"You're very confident!" Gu Fei was being modest on behalf of Sword Ghost. In fact, from Sword Ghost's tone and attitude, he could tell that he was not only confident, but also convinced. This made Gu Fei feel that the relationship between the Sword Ghost and the girl named Ke was not merely that of a friend's girlfriend. They already knew each other very well.
Sure enough, Sword Ghost nodded and said, "Of course, we've been friends for many years!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!" Gu Fei urged.
"Aren't you going offline?" Sword Ghost felt strange.
"Don't mention such a disappointing thing at a critical time. You won't die if you're a little late." If it were a day ago, Slender Waist Dance would have yelled at Gu Fei. It could be seen that principles weren't dead, and their owners could change them at any time.
After Sword Ghost contacted the girl, he led Gu Fei on their way. The direction was completely opposite from when they were looking for water. The two walked in the direction of Forest Shade City.
"These two aren't together!" Gu Fei sighed.
"Of course, if they were together, we would have seen them just now," Sword Ghost answered simply. Gu Fei sensed the confidence in his words.
Forest Shade City, on an inconspicuous village street. Looking at a certain house number, Sword Ghost checked the chat record and nodded. "This is it."
They knocked on the door. The player who opened the door had a professional smile on his face. "What can I do for you two?"
"I'm looking for Lu Ke," Sword Ghost replied.
"Oh …" The man responded and invited the two of them into the house.
The lighting in the room was good, but it was messy. Rags of various colors were strewn all over the floor. In front of several tables, many players were working hard with their needles and thread. After Sword Ghost entered the room, he walked straight in the direction where a girl was arguing with someone while holding a shirt. "This shirt is too much! It's a mess of stitches. Won't it come off if you pull it? "
"Of course not!" The player who was talking to the girl said with a smile.
With a snap, the thread on the sleeve of the shirt in the girl's hand broke, and it was completely torn off.
"Look …" The girl stretched out her hands and showed the torn sleeve and shirt to the player.
The other party was left speechless. It was not strange for his clothes to be torn, but for the thread to be torn off with just a light tug, that was somewhat inexcusable. The player quickly wiped his sweat. "It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. Someone must have been careless and missed a step. I'll take it and redo it." After saying that, he took the sleeves and jacket and rushed to a table. He threw a loud scolding at the girl while scolding. Obviously, this scolding was also to appease the customer's dissatisfaction.
"Sister Ke, another ten sets are ready!" someone suddenly shouted.
"Alright, I'll call someone to get it after you're done." The girl turned her head in the direction of the shout. When she turned her head, her eyes had already swept over Gu Fei and Sword Ghost. After shouting, she immediately called out to Sword Ghost, "Coming."
"Yes!" the Sword Ghost replied.
It was a simple conversation, but Gu Fei could sense something unusual in it. He confirmed his previous conjecture that the Sword Ghost and his wife were not in an indirect relationship. The two of them were very familiar with each other. The way they greeted each other was not very warm, nor did it seem like a polite greeting. Everything was so natural that only close friends would use such a simple and plain greeting method.
After greeting Sword Ghost, Lu Ke's gaze turned to Gu Fei. She pursed her lips and smiled. "Drunk Killer is here too."
"Hehe …" Gu Fei laughed dryly. He had naturally heard of his various nicknames in the outside world. Although he did not mind, very few people called him that directly.
"You're …" The Sword Ghost looked around the room.
"I'm making clothes." Lu Ke casually grabbed a piece of clothing from the table beside her and threw it to the Sword Ghost.
The Sword Ghost caught it and shook it open. Gu Fei immediately understood what it was. Camouflage clothes … It was the kind that Deepwater and his subordinates were wearing. It seemed that he was preparing to arm the entire guild, which would require hundreds of sets. This was not a small amount of work. In a simulation game, making clothes wasn't as simple as shouting "Sew" into the air and clothes would immediately appear in your pocket. You needed to actually do it. Of course, just like archers, this also required the powerful support of the System. Needlework wasn't something that everyone could do.
"Have you seen Deepwater?" Lu Ke asked as she took back the clothes that the Sword Ghost handed back to her.
"Yes." The Sword Ghost said.
"Then of course you know what I'm doing?" Lu Ke said.
"Yes." The Sword Ghost looked around the room again. "Is this your guild's, or …"
"No, it's a specialized tailor's workshop. It's Inky's workshop. Didn't you notice the logo on the door?" Lu Ke said.
"That logo is Inky's?" The Sword Ghost was surprised. This was one of the more famous workshops in the online gaming world. Old players like the Sword Ghost all knew about it.
Lu Ke spread her hands and said to the player who had just argued, "See, I told you that your logo doesn't look like it at all!"
The other player continued to wipe his sweat. "We'll fix it when we're free."
"Come and sit here!" Lu Ke led Sword Ghoul and Gu Fei to a rare empty table in the room. When the other person saw Gu Fei and Lu Ke coming over to sit down, he immediately grabbed his work and squeezed to the side to squeeze in with the others.
