This villain, please exercise some restraint.

But only he knew that the people in front of him were probably very capable. If it were the simplest competitive game, he might have a chance to win, but at this moment - Lian Shisi...

No, no, Shi Shi Si's strength was quite good when we first met him. Even I fell into his trap because of his weird ability. Logically speaking, Shi Si was unlikely to be so miserable.

Could it be——

But soon, An Xu thought of what the leader of the men in black said.

Weapons and "god-given" abilities are completely unusable. Could it be that... is this the ability that someone in this group of people... possesses?

If it is such an ability, it seems...everything makes sense.

In the flash of lightning, when the man in black turned around, An Xu's body made the most correct reaction one step ahead of his thoughts.

"slow--"

He spoke.

......

......

He saw the smile on the lips of the leading man in black, which was an expression of extreme contempt.

Even through the black sunglasses, An Xu could roughly imagine that the eyes under the black were the purest contempt.

Because...my own abilities have no effect at all.

Is...is it invalid?

An Xu subconsciously looked at his hands. This was a situation he had never encountered before.

The ability... failed.

"What? Do you want to stand out? Or do you want to be a hero?"

The man in black sneered.

"I don't have time to punish you now. If you still want to get in the way here, I wouldn't mind giving you some color."

After speaking, the man in black turned around and walked away with the "prey" he had just captured.

An Xu looked at all this and was stunned for a few breaths.

But the next moment, entanglement flashed across his face, and then determination flashed across his face. Then, he entered the teleportation point and disappeared.

......

But on the other side of the teleportation point, An Xu looked at the somewhat empty Star Dou Forest in front of him. Occasionally, a few players in twos and threes rubbed his shoulders and entered the teleportation point, and then disappeared.

There were many players passing by this teleportation point, but... An Xu looked around and saw that among these players, there was neither a figure of the man in black nor Shi Si.

How could it be...how could this happen...it's obviously just the front and rear feet entering and exiting the teleportation point, and this is a relatively open area in the Star Forest. No matter how fast you walk, you shouldn't...

Could it be that any of those men in black have the ability to move quickly like Temperance?

What kind of team is this...with such abilities? The most important thing is...he had almost never heard of or seen these abilities before.

In a daze, An Xu suddenly thought of the reminder he received from the organizer of "Rivers and Lakes" after participating in the linkage event.

Uncle Wang said that Chixuan seemed to have a great background.

He didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now, contacting the team of men in black who are currently related to Chixuan can drive these people. This guy Chixuan... seems to have a lot of background.

"Excuse me, did you just see three people in black uniforms leaving here with a white-haired... player? Which direction did they go?"

After shaking his somewhat confused mind, An Xu grabbed a team that was about to leave and asked.

"No no."

He got this answer.

"did you see--"

An Xu stopped another player.

"Ah...I didn't see it."

"..."

I asked many people in succession and the answers I got were all negative.

An Xu lowered his head. In this game world, the blood shed by players will remain on the ground for a period of time. However, except for a few drops of fresh blood at the teleportation point, there are almost dots of blood on the ground in front of him. Dried dark red blood that was nearly dissipated.

Obviously, it was almost impossible to come from Shi Si.

So... where was Shi Si taken...

An Xu looked around again. For the first time, he looked at the players coming and going, feeling confused as to where they were going.

"Are you looking for me, or... the traitor?"

The faint voice behind him was mixed with a hint of coldness. An Xu felt a chill on his back and at the same time, he turned around like a reflex.

This outfit... is that of the leader of the three men in black.

It's just...how could he appear...so quietly, like a ghost.

But what was different from before was that the man in black at this moment slowly took off the pair of sunglasses, revealing a pair of dark blue eyes as deep as lake water.

These unusual eyes made An Xu stunned for a moment.

But soon, through the perspective of the player who was inexplicably taking the initiative, An Xu saw the NPC mark on the man in black.

Next to that familiar symbol, the word "justice" is particularly prominent.

Justice... If I remember correctly, this is also the name in the Tarot cards.

Just... why does "Justice" appear? Why... "Justice" has an identity similar to that of a player...

In a sense, this is very similar to temperance...

Does this mean that Shi Si is actually still an NPC?

The only...npc in life.

Thinking of this possibility, An Xu felt a little heavy in his heart for no reason.

He suddenly remembered Shi Si's original rescue. At that time, if Shi Si had watched with cold eyes and was targeted by the new restraint, he had no doubt that he would go to the resurrection point.

No matter what his thoughts were, Shi Si... indeed saved him once.

As for the previous target, in terms of results, even though the process was extremely dangerous and made him feel unprepared, but... because he could be forced offline,...

etc! Even though Shi Si was chased by the man in black and ran in such a mess, he did not go offline... Does this further prove that... Shi Si is essentially an NPC?

NPCs... do not have entities in the real world, so naturally... they cannot complete operations that can be called cheating that many players can do.

"I......"

An Xu opened his mouth and organized his words, "Zhengyi, although I don't know why you appeared in this form, but... the person you took away just now was my former friend——"

He spoke very seriously, but halfway through his words, "Justice" in front of him sneered as if he had heard some big joke, and then forcefully interrupted what he was about to say.

"Friends? Temperance...does he deserve friends? He doesn't deserve it at all. Even if he is a former friend, he doesn't deserve it either."

"Justice"'s tone seemed to become colder.

"You know him?"

An Xu couldn't help but ask. The "justice" in front of him not only further verified that Shi Si was temperance, but also seemed to be very hostile to temperance.

"More than just acquaintance, he is my...enemy."

"...Enemy?"

An Xu calmed down and asked immediately.

Moderation...how many enemies have you made for yourself...

"Yes, he is my enemy. As long as he still exists, he will be the purest evil. Then...he will be my eternal...enemy."

"But this feeling is very uncomfortable, you know? This feeling... knowing clearly that he is my enemy, but having to affirm the value of his existence, and even having to... endure provocations from him repeatedly. "

"So, please don't interfere in this matter again. This time, I will personally... destroy the evil forever."

"He is a disaster. As long as he no longer exists, everything will be better, everything... will be back on track, and no other existence will be harmed because of him."

"An Xu, do you agree with what I said?"

"Zhengyi"'s dark blue eyes looked at An Xu. For a moment, An Xu felt that all the sounds around him disappeared. In this space, there were only him and "Zhengyi" standing opposite.

"Justice" called him... An Xu, and then asked him a question about "temperance".

There seems to be no problem with the last words of "Justice". This is also what he had thought a short time ago.

"But... maybe I have my own reasons for controlling him -"

An Xu didn't understand why he defended moderation, but his defense was obviously weak and could not be recognized by the other party.

"Don't be too naive. What difficulties can he have? He is just an insect attached to the 'world'. Without the 'world', he is nothing, nothing!"

"Please wake up, An Xu."

"Please... choose to stand on the side of justice."

"Time will tell you how correct your choice was."

Occasional conversations from outside players flooded into his ears. An Xu blinked, and the figure of "Justice" was no longer in front of his eyes.

The surrounding players were completely unaware, as if... the appearance of "Justice" just now was just his illusion.

"Justice...is it correct...?"

An Xu looked at his hands, why did "Justice" tell him this? Temperance... is it a worm attached to the world...?

The world... An Xu raised his head, his head a little confused... The so-called world... is... the... world he saw?