“Calculate? Calculate what?” Xi Yao Wu asked.

“The calculation involves fully integrating Giordano's route in the yard with the timing of closing the moisture absorber to create the fog, so that we have enough time for the assassination. Can we not calculate this?” Gu Fei said.

“Then calculate quickly,” Xi Yao Wu urged.

“These aren’t my strengths... I’m not a math teacher.” Gu Fei muttered, pulling out his notebook where he’d been recording observations these past few days. Giordano's route, as well as several relatively less-guarded locations, had been recorded. Undoubtedly, these locations could be utilized in the current situation, as they were places where the fog, once activated, would leave Giordano isolated.

However, the moisture absorber would automatically activate after exceeding the limit by 3 minutes, and would complete its cycle in 1 minute and 22 seconds. This meant Gu Fei only had 4 minutes and 22 seconds to strike. "No, it should be less than 4 minutes and 22 seconds!" Gu Fei thought. "Absorbing moisture should be a gradual process. 1 minute and 22 seconds is for complete absorption, but during this process, the fog gradually thins, visibility gradually increases, and the enemy may discover me sooner. Even defining the time as within 4 minutes is not reliable enough.”

4 minutes… if it were just an ordinary PK, that would be more than enough. But the opponent at hand was likely a Boss-level character. Since entering the game, no Boss Gu Fei had challenged, whether SOTU or the trash Boss Adrian who had lost his werewolf transformation ability, or even the current strongest Wu Ying Ci Ke (Mist Shadow Assassin), had been defeated within four minutes. Tenacious vitality was a common trait of all Bosses. After all, no matter how high the attack or how perverted the skills, if they fell with a single poke, they wouldn't be a threat. An undurable Boss was not a good Boss.

“Defeat a Boss in 4 minutes?” Jian Gui, who had returned after hearing of the new discovery, was shocked to hear this conclusion. "That's impossible. Being wiped out by the Boss in 4 minutes is more like it." Although Jian Gui didn't have much experience with large-scale Boss raids in the parallel world, he was at least experienced. As long as it was an online game, many design standards would ultimately be the same. A Boss that could be killed in four minutes could only be a low-level Boss being bullied by high-level players. As for a Boss of the appropriate level, being defeated so easily and quickly would be too cheap. And Gu Fei's Boss, the Wu Ying Ci Ke (Mist Shadow Assassin), had dropped from a Boss that exceeded his level. The mission Boss Giordano, hinted at by him, even if he wasn't higher level, would at least be of the same level, right? Four minutes was too outrageous.

“No matter what, let's try it first?” Gu Fei suggested.

“No, this is simply an impossible mission. Even if your skills are high, the output is just that. The Boss standing still and letting you chop wouldn't be defeated in four minutes. If that's really the design, then there might be some skill involved in assassinating this guy," Jian Gui said, analyzing logically like a veteran player.

“That makes sense. Does he have any hidden weaknesses?” Gu Fei said.

“Are there any clues in the diary?” Jian Gui asked.

“The diary…” Gu Fei thought, quickly flipping through it, finding all the places where Giordano was mentioned. The first time Giordano was mentioned in the diary, the Wu Ying Ci Ke (Mist Shadow Assassin) was already on the verge of a mental breakdown. He was constantly recalling and recording the past to keep his mind clear. And for this unfinished mission, perhaps because it could stimulate his fighting spirit, he mentioned it especially often. Looking at the content about Giordano now, Gu Fei finally realized that there were originally many clues hidden here.

"Everyone has unique habits. When reverting to this habit, it is often the time when everyone is most unguarded. Giordano, what is your habit? I will definitely find it!" Gu Fei noticed this sentence and immediately shouted to the two of them, "Look, it turns out this has been reminding us to start with Giordano's habits all along. It's strange, why didn't I notice this sentence at the beginning…"

“Being unguarded when in a habit… could it be that this Boss has very weak defense during his patrol, and can be killed with a single hit?” Xi Yao Wu guessed.

“It wouldn’t be that simple, would it?” Jian Gui said, “What else?”

Using the light of the moisture absorber, Gu Fei continued to recall and flip through the diary. In his impression, there was information about Giordano that was conducive to combat, but he couldn't clearly remember it, perhaps because he was a little anxious. He could only keep flipping through the diary, stopping to look closely whenever he encountered the word Giordano.

Finally, Gu Fei found the information he needed: “It’s here!!” he shouted.

“What?” the two asked quickly.

“Giordano? Known throughout the continent for his swordsmanship? Then do you know what it feels like to lose confidence? Haha, I will help you, I will let your body regain the memories of pain, completely crush your confidence, and then ruthlessly obliterate you!” Gu Fei read this sentence, the sentence he had been looking for. This was already in the later content of the diary, and it could be seen that the Wu Ying Ci Ke (Mist Shadow Assassin) was already somewhat hysterical here. Little remained of the assassin's composure; what emerged was a burst of madness.

