First Player

Chapter 2 · "You deceived my feelings!"

"What do you want to say?" Green asked her.

Qiao Yuyu frowned: "Although I don't want to admit it, the matching mechanism of the game is still very fair."

She faced several teammates who were covered in gray and her words were extremely serious:

"As far as I know, those powerful players are all human beings, and none of them are souls... Although the credibility of this news is doubtful, we have indeed not seen any big players attacking humans - they are temporarily We are all in the same camp and belong to humans. And, as far as I know, due to the danger of the Soul Clan and its hatred towards humans, very few players choose to join the Soul Clan."

"This has caused an imbalance in the camp. There will definitely be far more people joining the Soul Clan Hunter camp than joining the Soul Clan camp."

"As far as I know, the two big guys, Bonnie and Agnes, have joined the hunter camp."

"The matching mechanism cannot fail to take this situation into consideration. It must predict that the number of people joining the Hunter camp will be far more than the number of people in the Soul Clan camp. But it still matches so many big bosses in the same game. Let them Join the hunter camp..."

"this means……"

Green took over what she said: "Are you saying that in our country, there are some overly strong players who are born to belong to the Soul Clan camp?"

"Yes." Qiao Yuyu nodded: "Players all know the benefits of joining the Soul Clan Hunter camp, but some players are not able to freely choose their camp. If the object they possess is the Soul Clan, they will not be able to join the hunter camp that requires detection. , and can only join the Soul Clan camp. If we naturally have so many bosses, there is a possibility... that the system deliberately transfers the bosses into the same dungeon in order to balance the strength gap between the two camps, to lure They joined the hunter camp and went to compete with the players from the soul camp..."

"What we are going to face, the players who are from the soul clan... must be extremely powerful."

"It's so strong that the system needs to make special matching arrangements to gather powerful players that far exceed the average strength of the dungeon to join forces to fight against him."

"...Only in this way can we avoid being completely wiped out and completely defeated by the players from the soul camp."

When Qiao Yuyu said this, her expression was very solemn: "...Although this is just a wild guess, it also means that the soul clan on the ship who launched the attack may be a player, or a very strong player. We Care must be taken.”

"...Then are we still going to take action tonight?" Fang Enze asked from the side.

"Of course we have to take action." Qiao Yuyu said: "Based on the experience of past dungeons, sitting still and waiting for death is definitely not a good plan. As long as we are careful and shout when we encounter any suspicious people, I believe that the soul clan who haunts at night will not risk being exposed. risk killing us."

"good."

The few people unified their plans and walked out of the utility room cautiously.

They came to the deck.

The giant ship at night was not as orderly as it was during the day. Perhaps affected by the attack, some of the crew members standing guard had left their posts and stayed in their rooms.

The soul hunter specifically told people to stay in their own rooms and not go out easily. Generally speaking, nothing would happen.

The group of people easily jumped over the dividing line between rich and poor and reached the high-level cabin corridor, trying to find traces of the Soul Clan's presence.

"Everyone must pay attention... all NPCs are hiding in their respective rooms now, and the only ones who move at night may be players. Considering the criticality of the current situation, once we meet someone, that person is very likely to be related to the Soul Clan There are relationships……"

Qiao Yuyu had already activated her skills. As her vision brightened, some suspicious traces were marked in her eyes.

"...There are traces of people being dragged here..."

She suddenly became alert and found a long drag mark at the corner of the corridor.

"Qiaoqiao, be careful, don't rush so fast!"

Captain Green, who was behind, saw her suddenly take steps forward.

"——I saw someone!"

She suddenly spoke.

Through the long corridor, she saw a piece of clothing that just passed by - someone was out at night!

She immediately wanted to chase after him, and Green and others immediately activated their acceleration skills, but at this moment, there was a crisp "click" sound from the side.

"..."

Su Mingan, who was awakened by the commotion of the group, stood at the door with an expressionless face, looking at them.

"Is that you?" Green immediately recognized this noble player.

He knew that if these people were discovered, they would definitely be dragged away. Only noble players could lead them to search the area openly, and he immediately asked for help:

"This player, we have found traces of the soul clan. If you can cooperate with us, I believe we can win the main mission this night..."

"..." Su Mingan just looked at them.

"Stop trying to die." He said, "Go back to your room. Nighttime is not the time to do tasks."

When Qiao Yuyu heard that the other party denied her plan, she immediately said: "——Why not? The Soul Clan will most likely move at night, and the voyage is only two days and two nights. If we can't catch him on the first night, we will be more likely to do so on the second night. It’s dangerous!”

