Daring! She cheated in the thriller game

"Do you know those strangers outside?" the hooded boss said playfully, gently stroking the back of the black cat in his arms.

Erwin nodded. "Why did they come to you?"

"That little girl." The hooded boss tapped the top of the black cat's head. "She brought me some rare things and wanted to sell them, but we couldn't make a deal."

He changed the subject and asked curiously, "Didn't the boss forbid you from having too much contact with the players? How come that girl knows your name? It seems like you two are very familiar with each other?"

Seeing his friend's curious look, Erwin was stunned for a moment and said helplessly, "Don't tease me, the boss already knows about this and has punished me for it."

"Wow!" The hooded boss exclaimed, "The boss must have set his sights on this girl! She's not dead yet?"

Erwin shook his head slightly. He didn't know why the Lord God didn't kill her: "The boss's mind is unpredictable."

"That's right." The hooded boss muttered twice: "Forget it, what do you want to see me for?"

Speaking of business, Erwin briefly explained his purpose. He originally came to see what the new BOSS of this dungeon was like. This dungeon was very large, and the new dungeon BOSS was in one of the unit stories, but he didn't know which one it was, so he could only look for it one by one.

Well, he happened to come to this unit story, and his friend was in this unit story, so Alvin came over to ask.

"So that's how it is." The hooded boss laughed, his voice a little hoarse. His throat was injured in his early years, and although it has mostly healed, it still affects his speech sometimes.

"But unfortunately you asked the wrong person. I haven't seen our boss either." He looked down at the black cat in his arms and said calmly, "It should be said that few people have seen him since he took office. Unlike the previous boss who was unreasonable, this boss is very free-spirited and has never managed us much."

At this point, he paused and said, "However, since he took office, I feel that there are a lot more secret eyes."

Erwin nodded in understanding: "I understand."

Alvin asked a few more questions, and the two of them went out from the inner room to the front desk, where they saw Yu Lan surrounded by a group of dark shadows, and a few black cats clinging to her and acting coquettishly, as if they liked her very much.

There was a faint fragrance in the air, and Erwin knew what had happened at a glance. However, his friend beside him couldn't accept it and just stood there in a daze.

"Meow." The black cat in his arms jumped down, ran quickly to Yu Lan's feet and lay down, its eyes wide open, and called out in a soft voice.

"Hey~" Yu Lan smiled with narrowed eyes, squatted down and touched the black cat. But the other black cats were not happy, and used all their tricks to turn Yu Lan's attention to themselves.

In addition to the black cats, some black shadows squatted beside Yu Lan and looked at her eagerly, but unfortunately they could not get close to Yu Lan due to the pressure from the black cats, so they could only retreat and pester Gu Yan and Mi Ji who were beside Yu Lan.

"Hey wait, don't go up." Yu Lan immediately stopped them. Just kidding, it was okay for these little things to get close to her, but it would be bad if Gu Yan and Mi Ji, two ordinary people, were affected by those black shadows.

Yu Lan took her hand away from the black cat and tried to appease the black shadows, but now it was the black cats' turn to be unhappy. They stood up, squinted their eyes, and made threatening noises at the black shadows.

When the black shadows heard the voice, they quickly got off the two men and didn't dare to get close to Yu Lan. They hid in the shadows nearby with a wronged look on their faces, staring at them with their scarlet eyes.

Although she couldn't see their faces, she inexplicably felt very aggrieved, and Yu Lan couldn't stand it anymore.

They are all good children, but it's a pity that she is alone and there are too many of them for her to comfort them all.

"Come back!" At this time, the hooded boss came to his senses and roared. The black shadows trembled and dared not say a word, but the brave black cats turned a deaf ear and still stuck to Yu Lan.

"You, you..." The hooded boss angrily picked up the cat closest to him and yelled at it in a stern voice: "How can you get close to humans? What if she takes advantage of you and then captures and buys you all? Don't forget where I brought you back from!"

"Hey, don't be angry." Seeing the black cat in the hooded boss's arms showing its ears in grievance, Yu Lan hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "It's all my fault. I spoiled them."