“Known throughout the continent for his swordsmanship… indeed, not easy to deal with. Is this what you were looking for?” Xi Yao Wu said.

“No, it’s this sentence! Let your body regain the memories of pain!!” Gu Fei said, “From this sentence, Giordano should have suffered serious injuries before, perhaps this will be his weakness.”

“Serious injuries? What kind of injuries? Where? Does it say?” Jian Gui said.

“No…” Gu Fei shook his head. If it had, it would have been obvious information, and Gu Fei would have paid attention to it early on.

“Then isn’t that the same as knowing nothing?” Jian Gui said.

“This… maybe we can try to find out during the fight?” Gu Fei said.

The two opened their mouths wide: “This is possible?”

“Of course, provided that this game is realistic enough, and this setting of having suffered serious injuries is not just empty words,” Gu Fei said.

“Or maybe you’re wrong? This is just a crazy sentence from the person writing the diary,” Xi Yao Wu said.

“But I can’t think of anything else we can discover besides this. There’s so much content about Giordano in the diary, you’ve all read it, is there anything else?” Gu Fei said.

The two shook their heads.

“So, this is the only idea,” Gu Fei said.

“When will Giordano show up?” Jian Gui asked.

Gu Fei looked at his records: “He sets off from the room at exactly 10:22 AM, and after 5 minutes and 57 seconds, which is 10:27:57 AM, he will walk out of the main entrance of the political hall and reach the first feasible assassination location, which should be at 10:35:22 AM. It's just past 10:10 AM now, and there are still 25 minutes until the fastest opportunity to strike.”

“But the players outside are still in chaos, won’t that be inconvenient? 25 minutes, their battle doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon,” Jian Gui asked.

“We don’t need to pay too much attention to the players. I noticed when I first came that there were relatively few players fighting on Giordano’s route in the front yard. Perhaps the players who are watching the fog are worried that PK here will adversely affect their mission, and they are intentionally controlling it?” Gu Fei speculated. In fact, Giordano's patrol route passes through several NPC areas in the front yard. Both sides of the PK intentionally avoid the NPC guards, and the relatively sparse areas happen to include Giordano's route.

“Putting aside the strike, it’s difficult to rush to the strike location in this situation, right?” Jian Gui said.

“The moisture absorber! Turn it off, and it should be easy to move around in the heavy fog, right? When it’s time to strike, just turn it off again, calculating the timing,” Gu Fei said.

“Hmm… won’t repeated fogging and defogging alert the NPCs?” Jian Gui said.

“Aren’t we thinking too much… is it that realistic?” Gu Fei said.

“Hey, you still want to rely on realism to find out the Boss’s old injuries…” Jian Gui said.

“If you put it that way, we can’t help but consider it! Let’s just assume this thing can only be used once, so we have to find another way to get close to the location now!” Gu Fei said.

“Hey, hey, if you consider it this way, won’t Giordano, after the fog rises, abandon his original route due to this abnormal situation and come to this small woodshed instead?” Xi Yao Wu said.

Gu Fei was at a loss: “Why do I feel like we’ve analyzed the problem into something more and more complicated?”

“Xi Yao Wu is right, if we consider it from this perspective, we can’t help but pay attention to this,” Jian Gui said.

“Okay, then you summarize what we should do…” Gu Fei felt a little overwhelmed.

“Everything will proceed as originally planned. However, the person who stays to turn off the moisture absorber must leave the woodshed immediately after turning it off, and be careful not to be trapped inside by the NPCs and killed,” Jian Gui said, “As for Giordano, I don’t think he will immediately notice as soon as we turn off the switch. It also takes time for the fog to gradually rise. By the time he notices, he should not be far from the location you need. Then the two of you find the right opportunity to pull the monster.”

“Pull the monster… I say, Jian Gui, your wording sometimes really ruins the atmosphere…” Gu Fei said.

“Sorry, I’m used to it. I’ll pay attention next time,” Jian Gui said.

“Why don’t you stay? I can escape quickly, let me turn off the switch!” Xi Yao Wu said.

“No, you should still go with Qian Li. Time is limited, and in order to complete the mission, we need higher output. You are more suitable than me,” Jian Gui said.

“Pay attention to your wording!!”

“Wording? Oh, output, sorry… I’ll pay attention next time.”

“Okay, then it’s settled,” Gu Fei decided.

“Then how do we get close to the location in the midst of the chaos? This problem doesn’t seem to be solved,” Xi Yao Wu asked.

“Since there’s no other way, we can only kill our way through,” Gu Fei said, cruelly wiping his sword.

Xi Yao Wu was depressed: “Why do I feel like the plan we came up with after thinking for so long doesn’t have any exquisite feel?”

“How can it not? What a carefully planned event! So exquisite that even a second cannot be ignored. Cheer up, girl. If you die on the way to rushing out, it would be too much of a failure!!” Gu Fei said.

“Hmph, I think you’ll be the one who dies!” Xi Yao Wu also drew her dagger extremely cruelly.