RPGCh19 - Monster Hunter (I)

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What was in front of him was what seemed to be the back of an armoured personnel carrier. The narrow space inside the car was lined with two benches and the four people inside sat facing each other, the two girls on one side and the two guys on the other. VxNdPc

This beginning with four people facing each other was all too familiar. Shan Ziwei reflexively glanced at the dude next to him, terrified that it might be the young man he didn’t want to see at all right now. When he saw the yellow hair and completely unfamiliar face, Shan Ziwei’s embarrassed heart relaxed. With this turn of events, Shan Ziwei’s apprehension had vanished without him noticing. He drew his gaze back and stared in surprise at his camouflage uniform and tactical vest.

He hadn’t used any Scenario Cards, so where did this outfit come from?

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Shan Ziwei glanced at his Scenarios tab. His Personal Scenario column was empty but there was already an activated scenario in his System Scenarios.

[Scenario 1: You are a Tracking Hunter.] LUHeWd

Perhaps it was because he was a “hunter”, so the system had dressed him in this outfit? Shan Ziwei pondered to himself. It seemed that some System Scenarios can have special effects too. They weren’t just limitations that existed to screw players over.

Just as Shan Ziwei was investigating the System Scenarios, the other three had already joined forces. The girl opposite Shan Ziwei, with delicate and pretty features, let out a breath of relief. “Thank god, you’re both here.”

“Guoguo…” The blond teen next to Shan Ziwei seemed to want to show off his talents a bit, but had his initiative stolen by the person opposite him.

“Of course! I’ll go wherever Guoguo goes~” The one who spoke was a short-haired girl, who seemed very brisk and direct. She wrapped an arm around the pretty girl’s shoulders. With her tanned skin against the camouflage outfit, she had a feral kind of aura to her. “No one can separate us, right?”

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“Yup.” The pretty girl seemed even more fragile and delicate in the other’s arms, quietly saying, “Shasha, you’re squishing me…”

“But I like squishing you~”

“Ahem…” The yellow-haired teen cleared his throat several times in an attempt to be noticed, but failed every time. The completely ignored blond teen couldn’t get any response, so he turned his attention to Shan Ziwei.

“Hey there, what’s your in-game name?” ZQV0Br

Shan Ziwei’s gaze swept over the three who clearly already knew each other. After the grand finale of the last chessboard, he knew that in this game, players weren’t always on the same side. However, he doubted that the system would be so psychotic as to set the players against each other right at the start, so Shan Ziwei replied with just a little hesitation, “… I’m GShanzi.”

Then, Shan Ziwei subconsciously glanced at the other’s hand. Normally, an amiable one on one interaction like this would set off the “handshake” flag. To this, all Shan Ziwei wanted was to pin the damnable Scenario 5 from his last chessboard to his forehead – how about we all act with our mouths not our hands?

“Oh. I’m Shuaishuaishuaishuaishuai.” Shuai shuai shuai… Shan Ziwei failed to catch how many shuais there were in that name, so he decided to mentally label the other as “Little Shuai” – Little Shuai replied and introduced himself in turn. Shan Ziwei saw Little Shuai’s right hand move in his peripheral vision. It moved! That motion, that upwards pathing, it was clearly planning to come and greet his own right hand!

“You’re friends with those two girls?” The hypersexual immediately threw out a topic to attract the other’s attention. “Can you introduce them to me?” RdnWej

His words successfully stopped Little Shuai in his tracks. Shan Ziwei mentally gave himself a kudos for his quick thinking, but then noticed Little Shuai putting down his hand with hostility staining his gaze.

“The one opposite you is Guoguo Qing, my girlfriend.” Little Shuai emphasized the last two words, “Beside her is Sha Po Lang, her best friend.”

Little Shuai had only just finished talking when the girl with the feral aura immediately rebuked him.

“Hey hey! You’re going around calling yourself her boyfriend now? Guoguo hasn’t even agreed yet!” U6alxD

“I wil be soon! Guoguo already said she’s considering it!”

