Chapter 143 Mizuki Private High School (Fifteen)
"Isn't this the poster on the body of the elf who deliberately lured us into this game?"
Twelve could tell at a glance what Nan Huan was holding, but she thought it was the clue of the previous link, which had been discarded as the elves returned to their human form.
"What's wrong with this poster? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the life teacher."
The player who asked the question earlier took two steps closer and confirmed that there were no hidden and explicit clues on the poster like the clues they had obtained.
Nan Huan did not answer the question directly, but asked a question in return, "If you are the planner of the game, if there are two ways to complete a task, how should the difficulty of these two ways be allocated?"
"In theory, they should be on par with each other."
For some reason, the Assassin Guild President took Nan Huan's words to heart and even continued to think along the lines of the other party. "Otherwise, if one plan is too easy and the other is too difficult, no one will try the difficult one. Over time, the difficult plan will be ignored and will have no need to exist. The game will also lose some of its fun."
The abilities of the players who entered the dungeon this time varied greatly. Apart from a few major guilds, the rest of the players simply relied on luck.
Therefore, they had never considered this issue from the perspective of the game, and they did not understand why the eldest lady was talking about this now.
The assassin and Morpheus already understood Nan Huan's meaning, but they searched the crowd for a long time and still couldn't find the person they were looking for. And seeing that the eldest lady seemed confident, it seemed that the other party was already sure of it.
Twelve gradually followed the eldest lady's thinking. "To put it simply, in this mission, the difficulty of finding the students who played pranks and finding the life teacher should be comparable."
She quickly drew inferences from the words of the Assassin's Guild President and figured out what the young lady wanted to express. She thought about it again and hesitated, "Hmm... but that's not right. The system has already given us a hint that we were going in the wrong direction from the beginning. This means that looking for students who played pranks is a dead end, right?"
Twelve carefully considered the eldest lady's words and found that there seemed to be some paradox hidden in them, and became more and more confused.
She frowned and looked at Nan Huan, only to find that the eldest lady had a look of appreciation on her face.
"You finally found the crux of the problem. The crux is that there were supposed to be two paths that could lead to the final result, but one of them was suddenly blocked, so we had to take the other, which was the only path."
"If you were the game designer, under what conditions would you abandon the program you worked so hard to come up with, which might allow the game to have more diverse possibilities, and only leave one path for the players?"
Nan Huan analyzed the situation slowly, occasionally looking up at the time on the tower clock. There were still twenty minutes left before the first class.
Twelve's heart sank. From Nan Huan's question, he finally got a conclusion. "Under the circumstances where something unexpected happened, or when some factors became uncontrollable, we had no choice but to abandon the two original plans."
She seemed to finally remember that there was a very uncontrollable factor in this mission.
"What are you talking about here? I don't understand a word you say. What uncontrollable factors? Miss, if you already know the whereabouts of the student card, don't waste your time here."
The player who asked the question seemed a little impatient because he didn't quite understand the communication between the two people.
Ge Yuxin had been standing by and listening carefully to the conversation between the eldest lady and Twelve. She ignored the question from the player, "Does the change refer to the Angry Elf side quest? The system's iconic hint is for us to completely give up on the path of being a mischievous student?"
"Bingo."
Nan Huan snapped his fingers, gave an affirmative answer, and ignored the impatient player.
Most of the remaining players finally understood what the eldest lady meant after Ge Yuxin's hint.
"You mean, originally we wouldn't have encountered the angry elves, and this was a side quest that was triggered artificially..."
Before the voice in the crowd had died down, everyone's eyes turned to the doctor.
After all, he was the first one to discover that something was wrong with the elf and took away his things, which caused the elf to change. So it was reasonable for him to suspect that the elf was the life teacher.
The doctor paused as he was holding up his glasses. He was not panicked by the silent accusation, but his eyes behind the lenses flashed coldly. "If I were a life teacher, why would I expose myself like this? It's too stupid."
"And if that life teacher knew that no one except the young lady could understand the hidden meaning of this poster, he might be regretting why he was so impulsive."
The doctor's IQ finally came online, and he sorted out all the seemingly complicated but actually very simple logic. "But she probably originally thought that we would not be able to complete the elf mission, but she didn't expect that the young lady had more common sense than she thought?"
He already had a suspected target in his mind, but it seemed that there was no evidence.
The players present finally remembered the scene of being besieged by the elves just now. Although the opponent's combat effectiveness was not strong, without the eldest lady, they would not have been able to obtain the two very important clues.
Finally the topic came back to the poster of The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
"So what clues are there on this poster? I just passed by the drama club and asked about the content of the play. It's just about two young couples in love. It doesn't seem to be anything special."
