Quadruple split.

Chapter 2827 The Wisdom of Adults
"It's an honor."

After subconsciously speaking the truth to one of the vice presidents of [Burning Flame], the Crimson Prince stared blankly at the group of people in front of him, his mind momentarily unable to process what was happening.

Logically, it should have been a 'special training' session for only two people, but inexplicably, they encountered a bunch of familiar faces at the very beginning—in short, several sworn enemies traveling together.

The Poetry of the [Breaking Wind Bird] Club, and the second-in-command in every sense, Luselle's right-hand man, the sorcerer.

[Card Master] The club's player, despite his somewhat eccentric and naive personality, is definitely not lacking in skill, and his intelligence (not to mention his cunning) is equally formidable.

【Yingyingyan】The mainstay of the club, aside from her rather subtle orientation, is Baihua Sha who is impeccable in terms of gaming skills, cunning, looks and figure.

The founder of the largest non-profit organization in the gaming industry, [Cat Climbing Frame] Studio, and a top-tier influencer known as Bitch Cat.

[Burning in Fire] Vice President Ape Fangweiwu is one of the four scourges of the guild. (The other three are Guild President Typing Warrior, Vice President Seventy-Six Clubs, and Vice President Soul Douluo).

Besides these guys with rather 'lively' personalities who immediately launched a barrage of attacks at the Crimson Prince, he also saw 'Shiki,' the vice president of the [Undying] studio; and 'Foodie Dad,' who once amazed everyone in the [Questioning Battle - Team Battle] and is now said to have nominally joined the [Tokiwa] studio.

It's worth mentioning that although Boss Sakaki repeatedly expressed his hope that "Foodie Dad" would reclaim the game ID "Aka" (which was taken by [Tokiwa] at the beginning of the game's launch), Foodie Dad stated that he had no intention of rebuilding the character. It wasn't because he was afraid of dying or having his account deleted; he simply felt that the ID "Foodie Dad," which focused more on playing with the puns in his son's online name, was more suitable for him now than the empty nickname "Aka."

Besides, there were two other Crimson Princes who didn't recognize each other, but could guess from the current situation that the other party was a professional player 'stranger'.

"Hello, Your Highness."

A woman with beautiful long silver hair, wearing an exquisitely crafted black dress, and tall and pretty, extended her right hand to the Crimson Prince and said with a smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I am 'Perfume,' the fourth director of the [Golden Baby] Studio. I will be working with you all for a while, so please take care of me."

The well-mannered, but clearly hesitant for some reason, Crimson Prince nodded. He merely shook hands with Perfume for a symbolic moment before releasing his right hand as if he had been electrocuted, and said very politely, "Hello, Director of Perfume."

"As for this one..."

Xiangshui blinked, then turned to look at the boy beside her. He looked to be somewhere between an elementary and middle school student, probably a half-elf, with black hair and white clothes, and his character strength seemed very low. She introduced him, "He's my apprentice, 'Aiyou.' Although he's a very smart young man with a good business sense, he's still a minor and his guardian is quite strict, so he can only play for a little while each day. His strength is far from impressive, so I hope everyone will take good care of him."

"Excuse me."

Aiyou bowed politely to everyone and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "I will try my best not to hold everyone back."

"Don't say such polite things."

Xiangshui sighed helplessly and shook her head, saying, "With your mediocre skills, how could you not drag everyone down? Sigh, I really don't know how to take care of kids."

Aiyou frowned and shook her head, saying, "I never intended to cause you any trouble."

Xiangshui shrugged and said casually, "But this isn't a question of whether you're willing to take it or not; it's an obligation that I, as an experienced mentor, must fulfill."

“If you don’t mind, I can help you.”

Although he is still quite good-looking, he is over forty years old, and his hair and physique are in an awkward state. The foodie dad smiled and said with a kind smile, "After all, I have been a father for more than ten years, so I have some experience."

"Nek!"

A cub, half-squatting on its foodie father's shoulder, was clearly a Mudkachu, but it was much fatter than normal. Instead of the iconic mud-splattered spots, it had soft golden fur and big, adorable eyes. The cub stretched its neck and let out a soft, babyish howl.

"Wow!"

