Xu Xiaoyou stood up and walked quickly to the mirror, pulling back her eyelid to see the identification code engraved beneath her iris, while her own labels popped up in her field of vision.
"Name: Princess"
"Gender: Female"
"Profession: Night Rose Sea Venue Waitress"
"Android Rating: 62"
"Labels: Arrogant, Narcissist, Greedy for Money, Cold Empathy, Lack of Responsibility, Qualified Listener, Do You Need Me To Smile For You?"
"Recent Windvane: Hugged Isabella 2 minutes ago, asked Evelyn for a 'roleplay' fee 5 minutes ago, acted flirtatiously with the front desk receptionist 13 minutes ago, browsed the 'Azure Sky Mall' with Chloe 25 minutes ago..."
"This Princess is practically a master of time management," Xu Xiaoyou nodded with considerable approval.
'She's just a bit of a player.'
No, she shouldn't be thinking about such trivial matters right now.
Xu Xiaoyou looked toward the door.
"Honey, are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
"No, I'm coming out right now."
She had to deal with the woman outside first, then find an opportunity to slip away and contact everyone in Light-Chaser Garden.
Hearing the girl's response, the woman outside breathed a sigh of relief, the worry on her face diminishing slightly.
Isabella placed her hand gently on her chest, her eyes shimmering with a complex light; she didn't know what had come over her. Initially, she had only come to the sea venue to dispel her loneliness, but she had been attracted by the invisible aura of the blonde girl. It had evolved from simply wanting to visit the girl after work every day to feeling an inexplicable sense of unease and anxiety if she didn't see her for just two minutes...
She really liked the scent on the other girl—that fragrance of citrus, honey, hyacinth, and poria mixed with other herbal medicines was crisp and soothing. It was like a fire burning quietly in a fireplace during winter, calming her perennially restless heart.
The door opened slowly, and the blonde girl stepped out with her customary gentle smile.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
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"Four-Leaf Wutong, what's the situation on your end?"
Lu Shuhang was chasing a figure in a hoodie through an alley. The opponent's movements were very nimble, and they were extremely familiar with the surroundings, darting and leaping through the complex network of streets with great agility.
"It's alright. I'm in an office. It seems our faction is Firefly, and I appear to be... a clerk handling daily administrative affairs?"
Four-Leaf Wutong replied.
He casually flipped through the dossiers in front of him, all of which were documents related to the 'black box'.
"I am a Label Catcher. I'm currently inside a giant building called the 'Azure Spirit Tree', specifically on the 43rd floor, Area D4. My current objective is to deal with an android who's high as a kite in the 'Night Rose Sea Venue'. That guy's rating has already dropped below 47."
The girl holding the giant scythe walked slowly through the dimly lit sea venue. Deep purple and light blue light beams crisscrossed back and forth while explosive music echoed through the air. People in the dance floor were reveling and venting to their heart's content. Waiters shook champagne bottles and smashed the necks, spraying the liquid high into the air. It was not easy to find a suspicious target among the countless swaying waists.
"What about you, Xinzhu?" Lu Shuhang asked with a nod.
He leaped over the railing in front of him, his body moving swiftly along the wall like a dark specter. He jumped down from above, landing lightly on a trash can, then performed another roll to continue the pursuit of that android.
The opponent was no slouch and moved with extreme speed, but they were still a bit short compared to him. The distance between the two was closing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
"Me?" Xiao Xinzhu answered while sitting at the front desk. "I'm at the Night Rose Sea Venue. My identity is a waitress working undercover at the front desk? I'm responsible for investigating whether the 'black box' incident is related to the owner of the Night Rose Sea Venue, 'Azure Spirit Lion'."
She suddenly thought of Yulan's words.
"Lan, did you just say you're also at the Night Rose Sea Venue?"
A blonde waitress who had been vomited on hurried past her. Because the light was too dim, Xiao Xinzhu didn't get a clear look at the blonde waitress's face; her attention was entirely focused on her own windvane.
Upon seeing that the character she was playing had recently acted flirtatiously with a nightclub waitress named 'Princess', she frowned slightly.
Princess? Xiao Xinzhu seemed to have seen that name somewhere, but she couldn't recall it for the moment.
"Yes, my starting position is very close to yours, Sister Xinzhu."
Lu Shuhang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Meet up first. Before we've confirmed the locations of everyone in Light-Chaser Garden, try to stay in a group. Their guerrilla isn't here, but we still need to be extra cautious."
"Understood~" Xiao Xinzhu responded.
"What about Zhou Zuo?"
The young man didn't give an immediate response. Only after a long while did a hurried voice come through.
"Damn it, Angelina's starting position is very close to mine. I've made eye contact with her. I've sent my coordinates to all of you. Who can come help me first?"
Lu Shuhang's eyes narrowed slightly. "You're not her match in a head-on confrontation. Retreat immediately. Four-Leaf Wutong, your movement speed is the fastest; head toward Zhou Zuo's position first. The distance is too far; it's outside the range of the God of Assassination's effect."
"Understood."
The five members of Assassin's Creed quickly began their moves.
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Some time passed, and Xu Xiaoyou arrived at a deserted corner. With a calm expression, she changed out of the clothes that had been vomited on. Looking at the extra 3,500￥ in her account, she decisively chose to draw cards.
After two ten-pulls, aside from eighteen "light tickets", she also got one 【Fireball Bombardment】 and one 【Agility Training】, both of which were refined grade skill cards.
The rules clearly stated that disabled abilities would be stripped away before entering the dungeon and could not be brought into the arena. Thus, all her original skill cards were gone, but this didn't mean she couldn't pull new skill cards inside the dungeon.
She could still use the funds earned within the dungeon to draw skill cards. While it was impossible to reach her previous heights quickly, it wasn't a difficult task for her to temporarily cobble together a functional deck.
She had to seize every second to develop.
She had recognized the one at the front desk earlier as Xiao Xinzhu, and there was another member of Assassin's Creed nearby. If she ran into both of them head-on at this moment, she would undoubtedly die.
The situation was grim, but the more it was like this, the calmer Xu Xiaoyou became. She used her disguise technique to quickly fix her makeup. Her appearance underwent subtle changes with every stroke and line, and it was precisely the accumulation of these subtle changes that made her look like a completely different person from before.
While applying her makeup, Xu Xiaoyou smiled at Xiao Xinzhu, who was walking over. Her gentle and friendly smile had been meticulously practiced, leaving no flaws to be found.
The other party didn't recognize her and hurried out of the nightclub, intending to meet up with Yulan first, unaware that the moment she turned around, a black tracker had appeared on the back of her top.
Only then did Xu Xiaoyou find the time to contact the rest of Light-Chaser Garden.
"Anya, stop the chase. The people from Assassin's Creed are heading toward your direction."
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