Chapter 13: Aiding a Enchanting Lady (1)

Phakin got up from the capsule machine, stretching to relieve his muscles after lying down for a long time. He walked to the dining area to have lunch, shaking his head rapidly in boredom.

"Is something troubling you, Master?" Mina's 3D hologram was projected, following her master.

Phakin waved his hand and said, "Just feeling a bit suffocated having a supervisor around... By the way, are there any problems in the city?"

Mina then started reporting the progress in replicating the dwarves' weapon technology, as well as the expenditure for repairing the walls of Seven Lakes City.

Phakin nodded intermittently. He used every method to stay informed about the city's status. When he left the city, there was no player available to manage and report on the city's affairs through a message box to him, so he relied on Mina to keep him updated when he was outside.

While other players could make plans outside the game, he had Mina report the city's status and gave her commands from outside the game as well.

After finishing his lunch, Phakin stood up and said to Mina, "Alright, I'm going to explore Bangkok after five years." Since returning, he had been playing the game continuously and had not yet explored the changes in the city. There were still several hours before his appointment with the two supervisors."

On the other side, at noon, it was part of the routine of another young woman to leave the capsule machine and have lunch with her family.

At the dining table, little Tangmo, with frizzy hair and shabby clothes, was poking at the salad with a fork, looking rather displeased.

Her mother couldn't help but ask, and little Tangmo told her about Zhu zhu's teasing without holding back.

Her mother nodded in agreement, saying, "Good friends are hard to find nowadays, like a needle in a haystack."

"Yes..." little Tangmo responded and took a bite of the vegetable, shaking her head at the thought of Zhu zhu's face.

Her father looked away from the news and turned to his daughter, saying, "Even after a hundred years, meeting friends in real life, face to face, is more genuine than making friends on the internet."

Her mother added, "All your close friends are married now, so there's no group to hang out with, not even in games."

When her mother mentioned this, little Tangmo felt she was in trouble. Before she could say anything, her father spoke up, "I'm not stopping you from attending the wedding in Hong Kong, but you should start looking for a boyfriend before you graduate. We used to be old-fashioned and didn't allow you to date, but now we're not against it anymore."

From worrying about friends, it suddenly became a matter of finding a boyfriend.

What the heck!

Little Tangmo quickly stood up and said, "I forgot that today there's a sale at M Mall! I'll go check it out!" and then dashed upstairs to change clothes.

Her mother looked at Tangmo's back as she went upstairs and immediately scolded her father, "You! At first, you were so possessive, not letting Tangmo date anyone. Now you're worried she won't have a partner! Hmph." This has been a family issue from the past to the present.

While many people went out to run errands and participate in activities outside the game in the virtual world, the managers of various departments sat around in a circle, meeting to find a way to continue the event.

"Not long after launching the event, it looks like it will end easily."

"After this, the small towns will definitely attack sirius."

The strategy manager held his head in his hands, "The situation in Sirius is now critical, the power of the Dwarf King has been shaken due to losing the great war."

The game planning staff behind the managers spoke up with an innocent face, "No need to worry, from the evaluation of Sirius city's fortress's resistance to attacks, the likelihood of players winning is less than ten percent. If players attack, the AI dwarves who want to overthrow the king's throne will unite. Then, we will command the king to take the opportunity, after winning the city defense, to attack the surrounding towns... With the first victory, other AI commanders will surely follow suit."

The managers looked at each other, then responded with a pleased expression.

"So, let's get ready for the Sirius city war!"

The five metropolitan lords do not get involved in the war that is about to occur in Sirius City 1000 percent.

Anyway, they have to wait to fully restore their forces first.

Phakin transformed into a tourist, taking pictures of the old buildings of the national police office that has stood for hundreds of years, which is next to the newly opene-air S shopping center, before coming back to walk around and explore the shopping center further.

When he entered the shopping center zone, he looked up and saw an image of a default-looking man in a mage outfit pointing at something, with a backdrop of a war that had just ended a few days ago.

A huge poster, along with the name Sagittarius of Chandra Metropolis, was written on it, similarly to Guhai Wubian... Mina had told him after the Seven Lakes war that the game company would use the image for promotion and had given a few hundred thousand as pocket money.

For Phakin's current financial status, a few hundred thousand really was pocket money, which the game company gave him, and he accepted it. Phakin was fully aware that he couldn't escape his fate just like Guhai Wubian.

