Chapter 23
The wind blew the corners of my clothes, and I was running towards the meeting place. I took off the rose logo and changed into a black suit that didn't fit well and was rustic in style. I also put on a black hood with loose threads and a twisted shape. I looked as stupid as I could be. People I met on the road would laugh at my back. However, it was this rustic and stupid image that was deeply engraved in the minds of the players who were killed.
Someone once said that on the Internet, because there are not so many moral and legal sanctions as in reality, the dark side of people's hearts will be infinitely magnified. I am also an ordinary person, and of course I am no exception to having a violent side.
I remember that time, I had just reached level 45. One day, I had an argument with a warrior while walking. The other party probably saw me as a thief and didn't care much, so he started to talk dirty. I got angry and killed this level 23 guy in a few moves. The process was so fast that I couldn't believe it. Coincidentally, many of the warrior's friends were nearby, and they heard the news and rushed to take revenge. So, a one-on-man battle happened. Because they came one after another, the result was quite unexpected. The thief, who was furious, killed a total of 39 people, and his whole body turned red and purple. From then on, I began a month-long "desperate" career.
I was too famous to enter the city, and could only wander around the wilderness, occasionally "robbing" the leveling players' potions. It wasn't very smooth at first, because when others saw such a beautiful celebrity, they would draw their swords and attack me reflexively, but after I "sent away" several people in a row, they had to obediently use potions to "buy their lives." Of course, reluctance was inevitable, so I was ambushed more and more often, and my PK experience became relatively richer, just like a "professional killer."
Then I suddenly realized that I was so "powerful". There were not many players around me who were at level 30. When it came to PK, I was almost invincible. Even if I was in a bad situation, I could still escape. At that moment, a perverted pleasure of dominating other people's lives and deaths filled my heart, and I almost lost myself in that feeling.
This was also the first time that the GM came to me. Because I could always come up with reasons to prove that I was not "indiscriminately" attacking, they could only investigate whether I had cheated or not, and it was impossible to use any compulsory measures. This made me "arrogant" for a long time, until I met that "fox", and then I shifted that strange mentality to another aspect.
Our meeting was very unrefined, in a deep forest. She had been looking for me for several days. As soon as we met, she was wrapped up tightly with only her eyes showing. She threw a lot of medicine at me and said she wanted to talk to me.
"How long do you plan to stay famous? Will you keep doing this?" She didn't say her name, but my identification skills told me that this level 29 female thief with a nice figure is called Pretty Fruit.
"It doesn't matter, there's nothing wrong with this." I shrugged and replied. I couldn't figure out what she meant, so I just ignored her.
"Oh, so you're just a psychopath. Well, bye." Her eyes flashed, and she turned and left very decisively. Damn! So "cool"?
"If you want to die, I don't mind getting a little more red." I stared at her and said with gritted teeth. That man couldn't stand being called a pervert in front of a woman, unless he had a mental problem.
"A high-level thief turned into a murderer. If he's not a psychopath, what is he? Oh, what a pity." Pretty Fruit was unmoved by my threat and kept muttering to herself as she walked.
"Then do you have any good suggestions?" I looked at this guy who was deliberately suspenseful, and considered whether to really stab her.
"You don't want to be famous forever, do you? Look, I told you, thieves are all highly intelligent people, how could they be so stupid as to become murderers? How low class." She turned and ran to me, her eyes sparkling, "You are over level 40? Can you make bombs?"
"I'm over forty, but I still have some bombs. Do you want to try them?" He took out a bomb and threw it up and down. I have no more materials, and I still have two of this thing. I glanced at her sideways. Why do I feel that what she said just now is a bit like pointing at a monk and scolding a bald donkey?
"Oh, I was wondering why it couldn't be identified. Well, I have an idea..." She didn't care whether I agreed or not, she pulled me to sit on the ground and began to describe her "great ideal".
I don't know if this woman has read too many detective novels, but her mind is clearly not on justice. She actually wants to form a team of thieves, and it's an underground behind-the-scenes team. They usually communicate through private channels, and not only do they have to wear masks when they meet, but they don't have a fixed gathering place. They gather together when there is an action, and go their own way when there is nothing else. God! What is this for? A terrorist organization? Or a theft gang? I was stunned when I heard it.
"What do you think? Surviving in the shadows is the orthodox way of a thief!" Pretty Fruit waved his fist excitedly, like a conspiracy orator.
"Are you kidding me? How many people have you organized now?" I looked at Pretty Fruit with a frustrated look on my face. Although it felt ridiculous, I couldn't go back to Qiangwei for the time being, so it didn't matter if I just followed her around.
"You agreed? That's great. Now I have the confidence to hire a second person." Pretty Fruit jumped up happily. Huh? When did I agree? I stared at her in a daze. Hiring a second person? After all this fuss, she still hasn't made any move?
"Come on, put on this set of special clothes for elders. I made it. It will be the signature of our Ripple Pirates in the future." She shook her hand and threw me a set of black "rags".
"Are you sure this is what a thief wears? You're not going to form a Beggars' Gang, are you?" I put on this tacky and silly so-called "elder" uniform, and a hood with threads all over it, regretting it so much. As soon as I went out wearing this outfit, my opponents would laugh to death without me having to chop them.
"You're so long-winded! At least it's better than that tattered cloth covering your face!" We couldn't see the beautiful fruit's face, but her eyes showed that she was "angry and embarrassed".
It might be a psychological effect. Although I have developed a taste for killing people, I still have the habit of covering my face with a piece of cloth when committing a crime.
Just like that, I was led into a strange underground gang of thieves, the "Ripple Gang". I began to witness the "orthodox path" claimed by a certain thief. Neither Pretty Fruit nor I thought that such a ridiculous idea would really become such a big situation. Really, I am still laughing at this idea that seems like "playing house".
