Chapter 168: The Girl in the White Skirt Grows Old
Xu Huo lifted the cloth covering the cage. Inside, besides a cat's corpse, was a wooden puppet stuck to a ball.
The other players, including Tao Chengxin, stared at him in surprise.
"I found it in the Secret Room at Bear Claw Restaurant. It was poisoned to death," Xu Huo told the girl in the white skirt.
"So that's what happened." The girl in the white skirt sighed and shook her head. "I'd already scolded it for eating things it shouldn't. The faint traces of poison in the Cannibal Player's corpse would be deadly to an ordinary little animal."
She glanced at the Wooden Puppet again and chuckled. "I'm impressed you thought of using this method against the Smiling Puppet."
"It was just luck," Xu Huo said. "This puppet seems to have quite a history."
"Judging by the craftsmanship alone, it's very crude—not even as good as the worst Artificer in the game. But its owner is powerful. If you use this puppet, you'd better not let the corners of its mouth turn up." The girl in the white skirt glanced at the sky outside. "It's almost dinnertime. I'm going to cook. What would you like to eat?"
"No need!" Sun Jirou immediately said. "We all ate before we came."
"Don't be nervous, young lady. I'm only making some vegetable soup." The girl in the white skirt's voice was a little hoarse. She got up and headed outside, where there was a small vegetable patch in the yard.
"I'll help." Xu Huo followed her out, and Tao Chengxin hurried after them.
As soon as the three of them left, Wang Qiao and Gao Baimei stood up to keep watch. Then they turned back and nodded at Tang Yuan.
A Potion