"Taking advantage of the fact that I can only see text, huh?"
Mu You was speechless. If he had encountered such idiotic choices elsewhere, he might not have thought much of them, but in this deliberately constructed scenario, he could hardly avoid suspecting that his options had been intentionally restricted.
His far-above-average stats clearly should have allowed him to get away unscathed without exposing himself, yet there was simply no such option. He either had to take a beating or back down; otherwise, his only choice was to start slaughtering people.
Another scripted defeat? Mu You wondered. From a game design perspective, he could only interpret this as an opening attempt to put players in their place and make them understand that they were at the bottom of the ladder.
While Mu You was hesitating over how to handle this, another passage suddenly appeared in the game.
["Excuse me, coming through!" A man with an Asian face suddenly squeezed through the crowd, smiling ingratiatingly at the surrounding thugs as he made his way to you. "There you are, little brother! That disc you wanted? I found it. Come over to my place and we'll watch it together!"] [With that, the man tried to lead you away, while looking at the surrounding thugs. "Sorry, everyone. He's a friend of mine, new around here. He doesn't really know the rules. Please do me this favor."] [The surrounding thugs exchanged glances at the sight, but after a moment's hesitation, none of them stopped him.] [The instant the man approached, you sensed that he was also a vampire. Follow him away?]
"Yes."
Someone had suddenly appeared to rescue him. He had no idea whether this was scripted or the man really had happened to be nearby. Either way, he would leave with