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He wasn't in a hurry. He greeted everyone again and then walked towards the teaching building.

The reason he didn't walk towards the playground was because he was waiting for Sakura to catch up with him and talk to him. There were no shelters on the playground, so it wasn't suitable for private conversations.

As he had expected, Sakura quickly caught up with him.

After entering the teaching building, the two found a corner and activated a soundproofing device.

Sakura immediately dropped a bombshell on Fan Xiao: "Melissa is Nori's older sister, her biological sister."

Chapter 590 Being Disliked by a High School Girl

"They're actually sisters with that chuunibyou girl?" Fan Xiao was a little surprised. "I didn't realize they looked alike. They have completely different styles; one is cute, the other is alluring..."

He paused here, swallowing back the rest of his comments.

He noticed that Sakura was silently watching him, her cold eyes seemingly conveying a "heh"... or perhaps it was just his imagination.

“Sisters don’t necessarily have to look alike,” Sakura said. “Do you dislike Melissa?”

"Why do you ask that?" Fan Xiao countered.

“I’ve seen you argue with her several times, she must be quite angry,” Sakura reminded her. “You have a good relationship with Nori, and she’s Nori’s older sister, so you’d better be careful.”

Although she was reluctant to admit it, Fan Xiao was now the leader of the organization she was backing, so she still had to give him a little pointers on how to interact with people.

To avoid damaging relations with the royal family.

"What could I possibly have against a little girl? Why would you think that?" Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "Am I that narrow-minded? I'm just following my temporary persona in this instance."

"What's the point of all this acting?" Sakura asked.

“Hey…” Fan Xiao, sticking to his persona, retorted, “You think acting is pointless, then why didn’t you show your true face before? Not only did you pretend to be short, but you also stole my junior sister’s name ‘Yin.’ Aren’t you being hypocritical?”

cherry:"……"

Is Fan Xiao getting carried away with his acting?

Or is he taking the opportunity to vent his perverse pleasure by cursing others?

She was a little unsure.

Fan Xiao continued, "Acting might be surprisingly useful in this scenario."

"This city is called the City of True Love, and our mission is to obtain the 'Ring of Love.' Just by thinking about these two factors, we can deduce that what we are going to do has a lot to do with 'falling in love.'"

What do you think is the most important thing in a relationship?

"sincere?"

Sakura replied casually.

She was also a little unsure, after all... her relationship had been a failure.

"Perhaps, but definitely not in this instance."

Fan Xiao analyzed: "The first dungeon mission is to collect 10 Heart Rings. If this mission is what we speculated, and each city resident only has one Heart Ring... then it means that we have to be scumbags and flirt with at least ten targets."

"Otherwise, how can one win the favor of at least 10 members of the opposite sex in a short period of time, and make them willingly give up their love rings?"

“Your statement is too arbitrary,” Sakura frowned. “We still haven’t figured out exactly what the Ring of Love is, and our mission isn’t necessarily to fall in love. A mission like falling in love… is a bit too strange.”

She paused for a moment, then added, "Even if that's the case, the target doesn't necessarily have to be someone of the opposite sex. Can't it be someone of the same sex?"

"..."

Fan Xiao's eyes held a subtle expression.

Sakura's face turned cold: "What kind of look is that!"

"Heh, look at the way she looks at Lacey," Fan Xiao said without any hesitation.

"..."

Sakura instinctively wanted to draw her sword, but then suddenly realized that she was no match for this guy.

Who knows... the other party might already possess the power to instantly kill her.

She couldn't help but sigh inwardly, suppressing her impulse.

Instead of learning a lesson, you got beaten up... It's still a bit embarrassing and hurts your self-esteem.

As expected, Fan Xiao is arrogant by nature. He's just good at disguising himself when he's weak.

Sakura couldn't help but recall the saintess's occasional taunts... Fan Xiao was now very timid towards his teacher.

And he's not just a little cowardly.

Sakura felt that this cowardice was probably only temporary.

Once this guy's strength reaches a higher level, he might even dare to contradict that teacher or that super player.

After calming herself down a bit, Sakura asked, "Do you really think the mission is about falling in love?"

“It’s just a guess,” Fan Xiao said. “We’re about to investigate the specifics.”

“This city is called the City of True Love,” Sakura said skeptically. “It’s supposed to be about true love, but the dungeon quests are about getting players to be jerks… It’s a bit contradictory.”

"Have you forgotten the background information for this instance?" Fan Xiao said, "The name 'City of True Love' doesn't come from any romantic customs in this city, but rather from the city lord's pursuit of true love and his unrequited love. In other words, perhaps true love doesn't exist in this city, or rather... is the kind of beautiful love we know?"

"Isn't true love beautiful...?"

Sakura thought about this argument carefully and found that similar content was mentioned in the background introduction of the dungeon.

That is to say, true love is the most beautiful thing, but also the most cruel thing.

This statement itself is full of contradictions and raises questions.

The background information reminds players that the answers to their questions can be found in the City of True Love.

Fan Xiao continued, "True love in this city may differ somewhat from our understanding of true love. What exactly are these differences... that's part of what we need to investigate."

"Besides that, there's the city lord."

“If this city is twisted, then… the city lord might know some information.”

"Should we go directly to the city lord?" Sakura asked.