The hooded boss turned his head and looked at Yu Lan: "What's going on?"

"It's like this." Yu Lan cleared her throat and looked at the shop owner embarrassedly.

After all, what she is doing now is like taking out snacks in front of the parents to lure someone else's child. She is in the wrong first.

In fact, Yu Lan didn't expect things to turn out like this. She was discussing something with Gu Yan and the others just now, when she suddenly felt something furry rubbing against her cheek. She turned around and found it was a black cat.

"Hello." Yu Lan greeted the black cat with a smile. She stretched out her palm and placed it in front of the black cat. The black cat sniffed it. Seeing that it didn't show any resistance, Yu Lan put her hand on its head and rubbed it.

Yu Lan had been somewhat suspicious of these black cats, and after seeing them up close, she was convinced that they were not real "cats" but cat spirits.

That is the spirit of a cat that dies.

Although she didn't know what the cat spirits in the West were like, the cat spirits that Yu Lan knew were all obsessions formed from death due to resentment, which was very miserable. Whenever Yu Lan saw them, she would help them fulfill their obsessions and send them to the afterlife. If they were unwilling, she would send them to a temple or something to be raised, which was better than letting them wander around the place of death in a daze because of obsession.

Thinking of the past, Yu Lan also felt a little compassion. She took out another stick of incense without hesitation and lit it. The black cat squinted its eyes and inhaled it with enjoyment. After a while, another black cat jumped up.

The first black cat licked the second black cat's ear and moved its body, allowing the next black cat to smoke the incense with it. After a while, another black cat came.

This cat was more well-behaved. It didn't go to eat directly. Instead, it went around to Yulan, rubbed its head against her, and called out tenderly.

Yu Lan was so delighted that she lit a new stick of incense with a wave of her hand...

The cats were very restrained. They would stop when they were almost done eating, leaving the remaining food for the dark shadows in the store to eat.

Because they were threatened by the pressure released by Yu Lan just now, the black shadows learned their lesson. After eating, they did not fight or grab the food. Then they acted coquettishly to Yu Lan together with the black cats to express their gratitude, and also wanted to take the opportunity to get more food.

Yu Lan endured the black cat and the black shadows' coquettishness sweetly and painfully, which left Gu Yan and others stunned.

Then, the hooded boss came out.

"Ahem." Yu Lan cleared her throat and solemnly apologized to the hooded boss: "This is what happened. I'm really sorry."

"Meow." The cat in the hooded boss's arms meowed twice and touched the hooded boss's cheek with its nose, as if communicating with him.

Listening to what the black cat said, the hooded boss looked at it doubtfully: "...Really?"

"Meow." She is a good person. I feel that the children are much calmer when they are around her.

"I see..." The hooded boss thought thoughtfully, stroking the black cat's back.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case.

Not to mention the black cat, it’s already good enough that the vengeful spirits in his shop don’t actively attack people, let alone get close to anyone.

The hooded boss looked at Erwin in confusion, and Erwin nodded imperceptibly.

“Okay.” The hooded boss sighed and said, “Since my child likes it, I’ll buy it.”

He wrote a number for Yu Lan, who took a look at it but still felt it was a little disappointing.

She had just asked Trissin who had just come back from buying water and learned some information about the prices here. Although the hooded boss didn't give much, it was not a small amount either.

Yu Lan was about to speak, but Erwin secretly tugged at her sleeve and shook his head, signaling her not to speak yet.

"What?" The hooded boss noticed his frown and sneered, "What does this gentleman have to say?"

"No money." Yu Lan was about to speak, but Erwin leaned over and whispered something in her ear. The deep voice and the hot breath he exhaled brushed against her ears, making them itch.

Yu Lan rubbed her ears and calmed down.

The hooded boss looked at them both thoughtfully, "What do you want then?"

"Help me get some information." Erwin chuckled and said, "Help me with my work first, and we'll come back at this time tomorrow."

With that, Erwin led Yu Lan and the others out of the store. The hooded boss cursed inwardly, "Damn, when did you become smart?"

The only answer he got was Erwin's farewell with a smile: "See you tomorrow."

