Underworld Player Chapter 21 - What Do You Know About It?

"Well? What do we do now?"

Xu Qiang was lying on the sofa with his feet up on the coffee table, and he addressed the question to Wu Hua as he walked in.

"We have experienced personnel assigned to take care of the students and the PR messaging, but my guess is that the official story will say the students were knocked out due to a gas leak in the labs."

Wu Hua lit a cigarette with a practiced motion and blew a cloud of smoke.

"I'll take care of the report for this incident. Regarding the fact that there was another player inside the school, I think we should keep that info to ourselves for now. We'd have to explain how we nearly got wiped out, if not for that guy showing up."

Xu Qiang shrugged. "Sure, I don't mind, since that means I get a bigger reward. I'm just a few coins short of being able to afford that thing."

He continued, "Y'know, I'm not sure about that Wang Xuan. He's getting ready for his Newbie Run in a few days, right? Imagine if he gets himself killed and loses all the equipment loaned him by the Organization!"

"Qiang!"

"Alright, alright, I'm just saying." Xu Qiang gave a wry smile as he slowly raised his arms above his head.

"Without good equipment and skills, new Players can't expected to clear the Newbie Run easily. Sure, they all say that all it takes is careful observation, but you and I both know that the success rate is a measly 40%. You sure Wang Xuan is up to it? Even with the Organization's equipment, I think he'll barely make it."

"We've done all we can, the rest is up to him." Wu Hua took a long drag, a pensive expression on his face. "I'd advise you to stop with such talk in the future. He's still a teammate, at the end of the day"

"Tch..." Shot down once again, Xu Qiang leaned back lazily into the comfort of the sofa.

"Okay okay okay. I'm sure he'll be fine... if he meets a really strong Player during the Newbie Run and gets ride on their coattails the whole way..."

Wu Hua said nothing.

They had omitted any mention of the mysterious Player from their reports for their own c

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