Chapter 20 - OG Player

"Excuse me, young lady, may we ask you a few questions?"

Wu Hua sat himself at a table and flashed a smile at the young woman sitting opposite him.

"May I know what you know about this student called Bai Zhi?"

"Wh— Uh, Who— You're with the proper authorities, right?" Lin XiaoYi was visibly excited, sensing that she was on the verge of uncovering the mysterious truth just beneath the veil of reality.

Wu Hua nodded, after a barely perceptible pause. "Indeed, you could say so. I've read your statement about that supernatural entity. Since you experienced it firsthand, you now know of these things, but please don't go telling anyone."

He smiled at the girl. "We wouldn't want to cause a panic."

"Mmm... So you guys are specially trained to deal with those weird monsters? Are there many of you? Those urban legends circulating online but keep getting deleted, are they all true?"

"About that, yes. Some of them are true. Not an overwhelming number, but not insignificant either. The rest are copypasta, fabricated purely for attention."

Wu Hua answered her questions with considerable patience.

After getting the unconscious students to the hospital and wrapping up the necessary administrative tasks, Wu Hua had turned his attention to investigating Bai Zhi. He was awestruck upon learning of Bai Zhi's legendary feat of dating seven different girls in three months. As someone who had been single all his life, Wu Hua could not help also feeling slightly resentful and envious.

Thus, he asked Lin XiaoYi, "So, what do you know about Bai Zhi? It seems that he used to pursue you quite wildly?"

"Ah... That's true, but the only reason he pursued me was to ward off the thing that was threatening me..." She flopped across the table, affecting a weak, pitiful voice.

"He may be something like you guys, but unlike you who operate openly, he's been quietly protecting the students in this school for the past three months! He's a hero who protects the light while staying in the shadows!"

As she finished, Lin XiaoYi raised her head, revealing eyes that burned with a fervent light.

"Three months ago..." Wu Hua trembled with shock as he registered what she said, his mind blank except for two words—"OG Player".

To be an OG Player not only meant someone was among the highest leveled Players in the world, but also meant that they had survived everything the game had thrown at them since the very beginning. Thus, OG Players were quite a big deal.

As we suspected, he's someone we should look up to! Perhaps if we hadn't interfered and made a mess of things, he would have handily dispatched that entity on the rooftop...

As he recalled how he and his team had nearly been wiped out by the little boy, Wu Hua felt quite shaken.