69novels Chapter 143 The Game Begins
Chapter 143 The Game Begins
Chapter 143 The Game Begins
The Southpis auction officially began on the afternoon of September 6, 1999, and lasted from the 6th to the 10th.
Guided by a waiter, Su Wu arrived at venue B. As soon as she stepped into the venue, she met the eyes of two people.
One of them was Feitan, whom I had met a few days ago, but the person accompanying him was not Franklin, but another man.
Huh? Why is the Phantom Troupe here? Logically speaking, if they don't need exorcists, they wouldn't need to come and take over Greed Island...
"What? Someone you know?" Phinks followed Feitan's gaze and asked casually when he saw the person.
"A brat from District 12." Feitan looked away and said casually, no longer paying attention to the other person.
"Wow, from District 12? At this age, it's practically like we raised him, right? Pfft—" Finks laughed at himself.
As sponsors of District 12, it's not unreasonable for them to say that.
Unfortunately, only Phinks found it funny, while Feitan's expression remained completely unchanged.
"..." Su Wu, whose hearing was exceptionally good, glanced at the other person, went down the red carpeted steps, and as she passed by the two of them, she said, "It's only been raised for less than a year."
He only stayed in Meteor City for less than a year. After he left, he had to fend for himself. Spiders didn't raise him.
"Ahem..." Finks smiled nonchalantly.
I never expected a kid from District 12 to be doing so well.
The auction required a membership fee of twelve million to enter, yet this person managed to get in.
That guy from the Pampas has struck gold again.
The thought of some money-grubbing person calling every year asking for money is enough to give even someone as easygoing as Fink a headache.
Su Wu was positioned relatively close to the front, right next to Batra.
When the other party attended today, they didn't bring the awakened "Sleeping Beauty." Killua and Gon, on the other hand, followed along to join in the fun.
George Kira, needless to say, was practically a bodyguard to him.
Kong was stopped outside by a lone tiger, because monsters were not allowed inside the venue, and even paying more money wouldn't work.
The auction catalog lists the auction time and venue for each item.
Su Wu flipped through the catalog briefly but didn't find anything she wanted, so she closed it and lazily watched the auctioneer on stage.
The first set of Greed Island was auctioned off to Batra for 35.8 billion, and after inspection, it was immediately given to Su Wu.
Maro took the suitcase containing the game console.
"Transaction complete, bye~" Su Wu said goodbye to the group in a relaxed tone and left the auction venue.
Feitan and Phinks merely glanced at him and made no other move.
One set was taken by the brat from District 12, leaving six sets remaining.
They only need one set.
On September 10, 1999, Batra acquired the remaining Greed Island sets, each escorted by different people and meeting up via different routes.
One of the sets was stolen en route.
……
"My lord, where are we going?" Maro asked.
"Let's find a safe place to play games," the white-haired boy pondered.
After entering the game, besides completing the game, it seems that you can also leave the game by obtaining something.
If I don't get it, I'll stay in the game forever. Well... although the game console can't be destroyed by external forces, I still need to find a suitable place.
Ideally, it would be a place with someone guarding it...
Ten days later.
Meteor City, District 12.
"So that's why you came back?" Sid, dressed as a priest, crossed his arms and glanced down at the briefcase in the blond youth's hand.
Returning to Meteor City, just to play games?
You left almost a year ago, couldn't you come up with a better reason? Like wanting to go to Meteor City...
Okay, let's skip this one.
For example, the reason that someone misses the people of Meteor City and comes back to visit is much more comforting.
You came back just so someone could watch your game console when you're playing?
West Germany held back for a long time, barely managing to resist the urge to pack up the entire group and throw them out of Meteor City.
"Yes." The white-haired boy nodded without any tact, which made Sid grit his teeth.
The slight unfamiliarity that had arisen after almost a year apart vanished completely.
Even though this kid has grown quite a bit taller, his personality hasn't changed much; he's still just as infuriating.
"And who is this?" Sid asked, looking at the blond youth with a thoughtful gaze.
You came back, fine, but why did you bring two things that look like they could eat a lot?
Neither the young man nor Warcraft seemed to be eating much.
"You...you...hello, I am your servant..." Maro hesitated over his form of address before bowing politely.
I heard the other person grew up under my watchful eye! He definitely needs to do his best!
"Servant?" Sid looked at the white-haired boy.
Good lad, you've even got servants after going out for a short while. That magical beast must be a pet.
Having servants and keeping magical beasts as pets—that's quite the aristocratic style.
"Alright, alright, go have some fun." Sid waved his hand, too lazy to pay any more attention to the two of them.
"Then we'll play here at the church." Su Wu gestured for Maro to place the game console next to the spot where West Germany usually meditated.
Then he turned on the game console, put on the so-called game memory card—a ring—and used his mind.
"Connection initiated," Su Wu announced with great ceremony.
When Sword Art Online starts the game, the characters shout this phrase, which is incredibly ceremonial and caters to those with a penchant for chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared in front of the game console.
A series of blue data streams converged and disappeared, eventually becoming a blue room.
"I hate data streams..." Su Wu covered her nose and spoke after a moment of silence.
Oh, nosebleeds mean real-life teleportation, so the main function of Greed Island is actually teleportation? No wonder death in the game is real death, since it's a real person entering the game.
Greed Island must also exist somewhere.
So even Ugly Baby was teleported over.
Inside the enclosed room, a pink-haired woman wearing a futuristic helmet, sitting on a chair that looked like a floating spaceship or something, began to speak.
"Would you like to hear the rules of the game?"
"Speak," Su Wu said, suppressing her impatience.
"Okay, you can use two skills in the game: the first is Book, and the second is Gain..."
The Book function can summon a book, which contains many blank spaces, most of which are numbered, while some are unnumbered.
One hundred designated pockets, numbered from 0 to 99, can only hold cards with the same serial number.
The other 45 unnumbered pockets can be used freely.
Collect all the cards in the designated pocket to clear the game.
The way to obtain cards is to first obtain items. After obtaining items, they will turn into cards. However, by using Gain's skill, the cards can be turned back into items.
However, cards that have been turned back into items cannot be turned back into cards.
Furthermore, there is a "card conversion limit" in the game. Some cards have a maximum of over one hundred cards, while others may only have one copy. If a sufficient number of players have already converted them into cards, then even if you obtain the item, you will not be able to convert them into cards.
Another scenario is that if an item is converted into a card and is not put into the book's pocket within a minute, it will revert back into an item and cannot be converted back into a card.
The scattered set of rules made Su Wu frown and look irritated.
When I have a headache, what I find most annoying is listening to long, rambling speeches.
But when playing games, the rules are important, and you can't ignore them.
"Finally, and most importantly, if a player dies in the game, the ring and card book will be destroyed, and the cards will disappear. Please be aware of this."
Huh? The most important thing isn't that dying in a game also means dying in real life?
However, this seems to be a well-known rule.
"Now, let the game begin."
(End of this chapter)