Chapter 111: Little Raccoon: Cabbage, Yellow Field
Ever since Tsunayoshi Sawada met Reborn in junior high school, "Think of a solution, Reborn" has become his catchphrase for a long time when he encounters difficulties (although a large part of these difficulties are created by Reborn).
It was not until he became an independent and mature adult that Tsunayoshi Sawada stopped saying this for a long time - but when it came to the difficult task of educating problem children, he could only seek help from experienced tutors.
"It's not really a big problem if she likes collecting and rummaging through trash cans. Just prepare a few designated areas for her to rummage through..."
When talking about this problem, the young leader pressed his forehead in distress: "It's mainly because Varian's people are a bit difficult to get along with. What if Komu angers Xanxus..."
The assassination unit was semi-independent from the family and not under his direct control. Xanxus's temper was definitely not the best. If Asami attacked Xanxus at night like he did with Reborn... he would definitely be blasted into a raccoon right on the spot, right?
Or maybe the one she attacked at night wasn't Xanxus, but Squalo... then he'd be pierced by the sword like a raccoon... it's terrible no matter how you think about it!
Sawada Tsunayoshi was well aware of his junior sister's stubbornness: after all, she had the nerve to attack Reborn at night, so what else could she not dare to do? And even if he intervened and said, "Stop messing around," it would probably be useless...
The more he thought about it, the more troubled he felt. He was worried that if he was a little late, he would see the little raccoon get killed. "Think of a way, Reborn? You should be able to control your junior sister, right?"
And it turns out that Reborn always has a way.
The tutor, who had woken up a bit later than usual today, held a glass of espresso in her hand and said calmly and ruthlessly, "It'll be fine if she can't come to the Vongola for a few days."
As a mentor who has signed a certain contract with the player, he naturally has some other powers while taking on the responsibility of teaching and protecting the player.
For example, assigning homework or sending some guidance and suggestions.
Based on your player level, your instructor recommends that you level up in other maps with a suitable level of danger for the next three days and prohibits you from traveling to the Sicily map.
"...Huh? Map ban?"
When I received the message, Chaomu had just returned to Neon and was diligently watering the flowers.
The message prompt box, which she had never seen before, made her stunned for a moment. After reading the content clearly, the player was even more shocked: She had been in Sicily for such a long time, why were they only telling her now that it was too dangerous and she shouldn't go?
Could it be that Reborn was angry about her night raid and was taking revenge? That made no sense. Hadn't he just encouraged her to keep going?
Reborn: I don't mean to encourage you at all.
But his thoughts were actually unimportant to Chaomu - this new and strange ban, which she had never seen before, made her even more eager to run to the Vongola.
There must be a reason behind the sudden ban. Is there something happening at the Vongola that she cannot participate in at her current level?
She excitedly sent a private message to Reborn, but Reborn didn't answer; she sent a message to her senior brother, but he avoided the subject and just said he would come over to play in a few days.
Good, they've managed to grab the players' attention—now Chaomu is even more curious.
The little raccoon put the watering can aside, held her phone in her hand and thought for two seconds before deciding to ask her good friend Yamamoto.
"Eh? In the past two days?" Yamamoto Takeshi always answered her questions. After hearing her question, he thought for a few seconds and said, "Hmm... probably because Squalo and the others are coming."
It was from him that Chaomu first unlocked Varian's information.
The Vongola family's independent special assassination unit, Varian, is a special organization directly under the Ninth Daemon, not directly loyal to the Tenth Daemon. Its leader is the Ninth Daemon's adopted son, who lost the competition for the Tenth Daemon position against his senior brother, Sawada Tsunayoshi. He also has figures like the Prince and the Sword Emperor under his command.
Is this the legendary fight for the throne? This Xanxus sounds like a hidden villain boss... This setting is quite cool.
After hearing this, Chaomu had some guesses about the reason why she was banned from going to Vongola these days: this visit from Varian should be some kind of activity or dungeon in the later stages of the game. Her level was not high enough now, so she was directly banned from the map during the activity.
She tried to click on the map to teleport, and sure enough, the smooth transmission before was not successful, and a locked mark appeared on the map.
[This area is too dangerous. Please try exploring it later.]
This reminder reminded Chaomu of the house of a neighbor that she had not been able to unlock yet... She shook her tail unhappily, feeling that this crappy game that forced her to keep progressing was really annoying.
Obviously, during the ban, it's impossible to travel to Italy via normal teleportation... What if I buy a plane ticket in-game? Can I get around the ban by flying? However, that requires a passport, and getting one takes time... The event will only last three days, so there's no time left.
Chaomu began to wonder if he should ask Shen'er for any possible smuggling channels—though it was probably useless. After all, the system wanted to restrict players from participating in activities beyond their current level, and normal methods should not be able to circumvent the rules.
