[Ding-dong~ Welcome to the "Mist" game~] [Current players logged in: 7/7. The instance will begin shortly.] [Instance name: Home Visit] [Instance objective: Investigate why student Xu Jingqi did not return to school after her sick leave ended.] [Enjoy the game~]
As the system announcements in his mind ended, Bo Yi appeared on an old street.
The street was narrow, barely wide enough for a single car to pass through. Years of use had left the concrete pavement uneven, and rusty iron plates covered the drainage channels along the roadside. Occasionally, he could hear the trickle of running water.
Both sides of the street were lined with low, grayish-yellow brick buildings. Wooden signs stood outside their doors, with the types of shops painted simply on them.
While Bo Yi was still looking over those signs, he heard movement behind him.
"Tsk..." A loud, gruff voice spoke with distaste. "Why'd we get a sickly weakling?"
Bo Yi turned.
His face still had not regained a trace of color. Although Mitian had decisively sent him into the instance and cut off the signal, the lingering pain still threaded through every inch of his muscles and bones. Between his pale complexion and his less-than-muscular build, he really did look fragile enough to be blown over by a breeze.
When he saw the person expressing that distaste, however, his gaze visibly paused.
Compared to the other man... he really could be considered "scrawny"-
The man was enormous, nearly two meters tall, like a small mountain on legs. That "mountain" wore only a white tank top, with broad, solid shoulders nearly twice the width of Bo Yi's. His powerful arms were bare, displaying perfectly defined muscles. Bo Yi even had the rather ill-timed thought that, in the previous instance, the villagers would probably have