CHAPTER 597: DETERMINING THE TIME

Looking at the current situation, if Liu Xing’s group wants to deal with the branch of the Deep Diving Society here, they will most likely need to deal with Mu Yao and the others at the same time, because Mu Yao and the others will not allow Liu Xing’s group to deal with the Deep Diving Society in front of them.

However, there is a problem.

Liu Xing does not feel that his group has the strength to fight two opponents at the same time, and the one that worries Liu Xing the most is Su Ziche’s sister.

According to the intelligence provided by Zhang Wenbing, Mu Yao and Su Ziche were just ordinary people a few years ago, so at most Mu Yao and the others have only learned a few simple Magic Spells in the past few years, after receiving professional training in various aspects. After all, for the human NPCs in the Cthulhu RPG Game, the number of Magic Spells they can learn is far less than that of the players, and the number of these Magic Spells is also related to their attribute values.

Therefore, Liu Xing believes that Mu Yao and Su Ziche’s combat power should not be very high, at most on par with Zhang Jingxu and Lu Tianya. Of course, Mu Yao and Su Ziche’s combat power should be able to crush Liu Xing, because Liu Xing’s own combat power is only 5.

After all, "WatanabeRyuusei" does not know magic, martial arts, or shooting combat skills, and his physical fitness is also very average, so if a battle occurs, Liu Xing can only cheer from the sidelines at most.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing rubbed his chin and felt that he still needed to find an opportunity to practice his combat skills, because as long as the largest side quest "Public-Military Conflict" in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall is opened, there will inevitably be various battles in the subsequent modules.

The reason why "Public-Military Conflict" has the word "battle" is that the Public Faction and the Warrior Faction of the Island Nation can only solve the problem through battle in the end.

But back to the main topic, since Mu Yao and Su Ziche’s combat power is very limited, as long as the Stone Carver Society has not arranged other experts to guard the university and the surrounding area, it can be determined that Su Ziche’s sister will be an extremely powerful combat force.

As for Su Ziche’s sister’s ability, it is very likely an innate super ability, after all, after Su Ziche’s sister was born, she received such attention from the Stone Carver Society, and the Stone Carver Society even went to great lengths to turn Su Ziche’s sister into a "non-existent person" and secretly took her away, most likely directly to the headquarters of the Stone Carver Society.

This shows that Su Ziche’s sister is very important to the Stone Carver Society, and Liu Xing guesses that she is likely to be an existence like Mian Gu Lu in the previous module.

Su Ziche’s sister may even be related to a certain Great Old One.

Therefore, Liu Xing estimates that Su Ziche’s sister’s strength may be on the same level as Matsui Yui’s father, the Deep One clan’s Baruka, and Liu Xing’s group may not be able to defeat Su Ziche’s sister even if they work together.

"But to get back to the main point, our current main goal is still to eliminate the secret base of the Deep Diving Society, the Sea-Buds Cafeteria, at least we need to deal with that magic array first. So I now have a plan, which is to take advantage of the major event that is about to happen in Fukushima, and we can take the opportunity to infiltrate the Sea-Buds Cafeteria again and stage a fire scene?" Ling Ishikawa suddenly said.

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and then nodded and said, "Ling Ishikawa, you’re right, our current main goal is still to deal with the Deep Diving Society, after all, we haven’t had any irreconcilable conflicts with the Stone Carver Society yet, and we don’t need to put them on our enemy list for now. As for taking advantage of the major event in Fukushima to set fire to the Sea-Buds Cafeteria, this is indeed a good idea. As long as Zhang Shiwu and the other Deep Diving Society believers in the Sea-Buds Cafeteria have not been transformed into the Deep One clan, they certainly won’t dare to stay in the Sea-Buds Cafeteria, because if I’m not mistaken, the Sea-Buds Cafeteria has installed a lot of exhaust fans for ventilation to ensure that the fishy smell in the warehouse does not seriously affect the hall, and these exhaust fan openings are a fatal flaw for ordinary people."

Zhang Wenbing next to him also nodded and smiled, saying, "When I came back just now, I checked the recent weather forecast and found that there will be no rainfall in the Tokyo area within the next half month, and it will basically be clear skies all the time, without the conditions for artificial rainfall. As for the wind direction that everyone is most concerned about, it is still from east to west as before, and the wind speed is quite fast, so once an accident occurs in Fukushima, the side effects caused by the accident will blow to Tokyo in a short period of time with the help of the wind. Although these side effects will gradually lose their threat to humans after landing, it will still take several days."

"So, unless Zhang Shiwu and the others want to be affected by these side effects, they won’t choose to stay in the Sea-Buds Cafeteria. Therefore, we can go and burn everything in the Sea-Buds Cafeteria without any pressure, but this operation can only be carried out by Miguel, because unless we can get some professional suits, we can’t go to the Sea-Buds Cafeteria to cause trouble under such serious side effects, and the most important thing is that it’s not easy to get really effective professional suits, and even if we can get a few sets of professional suits, the Deep Diving Society can also find out our identity based on this clue, so this operation can only be done by Miguel."

As a mechanical life form created by alien high-tech, the side effects are not a problem for Miguel, because when Miguel replaces body parts, he does not replace the core electronic components, so as long as these electronic components are not damaged by the side effects, Miguel will not have any problems.

