I, the little cat, am a substitute for others who are starving and thin

"Meow?"

"Nothing, I know a place with better food, want to come with me?"

"want."

Yimi shook her head and shook off Kirito's hand.

He has already been patted on the head, so of course he should be given food.

7

There are problems understanding Chapter 7.

The Black Iron Palace was originally a resurrection room, but since the start of the Death Game its main function has become the opposite.

There was a huge metal monument that was not there during the closed beta test. The names of all 10,000 players were engraved on it. The names of deceased players were considerately crossed out with a horizontal line, and the time and cause of death were also clearly marked on the back.

Because people are unwilling to face the cruel facts, this place is still deserted as usual.

Of course, I didn't come here because there was something delicious here, I just wanted to confirm something.

"found it."

Rosalia, cause of death: suicide.

I had originally thought it would show an NPC attack, or just a bunch of gibberish like the rumors said. That way, no one would notice that the woman was killed by Yimi.

"What are you looking at?"

"The list, those with lines crossed out are those who have died."

Kirito answered somewhat sadly.

Although he is a solo player, he is also a member of the strategy group, and the list certainly includes people he has spoken and chatted with.

"Is it a tombstone?"

Yimi knew about this thing. When she and Shizhi buried the kitten, Shizhi also erected a very simple tombstone.

"It's not a tombstone. My name is on it too."

The directional teleportation crystal was still a bit of a pain to use, but it was great to be able to teleport with her.

Compared to those NPCs in town that would trigger the "too dangerous" warning when swinging a sword at them, Kirito had encountered many NPCs like this who were smart and even chatty, most of whom were quest NPCs.

In order to optimize the town NPCs, especially the first few levels of NPC intelligent algorithms can only provide basic answers, such as asking for directions.

During the closed beta test, some people had nothing better to do than study the NPC interactivity. Of course, someone like Kirito who only wanted to level up and explore more areas wouldn't pay attention to these things, but this was the first time he had seen a situation like the one before him.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

The female NPC passerby whose clothes were grabbed by Yimi lowered her head and asked gently, but no warning popped up like when the player touched it.

"Well?"

Yimisongzhua took a step back, and after the conversation ended, the female NPC turned around and ignored her, taking a step forward to continue wandering.

Then Yimi grabbed her again.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

Yimi let go of her and then caught her again.

"Hello……"

Again.

Neko stepped back in shock, walked over to Kirito, and tried to grab his clothes.

Kirito suppressed his laughter and imitated the female NPC's gesture, deliberately saying, "Hello, how can I help you?"

"Well!"

Yimi quickly moved away from him.

There's something wrong with everyone in this world!

It was stranger than anything she had ever seen. The fact that dead people would not leave behind corpses was beyond Maomao's comprehension. And now this woman was acting like... something. Her limited vocabulary couldn't find any words to describe it.

"Haha."

Kirito laughed out loud after a long time.

"why are you laughing?"

Yimi looked up at him with her little face tilted upwards.

"It's nothing. They have their own things to do. It's better not to disturb them."

He couldn't help but pat Yimi's witch hat.

"Busy?"

Yimi looked at the female NPC who was just walking around and became even more confused.

Kirito interrupted her thoughts and said, "Have you finished eating the bread I just gave you? Are you still hungry?"

"Is there anything delicious here?"

"Well, a lot of people choose where to live based on the food. After all, many foods are only sold in certain shops. But... we can also learn to cook on our own. It would be fun to experiment with different ingredients and taste different dishes instead of relying on the fixed menus at restaurants, right?"

He had no authority on this point, and he didn't want to waste the effort he put into improving his skills on cooking.

Among the people he knew... Asuna, who was now the vice-leader of the Blood Knights, the most recognized and strongest guild, seemed to have studied this matter, but it would be difficult to ask her for help, as their relationship was a bit strained.

As a novice village, the first floor doesn't actually have that many delicious foods. However, in addition to the guild's "army" that lives here permanently, there are also thousands of players who are unwilling to take risks and live here permanently.

If you don't want to kill monsters to level up but need to solve the hunger illusion and housing problem caused by your brain, you can only engage in professions such as blacksmithing, cooking, or businessmen like in real life.

"Before that, could you please change your clothes?"

Kirito still didn't want too many people to see Yimi's existence, especially since the first floor was considered the army's territory, and those people always felt like they were possessed.