"Yes, and we have clearly seen the actions of suspicious people just now. We saw someone walking over there... Look, there are drag marks on the ground over there. The next victim must have appeared!" Fang Enze was there to help.

Su Mingan put his hand on the doorknob: "Things are not that simple at all. If you don't have enough strength and attack rashly at the most dangerous time without information, you will only be wiped out."

"Who is it..." Qiao Yuyu frowned slightly: "If you don't want to cooperate, you won't curse us like this, and the whole army will be wiped out... How can the main mission of the first link be so difficult - Green, Since he is unwilling to take action, we will chase him ourselves, and I don’t want to give the mission reward to a player who is lucky enough to gain a high status."

She said, turned around and walked away very quickly.

Green smiled apologetically at Su Mingan and quickly followed.

A group of players quickly disappeared in front of Su Mingan.

Su Mingan closed the door, waited for ten minutes, and opened the door again.

The corridor seemed extremely quiet, and no one dared to go out at night.

He walked along the direction of the row of players, turned a corner, and saw a dead end.

He observed for a moment and saw the vent above.

...These players are really seeking death to the extreme. He actually dared to pursue this kind of place.

He was about to enter the ventilation passage to take a look, but suddenly he heard rapid footsteps from behind.

He turned around sharply and met the eyes of the woman who had just walked around the corner.

"...Miss Naraku?"

Su Mingan recognized the woman who yelled at him at a glance.

Naraku was still wearing a dress at this time, with bright red roses dotting her body, and she was holding a large black cloth bag in her arms.

"Su Lin?" Naraku's expression stiffened for a moment, and then turned into confusion: "What? You knew you were wrong, and you came here to wait for me? Tell you - it's impossible, you deceived my feelings, even if you were here in the middle of the night I have been waiting for you here for so long, and I hope that I can change my mind, but we can’t go back!"

She smoothed her flaming hair and spoke very confidently, as if she thought so.

"We can't go back, we can't go back at all. You have trampled my feelings to pieces. There will never be another woman in this world who loves you as much as I do..."

She said, seemingly unaware of their situation.

...This is late at night.

It was late at night when the soul hunter was ordered not to go out.

But he and Naraku, two seemingly powerless little nobles, met in this silent night.

...very suspicious.

"Why are you here in the middle of the night?" he asked.

"I'm in a bad mood. I'm out for a walk. Why, you're not my fiancé and you still care about my whereabouts?" Naraku snorted: "Well, because you care about me so much and never forget me, But I can give you a chance to recover me..."

Listening to Naraku's nonsense, Su Mingan only felt ridiculous.

...How could anyone go out to relax at such a dangerous time?

Unless, she is directly related to the situation at night.

Su Ming'an realized that he couldn't get any clues from her nonsense, so he directly activated the power-in-power skill.

[Activate the skills of the one in power]

[NPC (Naraku), favorability: 70+10+10...]

[NPC (Naraku), favorability: 100]

[Current favorability rating: Tongxin]

[Note: The current favorability level has reached (Friendship Line·Highest)]

……Um?

Su Mingan stared at this number and was stunned.

...She is really a standard tsundere who talks what she says but means what she says.

Although this tsundere is a bit slow to use her brain, her feelings are indeed real, and her favorability value is almost overflowing.

After reaching the highest level of favorability, Naraku's expression did not change much.

She just stared at him:

"Why aren't you talking? By the way, what are you doing here?"

"Relax, just like you." Su Mingan said.

Naraku looked at him with doubt in his eyes.

He also stared into Naraku's eyes, trying to find some suspicious clues on her body.

He noticed that Naraku's hand was moving. She seemed to want to open the black bag in her hand...

At this moment when the two were in a stalemate, an old voice suddenly came from far away in the corridor.

"——You two, what are you doing in the corridor? You are prohibited from going out at night. Go back to your room immediately!"

An old man wearing the Soul Clan Hunter Medal, holding a revolver-like firearm, pointed at them and told them to go back to their rooms immediately.

At the same time, people who were awakened by the movement also opened the door and poked their heads around.

Facing the eyes of so many people, Su Mingan turned around and left.

He was in no hurry to confront Naraku here to find out. Her favorability level had reached its highest level, and it would not be too late to ask again during the day tomorrow.

He gradually discovered that the people around him were not simple. He still didn't know the identities of Saya, Naraku, and the people around them.

