Chapter 228 The VIP Treatment

In the "ding" of the system prompt, the first thing announced was the task condition Gu Fei had achieved: 300 wanted players. It was particularly emphasized that this was 300 players with non-repeating IDs. This second condition was relatively unimportant. There were so many players in the game that the chances of repeatedly encountering the same person while doing wanted tasks were slim. In Gu Fei's career as a bounty hunter, such accidents were rare, and mostly happened in Yun Duan City.

After the conditions were announced, the rewards were then distributed. Gu Fei thought it would be another cliché Chasing Wind something-or-other, but this time the system had a novelty and awarded him a "Wanted License."

This item wasn't equipment, but just a task prop, also exclusively for wanted tasks. The instructions showed that when receiving a wanted task, showing the Wanted License to the management NPC at the wanted task office would allow him to see hidden information that ordinary players couldn't, and was for his personal use only.

Gu Fei reached into his pocket and found that there was indeed a hard-covered book in one of the empty slots. He took it out and looked at it. It was black, with the words "Wanted License" written on the cover in silver letters. He opened it, and the left page was a badge, a thorny bramble twisted into the shape of a shackle. Gu Fei recognized this badge; all the signs at the wanted task offices had this pattern. As for the right page, the first line read License Number: 1; the second line was License Holder Name: Qian Li Zui; the third line was License Holder Profession: Mage.

Gu Fei seemed to understand. He was now a VIP user of the wanted task office, and this license was issued as an encouragement!

So Gu Fei wanted to see what special treatment he would get as a VIP. He flashed the document at the NPC at the task office. He clearly saw the NPC nod at him, and when he took on tasks again, he really did see the legendary hidden information.

What was the hidden information? Player name and profession.

Now, in Gu Fei's eyes, the large number of players waiting to be wanted on the task list were no longer just simple numbers and PK values. Each number was annotated with a name and profession. Gu Fei was overjoyed. The first thing he thought of was that he could use this to find Jian Nan You's whereabouts.

But after flipping through it for a while, he felt a little dizzy. Killing people in the game wasn't illegal; it was actually a great pleasure. In a main city of tens of thousands of people, killers were generally in the thousands, and even more so in main cities like Yueye City, which had a fierce folk custom. Gu Fei didn't know if Jian Nan You and his group had registered in Xiawu City yet. In any case, he first flipped through the tasks in this city for a while. The long string of numbers, names, and professions had already made Gu Fei's head spin. It was hateful that the task list was arranged in the same way, only by PK value from high to low. It would be great if it could be arranged by name.

I wonder if I can search? Gu Fei thought. Now that he could see the names, it would be perfectly reasonable to directly type "Jian Nan You" and pull out his task! Thinking this, Gu Fei went to consult the NPC. At first, he was worried that the NPC wouldn't understand what he was asking, but the NPC understood as soon as he heard it and told Gu Fei, "Your Wanted License level is not high enough."

Gu Fei was stunned. Only now did he realize that he was just a basic VIP, and there were higher user levels and permissions. Thinking about it, the Chasing Wind Emblem was upgraded once when he completed 200 tasks, wasn't it? It seemed that this Wanted License would also be upgraded, maybe when he had wanted 600 people.

This was obviously not something that could be accomplished overnight, and besides, who knew if the next upgrade would grant him the search function. Gu Fei sighed and went back to flipping through the list in order. This method was stupid, but it was ultimately a test of patience. The only thing to fear was that those guys didn't have any PK value right now, which would be a complete waste of time. But what he feared even more was that he had already flipped to the part with a PK value of 2, and this guy suddenly killed three people and "whoosh" went up to a PK value of 3, which would be even worse. That shouldn't be so unlucky, right? Gu Fei thought as he continued to flip through.

Gu Fei stood foolishly at the wanted task office for half an hour. He checked the Xiawu City wanted task list from beginning to end, and none of the names of Jian Nan You's six people were on the list. Could it be that they didn't register here? Gu Fei thought, it was a pity that Xiawu City didn't provide the Linshui City wanted list. Total list? Gu Fei turned and left the wanted task office. Checking the total list was simply an impossible task. It was estimated that there were more than 100,000 players on it.

He greeted everyone in the mercenary group channel. Yu Tian Shen Ming and Zhan Wu Shang were currently coaxing the Gui Tong sisters to be their guides, to familiarize them with the situation here. Of course, this was just an excuse; the two were just trying to prolong the time they spent with the girls. And Jian Gui, after running past the resurrection point and not finding them, had already started running tasks in the city, earning experience while continuing to inquire about the whereabouts of Jian Nan You and his group, truly the most serious, diligent, and responsible member of the group.

And as soon as Brother You was asked to inquire about information, he went offline again and hadn't returned yet. Han Jia Gong Zi was still sitting firmly in the tavern. Gu Fei felt that this guy was in the tavern all the time. He really didn't know how such a person became one of the top ten priests. Did he live up to the hard work of other priests who were tired to death healing?

"How is it? Any news of Jian Nan You?" This person sat in the tavern doing nothing, acting like a boss. Gu Fei had been to the first tavern and there had been no response. As soon as he sent the message, Han Jia Gong Zi wanted him to report his work.

