Edited by Jules
Rejecting Luo’s offer to come pick him up, Xiao Lan headed to Luo’s room on his own.
After he arrived, he realised that rather than say that Luo was staying in a room, it was more accurate to say it was a villa.
This room was enormous, perhaps several hundred square meters in size. It was even larger than what some ordinary families would be able to afford in their entire lives, to say nothing of the low-key yet luxurious decor.
Looking out the French windows which covered the walls of the entire room, one could see the bow of the ship. The room had the widest view, so much so that the room’s so-called garden was big enough to hold a party for a number of people.
The room also had a liquor cabinet with a range of pricey alcohol provided for the traveller here to peruse at will.
The allure of money was completely on display in this room.
Xiao Lan thought that if that poor, unnamed illegal organisation knew of his current situation, they would definitely say, “You did beautifully, SB001. The future of the organisation is in your hands,” or something similar.
Perhaps they would even give him an outstanding employee reward, the type that came with no bonus.
“Do you want to rest for a bit first, sir?” Luo brought over black tea and placed it on the table.
Xiao Lan shook his head. “It’s fine, I’m not tired at all. Let’s exchange information first ba. What’s your mission?”
Luo sat next to him. “My target is next door. He’s an arms dealer named Carlos. He’s 80 this year, but is still very active in inciting war everywhere, leading to conflict between several nations. The mission is just to kill him, by any means.”
The target of a reliable organisation was also an international bigshot, and sounded super pretentious.
Meanwhile, a stingy fake organisation could only clean up lackeys for other people in order to survive, and couldn’t even get a clear grasp on who the target was…
This was truly completely in line with a real-life situation ne.
Luo looked at Xiao Lan. “Sir, how about you?”
Xiao Lan: “…”
He sighed, then told Luo about his unreliable, hard-to-describe organisation, and about the unreliable mission which only contained the words ‘Father Michael’.
After listening to Xiao Lan’s recount, Luo said with a smile, “Perhaps I can use some special means to help you find information on your target?”
Xiao Lan shot him a dubious look. They only knew the name, so it probably wouldn’t be easy to find the target, even with Luo’s power.
The smile on Luo’s face didn’t falter as he explained, “Living in a room like this always comes with some privileges. Perhaps it’ll take some time. Before that, we can first enjoy life on the boat.”
Xiao Lan understood; it turned out to be the power of money.
Perhaps, in certain situations, this was more useful than any skill.
After that, the two left the room and began looking around the boat.
At that moment, the Endymion had already set sail, and the players were thoroughly confined to this gorgeous marine island.
Xiao Lan focused on the details on the ship and noticed many abnormal things.
This place wasn’t just an instance with tons of side plots; there were several people who looked very suspicious.
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However, they couldn’t tell how dangerous the missions were just from looking at these people’s appearances. The players might be unlucky and choose a task that was extremely difficult and had a ninety percent chance of death.
This cruise ship which looked noisy and lively was in fact a playground brimming with ghosts and monsters.
Danger hid under these people’s human-like appearances.
Xiao Lan didn’t rush to accept side tasks. He still felt that ensuring his own main mission was more important.
After all, side tasks represented rewards, while the main mission was the best guarantee for protecting his life.
The two arrived at one of the ship’s dining halls.
This was open only to guests who possessed a VIP card; people like Xiao Lan who lived in a bunk in the hold of the ship simply couldn’t enter.
But with a top-tier client like Luo, they were even directly guided to a room. This could be described as money being able to make the devil turn millstones.
Very soon, their dishes were served.
Just as Xiao Lan picked up his glass and was about to take a sip, he caught a brief glimpse of an eyeball inside.
The pupil had already opened up and the whites of the eye were now completely red as it stared right into Xiao Lan’s eyes.
Xiao Lan paused. When he took a closer look, however, he couldn’t see anything at all, and didn’t sense anything either.
He frowned slightly. What was that just now?
Did he see wrongly?
