The Counterattack of the Villains

It's around nine o'clock in the morning, on the rooftop of a Shinjuku apartment.

Handmade noodles were being cooked in a large pot on a brick stove with firewood burning underneath.

There is also a smaller iron pot containing sauteed meat cubes and dried vegetables.

It's just the lack of green vegetable ingredients that makes this sauerkraut slightly lacking.

However, it is a shortcoming, because there is no shortage of various seasonings, and the taste is not bad.

Uzamu Yuzuha never expected that in this precarious country of dying, she would still have the opportunity to eat a hot bite of soybean noodles.

There is no shortage of food in the dying country, but if you want to eat hot food, you still have to do it yourself.

In such an environment, how many people have the leisure to get hot food?

Less than half an hour later, the rooftop began to sound one after another, the sound of chirping and snoring.

Everyone was holding a large bowl, slurping noodles, and looking towards the Toei Sendagaya Apartment opposite.

But I saw that on the roof of the apartment opposite, I don’t know when, there was a four-character signboard with the word "Game Venue", and under the four words, there was a spades sign.

It wasn't there when they went to bed last night, but suddenly it was there when they woke up this morning.

It's just that it's daytime and the neon lights aren't on, so it doesn't look conspicuous.

If they hadn't lived across the street, they wouldn't have noticed it.

Uzuomu Yuba smiled at Zhang Qin and said: "It's convenient tonight, we don't have to run far away."

Zhang Qin said nonchalantly: "We may have to take a night off tonight, so our group shouldn't be involved in this game."

Uzagi Yuzuha looked around and found that Anri Tsuruna was not there, and he vaguely understood something in his heart.

She already knows that Anri Haruna represents another huge player organization. If the two of them can unite, they may be able to defeat all games faster.

In the game at the theme park last night, they were showing their strength to Anri Haruna.

So tonight's game should be a platform for them and the people behind Anri Tsuruna to show each other's strength, and to try cooperation for the first time.

"Sister Qin, I want to learn fighting from you, is that okay?"

Zhang Qin smiled and said: "Of course, the most important thing in practicing fighting is physical fitness. You have a good foundation. As long as you learn the skills and add some practical training, you will soon become a master."

As a master of freehand rock climbing, Usagi Yuzuha has excellent strength, agility, physical fitness, and body coordination, even slightly better than Zhang Qin himself.

Regardless of Qin Zhuiyu and Gao Hongliang, they have practiced martial arts for several years in Liao Zhai World, but after losing their extraordinary strength, their physical fitness is still far inferior to hers.

Including Zheng Zha, who was once the top combat force of the Zhongzhou team, they have rich combat experience and their combat skills have been honed for a long time.

But before entering the main god space, his physical fitness was still incomparable to Usagi Yuzuha.

On the other side, Li Mu said to Xiao Honglu and Zhan Lan: "I have to meet with the Hatter tonight, and our group will not participate in the game."

"The Chu Xuan team has a two-week visa, so there is no need to rush to participate in the game. Just take a rest tonight and accompany me to meet the Hatter."

"Tonight's 5 of spades game is up to you two teams, make it look nice."

Xiao Honglu used the protective wall as a table, placed the noodle bowl on it, and said while eating noodles: "No problem, remember to give us the two pistols first."

"The 'ghosts' this time are different from the mascot last night. They are all professional combatants. Using crossbows to attack micro-attacks is still unreliable."

Zhan Lan added: "And if we clearly carry weapons when we sign up to enter the venue, we might even be targeted."

Li Mudao: "The pistol will be given to you without asking, but who do you plan to give it to?"

Zhan Lan said matter-of-factly: "Of course it's me and Zheng Zha. We are weak in close combat, but our marksmanship is not bad."

"Arnold, Yingqi, Wuji, and Yingkong can kill ghosts with their bare hands. It doesn't matter whether they have weapons or not."

Li Mu nodded and said: "I remember that in the original plot, the clearance room was Room 406. Anyway, you can all go and try it first. What if the plot does not change?"

Zhan Lan said: "You don't need to tell us that we will do the same, but nine times out of ten it has changed. It is impossible for the Lord God to leave such a big loophole for us to take advantage of."