He had no doubt that if the military discovered Yimi, there was a 70% chance they would attack her, citing "for the players' benefit," to see if defeating her would yield any items. After all, the military was the type to attack with impunity if they saw an orange name. Even if he tried to dispel the rumors, there was no guarantee anyone would still believe this kid had a boss side.

"Why change clothes?"

"Because this outfit is a bit conspicuous, and Yimi doesn't want...anyone!"

While speaking, Kirito suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at something.

"Who? It's like I'm eavesdropping."

There was a burst of laughter, and a man dressed in black came out.

The lower half of his face, which was only exposed, was raised in a mocking expression.

He feigned confusion and said, "Did I remember it wrong? This place should be a public area within the circle. How could someone want to have a private conversation here and still feel like they're being overheard?"

"You're dressed like a smiling coffin...why are you here?"

Kirito stood in front of Yimi.

That's what he said, but the cursor is green. Players with orange cursors are restricted from entering the town, but Kirito deliberately put a Smiling Coffin hat on this sneaky guy. In addition to directly killing players, orange-named players will have five chances to atone and restore their green names, and similar to Rosaria's previous situation, this can also happen.

"That kid Laki said our companions were killed by NPCs. That's too much."

His voice was full of teasing, and he didn't deny his identity. "Wow, hero, are you protecting an NPC who kills people now?"

"You were the ones who spread the rumors, weren't you?"

"This isn't a rumor, I heard this little girl even showed off a monster's health bar. Let me think... how about the Murder Guild occasionally doing some good deeds like subduing monsters?"

As the first victims, they obviously received firsthand information. For example, in this game with more than 50 levels of progress, Yimi's power level is at least above the 70th level BOSS.

However, they didn't know that Yimi could kill people in the safe zone, so they dared to follow Kirito.

The purpose of establishing the Murder Guild is to satisfy their sadistic psychology at all costs. It is common for them to disgust others with their words.

After only making a threat, he took out the teleportation item and left decisively.

"He's bad!"

Yimi realized it later.

This guy's clothes were the same as the two people she killed at the beginning! Because she didn't finish off that guy in time, now he's going to cause trouble for Maomao.

"It seems so."

Kirito was successfully annoyed by them and put away his sword with a serious expression.

He thought about something and turned to look at the little girl beside him: "Yimi..."

"You squat down."

Yimi seemed to have discovered something and waved at him.

"what happened?"

Kirito did as he was told.

Yimi lay directly on his back: "Stand up, move a little to the left, and a little forward."

"Is that right?"

Kirito shifted his pace.

Then Yimi took out a colored pen from somewhere and drew a horizontal line on the name of "Laki" on the densely packed metal tablet.

"..."

The little guy had some problems understanding what he had just explained.

8

Chapter 8 Pickpocketing.

A forest at a certain level.

"My HP? What's going on?!"

The black man who had escaped from Yimi looked at his HP in horror, which was decreasing at a slow rate.

He tried to use blood-recovering crystals, which were more precious than blood bottles, but the animation effect of the blood bar flowing only left the player with despair. In fact, he had been sentenced to death when the damage effect appeared.

Was he poisoned? Or something else? What kind of poison could be so potent?

Realizing that he was about to die, he didn't even look at the status bar. At this moment, his reaction speed was faster than any other moment in his life.

A person must have many things to do just before his unexpected death, but what he has to do is to focus on the accomplice who is closest to him and whose health bar is unhealthy due to encountering monsters.

Then, he stabbed him without hesitation.

"you?"

His accomplices looked at him in shock and confusion.

Yes, Laki chose the most twisted behavior, and he wanted to drag someone with him before he died.

Then the leader PoH's big knife-like weapon chopped his neck, helping him to end the slow deduction of HP.

"Ah."

PoH sneered.

Is someone undercover at Smiling Coffin?

The Smiling Coffins are a group of guys who either gave up hope or have some other twisted mentality. Obviously, everyone's body is supported by drugs like a vegetative state, but they keep killing people and making trouble.

The source of this comes from the leader PoH's announcement that "players died from NerveGears (gaming equipment) that burns their brains, the real murderer is Kayaba Akihiko, and we should enjoy the right to kill in the game."

He successfully brainwashed many players into following him and causing trouble.

"What a mischievous prank! Don't do it again."

Kirito helplessly carried Yimi on his back and walked away.

He didn't think it would be useful. How could you kill someone just by drawing a line? But the implication of doing so was ultimately bad...

Just as he thought of this, he saw the crooked line on Laki's name gradually straighten, and a new cause of death was added behind it: killed by the player.

"..."

coincidence?