Chapter 159 – The Endymion

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The time flies by in the daily training routine.

 

The day of entry to the game has arrived once again.

 

This time it was different, as Xiao Lan was prepared to use Luo's power to interfere a little so that they could enter a playground with Luo's pieces.

 

According to Luo, his own fragments consume each other, and the more powerful they are the more easily he senses them.

 

He now has the power to invade low and medium level playgrounds as well, and although he cannot enter high level fields in this way as well, he can still influence the target location slightly.

 

Luo didn't agree with Xiao Lan when he said, “It increases the risk you face, sir.”

 

Xiao Lan smiled, “The risk is really the same, even if I randomly enter the game, it's hard to know what difficulty of playfield I'm entering, and you don't really know what kind of playfield your pieces are in do you?”

 

Luo was speechless for a moment, he didn't want Xiao Lan to risk his life for him, but Xiao Lan was right, neither of them could foresee the dangers of the game they were about to enter.

 

“So yeah.” Xiao Lan leaned in close and wrapped her arms around Luo's neck, “Pick the playground with your pieces in it, at least we're guaranteed to get something out of it.”

 

Luo looked at Xiao Lan's near face and leaned in to kiss the corner of his mouth with a hint of helplessness in his tone, “Okay ……”

 

When confronted with Xiao Lan's demands, a certain non-human being had no boundaries or principles.

 

This situation now seems to have even intensified.

 

—

 

When the darkness subsides, Xiao Lan finds herself sitting in a seaside cafe with a Bluetooth headset in her ear.

 

Outside the window is the sun and the sea, and not far away the street looks relaxed and casual as people come and go.

 

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He looked around him and there was no sign of Luo, so it looked like the two had entered the game separately again.

 

I've been in this situation before, and at the time Xiao Lan didn't feel anything special, but now I feel an empty feeling.

 

Xiao Lan shakes off her anachronistic thoughts of love and starts to take notice of everything around her.

 

On the table in front of you is a boarding card, passport, tips booklet and a suitcase next to it, looking like a passenger ready to sail on a cruise ship.

 

It was at this point that the system issued the game alert that is available for every game: the

 

“Ding dong–“

 

“Finish what you started.”

 

Xiao Lan was slightly flabbergasted, the system alert came so quickly and clearly.

 

It doesn't feel like the usual style of Advent World.

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The short answer is that ……
feels like there's a pit waiting behind him.

 

Xiao Lan picks up his boarding card, a boarding card for the cruise ship The Endymion.

 

He pulled up the corners of his mouth, ” The Endymion, blessed by the Lord God after being loved by the goddess Selene, the beautiful boy who, although eternally young, fell into a permanent slumber.”

 

This name for a ship sounds no more auspicious than the name of a sunken ship like the Titanic.

 

This, The Endymion, looks to be the setting for this game.

 

The cruise ship's departure time is 5pm, which is still just within boarding time.

 

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It seemed that he should now follow the game's instructions and board the ship.

 

But what was the task that the prompt said it would be?

 

Xiao Lan did not find similar clues in his own surroundings.

 

He had just collected his boat ticket when a voice suddenly came from the Bluetooth headset in his ear, “SB001, come in when you hear me.”

 

Xiao Lan: “……”

 

This seems to be the code name for his identity, which is supposed to be related to the so-called mission, presumably this time as an agent or assassin of some sort?

 

The code name is a bit too random though ……

 

Whoever came up with it is an SB!

 

When he didn't answer, the headset repeated it again.

 

Xiao Lan reluctantly whispered, “……
I'm in.”

 

“This time you are about to embark on a mission aboard The Endymion, a world class luxury cruise ship with 27 pools, 12 bars, 5 casinos, 26 restaurants, which comes with its own central park, cinema, water park, golf course and theatre.”

 

“The identity that the organization has arranged for you this time is an eighteenth-tier male model who got to the top by improper dealings, and his appearance is originally eight points similar to yours, so there is basically no need for disguise, and he can save a budget.”

 

“He had previously dated seventeen men and women at the same time, and was a man of cold and rather casual tastes.
He usually hangs around in circles on the money of his gold masters, has a bizarrely poor level of business, has offended many people and has a poor reputation and popularity.”

 

“This time, because the gold masters had found out about the foot in many boats, they chose to take refuge on board in order not to be killed, and to see if they could find new gold masters by the way.”

 

“But you don't have to worry about your identity being revealed, because this unlucky man accidentally drank too much last night and drowned himself in the toilet, and the body we've disposed of to ensure you won't have anything to worry about until the mission is complete.”

 

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Xiao Lan: “……”

 

What a twisted, complicated and deadly identity!!!

 

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What kind of organisation are you, can't you arrange for a slightly lower profile one?

 

“Your mission this time is ……”

 

“Hmm? What? Let me see-“

 

The voice on the other side disconnected for a while, as if there was something unexpected.

 

“Well, sorry, SB001, there's been a bit of an unforeseen situation here.”

 

“Ahem ……
Here's the thing, I've just received a message that the company responsible for making your fake passport and boarding card was taken down by the police five minutes ago.
Now your boarding card is no longer able to pass the ticketing process, so please find your own way to blend on board.”

 

Xiao Lan: “……”

 

Why does this organisation reek of unreliability?

 

The legendary Secret Service and the like are not very impressive, so why does this one have a vegetable gouge to it.

 

Xiao Lan forced himself to remain calm: “What is my assignment?”

