Buddhist player

Without external interference, the man cleaned up quite quickly, finishing in just five or six minutes.

After handing the broom and broom back to the flight attendant in front of him, he didn't intend to return to his own seat. Instead, he awkwardly sat down next to the boy, but didn't dare to sit too close.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

Noticing his arrival, the boy, who had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, turned around and looked at him.

Strangely enough, even though the window next to the boy was half open and half of his body was already wet from the rain, the cigarette in his mouth didn't go out; instead, it burned quietly in the rain.

Not only that, he didn't smell any smoke either, but instead smelled... the aroma of barbecue?

"Um... thank you so much for what happened earlier..."

"Want one?"

Interrupting his words, the boy suddenly produced a cigarette case from his hand.

"Barbecue flavor, orange flavor, mint flavor, stinky tofu flavor, the choice is yours."

"Well……"

Even if you don't smoke, take one first.

While he hesitated, the boy had already handed him a cigarette.

"Perfect timing, we're bored anyway, why don't we chat for a bit?"

"……Thanks."

After a moment's hesitation, he reached out and took the cigarette.

"I don't know what to call you..."

"It's nothing, just a small favor. I'm the kind of person who does good deeds anonymously. If you really want to address me, you can call me Young Pioneer."

With a magnanimous wave of his hand, the young man simply flipped his left hand, and the cigarette disappeared from the other person's hand as if by magic.

"It's said that meeting by chance is fate. Would you mind telling me about yourself?"

"I...I don't really have anything to say."

Looking at the cigarette in his hand, he lowered his head and gave a bitter smile.

"Like most of the people on the train, I'm going to Fog Town to make a living. It's dangerous there, but the lord there is generous enough. So what if it's dangerous? There's no such thing as an absolutely safe place in this world. At least in Fog Town, I can guarantee I won't starve to death. As for the rest, I'll leave it to fate."

"Fog Town...that place is indeed not peaceful."

As if deep in thought, the young man in the red scarf nodded.

"Who can argue with that?"

Perhaps he had finally found someone to confide in, or perhaps he had been holding these words in for a long time, he began to pour out his grievances to the Young Pioneers next to him.

"This damn world leaves no way for people to survive. Wages keep dropping, while the work gets more and more dangerous. If there weren't absolutely no other options, who would want to leave the safer big cities for those rural towns? Especially such a godforsaken place!!"

"What, is that place that dangerous?"

Raising an eyebrow, the young man in the red scarf looked slightly surprised.

"It's not that it's particularly dangerous, since people can still live there. It's much safer than a village. It's just that the risks are greater there than in a city."

He sighed.

"Because it's a newly developed territory, it's a bit unstable there. Recently, according to merchants, several strange things have happened there, causing widespread panic. The lord is probably getting anxious, otherwise he wouldn't be offering such generous conditions to recruit people."

"So that's why you chose to go there?"

As she spoke, the young people in red scarves looked up and glanced at the front of the carriage.

"Of course, otherwise, who would want to leave the city? Firstly, because the benefits are really good, and secondly, because we really can't make a living in the city anymore."

He turned to look at the boy beside him, his face full of envy.

"Of course, sir, you are certainly different. You possess such extraordinary abilities, yet you are so approachable. I suppose you received an invitation from the lord over there, which is why you went to help resolve this trouble?"

"...More or less."

After thinking for a moment, the Young Pioneer nodded.

"In that case, I'm relieved."

After hearing the other party's reply, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression became much lighter.

"Actually, we all know in our hearts that although the benefits over there are generous, it depends on whether we live to receive them. But since you, sir, are protecting us, we can all breathe a sigh of relief..."

"idiot."

Before he could finish his sentence, a sarcastic voice rang out from in front of him. A head popped out from his seat, and a man with a slightly mean-looking face sneered.

"What, you actually believe he's an adult?"

The man glanced at the boy sitting by the window, noticing that half of the boy's body was soaked by the rain, and his expression became even more sarcastic.

"Don't you even use your brain for a second? If he were really an adult, why would he ride in such a low-class vehicle with us?"

"Hmm... Am I just bored?"

Faced with the man's question, the boy actually thought about it for a moment, and with just four words, he successfully shut the man up.

Looking into the sincere eyes of the boy in front of him, the man was momentarily speechless.

Just then, a luxury car slowly came into view outside the bus.

Seeing this, the man got excited and pointed at the car next to him, shouting.

"Look closely, those invited by the lord travel in carriages like these, not low-class vehicles like ours!!"

...The car?

Raising an eyebrow, Bai Chen turned to look out the window.

Sure enough, amidst the torrential rain outside, a luxury car that looked quite extravagant was quietly driving on the road.

Seemingly to show off, the other vehicle slowly drove alongside the bus, even though the bus couldn't keep up at all, which was full of mockery.

However, due to the obstruction of the car windows and the heavy rain, he could not see the specific situation inside the car, but he could vaguely see the outline of a small figure inside.

...Could my teammates really be in the car?

Bai Chen looked at the car next to him with a suspicious expression.

Based on the incident just now, he had confirmed that there were no other players on the vehicle besides himself. If there really were other players on the vehicle besides him... then he could only admit that the other party had nothing better to do and had hidden themselves well.

Although he had learned some information from others, the relevant mission prompts still hadn't appeared, and he didn't know if some prerequisites needed to be triggered, such as the bus arriving at some fog town or something...

While pondering to himself, he noticed that the car next to him still showed no sign of speeding away... He decisively and with a face full of envy, jealousy, and hatred, raised the middle finger at the other car.