No… In a game, even if he saw wrongly, it was still best not to continue anymore. If, by any chance, there truly was something, the price would be very severe.
Xiao Lan simply lifted the cup and poured its content into the flower pot next to him in an efficient and merciless move.
Who cares what you are; go play by yourself.
Luo saw Xiao Lan’s action and passed him a napkin to wipe his hands. He was completely indifferent to the additional numbers on his tab.
After dealing with the unknown, which they suspected to be a monster, the two tacitly continued eating.
Speaking of which, this was a rare instance where the food was good; perhaps this was also another reason for this game’s fame?
As he ate, Xiao Lan felt something strange again —
Something was rubbing against his leg.
It was like those melodramas where the female lead would fool around with the male lead; a foot was rubbing against Xiao Lan’s lower leg in an ambiguous manner, as if seducing or teasing him.
Xiao Lan lifted his eyes to shoot a glance opposite him, where Luo still had an elegant posture even while eating.
Luo obviously didn’t walk this path of a flirtatious harlot. This unnamed ghost didn’t seem to understand the principle that ‘to do things properly, research was important’.
Xiao Lan’s hands didn’t stop moving, nor did he spare a glance to investigate what this thing was.
He simply lifted his leg and ruthlessly stomped down when that leg was about to rub against him once more.
After a muted snapping sound, Xiao Lan sensed the thing under his foot disappear. Only then did he take a look, but it was already empty under the table.
When this seemingly tranquil but in fact chaotic dinner came to an end, a person wearing clothes clearly unlike that of an ordinary waiter walked to Luo’s side and whispered into his ear.
After the person left, Luo smiled at Xiao Lan. “The news arrived at a good time. There are 11 people named Michael on the ship; among them, there are none who openly identify as a priest. However, there’s one who was called ‘Father’ by his companion during a conversation. He’s probably the person we’re looking for.”
Xiao Lan raised his eyebrows. The power of money truly was useful; the duration of a single meal was enough to accurately find his target among 6000 guests.
Unfortunately, such an ability was foreordained to have nothing to do with him.
Luo asked, “He’s now in one of the swimming pools; want to go take a look now?”
Xiao Lan nodded. “Alright.”
The two arrived at the swimming pool where the target was.
This swimming pool was huge and there was even a TV screen showing a movie in the middle. Surrounding it were seats for people to rest in, as well as a shop selling ice cream and snacks on the side.
Several guests were frolicking in the pool, and what greeted the eye was various gorgeous or not so gorgeous physiques.
So as not to stand out, the two had also changed into swimsuits to blend into the crowd.
“Sir, that’s the one,” Luo quietly said in Xiao Lan’s ear as he swiftly pointed in one direction before he pulled back in a careless-looking manner.
The two people were very close and also spoke intimately in whispers. They looked just like a pair of lovers with no self-consciousness.
The single dogs attracted by their looks and figures let out helpless sighs.
Scatter, scatter, they were already dating.
Xiao Lan’s focus, however, wasn’t on his surroundings. His eyes fell on —
A gaudy old man.
Luo had pointed at an old man wearing flowery underpants, who had a huge belly and thinning hair, and who was even sporting a lecherous gaze.
He was surrounded by a bunch of beautiful women as he danced with all his might to the tempo of the movie’s music; even his belly was practically about to fly out.
At the same time, his gaze kept darting between the cleavages and thighs of the people around him.
However, why did his appearance seem to have nothing to do with the word ‘priest’?
Xiao Lan quietly asked Luo, “What crude religion does this priest follow?”
Luo reached out to hold Xiao Lan in place by the shoulder and softly replied in his ear, “That I don’t know; there wasn’t enough time to make any such inquiries. However, he mentioned things like ‘divine gift’ and ‘eternal life’. It doesn’t sound like a conventional religion.”
Thinking about it, that was true. A priest from a conventional religion wouldn’t go so far as to be connected with so many disappearances. On top of that, such a lecherous appearance didn’t look like that of a decent clergyman either.
