First Player

Chapter 128 Chapter 126 · "My dear child, Pori."

【Five minutes ago】

After Su Mingan put on [Wang Han's human skin mask], he walked towards the mayor's home in his memory.

He expected the situation to be difficult.

...To protect the good players who remain, he needs to seek help from NPCs.

He was close to the mayor's home, which had a high wall and a heavy solid wood door outside. He walked forward and the door in front of him suddenly opened.

"Squeak——"

A dull voice sounded, and the kind-hearted mayor looked at him with a smile on his head and a cane.

"Ah..." The mayor smiled so hard that his wrinkles were squeezed together. He looked amiable, like a parent who cares about his children: "You are finally here."

…

"...My dear child, Pori."

…

Su Mingan was slightly startled.

He suddenly heard the system prompt:

[Due to wearing a special prop (Wang Han’s human skin mask), the NPC recognizes your identity. 】

[NPC (Mayor of Mitchell Terrie Town) has identified you as (son of Bury Mitchell who died young)]

[Current favorability of Mitchell: 80 points (family affection)]

…

"Ah." Su Mingan followed his words: "I'm back."

As early as the first day when the mayor met his clone, he said that he looked like his child Pori who died young.

After hearing his response, the mayor's smile became even stronger. He stretched out his hand tremblingly to help Su Ming'an. Su Mingan could only accompany him to act out the scene of "a loving father and a filial son" before crossing the threshold together.

He felt a little wet on his face.

……It is raining again.

The door behind him closed with a loud bang, bringing with it a strange chill in the spring. Through the sudden rain, he saw the two red lanterns hanging at the door in front of the house swinging in the heavy rain, shining with scarlet light in the haze, like a pair of wild beast's eyes.

The mayor's slightly resentful voice came from beside him:

"You're finally back... Pori, I've been waiting for you for so long that I almost forgot when you left..."

Su Mingan couldn't guess why Bo Li left and remained silent. But combined with the word "die young", the real Bo Li may have died on the way out.

"At the beginning, when you were leaving, I advised you that the gods would not forgive the betrayed child. The journey was long and over mountains and ridges, which was too hard for you. However, now that you are back... Then everything is fine, take a rest first, and I will take you to the Lord God to atone for your sins..."

Listening to the mayor's next words, Su Mingan vaguely understood the reason why Bo Li left in the first place.

He spoke tentatively: "I traveled far to find the faith in my heart."

He saw the mayor's sudden look, which was somewhat frozen through the fine raindrops.

"...Have you found it?" the mayor asked.

The two stopped in front of the door.

The red lantern swayed slightly, emitting a strange light, like a pair of faint, werewolf eyes.

Su Mingan helped the old man up and helped him climb the steps in front of him.

"...No, so, I'm back." He said.

Mitchell's smile seemed more genuine. He stretched out his hand and knocked gently on the door.

"Squeak——"

The girl with braids opened the door, and when her beautiful big eyes looked over, they were as clear as the sea, sky and lake.

...Jasmine.

Su Mingan was not surprised to see her.

The rustic Jasmine in front of me...the Jasmine in the red wedding dress at night, these two Jasmines, what on earth are they?

"Dad, this is..." Jasmine's eyes stopped at Su Ming'an for a moment.

"As I told you, my child Pori." Mitchell responded with a smile: "When he left home, you weren't here yet, and I didn't expect to see him again one day..."

Su Ming'an understood the meaning of the mayor's words - Jasmine might not be his biological daughter, but an adopted daughter.

"Hello...come in first." Jasmine nodded to him reservedly, opened the door, and let Su Ming'an in.

Su Mingan walked in vigilantly. He had already guessed that this mission was dangerous. He has always been wary of girls with "sin" in the system prompts.

Entering, he smelled a faint scent of incense burning in the room.

White mist floated from the stove. He sat down at the table and saw the two tablets placed aside.

The tea cup is placed in front of you, and the tea leaves are floating in the water.

