There is something wrong with my infinite flow teammates!

"Also, don't believe what's written in that booklet. This is a cool line written by the player to the warrior. In the game, players can be resurrected after death, but you only have one life."

Beiyuan Kong squeezed his shoulders hard and continued, "After charging, there is no way back. I hope you can think more about yourself in the days ahead."

"So, I hope that you treat Yukino and Kei out of concern for your companions, rather than the creed in this booklet. If they do the same thing to you, it must not be because of these messed up things."

"My companions' concern? I made this choice just because I was standing in their shoes..."

"No, you are not."

Kitahara Sora interrupted him and explained, "Until now, you have only regarded Xiao as a friend. You are afraid of me, Yukino and Hui because we are all stronger than you. You saved them purely out of kindness and responsibility, or was it a subconscious act?"

Takeo Goda opened his mouth and his eyes became wandering. He hesitated for a long time without uttering a word.

"I want to be friends with you, real friends, not just a superior-subordinate relationship. Companions are just an excuse for you to deceive yourself."

Kitahara Sora stared at the tough guy intently and sighed in his heart.

Because he is too kind, he will become reckless no matter what happens and completely ignore his own safety. He does these things just out of instinct.

If it weren't for Takashi Komuro stopping him, he might have made many fatal mistakes.

What a simple guy...

But then again, when Yukino and the others were in crisis, every time I did that, I would do whatever it took.

But the relationship between Yukino and himself is not comparable to that between him and Gouda Takeo.

Innocent people are often the easiest to move others, and the cause of the incident is just a joke.

Kitahara Sora stared at Gouda Takeo seriously and praised him generously, "You did a great job this time."

Chapter 2: New Stairs

After Yukino explained the rules here in full to the two newcomers, Kato Megumi, who had changed into clean clothes, also came out of her tree house. After everyone gathered, they walked in front of the observer.

"Observer, start counting the rewards." Beiyuan Kong took a breath and said loudly.

"Congratulations to the players of Team Izumo for returning. Now we will start scoring and distributing rewards."

The observer stared at everyone and began to read with a blank expression.

"Silent Hill is temporarily set to 'online mode'. Penalty points will be deducted from now on. If the team points are insufficient, the individual points of the members will be transferred to..."

Deduct points first?!

The observer's first sentence was actually this. Everyone looked at each other. His words also told everyone a message, that is, after the team points are deducted, the members' personal points will be forcibly transferred to the team column, but no matter how much they are deducted, their work will not be in vain!

Although they thought so, the observer's next words made everyone's heart hang in suspense.

"After the points are deducted, if all members' points are reset to zero, the team will be eliminated..."

"why is it like this……"

Komuro Takashi suddenly became excited and clenched his fists, "Why would they kill everyone? This doesn't make sense!"

Beiyuankong patted him and shook his head to calm him down. It was impossible to finish the deduction because Samael was killed! Although he didn't pay attention to the prompt in his mind at that time, the personal reward for delivering the final blow to that kind of BOSS must be extremely generous. At least this is certain.

"Members of the Izumo team, Kota Furusaka, Miyuki Tsukizaki, Chiaki Kamizaku, Tomoki Sakurai, Haruhito Amaya, and Yukiko Hoshi died. 6 competitive points were deducted and the points were multiplied by 1000. The Izumo team deducted 6000 team points. Among them, Yukiko Hoshi was killed by the team leader Sora Kitahara. This member will have an additional personal point deduction of 1000."

Yukino looked at Kitahara Sora, who nodded slightly at her.

"Team Izumo, Kitahara Sora killed Hong Donghai, a member of Team Night Crow. The team is awarded 1 point, which offsets the deduction of 1 point. The team's actual points deducted from the competition are 5000. Kitahara Sora is awarded 1000 personal points."

"Major plot characters Ross and Silva died, 2000 points were deducted. The Izumo team lost a total of 7000 team points for this mission."

"Seven thousand!!! How can there be so much? Damn it!" Takeo Goda couldn't help but yell.