Not all players didn't notice the poster, but the person who asked the question didn't understand this aspect and therefore didn't grasp the key point.
Nan Huan was stunned for a rare moment, as if he had not expected that the other party could summarize this famous drama with just these few simple words.
For a moment, I didn't know whether I should marvel at his superb art of summarization or stand up for the play.
After seeing her like this, Bei Xi touched her head with a somewhat amused look and took the initiative to take on the task of explaining.
"As you just said, the protagonists of this play are normally two pairs of men and women. Depending on the performance, the poster will be different. Any pair of men and women may be selected as the protagonists, but in any case, Julia and her cross-dressing role 'Sibasin' will not be used as the poster. First, this is not a play with a strong female protagonist. Second, the cross-dressing plot is a surprise in the play and is usually not shown separately on the poster."
Bei Xi was not unfamiliar with this story, so she used the simplest words to explain it to the person who asked the question.
"So this poster is obviously a hint, or a clue given by the system. In this play, the character Julia disguised herself as a man to pursue her lover and became his page. She followed him all the time, but was not recognized until the very end."
Her voice is actually very suitable for telling such a story. It gives people an elegant feeling, and it seems that the picture is presented in front of the players, even though most of them do not understand drama.
The player slapped his forehead after realizing it belatedly. "So the system's hint is that the life teacher has always been by our side, but we never noticed."
As soon as the words fell, the remaining players couldn't help but take a breath, not knowing whether it was because of the cleverness of the eldest lady and the president, or because they were already convinced that there was indeed a life teacher around them.
"Oh, I finally understand what the system means by balance," Twelve clapped his hands when he heard this. "Originally, there were two plans. The clue about the prank student was very obvious, but the content was very broad and the person was hard to find. The clue about the teacher of the Desire Life was not so obvious, but the scope was greatly narrowed."
"But for some reason, the life teacher didn't want to reveal her clues. She used the clues to guide us to transform the elf. Our attention was diverted to the elf mission. Originally, it was impossible for us to pay attention to this clue. But unexpectedly, the eldest lady successfully transformed the elf back into a human. The system gave us clues and let us focus on the life teacher."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood.
But at the moment, this doesn't seem to be a good thing. Originally everyone was concentrating on listening to the eldest lady's explanation, but now they look at each other with more suspicion.
It has been confirmed that the life teacher is right next to them, so they look at everyone with suspicion.
One player swallowed his saliva when being stared at, and looked at Nan Huan expectantly, "Then Miss, do you know who the life teacher is?"
Everyone was looking forward to it, as if they would hear a person's name from Nan Huan's mouth in the next second.
But the other party shook his head helplessly, "Not yet."
As expected, except for a few guild presidents and players from Guild One and Guild Two, the rest of the players were somewhat disappointed.
After all, time is running out. To complete the mission, we have to find out the life teacher hiding among the players.
Nan Huan's series of actions have already made players accustomed to seeking her help.
But unexpectedly, a faint voice came from the crowd, "Miss, when I was looking for clues just now, I found a clue that should point to the life teacher. Can you see if you can help?"
Ge Yuxin had taken out a piece of paper from her pocket at some point and handed it to Nan Huan.
Although her voice was not loud, it attracted everyone's attention at this moment.
Ge Yuxin was not used to being commented on like this, but she still handed over the note in her hand firmly.
The players all stretched their necks, as if trying to see clearly what was written on the note.
Nan Huan didn't show much expression. He just glanced at it slowly, closed the note, and slowly walked into the crowd.
Until she stood in front of a person who had been listening to the players' discussion very calmly from beginning to end, "Teacher Qingyuan, have we finished the role-playing game? Can you give us the student cards?"
She spread out one hand lightly, and her tone sounded respectful.
However, the players around her were frightened by her actions and unconsciously retreated three meters away, leaving only the two of them in the crowd.
"There's nothing on that note. Are you trying to trick me?"
Qingyuan's expression was very calm, not at all embarrassed by having his mask torn off. Instead, he was reasonable and well-founded, "I admit that your previous speculation was brilliant and well-founded, but time is running out now. You can't test it out using this method."
Nan Huan seemed to have anticipated that the other party would not admit it so easily. He sighed slightly, seemed to feel that it was a bit troublesome, and took two steps back.
Liushen, who had already received Beixi's signal, walked forward quickly. Before Qingyuan could react, he grabbed the other's hands and sprayed something on them.
Fluorescent green spots appeared on Qingyuan's palms and fingers, like stars.
Now all the players' faces were filled with surprise, and the calmness on Qingyuan's face had long disappeared. He just looked at Ge Yuxin in disbelief.
It is a prop in shopping malls, usually used to facilitate tracking thieves.
