“W-What did you say?” When Mangmang de Mangmang saw the message, he felt a sense of dizziness. The reply felt stuttered.

“I didn’t buy the staff.” The first step is always the hardest. The other party had clearly gotten started, and the messages were sent more smoothly, no longer dodging.

“What exactly happened?” Mangmang de Mangmang asked.

“I checked the time and made a bid, but after I bid, the system prompted that the item didn’t exist. I think I might have been a little late,” the priest who participated in the flash sale said.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”

“I thought there was still a week…” the person replied.

Mangmang de Mangmang was very familiar with this person, which was why he could confidently entrust this task to him. Hearing this, he immediately understood what the other party was planning. It was like a leader entrusting you with a task that you messed up and didn’t complete, but luckily, the leader would only formally check the work in a week, so you simply pretended to have completed it and then tried to find a solution within the week. Such events were common in life, and Mangmang de Mangmang didn’t expect to encounter it while playing a game.

“Why bother…” Mangmang de Mangmang really couldn’t say much. The other party clearly valued the staff very much to have such thoughts.

“Where are you now?” Mangmang de Mangmang asked.

“Auction house…”

Mangmang de Mangmang immediately understood that this guy was also waiting for a buyer and then trying to buy it back at a high price. This transaction was naturally a very special situation. The value of the staff itself could be completely ignored. The money was simply to bear the responsibility. Mangmang de Mangmang guessed that he would take people directly to the exchange for a transaction, becoming a full-fledged RMB warrior (paying real money to get stronger in the game).

“No need to bother, just sell it!” At this time, Mangmang de Mangmang really couldn’t say any words of blame. After saying this, he turned around and sent a message to Han Jia Gongzi: “As you wished.”

“Arranged?” Han Jia Gongzi asked.

“No, the staff really sold,” Mangmang de Mangmang said.

“What?” Han Jia Gongzi was stunned.

“The staff, as you wished, really sold,” Mangmang de Mangmang sent the message with a sigh, not knowing what to say about the whole thing.

“Damn it!!!” Upon receiving this message, Han Jia Gongzi blurted out a word, scaring You Ge beside him.

“What’s wrong?” You Ge quickly asked.

“See, the variable has arrived,” Han Jia Gongzi said unhappily.

“What happened?”

“The staff really sold. The kid who did the flash sale lied,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“How could this happen…” You Ge said.

“Most likely he was being clever, wanting to pay for it himself and buy it back, so he wanted to hide it,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

You Ge scratched his head and thought for a while, then said, “But this doesn’t seem to have much impact on us. It’s like going back to your original idea of turning a fake show into a real one. Then we can just act according to that method, right?”

“It’s not that simple!” Han Jia Gongzi said, “Let me give you an example. There are two plans, A and B. A is smoke, meant for the enemy to see, to make them think we are A, but in reality, we are implementing B. That’s the key to the whole plan. But now A has been successfully released as smoke, but we can’t implement B. You mean we should take this A, which has already become smoke, and treat it as the real plan?”

“Uh… is that not possible?”

“Please, bro, this plan has already been clearly conveyed to Jian Nan You and the others. They must have already thought of targeted strategies. If we turn back and carry out A now, it’s called walking right into their trap,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“Listening to you, it does seem like that…” You Ge nodded. Although Han Jia Gongzi’s AB example wasn’t directly related to the current situation, it clearly illustrated the principle. Moreover, You Ge simultaneously realized that Han Jia Gongzi’s initial plan could also be said to be this kind of AB true-false exchange. It was just that originally, A was falsely selling the staff, and B was truly selling the staff. Later, because the true sale failed, Han Jia Gongzi instantly reversed it, turning “truly selling the staff” into smoke A, and the fake sale became the reality again.

“Then what do we do now?” You Ge asked.

“If the true sale is the reality, then this buyer is really strange. Such a top-quality piece of equipment, isn’t he anxious to get his hands on it?” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“You suspect something’s up?” With You Ge’s suspicious mind, he was already suspecting that the person’s claim of not buying the staff was an attempt to embezzle it.

“Since this guy has told one lie, of course, I’m going to suspect him even more,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“However, to be able to entrust this kind of thing to him, he must be someone Mangmang de Mangmang trusts a lot!” You Ge said.

“Hmph, it’s not like she doesn’t have a past of misjudging people,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

Of course, You Ge knew that Han Jia Gongzi was referring to Yin Yue. Such a big piece of trash, Mangmang de Mangmang’s misjudgment was truly considerable.

“Yin Yue…” Han Jia Gongzi suddenly muttered the name and frowned.

“Thought of something?” You Ge quickly said.

“Many ideas,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“Tell me about them,” You Ge said.

