amaotonovel Chapter 244 The Last Player
Chapter 244 The Last Player
Inside carriage No. 3.
Looking at Lin Yu's calm expression, Wang Yuyang lowered his voice and asked again.
"Are you trying to stall for time and bluff while testing the Baron's control over the Despair Train?"
"of course."
Hearing Wang Yuyang's question, Lin Yu felt emotional.
As expected, this "designer" was very smart. He was the first among the players to realize his intention.
Looking at Li Nian who came over to listen, Lin Yu also explained according to Wang Yuyang's words.
"Although this might expose our inability to find the last player immediately... this is also a benefit."
"Anyway, the 'Designer' wiped out the Airport Gang, and I restored Punkto's consciousness and revealed his location. I've already demonstrated sufficient ability."
"But if we want to discuss cooperation, we must not only let him know what we can do, but also what we cannot do."
"Who are we in the eyes of the Baron?"
"He hasn't touched the realm of the gods, so he can't imagine the possibility of a 'player'. The world will prevent him from having such an understanding," Lin Yu said softly, "So, it's nothing more than a member of a faction in the 'City That Never Sleeps', including the Truth Company."
"He's most likely a senior executive from the Truth Company. Whether he's been abandoned or exiled, he's trapped on this train like these prisoners."
"We can't gain his trust through our 'identity' - so, if we want him to cooperate with us, we must convince the Baron that we truly need him."
As Lin Yu spoke, Li Nian suddenly understood.
"And his greatest advantage on this train... is that he's familiar with it, and perhaps even has some control over it!"
"That's right. From the moment I used Punkto's permission card just now, I realized something," Lin Yu said calmly, "Those employees who were exiled here probably haven't had their permissions revoked... They're still valid on this train."
"In other words, the baron will rely on his superior authority over us and maintain his sense of superiority as he's 'on home turf.'"
"If we also need his authority, then he will feel more comfortable sitting down at the negotiating table."
Wang Yuyang looked at Lin Yu and couldn't help but sigh: "One thing leads to another, what a good plan."
Pan Yuqiang was even more surprised: "It's worthy of being S-rank."
As if reminding her boyfriend, she added, "You didn't even know the Baron existed before... In other words, these calculations were just revealed almost instantly."
"The plan itself isn't particularly ingenious, but the fact that you were able to finalize the strategy while negotiating with the Baron... is truly astonishing."
Of course, improvisation is my strong point - Lin Yu thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say the lines that were obviously inconsistent with Zhu Ming's character.
He could only smile gently and modestly say, "My 'profession' doesn't offer any decisive advantages in frontal combat or survival, and I'm not particularly intelligent, so I can only rely on some 'quick wits'... to put it bluntly, they're just clever tricks."
"And I did have some intention of finding the remaining player from the beginning."
"why?"
Li Nian asked subconsciously.
"Because the level of this dungeon is quite high, putting aside the 'background' of the Truth Company and so on, just looking at the players who entered... We are a 'Second Level', a 'First Level' team with Chen Zhuo, who, although not yet at the Advanced Level, has a lot of 'Items' on him; the 'Designer' and his friend are both 'Second Level'..."
Lin Yu said this and Wang Yuyang nodded.
"The remaining lone person is most likely also a master."
"With this kind of expert, it would be great if we could temporarily team up in a cooperative dungeon... If we can't work together, it would be helpful to get in touch with them early to see if they're ready. This way, we can be on guard and avoid being caught off guard when confronting dangerous individuals within the dungeon."
Pan Yuqiang also agreed: "It is indeed a good idea."
Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, unless that guy is very unlucky or uses some special [props], his strength should also match the current copy."
"Then the question is," Li Nian asked, "where should we go to find someone?"
Lin Yu continued to analyze.
"He boarded the train from car number 5, but didn't show up at car number 3, nor did he show up at car numbers 9 and 12..."
"Although theoretically it's difficult for No. 5 to go directly to No. 6, the two carriages are next to each other after all, so maybe we can go to No. 6 and have a look?"
This analysis was recognized by the others.
Wang Yuyang and Pan Yuqiang arrived at dining car No. 3 very early, but they never saw the players who were supposed to be in the same section as them.
So, Li Nian waved his hand and called back Chen Zhuo, who was responsible for finding topics to distract Punkdo.
The little fat man came back happily with Ponkdo.
"Are you leaving?"
"Yes, go to dining car number 6."
Li Nian looked Chen Zhuo up and down and found that he seemed to be having a good chat with Punkto unexpectedly.
Chen Zhuo's cheerfulness was not surprising, but Punkto, the amnesiac employee of the Truth Company and a middle-aged man with a face full of hatred and resentment, also looked very relaxed at this moment, so Li Nian couldn't help but ask more questions.
"What did you two talk about just now?"
Pang Keduo looked at Chen Zhuo, feeling quite touched. "He enlightened me with some profound and easy-to-understand fables and cautionary tales, and helped me clear up the confusion in my heart."
These words scared Lin Yu.
"He enlightened you? A fable?"
As someone who knew Chen Zhuo relatively well, Lin Yu felt that it was a bit far-fetched.
Is this little fat guy hiding his abilities?
Even Li Nian, Wang Yuyang and Pan Yuqiang, who didn't know Chen Zhuo that well, couldn't help but look at Chen Zhuo with a surprised expression as if to say, "Did I make a mistake?"
Looking at the puzzled looks of the crowd, Chen Zhuo couldn't help but chuckle.
"I call it a fable, but I'm actually just telling this guy about the experiences of a few anime characters I think have a similar temperament to him... and then I told him a few famous anime lines."
"For example, Fate/Zero, Death Note, Devilman, Ghost in the Shell, Berserk, Hellsing, Evangelion, and so on..."
Chen Zhuo said it as if he was naming a dish.
Li Nian couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand. "You're an anime expert, it would have been fine if you hadn't mentioned the names of these works. Now that you've mentioned them, I feel even more... which of these works you mentioned are suitable for enlightenment? There's not even a decent one among them!"
Chen Zhuo scratched his head. "I don't know either. You asked me to chat with him about something, so I did. Then he suddenly said he was very interested in it and felt it would be very helpful to him."
"No one in my class usually talks to me about this, but now that he's saying this, how can I hold it back?"