"No other discoveries," Gu Fei said.

A moment of silence.

"Can't even determine if they've registered in Xiawu City yet!" Gu Fei said angrily. If he could determine Jian Nan You's registered residence, Gu Fei felt that with the Wanted License in his hand, as long as he was patient, he could catch Jian Nan You sooner or later. They were engaged in robbery and couldn't avoid PK value. And he was brushing wanted tasks every day, flipping through it for half an hour every day, and he would always run into them.

"When did he meet Gui Tong?" Han Jia Gong Zi asked.

Gu Fei didn't ask Gui Tong this question. Naturally, Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming, who were still sticking to the Gui Tong sisters, went to ask. Gui Tong didn't hide anything and told the truth, around 8:20.

"Jian Nan You's seven people arrived at the waterfront at 6:03 and left at 6:09. From the waterfront to Xiawu City, it took us 1 hour and 47 minutes. Jian Nan You and the others may be more familiar with the route, so they can save some time. Jian Gui, how long does it take to go from the city gate to the nearest resurrection point?" Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"About 10 minutes," Jian Gui said.

"Left the shore at 6:09, assume they took 1 hour and 40 minutes, arriving at Xiawu City at 7:49, and registering at the resurrection point at 8 o'clock. Twenty minutes to go to the tavern where they met Gui Tong, the timing seems a little tight," Han Jia Gong Zi said, "Did they arrive at the tavern first, or did Gui Tong arrive first?"

So Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming asked again and reported, "Gui Tong arrived first."

"What time was the appointment, how was it made, what time did they arrive at the tavern, and what time did they leave?" Han Jia Gong Zi asked again.

"Ask yourself..." Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming were depressed. Asking the girls questions like interrogating criminals, how could they pick up girls!

"Qian Li, you go." Han Jia Gong Zi's bossy attitude came up again.

"Why me?" Gu Fei didn't want to take statements either.

"Because you're the one who wants to kill Jian Nan You and make money, not me," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

Gu Fei had no choice but to run to that small tavern again. Yu Tian Shen Ming and Zhan Wu Shang had already laid a little groundwork for him in advance, telling Tong Gui that Gu Fei would ask her something later.

"Ahem..." After meeting, he still felt a little awkward. Gu Fei sat down, cleared his throat, and said, "A few simple questions about Jian Nan You, I'd like to ask you."

"Do I have the right to remain silent?" Gui Tong asked.

"You don't have to say what you don't want to say," Gu Fei said.

Gui Tong nodded, and Gu Fei began to ask: "What time did Jian Nan You arrange to meet you?"

"8 o'clock."

"How was it arranged?"

"I was in this tavern at the time, so I asked him to come over."

"What time did he get here?" Gu Fei asked.

"Probably 8:20!"

"What time did he leave?"

"Five minutes later!"

"Damn!" Gu Fei slammed the table. Gui Tong expressed her understanding, "And you came less than five minutes later."

"That's right!" Gu Fei was on the verge of tears. It turned out that he and Jian Nan You were just a step apart and almost ran into each other directly.

On the other side, Han Jia Gong Zi, who was listening to Yu Tian Shen Ming's live broadcast in the channel, had already made a judgment: "Arranged to meet Gui Tong at 8 o'clock, arrived at that tavern 20 minutes later. Looking at this timing, it seems that they have already registered at the resurrection point."

"That's right," Gu Fei said.

"But registering doesn't mean they will stay here for a long time. It is also possible that they have already left," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"Leave..." Hearing these two words, Gu Fei suddenly thought of something, got up and ran to the entrance of the tavern. The others didn't understand what he meant and followed him out. Gu Fei looked to the left and right of the tavern and looked at Zhan Wu Shang, "Wu Shang, did you come from this way?" Gu Fei pointed to the street on the right.

Zhan Wu Shang nodded.

"And Yu Tian and I came from this way," Gu Fei pointed to the left, "When we came, we didn't encounter Jian Nan You. Is there any intersection between these two streets?" Gu Fei asked Gui Tong again.

"There are two intersections," Gui Tong pointed to the left and right, "The one on the left goes north, and the one on the right goes south."

"Where do these two streets lead to?" Gu Fei asked.

"The one on the right going south is just a small alley, it's hard to say where it leads to. The one on the left going north is a road, and it leads all the way to the Mercenary Building," Gui Tong said.

Gu Fei immediately pushed Yu Tian Shen Ming: "Go walk around that alley and ask around."

Yu Tian Shen Ming's face turned pale: "Are you trying to send me to my death?"

Gu Fei was stunned, and then he realized that he was a complete road idiot, and letting him act alone here was simply worse than death, so he pushed Zhan Wu Shang again: "You two go together."

The two of them obviously hadn't chatted with the girls enough, but now there was really something important to do, so they couldn't refuse any longer and immediately went in that direction without saying a word. Gu Fei, on the other hand, thanked Gui Tong and hurried to the road on the left that led to the Mercenary Building.

One of these two roads was the road that Jian Nan You must have taken, and maybe they left some traces. Gu Fei thought.

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The later I update, the later it gets, I decided to update earlier tomorrow~