After leaving the store, Yu Lan looked at Erwin complainingly: "Why don't you let me change money? I need money."

Seeing Yu Lan's somewhat angry look, Erwin sighed helplessly: "You don't need to exchange money for this copy. There is a place similar to a bank in the town. Have you gone there to check it out?"

Yu Lan looked at Erwin strangely and said with a click of the tongue: "I didn't expect you to be such a person."

Erwin: ?

Did he say anything?

Gu Yan matched Yu Lan's train of thought and sighed loudly: "Brother, robbery is not good."

Erwin/Miji: Did they miss some plot? Why did they suddenly start robbing?

Erwin immediately thought of what Yu Lan was joking about, and couldn't help but laugh: "The banks here are different from those in other places. As long as you show your ID, you can get the money at that bank no matter where you deposit it."

"What do you mean?" Mi Ji's eyebrows moved, thinking that this was great.

He said that he was a noble who came to sell things, he had no servants around him and he didn't have much money, so the copywriter would not give him such a useless identity.

"Go and take a look." Erwin stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture.

As for Trissian... Erwin raised his eyebrows. He knew without thinking that this was an NPC that Yulan had tricked to lead the way for them. Although the idea was good, it was still a bit inappropriate. For example, he heard some words that he shouldn't have heard.

Sensing Erwin's threatening gaze, Trishen silently took a step back: "Hey, guest, what do you want to do?"

"Don't worry." A cane appeared in Erwin's hand, and he placed one end against Trisn's forehead: "It's okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, a green light from the cane shone into Trisian's forehead. Trisian's eyes were blank for a moment, then they regained clarity.

Yu Lan looked back with a sense of something, and laughed, "You are very careful."

She had originally planned to give Trissen some money and seal his memory after he became of no use, but she didn't expect Erwin to take action first.

"It's just to blur his cognition." Erwin said in a low voice: "There are many forces in this place. You can't be sure who the people here are. Don't let your guard down easily."

"Power?" Yu Lan was puzzled for a moment, then thought it should refer to the power of the plot.

That's right, after all, this is a no-man's land, full of good and bad people. Not to mention that there is a noble in their team, the gold coin that Yu Lan carries with her looks like it has a great origin, so it's no wonder that there are so many hooded people on the street.

The forces here are complicated, so it’s better not to reveal your identity casually.

The two hurriedly followed the team. Trissian, who was enchanted by Erwin, led the way to the bank Erwin mentioned as if nothing had happened. Gu Yan and Mi Ji, who were originally hesitant, also put their minds at ease at this time and talked to Erwin intentionally or unintentionally.

"Looking at you, could you be a magician?" Mi Ji glanced into Erwin's sleeve, where he took out the cane.

"I guess so." Erwin nodded slightly and didn't say much about his identity.

Seeing how they are now, Yulan should have explained to them who she is, and Erwin didn't say anything more to avoid exposing the matter.

"You seem to know a lot about this dungeon?" Gu Yan smiled frivolously and pointed behind them: "The shop owner is surprised to see you."

"I came here before you and asked him for help."

Regarding this explanation, Gu Yan and Mi Ji looked at each other and did not deny it.

Yes, after all, this is a unit story. If Erwin's previous unit story went by quickly, or if this is his first unit story, it can be explained.

"Since you came here before us, did you find anything?" Mi Ji asked.

Erwin smiled and shook his head: "I didn't say I would cooperate with you, so there's no need to ask."

Mi Ji, who was trying to get some information, hit a wall. He smiled without paying much attention and said, "What a pity. I saw you helping Xiao Yu just now, and I thought you were with us."

Erwin was strangely silent: "This is different."

"What's the difference?" Gu Yan thought of something, raised his eyebrows, and smiled at Yu Lan teasingly: "Oh~that's different."

Yu Lan heard the implication of Gu Yan's words, choked up, and quickly interrupted the topic: "Okay, stop making trouble. This is not something that can be explained in a short time. Let's find a place to sit down and talk it over."

As she spoke, she secretly tugged at Erwin's sleeve to signal him to shut up.