The gray-blue light reflected on the dew-covered leaves, and crisp bird calls came from the roadside woods.

The moment of dawn.

Su Changxing drove a carriage shakily near the main city, his expression calm, his hands intact, as if yesterday’s events had not happened, only a dream.

This kind of work originally didn’t require him to complete personally, but to disguise his identity, he had to make such a big detour.

Only when everything is logical will people be unable to find any loopholes.

There were quite a few people on the street, apart from players, many people had gotten up early for work.

Life has never been an easy thing.

"You guys are much faster today than before, at least by an hour, haha, if you’d come a little earlier, I’d still be sleeping."

The restaurant employee was a pot-bellied fat man. He didn’t know Su Changxing but recognized the invoice.

Su Changxing nodded, confidently saying: "I’m good at driving, so it’s fast."

In reality, he ran all the way here and took out the carriage only near the main city.

The restaurant employee directed others to unload the goods, chatting idly.

"Your horse must be tired, its eyes are dull, you’d better let it rest."

"Hmm, maybe it’s tired from running."

"Why is it completely still, could it be sick?"

"It should be tired from running."

Su Changxing didn’t know why this fat man was particularly concerned about the horse, although it indeed had some problems and probably wouldn’t live long.

"Do you know where the Knight Guild is?" He changed the subject, asking.

"Knight Guild?"

The restaurant employee looked puzzled, saying: "It’s on the municipal center side, but ordinary people generally can’t enter or join. Is there something you need?" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Su Changxing laughed it off: "Hmm, there’s a bit of business. I’ll go take a look later."

He even felt that if he went now he could meet that kind and amiable vice president, although the other party probably wouldn’t recognize him.

In the Knight’s Guild, most are players. If he could find a way to take it down, he would gain a large amount of experience points, far exceeding what is needed to advance.

In this world, for him, it’s an opportunity to quickly enhance power. Gaining experience points can increase strength. Nothing is simpler than this.

[37500/40000]

He’s just a few thousand experience away from advancing. One more hunt at night would make him succeed in advancing.

This was all easier than expected.

Su Changxing was somewhat suspicious too, wondering if there might be any problems, but merely suspicion couldn’t change his actions.

He didn’t have many choices.

Of course, whether to take this action depends on the situation.

Moreover, he’s certain the main city is dangerous, there’s definitely some powerful presence here.

After unloading goods, Su Changxing leisurely led the carriage toward the municipal center, observing the city.

Some modern city features, but certain buildings seemed distinct.

This is a real world, with a long history, logically developed.

Apart from the presence of those players.

If without those players, this world would be more reasonable and complete.

Didn’t walk far.

He heard noise ahead, many people gathered watching, a spectacle.

It was the corpse of an old lady, her chest pierced by an axe, her head smashed multiple times by a blunt object, the death was tragic, seemingly just moved down from upstairs.

Strangely enough, many people looked gleeful, although not obvious, Su Changxing still noticed.

This expression seemed odd and terrifying, faced with someone’s death, not sympathy and sadness first, but a hint of delight.

"Who is she?" Su Changxing caught a passerby to ask.

"You don’t live near here, right? She’s Old Mrs. Luo Wen, sort of a local famous figure."

The passerby was one of the gleeful ones, appearing expressionless but actually carrying an indistinct smile.

He’s not extraordinary, just an ordinary person.

Su Changxing immediately asked: "Famous figure? What does she do?"

That old lady surely wasn’t extraordinary, otherwise, her body wouldn’t be so frail.

"What does she do? Can’t tell you, that’s all, I must go now." The man said and turned away, as if he had done something guilty.

However, Su Changxing was certain he wasn’t the murderer.

"Wait."

Su Changxing called out, took out a hundred-dollar bill from his pocket, and handed it to him with a smile:

"Why not tell me, I’m rather interested."

The man hadn’t expected such generosity from Su Changxing, his eyes lit up. He was poorly dressed, not affluent, a standard city poor.

His expression became attentive, smilingly saying:

"Sir, these are trivial matters. I’m called Yuge, and this Old Mrs. Luo Wen... I owe her money, she’s a loan shark, and she has no descendants, now she’s dead, I probably don’t have to repay."

"Apart from me, many others are like this too, we’re rats in the city, she’s the vampire rat."

Because of the hundred-dollar bill, he happily spoke about all this to Su Changxing, not caring about Old Mrs. Luo Wen’s death.

It was great news for him.

Su Changxing’s expression unchanged, thoughtfully said: "According to you, this Old Mrs. Luo Wen might’ve died at the hands of those who owed her money?"

The man awkwardly smiled and said:

"Hah, that’s not my guess, I haven’t said that... but it’s possible. Sir, your deduction skills are excellent, like those detectives."

Saying that, he started flattering.

Soon after.

A player working as a detective arrived to take over the case, a woman wearing a black baseball cap, looking somewhat dazed.

Tasks not involving extraordinary beings shouldn’t be high-level tasks, similar to delivering pork, but the actual difficulty may be higher.

After all, this requires thinking, delivering pork doesn’t.

The woman with the black cap stared at the corpse, seemingly thinking, but Su Changxing saw she had no idea what to do.

"Need help? Detective madam."

Su Changxing walked over, politely gesturing, and said.

Help?

Isn’t that what I need?

The female player widened her eyes, looked at Su Changxing, excitedly saying: "What? Do you have important clues?"

This question stumped Su Changxing.

Should he just tell her his deductions?

That might not be appropriate, making him, an NPC, seem too smart, and a butcher seemingly shouldn’t appear here.

Hmm, he’s just wandering.

"Old Mrs. Luo Wen is a loan shark, it seems after her death those who owe her money won’t have to repay."

Su Changxing pointed at the corpse, explaining.

"So?"

The female player asked puzzled.

So?

So you need to investigate those who owe her money... Su Changxing raised an eyebrow, left speechless, exhaling said:

"So you check out those who owe her money, it may be helpful."

The female player suddenly realized, smacked her thigh, saying:

"You mean those who owed money might’ve killed her over the money, right?"

Su Changxing was dumbfounded, couldn’t tell if she was genuinely naive or pretending, just nodded and said: "Yeah, kind of."

The female player pondered briefly, seriously saying: "So, whom should I investigate first?"

Su Changxing’s face stiffened, he said nothing, turned around, and left.

"Hey hey hey, sir, tell me who I should investigate first, you seem to know a lot. Do you need money? I can hire you."

She then chased over, blocking Su Changxing.

An unusual way of doing tasks, hiring an NPC to help.

Su Changxing looked at her, pretending to ask: "Hmm, how much can you spend to hire me? If reasonable, I might consider."

The female player recalled her wallet, saying: "Is 100 okay?"

Su Changxing held up two fingers.

"200?"

"No, it’s 2000, I’m a farm owner, hiring me would cost that much, otherwise wasting so much time, I could make more money."

The female player showed disappointment, said: "I don’t have that much money, forget it."

She was troubled by such investigative, deducing, requiring thinking tasks, yet she accidentally chose the detective profession.

Su Changxing shifted the conversation: "But we can exchange with other things. You’re a detective, you should know many things, right?"

The female player nodded uncertainly: "Probably."

Su Changxing revealed a satisfied smile: "Okay, let’s make a secret deal, I’ll help find the murderer, in exchange, you give me some information, but you can’t tell anyone about this."

[Task (Secret Deal): You encounter a stranger offering to help you complete the task, in return, you need to provide some information and keep it confidential.]