I have to admire the brain of Pretty Fruit. Under her plan, my experience value of more than 20,000 negative became more than 10,000 positive in less than a month. In the early days, my task in Ripple was basically to be a killer. She first found a lot of red people with negative experience value, and asked me to clean up my name while collecting bonuses from the enemy. Then she invented a lot of "assassination methods when I was blue" for me to experiment. There were all kinds of weird tricks such as "assassination by using rules", "assassination by pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger", and "assassination by escaping from a trap". She was basically a natural born professional thief. Anyway, no one could recognize me in that ridiculous elder's uniform, so let her do whatever she wanted.
The reputation of the Ripple Pirates was earned by "killing" in the early days. As more and more thieves "went astray" and joined Ripple, Pretty Fruit began to manage intelligence and help others in "group battles". The method she used was a perfect reflection of her understanding of "the combat method of orthodox thieves". She never made a frontal attack, but always sowed discord and attacked from behind, and then called on the hostile knights to start a group battle when the target was at its weakest. Therefore, many "victims" hated her to death, but at that time I was in the open, and no player could identify my information, so many people who wanted revenge had nowhere to find anyone. No wonder she first lured me in to have confidence. She was simply looking for a safe "scapegoat".
The Ripple Thieves now sit firmly at the top of the assassination and intelligence organization of "Devil Flag". Because it is not a regular knightly structure and there is not much information, many people hate it but are also very curious about it. It seems mysterious. In fact, I don’t know exactly how big the Ripple is now. I only have a single line of contact with Pretty Fruit, and I guess she is the only one who knows the whole situation. As an "elder", I haven't received any secret letters from her for a while, and I don't know what she is going to do this time.
The meeting place was a small earthen hill east of the Qilian Mountain teleportation station. There were few monsters and trees within a few hundred meters, which was very suitable for "talking" with the vixen. I came early on purpose, stopped near the hill, hung up the firearms master, and checked the surroundings of the hill. I always remembered that the strange "life goal" of the beautiful fruit included killing me once.
Sure enough, there are bomb traps on the flat areas of the hill. Haha, the thief is still determined, so let's play some more. I thought about it with a smirk and took out the high-level medicine to prepare. Even though I am level 67, I cannot guarantee 100% that I can dismantle the traps set by other thieves.
There were eighteen traps in total, and I carefully dismantled five of them. Fortunately, they all worked. I placed another identical trap in the original position of the trap. Hehe, the bomb trap can be retrieved. If it doesn't explode, the fox will definitely not leave it here in vain. It will be interesting when she retrieves it. Standing by the road leading to the hill, I used the invisibility spell and quietly waited for the little fox to come.
Not long after, a petite figure "slid" over from afar. The beautiful fruit was actually riding on a skateboard, with her hands carefully on guard. She was so smart. Oh, she is worthy of being a fox. She was also on guard against me placing bombs on the road. We really "understand" each other very well.
When the beautiful fruit passed by me, I "gently" kicked her off the skateboard, and the Dragon Fang Royal Blade silently pressed against her neck. "Good evening, gentle and smart Lord Lianyi, your subordinate is here to report as agreed." Although I said it "sweetly", I didn't dare to relax my hands, because the Dragon Fang in the little hands under me was not just for decoration.
"Oh, lunatic, can't you be a little normal when you meet me? No girl will like you if you are so rude." The beautiful fruit said innocently while blinking her eyes, and her limbs began to struggle violently.
"Really? If you can explain those 'local specialties' on the hill that shouldn't be there, I'll be happy to be a little more normal." The woman's secret order to me clearly stated "on the hill". Fortunately, I was careful, otherwise I might have fallen into her trap.
"What? Ah, ah, that, oh, so I forgot it here. I was wondering why my materials were missing, it turns out they fell on the hill. Thank you for telling me." When the beautiful fruit saw that it couldn't break free from my grip, its eyes rolled and it answered casually.
"Oh? 'Lost' materials? And they just happened to fall into a dozen traps? There are such 'smart' materials? Do I look like an idiot?" I stared at her eyes, and my tone increased the tone of the word "fallen" dangerously. How dare she come up with such a ridiculous excuse?
"How can a level 67 thief be an idiot, don't you think? Crazy..." Pretty Fruit added gently.
What! My heart skipped a beat. This was the first time a player had guessed my level, even though the fox in front of me didn't know my detailed information. But I was still surprised .
While I was distracted, the beautiful fruit quickly retracted her right leg and kicked me in the stomach, kicking me flying, then quickly turned over and jumped up from the ground.
"It's really you. I was wondering why I couldn't identify you even at level 47. You really are a lunatic. Your level is too high. How did you practice?" After standing firm, Pretty Fruit straightened her clothes and stared at me as if I were a monster.
"Trade secret." I did a backflip to avoid that insidious kick and jumped to four meters in front of her, just enough for me to hear her talk. It's safer to stay away from this woman.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. The stronger the target, the more challenging it is." Pretty Fruit looked at me cunningly. Yes, Brother Yun and the others have heard that someone has reached level 67. There is no reason for her not to know. The person who can't be identified by a thief at level 47 is very likely to be the one in the rumors. It seems that I have to be more careful in the future. However, I only know of such a "fox spirit" among thieves over level 40.
"You didn't call me here just to discuss the level issue, did you?" I rubbed my belly. Damn, if I went any lower it would be dangerous.
"Of course not. I got some information and I think it's a good opportunity." Pretty Fruit said in a serious tone and threw me a piece of paper. "Take a look first. What do you think of this plan?"
"You are really amazing. You dare to do such a thing?" After reading the contents on the paper, I looked up at her in surprise. What a crazy plan.
