"Ah... Hey, Ji Bu...." Feng Bujue turned around and saw Young Master Ji Bu and The Name Is Difficult To Choose. There were two other guys standing with them.
Feng Bujue had never seen these two guys before, however, in the mall’s area, players’ nicknames were all displayed. Just looking at their nicknames, which was [Naming Is Difficult] and [It’s Difficult to Name], he immediately deduced that these guys were from the same group.
The way they named themselves could tell their significant relationship. Of course, it wasn’t that they had known each other while playing this game. Only if they were together since the beginning stage of the game would they use the same naming system. It was not difficult to guess that they were friends in real life.
But then, the ID Young Master Ji Bu seemed somewhat unsociable.
"Go away, don’t try to be friendly with us. You act like we are very close, "Ji Bu answered, "you had us screwed in the previous scenario, didn't you?"
"Screwed you?" asked Feng Bujue.
"You are pretending, aren't you? You told us to stay at the guns shop and train ourselves with the mobs, but it turned out that there came a powerful monster who killed us in just one strike," Ji Bu said.
Feng Bujue said, "Haven’t your Shooting Specialty reached grade E?"
"Yeah… it has," Ji Bu answered.
"It’s alright then. You got your primary purpose. Your Shooting Specialty could climb up from N/A to E, and you also got items. It’s okay if you died there. Until then, I didn’t say that you could get through the scenario alive." Feng Bujue asked, "And, should strong players bet their lives to save others in the scenario? I’m not a professional gamer who takes noobs all along the way to train them."
"Makes sense," Little Name said.
"Nonsense!" Ji Bu said, but he couldn’t come up with anything to protest further. At that time, Little Name and him were totally subdued by Feng Bujue’s words and actions as they actively followed his guidance. Now, they couldn’t blame it on other people. "Alright. Young Master is a generous boss, and we did have EXP for completing the scenario. We’re not going to cause you trouble anymore."
"Tsk~" The group of three standing behind Ji Bu disgustingly spoke up.
"Which side are you on?" Ji Bu irritably said. It was a sad reminder that he was the boss of this studio, which only had three workers and all of them were his buddies.
What friendship between men could be considered deep? In fact, this showed up in shouting at each other but never bringing up grudges. If two men are polite to each other, keep a social distance, and mind their manners, it’s just a shallow relationship between gentlemen.
"I can see you have the same uniform. It even has a logo. How did you do that?" Feng Bujue asked.
When Feng Bujue saw this group of four, he immediately noticed their similar costumes and accessories. Currently, the mall was opened, and the system had displayed many different costumes in shops. Now, players could customize their costumes to show their characteristics. At this moment, someone who still wore a black T-shirt and a pair of trousers could be classified into two types. The first type, he didn’t participate in the Close Beta Stage, and the second type, this guy was a player in the Close Beta stage, but he had burnt his pocket.
The costumes of these four were all sportswear. They were wearing white long-sleeved shirts with blue right sleeve. From the left shoulder, a blue stripe crossed one-third of the left sleeve and the shirt body. Accompanied the white shirt was loose black sports pants. In short, they were from the Ice Emperor.
A special logo was laid on their right shoulder, which read [Ice Emperor]. Also, there was an image of a light blue icy rose floating in front of the those words. This was a new feature of the game—the related products of the ‘Union’ system. The leader of the union could design the logo, and this logo would be shown on the costumes of all union’s members. The system then depended on the costume style to align the logo at a suitable spot. These guys from the Ice Emperor had the same uniform, thus, the logo was on their right shoulder.
"This is our studio’s logo," Young Master Ji Bu proudly introduced, "I designed it myself."
"I want to make it clear here. I don’t like this logo," Naming Is Difficult intervened (I’m going to call him Old Qu). He looked somewhat handsome, but he had an exploding hairstyle.
"Yeah, me neither. Ji Bu forced us to wear this uniform," It was It’s Difficult To Name’s turn to speak (I’m going to call him Zhen-Ge). This guy had modified his face to have a better look, and he also topped it off with a Mohawk hairstyle.
Among these four rare exotic flowers (1), besides Young Master Ji Bu with a normal hairstyle, the other three had different tastes, namely, Little Name—bald; Old Qu—exploding hair; and Zhen-Ge—mohawk. In fact, these three had ordinary short hair in real life. As they didn’t care about it in reality, they then tried to satisfy their curiosities in the game.
