Chapter 193: The search
Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: VindiFan#1
Proofreader: Arya & Kiwi
A mirror very conveniently appears in front of him.
Looking at his face in the mirror, the Professionist sighed in relief.
“I… am….. a Professionist”
He very carefully only said one word at a time to check that it wasn’t his voice.
After a full sentence, he noticed his current voice was very strange, not at all like what he really sounds like.
And this was seen by the entirety of humanity.
If there’s no way to recognize his face as well as his voice, then how would that terrifying Murder Clown ever find the target?
Maybe, just maybe, the winner will be able to escape from the Murder Clown’s pursuit.
And the reward for the compet.i.tion is eternal life.
Having such a method to become anonymous, many are willing to risk it once for the sake of eternal life.
As they kept watching, they found that no one else appeared in the arena.
The only partic.i.p.ant was the one that wore the goat mask, standing there alone.
He looked around, then couldn’t help but muttered: “If I’m the only one here, what’s the compet.i.tion going to be like?”
Outside of expectation, the old voice replied
『 Brave warrior, if you are the only partic.i.p.ant, then the right of eternal life belongs to you alone 』
“Is that so? Ahahaha!”
The man became excited and began to pray that others are too frightened by the Murder Clown to partic.i.p.ate.
Seeing that, many people in the world had the same thought.
That’s right, many Professionists are hesitant about the game right now, if I join, I might just be able to become the winner!
Having such a thought, many were beginning to waver.
As time pa.s.sed, more and more people appeared in the arena.
They all wore masks of different shapes that hide their real faces.
But to compare to previous times, there’s far less people partic.i.p.ating.
That made even more people waver and wanted to join.
To be able to hide your ident.i.ty and still receive eternal life, this is a great allure to famously strong figures as well.
Not just because they’ll be able to escape the Murder Clown’s pursuit.
Even in society itself, this type of hiding is a great means of personal security, they’ll be able to hide themselves from the eyes of their own country and other organizations, allowing them to continue their lives without any pressure.
Just think about it, no one knows that you have eternal life. While you are able to keep on protecting yourself in the rapidly changing world, enjoying a long and easygoing life.
What a thing to be excited about isn’t it?
More and more keep appearing in the arena.
『 That’s right, that’s right, I can see more and more partic.i.p.ants are joining us 』 the old voice spoke excitedly.
Ye Fei Li looked at Gu Qing Shan and asked: “What do we do now?”
“Seems like it’s also trying its hardest to retaliate” Gu Qing Shan muttered.
The Game of Eternal needs to feed on souls to be able to evolve and gain more features.
Only two rounds have pa.s.sed, so it wasn’t able to acc.u.mulate much power yet.
And yet, it’s already changing the rules of the game, even giving free camouflage devices for partic.i.p.ants. Even for it, this is a lot of effort.
It probably had to spend energy equal to half the souls it had eaten for this.
Bam!
A door swung opened.
Liao Xing was wearing a gaudy pajamas, still sleepy, walked out while cursing: “This motherf.u.c.ker, not only does it kill so many people, it doesn’t even let me get a good night’s sleep, let’s go rough it up!”
“You have an idea?” Ye Fei Li asked.
“I don’t, I’ll just follow your lead” Liao Xing yawned.
Ye Fei Li rolled his eyes, then looked at Gu Qing Shan: “What do we do now?”
Gu Qing Shan answered: “We actually have two good experts at finding people here”
“Who?”
“The G.o.ddess and Zhang Ying Hao”
[I’ll contact and have him return immediately] Impartial G.o.ddess said.
Not long after, Zhang Ying Hao went in through the front gate.
“The h.e.l.l, why is that d.a.m.n teleportation port of yours inside a garbage dump? Is this your fetish?” he complained at Liao Xing.
“What? Do you want me to put it at the police HQ’s doorsteps? So that the police can figure out how the girls went missing?” Liao Xing coldly scoffed.
“Why are you in such a hurry to call me back?” Zhang Ying Hao asked.
“The Game of Eternal, it’s using special effects to hide the partic.i.p.ants, I want you to use your black cat to look for them” Gu Qing Shan answered.
Zhang Ying Hao said: “We’ll have to try first”
He knelt down and knocked gently on the floor.
A round hole opened up as a black cat jumped out.
Zhang Ying Hao cradled the cat in front of his chest and said: “Precious, we need your help”
The black cat meowed back softly.
Zhang Ying Hao continued: “The Game of Eternal, after the round is over, we want to know who and where the final winner is”
The black cat shook his head, occasionally meowed something.
“What’s it saying?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“Black cat says that those people are in a different world so it can’t feel them” Zhang Ying Hao answered.
“Seems like this game found a way to evade even our methods” Ye Fei Li commented.
“That’s right, if we’re unable to locate the winner, it will have won” Liao Xing said.