Everyone gazed at the colossal image over ten meters high, each person voicing their opinions. Of course, Phakin didn't want to hear people gossiping about him, so he quickly walked to buy an ice cream cone at a nearby shop to eat.

Phakin walked, comfortably licking his ice cream, looking left and right, relaxed. He happened to pass by a luxurious shop selling necklaces and pearl products. As soon as he made eye contact through the window with the old man with a crew cut inside the shop, his eyes widened, and he hurried past.

The old man who made eye contact with Phakin stared forgetting himself, then suddenly startled and quickly opened the shop door, but Phakin was nowhere in sight.

Phakin walked back and around until he was at the same spot, across from the national police office. As Phakin thought about going back to his car and directly back to his condo to avoid that man, an explosion sound occurred.

Boom!

He looked up to see smoke billowing from the tall building of the police hospital, adjacent to the ancient building.

Nevertheless, he still felt assured because the name itself suggested it was the national police office, with police officers all over the place. Even though it was a terrorist explosion, there must be top police officers dealing with the issue.

As expected, gunfire started to follow continuously, indicating a clash.

Of course, Thais began to "crowd" on the shopping center's side of the road. Everyone, including Phakin, was staring at the national police office.

No matter the past or the future, for tens or hundreds of years, Thais still "crowd" consistently.

Then there was news circulated among the crowd saying, "The news says it's mercenaries aiding the drug lord who was caught and brought here for treatment!"

Phakin nodded enthusiastically, staring at the group of smoke while continuously nibbling the cone mixed with ice cream.

The Thai onlookers showed no fear; they all thought that with the National Police Office building blocking the way, the mercenaries would definitely help the prisoner escape the other way.

But it wasn't like that.

The crowd scattered in all directions when the sound of gunfire grew closer. Even more so when a black Humvee crashed through the back gate of the police station and burst out!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Now bullets were flying everywhere.

Of course, Phakin had already bolted when the gunfire started getting closer.

He didn't even notice that the four Humvees split off in different directions, making it harder for the police to catch the prisoners, or that one of them had driven into the shopping center!

Speed surpasses that of demons when people are scared.

Phakin clearly saw an elderly woman with a cane, who had been among the onlookers with him, running past him...

Gunshots echoed from behind, and Phakin instinctively ducked behind a wall.

He peeked out to see two mercenaries leading, while two others were supporting a middle-aged man in a patient outfit, entering the alley where he was. They shot anyone they saw and destroyed any security cameras.

Seeing this, Phakin immediately understood the mercenaries' intention.

"Don't want any witnesses or evidence!"

Those four must have parked their car inside this mall for sure. They came to switch escape vehicles, so they needed to eliminate all the witnesses.

"Damn it!" If I leave the corner of the building now, those four will surely shoot.

Phakin looked at the approaching mercenaries while my hand searched for a door or window to escape, but I ended up touching something soft.

Miiib... Miiib...

'Eek!' A woman's soft cry made Phakin turn around. He then saw a woman hiding in the same corner as he was.

On closer inspection... it was unmistakable! He then noticed that behind him was a brick wall! No door, no window to escape through.

One previous onlooker, sensing danger, ran out of the hiding spot. Hearing the footsteps, Phakin peeked around the corner and saw the mercenaries shoot the person down in the alley!

Seeing this, Phakin decided and whispered to Tangmo, 'When I push you down, fall and don't move, don't breathe, hold it in!'

Tangmo, who had just been strolling around and suddenly found herself in this terrorist incident, trembled and responded, scared out of her mind.

Phakin mumbled to himself, 'I've got too much money left to spend. I'm not dying here!'

Just then, two mercenaries reached them.

Bang! Bang!

Two shots, sparingly using bullets.

When the mercenaries saw blood covering the young man's clothes and both lying motionless, they hurried past towards a sedan. They had the keys, opened the doors, got in, and amidst the chaos, drove off mingling with the fleeing crowd, leaving open-air Shopping Center..."...

A few minutes later,

the whole police force came rushing in.

"Sir, there are bullet marks everywhere. They must have come this way for sure."

"Chase them quickly!"

Then, a group of police officers ran past a young man who was shielding a woman, heading towards the parking lot. They saw several cars had left and could only complain that tracking them would be difficult now.

"Damn it! They infiltrated like this. What a disgrace!!!" A middle-aged man shouted in exasperation.

They not only robbed prisoners in broad daylight but also inside the police hospital."