"What's up?" Lu Ke asked the Sword Ghost.
Without holding anything back, the Sword Ghost told him everything, including Gu Fei and his suspicions and deductions about the system's designated assassination targets.
Gu Fei was surprised once again. He finally realized that the Sword Ghost and Lu Ke weren't just close. They were even closer than his relationship with Deepwater. At least in front of Deepwater, the Sword Ghost was a bit embarrassed to ask for help. But in front of this girl, the Sword Ghost didn't hold back. This was a deep trust.
Seeing that there was no place for him to interrupt, Gu Fei could only quietly listen.
"So, you're suspecting that there's something wrong with the Water Breaking Arrow?" Lu Ke said as she tapped the table.
"At least the previous target that the System pointed out was someone who had accumulated more than 1600 kills," the Sword Ghost said.
"It's just a game. This shouldn't be too serious, right?" Lu Ke said.
"Behavior comes from a person's character," the Sword Ghost said.
"You're too serious." Lu Ke replied, "I've told you before that some people will indulge themselves in a virtual environment like games without any scruples. That doesn't mean much. "
"But at least in this world, he's not a good person," the Sword Ghost said.
"Support!" Gu Fei said to the Sword Ghost. The Sword Ghost patted Gu Fei.
"Okay, okay! I know. But the problem is that I don't know this person at all. "Lu Ke said.
"Is that so …" The Sword Ghost felt that it was a pity.
"I have an idea," Gu Fei suddenly said. The two looked at him.
"Why don't you take us with you and pretend to be members of your guild? That way, we'll have a lot of opportunities to observe this guy," Gu Fei said.
"Is that possible?" The Sword Ghost was a bit confused. Lu Ke didn't say anything.
Gu Fei smiled and looked at the girl. "Haven't you done this before?"
"What?" The Sword Ghost didn't understand.
"Back at Setting Sun City, many of Unhindered's members didn't even know that the real plan was to have Unsworn Sword lead Tod to Setting Sun City's dungeon. However, the depth of the water allowed them to intercept him there. Don't you think it's a little strange?" Gu Fei asked the Sword Ghoul.
"Shui Shen knew that our goal was to escort Todd to the dungeon, so it's not strange for him to set up an ambush there, is it?" The Sword Ghost said.
"No, if it was an ambush, there wouldn't be so few people. Doesn't Shui Shen know how big our team is? However, while everyone was busy fighting, Deepwater's attention wasn't diverted in the slightest. With only a few people, they dared to wait in the dungeon. There's only one explanation for this. Deepwater and the others are fully aware of our plan. "Gu Fei said.
"Your analysis … makes sense." The Sword Ghost had to admit.
"How could the plan be leaked? Of course, someone had found out about it. Unless the Han Clan's Young Master has a bad sense of humor and deliberately revealed the plan to Shui Shui, so that he would happily run over and then be killed dejectedly. "Gu Fei said.
"It's not that, not that …" The Sword Ghost said. At the same time, he gave Gu Fei a meaningful look. Gu Fei was actually able to think of such an evil plan. His realm was no less than that of the Han Family's Young Master.
"So, someone must have stolen our plan." Gu Fei looked at Lu Ke.
"Then how do you know it was me?" Lu Ke asked.
"Miss, at that time, all of your people were Lurkers, and you were the only Thief. If you wanted to steal the plan, I think the only way was to sneak around Unsworn Sword, right? No one else could do it except you, "Gu Fei said.
The Sword Ghost was surprised, "Young Ke, can you keep up with the speed of ordinary walking after sneaking?"
"That's not it," Gu Fei answered for her, "The only one who can do this is probably Slender Dance. Miss Lu Ke must have casually mixed into our team when we left Forest Shade City. Our team was made up of many mercenary groups and guilds, so the appearance of a new face would not attract attention at all. This was a big loophole in our plan. That's how Miss Lu Ke has always been in our team, but whenever Unsworn Sword comes up with a plan, she'll sneak around and eavesdrop, then inform Depth of Water of the news. I think my guess is correct, right? "
"All correct." Lu Ke nodded, "You're really smart. I think even the Han Family's Young Master didn't guess it, right?"
Speaking of this, the Sword Ghost suddenly felt a chill pass through his heart, "Maybe it's not that he doesn't know, he's just pretending not to know. Qian Li, your inference just now is probably right. This guy deliberately let Shui Shen think that we fell into a trap, and then happily chased after us, but in the end, he was ruthlessly cut back by you … "
"That guy!!" Lu Ke suddenly remembered when they met in Sunset City, the Han Family's Young Master ridiculed Shui Shen. At that time, that guy's expression seemed to be telling them: No matter how powerful Sun Wukong is, he can't escape from the palm of the Buddha.
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[Butterfly Knot: I got the feeling after writing for two days. The last few chapters have been very smooth. This feeling is really, really good ~ ~]
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