Between the two, Guoguo was at a loss for what to do, “Shasha, A’Shuai…”

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The future of this chessboard suddenly began to look bleak as Shan Ziwei watched his three new companions going at each other’s throats. Seeing that the argument didn’t seem anywhere close to ending, Shan Ziwei began investigating his surroundings. From his experience in the last chessboard, the game would stash some clues in the environment at the very beginning of the game,

First, Shan Ziwei checked the tactical equipment that the system had given him. The different sized bags and pockets had quite a few different items that looked pretty powerful. However, this only enhanced Shan Ziwei’s apprehension. He felt like this game was turning him into a masochist. Such good benefits at the beginning was almost like the game was saying, “eventually I’ll make you return it with interest~”. WErYQX

Shan Ziwei was terrified at the feeling of the system trying to fatten them up like pigs for the slaughter. He hurriedly asked Little Gaia for a “Three of Clubs – Investigate” Scenario Card and investigated every item he had after equipping the skill. He had to find out as much as he could so that he wouldn’t be caught off guard if something happened.

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Type: Two of Diamonds

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Description: The mummies want to sue us for sexual harassment because we keep taking off their clothes.] BDdi1v

Apart from the items he found, the batteries, bullets, bandages, etc., Shan Ziwei also found two Scenario Cards. It seemed he was meant to use them together.

[Three of Clubs – Tracker Tagging Gun

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Category: Two-Handed Weapon

Effect: Tag one pawn within a distance of 20. iMrt38

Description: Well? Weren’t you going to run? Haha, you can’t escape now, can you?]

[Three of Clubs – Multipurpose Tracker

Category: Hand Equipment

Effect: Mode 1 – display tagged targets in the area; Mode 2 – display heat signals in the area. jJvXf

Description: This is clearly a high-tech device so why does it need a battery, such a low-tech power source, to operate?]

Shan Ziwei looked over all his Scenario Cards and items. Overall, these could all be separated into two categories: consumable and tracking related. Shan Ziwei couldn’t help but glance at his Scenario 1 again – “a Tracking Hunter”, all this equipment seemed to adhere to his profession, but what was he trying to track…?

For some reason, Shan Ziwei shuddered. The foreboding feeling in his heart refused to leave. He shook his head, putting his attention on the last item he had found.

It was a photo. Shan Ziwei had found it in a very well-hidden pocket on the inside of his clothes. It was put close to his skin, and it was clearly treasured and valued by him. Shan Ziwei had taken it out with the back side facing him, and there was hand-written English scrawled there: xRWHIX

[My love, Maria]

… This feeling… why did it feel like he was about to be majorly fucked over? As Shan Ziwei stared at that “love” and “Maria”, he felt his heart sinking. This familiar development, this familiar couple trope! Even if Maria was a feminine name, with his previous experience of “Siren”, Shan Ziwei had lost the courage to turn the photo over.

“What are you looking at?”

Little Shuai, having lost again in his battle against Sha Po Lang, could only turn to Shan Ziwei in an attempt to feel less depressed. Shan Ziwei, equally as depressed, silently raised the photo for Little Shuai to see – he didn’t feel like facing the evil of this game just yet. rSTgqN

After seeing the photo in Shan Ziwei’s hand, the blondie’s mouth fell open, his eyes glued to the photo like they were about to fall out of his head.

“So… so beautiful…”

Sha Po Lang let out a disdainful huff of laughter, and Little Shuai’s face immediately went red as he snapped out of his stupor. He glanced at Guoguo Qing’s somewhat upset expression and stuttered, “I, I mean, the person in the photo looks alright but they’re nothing compared to Guoguo –“

“Just look at yourself, tsk tsk,” Sha Po Lang mocked Little Shuai before leaning over to look at the photo. She was clearly stunned for a moment before she snapped back to reality and wolf whistled, saying to Shan Ziwei, “What a lucky guy you are~ You get such a beautiful lady for yourself.” NgWcBb

At Sha Po Lang’s words, Guoguo Qing wanted to lean over to take a look as well, but she was too reserved to do so. She stared at Shan Ziwei with her beautiful, wide, watery eyes, hoping that the other would get the hint and show it to her. Shan Ziwei didn’t notice the girl’s curious desire at all. Every inch of his attention had been hooked away by the words “beautiful lady” that had come out of Sha Po Lang’s mouth.

A woman, not a man!

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Shan Ziwei was so excited he wanted to set off some fireworks. He hurriedly flipped the photo over to look at the person on the other side.

