Night World Players

Chapter 111 Gray: Why did it become like this! (Monthly ticket plus update 1/8)

"I received the captain's signal, combined with the real-time movement of the gaseous familiar--"

"The planned first target location has been changed from the women's clothing store to the wandering circus on Black Lily Street."

"The captain's request for help should be because the waiting time for the Wandering Circus is too long... According to the current number of people in line, we will have to wait at least two hours."

……

Above the royal city, a hundred meters above the ground.

A gaseous familiar was hiding in the surging clouds. The detection core condensed by the gas was focused downward, observing the every move of two figures in the inner city of the royal city.

At the same time, real-time information was transmitted to the wooden house on the outskirts of the city through the soul circuit between the gaseous familiar and its master.

Inside the wooden house, the members of the shore guard team were paying close attention to the information passed back by the gaseous familiar and were busy as hell.

"How about using money to bribe the owner of the wandering circus and clear out the circus?"

"Negative. Queen Helen may lack common sense and be ignorant of worldly affairs, but she is definitely not a fool... The action of clearing the area directly seems too deliberate. It may make the target alert and make them feel that their actions are arranged by external forces."

"So what's the new plan? The captain is deliberately slowing down, but we will reach the entrance of the circus in ten minutes at most. We must solve the problem within this time limit."

"If the file is correct, we have placed a third sentry near the circus. His sequence is the same as the deputy captain's "Shadow" and he has the "Whisperer" ability."

"Can we use the Whisperer's ability to deceive people and spread rumors among the queue of spectators that the circus performances are quite boring, so as to quickly reduce the number of visitors to the circus?"

"Accepted. Immediately notify the third sentry post using the resonance crystal. Complete the diversion within five minutes."

"As ordered."

In the command center on the outskirts of the city, suggestions were put forward, questioned, iterated, optimized and rejected.

Until the final plan was finalized, the order was quickly transmitted with the help of the resonance crystal, from the command center set up in the suburbs, and quickly reached the shore guard post inside the royal city.

It can only be said that the shore guards are indeed worthy of the title of the strongest force on the side of order on the current continent.

Although he was used to fighting against beast tides, the Iron Cross and evil cults... when he first heard the Shadow Servant's plan of "date her and make her shy", he seemed a little confused because it was beyond his knowledge.

However, when the plan was actually implemented, this team of shore guards still demonstrated extremely outstanding professional qualities.

As a team that is highly valued by Leader Cecil, the Watchtower Headquarters' extraordinary resource pool and reserve personnel are allowed to be mobilized without restrictions.

Although this era did not have convenient technological equipment such as walkie-talkies and reconnaissance drones like in the modern world, this group of shore guards were able to achieve similar effects using extraordinary props, superpowers, and sequence abilities.

Suspended in the clouds, the gaseous familiars monitored the movements below like drones and spy balloons...

Each team member has a resonant crystal that can transmit secret codes in real time according to the internal code book of the shore guards...

All necessary configurations are available.

Under the leadership of Vice Captain Shadow Servant, the Shore Guards still have a very high execution capability even for the mission goal that sounds a bit ridiculous: "Assist Captain Last in seducing Her Majesty the Queen."

"Clearance completed. Judging from the information sent back by the gaseous familiar, Queen Helen herself should not have noticed the abnormal decrease in customer flow."

"Captain Last and the target have entered the wandering circus... If they play around and watch all the performances in the circus, they should leave the circus in an hour and a half."

"The captain has sent a new signal. All subsequent preset target locations need to be cancelled and reset according to Her Majesty the Queen's preferences - the circus, the opera house, the adventurer's tavern, the detective agency, and the divination club."

"Besides, today's schedule is so full, they may not have time to eat at a restaurant."

"Although the Captain and Queen Helen don't need to eat to maintain their energy, sharing food between lovers is an essential part of a date..."

"Arrange for me all the mobile food stalls selling pancakes, grilled fish balls, etc."

"Yes!"

"Report!" someone interrupted.

"According to our previous investigation in the Royal City... there are many taverns in the Royal City, but there are no adventurers in the taverns."