“No, let’s start with something simpler, like investigating the information about the Ring of Love.” Fan Xiao shook his head. “As for the city lord… such obvious information shouldn’t be in a B-level dungeon. Going to the city lord might lead us into a trap and cause great danger. We can’t do this… well, at least we can’t be the first to do it. Let others have the chance to be the first to fall into the trap.”

“Others might not fall for it,” Sakura said.

"Aren't there still those two cannibal players?" Fan Xiao laughed. "They'll only be locked up for a few days; they're not dead. Once they get out, we can trick them into trying it out."

"..." Sakura reminded him, "In their eyes, you're already dead. As for us trying to fool them... I rarely lie, I'm not confident."

"I was faking my death, and there's nothing to hide from them. They'll see me sooner or later when they come out."

Fan Xiao said nonchalantly, "We're all B-level players, no one's an innocent fool. I stirred things up and then pretended to be dead, wanting to see what impact their battle would have... It's a perfectly normal scheme."

“I don’t deny that they will be angry about this, but at the same time, they will also think more highly of me.”

At this point, he smiled and said, "People are sometimes just like that. When they get tricked, they tend to think the other person is very capable and have a higher level of trust and recognition for the information they provide."

“When they come out, I will not lie to them. I will use the truth to create a scheme to lure them into taking action.”

"Lies can be exposed, but a well-intentioned strategy can force people to comply."

"Do you need my cooperation?" Sakura asked.

"Let's talk about it then."

Fan Xiao, as the leader of the organization, issued the order: "From now on, we will continue to pretend we don't know each other and split up. Okay, that's all for now. The others have probably finished reading the legal documents."

Sakura nodded and left first.

Fan Xiao murmured "mirror" and left the teaching building, heading towards the office building.

Violating school rules and regulations is not considered a violation.

Therefore... as long as the school's teachers and staff cannot spot him, his actions will not be hindered in the slightest.

Unless he breaks the law.

“The Ring of Love, Mitchell Sinderson, True Love, the City Lord, and the number on his forehead… Let’s start the investigation from these five aspects for now.”

Fan Xiao quickly sorted out the key factors in his mind, and then asked the teachers he saw in the office building along the way. Finally, five minutes later, he located the archives room.

"This is it."

He quickly arrived at the door of the archives room.

After glancing at the door, he instantly teleported into the room and quickly found the teacher and student roster and other documents among the numerous materials.

With his special memory skills, after reviewing the roster, he memorized the names and other information of all the teachers and students in the school.

The roster even included photos, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Fan Xiao sorted through the information in his mind and quickly picked out the dozens of students with the best looks from the large number of people—both male and female.

Hmm... he didn't even spare the teacher.

His actions were based on a very simple speculation—if collecting the Heart Ring really requires dating, then people with high looks are undoubtedly harder to win over, because their strategies are more difficult.

The ring of love is most likely to appear on them.

This is a speculation with little basis, and it's quite presumptuous, but he doesn't mind trying to explore it from this angle.

Before long, Fan Xiao selected his first target – Yao Tianli from Class 3, Grade 2.

In a few instantaneous teleportations, he quickly arrived at the corresponding classroom, stood outside the corridor, and glanced into the classroom through the doors and windows... There was no one inside.

"Could they be having a PE class? What a coincidence."

Fan Xiao teleported towards the playground and arrived at the edge in a few seconds.

Students from five classes are having physical education class on the playground.

The school's educational model is quite similar to the one he's been familiar with since childhood.

Fan Xiao looked around and found that Melissa and the others had disappeared; they must have gone back to the teaching building.

If nothing unexpected happens, they have most likely already obtained some information from the many students on the playground.

Fan Xiao communicated with the "blood armor" on his shoulder.

Countless eyes sprouted from the blood-red shawl, looking around.

With a strong sense of programming, he began searching for Yao Tianli under his instructions.

It only took a dozen seconds to find it.

Fan Xiao walked over there.

Ahead, Yao Tianli was standing with several female students, strolling and chatting on the track and field.

Just as Fan Xiao was about to approach, the person walking with Yao Tianli noticed him and quickly stopped him.

"what are you doing?"

One of the girls questioned him with slight dissatisfaction.

Fan Xiao's unauthorized approach angered her.

"Let me ask you a question," Fan Xiao pointed to Yao Tianli, "What's her name?"

As he spoke, he activated "The Land of the Vanished Gods," erasing the memories of the girls in front of him.

"Another guy who's after Lili's beauty."

The girl who stopped Fan Xiao rolled her eyes: "So you're using the new 'don't know people' trick now, huh? If you can't find a topic to talk about, then don't say anything! I'm too embarrassed to call you out on it."

Fan Xiao: "..."

Ah... the prop intervention failed.

It was pretty much as he expected.

Ever since he deduced that the dungeon quest might be related to romance, he had a question: the teachers and students in the school all seemed to be ordinary people, but if the player possessed mental interference tools and used them on them... romance can sometimes be that simple, achieved with just one item.

A B-level dungeon wouldn't issue such a simple task, so... there must be something fishy going on.

For example, the native inhabitants of the City of True Love are not affected by mental interference... or rather, their mental resistance is ridiculously strong, and simple mental interference cannot shake them at all.

With this thought in mind, Fan Xiao tentatively tested the waters.

As it turned out... he proved his guess was correct.