For Asuna, the forest at night is no stranger.

After all, when Fang Zheng first conducted special training for them, they basically rested in the safe area of the forest every night, but at that time, everyone was together, so Asuna was able to endure it. But now.........

"Black, black cat, you are next to me, say something."

Grabbing the black cat's hand, Asuna whispered as she looked left and right. She didn't dare to look at the black cat, because it was wearing a white mask with some strange patterns painted on it. If she had changed her usual words, Asuna would only treat her as the second illness of the black cat and smile it off.

But now.........

"Bell Bell ........."

"Black cat, can't you put your weapons away?"

Hearing the sound of the black cat's scythe clanging on the ground, Asuna couldn't help but complain. Hearing Asuna's complaints, the black cat grinned.

"That's the atmosphere, isn't it? This happens in a lot of horror movies, you see those murderers don't always drag the ground with a chainsaw or a chain or something before they kill someone........."

"Ahhhh Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it———!! ”

Hearing this, Asuna finally couldn't hold back any longer, shook off the black cat's hand, and squatted on the ground with her head in her hands. The black cat looked at Asuna with a grin, and then she seemed to think of something and deliberately lowered her voice.

"But then again, Asuna, do you know one of the techniques that is commonly used in horror movies?"

"What, what?"

Asuna instinctively didn't want to answer the black cat's question, but at this time she would be even more scared if the black cat didn't speak, so Asuna shuddered and curled up in a ball, and asked uneasily. The black cat looked at Asuna, who was trembling with fright, and continued.

"That's right, a group of people go on an expedition, and then they go to look for ghosts, but what these people don't know is that the ghosts they are looking for are already among these people. It's like ......... now."

Saying this, the black cat's voice became deeper and deeper.

“……… Do you know who I am? Do you really think I'm a black cat? ”

"Black, black cat.........?!"

Hearing the black cat's words, Asuna trembled, she raised her head tremblingly, looked at the black cat in front of her, and then Asuna saw the black cat reach out and slowly take off the mask on her face, and then .........

"Wow!!"

With a scream, Asuna suddenly shouted in fright, and the next moment, the black cat who took off her mask suddenly smiled and covered her stomach and rolled on the ground.

"Hahahaha, Asuna, you're too cowardly, it's just a story, you can be scared like this?"

"Really, why are you scaring me like this, I'm going to be angry! Do you know that people are scared to death!! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Looking at Asuna with puffed cheeks in front of her, the black cat also smiled and reached out and pulled Asuna up from the ground.

"If you say that again........."

However, just as Asuna was about to say a few words of complaint, she suddenly stopped talking and stared blankly at the black cat.

No, to be exact, looking behind the black cat.

I saw that in the forest behind the black cat, a vague figure was swaying around, slowly approaching them.

"That, that, what is that........."

Asuna's eyes widened in horror and she reached out to point behind the black cat. Looking at Asuna's reaction, the black cat was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted.

"What? Asuna, are you trying to scare me too? Hahaha, this trick is too old-fashioned, you don't need to ......... in the comics"

However, when the black cat looked at Asuna's expression and became more and more frightened, she also became a little uneasy, and saw the black cat clench the scythe, and then turned to look behind her.

“…………………”

The dark forest was empty.

"Whew......... Sure enough, there's no one........."

"Hey."

However, at this moment, accompanied by a voice, suddenly, the black cat saw a black shadow suddenly poke its head out of the bushes!

"Wow, aa

This time Asuna couldn't take it anymore and screamed and turned her head to run. The black cat was also startled, she clenched the scythe, looked forward carefully, and then .........

"Sophie?"

"Ah......... Black cat......... Sorry, help. ”

I saw that it was Sophie who poked her head out of the bushes, and at this moment the silver-haired girl was lying in the bushes, flicking her arms helplessly. The black cat sighed and stepped forward to pull her up.

"What are you doing?"

"Ying Lili said to let me be in charge of scaring people, I haven't figured out how to scare you, I was going to sneak close to you and scream, but I accidentally slipped my foot ........."

Saying this, Sophie blinked and looked around.

"Where's Asuna?"

"Asuna?"

Hearing Sophie's inquiry, the black cat also turned its head curiously and looked around.

At this time, there was no shadow of Asuna around.

At the same time, on another path, Fang Zhengzheng and Lifa walked side by side.

Lifa's luck was good, and in the end she drew a lot and formed a team with Fang Zheng, although several friends looked at each other and wanted to swap with Lifa, but Lifa decisively refused.

