Chapter 199 Canglin Tournament (14)

After talking for a while, Feng Bujue took the key for the room, then the NPCs left.

[Name: Key]

[Type: Plot Related]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Function: The holder and his team will get the ownership of room Day-C of the Cangling Hotel.]

[Is it possible to bring out the scenario: Yes]

[Note: Even if you dont have the key with you, youll still be able to enter and exit the room if someone in your team has it.]

Oh, this looks like it could turn into a jigsaw card at the end of the scenario. Feng Bujue looked at the description and said, Rain, you can take this, you are the strongest, so itll be harder for you to die.

Also, your bags unused storage is bigger than mine. Ji Bu interrupted I have the highest level here and Im a professional! How can you say Im weaker than her?

Feng Bujue directly changed the topic and said, Talking about being a Professional I have a plan and I need your help.

Huh? What plan? Ji Bu asked.

Remember that beautiful girl who commented on my Kungfu in the lobby?

I remember, Meng Jiu mentioning her Her family name is Murong? Ji Bu answered.

I was listening to the NPCs around me, and I could tell by their words that this miss Murong should be the character who knows everything which means she has lots of information.

You want me to find and ask her for information? Ji Bu asked.

Good, you are a professional after all Feng Bujue replied, Use your professional skills to build up a relationship with her; You could say that its your first time in Jianghu and you dont know some things, then you could just ask her a few questions.

When I said I was a professional, what I meant was being a professional player. not being a professional gigolo! Ji Bu shouted.

Calm down, Im not asking you to sell your body. Youd just have to communicate with her Feng Bujue ignoring Ji Bus words, directly said

Player Interaction Rule D states the players and humanoid-type NPCs available interaction: [Regardless of the users gender if theyve been judged by the system to have committed an act of sexual harassment, going against the laws listed in articles B and C. The player would then be limited by the system. The intentions of the player would be discounted and involved parties will be forced to disconnect, and the users citizen ID will be blacklisted, permanently being highly monitored.]

I also looked up the details up for interactions between players, human NPCs, and monsters, and found that the restrictions were even stricter than that of between players. Though players can be intimate to a certain degree with the NPCs voluntarily, there is absolutely no sexual interaction allowed. NPCs will never do anything to you. However, it is possible for NPCs to have a favorable impression towards the players.

Meaning, you can strike up a conversation with an NPC without it being taken as sexual harassment.

Pal! Shes a beauty! Not an ugly man! Dont say it as if Ill make a profit! It would definitely be a loss if nothing happened! Ji Bu continued, You you can even recite the rules verbatim you even explained how relationships and interactions here work What is your state of mind even!?

Oh Its because I was hugged by a female NPC in one of the scenarios, it was purely a platonic hug of course [1]

Which made me think What were the boundaries? So, I took the time to read a part of the games instructions.

Captain, what about us girls seduce the male NPCs, wont that be much easier? Dispirited said jokingly.

Girl, you gotta respect yourself!!! Little Tan turned his head, his eyes twinkling.

How are you even going to seduce him? The system will stop you directly. Even if you wanted to show some legs or something You cant change your appearance in the scenario at all.

Well thats Dispirited nodded and glanced at Wang Tanzhi with playful eyes. Its not that he doesnt know the answer to the question, he just wanted to see someones reaction.

Well, Jin Fugui, what do you say? Will you go? Feng Bujue asked.

I warn you, calling me a gigolo is not ok, and Ji Bu stared at Feng Bujue

Feng Bujue interrupted him Well, gigolo Dont you think that if I werent married, with my three-inch tongue and ability to fabricate tall tales, Id fail? Unfortunately for us, I am. I will certainly attract Miss Murongs disgust if I try to strike up a conversation with her. You cant let Little Tan go, right? It would be nice if that boy didnt give information about us away .

Its just talking with her, why cant us girls go? Like Rain asked.

Ha! Feng Bujue burst into laughter and said, Good idea, Ive always wanted to know what appropriate opening lines for two women would be when theyve never seen each other, one of which even having a motive, approaching the other.

Like Rain stare silently at Feng Bujue for a long time, Well Well let the professionals handle it then.

