The Return Of The God Level Assassin

THE two people who appeared were a little girl with long black hair and was wearing a domino mask as Lan Yu was. While the other was a young man wearing an all-white suit. And Lan Yu couldnʼt take his eyes away from him.

He had golden hair and a pair of golden amber eyes that were bent into crescents showing how much he loved to smile. He was like a little sun, shining brightly wherever he was.

Lan Yu immediately recognized him. He was Michael – the captain of team Celestials and most of all, the game account of Li Xu Min.

He couldnʼt believe that he was actually standing in front of him right now. He couldnʼt believe how lucky he was! All the disgust he felt while going into this pavilion was all worth it.

But despite feeling all that excitement, he somehow couldnʼt understand why he didnʼt feel what he thought he would feel once they met. That heart-throbbing and heart-racing feeling. But there was none of that. Even now, his excitement was already subsiding.

Could it be because this was inside the game and not in reality?

Once again, he felt a bit suspicious. But his brain immediately reasoned out with him.

If thereʼs one thing this game was consistent in, then thatʼs not allowing the players to change the structure of their avatarʼs features and body structure. They could wear wigs or temporarily dye their hair and also temporarily change the color of their eyes. But that was it.

Once a player had their avatar, that would be it. And since a playerʼs avatar was based on their real appearance, no two players could look the same. With that, there was no way that the ʼMichaelʼ standing in front of him was not Li Xu Min.

He could only come to one conclusion – heʼs probably just overly nervous.

”Oh, it seems that weʼre not the first ones here,” Li Xu Min said.

Hearing his voice, Lan Yu was now completely convinced that the person in front of him was indeed Li Xu Min. He let out a sigh of relief. And his excitement was back to the fullest.

Li Xu Min walked inside and sat down on one of the free seats. Lan Yu wanted to sit beside him but before he could do so, the girl who came with him moved faster. The moment she sat down, she raised her head and smiled at him. Lan Yu couldnʼt help but feel that she was mocking him.

He took a deep breath to calm himself. Li Xu Min was here, he couldnʼt show him any bad side of him. So, he just quietly sat down opposite Li Xu Min.

He readied his usual sweet smile and turned to Li Xu Min. ”Do you know what this special gambling event is?”

Li Xu Min returned his smile which made his heart thumped. ”I also have no idea. I was just pointed to a room and was told to tear a scroll. Then I appeared here.”

”Since thereʼs no NPC here, maybe weʼre still waiting for other players,” said the girl shrugging. ”How about we talk about something interesting to pass the time?”

”Hmm… I canʼt really think of anything interesting,” Li Xu Min said.

”Thereʼs one interesting topic that has been trending since this morning. You know, the one about Noctis.”

Lan Yu was a bit startled when he heard that. He didnʼt really want to open that kind of topic with Li Xu Min here. If they planned to talk about something, then they could just talk about Li Xu Min himself. He would be much interested in that. But before he could say his opinion, the other had already said up his opinion.

”Oh, yes, I happened to read about that. But really, I think itʼs a very foolish article. Itʼs even weirder that people believed it.”

”I think so too. Itʼs like people just lose their brain or something. It was so obvious that someone who hates Noctis was pulling the strings.”

Li Xu Min nodded. ”Yes. They must be a real schemer. The type that wouldnʼt hesitate to ruin another person for their own agenda. I hate that type of person the most.”

Lan Yu started shaking hearing the conversation of the two. Especially after hearing that last sentence that Li Xu Min said. He so wanted to change the topic but he was still a second late.

”Who do you think is responsible for that?” the girl suddenly asked.

If Lan Yu could sweat right now, he probably had already sweated buckets the moment he heard that question. He couldnʼt explain it but he felt like he wouldnʼt like Li Xu Minʼs answer. His mind just started to think of ways to change the subject. But in doing so, his rationality started to slowly go down the drain.

”Ahm, y-youʼre Michael, right? Iʼve been a big fan. Iʼm really happy to finally meet you right now,” he said, almost fumbling.

”Theyʼre talking about something interesting. So, why donʼt you shut up?” the player who had been silent since earlier suddenly said, looking at him with those cold blue eyes as if he wanted to tear him apart.

That made Lan Yu temporarily speechless. And when he saw Li Xu Min looking apologetic at him, he knew that the other was more interested in continuing talking about the topic of ʼNoctisʼ.

The other turned to the girl and said in response to her question earlier, ”I think the one responsible for that article is that guy he fought during the prelims of the Rookie Carnival. You know, the one whoʼs also an Angel race. What was his name again?”

”Oh, I know who you mean, itʼs that white lotus guy, right? I also kind of forgot his name. But I think you have a point. After all, if you read through the comments under that article, itʼs not only about Noctis. A third of it was about clearing that guyʼs reputation. He probably hired some water army for that. Killing two birds at once – getting revenge on Noctis for humiliating him and then also clearing his name. Really, I canʼt believe that people couldnʼt see that.”

Li Xu Min nodded at what the girl said. ”I also actually have the same thoughts. If he didnʼt make too much effort into clearing his name, then I probably wouldnʼt suspect him.”

”I know right?” the girl agreed. ”I just couldnʼt understand how most of the people who had read that article automatically believed that Noctis was a bad guy and that Angel was a victim. Itʼs seriously fucked up.”

”Maybe itʼs just like you said, he also hired a water army to make it seem like most people believed in the article,” Li Xu Min said. ”In doing so, people truly believed that it was the case.”

”Disgusting herd mentality,” the blue-eyes guy added in disgust.

”What was that guyʼs name again, I really couldnʼt remember for the life of me.”

”Itʼs Raphael,” the guy with blue eyes said while glancing sideways at Lan Yu as if he knew who he was.

Hearing his game account name, in addition to the conversation between the girl and Li Xu Min, Lan Yuʼs heart just completely sank.