Chapter 268 Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free! [21]
Since Nan Xingye doesn't want her to reveal anything, A Chu doesn't plan to say anything for now either.
After all, even without her, Nan Hoshino was able to clear the dungeons every time.
After learning that they still had five hours to go before reaching the mass grave station, the players, who had initially been quite united, began to have their own thoughts.
This is because the player who completes the side quest first will have more points when the quest is settled.
It's one thing if they can't complete the side quests.
Now they have to complete side quests to survive, so getting more points is definitely better!
Points are more valuable than money; you can use points to buy items in the points mall.
So, who would complain about having too few points?
So, the players started to show off their skills.
For example, you can talk to the NPCs next to you to see if they are carrying any flammable items.
After discussing it with Fang Yuan, Zhong Qing also found a flight attendant.
When the flight attendant came over and saw that it was Zhongqing pressing the call button again, her face turned even uglier.
It's you again!
She glanced at Ah Chu sitting in the back and asked somewhat reluctantly, "Excuse me, passenger, is there anything I can help you with?"
Zhong Qing was quite the actress; she feigned anxiety and said to the flight attendant:
“My mother’s keepsake, a diamond necklace, is missing. I suspect it was stolen by someone in the train car. I demand that their luggage be searched to find my necklace!”
The flight attendant frowned and subconsciously said, "It's wrong to search passengers' luggage without permission."
Zhong Qing: "But the diamond necklace my mother left me is very valuable!"
Fang Yuan chimed in, "If you don't agree to have your luggage searched, then we'll call the police! Don't let this train leave at the next stop either; everyone who gets off should go to the police station!"
Fang Yuan's voice was loud and he sounded very excited.
One player stood up and joined in the performance: "I'm in a hurry to get home, who has time to go to the police station with you guys!"
"That's right!"
"It's just a luggage search, go ahead and search! I didn't steal anything anyway!"
"Yes! Anyone who refuses to be searched is guilty!"
Because of the players' cooperative performance, some NPCs who were unwilling to have their luggage searched had no choice but to agree to have it searched.
Since the passengers had no complaints, the flight attendants had even less to say.
So she called over another flight attendant, and the two of them searched the passengers' luggage together.
He opened all the suitcases and backpacks, and took out everything to look at.
It was during this process that Zhongqing made a note of who owned any suitcases or backpacks containing flammable items, such as lighters.
She was still unable to find the 'lost' diamond necklace she was so attached to, and she cried in desperation.
"Waaaaah! What am I going to do? That was the last gift Mom left me!"
Fang Yuan comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay. Maybe it didn't fall in the car. We'll go back to the hotel to look for it when we get to our stop!"
Zhong Qing choked up, saying, "This is the only way."
The missing item was not found. The flight attendant told the passengers to keep their valuables safe and then left.
Achu leaned against Nanxingye and whispered to him, "This Zhongqing is quite smart, isn't he, brother?"
Nan Xingye didn't pay attention to the first half of A Chu's sentence; he only heard her call him "brother."
She called him "brother" several times while she was in the car.
Calling him Hoshino-nii (Brother Hoshino) doesn't feel the same as calling him that.
It's just... inexplicably exciting.
However, Nanxingye maintained his cold and indifferent demeanor, showing no sign of it.
He even nodded in response to Achu's words.
In fact, Nan Xingye didn't pay much attention to the other players; he was more interested in the NPC passengers in the carriage.
He was watching, observing the reactions of the NPCs in the carriage.
If arson is premeditated, there will always be some subtle signs.
However, everything is normal.
Impatient and unhappy, but without guilt or anger.
In other words, arson can now be ruled out.
So it was unintentional?
Unintentional arson is actually harder to find.
Nan Xingye estimates that the players might try to get the NPCs carrying lighters or flammable items off the vehicle, which would prevent accidents from happening.
But Minami Hoshino is thinking about something else now.
He turned his head and whispered in Achu's ear, "If I set a fire before this instance ends, will it be destroyed?"
This is the question that Nan Xingye cares about most.
Nan Xingye was thinking that when he left the last instance, what he saw was A Chu setting a fire in the building.
What about this instance?
Achu doesn't know the answer to this, but she can ask the system.
After receiving an answer from the system, she then replied to Minami Hoshino.
"No, if it's just a small flame, the instance cannot be destroyed."
"But if you set a large fire, you won't be able to leave the instance."
Nan Xingye frowned; it seemed that this was not feasible.
Achu: "However, I have a way!"
Nan Hoshino: "What method?"
Ah Chu leaned close to his ear and whispered even more softly.
They were speaking so softly that even the players sitting in the front and back rows couldn't hear them.
From the players' perspective, the high-level male player and the beautiful female NPC were clearly having an affair.
Tsk tsk! Even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman!
No one knows what Achu and Nanxingye said.
After the flight attendants left, the players gathered together to discuss their plans.
They were discussing how to deal with the passenger NPCs who were carrying flammable items and lighters.
"At the next stop, when they're not looking, should we push them off the train?"
"That won't do. They're sitting right there. How can you bring them to the door?"
"Then how about we get the flight attendants to kick them off the plane?"
"What method? Will the flight attendants listen to us?"
"Nothing works, nothing works, what do we do?!"
"Why make it so complicated? Just open the window and throw them out!"
"Yes! Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free! Maybe we'll just throw the guilty one at the arsonist?"
"Throwing the arsonist out of the car, that counts as completing the side mission, right?"
This statement has captivated some players.
Someone acted quickly, rolled down the car window, and threw a passenger NPC out.
Seeing this, players who were afraid of being the first to complete the side quests also took action.
There were some NPC passengers who resisted, but some players were not to be trifled with either.
Fang Yuan wanted to join in, but Zhong Qing stopped her.
Zhongqing: "Let's not fight, let's just clear the level."
Fang Yuan: "Okay."
She was used to listening to Zhongqing's words, because only by obeying them could they pass the test time and time again.
Zhong Qing turned back to see A Chu and Nan Xingye.
Ah Chu leaned close to Nan Xingye, turning her head to watch the commotion, a slight smile playing on her lips.
Zhong Qing inexplicably felt that this NPC named A Chu might be even more powerful than any dungeon boss she had ever encountered before...
Looking at Nan Xingye again, he had his eyes closed, seemingly asleep, and was indifferent to the commotion in the carriage.
Zhongqing turned her head to look at the players over there.
They were very fast; in just a short time, they had already thrown out more than ten passenger NPCs.
Those NPC passengers who realized what was happening naturally resisted.
The carriage was in a mess, and soon the train attendant heard the commotion and came over.
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