Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Before this, Liu Xing hadn’t told Yin En about the incident of his "Liu Xing" character card being hijacked by Yis People, so Liu Xing understood Ling Ishikawa’s mood very well at this moment.

Because Liu Xing’s current mood was exactly like Ling Ishikawa’s, both feeling like they had been cheated.

Although Liu Xing had already guessed that sooner or later he would encounter Yis People in the module, he hadn’t expected to meet Yis People so soon, and especially not in this confrontational advanced module. What’s more, he had become teammates with Yis People!

After all, in confrontational modules like this, players from the same camp would surely gather together from the beginning. And now, his camp was just missing one player, so Yis People must be his teammate.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing felt even more uncomfortable. It was like finally developing a good gaming account, only to have it stolen right away, and then seeing the thief using your stolen account to run dungeons together.

What’s most infuriating is that you can’t get angry about it; you have to cooperate with this account thief.

As for why Liu Xing was sure that the current Yis People was also a player participating in the advanced module, it was because character cards that hadn’t participated in the module wouldn’t meet the players currently in the module.

At this moment, Juri Sonoda also noticed Liu Xing and Ling Ishikawa, and walked over with a smile, saying, "Hey, Ryuusei, Ling Ishikawa, I didn’t expect to meet again in England. It’s really fate."

Liu Xing forced a smile and nodded, saying, "Yeah, Juri sister, I didn’t expect to meet in Manchester. And judging by Brother Liu Xing’s appearance, it seems like you’ve almost recovered."

Juri Sonoda nodded, looking at Yis People beside her, and said, "Of course, with the professional care of Miss Juri, Liu Xing must be recovering quickly. But although Liu Xing’s body has almost recovered, he may have injured his head in the battle with those fanatics on Yueshihao. So he has lost the memories of his experiences on the Island Nation."

Upon hearing Juri Sonoda’s words, Liu Xing couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. Because if Yis People wasn’t lying, it meant that from the end of Professor Yang’s module until the time he tore the card in the Yueshihao module, Yis People, who was lurking in the "Liu Xing" character card, was either asleep or unconscious. That’s why there were no memories of the Island Nation in the "Liu Xing" character card.

If that’s the case, then Yis People probably didn’t know that he and Ling Ishikawa were "Liu Xing" and "Yin En."

Thinking of this, Liu Xing decided not to reveal his true identity to Yis People for now, lest it make Yis People wary. After all, he still had to face Yis People one-on-one with his current character card in the confrontational module. If he let Yis People know his hand now, he would lose the advantage.

And at this moment, Liu Xing saw another familiar figure—Nan Xiaoniao!

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. He didn’t expect Nan Xiaoniao to appear in this module.

But come to think of it, Liu Xing felt quite sorry for Nan Xiaoniao because since "he" adopted Nan Xiaoniao, he had basically never seen her again. Because during the modules, he was worried that Nan Xiaoniao, a young girl, would hold him back, so he chose not to bring her along.

Of course, what Liu Xing was more concerned about now was who the pretty girl next to Nan Xiaoniao was.

The girl looked about twenty years old, with an APP score of around 85. And from her demeanor, she should be a Chinese.

But judging from the intimate attitude between the girl and Nan Xiaoniao, it seemed like they had a very good relationship. However, this also puzzled Liu Xing even more because he didn’t remember this girl’s existence.

Could it be that Nan Xiaoniao only met this girl after he switched to the "Watanabe Ryuusei" character card?

Juri Sonoda saw Liu Xing looking at Nan Xiaoniao and said with a smile, "This is Liu Xing’s adopted daughter, Nan Xiaoniao. And the pretty girl next to Nan Xiaoniao is called Shi Zixuan. We met on the plane, and because Shi Zixuan and Nan Xiaoniao hit it off right away, Shi Zixuan just took Nan Xiaoniao to buy some gifts."

Liu Xing nodded and couldn’t help but look at Shi Zixuan again because he always felt that Shi Zixuan was also a player.

Because according to a famous quote from JOJO - "Stand users attract each other," there was a post on the Cthulhu RPG Game forum suggesting that players would also be attracted to each other in modules.

Although the character cards played by players and the NPCs in the module didn’t seem much different, when two players who didn’t know each other met, even with many NPCs around, they could still recognize each other’s player identities at first sight.

So, Liu Xing felt that Shi Zixuan should also be a player.

Now the question was, with five players present, who among Yis People and Shi Zixuan would be the player from the opposing camp?

The answer was soon revealed.

After Shi Zixuan handed Nan Xiaoniao to Yis People, she smiled and said a few words to Juri Sonoda, then casually hailed a taxi and left.

Of course, Liu Xing noticed that before Shi Zixuan left, she glanced meaningfully at him, Ling Ishikawa, and Zhang Jingxu. It seemed that Shi Zixuan had also noticed the player identities of the three of them.

This was troublesome.

Liu Xing rubbed his chin. Although Yis People was not an opposing player, this was a good thing for Liu Xing because, after all, Yis People tore his character card, which ultimately belonged to him.

But now that Shi Zixuan had arrived and immediately identified what his camp’s four players looked like, and his group had also identified Shi Zixuan as a player, if Shi Zixuan successfully reunited with her teammates, she could tell her teammates the appearance characteristics of his group, and then her teammates could observe his group secretly.

I’m in the light, the enemy is in the dark.

By then, his group would be in a passive position.

Just then, a bus stopped in front of Liu Xing. From the paint on the bus, Liu Xing knew that this bus should be the one arranged by the hotel to pick up guests from the airport.

And since Yis People was his teammate, it meant that Yis People, Juri Sonoda, and Nan Xiaoniao should also be staying at the same hotel as his group.

As expected.