“Version one, this guy is colluding with Jian Nan You and the others. In fact, the entire course of events is within their calculations. They’re using this method to expose Mangmang de Mangmang’s staff. If that’s the case, then I have to look at them with new eyes. They would be a promising gang of robbers. But unfortunately, looking at how Jian Nan You’s two little brothers are still eagerly waiting at the auction house, I guess they’re still stuck at the slash-and-burn level of fighting and killing crime. They wouldn’t be able to think of such a clever way to steal equipment.”

“You’re really wasting your talent not being a robber!” You Ge said sincerely.

“Version two, Yin Yue. Since they’re all from the former Qian Chen guild, then this person is certainly an old acquaintance of Yin Yue. So, it’s possible that Yin Yue is manipulating things behind the scenes. He first hired Jian Nan You and his gang to steal the equipment, creating this crisis, and then used this method to easily get the staff. Even if he can’t get the staff, he can still scam a huge sum of money. What’s even better is that Jian Nan You’s mission is very likely to fail. It seems like these robbers have to pay compensation if their mission fails, right? Tsk tsk, he gets the staff, and he gets the compensation, a double win, brilliant. But wouldn’t it be too unfair to let such a brilliant method fall on that trash Yin Yue?”

“You’re really wasting your talent not being a double-crosser!!” You Ge said sincerely again.

“As for version three, a temporary impulse, thinking of taking the staff for himself, so he made up such a lie. This is probably all a mortal can do,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“Which one is it? What’s Mangmang de Mangmang’s attitude?” You Ge asked.

“Her? I think she has completely chosen to believe,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“That’s true. If she didn’t trust him enough, she wouldn’t have entrusted him with this in the first place,” You Ge said.

“Is this woman destined to be a tragedy, betrayed by someone she trusts again? Let’s go to the auction house,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“Auction house?” You Ge was stunned.

“That guy is at the auction house,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“He’s there… Could it be that he’s looking for a chance to secretly get the staff?” You Ge said.

“Mangmang de Mangmang claims that he’s preparing to find the buyer and then buy back the staff at a high price to cover up his previous mistake,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“Wu Shang hasn’t found anything over there?” You Ge suddenly asked.

“Do they know each other?” Han Jia Gongzi asked in return.

“We can’t recognize him either…” You Ge said.

“Mangmang de Mangmang will also go over.”

The auction house was quite lively at this time. This time of day was when many players, like Gu Fei, with very regular schedules, were finishing their day of gaming. These players didn’t have extra time to set up their own stalls in the player trading area, so they would consign their day’s gains to the auction house before logging off, and also see if there was anything to buy.

For a time, the auction house was bustling with activity, and players were busy in front of various auction operation tables. The shipping NPC also welcomed the busiest time of day. During this period, players could even form a long queue in front of him. However, the system directly shipped the goods to people without making any mistakes, and everything proceeded very quickly. It was only hard on Jiao Shui and Huo Ran Yi, who were painstakingly guarding next to the shipping NPC, their eyes fixed on the lightning-fast stretching and shrinking hands between the players and the shipping NPC. Whenever they saw a stick-like item appear, they would become excited, but upon closer inspection, they would find that it wasn’t it.

Since it was a realistic game, appearance was very important, so any item being auctioned would have a virtual model for players to view. The two had already memorized what the ideal staff looked like, but unfortunately, the model they were expecting never appeared.

The two were working so hard, but the annoying thing was Zhan Wu Shang. At this time, the flow of players in the auction house had increased, and this guy had a wider hunting range and became active again. He didn’t show any deliberate attention to the shipping side, just glanced at it casually, and would give them a fierce look when he saw the two of them watching him.

“Why isn’t he paying attention to the shipping side?” Huo Ran Yi found it very strange. Even if he was pretending, he still had to take care of business at this crucial moment. But seeing that the guy was still so unreliable, he wasn’t paying attention to the equipment being handed over at all.

“Hmph, Da Nan was right, that guy is just pretending to confuse us,” Jiao Shui said.

“But at this time…” Huo Ran Yi said as he continued to stare at the shipping in front of him.

“Look at that,” Jiao Shui lightly nudged Huo Ran Yi.

Huo Ran Yi looked in the direction Jiao Shui indicated and saw a priest standing there blankly, his eyes also staring straight at the interaction between the shipping NPC and the players.

“See? That guy is the one really responsible for paying attention to this. Hmph, did they think we wouldn’t notice just because they found a new face? Too naive,” Jiao Shui sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, several people walked out from the crowd and stood in front of that person one after another.

The two were stunned. They saw Mangmang de Mangmang, Han Jia Gongzi, and You Ge.

Why did these people suddenly appear here all at once? Could it be that the situation has changed? The two were confused.

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