"Indeed… this logo looks effeminate. Seems you guys are willy-nilly," Feng Bujue used a sympathetic tone and continued, "I can see that you guys have special personalities and unique hairstyles…"
"Hey, what did you say is effeminate? This is elegant, cool, and handsome!" Ji Bu interrupted.
"Da-Ge," Feng Bujue patted his shoulder, "this is as effeminate as a pastry bag filled with lemon cream butter."
Ji Bu swept his hand away. "I don’t understand your metaphor."
Little Name feebly said from behind, "Sigh, Mister Feng; you should advise him. He doesn’t believe us."
Old Qu continued, "Obstinately persistent…"
Zhen-Ge added, "Just change it into Ice Emperor Cowherd Boys (2) then…"
"What are you guys getting lengthy for! I’m the union’s leader!" Ji Bu shouted.
Since his shout was loud, a virtual guard had immediately approached them. This guard had a human shape, around 190 centimeters tall, and there was no skin covering its metal skeleton. It looked like the robotic form of the ‘Terminator’. The guard was wearing a black uniform with an eye-catching letter ‘Control’ on its back. In case anything abnormal happened in the public areas, for example, a group of players was converging other players, the virtual guards would immediately come to control and deal with the situation.
"Is there any problem here?" The guard had a robotic voice without conveying any emotions. In fact, as they were high-level AI, they would not act without asking first.
"Nothing, we’re just chatting," Feng Bujue answered.
Having heard that, the guard looked at the others for a while before leaving.
"Seems I need to read the description of the Open Beta Version in my login space soon." Feng Bujue looked at the back of the guard and smiled.
"Alright, I’m not going to babble with you anymore. I don’t want my grandsons to sell me down the river," Ji Bu told him, "in the near future, wait until us, the Ice Emperor, become famous, and this logo will be the symbol of strong warriors. Ha, ha, ha." He put his hands on his waist and laughed out loud, then turned to his buddies and waved. "Move, move, move!" Before they left, he added, "Mister Feng, we will meet again. If you want my signature, I will consider. Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
"Ha... Ha, ha..." Feng Bujue curled the corner of his mouth as he attempted to produce a smile. "See… see you…"
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Exotic flower: Internet slang for strange idiots or someone really interesting, but yeah, still strange.
Cowherd Boy: Internet slang for male prostitute.
The sequences of (I'm going to call him...) was made by the author.
"Ah... Hey, Ji Bu...." Feng Bujue turned around and saw Young Master Ji Bu and The Name Is Difficult To Choose. There were two other guys standing with them.
Feng Bujue had never seen these two guys before, however, in the mall’s area, players’ nicknames were all displayed. Just looking at their nicknames, which was [Naming Is Difficult] and [It’s Difficult to Name], he immediately deduced that these guys were from the same group.
The way they named themselves could tell their significant relationship. Of course, it wasn’t that they had known each other while playing this game. Only if they were together since the beginning stage of the game would they use the same naming system. It was not difficult to guess that they were friends in real life.
But then, the ID Young Master Ji Bu seemed somewhat unsociable.
"Go away, don’t try to be friendly with us. You act like we are very close, "Ji Bu answered, "you had us screwed in the previous scenario, didn't you?"
"Screwed you?" asked Feng Bujue.
"You are pretending, aren't you? You told us to stay at the guns shop and train ourselves with the mobs, but it turned out that there came a powerful monster who killed us in just one strike," Ji Bu said.
Feng Bujue said, "Haven’t your Shooting Specialty reached grade E?"
"Yeah… it has," Ji Bu answered.
"It’s alright then. You got your primary purpose. Your Shooting Specialty could climb up from N/A to E, and you also got items. It’s okay if you died there. Until then, I didn’t say that you could get through the scenario alive." Feng Bujue asked, "And, should strong players bet their lives to save others in the scenario? I’m not a professional gamer who takes noobs all along the way to train them."
"Makes sense," Little Name said.
"Nonsense!" Ji Bu said, but he couldn’t come up with anything to protest further. At that time, Little Name and him were totally subdued by Feng Bujue’s words and actions as they actively followed his guidance. Now, they couldn’t blame it on other people. "Alright. Young Master is a generous boss, and we did have EXP for completing the scenario. We’re not going to cause you trouble anymore."
"Tsk~" The group of three standing behind Ji Bu disgustingly spoke up.
"Which side are you on?" Ji Bu irritably said. It was a sad reminder that he was the boss of this studio, which only had three workers and all of them were his buddies.
What friendship between men could be considered deep? In fact, this showed up in shouting at each other but never bringing up grudges. If two men are polite to each other, keep a social distance, and mind their manners, it’s just a shallow relationship between gentlemen.