 

“Where did I just say ……?”

 

“Ohhhhhhh, your goal this time was to assassinate a priest called 'Michael', and the buyer's message was 'Let him disappear without a word'.”

 

“Secretly, this priest has been suspected by the police of being involved in a number of disappearances before, and the end result was either a shooting or a lifetime in prison kind of thing.”

 

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“Ahahahahahahahahahaha, you see this is obviously just too much bad work and being cleaned up by your own superiors, right?”

 

Xiao Lan took a deep breath: “Is there any more specific information about this priest?”

 

How come all you hear about is a name? The rest is simply a background description.

 

The voice in the headset paused for a moment and replied with a trace of weakness, “No more.”

 

Xiao Lan asked, “Do you have the room number of Father Michael? At least give me a picture.”

 

The voice in the headset was even more vain: “No ……
no, as you know, our organization's human resources are rather tight, and we don't have much liquidity, so why don't you take advantage of this status to find us an investor by the way? Come on, SB001, I'm looking at you!”

 

Xiao Lan: “……”

 

What a pathetic, helpless, impoverished pheasant organisation! And expecting staff to pull in sponsorship by the way as they work.

 

Or don't do it, it smells like it's going to end.

 

“Inside ……
inside, you don't have to be too nervous, there are only ……6, hell 6000 people on board in total, plus about 2000 crew members, you only have to look inside these 8000 or so people ……
looking for just ……”

 

“Good luck, good luck, good luck with your work!!!”

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The voice in the headset fled decisively after realising that he just couldn't go on with his nonsense.

 

Xiao Lan was left alone to search for the target of a mission in which he did not know the location or the appearance of the 8000 people.

 

And, he doesn't have a boarding card or passport.

 

It's a damn good time!

 

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This mission really has a pitfall.

 

Suddenly, the contact of the headset rang once again.

 

The person on the other end spoke very quickly and added without any pause, “By the way the organisation does not reimburse for extra expenses on the cruise ship Have a good day at work!!!”

 

This time, contact was completely severed.

 

It was as if this poor, stingy and unreliable pheasant organisation was going to have a go at the high spending on luxury cruise ships.

 

Xiao Lan speechless: “……”

 

Is ……
what happens when you use up all your oomph in the last game?

 

It was so pitiful at the beginning, and there was no telling what awaited him in the aftermath.

 

Xiao Lan suddenly felt a bitterness in the sea breeze that greeted her.

 

It was now an hour before the cruise ship's closing time and he had to board the ship within that time.

 

—

 

Xiao Lan left the café and found a place to squat near the cruise ship.

 

It seems to be a popular tourist town, and there are many tourist-looking people coming and going.

 

He crouched bitterly on the ground, scouting for his prey.

 

Finally, a man came into his view.

 

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Dark-haired and dark-eyed, Asian in appearance, similar in height and build to Xiao Lan, he looks very presentable in a casual suit and a pair of sunglasses on his face.

 

More importantly, the man had acted alone and had not met up with any travelling companions.

 

During the time Xiao Lan was observing him, he first looked at the docked The Endymion and, seemingly thinking it was still early, turned first to the adjacent coffee shop.

 

He finished his coffee alone, then raised his hand to look at his watch and saw that it was about time, so he gathered his things up and got up to go to the bathroom.

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Xiao Lan also followed him quietly into the bathroom.

 

The moment the man in the suit enters the cubicle, Xiao Lan quickly gets in too.

 

The man in the suit was so shocked that he thought he had met a pervert.
He was about to shout and defend his pure flesh to the death when Xiao Lan covered his mouth and pinned him against the wall with such force that he could not resist.

 

“Well-” the man in the suit was cold inside.

 

It felt like my life was about to meet some indescribable demise.

 

He was powerless to resist and could only watch as his opponent's clutches came closer and closer to him ……

 

Xiao Lan then knocked him out with his other hand, which was free, to the horrified and desperate eyes of the opposite party.

 

After checking the man in the suit's boarding card and confirming that it was The Endymion, Xiao Lan expertly stripped him of his clothes and put them on himself.

 

After changing, Xiao Lan placed the unconscious man on the toilet and locked the door.

 

Just to be on the safe side, he also hung a nearby 'Under Repair' sign on the door of this cubicle by hand.

 

Xiao Lan just needs to make sure that the man is not found before he boards the ship.

 

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The deadline for boarding is now just a little bit away and it's just about time to get there from here.

 

As for the rest, The Endymion is so large and crowded that it's hard to find one person out of 8,000.

 

It does not matter whether Xiao Lan approaches Father Michael or whether someone else approaches Xiao Lan.

 

When she was done, Xiao Lan leisurely looked in the mirror and put on her sunglasses.

 

At this point, a middle-aged older man came out of a cubicle in the corner.

 

He probably heard something and kept stealing furtive glances at Xiao Lan, muttering under his breath.

 

Xiao Lan thought he had been exposed.

 

He silently approached the middle-aged uncle who was washing his hands, and was about to clean up the man as well when he heard the other man's words, “Tsk tsk tsk it's only been a few minutes ……
really fast ……
young man yo ……”

 

Xiao Lan: “……”

 

Feelings of being offended.

 

The older man seemed to have misunderstood something, but he couldn't explain to the other man that he had just done something very innocent.

 

Xiao Lan then had to look up proudly at the implicit gaze of his opponent and stride away.

 

Real men, that's how fast!