Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?-Chapter 31 - 30: Tactful Handling

[Divine Staff Fragment of Great Demon Master? Isn't it in Jiu cilang's possession? I just took a screenshot with him, no mistake there.]

[Newbie? A one-time player?]

[Everyone knows the Divine Staff of Great Demon Master is broken into twelve fragments, meaning there are 12 fragments in total, and the one the streamer got is just one of them.]

[Right, 12 fragments, each with different skills.]

[The one the streamer has now is the 'Spirit of Reproduction.' I know there's one called 'Disguise King,' which lets you ignore the game rules and become anyone you want, be it a player, NPC, or female ghost boss.]

[So, this scholar Yu Shujun might be some big shot who got the 'Disguise King' fragment, switched identities, and entered this trial map as a game character?]

[Seems like it.]

[The 12 fragments, I've heard, are owned by 9 legendary players, each with one; three more are unaccounted for. We just saw one with the streamer, so two more either hide in the map or are held by mysterious players.]

[Does that mean this Yu Shujun might also be one of those 9 legendary players?]

[Damn, what kind of stroke of luck is this? Watching a newbie trial map and randomly bumping into two legendary players?]

[Is this going to be... a showdown at the summit?]

[This live stream is the right place to be!]

[I'm staying, and I'm not leaving anymore.]

[Sitting back to watch the gods clash.]

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However, Wen Nan obviously didn't intend to fulfill the chat's expectations—there was no way he was going to fight; he came here to fall in love, not to flirt like a chubby admirer.

He'd rather solve things by talking than by fighting.

"What exactly do you want?" Yu Shujun calmed himself down and asked.

Wen Nan said nonchalantly, "I want to see your sincerity."

Yu Shujun took a deep breath and said, "Your main quest 1 has already been settled; as you should have seen, your strategy level towards me remains at 60%, just enough for you to pass. Isn't that sincere enough?"

Wen Nan shook his head with a smile, "The strategy level can change at any time, 60% isn't enough. Besides, Qiqi's strategy level dropped last night, we haven't addressed that yet."

Yu Shujun said, "What does Qiqi's strategy level dropping have to do with me? I just told her the truth."

Wen Nan sighed, "Buddy, if you're going to shirk responsibility like this, then there's nothing to discuss."

Yu Shujun lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, finally relenting, "Fine, I admit it's partially my responsibility, but her strategy level is still above 90%, so you shouldn't be at any loss, right?"

Wen Nan didn't speak, only silently looked at Yu Shujun, giving him a look to let him figure it out.

Yu Shujun softened his attitude, "What exactly do you want as a sign of sincerity?"

Wen Nan showed a gentle smile, "We're all players, and meeting on a trial map is fate; I don't want to make things difficult for you.

"I don't provoke others unless they provoke me first.

"I chose five strategy targets and accidentally included you, an anomaly, which indeed caused you some trouble. But you can't blame me for that; once you chose to disguise as a character, you should have anticipated the risk of being targeted by players, right?

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"But I have no interest in you and don't intend to target you; you probably don't want to be targeted by me, either?

"In that case, we better lay things out clearly in advance and establish a peaceful and friendly agreement."

Wen Nan paused here and looked at the person beside him.

Yu Shujun didn't speak but seriously looked at Wen Nan, waiting for him to continue.

Wen Nan cleared his throat and continued, "I agree not to report your identity to the complaints center, nor to interfere with your actions on this map. But you must promise me that from now on, you won't contact any of my other strategy targets and ensure that your strategy level towards me remains above 99% until I clear this map."

"...99%?!" Yu Shujun raised his voice, "That's nearly perfect strategy level!"

Wen Nan put on an indifferent expression, "Is it that difficult? If you can precisely control your strategy level at 60%, moving it to 99% should be easy, right?"

Yu Shujun said softly, "It's not about difficulty or ease..."

"Then what's the problem?"

"Forget it," Yu Shujun thought for a moment and compromised again, "99% is fine, but you need to agree to one extra condition."

"What condition?"

"Before the final main quest is settled, lend me your equipment inventory."

Wen Nan was puzzled, "My equipment inventory? Aren't you a player? Don't you have your own equipment inventory?"

His backup equipment slot contained thousands of money bags at one time before, showing an occupation rate of less than 1%, so clearly, the game's mechanism had no slot limit for players' backup equipment inventory, making it almost impossible to fill up.

So what's the point of borrowing his equipment inventory?

Yu Shujun shook his head, "I currently use equipment to change my identity, becoming a game character. On this map, I'm stripped of all player privileges. Characters don't have equipment slots, and I can't take hidden items I find here out of this map. I can only rely on another player's equipment inventory to help transport them out."

Sounded somewhat reasonable, but...

"Aren't you worried that when we leave this map, I'll just deny everything and keep those things to myself?"

"I am."

Yu Shujun answered straight, and after he finished, he unzipped his school uniform, pulling out a roll of parchment from inside, and handed it to Wen Nan.

"That's why we're using a prop to sign this agreement, with the restriction from the prop, and any violation by the player would result in severe consequences."

Wen Nan's gaze fell on that scroll, which seemed aged, and his mind immediately echoed with the system prompt.

9527: [Detected a hidden item in this map—Gentleman's Agreement Scroll.]

9527: [Gentleman's Agreement Scroll:

Can be signed by any two players, NPCs, or game strategy characters; the agreement content is decided by the participants and entered into the scroll;

If either party breaches the agreement, the violator will be permanently banned from entering the map. At the same time, all the violator's skills, items, equipment, goods, and property will belong to the other party in the agreement;

The scroll is bound to the accounts of both sides, effective immediately, cannot be revoked, cannot be changed;

Please be cautious when signing.]

After hearing the system's introduction, Wen Nan furrowed his brows and became lost in thought.

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[This prop sounds... pretty impressive]

[Why do I feel like the scholar is setting a trap?]

[The scholar seems to be under the streamer's control, but isn't it actually the streamer walking step by step into the scholar's trap?]

[Better not sign it]

[Jiu, wake up; the scholar isn't a little lamb like Qiqi. He's a legendary big shot, a wolf in sheep's clothing. If you play with him, you'll be eaten up with nothing left!]