Okay, Stop double-teaming. Ill do it Ji Bu replied weakly, But Ill say it right now, if that NPC ignores me, then its out of my hand.

How ~ can ~ brother gigolo be inferior? Feng Bujue using a long tone saying, a handsome, white man like yourself In the ancient times, even if the female youth would be older, shed still be hot, and even if she didnt know you, seeing as you look relatively weak and dont have a strange behavior, the most shell do is say that you have nothing in common, dont degrade yourself in front of her.

Feng Bujue paused for a second, then continued When Miss Murong thinks theres nothing wrong with talking to you, youll be able to handle it He stood up and said, if my judgment is correct then this NPC should at least know the settings of this martial arts world. Her common sense is valuable information for us. So, Id like this type of information. Things that are well-known that we dont, you can try to ask her.

I know, Ill just play by ear. Ji Bu replied, At this moment, Miss Murong should still be in the lobby. You just made such a big fuss. If I, a person from Breaking Sword Tea Shack, walk down the stairs and greet her in full view, it would be difficult to explain.

Thats what I was planning from the beginning, Feng Bujue said, and giving the key to Like Rain. She quietly took it and placed it inside her bag.

Alright, moving on Feng Bujue said, Those Flower Shadow Six Swordsmen Want me, a Congenital Pure Yang Inner Force user to help

Dispirited continued Although we were able to stall, Im sure youll be exposed for lying once Lin Chang teaches you Kungfu and Su Shang needs your help

Solving this problem is far more important than gathering intelligence. If things go awry, were going to be placed in a difficult situation he added, At that time, even if those swordsmen dont become antagonistic, they will have no reason to continue protecting us, much less give us benefits.

Thats right this is a tricky situation Feng Bujue answered, At this stage, Ive come up with two ideas

Kill Su Shang? Like Rain immediately speaking Feng Bujues thoughts.

Yes! Itd better if she were dead. Wed have to do it carefully and not leave any trace so that no one would be sure if she was dead or alive. By doing this, at least until the duel, no one would question anything.

You are too cruel Ji Bu looked at him with a rather surprised expression. When I saw you killing zombies, I already thought you were kind of like a murderer Now, just because you want to keep a secret, youd directly kill her, not even considering whether she was a good or bad person.

Have you ever thought whether Goombas [2] were good or bad when youre playing Mario before you stomped on them? Asked Feng Bujue.

Ji Bu paused for a few seconds, then frowned. Those arent the same thing, right?

Hmmm Feng Bujue showed an uncomfortable face and turned his head.

Exchanging ideas. Like Rain commented briefly.

Faking failure. Dispirited said.

Im also against casual killing, not even mentioning the fact that shes likely to be a BOSS level Even if we were able to kill her, there is no guarantee that she wont be able to find out during the fight or when the body is disposed of Wang Tanzhi also put forward a meaningful opinion unexpectedly.

Dont worry about that. If I decide to kill her, Ill do what I can. After killing her, Id just cut her up into pieces and store it in my bag Feng Bujue answered.

Its even been planned to this extent Ji Bu had cold sweats now, wondering how much of a freak Feng Bujue was.

But You do have a point there. You just made me remember something Fen Bujue said.

I read a post on BBS saying that the actions of a player in the script could affect future growth. For example, in the script, if players behaved according to a certain moral principle and try to be good people, then the plot will generally have a better ending. But, people who have been doing evil and cruel things in the scenario may encounter a worse plot. Not only that, the post mentioned that random skills, items, etc. acquired are based on the players actions.

Haha The Ghost Shadow of the Demon Bat The first reaction of Little Tan was to speak the name of the skill that Feng Bujue brought him before out loud.

The Unpredictable Fanatic Dispirited said.

Feng Bujue continued, If this setting really exists, then it can explain quite a few circumstances that Ive encounter when I was playing in single-scene scenarios

Is that a kind of hidden property? Rain asked.

Perhaps Presumably, by the end of the game, the players who are deemed lawful good and the players who are chaotic evil [3], will be very different. Other than skills, equipment, and titles The game experience theyll play would be different. Feng Bujue said ruminatively: If its like that Then wed better not kill innocent people and try to stand on the side of justice, doing chivalrous things as far as the mainline quest allows. So we wont be treated as villains by the system, as I am.