However, if Miguel is responsible for finding an opportunity to burn down the Sea-Buds Cafeteria, he will still have to "live alone" for a period of time due to his physical reasons, so during this period, Liu Xing’s group will not be able to get Miguel’s support.

Although this doesn’t seem to be a big problem, Liu Xing knows that based on the usual operations of the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall, the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall should arrange a dangerous mission for his group or even arrange for Thousand Face to attack his group during the time when Miguel is "living alone".

After all, the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall is so good at picking the right time.

However, there is no other way, because apart from Miguel, no one else in Liu Xing’s group is capable of taking on this mission.

At this moment, Liu Xing’s mobile phone started ringing.

Liu Xing picked up the phone and found that it was OkoHayato calling.

Liu Xing furrowed his brows, if OkoHayato was calling him at this time, it meant that the person was most likely in trouble... To put it bluntly, the person was either already dead or in a vegetative state, so OkoHayato was calling to tell him that there was no need to monitor Thousand Face’s movements anymore.

Liu Xing answered the call, and OkoHayato quickly said, "Ryuusei, you can tell your friends that they don’t need to monitor Thousand Face’s movements anymore, because just now that person has passed away due to ineffective rescue efforts."

Just as expected.

Liu Xing shook his head, although he had guessed that the person would die, he didn’t expect it to happen so quickly.

Liu Xing thought for a moment and said, "I understand, but Mr. Oko, I want to ask you one thing, that is, now that person..."

Before Liu Xing could finish, OkoHayato sighed and said, "I know what Ryuusei wants to say. Once the news of that person’s incident is out, the entire Island Nation may be turned upside down, because according to the current relevant regulations of the Island Nation, we must hold a new round of elections in a short period of time. But as you know very well, Ryuusei, a brand new Sword of Damocles has appeared in Fukushima, and as long as this Sword of Damocles falls prematurely, it will directly cut off everything. So at this time, holding a new round of elections is not good news for those who stand on that person’s side, because they are bound to be defeated, so these people are most likely to choose to block the news, but this is an impossible task."

"Although the hospital currently providing emergency treatment for that person is a secret sanatorium that has never been publicly disclosed, specializing in high-level confidential surgical treatments, and the medical staff in this sanatorium have received a certain degree of confidentiality training and signed extremely strict confidentiality contracts, there are still some unscrupulous people in this hospital. So combined with the previous reports by Shimbun, I think it is impossible to block the news of that person’s incident, so within the next hour, the news of that person’s incident will spread throughout the Island Nation and even the whole world, after all, the cause of that person’s incident is a bit... hard to explain."

Liu Xing nodded, if nothing unexpected happens, the news of that person’s incident will definitely be made public by the media in a short period of time, as OkoHayato’s words have made it a done deal.

However, Liu Xing felt that the most important question now is which side OkoHayato is on.

If OkoHayato is on the Warrior Faction’s side, then everything will be fine, and Liu Xing’s group can follow OkoHayato to participate in the Warrior Faction after the "Public-Military Conflict" is opened. But if OkoHayato supports the Public Faction, then the situation may be a bit awkward, because if Liu Xing’s group doesn’t follow OkoHayato to the Public Faction, OkoHayato may use a trump card to directly send them to the "Prison Turmoil" module, after all, Liu Xing’s group has some problems with their background...

So, Liu Xing quietly asked, "By the way, I’ve always had a question I wanted to ask you, Mr. Oko, which side are you supporting? I’ve heard that you people have to declare which side you support on your first day of work, because some things can’t be hedged."

OkoHayato chuckled and said, "Ryuusei, you’re right, some things can’t be hedged, because that will make us offend both sides. So I’ve already decided which side I’m on. Of course, I also know very well what you’re really asking, because once certain things start, there’s no possibility of an early end, so we have to decide which side we’re on now. So let me tell you, Ryuusei, the ancestors of the Oko family once served the Tokugawa shogunate, so you should already know which side I’m on."

Hearing OkoHayato say this, Liu Xing couldn’t help but feel delighted, it seems that his group will be able to smoothly join the Warrior Faction.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing immediately smiled and said, "I see, I didn’t expect you, Mr. Oko, to be from a warrior family. It seems I’ve found a powerful backer."

OkoHayato sighed and said somewhat helplessly, "No, no, no, I’m not from a warrior family. Although the family I’m in is indeed a vassal of a warrior family, to put it bluntly, it’s just a small family that depends on other families. The fief they obtained in the end was just a small village, so when the enfeoffment was changed, the family I’m in has already become an ordinary family."

Hearing OkoHayato say this, Liu Xing suddenly had a guess that the Miyake family of the Shadow Clan might be the warrior family that Oko family was dependent on.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing gave Ling Ishikawa a signal, and Ling Ishikawa immediately took out his mobile phone.

Just as Liu Xing was about to speak, OkoHayato suddenly said, "I almost forgot, in addition to the thing I just mentioned, I also have something else I want to tell you, Ryuusei. That is, prepare enough food and drinking water at home. The negotiations with the power company have broken down, and they have completely rejected the previous seawater diversion plan, so Fukushima is very likely to have an incident tomorrow. Therefore, I personally suggest that you and your friends don’t leave your homes starting from tomorrow, and remember to close the doors and windows."

"Okay, thank you for the reminder, Mr. Oko." Liu Xing said seriously.

OkoHayato chuckled and then hung up the phone.

Liu Xing and the others looked at each other, their expressions becoming serious.

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