Chapter 2 – Trickster Game

NOVEMBER 6, 2022 ~ M1ZUSHI

“It’s all tied up.” Rabbit said, “That’s not enough for you? Before entering the copy, the captain also reminded us to prepare an extra set of red potions.”

“Red Potion” is an advanced drug that can be exchanged with the system when you finish the copy and return to the safe area. It is very effective for external trauma.

The “bound version” is 20 points, which can only be used for yourself. The “unbound version” requires 100 points, which can be traded to other players or NPCs – but the extremely low cost performance ratio caused by the price makes it impossible for special players to buy unbound red potions to squander unless they are specialized in reselling system goods.

Rabbits obviously have no interest in profiteering.

Curly who asked: “…”

Rabbit’s mind was more delicate than that of most players. She quickly reacted and glanced back, “Is it the newcomer who is injured?”

Curly, with a straight face, “It’s none of my business.”

“Well, it’s none of your business.” Rabbit’s eyes were also sharp. Seeing a little dark blood stain on the boy’s thin waist, she estimated that the injury might be serious, and frowned slightly. He suggested, “Go and ask the captain. There are many strange things in his warehouse.”

Curly didn’t say anything.

But he walked faster and faster, and then as if inadvertently – followed the line.

“Captain.” Curly was quiet for a while, and said quickly, “Do you have any unbound red potions? I don’t have enough stock. Lend me some points and I’ll return them to the safe area for you.”

Their captain seemed to slow down a little, and his deep facial features outlined in the light looked beautiful and cold. His slightly thin lip seemed to be pursed, and he wanted to ask something. Finally, he just said, “I’ll trade with you.”

Curly’s footsteps seem to be somehow lighthearted.

When the system panel was opened, the two people quickly completed the handover of the items. Curly was ready to wait for the new man who was still walking at the end of the team after a long time, he heard his name called softly by Brother Team Leader.

“Huh?”

“You seem to be paying too much attention to him.”

Curly hair paused slightly and said with a foul face, “… at least it’s an extra survival point.”

Points are the only universal currency in the escape world.

Players can use these points to exchange for some necessary materials, such as the magic universal medical potion, commonly known as “red potion”. Novice can also master guns or cold weapons, as well as some strange talents and abilities beyond the limits of the human body.

Of course, the points to be paid are also huge.

When they finish a game and return to the player’s safe point, they will settle the points obtained by the clearance copy. Among them, there are basic points for clearance settled according to the difficulty of the copy, additional bonus points for completing regional tasks or participating in special scenarios, and survival points finally determined according to the number of surviving players… especially when the surviving players include new players, the survival points will be considerable.

However, the “considerable” survival score is not so covetous for the old team members like Curly, who always rely on extra rewards to win.

In the face of such a poor excuse, the captain did not say anything more, and looked away.

Most of the players have already entered the dining room under the urging of the servants’ empty eyes, except Curly leaned against the doorpost carved with the angel image. When the belated newcomer was about to enter the dining room, he put out his foot to stop him.

“… hello.”

“If you don’t want to die, you’d better cure your wounds as soon as possible.” Curly held his arm, raised his eyebrows high above the ground, and said proudly, “Make a deal. I’ll give you the medicine to cure your injuries, and you can give me double points when you go out. Is it appropriate to buy your life?”

If Curly didn’t stop Yuan Yuxue, he would probably think he was talking to someone else.

Yuan Yuxue, the first-generation war robot, showed a slightly confused expression and quickly refused.

“No,” he said.

He was unhurt. He wouldn’t die.

This sentence is so cold and resistant that there is no room for change. Curly’s lips pursed a little, and his arrogant expression stiffened slightly. However, he quickly said: “… For the sake of being a newcomer, it’s not impossible to give you a discount.”

Yuan Yuxue has performed numerous high-risk tasks. Generally, only when the damage rate exceeds 90%, will researchers repair him. Medical medicine is something he has never used – he has the ability to self-repair, even if the accessories seemed to be degraded.

This kind of precious military supplies is generally provided to vulnerable human beings.

So Yuan Yuxue politely and seriously refused, “I don’t need it. You can give it to others.”

The focus is on “other humans”.

“…” Curly grinded his teeth

When Curly was struggling to bargain with this penniless customer and was about to lose his patience, Rabbit patted him and winked at NPC.

“Come in first.” The voice of the line also came from the dining room.

The housekeeper, who could not remember his face, was staring at the two guests who were procrastinating. His expression became more and more gloomy, so that Rabbit could not help but urge him.

Curly finally put down his blocking leg and Yuan Yuxue entered the banquet living room first.