Shion's eyes lit up and she rushed over, reaching out her little hand to touch the adorable Mudkip, exclaiming, "Wow, this little thing is so cute! Come here, let me touch it! Waaaaaahh ...

Two seconds later, the blinding orange-yellow lightning abruptly stopped. Shion, whose hairstyle had completely turned into an afro and who was smoking, finally collapsed to the ground and exhaled a smoke ring after pulling out her hair.

Everyone: "..."

"Sorry, this little guy has a bit of a temper."

Although he immediately tried to calm the Mudkip on his shoulder, it took the gluttonous father a full two seconds after Shion was shocked to finally soothe his companion. He squatted down and apologized to Shion, who was almost rolling her eyes, saying, "I found it by chance on the way here. It seems that this guy accidentally ate a magic crystal of a Thunder-type dragon called Thunder Mountain Beast. Although it survived by chance, the entire Mudkip mutated, and then the tribe abandoned it."

"No...it's nothing."

The moment she was struck by the electric shock, the sorcerer cast two layers of shields on her. Apart from looking a little disheveled and feeling numb all over from the shock, she barely lost any health. She quickly recovered and stood up unsteadily. While struggling to restore her hairstyle by taking out a comb from her bag, she said with a wry smile, "I was too familiar with you. I'm sorry, little one, I scared you."

Mudka, perched on its foodie dad's shoulder, tilted its head and said, "Nek?"

"It wasn't actually scared."

The foodie dad, who inexplicably became the owner and person in charge of this Mud Pikachu, covered his face and said somewhat awkwardly, "It's just that it's very aggressive. If you don't get used to it, it will shock anyone who touches it."

Shion: "..."

"Sometimes you get an electric shock even without touching it."

The food-loving dad added another sentence.

Shion: "..."

"Well, in short—"

Trying to change the subject and divert everyone's attention from Mudkip, the foodie dad coughed lightly and gave Aiyou, who was standing next to the perfume bottle, a kind, friendly, and benevolent smile: "So, do you mind if I take care of you?"

"Uh……"

Aiyou glanced at her foodie father, then at the Mudcat perched on his shoulder, its body still crackling with electricity, and said in a deep voice, "I mind!"

Foodie Dad: "..."

"call."

Looking at the group of senior colleagues in front of him who were already getting along well, the Crimson Prince, feeling that he was the only one who didn't understand the situation, pursed his lips, then turned to look at his clubmate whom he had been secretly observing but dared not open his eyes to—

"Bloodstained Sister".

Finally, the boy mustered his courage and asked Bloodstained, who was squatting on the ground like a kitten, making faces at the muddy Pikachu on his foodie father's shoulder, "Why are you here?"

"what?"

Wearing her signature revealing punk leather outfit and carrying a giant blade on her back, the waist-length red-haired girl blinked and cheerfully said, "I don't know, Sister Jiu Jiu told me to come, so I came." "Uh? Sister Jiu Chong?"

Looking at the innocent-looking girl in front of him, who had joined the club at the same time as him but had displayed extremely terrifying fighting talent in a short period of time and was now able to secure a stable starting position, far more promising than himself but whom he couldn't get angry at in the slightest, the Crimson Prince asked in astonishment, "How did she know?"

"The boss is overthinking it."

Finally, the Cleaner, no longer keeping him in suspense, shrugged and patted the Crimson Prince's head while chuckling, "Although when he asked me to bring you here before, he meant it was a covert operation, that the two of us could sneak over, but he seems to have forgotten that ever since the [Debate on Guilt], that Black Brahma, who was already somewhat famous, has long been targeted by us shameless colleagues."

Upon hearing this, Baihua Sha immediately wrinkled her nose and made a face at the Cleaner: "What do you mean by shameless colleagues! We just wanted to uphold justice and give those wicked people a good beating!"

"Uh……"

The ghoul from the [Undying] Studio shook his head and said honestly, "We're mainly here to establish a relationship with Black Van."

"We are too."

Shion, who had gone through a lot of trouble to restore her hairstyle, also chimed in with the same comment.

Liu Ju Man Guan nodded vigorously and said, "We are too. Wu Shuang specifically told me that nothing else matters, but we must leave a good impression on Hei Fan. Brother Wang also said that it would be best if I stepped forward to be a hero and save the beauty, and then fall flat on my face after blocking a fatal blow for Hei Fan."

