Catface Café.
Nie Yunzhen looked at those present. Of the forty-five remaining players, twenty-odd had come, already more than half.
But... apart from Jie, not one of the Ten Seats had come.
Their answers had been identical: they happened to have another gathering today.
Combined with Liu Jingqing's answer just now, the answer was clear.
But... who was organizing the other gathering?
Could it be him...
She already had someone in mind, but would he do something like this now?
Nie Yunzhen glanced over the people who had come.
Three of them drew her particular attention.
One woman and two men.
She had a vague feeling that something was strange about those three. One of the two men was Su Yu, who needed to participate in the game this time.
What was strange about him was that, despite having become the Ninth Seat player, the Eye Realm had still displayed his real name rather than his code name when it selected him. Was this an effect of the Permanent Item he possessed?
As for the other man and woman, Nie Yunzhen could not put her finger on it.
She just felt that something was strange about them. For instance... the way they looked at her.
It was not like they were looking at the First Seat...
But whoever they were, no one could stop her now. No one.
She gathered her scattered thoughts, stood up, and addressed everyone:
"Everyone, today's gathering is to help the three players, Su Yu, Yue Qiuchi, and Cao Xiangrong, find a way to survive [Death as Scheduled]."
"Please don't hold back your ideas. There are only forty-nine of us left. We rise and fall together..."
Clear Pupil Bar.
It had begun raining in the central district too.
After parking her car, Liu Jingqing spotted