Chapter 65

Chapter 65

Yu Qian had spent this whole time dealing with the NPCs. It wasn’t until the nurse finished her final round that night that he finally managed to slip out.

The moment he saw Ning Shuo, he got straight to the point as naturally as could be. “King, did you find the little girl? What does she want? How are we supposed to help her?”

One listen, and it was obvious he was from the Guardian Faction and currently had no information.

Back in the Rose Castle Script, Qi Yang had called him “King” so often it had become second nature.

Yu Qian had watched two of Ning Shuo’s livestreams too, so he simply copied him and opened with “King.”

Ning Shuo looked deeply gratified. “Good kid. I found her. We’re going to see her now.”

Yu Qian had originally been searching for a pipe on the second floor, planning to climb down along it.

Ning Shuo took him flying instead. When Yu Qian landed, his expression was blank. After he came back to himself, his eyes practically sparkled as he looked at Ning Shuo. “King, that was so cool!”

Ning Shuo had pulled off a stylish bit of showing off. As he explained the faction situation, he led Yu Qian through several turns and successfully found the hospital records.

Using the same analytical approach as Ning Wang, after he found all the Players’ ward numbers, he thought for a moment, then went to look for the Player named Zero.

Ning Wang knew where all the Players were. In the afternoon, there was no way he had merely checked the room numbers without trying to meet up with other Players.

Qin Genan and Yu Qian were confirmed to be from the Guardian Faction. Next, it was a choice between Zhuang Yao and Zero.

Yes, even though he wasn’t certain, Ning Shuo had already marked Ning Wang as a wolf.

Based on Ning Shuo’s understanding of his own nasty habits, when his own identity was unclear, there was a high chance he would choose to be a Traitor Wolf.

If the first thing Ning Wang saw was Qin Genan going to Lolita’s ward, then from Ning Wang’s perspective, if Qin Genan was also on the destruction side, there would have been no need for her to take the doll away. After all, Lolita had clearly not given the doll to Zhu Xiangfeng either.

So when Ning Wang realized something was wrong with this Script, he would definitely look for other familiar Players. When he saw Qin Genan but Luo Li wasn’t in the ward, he would certainly go find Zhuang Yao.

At that time, Ning Wang still didn’t know about the factions. Somewhere around the time he found Zhuang Yao, by some unknown method, he learned about the faction situation. Then, naturally, he deduced Qin Genan’s identity. After all, Luo Li, who wasn’t carrying the Cloth Doll with her, was most likely on the destruction side.

If Zhuang Yao were from the Guardian Faction, Ning Wang wouldn’t have told her about the factions. With the Players’ login points scattered, even ordinary Players knew to seek out other Players and meet up. There was no way Zhuang Yao, a High-level Player, wouldn’t know to look for Qin Genan.

In short, Zhuang Yao and Ning Wang definitely met. After they met, Zhuang Yao didn’t go looking for Qin Genan, which basically revealed her identity and showed that she knew about the factions.

Ning Shuo brought Yu Qian to the hepatology department. Who would have thought someone was already waiting by the ward door?

They were the same person. It was never just Ning Shuo who understood Ning Wang one-sidedly.

Ning Wang’s first move was to find teammates and meet up. Then after Ning Shuo learned about the factions, with enough time on his hands, he would naturally go find people to meet up with as well.

Having predicted Ning Shuo’s actions, Ning Wang leaned against the doorway and smiled as he waved at him. “Bro, good evening. If you want to find this Player, you’ll have to beat me first.”

Ning Shuo looked puzzled. “Why would I fight you?”

Ning Wang: “?”

“If I tell you to watch your step because the floor’s slippery, do you think you’ll still be able to touch me?”

Ning Wang: “…”

Yu Qian silently backed away, not particularly willing to join the battlefield between the King and the Knight.

Ning Wang merely moved his foot, and immediately felt the sole of his shoe start to slip a little.

Ning Wang: “…Bro, is that really necessary? Do you have to make me lose in such an ungraceful way?”

Ning Shuo smiled. “Ningning, that’s exactly why I can handle you so well.”