"Hey Hey hey!!!"

Baihua Sha flew into a rage, raising both hands to point at Shi Gui and Liu Ju Man Guan respectively, and angrily said, "You two bastards, that's enough! Doesn't what you're saying make me look awkward and hypocritical?!"

Liu Ju Manguan looked bewildered: "I'm just telling the truth. That's exactly what Wushuang and Lao Wang said. You can ask them if you don't believe me!"

Baihua Sha: "..."

The corpse demon pointed at Shion and said, "She said it too, why don't you curse her along with it?"

"A beautiful girl can be forgiven for anything she says."

Baihua Sha Jiang switched her middle finger from the corpse demon to her index finger and waved it, saying leisurely, "As the saying goes, you can make up anywhere you quarrel, we..."

"I'm sorry, Sister Baihua, I will absolutely not sleep with you."

Shiyin interrupted Baihua Sha and sighed, "You might as well scold me."

Baihua Sha gave her a flirtatious wink and then made a delicate gesture with her fingers towards Shiyin: "You~ hate me~"

Shion: "..."

"In short, although the boss didn't notice this, I felt the next day that Xiao Jiu had probably already set her sights on Hei Fan and wanted to get close to him."

The cleaner clicked his tongue and shrugged, "So I went to check with her, and sure enough, that girl had been gathering intelligence for a while. If she hadn't been busy conquering the limited-time secret realm, she would have already sent someone over to try and get close to her."

"Our situation is similar."

The Taoist priest who was personally in charge of this matter walked over slowly and said with a smile, "Although I was delayed because of the secret realm, I have been keeping an eye on the situation on Hei Fan's side. Even putting aside the matter of winning him over, fighting against the Blood Barbarians who have been causing trouble in the northern part of the Holy Domain for many years will probably trigger a lot of missions, and there is even a high probability that world missions of epic quality or higher will appear. So after things stabilized a bit over there, I came over directly."

Shiyin, who was standing nearby, chuckled and said happily, "Then, as soon as Sister Xiaolv heard that Senior Fangshi was coming, she immediately followed along!"

No!

Bitch Cat hopped over and took Shion's arm, laughing, "Although I also really want to play with Fangfangfangfangfang, the main purpose of coming here this time is actually to see if I can help those who are bullied by the Blood Barbarians. If I had to say what my selfish motives are, the second one is to take this opportunity to improve relations with Hei Fan and the Holy Church behind him. Playing with Fangfangfangfangfang is only the third one!"

The Taoist priest said, "...It's okay if you don't want to play with me."

"Oh dear, oh dear!"

Bitch Cat covered her mouth and chuckled, asking cheerfully, "Are you jealous because I put Black Vane before you in the list?"

The Taoist priest said, "...I'm not jealous."

"Oh dear! Fangfang, Fangfang, don't be jealous—"

Bitch Cat patted the Taoist priest's shoulder forcefully and laughed, "The whole world knows that Hei Fan and Chen Wangyu are a couple. They are the golden couple of the Dawn Sect. They would never cause trouble!"

The Taoist priest: "...I said I wasn't jealous!"

Bitch Cat: "Look, you're in a hurry again!"

Taoist priest: "..."

"In short, that's roughly the situation."

The Cleaner placed his hand on the Crimson Prince's head and said in a light tone, "We're all shrewd and clever. Although we focused on exploring the timed dungeon before, now that we have the time, we've all decided to come here to get closer to him and take advantage of his connections."

The Crimson Prince glanced around at the lively group of people and opened his mouth: "So..."

"So after discussing it with Xiao Jiu, I asked her to contact everyone and put together this team."

The cleaner stretched and casually said, "As a trial operation, this is the most cost-effective way. Moreover, considering that everyone can save a lot of manpower, the team's size will even increase, which is in everyone's best interest."

"is it?"

"Isn't that so?"

"I don't know, but in my opinion, it's just an excuse for you to be lazy."

"If you can make your 'laziness' legitimate and cost-effective, then you can do it this way too."

"Too cunning."

"It's just adult wisdom."

Chapter 2818: The End