"Is this the backstory? Do we win by surviving the Pinkerton Agents' pursuit for a certain amount of time?"
As Song Ren read the introduction to the story background, he pondered the characteristics of this mode.
"Probably, but it looks like there aren't just three of us in the game. There are competitors too!"
Zhang Yi said over voice chat.
After the previous backstory introduction ended, a set of victory conditions had appeared before the three of them.
Follow the gang and escape successfully, or kill all players outside the squad.
Complete either of the two conditions, and they would win. But the latter condition also revealed something: there were other players in the game.
Obviously, they were most likely playing as Pinkerton Agents.
"So this is a PvP game mode too! Then aren't we guaranteed to lose?" Wang Han sighed.
"No, how are we guaranteed to lose? Don't crush the team's morale right from the start!"
"Exactly! We're super brave, okay?"
Hearing Wang Han's words, Zhang Yi and Song Ren, who had still been discussing the new mode's gameplay, immediately objected.
What was that supposed to mean?
Was she looking down on them?
The game had not even started yet. They did not even know how the mode worked, yet she had already decided they were doomed to lose?
"Heh..."
Faced with Song Ren and Zhang Yi's indignant protests, Wang Han said nothing more and merely gave a dry chuckle.
Just two words, yet they dripped with endless sarcasm.
As the three chatted, the game's visuals began to appear.
It was a fairly short CG Cutscene. It did not feature the Van der Linde gang, nor did it include familiar characters such as Arthur Morgan and Dutch.
But its storytelling still left Zhang Yi and the others, who had