"I can see you have the same uniform. It even has a logo. How did you do that?" Feng Bujue asked.
When Feng Bujue saw this group of four, he immediately noticed their similar costumes and accessories. Currently, the mall was opened, and the system had displayed many different costumes in shops. Now, players could customize their costumes to show their characteristics. At this moment, someone who still wore a black T-shirt and a pair of trousers could be classified into two types. The first type, he didn’t participate in the Close Beta Stage, and the second type, this guy was a player in the Close Beta stage, but he had burnt his pocket.
The costumes of these four were all sportswear. They were wearing white long-sleeved shirts with blue right sleeve. From the left shoulder, a blue stripe crossed one-third of the left sleeve and the shirt body. Accompanied the white shirt was loose black sports pants. In short, they were from the Ice Emperor.
A special logo was laid on their right shoulder, which read [Ice Emperor]. Also, there was an image of a light blue icy rose floating in front of the those words. This was a new feature of the game—the related products of the ‘Union’ system. The leader of the union could design the logo, and this logo would be shown on the costumes of all union’s members. The system then depended on the costume style to align the logo at a suitable spot. These guys from the Ice Emperor had the same uniform, thus, the logo was on their right shoulder.
"This is our studio’s logo," Young Master Ji Bu proudly introduced, "I designed it myself."
"I want to make it clear here. I don’t like this logo," Naming Is Difficult intervened (I’m going to call him Old Qu). He looked somewhat handsome, but he had an exploding hairstyle.
"Yeah, me neither. Ji Bu forced us to wear this uniform," It was It’s Difficult To Name’s turn to speak (I’m going to call him Zhen-Ge). This guy had modified his face to have a better look, and he also topped it off with a Mohawk hairstyle.
Among these four rare exotic flowers (1), besides Young Master Ji Bu with a normal hairstyle, the other three had different tastes, namely, Little Name—bald; Old Qu—exploding hair; and Zhen-Ge—mohawk. In fact, these three had ordinary short hair in real life. As they didn’t care about it in reality, they then tried to satisfy their curiosities in the game.
"Indeed… this logo looks effeminate. Seems you guys are willy-nilly," Feng Bujue used a sympathetic tone and continued, "I can see that you guys have special personalities and unique hairstyles…"
"Hey, what did you say is effeminate? This is elegant, cool, and handsome!" Ji Bu interrupted.
"Da-Ge," Feng Bujue patted his shoulder, "this is as effeminate as a pastry bag filled with lemon cream butter."
Ji Bu swept his hand away. "I don’t understand your metaphor."
Little Name feebly said from behind, "Sigh, Mister Feng; you should advise him. He doesn’t believe us."
Old Qu continued, "Obstinately persistent…"
Zhen-Ge added, "Just change it into Ice Emperor Cowherd Boys (2) then…"
"What are you guys getting lengthy for! I’m the union’s leader!" Ji Bu shouted.
Since his shout was loud, a virtual guard had immediately approached them. This guard had a human shape, around 190 centimeters tall, and there was no skin covering its metal skeleton. It looked like the robotic form of the ‘Terminator’. The guard was wearing a black uniform with an eye-catching letter ‘Control’ on its back. In case anything abnormal happened in the public areas, for example, a group of players was converging other players, the virtual guards would immediately come to control and deal with the situation.
"Is there any problem here?" The guard had a robotic voice without conveying any emotions. In fact, as they were high-level AI, they would not act without asking first.
"Nothing, we’re just chatting," Feng Bujue answered.
Having heard that, the guard looked at the others for a while before leaving.
"Seems I need to read the description of the Open Beta Version in my login space soon." Feng Bujue looked at the back of the guard and smiled.
"Alright, I’m not going to babble with you anymore. I don’t want my grandsons to sell me down the river," Ji Bu told him, "in the near future, wait until us, the Ice Emperor, become famous, and this logo will be the symbol of strong warriors. Ha, ha, ha." He put his hands on his waist and laughed out loud, then turned to his buddies and waved. "Move, move, move!" Before they left, he added, "Mister Feng, we will meet again. If you want my signature, I will consider. Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
"Ha... Ha, ha..." Feng Bujue curled the corner of his mouth as he attempted to produce a smile. "See… see you…"
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Exotic flower: Internet slang for strange idiots or someone really interesting, but yeah, still strange.
Cowherd Boy: Internet slang for male prostitute.
The sequences of (I'm going to call him...) was made by the author.
