Chapter 161: Back to Hero Town
The journey from Radiant Kings to Heroestown was not short, it took about a day or so of events, and Rococo and the others set out from Heroville in the early afternoon, so they were only halfway through until nightfall.
For real-life caravan travel, the night march is more dangerous, and this is also reflected in the game, at about 7 p.m., the caravan completely stopped moving forward and began to camp in place, and a temporary camp was prepared before 8 o'clock, and this became a temporary safe landing point for the players accompanying the team.
After the players went offline, the caravan's temporary camp finally became empty and quiet, and Rococo also connected to the idea of Coco's sister in Nopra County through a soul link.
This is also one of the "insurances" provided by Arya to Rococo's doppelganger, as long as Rococo itself wishes, she can unilaterally establish communication with the doppelganger through the soul link regardless of distance, so that Rococo can know the current situation on the side of her doppelganger.
[Well~well,Sister Ontology said you were worried too much.,There's no problem on my side at all.,Anyway, I'm the ontology sister yourself.,A little bit of people.,Ah no.,A little bit of confidence in me~]
Listening to the cheerful voice of Coco's sister transmitted through the soul link, Rococo couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
No, I don't have much confidence in you just to hear you say that.
[Really, Sister Ontology, you must be thinking about things like 'I don't have much confidence in you just to hear you say such a thing', right?' γ
γβ¦β¦ Being able to realize this, it seems that although there are differences in personality, you are still me. γ
[That strange statement will not be complained about for now...... Sister Ontology,Occasionally, you have to be a little confident in your lively side.,Lively doesn't mean unreliable.γ γ
[So what you want to say is, you, as the lively side of my personality, are actually very reliable and worthy of my trust? γ
γBingo~γ
Rococo, who was sitting in the carriage, was stunned for a few seconds, then looked at Alya, who was beside her.
"Huh? What's wrong? Aren't you in contact with Sister Coco? β
Seeing Rococo suddenly staring at herself, Arya looked a little confused, the soul link between Rococo and Coco's sister can't be heard by outsiders, even Arya is the same.
Immediately afterward, Arya saw Rococo smile at her like a facial cramp, and then raised her hand and made a pistol gesture with her thumb up, index finger and front finger.
"Bingo~"
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"How's it going, Arya, do you think I just looked reliable?"
Shaking his head expressionlessly.
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[Completely unreliable, soul light! ] γ
[Uh, huh? What happened to Sister Ontology all of a sudden? Why did you lose your temper so much, did something happen? γ
Rococo ignores Coco's sister's concern, as she is dealing with a greeting from Arya.
"Xiao Ke, are you okay? Fever? β
"No, oh, oh, hehehe......"
"Small, small, something is wrong, fruit, sure enough, you're a little scary now......"
After trying to convince Arya (forcing her to admit) that there was nothing wrong with her, Rococo finally focused on connecting with Coco's sister's soul again.
[In short, today we have got a more detailed map of the storm inland sea, and the supplies are basically complete, and tomorrow when Jiajia is also online, we can go to sea and go to those islands to investigate the relevant plots according to the list of clues that Arya helped us find. As for the partners, although I didn't grasp the original words and deeds of the ontology sister at first, which made Sister Guoguo a little suspicious...... Ahhh γ
γβ¦β¦ That's good, in short, you have to be careful, especially Brother Han Bing, although that person usually doesn't talk much except for fighting with Sister Guoguo to show affection, but he is actually a very sensitive person. γ
[Don't worry, Sister Ontology, you forgot that I am you, and I will not be worse than you in terms of understanding everyone.] γ
After confirming that everything was fine with Coco's sister, Rococo was slightly relieved, but she didn't end the contact.
γβ¦β¦ By the way, there's one more thing......]
Saying this, Rococo immediately fell silent, if it was someone else, it might not be clear why Rococo began to swallow in the middle of the sentence, but it is impossible for Coco's sister, who is a doppelganger, not to know what Rococo wants to say, because it is essentially the same person, so even if there is no communication, Coco's sister has thought of it with Rococo at the moment.
γβ¦β¦ Sister Ontology is trying to say, there's something about Jiajia and her, right? γ
[Uh, uh...... How about it, have you thought about what to do after you meet Jiajia tomorrow? γ
On the other side of the soul link, Sister Coco rarely fails to show the lively side of her personality as the main character.
[Sister Ontology, are you knowingly asking, since you don't know what to do, how can I have any ideas......]
Rococo was silent again.
To be honest, after this day, the inexplicable anger in her heart has dissipated a lot. Now, although she still cares a little about Chu Jiajia's attitude of firmly refusing to meet her at that time and not even giving an explanation, she doesn't feel angry, and even regrets that she ignored Chu Jiajia at that time.