Liu Xing looked at Juri Sonoda sitting on the other side of the aisle and smiled, "Juri sister, it seems that we really have a connection. We’re staying in the same hotel, and our room numbers might even be next to each other."

After saying this, Liu Xing mentioned the room number that his group had booked.

Sure enough, Juri Sonoda and her group’s reserved room number was "conveniently" adjacent to the room number booked by Liu Xing’s group.

"Wow, it seems like we really have some fate. I thought we wouldn’t meet again after the Morimoto Academy incident," Juri Sonoda said happily.

At this moment, Yis People, who was taking care of Nan Xiaoniao in front of Juri Sonoda, spoke up, "You’re Watanabe Ryuusei mentioned by Juri. Although we once fought together against the fanatics on Yueshihao, I lost the memories related to you due to my injuries, which I regret deeply."

Liu Xing shook his head and replied with a smile, "Brother Liu Xing, you’re being too modest. If anyone should regret, it should be me. After all, you saved my life on Yueshihao, and I didn’t do anything to help you."

To be honest, Liu Xing felt quite uncomfortable talking to Yis People because it felt like talking to himself in the mirror...

Yis People chuckled and looked at Ling Ishikawa sitting beside Liu Xing, saying, "Ryuusei, I heard from Juri that the person sitting next to you should be Ling Ishikawa, right? But..."

Yis People hesitated, and Liu Xing naturally knew what Yis People wanted to say. After all, Ling Ishikawa was currently in a female form, while the Ling Ishikawa mentioned by Juri Sonoda was a male.

So, Liu Xing, suppressing a smile, explained Ling Ishikawa’s situation. However, because he didn’t intend to reveal what happened in Panlong Town, Liu Xing only said that Ling Ishikawa had become like this due to mistakenly using Magic Spells.

Upon hearing this, Juri Sonoda smiled and said, "I see. That’s why Ling Ishikawa looks like this. At first, I thought Ling Ishikawa had become a cross-dressing fashionista."

Ling Ishikawa once again displayed a hopeless expression.

However, Liu Xing noticed one thing now, and that was that Yis People had always referred to Juri Sonoda as "Juri," which in Island Nation represented an intimate relationship between the two. Because if the relationship was ordinary, some title would be added to the name.

Therefore, Liu Xing suddenly felt like he had been "cuckolded" by "himself."

During their time in Yueshihao, Liu Xing could actually feel that Juri Sonoda had a certain interest in him. But at that time, Liu Xing thought that after the Yueshihao module, he wouldn’t see Juri Sonoda again, so he didn’t plan to flirt with her.

But now, seeing Juri Sonoda and Yis People bringing Nan Xiaoniao abroad for a trip, Liu Xing couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.

But to be honest, Liu Xing could also guess why Yis People had come to Manchester. After all, Manchester wasn’t considered a tourist city. It used to be an industrial area of England, so there weren’t many famous tourist attractions.

So, Yis People didn’t come here for tourism; it was very likely that they were commissioned by someone, either Isabella or Chris.

As for the so-called commission, it should be related to the background story of this module—the mystery of the disappearance of foreign tourist groups.

Obviously, the reason why these foreign tourist groups disappeared was most likely due to attacks by mythical creatures or being captured by some secret cult... Of course, it could also be both.

Therefore, Liu Xing speculated that the opposing camp players were probably from a certain secret cult or shared belief in some mythical creature. So, the mission of his side’s camp was to solve the mystery of the disappearance of foreign tourist groups, while the mission of the opposing camp was to continue attacking and abducting a certain number of foreign tourist groups.

After all, from the background story, all the people in those foreign tourist groups were taken away.

At this moment, Lu Tianya, who was sitting behind Liu Xing, suddenly spoke up, "Wow, it seems like our timing to come to England isn’t great. Because recently, many foreign tourists have gone missing in England. Just two days ago, a group of twenty people mysteriously disappeared in Manchester."

Liu Xing pretended to be surprised and said, "What, is that true? Then aren’t we in danger?"

And at this moment, Yis People took the initiative to speak, "To be honest, this time Juri, Little Bird, and I came to Manchester, actually for this matter. Because of certain reasons, I have some relationship with the police officer bureau chief in Manchester. So, he specially invited me to come and assist in the investigation. But speaking of which, we are currently lacking in strength and need help. So, Ryuusei, could you and your friends help us?"

Liu Xing frowned. He didn’t expect Yis People to suddenly ask for his help. The plot was progressing too quickly.

And at this moment, Zhang Jingxu furrowed his brows and said, "Damn it, I just received news that the person we’re looking for has disappeared because he also came to Manchester with a certain domestic tourist group."

Liu Xing was dumbfounded. Although at the beginning, Liu Xing had also considered that the entry point of this module’s plot should be his group being attacked by unknown individuals, thus officially starting the main quest to proceed with the module.

But Liu Xing didn’t expect that the Ancient One would be captured by those unknown individuals.

However, upon careful consideration, this was also a good thing. After all, in this way, his group would have a reason to agree to Yis People’s request, and then they could leverage the power of the Manchester police.

Although in the Cthulhu RPG Game, the police force always seemed to be missing in major events, they were still useful in gathering intelligence in the early stages, as the police force could mobilize a large number of resources and access various internal information that ordinary people couldn’t reach.

So, Liu Xing smiled and said, "It looks like we have to cooperate with Brother Liu Xing, because we came this time to travel to England with a friend, but unexpectedly, he’s also missing now. So, Brother Liu Xing, if you don’t mind us holding you back, we’re willing to work with you."

Yis People shook his head with a smile and said, "No, no, no. Juri mentioned you to me before. Since you were able to solve the Morimoto Academy incident, it shows that your ability in dealing with those mysterious incidents is no less than mine."

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