Xu Huo once again stood outside Sunflower Courtyard, contemplating when he had fallen prey to another player's schemes.
Tracing back from everything that had happened in Fairy Tale City, the players he encountered here afterwards had no sufficient motive, including the Cannibal Player from the Delicious Sausage Shop; the only possibility was that before entering the game, during that confrontation in Sea City, a high-ranking player might have tampered with him.
Granny Bai had only hinted at something, without giving him a full explanation, but it was certain that something was wrong with him.
Even with enough return tickets to continuously travel between different instances, staying too long in any instance and remaining in one place both posed the risk of being found.
He turned his head to look at Sun Jirou, who was waiting not far away.
"I have nothing to say if I'm outmatched," Sun Jirou approached him and said, "I want to make a deal with you."