He only got 1000 points as a basic reward when he played the game. The tech shield in his hand that helped him a lot could be said to be a gift from the captain. This shield was worth 2000 points, not counting the exchange card, but this deduction was 7000 points! This was a bit hard for the big guy to accept.

"We're lucky to have only lost 7,000 points. The next step will be the rewards." After hearing the observer finish reporting the deduction record, Yukino felt relieved.

The observer continued, "Now let's start counting the mission rewards."

"For completing the side quest 'The Secret of the Apocalypse Holy Society', all members of the Izumo team will be rewarded with 2000 points and a C-level exchange card. This reward will be transferred to the team points column. The team has 7 survivors, a total of 14000 points. The current team points are 7000, and C-level exchange cards x7."

After saying that, Yukino's mouth corners slightly raised, and Takeo Gouda, who was very excited just now, suddenly opened his mouth in a daze, while Takashi Komuro stood on tiptoe and suddenly hugged his neck.

Only Kobayashi Daigo sighed silently. This benefit was brought to everyone by that boy, but he is dead, and no one knows what kind of person he is except himself, and no one will be grateful to him. This is really ironic.

The observer tilted his head slightly, fixed his gaze on the few people who received the least rewards, and spoke.

"Member of the Izumo team, Kazami Yuji, completed the main mission, reward points 2000, rating: E."

"Member of the Izumo team, Kato Megumi, completed the main mission, reward points 2000, rating: E."

"Team member of Izumo, Kobayashi Daigo, completed the main mission, 2000 points reward, killed 12 'bound bodies', 600 points reward, cumulative rewards during the mission 2600, rating: E."

Suddenly, except for the two newcomers, everyone's attention turned to Kato Megumi. She only got the lowest reward?

Moreover, even the newcomer Kobayashi Daigo killed twelve faceless monsters, but Kato Megumi didn’t kill anything?

If we look at the order, she is actually behind Komuro Takashi and Goda Takeo? She looks really strong!

Facing all these gazes, the little girl felt a little uncomfortable and said to herself embarrassedly: "It seems that I haven't made any contribution. I'm sorry, everyone."

"You've made a great contribution. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to reach a final settlement with the Night Crow Squad. It's just that Hui didn't participate much in the mission." Kitahara Sora shook his head and comforted him.

That's indeed the case. If Hui hadn't subdued Zhuangzhong, it would be hard to say what would have happened to the two teams in the end. If she wasn't strong enough and was killed by Zhuangzhong, then there would be no reconciliation from Yukino's perspective, let alone Kitahara Sora.

"Are you going to force me to take credit?" The little girl looked a little helpless.

"Hui participated in the mission." Xueno also shook her head and looked at her softly: "If it weren't for you, I might have fallen into the void, so your contribution is still very great, for me, this is the case,"

"Yukino-senpai."

"Well, we don't judge based on contribution scores." Komuro Takashi smiled cheerfully, "I just think you shouldn't get such a small reward. Miss Kato is obviously stronger than me. Haha, let's listen to what He has to say next."

As soon as Komuro Takashi finished speaking, the observer's voice came again.

"Member of the Izumo team: Takeo Gouda, completed the main mission, 2000 bonus points, killed 10 bound bodies x 500 bonus points, killed the 'cursed nurse' x 5 bonus points 500, accumulated points during the mission 3000, rating: D."

"Member of the Izumo team: Komuro Takashi, completed the main mission, 2000 bonus points, killed the 'Cursed Care Worker', 1000 bonus points, killed 'Bound Body' x8, 400 bonus points, killed 'Cursed Nurse' x10, 1000 bonus points, accumulated points during the mission, 4400, evaluation: C."

Kitahara Sora, Yukino and Kei looked at Komuro Takashi with encouragement and appreciation in their eyes. This kid is good. At least he is not just a supporting role in the mission world this time. His score has suddenly become C.

Komuro Takashi touched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly, and when he saw the thumbs-up from Goda Takeo, his eyes were filled with emotion and gratitude. The two had a tough fight in the bathroom, and in the end the big guy sacrificed his arm to win the chance to kill.