Depicted in the photo was a pure white hospital room. A very beautiful woman lay on a bed with “Laughter Hospital” printed on it. One of her hands was clasped in the hands of the white-haired young man beside the bed, while the other rested lovingly on her swollen belly. Her smile was filled with adoration for the white-haired young man and excitement at the soon-to-be born child. YaEA0y

[Scenario 2: Maria is your wife. (00:00:05)]

Shan Ziwei stared blankly at the photo. He hadn’t the heart to roast the him in the picture, nor to check the new scenario. Shan Ziwei merely stared at the beautiful mother-to-be, falling into some sort of trance.

They looked similar, so very similar. He had secretly seen this face from afar so many times in the past. He knew that the owner of this face was called Feifei. She was often feeding the abandoned animals in the area near his building. She liked dating sims and pet sims, and she was the goddess of college of fine arts at her school. She was also Shan Ziwei’s first love.

He would probably never forget that girl. Shan Ziwei thought, if it hadn’t been for her, his life would’ve probably been radically different. ddSvG2

“Where did you find that photo?”

Sha Po Lang’s question interrupted Shan Ziwei’s flashback and Shan Ziwei set the photo down, not looking at it again.

“In my clothes.”

“Okay, we’ll take a look, too.” BqmjGJ

Sha Po Lang was as efficient with her actions as she looked to be. When Guoguo Qing and Little Shuai were still scouring through their vest, she had already rummaged through everything she was wearing.

“I didn’t find a photo, but apart from a few items and Scenario Cards, there was a letter.”

Sha Po Land held out her hand, revealing the contents of the letter. Shan Ziwei leaned over to look. The contents were all in English, but Shan Ziwei realized that he could read it all perfectly. The system probably came with its own translation function.

[Dear Grandpa, 6P4fqR

How have you been feeling recently? I know you don’t like staying put, but you aren’t young anymore. Don’t push yourself into taking shifts in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Give yourself more time for rest and leisure and leave the young people some opportunities.

Please promise me you’ll rest more often, okay? I’ll just take it that you promised me. I’ll come and check in on you randomly at Laughter Hospital to make sure you’re resting!

Your beloved granddaughter,

Sha Po Lang] 9tfSNH

“So, I got myself a grandfather.” Sha Po Lang whistled. “What about you two?”

Guoguo Qing was still looking, but Little Shuai had found a post-it note.

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“Lemme see…” Little Shuai read the post-it note aloud. “’I’m heading to Laughter Hospital to check up on your aunt. Poor dear, she’s having migraines again.’ It’s signed by ‘mum’…” Little Shuai paused and Shan Ziwei noticed how his eyes darted a little to the upper right. He was probably checking his System Scenarios.

“My mom is alive and well, but now the system is giving me another one!” 8nTFy2

“Hahahaha!” Sha Po Lang laughed so hard she fell onto Guoguo Qing. “Guoguo have you found anything yet?”

“I have. I found a photo.” Guoguo Qing smiled shyly, her face a little red, “You-you guys take a look.”

Guoguo Qing held out her hand like Sha Po Lang did so that everyone could see. Her photo was taken outside from afar. The sunlight glistened off the “Laughter Hospital” sign at the top. On the grassy field in front of the hospital, “Guoguo Qing” was taking a walk, pushing along a wheelchair with a golden-haired young man who had a cast around his left leg. The two were laughing and chatting, clearly very intimate with each other.

Seeing this, Little Shuai’s expression darkened. T3 MsO

“Don’t tell me that the system gave you a ‘boyfriend’…”

Guoguo Qing smiled apologetically at Little Shuai, “It did…”

What a star-cross lovers scenario from the system. Shan Ziwei watched on as the yellow-haired blondie jumped up, wanting to curse. That was when the moving armoured car suddenly came to a stop, causing the unbalanced Little Shuai to fall onto Shan Ziwei.

“!!!!” 6q3VEs

“The fuck!”

Little Shuai lay flat on the floor of the car, having been shoved off. He stared at Shan Ziwei who was flushed and panting with “clear anger”.

“The hell’s your problem! I fell onto you by accident!”

