughts and have the ability to help players clear the instance.
And so, he didn"t relax and continued acting, "Yes, I can"t say it, but didn"t I say it earlier? I just didn"t want you to be deceived…….Do you still not understand? He"s together with you only so that he can complete his task more easily."
Wu Wenshan saw Austin"s stunned expression and internally smirked. Externally though, he maintained a distraught look, "Now you know. Once the task is over, he will leave."
"What"s the task?" Austin asked. Although he already had some guesses, he still wanted to confirm.
Wu Wenshan was a little wary, "Why are you asking this?"
Austin hooked up his lips. He answered the way Wu Wenshan hoped: "Of course it"s so that he can"t complete the task……. As long as the task is not completed, he can"t leave. Isn"t that right?"
Wu Wenshan felt conflicted for a few seconds but eventually told him: "….In fact, everyone"s task is different. In his case, you just need to stop him from acquiring all twenty stamps."
Wu Wenshan watched Austin"s eyes become gloomy and then turn resolute.
Austin said: "Thank you for telling me this. If you need me to help you with anything, feel free to ask."
Wu Wenshan let out a sigh of relief. Looks like everything was settled. As for the help, that was an unexpected reward.
"If you can, I want to know how I can get the children"s playground stamp safely."
There would always be some special NPCs in the games. They would have feelings, their own thoughts and can control their own actions, but they would still have some shortcomings.
Like a robot, even with thoughts, they still cannot taste the delicious foods humans could.
Wu Wenshan only knew of one exception and it was the most important aspect of the games ——-The boss.
But in this game, clearing it had nothing to do with the boss, so Wu Wenshan wasn"t worried. If there really was a boss, they should have already encountered it.
Austin who heard Wu Wenshan"s request wasn"t surprised nor did he find it difficult to fulfil. He looked behind Wu Wenshan.
Wu Wenshan"s back went cold.
He then saw Austin wave his hand. With a smile, he said: "Just you need to let her take you in."
Wu Wenshan saw a young girl walk past him. That young girl walked expressionlessly over to Austin with both eyes staring at her own feet.
"S-she…….."
Austin caressed the young girl"s hair affectionately, "She often plays in there. If you need anything, you can just find her. Don"t worry, there won"t be a problem with getting a stamp."
If Xu Ziyue was present, he would tell Wu Wenshan that this girl is very dangerous. Afterall, she was the one who appeared when the elevator malfunctioned. The laughter at that time was also hers.
But at this moment Xu Ziyue wasn"t there.
"If it"s today, it"s too late. Can I……go tomorrow?" Wu Wenshan wasn"t stupid. He felt strange just looking at the young girl. He looked at Austin again. His expression didn"t change.
But if he really didn"t have a way, Xu Ziyue wouldn"t have received so many stamps…….Wu Wenshan recalled the card on Xu Ziyue"s chest. It was almost completely filled with stamps.
The brave reaps rewards. The timid starves.
"How about this? I"ll get her to go find you tomorrow." Austin patted the young girl"s shoulder. The young girl looked up at Wu Wenshan and stared at him like she was trying to memorise his appearance.
"……….Okay." Wu Wenshan nodded.
Since he had nothing else to say after that, Wu Wenshan took the initiative to say goodbye. As he left the room, he just happened to notice the book Austin had placed on the desk. It was a book t.i.tled "Cruise Shipwrecks".
Wu Wenshan turned around to close the door to Austin"s room but, in just a blink of his eyes, the young girl next to Austin was gone.
Wu Wenshan swallowed nervously. He lifted his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He took a deep breath and proceeded to go to Xu Ziyue"s room.
As he walked that short distance, he constantly wondered if he had angered Austin. Austin looked gentle and polite. From their conversation just now, Wu Wenshan even concluded that Austin was probably the pa.s.sive one in the relationship.
But that was natural. This was something designed for Xu Ziyue so that it would he would be safe in the game. If Xu Ziyue was the one being pa.s.sive, how could he have succeeded in winning over Austin?
But before leaving, Wu Wenshan couldn"t help but think that there was more to it.