Although the interior decoration of the villa was quite old, the dining room was the cleanest and broadest place. The complex and gorgeous chandeliers hanged on the dome, and each crystal section emitted warm yellow light, which reflected the whole hall, but did not create a warm atmosphere.

Inside the dining room, a whole fireplace was built, in which the fire rose high, licking the green stone bricks, and was firmly blocked in front of the silver painted iron fence. Under the roaring flames, the heat did not rise strangely. The wind outside the windows and doors of the villa was howling, and the dining room was cold, just like winter.

When the last player enters the interior, the plot seems to rotate quietly.

The only and most important protagonist in the whole task, Master Andre came back from outside happily.

He didn’t walk through the same passage as the players. The door seemed to connect with the outside of the villa. When it was opened, a gust of wind and snow blew, bringing cold air in winter. Master Andre was wearing a riding corset. The brown and gray cloth tightly wrapped his whole body. The cuffs and necklines that were extremely tight were covered with a layer of fluffy hair. Behind him was an arrow bag that had not been removed. The hat was half removed, revealing his golden hair with several dirty braids.

When he saw the guests in the dining room, Andre was not surprised, and even said enthusiastically: “It’s nice to have so many good friends… to accompany me.”

That kind of high enthusiasm is almost strange.

The players were silent.

Yuan Yuxue looked at Andre – scanning failed.

Another strange energy body.

Andre didn’t mind their lack of support. He thanked his best friends for coming to the dinner with great emotion and voice, and asked the housekeeper to bring his birthday cake——

It was a small cake that had just been baked out of the kitchen, with a little sweet aroma. It was brought to Andre, and the young master neatly picked up the silver knife and cut its soft filling. The raspberry jam sandwiched in the center overflowed, which made people think of “bright red” as a bad idea… Some players’ Adam’s apple could not help rolling slightly, showing a slightly alert look.

The cake was equally divided into nine people. Andre was in front of the most central piece with frosted strawberries, but the players on the scene did not notice such a small thing. They are faced with the delicate dim sum in the silver plate in front of them, but it is difficult to have an appetite for it. After all, the cake is made by the copy NPC, and the scarlet jam decorated on both sides of the silver plate is enough for players to daydream about it in any bad direction.

Yuan Yuxue is not included. He quietly stared down at the little cream cake in front of him.

… Does he have a share?

Because he has been in the front line of the war for a long time, and his companions are almost all robots, Yuan Yuxue rarely touched any human food. This delicate and sweet snack is only in the database records, so he is very curious about it——

But no one moved the snacks in front of him, so Yuan Yuxue waited obediently.

He is not familiar with human social etiquette.

Andrea smiled and took the white candle, inserted it in the middle of his cake, and squeezed out the delicate foam. He suddenly said, “Why don’t you eat cakes? Don’t you like my… cakes?”

Players: “…”

They cursed in their hearts: you are very pushy.

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Andre stared at the players with his green eyes. It seemed that they were stuck here before they could reply. Finally, the team was the first to be the crab eater.

“Yes.” He was concise and to the point.

No one knows whether some special mechanisms will be locked by the boss if NPC is used at this time.

In the copy, you’d rather say less than do, and not do more than make more mistakes.

But after listening to the words of the line, Andre did not show any abnormality, even slightly loosened his expression, and drew a quite pleasant smile on his lips: “Let’s move, everyone.”

Players: “…”

Out of careful consideration, most players didn’t swallow the cake handed by NPC, and everyone showed their magic. Some “missed” and left the cake under their skirts; Some quickly wiped their mouths with napkins after putting them in their mouths and kneaded them in their palms; Some people have already melted a large piece of cake cream into the teacup at hand.

With the permission of the owner, Yuan Yuxue calmly lifted the mask up. Although the mask is extremely thin, the lower part is designed with a special contraction mechanism, which can reveal the lower part of the human body. It was prepared for energy consumption.

Yuan Yuxue carefully picked up the silver knife and fork, cut a small piece of sweet stuffing, and sent it to the lips and teeth.

The delicate cream melts in the lips and teeth, the soft cake is also mixed with the sweet aroma of raspberries, and the layered cake melts in the mouth of Yuan Yuxue. Even if it has a slightly sweet taste, it is an absolute bonus for the young people who taste dessert for the first time.

So human food was like this.

Even if it doesn’t play the role of supplementing energy, this sweet little square will capture Yuan Yuxue instantly. Because he was too satisfied, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and his movements were delayed very slowly.

Curly pretended to touch the cake in boredom, and his eyes drifted on the newcomer inadvertently.

The other side lifted the mask up a little, revealing his white chin as he imagined, as well as his bright lips.