Guoguo carefully helped Little Shuai up. Anger tinted her gaze as she looked at Shan Ziwei. “Why would you do that…?” Adp5se

Shan Ziwei opened his mouth to explain, but wasn’t sure what to say under those expressions of displeasure. Luckily, the tension only lasted for a moment before it was disturbed by a bang as the door to the back of the car was yanked open. A bald black man stood in the doorway against the light. There was something fierce and powerful about him.

“We’ve arrived.” The man spoke with an American English accent and handed each of them a sheet of paper. “The higher ups sent me over to explain the contents of the mission to you.”

Shan Ziwei accepted the paper, looking over the contents as he listened to the bald black man explain.

“The current mission is to hunt and kill a monster – that’s right, read my lips here, a M-O-N-S-T-E-R. Don’t get too excited, brats, just deal with it like you would a stronger than average prey. I’m sure y’all are experts on how hunting works. This monster – well, our prey this time – is quite special. Only a special concoction can melt through its shell. I’ll hand y’all your vials in a bit. You can smear your weapons with it – on the bullets, that’s my suggestion, ’cause our damn supply of it is quite limited.” He made a c shape with his thumb and index finger. “It’ll lose its effect in two hours if exposed to air too, so make sure you ration your portion well. Oh! God, almost forgot the most important part. Please make sure to complete this hunt in eight hours and kill that monster. For the specifics, check the paper…” Xk5vgb

Shan Ziwei read the sheet of paper as told, and as he did, cold sweat began to form on his body.

This was yet another story of foolish humans who decided, like idiots, to go and research an unknown life form in a meteor, before it managed to escape from them. That paper had it down loud and clear, this monster would evolve once every two hours. It would start out at pawn level, which was equal in strength to a normal soldier. Then it would reach knight level, with strength that rivalled a special ops soldier. Afterwards was bishop level, which could match up to a company of soldiers, and then… Currently, they didn’t know the limits of the monster’s evolution, and the person who wrote what was on the page had said that they would never know the limits of that monster’s evolution, for it would have the power to eradicate mankind before it got there.

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“… If we don’t kill that monster in eight hours, then there’s no need to continue trying.” The guy told a cold joke, “Cause in an hour after that, that monster will be able to destroy the world. Might as well leave that time to write your will.”

The car was silent. The bald guy was rather disappointed that no one there laughed. GMKzh4

“Alright, enough talking.”

The man opened up the cooler strapped to his waist, taking out a few twenty millilitre vials of some green concoction and handing them out one by one. Little Shuai got the most while Guoguo Qing got the least. Shan Ziwei and Sha Po Lang both got two. Shan Ziwei guessed that this had something to do with their respective Scenario 1s. He was a tracking hunter, but he didn’t know what the others were. Yet then, seeing that Guoguo Qing didn’t look happy that she had the least , Little Shuai gave her a vial, winning a smile from her.

Now everyone each had two vials. The bald man had left after distributing the concoction. The four looked at each other before following the black man out of the car.

What was outside was completely unexpected. As the black man had continuously emphasised that they were on a hunt, he thought that they would end up in some primal forest. Yet, what he saw here were normal city streets. The only thing odd about it all, was the building opposite them that was surrounded by green light. Shan Ziwei stared dumbly at the building that had the ball of green light around it, for he had seen the sign at the top of it that easily drew attention – Laughter Hospital. gWUvoc

“We’ve used an isolation barrier to trap that monster in that hospital. Now, it’s up to you experts.”

The black man’s voice came from behind.

“Currently, it’s been one hour and forty-six minutes since that monster escaped. Soon, it’ll evolve.”

When everyone turned to look at him, the bald black man cracked a smile, revealing his pearly white teeth. QeHZ1K

“Well then, let the hunt begin.”


Next up, Scenario Twenty: Monster Hunter (2)

(And yes I changed the numbers on the chap titles to roman numerals cause apparently numbers make chapters get yeeted by NU bot rip)

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Translator's Note

It means handsome x5 lol

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11 comments

  1. Thankyou for the chapter!!!! Excited by this new arc hehe… I wonder if SZW will question why Gaia would know how Feifei looks like to make a copy in the form of Maria…

  2. If the monster is in that hospital… Their family Will be in there too?

    Thanks for the chapter!