Friendly Gift
"The Twin Snakes Organization usually only sends invitations to players with unusual professions or exceptional strength," Brother Liang said, having calmed down by now. "Looks like you're in the latter category."
He pulled an invitation from inside his clothes. "I got one too."
"This organization is pretty shady. After I got the invitation, I asked around about the Twin Snakes. Some players mentioned that friends of theirs had received invitations and gone to the gathering, only to never show up again."
"That's impossible," Xu Huo said. "If none of the players who received invitations ever came back, it would've caused a huge uproar. The missing players you're talking about were people you knew."
"That's right." Brother Liang didn't deny it. "But it's true that players who attended the gathering have gone missing. And they weren't just the two people I knew."
"They may have run into danger and ended up in a dungeon, or been targeted and killed by other players who went to the gathering. Why are you so sure there's something wrong with the Twin Snakes Organization?" Xu Huo asked.
"Instinct." Brother Liang spoke solemnly. "My instincts have never been wrong."
Xu Huo studied him for two seconds before saying, "It's an Ability, isn't it?"
He had the "Fifty-Fifty" Ability himself, so it wasn't surprising that other professions might have an Ability based on instinct.
After putting away the "Star Binding Ball," he said to Brother Liang, "The messenger is dead. You'll have to try other avenues."
Brother Liang looked at his five companions, who were all still standing there unharmed. His eyes filled with amazement as he asked, "You're letting us go?"
"Don't you want to?" Xu Huo paused.
Brother Liang hurriedly said that wasn't what he meant, his expression rather complicated.
Xu Huo clearly