I eat your chicken legs on weekdays, and now you want to grab a man with me?

At this moment, Lifa was holding Fangzheng's arm and walking silently on the road, while her face was slightly red and she was gasping softly. It's not that the two of them did something invisible, but just now, they were startled by the members of the battle team disguised as ghosts, but Fang Zheng didn't react, but Lifa was frightened and hid directly in Fang Zheng's arms.

By the way, the one who pretended to be a ghost and scary was the "good sister" who begged for her exchange before without success!

If it's really a plastic sisterhood, I'll break up when I go back!

While secretly cursing her "little sister" in her heart, Lifa grabbed Fangzheng's arm and walked forward silently. And at this time, Fangzheng's voice sounded from Lifa's ears.

"Your brother......... Don't hear from you yet? ”

“……………”

Hearing Fangzheng's question, Lifa's body stiffened for a moment, and then she shook her head.

It's been quite a while since Fang Zheng proposed to Argo to revise the survival manual, and the revised survival manual has also become an "electronic publication" as Fang Zheng said, which not only has strategies for monsters at all levels, but also has a lot of missing person notices——— although it is not common for people like Lifa. So Argo also opened a special search column according to Fangzheng's opinion, which was used to let those players find their relatives and friends.

Naturally, Lifa's missing person notice to her brother has been sent, but it has been two consecutive issues, and she has not received the slightest response.........

There are only two possibilities, either her brother never reads the survival manual, or her brother is dead.

Considering that survival manuals are almost universally available in the game world, the former is unlikely, so all that remains is .........

“…………… When I was a child, my relationship with my brother was actually very good. ”

Holding Fangzheng's arm, Lifa whispered.

"Although my brother is not my real brother, we have a good relationship. But then, for some reason, my brother alienated me. I wanted to ease my relationship with my brother, but at that time, my grandfather wanted me to practice kendo, so I didn't have time to communicate with him. ”

With that, Lifa lowered her head.

"Since then, my brother has been addicted to the Internet and games, and to be honest, I don't understand what there is to be fun about online games. But this time, because my brother liked the game so much that he even mentioned it at the dinner table during the game's closed beta, I wanted to buy it and try it, on the one hand, the experience of this game made me feel very novel, and on the other hand, I also wanted to be able to share a common topic with my brother, if I can like what my brother likes, maybe our relationship will be the same .........as before."

Lifa's voice began to tremble.

"But now......... I was scared, in fact, I had already thought that maybe my brother's name was among the names crossed out on the Monument of Life, but I didn't know what his name was, so I didn't notice it. Maybe......... He's long dead........."

“……………”

Fang Zheng touched Lifa's head silently, as Lifa said, maybe her brother is dead, because of that.........

"If you want to cry, there's no one else here."

"Mr. Founder.........

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Lifa raised her head to look at him, and the next moment, she threw herself into Fang Zheng's arms.

"Woo-a-aaaa............!!!a

A dull cry came from Fangzheng's chest, and Fangzheng silently reached out and stroked Lifa's hair. Obviously, Lifa has been patient for a long time, in fact, Fang Zheng has long been aware of this, since the missing person notice was hung up, Lifa has occasionally deserted and wandered. Originally, Fang Zheng wanted to find a time to talk to her, but now it seems that Lifa can't take it anymore.

Time passed minute by minute, and I don't know how long it was, Lifa embarrassedly raised her head from Fang Zheng's arms and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Founder, I ........."

"It's nothing, crying can also make you relax, how do you feel now?"

"It feels so much better."

Hearing Fang Zheng's inquiry, Lifa couldn't help but laugh, and then she looked at Fang Zheng again.

"Mr. Fang Zheng gives me the feeling that he is like an older brother......... But my brother is not as reliable as you, Mr. Fangzheng, if I cry in front of my brother, he will definitely be at a loss, he doesn't know what to do, and in the end, I still want to comfort him........."

Saying this, Lifa's eyes couldn't help but become fluttering.

"Sometimes, I wish I could have a more reliable brother........."

"Huh?"

Because Lifa's last words were a little weak, Fang Zheng didn't hear them clearly, and looking at Fang Zheng in front of him, Lifa hesitated for a moment, and then whispered.

"Well, Mr. Fangzheng, I can call you brother if I can......... Is it? ”

"Wow, ah, ah, ah!!"

However, before Lifa could finish her sentence, Asuna ran from the other side and hit Fangzheng's head as she screamed.