My Player 2

Chapter 432 Kaka
The sturdy little man lay on the table, not immediately looking at the bracelet.

He was watching the live stream of the game expo on the back-end webpage, so he looked dazed, as if he were asleep.

"Hey, there's a message on my bracelet." The top courtesan of the Mandarin Duck Pavilion next to me nudged the little dwarf.

"Lu Zhishen with Magical Fist" then switched back to the game, glanced at the information on the bracelet, and asked in confusion:

"A high-level commission?"

"High-level?" Crystal Flame leaned its head against the dwarf's chest, looked at the information on the bracelet, and exclaimed, "Is this something we can handle?"

She didn't keep her companions in suspense and immediately gave a brief overview of the commission.

"It's an 8-star request. We need to investigate a girl's fiancé. If her fiancé is a monster, we need to help the girl kill the monster."

“If the girl is lying, then we can come back by writing an investigation report.”

"Sounds like there's not much to gain," commented 'Magical Girl Lu Junyi,' "but it's still better than an idle escort mission."

"The reward is alright." 'Magic Fist Lu Zhishen' nodded.

This commission is tentatively set at 8 stars, just before the 9-star commissions exclusive to S-rank. Based on the results of the on-site investigation, the star rating may be upgraded, making it a commission that only veteran mercenaries can access.

Logically speaking, their newly registered mercenary group, [Gathering Hall], shouldn't be able to receive this level of commission. However, the players are connected and can receive tasks directly assigned by the platform.

However, the commission is not high; a single trip only yields 2000 energy coins.

However, as compensation, completing the commission will reward you with 10 mercenary group points.

Once this job is completed, their mercenary group will be upgraded to 7 stars, and they can then accept high-paying A-level jobs from the job board.

To put it bluntly, this task is specifically designed to boost experience points, allowing strong players to quickly raise their star rating and avoid wasting their strength on low-star missions.

The café wasn't just filled with gamers; it also housed many passersby who were taking a break.

A parrot-like man dressed in a gentleman's suit, after overhearing the players' conversation, looked up at everyone and silently put on a pair of glasses.

With a daily throughput of over ten million, the coffee shops located here are naturally not places that ordinary people are willing to spend money on. The customers here are almost all extraordinary individuals, or even some of the world's most important figures.

However, the parrot was just a tabloid reporter. The newspaper he worked for was nothing like the behemoth World Tree Weekly; it only had a little influence in a few nearby star sectors.

He was used to being perceptive in life and naturally became aware of the problems with the mercenary platform.

Are the new mercenary groups using back channels to farm points? Or are they using the guise of a commission to send people to their deaths?

In either case, you'll get a playing card-sized page in next week's newspaper.

The old glasses finally finished scanning and transmitted the strength data of the group.

The leading dwarf is A- rank, the large-breasted female elf next to him is also A- rank, the human male on the other side is A- rank, and the half-elf at another table who is feigning sleep is A- rank...

There are a total of 14 A-level powerhouses.

The parrot-man took off his glasses, drank the coffee in one gulp, and savored the bitter taste in his mouth, gradually recovering from his shock.

You're telling me this is a newly established mercenary group?
When did Grade A become so common?
After hesitating for a few minutes, he finally gave up his rare vacation, walked up to the dwarf, and took out his press pass.

“Sir, I’m a reporter from the Seven Leaves Weekly. May I introduce myself?” He sat down opposite the dwarf as if they were old friends.

The dwarf, so clean he didn't even blink, seemed to have no intention of paying him any attention.

The elf beside him paused for a few seconds before looking at the parrot-man as if waking from a dream and saying:
"Are you talking to us?" Translation magic costs money, and a group of players sitting together naturally wouldn't waste that money; all they heard was this birdman babbling incoherently.

The parrot-man then realized the problem.

He took out a fountain pen from his breast pocket, opened the cap, and a pale blue magical power immediately flowed out, engulfing everyone around the table.

Once the translation was in effect, the parrot-like figure turned to the players and reintroduced them:

"I apologize. It was my oversight just now. Providing translation for interviewees is the basic duty of every journalist. Please forgive my mistake."

As he spoke, he handed the press pass to "Crystal Flame" and said:

"My name is Kaka, and I am a reporter employed by the Seven Leaves Weekly. I wonder if your organization could conduct a brief interview with me?"

Crystal Flame accepted the press pass, but the words on the certificate were unfamiliar.

However, the photo section does indeed feature this birdman.

But this photo seems to have a life of its own, constantly looking around.

Staring at the photo for a while will plunge you into a brief illusion, as if you were a birdman flying across a magical battlefield, risking your life to find the best angle to take the picture.

It must be true, right?

Crystal Flame patted the dwarf beside him, calling Magic Heavy Fist Lu Zhishen back into the game.

"Wait a minute, the match is at a crucial moment." The dwarf muttered, swatting away the female elf's hand. "They've already started targeting the AFK (away from keyboard) attackers!"

"Surround and kill Brother Dao? You should have said so earlier!" The female elf paused for a moment, leaving the parrot man aside, her eyes losing their luster.

They were watching the offline competition at the exhibition. The prize for the top three winners was a magical artifact, which everyone wanted to try, so they naturally signed up to participate as well.

However, magical girls are too easy to target. In team matches, they can be used as self-destructing nuclear bombs, but in individual matches, they are just pure toys.

"Lu Zhishen with Magical Fist" was targeted and eliminated in the preliminary rounds before the exhibition.

There's a reason why this professional can't compete.

The opponent used full-screen control at the start of the game, and he didn't even see the opponent's face before running out of purification items without even moving a finger.

Kaka sat awkwardly in his seat, wanting to retrieve his press pass, but these people seemed to be in a state of mental resonance, perhaps some kind of swarm mentality, and he dared not interrupt them.

A few minutes later, the group of people who had been in a daze woke up and started discussing it all at once.

"Damn it, look at the resistance of the Sword Saint. It's just a hero-level class, yet it can withstand the control of a demigod."

"It's a pity that [Sword Saint] hasn't reached the demigod level yet, otherwise Brother Dao could really take on five opponents at once."

"The main problem is that his teammates were terrible. Where did they find these viewers? They got wiped out by a professional team, losing 0-for-4. It made my blood pressure rise."

After chatting for a while, the group realized that there was a parrot head sitting in the middle of them.

“Exclusive…exclusive interview.” [Kaka] lowered her head, her voice hoarse and trembling, as if she was trying her best to suppress her emotions.

"I've changed my mind!" he roared. "I'm going to conduct a full-fledged exclusive interview about this entire commission you've been given!"

(End of this chapter)