Chapter 161-An Unexpected Identity

“Help! Someone’s trying to beat me up in broad daylight…!”

The old woman kept shouting non-stop, trying to attract even more attention—ideally, to lure the nearby guards over.

In her mind, the more people gathered, the more pressure would be put on the other side, and they’d be forced to apologize and pay compensation. That way, she’d make another big profit.

Yes, this old woman and the little loli were a professional scam duo, traveling between the major main cities, pulling these stunts for a living, with a whopping three years of experience under their belts.

Their ability to adapt on the fly was impressive—sometimes the little loli would be the one to fall down, sometimes the old woman would lie on the ground, crying, wailing, and screaming in turn, using this combo move to draw a big crowd every time.

Moreover, they liked to target young girls traveling alone, since those lacked experience and usually carried some pocket money. Once a crowd formed, these girls would panic and pay up just to avoid trouble.

This time, drawing on their rich experience, they had picked the girl in the black cloth as their prey.

After all, who goes out covered sneakily in a black cloth unless they’ve got some unspeakable secret? People like that are most afraid of causing a scene.

Just as expected, the black-cloth girl kept glancing around anxiously, as if terrified that something might be discovered.

“Old hag, I’m warning you, if you don’t let go, I’ll really do something!”

A fierce flame flickered in the black-cloth girl’s eyes, and a faint heat escaped her lips, as if a blaze was about to erupt.

Yet the old woman didn’t notice this at all, and instead screamed even louder, “Go ahead! Let everyone see how you beat me to death right here!”

As she spoke, she tried to grab at the piece of black cloth covering the girl.

The secret must be hidden under that black cloth!

The old woman let out a sneaky laugh, her hand reaching out, about to yank the cloth away.

Sensing this, the girl began to gather flames in her mouth, ready to unleash them the very next second—

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“Stop!”

Just then, a big-breasted white-haired girl suddenly rushed forward, swinging her thick leg back like she was kicking a soccer ball, and sent the old woman flying with a single kick!

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

The old woman curled up on the ground, seemingly hearing the sound of her own bones breaking, and howled in pain, her screams splitting the air.

This time, she was really crying.

Seeing someone suddenly step in to help her, the black-cloth girl quickly swallowed back the heat she was about to breathe out, making a “hic” sound.

“You… You dare…?” The old woman stared at Bai Yue Ling in disbelief.

Bai Yue Ling raised her brow. “What about it?”

No sooner had she spoken than Ying Ye walked out at a leisurely pace, looking down at the old woman like she was trash, her hand resting on her sword hilt.

Having already awakened the memories of her past life connected to Bai Yue Ling, Ying Ye was no longer the newbie assassin who wanted to throw up at the sight of a corpse.

She was now full of combat experience and would never hesitate in a fight.

“W-wait a moment…” The old woman completely caved. “Let’s talk this out…”

As an old con artist who’d been at this for decades, the old woman could tell at a glance who she could and couldn’t afford to offend.

This girl gripping her sword hilt had a murderous aura in her eyes—she was obviously a terrifying killer who’d been steeped in the art of assassination for years.

People like this didn’t care about being seen. If she marked you as an enemy, she’d dare to kill you in front of ten thousand people.

“Talk, huh? Then let me ask you.” Bai Yue Ling pointed at the black-cloth girl and the little loli. “Who ran into whom just now?”

“It… it was my granddaughter who bumped into her.” The old woman answered honestly.

“Then why did you accuse this girl?”

“Uh… because my eyesight’s bad.”

“Oh?” Bai Yue Ling narrowed her beautiful eyes, speaking very slowly. “Is that so?”

Cold sweat poured from the old woman in an instant. “No, I was joking. We just wanted to scam her for a bit of money.”

Bai Yue Ling chuckled and turned to the onlookers. “Everyone heard that, right?”

The crowd nodded in agreement.

Just then, the people parted down the middle.

Several guards strode forward, looking at the old woman lying on the ground, frowning. “What’s going on here?”

“She… she…” The old woman lay trembling, pointing at Bai Yue Ling. “Guards, she hit me…”

Before Bai Yue Ling could say anything, someone from the crowd called out, “She’s trying to scam people, she just admitted it herself!”

Gritting her teeth through the pain, the old woman wailed, “But she broke my bones…”

“Me?” Bai Yue Ling pointed at herself, pulling out her Starter Divine Staff. “Guards, look—I’m a priest, a very delicate priest. How could someone as gentle as me possibly break someone’s bones with a kick?”

“You… you’re lying…” the old woman moaned.

At that, someone in the crowd scoffed, “Oh, quit acting. You’ve faked injuries so many times, this time you probably faked the broken bones too.”

“I didn’t—”

“As expected of a veteran actress! Just now, the way you clutched your granddaughter and wailed was absolutely heart-wrenching. Top-notch acting.”

“My bones really are broken…”

No matter how much the old woman tried to explain, no one believed her anymore.

With so many people backing Bai Yue Ling up, the guards couldn’t be bothered to investigate any further and wrapped things up quickly. “Take this old woman and the brat in for questioning!”

The nearby guards immediately grabbed the pair and tied their hands together.

“Guards, we’ve been wronged!”

“Shut up! If you have something to say, save it for the station!”

As the old woman and the little loli were finally brought to justice, the crowd slowly dispersed.

The black-cloth girl approached Bai Yue Ling, grinning broadly. “Big-boobs sis, thanks a lot!”

Bai Yue Ling stared at the girl’s petite figure under the black cloth and said in a low voice, “If I hadn’t stepped in, were you planning to kill those two right here?”

The black-cloth girl was silent for a moment, then pouted. “They shouldn’t have messed with me.”

Bai Yue Ling had not only helped the black-cloth girl out of trouble just now—she had, in a way, saved the lives of the old woman and the little loli.

If she hadn’t intervened, the girl really would have killed them on the spot.

Bai Yue Ling shook her head. “As players, we really shouldn’t kill NPCs at random. The system might issue a wanted notice.”

With the influx of players, conflicts between NPCs and players had become more and more frequent.

Unlike players, who could respawn infinitely, NPCs only had one life. If players went around slaughtering NPCs just because they had infinite lives, it would destroy the balance of the Destiny World.

That’s why the system had many protection mechanisms for NPCs. Players could only kill NPCs if the NPC attacked first, belonged to a hostile faction, or was a quest target.

Otherwise, it would count as an “NPC massacre,” and the player would get a system “Wanted” notice—sent out to all players in the region.

If a wanted player died while under the wanted status, they’d lose five levels and be unable to enter Destiny World for seven days. If they got wanted again, the penalty increased to ten levels and fourteen days, and so on…

It might sound harsh and complicated, even like the system was deliberately making things hard for players.

But without this mechanism, a lot of players would end up like: At level twenty, I’m Superman; at level forty, I’m Homelander; at level sixty, I don’t eat beef!

In fact, the system was highly intelligent and never made mistakes.

Almost all the players ever wanted by the system had clear criminal tendencies—and even in the real world, they might have been potential criminals.

Unexpectedly, the black-cloth girl shook her head. “I won’t get wanted.”

Bai Yue Ling was startled. “Why not?”

The black-cloth girl said, “Because I’m a Dark Faction player… mmph!”

Bai Yue Ling quickly covered her mouth. “Shut up! You wanna die, talking like that in the Light Faction’s main city?!”