She was angry with Chu Jiajia, because Chu Jiajia neither explained nor comforted her, but thinking about it the other way, she didn't show any intention of taking the initiative to communicate with Chu Jiajia again after that, and talking to a person who obviously showed that she didn't want to talk to herself, it must be very difficult for a child like Chu Jiajia who is well-behaved and quiet and will only occasionally show in front of relatives and friends.
Doing bad things about yourself.
γβ¦β¦ I think, Sister Ontology, although I don't know what to do yet, but in short, it would be better to apologize to Jiajia, okay? γ
γβ¦β¦ Well, yes...... I'm sorry, but you have to do this kind of thing. γ
[Hey, hey, sister, you know, you're apologizing to yourself.] γ
Hearing the joke from Coco's sister, Rococo rarely showed a smile because of this, perhaps because after making the decision to take the initiative to apologize to Chu Jiajia, his thoughts became much clearer, and Rococo's mood gradually recovered from the previous depressed mood.
Well, I'm working my own, and I'm on my side, so I'm going to have to work hard next.
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At noon the next day, the caravan finally came to Hero Town located on the northern border after a bumpy journey, just as Rococo thought, except for her special NPC, few of the aboriginal NPC merchants in the rest of the caravan were destined for this remote small town, but on the contrary, almost most of the players who accompanied the team left here in Hero Town, which suddenly made the originally lively caravan deserted.
Sure enough, these players, just like in their previous lives, are here to search for the so-called Golden Dragon Relic with hope.
Looking at the players who rushed to Hero Town in order to be able to find all kinds of useful information a moment before the other competitors, Rococo couldn't help but feel sorry for them, but this emotion was only for a moment.
Soon Rococo regained his indifference, and after going to the caravan manager with the other NPCs who were about to leave to settle the travel expenses, Rococo slowly approached the gate of Hero Town with a blank face - yes, expressionless, due to the gathering of many players attracted by the legend of the Golden Dragon Relic, Rococo had to make himself behave like other ordinary NPCs.
Now that the average level of the high-end player group has broken through the 40-level mark, and the game process has officially entered the middle stage, the more NPCs with more and more background plots behave more humanely, and this game law is no secret to "Redemption" players, Rococo knows very well that if he shows a strange human intelligence without interacting with any players - similar to touching porcelain on the street - I am afraid that he will be entangled by the players here immediately. After all, for these players who want to discover the legendary treasure in Hero Town, any clue on any NPC here may become the so-called "key" to unlock that treasure in their cognition.
Because Rococo's own side plot needs to attract players to do tasks, the ethereal rumors in Hero Town can attract so many players to this remote village, which is a good thing for Rococo in a sense, but at the same time, it also causes some trouble for Rococo, in order not to cause excessive attention and entanglement among these players who are suspicious because of treasure hunting, Rococo must force himself to behave no different from other ordinary NPCs during this time.
ββ¦β¦ Hey, little can ......."
Belch...... Well, although it's a little unpleasant, but think about it, even if there aren't so many players here, she can't casually show her true nature in front of ordinary players, after all, even if the NPC has a special background and strength, at most it is still an NPC without self managed by Mira's game law system, and the situation like her naming herself as an NPC is essentially a complete independent self, which is definitely a shocking fact for these players who don't know the truth of this world.
"Xiao Ke ~ Xiao Ke ~"
Well, in this way, it's still relatively easy to find players to complete their own story tasks these days, and the most important thing is to ensure your acting skills......
"Xiao Ke ~~~~~~!"
Rococo blinked, finally retracted his thoughts, and looked at Arya, who was floating in front of him a little panting, because no one else could see this exclusive system assistant except her, so Rococo did not speak to Arya in public, but just looked at her with questioning eyes.
"Xiao Ke, really, what are you doing in a daze, how long do you want to stand at the entrance of the town?"
As soon as Alya reminded her, Rococo realized that she did seem to have been standing here for a while, and even seemed to be paying attention to her because of her unusual behavior, after all, although she was just a village girl, Rococo's beautiful girl appearance was indeed a little eye-catching.
"Let's go, Xiao Ke, continuing here will definitely attract attention."
However, after Arya said this, Rococo still did not move, and there was a slight embarrassment in his eyes when he looked at Arya.
Arya was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of a possibility that made her laugh and cry.
"Xiao Ke you...... You don't remember where your old house in Hero Town is, do you? β
Rococo smiled awkwardly.
β¦β¦ So, she seems to really have no position to say that her doppelganger is unreliable......