"Bo Li, you are coming back this time..." The mayor seemed to be about to start a tirade again.

Su Mingan remembered his purpose and spoke first: "Mayor."

He met the other person's eyes, which looked a little gloomy in the mist of tea.

He immediately changed his words: "...Father."

The mayor's expression softened.

Su Ming'an suddenly realized that maybe the mayor didn't completely think of him as his child Bo Li.

When he showed any intention of deviating, the other party's eyes became so gloomy that he was frightened.

Mayor Mitchell, like a man immersed in his own fantasy, wanders in an illusion that is on the verge of being broken. The mayor seemed to be hypnotizing himself, forcibly identifying him as the "returned child".

Su Mingan probably knew how to speak.

"Father." Su Mingan shouted this word that was somewhat unfamiliar to him: "During this trip, I met many travelers from the outside world."

The mayor listened carefully, and Jasmine on the side also remained silent.

"They helped me a lot, and some of them also saved my life." Su Mingan touched the teacup with his hand, paying attention to the other person's expression: "They have been persuading me to go home. They said that conflicts are only temporary, but family ties are not. It is eternal. I was too naive to leave in anger at that time..."

"Father, I will atone for my sins." Su Mingan raised his head and looked at the white-haired old man opposite with a very sincere look: "The beliefs in the outside world are all false, and this is where I belong."

…

[NPC (Mitchell), favorability: 80+10]

[Current favorability rating: Beloved]

[Note: The current favorability level has reached (family line·highest)]

[Due to your status as a person in power, you can make certain demands on the other party. 】

[Note: There are pros and cons to the highest degree of favorability, so please proceed with caution. 】

…

"I want to ask you to help me with something." Su Mingan looked at the old man who was gradually becoming more and more eager, and said: "Those travelers from the outside world were also my partners. I want... before completing my atonement, Suspend their fight for now.”

...He did not make a request to eliminate all werewolves.

These NPCs can only intervene in the battles between players to a limited extent. They can't interfere with the banishment, they can't interfere with the night behavior, because these are set by invisible rules, independent of the town.

But fights that occur during the free movement during the day... can be intervened. Su Mingan only needs to protect the players in the good camp during the daytime and prevent them from being eliminated due to direct attacks from the werewolves.

The real outcome...will have to wait until night.

He watched the mayor's expression and watched as the other person's expression gradually softened.

"Bori..." the mayor sighed slightly: "Are you sincerely atone for your sins to the gods?"

"Yes." Su Mingan nodded.

He confirmed his suspicion that Mitchell did not completely recognize him as Pori. Otherwise, Mitchell would not have agreed to his request without asking for any reason or carefully considering the loopholes in his words.

This old man... just wants this "Pori" to follow the gods and satisfy his unfinished regrets.

"Okay." The mayor nodded, stood up shakily, and leaned on his dragon-headed cane: "I will temporarily stop the travelers' fight during the day... But what happens next depends on them."

He turned around and took a deep look at Su Mingan:

"My child." He was like a frozen man coming slowly from the fire, his eyes burning:

"……wait me back."

The old man ignored the pattering rain and plunged in. His thin figure gradually disappeared under the illumination of the red lantern.

"Squeak——"

Jasmine stood up and closed the door, then turned around, her eyes as calm as a lake.

Su Mingan originally thought that Jasmine, who had seen through his true identity, was going to attack, but she didn't expect that she suddenly said:

"Pori."

That was the name she shouted.

Su Mingan vaguely felt something was wrong. This unpleasant feeling... he had also experienced it when facing his strange deskmate Shen Xue.

Jasmine stepped forward and placed her hands on the table.

Those clean eyes were like mirrors, and he could even vaguely see himself in them.

"Now that you're back..."

Her posture was extremely strong compared to before, and he heard her voice coming very close to her, with an undoubted meaning:

"...When are you going to marry me?"

"Ding dong!"

A system prompt sounded in Su Mingan's ears.

[Trigger S-level single-player copy: "Before Dawn\