She crouched in the living room, clutching her phone, agonizing over the event she couldn't attend: What special skills would emerge from the Varian team members' trash cans? What small creatures were hidden in the weapon boxes? Damn, her curiosity was completely piqued! Damn the game planners, creating a game and not letting people play it. How narrow-minded!
When she was about to open the complaint interface to call customer service, it was just past four in the morning and the system date had reached Monday.
In the game's task interface, the faction task bar that had been blank suddenly refreshed.
[It has been detected that the player has joined the gray camp and the weekly task has been automatically accepted for you]
Gray Camp Weekly: The Art of Touching Porcelain
[The Art of Bumping: Bump into a random Red/Black NPC on the street and trick them into taking you home and respectfully offering their trash can to the Raccoon. The longer you stay at their home (up to a week), the greater the reward you'll receive.]
[Quest Reward: Gray Faction Reputation +++ You will be guaranteed to receive a rare item from this NPC's card pool (the drop rate is linked to the completion of the quest)]
The player who was just agonizing over Varian was suddenly distracted by a new quest: "It's a weekly quest... and there's a guaranteed card draw?!"
Is this true? This stingy game actually has a guaranteed card pool? Even though it's included in the weekly quest rewards, this is way too generous!
That limited-time event can be put aside for now. After all, even if the card pool is unlocked there, the probability of getting the card is probably not high - as a black man, Chaomu is aware of his level of European and African knowledge.
The guaranteed minimum is good, so she has to carefully select a lucky NPC to cheat with? She wants one with super powerful SSR skills from the card pool... If you think about it carefully, then it's not bad. A godfather with a charm attribute seems to be very attractive too... Damn, it's still difficult to choose.
While rejoicing, when he opened the character panel, Chaomu looked at the debuff of "Truth Bullet" under his avatar and realized that his mission of hitting a car might not be that simple.
It is obvious that scamming someone to get away with something requires certain skills and the art of language, but under the effect of the truth bullet, the first thing she would say is probably "Take me home and let me touch your trash can"... Under this premise, it would be somewhat difficult for her to successfully scam someone to get away with something.
Among the many NPCs whose card pools she has unlocked, perhaps only Shi'er will cooperate with her, and the skills in his card pool also make her quite envious... But the game obviously does not intend to let players be lazy, and has set up another obstacle in the task description.
The mission description clearly states, "Randomly bump into a red/black camp NPC on the road." This limits the NPC's camp—even the gray camp is not within the selection range.
I can't go to Italy for the time being, otherwise I should be able to complete the task painlessly by asking Yamamoto-kun...
As for the others... Chaomu clicked on Midorikawa Jing's communication and saw that his faction attribute was displayed as [Undisclosed]. He was puzzled for a moment: Is he Red, Black, or Gray? Could he be a target for fraud?
Among the unlocked NPCs, several have an "Undisclosed" faction, including Midorikawa Kei, Amuro Toru, and her daughter, Moroboshi Mimi. Others have Red, Black, and Gray factions. Kujo-san and the two police officers next door are all Red, while Gin is undoubtedly Black.
Having just unlocked a faction, Chaomu still didn't quite understand the specifics of the faction's mechanics. If he wanted to explore the other side's specific faction, it would probably take quite a while.
Having a guaranteed reward should have been a happy thing, but at four in the morning, she was having trouble with this seemingly simple weekly task.
She switched back from raccoon form to human form, pushed open the door, and stared blankly at the empty, dark hallway: Who should she choose? Or should she go explore and get to know more NPCs? But getting to know new NPCs takes time. What if she doesn't maximize the rewards she gets, and the skill she draws is downgraded from SSR to SR? Wouldn't that be a huge loss for her?
Let's choose from the people I already know. Who should I choose? Everyone's skills are so hard to give up...
The player's dilemma is almost tangible. She wanders the hallway for a while, looking left and right, and finally sighs at the door: "What on earth should I do..."
Choosing an NPC with a high favorability rating felt like a loss, after all, a high favorability rating meant a high drop rate, and even without a guaranteed drop rate, it felt like the item would be dropped quickly. But choosing an NPC with a low favorability rating didn't guarantee she'd be able to successfully scam someone... As she was struggling with this, the voice-activated lights in the hallway suddenly lit up. Footsteps approached from afar, and the lights flickered on.
Chaomu instinctively looked in that direction and saw a head of golden hair floating in the air... Oh no, there was someone there, but the other person had a darker skin tone and was wearing black clothes, so she couldn't see clearly at first glance.
The blond, dark-skinned young man looked dusty and tired. He was holding a takeout bag, and when he met Chaomu's eyes, the tired expression on his handsome face suddenly froze.
"Chao... is it you?!" He froze his fingers, shocked, "What are you doing at my doorstep...?"
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The author has something to say: Gastroenteritis, pain.
Anyway, it seems like my biological clock has been a little too successful. These past few days, I've been feeling sleepy as soon as it's 10 or 11 pm...
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