Secret Operation: Out of the City to Hunt Bandits

Of course, Su Yi did not simply hand over the skill. That would have broken the reward system.

Instead, he gave Girlfriend the equipment she needed for the mission: a bulletproof vest, an alloy dagger, and firearms including a Mongoose Pistol and a Casey 191.

Girlfriend still coveted the skill, but the sight of all that brand-new equipment left him excited and satisfied.

"Now these are good guns! On the Desert black market, just one of these would cost at least sixty Void Abyss Coins, and it'd be a battered piece of junk that's changed hands nine times!"

Once they had their gear, the three followed the road back across the border into Alliance territory.

Girlfriend stroked the new gun in his bag and asked, puzzled, "Don't you think this game feels a little too real?"

Mountain Dog said casually, "Who cares? As long as it's fun."

Girlfriend described what he had experienced over the past few days. "This game barely has the usual faction divisions, and the NPCs feel too real."

"Honestly, I started out planning to go full Chaotic Evil—burn, kill, loot, and let loose."

"With a game this realistic, it'd be a waste of my closed beta spot not to break every law in the book."

"But when I saw that little girl's big, pleading eyes, I realized what a monster I was."

Mountain Dog snapped, "If you'd actually done it, you would've been a monster."

Girlfriend went on, "Then I traveled around and found out neither side is any good. Those nobles are even worse than the corporation."

"And did you notice? The Game Planner and the game system haven't warned or punished us for working with the boss."

"Aren't we supposed to help the Rhodes Alliance resist the corporation? That's really strange."

Mountain Dog rubbed