"The profession of adventurer, as well as detective agencies and fortune-telling clubs, are all products unique to the Golden Age before the Cataclysm. Now they only exist in some prosperous cities... They don't exist in Paradise Royal City."

"Isn't this difficult to handle?"

The shadow servant looked at his subordinate with disdain and said, "Since there are no adventurers in the tavern, we will do it ourselves."

"We shore guards travel all over the country, aren't we the best adventurers?"

"Who doesn't know how to brag in a tavern? As long as you kill a big lizard with a little dragon blood, you can brag yourself into a dragon slayer."

"The same goes for the detective agency and the fortune-telling club, although they no longer exist in reality."

"But since Queen Helen, our target, likes it, we have to build it even if we have to build a club right here."

"There are still a few hours left. Act quickly. This plan must succeed and not fail! Don't let Captain Last's sacrifice of personality and dignity go to waste!"

"As ordered!"

The team member nodded vigorously in agreement and left.

……

Inside the wooden house that serves as the command center, there is a bustling scene of activity, and every shore guard can find his or her own post.

Inside the cabin, Grey sat in front of a wooden table, listening to the arguments in the meeting on the other side, while the pen in her hand wrote rapidly on the paper, recording the details of the operation.

Lines of beautiful handwriting were written on the parchment used by the shore keepers for internal records, but there was a hint of irritability between the lines.

pat-

Gray's pen paused slightly on the paper, and she found that she had accidentally made a typo.

"Little Grey~"

"Why do you feel a little listless since you found out the details of this mission?"

"When you first joined the team, weren't you always full of energy?"

A clear female voice rang in Gray's ears.

This is a girl about the same age as Grey, with a long ponytail.

She moved closer to Gray, her eyes sparkling with concern.

"In your training as a new shore guard, you always got full marks in cultural courses. I have never seen you make a typo."

Gray glanced at the ponytailed girl beside her and sighed softly, "I'm fine, Janice."

Like Grey, Janice was also one of the new shore guards. Janice had known Grey since the initial rookie training, and they had always had a good relationship.

Janice's special ability is "demonization", which allows her to build her own soul circuits on various materials and refine them into demons that obey her orders.

Because the ability of "demonization" is highly applicable in the field of reconnaissance, Janice was also chosen by the Shadow Servant and, together with Gray, became the only two newcomers in the shore guard team that implemented the "Lost Paradise" plan.

The gaseous familiar that floats above the city and monitors the whereabouts of Last and Helen in real time was created by Janice.

Since she and Gray are new shore guardians, their ranks are not high.

Therefore, in order to protect the newcomers, Shadow Servant chose to let them all stay in the command center.

Janice was in charge of controlling the gaseous familiars, while Grey was in charge of recording the documents of this operation, so that they could be kept for archiving when returning to the headquarters. At this moment, Janice seemed to have noticed that Grey was different from usual and was a little unhappy, so she came over with concern.

"My physical condition is fine... I just don't know why, but I've been feeling very irritable lately."

Gray sighed again, and her pen tip turned on the parchment, erasing the previous typo and continuing to write new words.

"There's nothing wrong with the body, but the mind is abnormal?"

"Little Gray, according to the Shore Keeper's Manual, this is a sign that you are most likely contaminated by the evil god and your soul is corrupted... It must be taken seriously."

Janice's expression became serious: "I'll go inform the deputy captain right away."

"No, that's not the case."

Gray quickly reached out and grabbed Janice: "I'm really fine..."

"only--"

Her gaze involuntarily drifted toward the window of the command center, in the direction of the inner city of the royal city.

"I've been feeling a bit distracted lately, and I can't concentrate."

Even Gray herself couldn't quite explain this feeling.

But after the deputy captain announced the details of the operation to her and learned that Brother Rast had to seduce the Queen of the Underworld by using a beauty trap for the sake of the justice of the shore defenders, Grey's heart has been somewhat empty.

It was as if...something important had been taken away.

"He was absent-minded and listless. Even when he was talking to me, he would be dazed and distracted from time to time..."

Gray felt Janice's suspicious gaze lingering on her face for a long time.

Suddenly, Janice clapped her hands: "I remember now! Little Grey!"