If it weren't for the big guy, both of them would probably have died there.

Next came the most crucial rewards for Kitahara Sora and Yukino. The high scores were announced last, so everyone was looking forward to it and staring at the observers intently.

He remained silent for more than ten seconds before he began to read again.

"Member of the Izumo team: Yukino Yukinoshita, complete the main mission, reward points 2000, kill 'bound bodies' x36, reward points 1800, complete personal side missions, save policewoman Sibyl, save the pure Anna, reward points 2000."

"Kill the human-faced beetle 2300 points, 230 bonus points, kill Bella, 3000 bonus points, one A-level exchange card, cumulative bonus points during the mission 9030, rating: A."

The observer actually paused for the first time and praised: "Congratulations to Team Izumo member Yukinoshita Yukino for her outstanding performance. Please keep up the good work."

"Yukino!" Kitahara Sora couldn't help but call out her name softly, feeling a little excited.

Kato Megumi widened her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands involuntarily. Combined with her not-so-exaggerated facial expression, she looked very cute.

"Nine, nine thousand points?!"

"Wow, so awesome!!!" An extremely surprised roar came from Takeo Goda's rough voice.

"Rate A!" Komuro Takashi's voice was noticeably trembling.

"Is it difficult to get an A grade?" Kazami Yuji rarely expressed his doubts. When he asked this question, everyone looked at him with strange expressions.

"It's hard! Too hard!" The big guy excitedly danced and gestured, "The captain has never received an A rating. He was the one who led us through the last game, and he only got a B rating after killing the most powerful BOSS!"

Komuro Takashi also smiled bitterly and said, "That's right, I can't even imagine such a score."

"That's really... strong." Kobayashi Daigo stared at Yukino blankly, with a complicated look in his eyes.

Just now, Yukino told him everything, including that he was a character in a movie and did not exist in her world. So that was why the little girl knew so much about her own affairs. The things about the children of relatives and her cousin's funeral were all lies. He still couldn't believe this incredible thing.

She is kind and did not tell the truth during the mission for her own sake. Therefore, she deserves such a generous reward, at least it can be seen from the time she saved the policewoman.

Although Yukino's eyes were extremely cold at that time, Kobayashi Daigo still saw that familiar light in her pupils. He had also seen that kind of divine light in the eyes of another person. That was his master, an old man who coaxed him into this line of work.

How can I describe the look in the master's eyes when he is embalming the deceased?

Tenderness? Compassion? Kindness?

Yukino is an extremely principled person. Just like she sighed to herself just now, she actually hates lying. But after entering this world, she has told more lies than in her entire life. Some of them are due to her lack of honesty about her own character, some are due to the human desire to live, and the rest are just "white lies" told to herself.

"This is the first time that our team has an A-level score. I didn't expect you to get it first." Kitahara Sora complained and said softly to Yukino, "Congratulations, Yukino."

"I'm just lucky. Bella's share should actually belong to you." Xue No smiled modestly, "If it weren't for you and Bai Xin's efforts, I wouldn't have had the chance to kill her."

Although she looked extremely calm, her heart was actually beating in her throat. The most obvious manifestation of this was a faint blush on her flawless face.

"That's because you came in time, otherwise it would have been a waste of 3000 points and an A card!" Kitahara Sora did not comment, but looked at Kato Megumi and repeated what the girl said to Yukino the last time she came back: "Luck is also a kind of strength, so don't be so modest."

That’s true. Bella’s reward has an element of luck, but what about personal side quests?

To be fair, if it was Kitahara Sora, he might not kill the policewoman, but he would definitely not wholeheartedly consider a supporting character in the plot. Maybe he just ignored it at that time, and that NPC was not in the mission.

Another point is that Yukino killed more than 2,000 human-faced beetles. Those who have seen the movie know what that is. When the overwhelming beetles attacked, Yukino should have been in the hospital, right? How did she deal with the beetles that were like locusts passing through? If she didn't have a certain level of strength, she would have been gnawed into a skeleton in an instant!