It was common for NPC"s to know each other so he naturally thought that it was normal for Austin to play a role in Xu Ziyue"s successful endeavours.
But now that he thought about it, everything had progressed too smoothly on Austin"s end. The last time he went to interfere with a female NPC and a male player, that female struggled for a long time and even tried to find excuses to prove that he truly loved her.
But Austin accepted it too quickly.
Wu Wenshan stood in front of Xu Ziyue"s door and couldn"t help but bite the knuckle of his index finger.
It wasn"t until he tasted a hint of blood that he returned to his senses and stopped.
After all these instances, he was also no longer normal………
Wu Wenshan randomly wiped his hand on his clothes and knocked on the door.
"Xu Ziyue, it"s me Wu Wenshan!"
With nothing to do, Xu Ziyue had fallen asleep. He was woken from his slumber by knocking on his door.
He rubbed his head, put on his slippers and went over to open the door, "Is it already eight?"
Wu Wenshan froze. He hadn"t paid much attention to the time and just came straight over after finishing speaking with Austin.
And so, Wu Wenshan just laughed and ignored Xu Ziyue"s question, "You fell asleep just now?"
Xu Ziyue nodded. He walked over and sat on the bed. Crossing his legs and sinking his face into the pillow in his arms, he asked, "What"s the matter? Go on."
"It"s nothing really. I just wanted to tell you that there"s a solution to the issue of the casino and the duty-free shops activities conflicting."
Xu Ziyue was puzzled for a moment. This wasn"t something he urgently needed to know. Logically speaking, if Wu Wenshan wanted to tell, he should be telling the other players first.
But he still looked up and expressed his concern about this matter, "Okay, tell me."
Wu Wenshan put his hand in his pocket and pulled out two cards, "You use this."
"This is………two bank cards?" Xi Ziyue received the cards and looked at it. The cards were provided by the system and each only had one………..But now, Wu Wenshan took out two.
"We can use the remaining funds of the dead players." Wu Wenshan casually let Xu Ziyue look. He had already received the stamps for the duty-free shops and the casino so it wouldn"t matter if he lost the cards.
"Then wouldn"t that mean…………."
Wu Wenshan shrugged, "That"s right. For all the eliminated players, their rooms can be entered as you please. Something like this……….You can naturally choose if you want to take it or leave it.
Xu Ziyue scratched his head. His mood sank. If this was the case…….
"Do you know…..how many players are left on this ship?"
Wu Wenshan rubbed his sore throat, "I don"t know. It"s hard to keep count. Of the one hundred people, they"re scattered across the twelve floors. Who would remember how many are on their floor, and which room they"re in?"
Xu Ziyue frowned and nodded, "At that time, I should"ve……" He looked up and the rest of his words were stuck in his throat.
"What"s wrong?" Wu Wenshan who saw this panicked. Afterall, he was someone who just did something bad.
He quickly turned and looked behind him but there was no one there.
When he turned back, he saw Xu Ziyue constantly rubbing his eyes.
Wu Wenshan stood up. His voice was anxious, "What"s wrong? What"s wrong? Hurry and tell me!" The scare earlier at Austin"s place had left him with a slight trauma.
And at this moment……..
Xu ZIyue lowered his hand, "Some, some dust went in my eye……."
Wu Wenshan"s pacing stopped. He wanted to get angry, but he forced his anger down and did his best to look friendly.
With a stiff neck and anger in boiling inside him, he squeezed out, "That"s good then. Don"t scare me, I can"t stand being scared."
Xu Ziyue laughed nervously.
He actually………saw it just now.
Hanging from Wu Wenshan"s neck was the young girl he saw not long ago. She was hanging there and when Xu Ziyue noticed her, she placed an index finger on Xu Ziyue"s mouth.
She told Xu Ziyue not to say anything.
And then she said something.
From Wu Wenshan"s reaction, Xu Ziyue could tell that he couldn"t hear her voice.
But the girl clearly said something while leaning on Wu Wenshan"s shoulder………..
She said:
———He"s trying to hurt you.
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KK has something to say:
Dammit Wu Wenshan. You"re just doing that because you"re jealous ?