“What happens if it wins?” Ye Fei Li asked.
Gu Qing Shan answered: “After that, Professionists will enter the Game of Eternal one by one, doing everything they can to kill each other”
“After pretty much all of the Professionists have died, normal people will also go in to try their luck, and then humanity’s civilization will slowly move towards collapse”
Everyone there gasped.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly asked: “Black cat, if we know more details about that person, can you find him then?”
The black cat listened, looks around for a bit, licking his claws, then started to claw the air.
Zhang Ying Hao answered: “Black cat says, the more he knows about the target, the more likely he’ll be able to find them, he can try it once after the target returns to reality”
“With both Impartial G.o.ddess and the black cat to look for them, we might still stand a chance” Liao Xing commented.
As they were discussing, the old voice was heard again.
『 A total of 961 warriors has decided to join us today 』
『 Now, let the intense battle begin! 』
Ye Fei Li commented: “The amount of partic.i.p.ants has clearly decreased from last time, there’s only a bit over 900 people joining now. Seems like the Murder Clown plan is actually working”
“We’ll have to see about this round’s results. If we’re able to catch the champion again, I think there won’t be many that’s willing to partic.i.p.ate next time” Liao Xing said.
“I agree, this will be a very crucial battle for us” Gu Qing Shan followed up.
In the arena, the killing has already begun.
The tiles of the arena flipped around to reveal all sorts of weapons and armor on the ground.
Over 900 Professionists instantly moved into action, they all made a mad dash to look for the weapon that’s most suitable for themselves.
In this process, a few dozens were killed by sneak attacks.
And the ones who scored the kills all got rewarded with powerful equipment for it.
What came next was a b.l.o.o.d.y and chaotic battle.
No one was able to just concentrate on themselves, they all went into a frenzy, killing the person before themselves while taking notice to avoid others’ attacks.
The arena became a slaughterhouse.
The Professionists who killed the most people occasionally receive some new equipment that appear on their bodies, obviously things that the Game of Eternal rewarded them for killing a certain amount of people.
Numerous people fell in the frenzied killing, as more and more bodies fell down on the floor of the arena, their blood flowed and painted it red.
While the people alive are roaring and screaming while looking for their next target, all doing their best to drive their weapon into the bodies of their opponents.
“He’s wearing a milky white f.u.xi Empire-style soft armor, black pants, and black shoes” Gu Qing Shan suddenly spoke.
The other three opened their eyes to look at him, a bit unclear.
Gu Qing Shan continued: “About 1.77 meters tall, left-handed”
The black cat seems to understood and nodded.
Gu Qing Shan kept going: “He has two throwing knives tied to his left leg, a dragon tattoo on his right arm”
[Recording] Impartial G.o.ddess replied.
“Awakened Lightning element, an Elementalist, but it’s not all he has” Gu Qing Shan said.
[Begin filtering?] Impartial G.o.ddess asked.
“Let’s look for a bit longer” Gu Qing Shan answered.
“What are you talking about?” Liao Xing asked.
“I’m a.n.a.lyzing the bodily features of the winner” Gu Qing Shan said.
“The battle isn’t over yet, there’s still over 100 people still fighting, how are you sure he’s the champion?” Liao Xing couldn’t understand.
Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li both closed their eyes and quickly found the person that Gu Qing Shan was talking about.
“He has no wounds” Zhang Ying Hao said.
“Still has a lot of stamina left, he’s able to maintain normal breathing after killing two in a row” Ye Fei Li also commented.
“Another kill, very smooth movement” Zhang Ying Hao went on.
“After killing he backed away a few dozen meters and mixed himself in with a group that’s fighting chaotically, seems like he’s a very careful person” Ye Fei Li also kept going.
“Two slit throats in a row, the opponent couldn’t even react” Zhang Ying Hao said.
“He’s been found, ah? The game rewarded him a halberd, he only used it to skewer the opponent before running away” Ye Fei Li said.
“This time he’s hiding within range of a group of five, only focused on blocking, seems like he’s trying to recover stamina” Zhang Ying Hao commented.
“That’s right, his attacks are as sharp and critical as a viper, but he’s much more careful than an actual viper” Ye Fei Li agreed.
“He might be the one that’s killed the most, but no one really took notice of him yet” Zhang Ying Hao praised.
“How did you notice such a person?” Zhang Ying Hao asked Gu Qing Shan in confusion.
“I’ve looked at over all 100 people in the arena, he’s the only one that carries no killing intent and gathers no attention” Gu Qing Shan answered.
Zhang Ying Hao looked at him again, muttering after a short pause: “What a brilliant a.s.sa.s.sin”
“What does carrying no killing intent mean?” Ye Fei Li was confused.
“That means he doesn’t mean to kill” Zhang Ying Hao answered.
“But he’s in the middle of killing right now” Ye Fei Li asked.
