316 Chapter 316 - A Heuristic Approach (2/2)

The seven men looked at one another, not speaking a word. Gu Fei was also in a bit of a pickle. This was when an idea came to him and he casually asked one of them, ”What's your name?”

”Wild Boar….”

”That's a pretty dumb name…” Gu Xiaoshang could not help but laugh. Gu Fei, however, did not have this thought and he hurriedly added him as a friend. If they had problems speaking about the matter aloud, a private conversation would surely do the trick! In the end, all he got was the system prompt: [Player Wild Boar is not accepting any friend requests at the moment.]

Gu Fei's hands were tied now, so he could only probe, ”Wild Boar, are you guys looking for someone since you're tailing us this closely? Is something the matter? If you're looking for someone for some private matter, give us his name and we'll get him out here. There's no need to complicate things and kill one another like this! Am I right, Xiaoshang?”

”That's right!” Gu Xiaoshang nodded her head. ”If this is truly the case, why can't we just talk this through?”

”Even if you have a feud with someone in our contingent here, I'm sure we can all sit down together and negotiate a proper solution for everyone!” Gu Fei felt that this was the extent of his heuristic approach.

”That's right! Let's sit down and negotiate!” Gu Xiaoshang concurred.

The seven men were still not speaking a word. Gu Fei facepalmed as he flicked his free hand. ”I'm out of ideas. Do whatever you want, but don't say I didn't try to help you guys.” With that, Gu Fei stepped away to eat an apple.

This is actually a hint! I'm out of mana now, so you guys better use this opportunity to run away! Gu Fei felt that since he had already discovered these players, it should more or less be considered as him managing to intervene in their tracking and technically fulfilling the given task. He did not have the responsibility to apprehend them after!

Apparently, these men did not receive Gu Fei's hint at all as they remained standing in that circle like idiots. Gu Fei finished his apple and his mana was back to full. Gu Xiaoshang spent that time standing on the side and persuading them to divulge information. Eventually, her cape was brought back to her and no longer said another word.

”Forget it!” Gu Xiaoshang ran out of patience and waved to Gu Fei, ”Miles, kill them!”

”Why must I be the one to kill them?” Gu Fei asked absentmindedly.

”With your fearsome ability, who else but you can do it?” Gu Xiaoshang asked back.

”Actually, with the mana I currently have, I don't think I can insta-kill so many of them,” Gu Fei secretly admitted to Gu Xiaoshang.

”Don't b*llsh*t me; that video showed you killing off more than twenty people!” Gu Xiaoshang retorted.

”Something like killing people is a matter of providence!” Gu Fei said.

”What nonsense are you spouting?” Gu Xiaoshang asked.

”The video only depicted my fleeting moments of excellence, where my enemies happened to engage me when I was in tip-top shape. They essentially edited out all those times when I was out of mana,” Gu Fei explained.

”That's too much! How could they do that?!” Gu Xiaoshang exclaimed.

”That's right! They are really too irresponsible,” Gu Fei agreed.

”You should've posted a thread explaining the matter,” Gu Xiaoshang admonished.

”Explain? What's there to explain?”

”To tell people not to believe the falseness depicted in the video, of course!”

”But it wasn't falsified! It's just a compilation of my best moments.”

”That won't do either; that's not real!”

”I guess—”

”Hey, hey! You two!” Someone finally interrupted their hushed conversation.

”What?” Both of them turned to face the man who had spoken.

”Are we doing it or not?” the Thief from Gu Xiaoshang's mercenary group asked.

”Of course, we're attacking!” Gu Xiaoshang quickly said as she pointed to Gu Fei, ”And that includes you!”

Gu Fei sighed deeply as he waved his sword to point at those men, ”This is your final chance; we're gonna kill you all if you guys don't tell us anything!”

With how these men were all tightly huddled together, Gu Fei could kill them all with one move. This was what providence meant!

”Can we really leave if we tell you the truth?” one of them suddenly asked.

”HEY!” someone beside the man immediately glared at him for saying that.

”I don't wanna drop a level!” The man leaped away from the other seven men.