"That's how it was written in all the romance novels I read before."

"When a teenage girl is in love but cannot get the object of her affection, she will show this expression."

"Exactly like you, that's right! You look exactly like the description in the book now!"

Janice circled around Gray curiously: "Who is that person?"

"John? Powell? They are the only two handsome guys among our group of new recruits."

"But when the new recruits were training, you, little Grey, clearly didn't treat them well..."

"Agnese, what are you talking about!"

A layer of red flush like a burning cloud suddenly appeared on Gray's fair and delicate face, and she turned into a steam queen on the spot.

"Hahaha, just kidding, just kidding!" Janice giggled.

After a while of playfulness between the girls, Janice seemed to have finally given up the idea of teasing Gray.

"Alas... So, little Gray, you are still too inexperienced. You were easily moved."

"I don't think it's interesting to see little boys like John and Powell who don't even have full beards."

"Compared to them, I still prefer mature men like Leader Cecil. They are more stable and more secure than those little boys."

Janice rested her chin on her hands, lost in thought.

Gray: ...

You are so awesome, does Chief Cecil himself know?

When you were still a newcomer in the organization, you dared to have wild thoughts about the boss. I dare not imagine what you will do when you gain seniority and become a senior member of the shore guard.

"Forget it. Seeing you look so listless and weak, let's talk about something interesting."

Janice seemed to be suddenly interested and changed the subject: "Remember our Captain Last? His whereabouts are always mysterious. When he occasionally meets us, he is always seen with a hood on, and we can't even see what he looks like clearly."

"I used to think that Captain Last, who was able to surpass the seniority of the vice-captain to become the leader of the team, must be an old man like the vice-captain, or he must be disfigured, otherwise he wouldn't be so shameful."

Janice lowered her voice secretly: "But this time through the long-distance focus of the "Cloud Doll"... I just found out that the captain is so young and handsome."

"No wonder the captain was asked to personally carry out the so-called 'honey trap'. I thought it was because the captain had mastered some kind of sequence ability or supernatural power to seduce others."

"Brother Rast...Captain?"

Gray looked at Janice subconsciously.

Naturally, the other shore guards did not know about her relationship with Last in Frozen Water Town.

And Grey didn't want them to know, because in her heart, these were the secrets and memories she and Last shared, and no third party could interfere.

However, when she heard Janice mention Last's name, she quickly perked up.

"Little Gray, let me show you something good."

Janice smiled mysteriously: "This is a high-definition photo that I took a long time to adjust after letting Yunou focus from a distance... It makes me drool. I plan to take this photo back and keep it well."

As she spoke, Janice picked up a blank piece of paper.

The next moment, a clear pattern was slowly outlined on the white paper with the power of Janice's "demonization" ability.

Janice was indeed not bragging; the photo had obviously been carefully focused and proofread, and was clear and distinct.

The background seems to be a busy street. A young man with black hair and black eyes is standing in the morning sun. He has an upright figure and the outline of his profile is clear and deep.

This is a boy who can fill people with amazement just by looking at him. Just standing on the street, he is a sight in himself... No wonder Janice used the tone of "I have some good things in my room".

But what really caught Gray's attention was the other side of the photo that was not the focus of the composition.

She was a girl with long ice-blue hair and a cold temperament, which made people who saw her think of the Three Sages Snow Mountain in the Far North.

Her slender figure was hidden in the standard cloak of the shore guard, which was exactly the same as Gray's.

It seemed that she was afraid that the rushing crowd around them would separate them...her right hand tightly held Last's left hand.

The two of them drifted in the turbulent flow of people, but their holding hands never separated.

And Last's right hand was directly protecting the girl. Although people were coming and going on the street, she was never touched by the crowd.

Looking at the picture... where the young man protected the girl without hesitation, Gray froze.

stab-

The parchment was suddenly torn by the pen in Gray's hand.

Defensive!
This is my first time going out on a mission as a shore guard...

This is my first time with Brother Rust, and I have the opportunity to help him...

When the two joys are added together, what we get should be a time that seems like a dream bubble.

but why……

Why did it turn out like this!
(End of this chapter)