Chapter 89 - NOT A RABBIT BUT A FOX (2/2)

[These three shameless people are tricking beginner players into joining their party to raid the Infernal Chasm dungeon.  Yes!  That dungeon with the final boss who has a life draining skill that could be used two times in a row once its HP fell to 1%.  These shameless trio's M.O. is to look for gullible new players that don't know much about the game and let them be the bait for the final boss.  After letting them be killed intentionally, the three would enjoy all the rewards by themselves.  Are you wondering why they're doing this?  Clue: It's for that rare invitation.  I believe most of you know what I mean.  So to the newbies, be careful not to be duped.  But most importantly, try to have a better eye for people.]

He didn't feel much after reading it.  But he did agree to what the original poster said.  It's quite shameless for an older player to deceive beginners.

And then he watched the video.

The longer the video played, the deeper his frown became.  Because despite the mosaic on the game avatar's face, with that white hair, that costume, and most importantly, that familiar voice, add that to the little gnome beside him, this could only be one person.

That silly rabbit.

No, with his actions and the way he talked, he could hardly be considered a rabbit.  He's definitely more like a cunning fox.

He knew when they met again in the game that the other was not really the innocent and naïve rabbit that he thought of at first.  But seeing him like this, it's probably not right anymore to equate him to a harmless rabbit.  Although he looked soft and cuddly like a rabbit on the outside, his inside was probably more of a shrewd fox.

He paused the video, at the moment when he said 'bye-bye' to those three.  He removed that mosaic in his mind and replaced it with the rabbit's – no, Luo Yan's face.  He was probably smiling mischievously when he did that.

Shen Ji Yun didn't really know what to feel at the moment.  But he was sure that that didn't include disappointment.  In fact, he could feel his heart beating loudly in excitement.  Something that he hadn't felt for a while.  He first felt like this when he took up karate.  And then the next one was when he first entered Arcadia.

He knew what this feeling was.  The feeling of taking up a new challenge.  He's just wasn't sure why he's feeling like this towards the rabbit – no, towards Luo Yan.

”He's interesting, right?  If he joins the Rookie Carnival and gets a good place, I think we could invite him to join our team.  What do you—” Bai Ze stopped what he's saying when he turned to Shen Ji Yun.  His eyes widened and he looked like he had seen a ghost.  ”Why are you smiling?  Wait- maybe I'm hallucinating.  How could this iceberg with facial paralysis suddenly smile for no reason?”

Shen Ji Yun was suddenly awakened by what Bai Ze said.  He covered his mouth with the back of his hand and pretended to cough.  He didn't even notice that he was smiling.

”I agree.  I think we could invite him to our team,” he said in his usual cold appearance.  Completely ignoring the last part that Bai Ze said.

Because of what he said, Bai Ze also forgot about his 'smiling' accident.  ”Really?” he asked, his eyes brightening with excitement.  How could he not be excited?  This was the first time that Shen Ji Yun actually agreed on getting new team members since their other two members retired.

”Yes.  But there's no need to wait until the Rookie Carnival.”

”That's fine.  But how would we find this guy?”

”I know him.”

Then Shen Ji Yun stood up and sent a message to Luo Yan.