Who is the soul clan and who is the soul hunter?

If he wanted to catch the attacker.

Maybe use yourself as bait...

He thought and entered his room.

…

[The second day after the copy is opened·Daytime]

Su Mingan opened the door and saw Saya standing at the door, bathing in the morning light.

"Rin." She said, her voice a little hoarse: "The dead appeared again last night."

"How many people died?"

"Five people."

Su Mingan frowned.

Five people means that there may be more than one soul clan attacking.

It's obviously a relatively safe start on a cruise, so why is it so difficult?

"What to do, what to do..." Saya was at a loss at this time: "There are so many damn guys on the great Ater. There is still more than one day left on the voyage. How should we persevere..."

"Can't we bring people together?" Su Mingan said: "In the next time, no one should be scattered, so as not to give the Soul Clan a chance to attack alone."

Saya immediately shook her head: "The only ones who can deal with the soul tribe are hunters, but the hunters' methods are mass destruction... If people are gathered together, it will cause more casualties..."

She said with a somewhat hesitant expression: "Furthermore, there are only three hunters on board the Art, two of them are responsible for protecting the great nobles, and the remaining one is responsible for searching for clues. There is no time to take care of so many hunters." People. There are more than 2,000 people on the Ater... it is simply unrealistic to gather them all..."

Su Mingan understood.

It’s not that I can’t, it’s that I don’t want to.

The big nobles cherish their lives very much, dragging the scarce hunters like dragging life-saving straws. They would rather all the people below them die than to let this absolute protective barrier leave them.

Once the hunters are released and they focus on some civilians, they may lose their lives due to this momentary negligence. A shrewd noble would not make such a dangerous decision.

Even Saya herself is scared now. Her grandfather, the housekeeper, was indeed a soul hunter, but at this time he was temporarily transferred to protect the Duke, and she became a person who could die at any time.

Su Mingan saw her fear.

"Don't panic." He said softly: "As long as you stay with me during the day, nothing will happen."

He just can't find the soul clan now.

Once he finds it, he has no possibility of losing. He doesn't believe that there is anyone who can kill him directly at this stage.

"Take me to the place where the incident occurred first," he said.

Saya nodded and led him forward.

The incident took place in a four-person room, which was the room for the lowest-class civilians.

At this time, the room was surrounded by people, and panic spread unbridled among the crowd.

"what to do……"

"The dead appeared again..."

"One soul clan going on a killing spree is enough to kill half of the people on this ship! If there are more than one soul clan, I'm afraid..."

"Where are the hunters? Where are the hunters? Why haven't they caught those damn guys yet!"

The nobleman with a sad face covered his face with a fan. The fat and wealthy businessman yelled and cursed loudly and was very dissatisfied with the current situation.

Su Mingan took Saya and pushed aside these people who only knew how to panic, and pushed open the ajar door.

The strong smell of blood hit his face, and the wealthy businessman who was still scolding retreated with a pale face.

Su Mingan looked at the four corpses lying flat on the ground.

The corpse was green and white, covered in blood, and had hideous wounds on its neck. It looked like it had been attacked by the Soul Clan.

He suddenly recognized it - those were the four players who committed suicide last night!

He was not surprised that this group of people died, but as expected, there was something wrong with the ventilation duct, and they died after entering the ventilation duct.

He suddenly remembered Miss Naraku he met last night. From this point of view, Naraku was very suspicious. Could it be that after he left, Naraku returned there, entered the ventilation passage, and absorbed the souls of these four players...?

"Saya, where is Naraku?" Su Mingan said immediately.

Saya's expression suddenly changed.

"What are you doing to Miss Naraku..."

"Where is she now?" Su Mingan stared at her and said in a somewhat anxious tone: "I suspect that she is related to this attack. We must grasp her movements as soon as possible."

"..."

Saya looked at him.

She looked at him with an extremely complicated look, as if she was considering her words.

Then, her hand gently placed on his shoulder, as if to comfort him.

"Miss Naraku..." Saya said softly.

Su Mingan had a premonition of something.

Her voice was very soft and slow, as if she didn't want to have too much impact on him.

He stared at Saya in front of him, and a sense of absurdity gradually emerged in his heart.

"...Ms. Naraku." Saya said, "She was the one who was attacked last night.

The fifth deceased. "

She slowly moved away.

Behind her, on the corridor, a body covered with white cloth was being transported.

Through the blood-stained white cloth, he saw a section of rose-colored hair hanging down from the end of the white cloth, the color as blazing as fire.