There was a little fine cream on the beautiful lip shape, and it was quickly licked off. Curly looked a little stunned. The next second, some faces moved their eyes warmly.

His mind was still confused, and he remembered a very serious problem for a long time.

——That new person, he couldn’t have really eaten it?

Can this supernatural NPC give you something to eat at random??

Now, under the boss’s eyes, the consequences have been caused. Curly hair can only suppress the anxiety in the bottom of my heart and stare at Yuan Yuxue fiercely. For a while, even other players who were intent on dealing with the boss couldn’t help but look at this side and think Curly looked like a tiger to the newcomer… Although he had trouble to find someone, there was no need to be so angry, right? It is not only to stop people from entering the task site, but also to make eye threats.

It seemed that he was dissatisfied with the distractions of many players. Andre’s smile was slightly flat. He suddenly said: “On your birthday, of course, you should make a wish.”

The housekeeper bowed and handed the lighter, while Andre flipped the lighter and stared at the flames that jumped out, saying, “When making a wish, turn off the light, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

As the steward replied, all the light sources went out immediately.

Humans instinctively resist and fear darkness.

What’s more, they are still in a dangerous survival world. Even if these players are experienced, their bodies were slightly strained.

Nobody spoke.

The light source was tightly sealed, without a crack.

There was no light of lighters, and of course there was no light of candles… The full-bodied darkness was hidden in front of them like fog.

Some people opened their eyes wide uneasily and still could not see anything in front of them. Although Andre had been prepared, he would not be so harmless as lighting candles and making wishes, but the long darkness and high vigilance were still killing people’s spirit.

The line was impassive. Rabbit stopped looking worried. Curly, he unconsciously moved to the direction of Yuan Yuxue——

The only one that has not been affected may be Yuan Yuxue.

Light source is a dispensable existence for him, and his vision is more acute in the dark.

Yuan Yuxue clearly saw that Andre threw the lighter to one side when it was dark, and a huge smile appeared on his lips. He touched the silver knife that had just cut the cake and stood up.

He walked behind the players without making any sound, like a silent ghost. Those tight players didn’t notice that they were separated from the boss by a chair back. Andre seemed to wander behind the players who threw away the cake – because there are too few people to sample, this conclusion is not necessarily accurate.

In the end, he seemed to have chosen the right person and stood behind Skirt.

The ignorant girl in white skirt was still sitting tight on the chair, and the white skirt was accidentally stained with a little raspberry jam before, which diffused the sweet fragrance.

Andre stood behind her and gently took his arm around her. He looked like he was about to hold the girl in his arms. However, the sharp silver knife was hanging in front of her eyes, aiming at her fragile and wide eyes.

Andre slightly adjusted the position, and the blade of the knife made a gesture on her eyebrows, and then stabbed the sharp tool at an almost incredible speed. It seemed that in an instant, the knife could cut from her eyebrows to her chest, and peel off the skin to reveal the bright red heart.

Only before Andre’s smile became strong, the blade could not move forward.

Master Andre’s smile stiffened slightly.

His knife was firmly under control.

Yuan Yuxue, holding his blade, was watching him quietly.

Those hands were long and beautiful, and it seems that they are suitable for doing all elegant things, but people can’t imagine that they are holding a knife. The finger belly was on the edge, against the sharp line, as easily as if the hostile weapon grew out of his hands.

Andre tried to pull it out, but the knife was as if it was sunk into the sea of mud, not moving.

Andre: “……”

After a short confrontation and Andre’s amazement, the lights in the dining room came back on. Yuan Yuxue simply slowly withdrew his hand and sat back in his seat.

The players noticed that Andre had actually come to the other side of the long table, with a silver knife cutting the cake in his hand.

In fact, this scene was very suggestive, but nothing happened.

While the players were thinking, they heard Andre’s unhappy voice: “Don’t you want to say something?”

The person he questioned was Yuan Yuxue.

“?” Yuan Yuxue looks up at him and complains hesitantly, “…… I have butter on my hand.”

Andre: “……”

The other players were immediately biased and looked at Andre and his butter covered knife accusingly. Do you play the devil for a long time just to rub butter on others?

It’s such a boring NPC, even the “hate mark”, all seem too childish.

Yuan Yuxue finally hesitated to wipe the cream on his hands with a piece of paper rather than collecting data.

It was a false alarm, but Rabbit always felt something strange. She opened the special voice system in the team: “Curly, did you find anything strange…”

“He…”

Curly opened his mouth, and Rabbit was ready.

Curly said, “It seems a little cute.”

Team Leader: “Hmm.”

Rabbit: “?”

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