Spray the colorless and odorless liquid on an object, and the parts of the person's body that come into contact with the object will show green spots when they come into contact with water.
"I am the only one who has seen this note so far," Nan Huan said slowly, and then spread out the note in front of everyone, "How do you know there is nothing on it?"
"Just now I specifically asked Ge Yuxin to find other clues, and by the way, I asked her to tell everyone in a big way that I found clues about the life teacher. Do you want me to spray some water on the remaining players to see if there are any green spots?"
Nan Huan seemed to be uninterested in catching someone in the act. "Only a real life teacher would care about his own clues and even exchange them with Ge Yuxin. Teacher Qingyuan, don't you want to see what's written on my fake clue?"
Oh my god?
If the voices of the remaining players could be heard, then everyone would probably be in the same world and feel the same shock.
So the young lady really had locked onto this man a long time ago, and even got people to act out such a complete drama, and finally caught him red-handed?
Now that things have come to this, there is no point in struggling any further.
The girl, who was originally not good-looking, showed a satisfied smile when she heard this.
She took out the note that she had dropped from her bag and slowly opened it.
"I got you."
Well, it’s too early to be shocked. Not only were the perpetrators caught red-handed, but the other party also received tons of ridicule.
When she looked up again, the other person's originally plain face seemed to have changed a little, but the players couldn't tell what exactly had changed. They just felt that her aura was completely different.
"I thought the quality of this batch of freshmen was not as good as before, but now it seems that is not entirely true. At least there are still one or two good ones."
As she spoke, she did not show any embarrassment at being exposed. Instead, she glanced at Nan Huan and Bei Xi meaningfully.
The other players who were hinted to be not very capable covered their badly injured knees.
While I felt relieved, I also felt that the road to school seemed long.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for completing the side quest - finding the lost student card.
Get real admission qualifications.
The club recruitment will last a whole day, and new students can continue to look for their favorite clubs after admission.
Are you ready to see our beautiful campus now? 】
The system's inappropriate briskness seemed particularly strange at this moment.
The players had no intention of looking at the beautiful campus at all. After all, when they found out that the students they were going to meet in a while might one of them suddenly peel off the skin on them, they felt a chill in their hearts.
But it is obvious that some people have responded very well, for example -
"Dear students, welcome to Shuimu Private High School. I am your life teacher Qingyuan. You can come to me for any problems you have during your time at school."
The woman who had been stubborn and refused to admit her identity a second ago, waved goodbye to her identity as a player after being exposed.
With a bright smile, she looked at the player who had just been fooled by her, without any guilt at all, and immediately came online with the face of a kind teacher.
"The school bus is waiting for everyone, please follow me."
As she spoke, she was like a tour guide, asking everyone to leave the venue.
"Oh, by the way, this time, the student cards are really distributed to everyone along with the school uniforms and some daily necessities. Be careful not to lose them again."
As soon as she finished speaking, the players' original clothes had changed into dark blue school uniforms.
The ability to change clothes surprised Nan Huan for a second, and then she touched her student card and a mobile phone in her school uniform pocket.
The student card seems to be no different from those used in ordinary schools. It is the size of an ID card, with each person's photo on the upper left corner, the class number on the right, and a student number.
In the lower right corner, there seemed to be some kind of anti-theft watermark. Nan Huan couldn't see the pattern clearly, so he just glanced at it without looking at it carefully.
Then we confirmed our respective class assignments.
All the players are a year higher, but not all of them are in the same class.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi are in Class 6 of Grade 1, while Liu Shen, Twelve, and four people from Guild 2 are in Class 7 of Grade 1.
The remaining players are basically four people in the same class. I don’t know if it is intentional by the system, but in any case, the probability of players from the same guild being assigned to the same class is quite high.
For example, the Assassin's Guild Leader was in the same class as the other three members of their Fifth Guild, and Morpheus was also in the same class with the three people she claimed she didn't know.
The remaining players were divided up according to their intimacy levels in previous missions.
There are thirty players, except for Nan Huan and Bei Xi who are in the same class, there are twenty-eight people left, four people in each class, which just takes up the eight classes in the first year of high school.
In the blink of an eye, the school bus was already there.
It was a high-end minibus. Thirty people followed Qingyuan on the bus. They were clearly going to class, but they felt as if they were going on an outing.
Nan Huan took the tourist bus from the previous copy to enter the village. Although the bus she took was much more advanced than the shabby bus, she was still a little nervous.
As soon as everyone was seated, Qingyuan spoke casually, as if to verify her uneasiness.
"On the first day of school, there were no specific courses arranged. The main thing was to complete the placement test and choose the club you wanted to join."
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