Whats your second option? Asked Ji Bu.

Dont kill, just hurt. Feng Bujue replied, if Su Shang just suffers a certain degree of injury, making her temporarily weak. She wont be able to practice her martial arts, and our matter would be delayed He looked at his teammates, Our time is limited and we cant just stay here for four days, so if we put it off until the evening after tomorrow, our chance will be gone forever.

Thats right. Dispirited said, But We need a good plan on how we can hurt her.

First of all, we cant hurt her openly. We can only do it in secret. Feng Bujue explained, Second, we cant make the other suspect that we did it. He folded his hands on his chest and shook his head. If Dispirited shot her with a gun, it would have been easy, but then the other side might become suspicious of us. Because were the only ones who can carry out a sneak attack in an explicable way.

Even if we used the method that Wulin People use and be secretive about it, the suspicion would still fall on us Little Tan said: We just accepted this matter today then Su Shang being secretly injured suddenly To tell you the truth, even if someone else had attacked her in the middle of the night, wed still be blamed.

Ive come up with a way to do it so that they wont become suspicious Feng Bujue said, The most ideal way A mass poisoning.

Your mind Ji Bu was almost speechless, Feng Bujues thinking jumped way too fast, always reaching a very unreasonable conclusion.

The reason is simple. Wed have to do it to everyone at the same time, so that we can conceal the fact that our real target is Su Shang.

Ha Ha Wed better not kill any innocent people. Well stand on the side of justice and do chivalrous things Little Tan closed his eyes, repeating Feng Bujues words just moments before.

In order to achieve a realistic effect, well also have to be poisoned so wed have an alibi Feng Bujue continued.

Youre crazy Ji Bu said.

Indeed? To ensure that a lie is not uncovered, one must make up bigger lie. Weve already fallen into such a situation You must understand that our security, our freedom, is all based on lies. If one thing goes wrong, our chain of lies falls apart

If we want to get a foothold in this town, or to survive. We must do everything we can, to continue pretending. Every minute, every second, steps must be taken to maintain the mysterious and powerful image of our shack. The script would have been harder to play if the crowd outside had known what we truly were. The only way I could think of us surviving from this town in that situation is, if we were to hide in the mountains.

Thats right. Like Rain agreed,

In terms of combat capability, as long as three NPCs with the same strength as that woman appeared, wed have to use our guns, or wed be quickly destroyed She looked at Feng Bujue, In this point, if Feng Bujues lie were to be uncovered, wed be a villain in the eyes of the people. So Its possible that almost everyone will fight us.

Anyway, Feng Bujue said, If we were to have a good fight, wed be dead by the time they figured out our styles and know the basics of our guns.

Bearing with it or becoming public enemy number one Wang Tanzhi sighed.

Its just like World War II, when a Jew strays into a Nazi party, the only way to survive is to make the people around him believe a German too. Feng Bujue shrugged.

Lets talk about poisoning then Ji Bu said.

If it succeeds, our goal would be achieved without us taking heat. Even if the six swordsmen were to doubt about us, they wouldnt be very sure Feng Bujue said.

Well Little Tan said, Poisoning Anyone can use this method. If theres only a few people affected, then the person whod be blamed would be someone who had a conflict of interest or a grudge with the poisoned people. But if it seemed that no one was being target, then it would be harder to pin down the culprit. If we were seen as not committing the crime, even getting poisoned, then

Okay, three questions. Dispirited interrupted, First, where will we find a type of poison that wont poison people to death but still have enough for poisoning dozens? Second, how can all the people in the hotel be poisoned simultaneously? Third, how can we successfully execute one and two while ensuring that we wont be discovered, leaving behind no trace?

Good question. Feng Bujue tilted his head and spread his hands

No Idea.

Yet, you still said it so vigorously?

Thats why I said, it was the ideal way, not the best way. As to how were going to achieve it We still have one day to plot.

[1]Thats the scenario in Hiratas World. In the end, Feng Bujue hugged a girl as Hirata.

[2]Goomba appears in all the Mario games as Marios opponent. The players could kill them by jumping on them.

[3]Lawful Good and Chaotic Evil are character alignments from Dungeon and Dragons.