Chapter 163: The Novice Village Quartet

ID: PrisonerIsNotATestamentWriter

Not only Chen Fan, but every player in this match noticed this conspicuous ID. Normally, when Chen Fan watched live streams, he knew that Prisoner liked to use this ID to play VR Werewolf, but he never expected to run into him here today.

This was the genuine article, not a fake imitation—the undisputed, real-deal Master Prisoner.

"What kind of crazy luck is this, running into a pro two rounds in a row?"

Chen Fan was wearing a white shirt, paired with jeans and leather boots, holding a short sword—a standard set of beginner equipment.

Stepping on marble flagstones, the familiar background music rang in his ears. The bustling street led towards the port at the end of the road. Looking out into the distance, the opposite continent was close at hand, and the echoing sounds of ship horns intertwined, closely connecting the people of both places.

This was South Port, located on Rainbow Island.

"Take a look, come and see! We are going to select a group of brave warriors to embark on Treasure Island to continue their training journey. Is anyone interested in signing up? First come, first served!"

A middle-aged man dressed in sailor attire stood atop a wooden shipping container, shouting passionately to the flowing crowd as flyers scattered in the wind. Coincidentally, one was blown right in front of Chen Fan.

"Dear adventurers, bravely embark on your dream-chasing journey. The next savior might just be you."

Chen Fan read it out word for word. To be honest, the copywriting was mediocre and not very inspiring.

However, considering the high bounty, Chen Fan still followed the prompts above and stepped onto the deck heading toward Treasure Island.

"Ugh... It looks like even the last shred of hope is gone. I want to cry, what should I do?" Seeing that the last teammate on the wolf team was not Prisoner, Kang Jixuan felt deeply disappointed.

Han Youyi comforted her, "Don't be nervous. Prisoner isn't invincible either. Besides, it's just a game, so what if we lose?"

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment and asked, "So? Did I just board a pirate ship?"

Kang Jixuan corrected him, "What pirate ship? This is our wolf team's Galactic Battleship."

"Everyone pipe down a bit. Now that we're all here, we should discuss the tactics first," Xiao Yuhe said, moving her back away from the mast and stepping in front of the group. "Who is the White Wolf King?"

"I am," Chen Fan replied immediately, then steadied his gaze to look at his teammates. They had all come from the University Town beginner village, and they were all girls without exception.

This was the Beginner Village F4 Idol Group.

"Who is going to fake-jump, I mean?" Han Youyi's focus was on this aspect. After all, the higher the tier of the match, the more crucial it was to assign the right wolf to fake-jump.

"Eh... I can't do it. My presence isn't strong enough, especially since the opponent is Master Prisoner," Kang Jixuan was the first to shake her head.

Chen Fan couldn't jump even if he wanted to; the White Wolf King wasn't suited for fake-jumping as the Seer, nor was it suited for playing a deep-water undercover role. It was a werewolf card better suited for direct confrontation.

"I'll do it. I'm already used to lying anyway," Xiao Yuhe made a "yeah" gesture and easily took on the heavy responsibility.

"What about the kill? Who are we killing tonight? Why don't we just hack Prisoner to pieces?" Kang Jixuan had a strong urge to kill, sharpening her blades eagerly.

Han Youyi suddenly said, "What are our seat numbers? Let's check our positions first."

The four of them checked their seat numbers again and were pleasantly surprised to find that they were a consecutive four-wolf lineup—seats 4 through 7 were all occupied by the wolf team.

"Good thing it's not a Bear setup, otherwise we really would have been wiped out in one go," Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief. The probability of four consecutive wolves was very small, and others would never deduce it from positional logic.

Once the matter of positions was settled, the conversation returned to tactical formatting.

"Wait, don't rush. Let me think about how I should inspect people as a Seer..." Before the kill type was even unified, Xiao Yuhe, who was responsible for the fake-jump, was already agonizing over her daytime speech.

"How about we just kill someone at random and hand him a innocent-status card?" Chen Fan offered a suggestion, but to avoid arousing the good guys' suspicions, he added, "Let's just kill number 3 next to you; inspecting someone to your left or right is completely normal."

"How about I self-kill and not step onto the sheriff podium? I'll cower and survive until the finale to preserve the wolf team's spark of hope," Han Youyi volunteered, expressing her willingness to take the night kill.

"But I still want to kill Prisoner... I want to hear his earth-shattering dying words." Kang Jixuan had finally managed to chime in, yet she still refused to let Prisoner go.

Xiao Yuhe pressed her temples, her eyes suddenly turning sharp and focused. "I want to challenge a high-difficulty play. Are you willing to cooperate with me?"

"What are you planning to do?" the other three asked in unison.

"During the sheriff election speech, I'm going to directly throw a guilty-investigation result on Master Prisoner, and then leverage the good guys' psychology of vengeance to vote him out," Xiao Yuhe explained her plan to the group.

"Of course, if Prisoner claims to be the Seer before I speak, I'll give number 3 an innocent-status card. But if we really run into a steel plate... it just means our luck is bad."

Chen Fan carefully considered the feasibility of this. He had previously played scenarios where a fake-jumping Seer threw a guilty result on a good guy, but that usually happened after the second day, by which time identities were mostly guessed and civilians with sloppy reasoning were easily suspected.

However, on the first day, there were too many things to worry about. One had to consider the speaking order, as well as the players on and off the podium. Even if the guilty result was thrown out, there was still a 50-50 chance it would land on a special role.

If you don't kick it, how would you know if the steel plate rings?

"I know the risk of doing this is very high, and I don't want to gamble with your victory. If you object, we can discuss another tactic."

Xiao Yuhe looked down at her hesitant teammates, then looked up toward the continent that opened its arms to her. "Are you willing to give me a chance to challenge myself?"

"No objections, hurry up and decide on the kill," Chen Fan was the first to express his support.

Han Youyi also nodded firmly. "Then should I play as an instigator or go undercover?"

"As long as we can get Master Prisoner eliminated, nothing else matters," Kang Jixuan still hoped for Prisoner to be eliminated early.

"There's no particular trick to the kill on the first night. To be honest, aside from Prisoner, we don't know any of the others. Let's just chop someone at random—let's go with number 3," Xiao Yuhe said casually, and the other three immediately chimed in in agreement.

"I don't need teammates. The rest of you should all go undercover. I want to challenge the highest difficulty."

With a tsundere, loli-like expression on her face, Xiao Yuhe rejected all help from her teammates, determined to be a solitary "Seer."

Chen Fan pointed at himself, somewhat puzzled. "Should I, the White Wolf King, go undercover too? Wouldn't it be inconvenient to self-destruct when the time comes..."

Xiao Yuhe paused and arranged: "Why don't you try hinting at having a powerful special role to the good guys on the first day, and then step up to fake-jump on the second day? Before you and the real Seer decide the victor, you only need to blow up the card you think is a powerful special role."

"Your setup is so fancy, you must have learned this from Prisoner," Chen Fan straightened out the logic and found it viable. He could go undercover, self-destruct to take out a special role card, and also mess with the Seer.

"How is this fancy? This is all standard play," Xiao Yuhe stuck out her tongue.

"I hope this time, we can make our university town campus famous."

Han Youyi swept away her gloom, yearning for the infinite scenery on the other side. She sighed, "Sometimes playing the pig to eat the tiger is pretty good too. People call us a beginner village every day, but who knows which hidden grand boss's final destination this might be."

"Hehe, it really is pretty good."

Chen Fan didn't know how to respond properly. He couldn't chime in on the girls' casual chatter topics, so he could only accompany them with a smile to ease the awkwardness, watching the ship gradually approach the shore.