After letting go of the bewildered player, Li Si climbed back onto Bumblebee's roof.
However... the players clearly weren't that easy to scare.
Maybe they were wary because Li Si was the only known merchant in the game, and the side quest was about to start, so they wouldn't try to pick a fight with him. But the players, with their anything-goes gaming mentality, weren't so easily intimidated. Before long, they were whispering among themselves again, only a little more quietly than before.
"Sir, they're still talking about your relationship with Obadiah Stane."
Bumblebee spoke up out of the blue.
Li Si had installed a guard program in him. It constantly monitored the surroundings, assessed the severity of any threats, and took appropriate measures, such as issuing warnings, defending, or counterattacking.
"Shut up. You don't need to tell me that."
Li Si nearly blew a fuse when he heard Bumblebee go out of his way to point it out.
No matter how quietly the players spoke, there were so many of them that their combined voices weren't much softer. The snatches of conversation reaching him were enough to conjure up an entire family drama.
Unfortunately, he didn't have a good way to deal with these players at the moment. The physical persuasion he believed in wouldn't work on them at all.
The players thought they were just playing a game. They wouldn't really be in danger, and while dying and having to delete their characters and start over would be a shame, threatening them with violence would probably backfire.
As the saying went, the tough feared the reckless, and the reckless feared those who didn't care if they lived or died. When these players got worked up, they'd stick out their necks and genuinely risk everything.
"Hmm... wait. Physical persuasion