“That’s why he’s so scary” Zhang Ying Hao explained, “killing is the same as eating and drinking to him, it’s a natural part of his life, which is why he carries no killing intent”
Ye Fei Li licked his lips and said: “Such a high quality prey, very suitable for my tastes”
Gu Qing Shan interrupted: “This person is very dangerous, although you might be stronger, he’s more skilled and knows more about how to kill”
“Not to mention, he probably has a few more tricks that he hasn’t shown yet” he added: “If we’re able to find him, I’ll go with you”
“Do we need to? Going by myself is much simpler and quicker” Ye Fei Li asked.
“Let’s observe a bit more” Gu Qing Shan thought about it a bit more and said.
There’s not many people left on the arena at this point.
Their target was no longer hiding his strength and threw his halberd down, instead pulling two short swords from his thighs, moving around the arena like a phantom.
No one was a match for him, most only managed to face him before their throat was slit.
“What insane speed” Zhang Ying Hao commented.
“He must be using some method to trigger his body’s potential, probably with a Lightning Thaumaturgy” Gu Qing Shan also commented.
Finally, a strong Martial Artist noticed him, focused his Martial Thaumaturgy on his body, roared and rushed him.
They faced off, only after 3-5 strikes, the person has already been knocked away by the Martial Artist.
Even though he has lightning to reinforce himself, his opponent was wearing an antique-looking armor and his face hidden by a Hanya helmet and mask, as well as icy gauntlets on both hands.
This equipment were all rewards from the Game of Eternal after he killed enough people.
The man looked at the Martial Artist, then back at his own wounds. This was the first time he actually got wounded in the battle.
Suddenly, he waved his hand to throw a throwing knife upward, and then the knife disappeared without a trace.
The knife reappeared right behind the Martial Artist, piercing into the gap between his armor on his neck.
““A G.o.d’s Chosen Skill!”” Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li both said at the same time.
The Martial Artist pulled the knife out and threw it downwards.
“You d.a.m.ned sneaky rat!”
The Martial Artist roared, jumped upward and rushed at him again.
The man took the Martial Artist head on, took a hit on purpose to knock away his helmet.
Being affected by poison, the Martial Artist’s strike wasn’t as strong as before, but it got taken advantage of by the man to take distance from him.
He drew his second throwing knife and flung it towards the air.
The knife once again disappeared and reappeared right below, piercing into the Martial Artist’s throat.
The Martial Artist held his neck and slowly kneeled down, but didn’t die just yet.
The suddenly drew the knife out, controlling his neck muscles to close in on the wound.
Being able to control his muscles to stop the bleeding, this Martial Artist is no amateur either.
The Martial Artist showed pride, about to say something, but then his expression changed.
“No!”
Clang!
The knife and the Martial Artist dropped down almost at the same time, his eyes bulged out and died.
His face was being eroded by a green color.
It was now that the man quickly moved to pick up his throwing knifes.
Suddenly, a jet black dagger appeared in the air.
An old voice was heard from the dagger: 『 Very good job, this is your reward for killing 193 people 』
The man took the dagger in hand, tried it out a bit and happily sheathed it.
“Main expertise is using short throwing knives and daggers; he also has a Thaumaturgy to activate his body” Gu Qing Shan said.
[Recorded, would you like to begin filtering now?] Impartial G.o.ddess asked.
“Yeah, begin filtering” Gu Qing Shan answered.
[Please compile your search keywords] Impartial G.o.ddess spoke.
“A Professionist, Elementalist that awaken Lightning power”
[There are a total of 23 people with Lightning power in the three big countries]
“Male, about 1.77m tall”
[Found 16 match, search eliminated 13]
“Has a tattoo, left-handed, a s.p.a.ce-type G.o.d’s Chosen Skill”
[Found 3 match, search eliminated 3, 0 match remaining]
[This person is not within the records of the three great countries] Impartial G.o.ddess concluded
It was only the first few steps and they’ve already lost the clue.
Zhang Ying Hao thought about it then said: “From the looks of it, he must be a person of the underground world”
Many fugitives, illegal immigrants, gang members and other people of the underground world has already renounced the registry in their Holo-Brains, thus being a person without an official record.
As well as a few others who needs to do sensitive jobs like a.s.sa.s.sination, so they purposefully hide their abilities away and doesn’t report it, at the same time doesn’t receive the Professionist treatment from any countries.
Impartial G.o.ddess has no way to find such people.
Gu Qing Shan asked: “What does black cat say?”
Zhang Ying Hao laughed happily and spoke with pride: “With such detailed descriptions, black cat has no problems finding him”
They all looked at the black cat.
The black cat was lifting his chin up, first shook his head, then put both front legs to his mouth, making a chewing and licking gesture before nodding his head.
“My precious says that he hasn’t had strawberries in a while” Zhang Ying Hao spoke.