477 Chapter 477 - A New Lead (2/2)
”It's something it has on here.” Gu Fei patted his left arm. ”There was something there that, if I'm not mistaken, contains the symbol of the League of Assassins, which is mentioned in the diary.”
”Is there really such a thing?”
Gu Fei nodded. ”I recall seeing it on Shadowmist Assassin's left arm as well. Furthermore, there's a doodle found in his diary that depicted that symbol.”
”What you mean to say is that the sleeping Assassin belongs to the same organization as the Shadowmist Assassin, so there's a good chance that they were sent on the same mission?” Sword Demon asked.
Gu Fei nodded.
”Do you want to wake him up? Perhaps, find some sort of breakthrough from him?” Sword Demon.
”I think it's more useful if it remains asleep,” replied Gu Fei.
”How so?”
”The Shadowmist Assassin once mentioned in his diary: 'When an Assassin falls asleep, their legs will always point to the location it needs to go,'” Gu Fei explained.
”I remember reading that!” Sword Demon exclaimed. ”So even though this Assassin is asleep, that's perfect for us to find out where it wants to go?”
”That's right. I've already taken note of where he's pointing toward, and it's a lone firewood storage shed in the backyard. Perhaps, there may be a lead hidden there,” Gu Fei said.
”Lead?”
”I've already fully grasped Giordano's daily routine in my head. Unfortunately, he never once has a moment where he is alone. Aside from the huge pack of NPC guards beside him, there are also players from Flowergazing in the Fog outside the city hall. That's why I'm thinking that there may be another special method if anyone is looking to assassinate this person. It's possible that the direction this sleeping Assassin is pointing to is where we can find such a method,” Gu Fei surmised.
”That's a logical analysis.” Sword Demon nodded his head subconsciously before he added with an air of severity. ”If this is not a game.”
”Eh?”
”As a game, it is very hard to imagine that someone else's quest target will be related to this assassination that you are doing,” Sword Demon said.
”Most games might not, but I think it's plausible in Parallel World,” Gu Fei said firmly.
”No matter the case, we gotta try it and find out. If this is true, then we must really change the way we approach this game,” Sword Demon expressed thoughtfully.
”Let's first go pick up that diary from the mailbox.” Gu Fei patted Sword Demon.
Retrieving the diary from Brother Assist's mail, Gu Fei quickly flipped to the doodle that the Shadowmist Assassin had drawn and nodded his head vigorously. ”I'm right; that's the same symbol.”
Sword Demon came over to take a look. He shook his head, indicating that he had absolutely no recollection of seeing this symbol on the Shadowmist Assassin.
”Now, we gotta go scale the walls,” Gu Fei said. He was no fool; he had not forgotten that Drifting was the manipulator behind the group of nine he had joined, so he had no doubt that every member in Flowergazing in the Fog would be well aware of his quest to assassinate Giordano. Since he dared to target their quest-giver, he had no idea just how comprehensive those men had raised their defenses.
Gu Fei and Sword Demon would find this out really soon, though.
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Over by the courtyard of the Government City Hall, there were even guards stationed outside the walls. Hiding in the fog, the two realized that the situation was the same all around the compound. Sword Demon sighed. ”Looks like they have been tormented quite badly by you the last round.”
Gu Fei had no choice as well. ”That's really too much. I can't even climb the walls like this!”
”Looks like we gotta kill one of them,” Sword Demon said.
”They probably don't think they can stop me with just one player alone, right? Killing one will likely reveal my presence, and that's when their reinforcement will come to surround me,” Gu Fei said.
”Well, in that case, we'll just have to kill several more to throw them into confusion,” Sword Demon proposed.
”Oh, I like this sort of unrestrained method,” Gu Fei commended.
Sword Demon, however, candidly criticized his own actions. ”Actually, I'm just anxious to use my new skill in PvP…”
Gu Fei laughed bitterly. It seemed that the blood of PK violence flowed in everyone, and it was only kept in check by the moral values people held. Gu Fei constantly did 'Bounty Mission', while the only reason Sword Demon had thought to act so unrestrainedly this time was just to find himself a reasonable excuse to PK. In a sense, everyone was a hypocrite. However, this sort of hypocrisy was necessary. If they were to act as carefreely and unfettered like Cool Apple, even the system would be unable to stand by idly against such transgressions and would probably directly order a 'Daily Bounty Mission' in response.
Gu Fei had a hunch as to the punishment that man received: loss of level.
From what he had overheard yesterday, the Ten Great Adepts of the Thief job class had once more seen a change, as Cool Apple had disappeared from the leaderboard. This was quite a hot topic in Xiawu City; the citizens in the city had long been looking forward to and wishing for the day when this murderer that killed without batting an eyelid would actually get himself killed.
Even though the clash between Gu Fei and Cool Apple was part of a 'Bounty Mission', the latter still suffered the penalty for his PK points, and this incident had more or less reflected the difference between the 'Daily Bounty Mission' and the usual 'Bounty Mission'.