“Do you want to make a move now, sir?” Luo asked.
Xiao Lan shook his head. “Let’s observe him for a while first.”
In an island-like environment like a cruise ship, a person dying would definitely cause some degree of chaos.
Moreover, as each player progressed with their mission, the ship would also definitely become more and more chaotic. When the time came, there would be more obstacles in finding side tasks and completing the mission.
The other players were probably thinking the same thing, so everyone was taking advantage of this temporary peace to investigate their mission target or search for side tasks.
Therefore, a sort of subtle balance was being maintained on the ship at the moment.
It was only when someone made a move to break this balance that true chaos would descend.
The two found a place not far from Father Michael and sat down.
Luo even bought Xiao Lan an ice cream while he himself ordered a cocktail.
The two pretended to relax and watch the movie so that they blended in with the guests around them.
While eating the ice cream, Xiao Lan silently listened in on the conversation next to him.
At that moment, Father Michael was already done dancing and was entering the pool to play with water.
The beautiful women around him also entered the pool with splashes; Father Michael’s elderly face was practically a chrysanthemum flower from how hard he was smiling.
The single male dogs watching on the other side gave them envious and admiring looks.
If they were to vote for who they wanted to beat to death the most tonight, Father Michael would definitely win first place.
Father Michael’s conversation with the women was extremely empty; it turned out that these gorgeous women were all fashion models, and they had been arranged by someone to specially accompany this priest to have fun.
They were probably small bottom-tier amateur models on the same level as the identity which the trash organisation had given to Xiao Lan.
Seeing how dedicated they were to their work, Xiao Lan couldn’t help telling Luo about the weirdo male model identity that had been arranged for him.
Luo took a small sip from the cocktail glass he was holding, his interest piqued. “Male model? Actually, that’s rather interesting.”
Xiao Lan laughed and jokingly said, “Now this bottom-tier male model is officially hugging the thigh of a nouveau riche person. Mr Luo, do you want to invest in our organisation?”
Luo tilted his head to look at him. “Alright. It would be my honour.”
Suddenly, Luo came closer to Xiao Lan, and his low voice rang out in his ear. “However… what position does Mr Male Model want to use to hug my thigh?”
At this time, they were very close to each other as their breaths mingled. From afar, their bodies looked like they were entangled. Enveloped as they were by the light around them, there was an indescribably charming and gentle air.
Xiao Lan earnestly pondered it. “With two and a half reverse somersaults, one forward somersault, and spinning three times in the air before landing in a prostrate position?”
He could probably do this action successfully… right?
The initially beautiful atmosphere was instantly shattered.
Not even a sliver of it could be found.
Luo paused slightly, seemingly unsure as to what expression he should respond with: “…”
Why did the script run off in a strange direction?
He wasn’t expecting sir to give him this sort of display, alright?
The nonhuman who was already who-knew-how-many years old this year suddenly felt that even after wandering the universe for so long and being beaten up by the Master, he still couldn’t fathom this magical human world.
Sure enough, he was still too young…
Lol poor Luo 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Xiao Lan is Xiao Lan. I love how he is either clueless or deliberately unromantic. 🤣
Wow…..this is me when i deliberately act oblivious/confused/innocent on a level where its like im a retard for certain situations
It was getting hot and it suddenly rain.
Thank you for the chapter
Hahaha thanks for the chapter! 😹
Ahahahahaha xDDD Luo what did you expect from XL? lolol
Thx for the ch ٩(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )و
Hhhhhh I really love their relationship. One is super dense while the other is super thirsty. They both compliment each other 😂
Both so adorable hhhhh babies kissykissymuah~
thanks for the chapter <3
I am in the verge of tears from wheezing so hard- PLEASE LOU CONTROL YOURSELF I AM CRYING i really love this so much ah you have no idea ;-;
Lou ?! Ya! Yaa!! Yaaa!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
Where did you learned that❤️?
JAJAJAJAJA amo como Xiao Lan es el único que puede burlarse así de Luo 🤩