He brought Yu Qian along and prepared to go around into that ward. As he passed Ning Wang, his hand was grabbed.

If they were talking about true strength, Ning Shuo really couldn’t beat Ning Wang. He felt himself fall onto a human cushion, and in the next second, the world spun around him.
Yu Qian only heard a loud bang. When he turned, he saw Ning Shuo pinned beneath someone, his head cushioned. The person on top of him had curled his body, as if afraid of crushing him.

Flat on the floor, Ning Shuo clearly saw the light in Yu Qian’s eyes that said, So the stuff on the Forum was actually true. Before Ning Shuo could say anything, Yu Qian hurriedly went to press the door handle. “King-! You-you two carry on. I can go talk to Zero by myself!”

Then the handle refused to move.

The door had been locked from the inside.

Ning Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly and straightened his glasses. “Sister Yao is inside?”

Ning Wang said, “That’s why I wouldn’t let you go in. But, ge, don’t tell me this guy just so happens to know how to pick locks too?”

Yu Qian turned his head in a daze, holding the bit of wire he’d just exchanged from the System shop. “Huh? I do.”

Ning Wang’s expression froze. “…”

Ning Shuo suddenly laughed. “Good job.”

However, even after Yu Qian picked the lock, the door still didn’t budge.

Clearly, Zhuang Yao had propped something against it from inside the room.

Ning Wang said, “Gege, you can’t get in. Keep it down, okay? Otherwise you might draw the nurses over.”

Ning Shuo frowned and looked at Ning Wang with an unreadable expression. “You don’t actually care whether we can regroup with our teammates. You’re simply stalling for time.”

“Why stall for time? What new information did Ningning get that I don’t know about?”

Ning Wang leaned close to his ear and gave a soft laugh. “Ge already said it’s information you don’t know. How could I possibly tell you?”

“But if you keep stalling,” Ning Shuo tilted his head, deliberately brushing Ning Wang’s cheek with the side of his face, warm breath spilling against his ear, “then that information is going to become something I do know.”

“Guess why I only brought Shuishui with me. Where’s Nan-ge?”

Aside from being able to gather faster, the Destruction Faction had two clear advantages over the Guardian Faction.

They had Lolita, who could make predictions, and they had Shen Zhiwang, whose doctor identity made it easier for him to move around-and who could even let Zhu Xiangfeng stay with him.

Lolita’s ability had a twenty-four-hour cooldown. With the Cloth Doll, something that so obviously belonged to a key NPC, in her possession, there was a very good chance she would use her prediction on it.

That was also why she hadn’t looked well when she came to find Ning Shuo and the others that afternoon.

As for what she had predicted-

“We were told to satisfy Zhu Xiangfeng’s request, but that request had no time limit. You haven’t found the Cloth Doll, and we need to find the Cloth Doll. There had to be a deadline, right?”

“Tonight, you’re all working so hard to slow our progress because you want us to notice a little later, and buy time for Shen Zhiwang?”

“The deadline should be coming up soon. Otherwise, there’d be no need for all of you to move out. Is it midnight?”

After Luo Li finished her prediction, she was in bad shape, so she clearly wasn’t suited to stalling anyone.

That was the Guardian Faction’s advantage.

Ning Shuo said, “On the way here, that suddenly occurred to me. I figured fulfilling the request was something we should settle as quickly as possible. So before coming to hepatology, I went to neurology and gave the Cloth Doll to Nan-ge.”

“It’s not even eleven yet. As long as Nan-ge avoids the NPCs, she should be close to finding Shen Zhiwang and the others by now.”

Ning Wang raised a brow. “Ge is so smart.”

The ward door opened. Zhuang Yao hurried out. Yu Qian exchanged a glance with the girl inside the room, then chose to go help.

For a moment, only the two of them were left at the ward entrance.

Ning Shuo told him to get up, but Ning Wang didn’t move.

He lightly bit Ning Shuo’s earlobe, sending a shiver through him. “Ge, it’s only been a little while since we last met, and there’s already someone else who likes you?”

“And you call him Shuishui? How intimate.”