I'll ask her the details later, because right now the observers are focusing on Kitahara Sora.

"Captain of the Izumo team: Kitahara Sora, complete the main mission, reward 2000 points, kill 1 'Binder', reward 50 points, kill 36 'Little Ghost', reward 360 points..."

Everyone's expectant eyes were stunned, and they looked at each other in confusion, only to see that the observer's reading voice paused, and there was no movement for several seconds, as if the system had crashed. What was going on?

It's understandable that you pause after you finish reading, but what does it mean that you suddenly stop in the middle of your speech?

Just when everyone was puzzled, the observer spoke again.

"Player Beiyuan Kong, killed the Condensed Body of Faith 'Archangel Samael', reward points... 10000, A-level exchange card x1, accumulated personal points during the mission 12050, rating..."

Rating...what is it?

Why is it paused again? Ten thousand, a full ten thousand! That BOSS has ten thousand points! So what is the evaluation?

Is it A again? Or is it higher than A?

"Kitahara Sora, mission grade: B."

"..."

"!!!"

"how come……"

"How could this be!!!" Gotada Takeo got excited again, pointing at the observer and yelling, "Why is the captain only rated B? The Archangel reward is 10,000, why is the rating B?"

When the observers gave their comments, not only Yukino and Kei, but even Kitahara Sora himself was confused. His own evaluation was counted last, but why was his score lower than Yukino's?

He frowned, thinking about the reason, but in just a moment his eyes lit up and everything became clear.

"I think I know why." Looking at Yukino's face, he found that the girl also had an understanding look. Facing her smile, Kitahara Sora explained, "It's because my participation in the mission was not high."

“Participation?”

"That is to say, this mission was originally a separate mission for our team. It was forced to become a joint mission because the Night Crow team entered it by force, but the scoring is still recorded as a separate mission."

Yukino nodded and chimed in, "My score is high because I was the most involved during the mission. I was the one who communicated with Bella and gained her trust. I was also the one who killed her. I was the first to contact Alessa and gained her initial trust. I also saved Sybil. Although she was not in the mission, she was originally a plot character."

"That should be the case." Kitahara Sora nodded and continued to explain: "Although I killed a member of the Night Crow Squad, it was not originally counted in the online statistics mode, so the kills between teams were not counted as team contributions. Moreover, the Archangel was not supposed to appear in our original plot. Our final mission might be to kill Bella, or to kill Claudia."

"It was a series of accidents that led to the birth of that monster. It can also be said that it was because of the Night Crow Squad that the monster appeared, so His reward was very generous, but it was only a generous reward."

The Kazami siblings sneaked into the church and replaced Aresha's body. Bai Xin broke Claudia's defense during the final duel. Her hatred was greater than her desire, which made her sacrifice herself desperately at the last moment. So this reward is based on good luck.

This is also the reason why the observer remained silent for so long when giving the score to Kitahara Sora. He might be calculating how to evaluate this opportunistic guy. Giving him a B is actually very respectful.

Normally, Kitahara Sora only killed some of the most common monsters in this game.

"So that's how it is." Komuro Takashi answered thoughtfully.

"But I still don't understand what the point of scoring is?" Kato Megumi suddenly looked at the observer in confusion. "Without any substantial rewards or benefits, what's the point of just scoring?"

When Hui asked this question, everyone was stunned, and then looked at the observer at the same time.

This was a normal question, so the observer immediately answered it.

“After each mission, each player’s score will be recorded in the team score column and become the team’s average score. When the team enters the online mode, the corresponding competitive opponents will be matched according to the scores of each team.”

It turns out that the individual score will be evenly distributed into the team score. In the online mode, the opponents or partners are determined based on the scores between teams.

This will prevent a D-rated team from being matched with an A-rated team. The one-sided slaughter will have no effect on the evolution of members on both sides. It will also prevent low-level teams from taking advantage of others to get rewards that are not commensurate with their strength, although the possibility of this is not high.