"This game is different from the Gate of Life and Death. After all, the difficulty of Gate of Life and Death is only 3, and you have to take a risk on the first door at the beginning."

"The biggest difficulty of this game is to find the correct room among 105 rooms while being chased by ghosts, so it can't be that easy."

Li Mu smiled and said: "It's not easy compared to others. For our team, even if we don't know the correct answer in advance, how difficult is it?"

Hearing his words, Zhan Lan and Xiao Honglu both curved their lips. This was indeed true.

In the final analysis, the only thing that can really threaten them in this world is the "rules". There are too few places in the games themselves that can threaten them.

In fact, everyone knows very well that in the final analysis, this so-called Land of Dying is controlled by the Lord God.

Even if it is not originally, when the reincarnator enters this world, it will become so.

…

After breakfast, everyone has free time.

Zhang Qin began to teach Yuzuo Uzagi Yuba's fighting skills, and Tsugumi Akane learned archery from Zhang Heng.

Li Mu and Chu Xuan took Xiao Honglu, Zheng Zha, Arnold, Wang Xia, and Gao Hongliang to collect useful supplies in the city.

Lord Bachi took Zelan, Zhan Lan, Qin Zhuiyu, Zhu Wen and the other girls to the wild to pick some edible wild vegetables and add some green vegetables to everyone.

Changkong Wuji, Li Yingqi, and Zhao Yingkong stayed in the apartment, serving as the headquarters.

There are not only wild vegetables but also wild animals in the wild. This is when those crossbows come into play.

After spending most of the day, Master Bachi and the others not only harvested a large amount of wild vegetables, but also replenished a lot of fresh meat.

Li Mu and the others also searched for many useful materials. The most impressive thing was that Chu Xuan and Xiao Honglu worked together to build several shortwave radio stations using some non-chip electronic equipment parts.

These shortwave radio stations allow them to achieve barrier-free instant communication within a range of hundreds of kilometers, and their signal coverage is enough to cover Tokyo's 23 wards.

In other words, they can communicate instantly at any time and anywhere in the entire Kingdom of Mortals.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone returned to the apartment. For dinner, Li Mu cooked "vegetable rice", which is a large pot of cooked rice and diced pork and wild vegetables.

Thanks to Master Bachi and the others, everyone has eaten fresh vegetables tonight, and there will be more green vegetable ingredients in the sautee tomorrow morning.

After dinner, the sky quickly darkened, and members of Zhan Lan's group and Xiao Honglu's group went to bed early.

Others didn't go to bed because they didn't need to participate in the game tonight.

At about 10:30 in the evening, members of Zhan Lan's group and Xiao Honglu's group had already gotten up. Everyone gathered on the rooftop, waiting quietly for something.

At about 10:40, a car light appeared at the end of the street on the left, and an old-fashioned convertible drove slowly from far to near.

A smile appeared on Li Mu's face and he said to Chu Xuan: "They are here, let's go down to welcome them."

Chu Xuan nodded, and the two of them went downstairs together. Lord Bachi, Arnold, Wang Xia, and Zhao Yingkong followed behind them, while the others stayed on the rooftop.

After all, this is a private meeting, so there is no need to be too particular about it. With Mr. Hachiku and four other people following him, the card is enough.

There were three people in the convertible, and the driver was Anri Tsuruna. In the back seat sat a handsome middle-aged man with long hair and a beach suit.

His name is Tsuyoshi Danma, he is the founder and spiritual leader of the seaside, nicknamed the Hatter.

There was another person sitting in the passenger seat, a tall, muscular man.

He has a neat round haircut, a black vest on his upper body, revealing his strong arms and shoulders, a casual camouflage dress on his lower body, and a pair of land combat boots on his feet.

This person's overall appearance, both in body shape and temperament, is that of a typical soldier.

He is none other than the leader of the Coastal Fighting Faction and a former self-defense officer, Touen Suguo, and he is also the Hatter's best brother.

On the surface, the Fighting Faction he leads is on a par with the Hatter Faction, and he doesn't have much respect for the Hatter, but this is just a way of balancing between him and the Hatter.

Only Su Guo Du Yuan can suppress the martial arts faction, but the members of the martial arts faction are not convinced by the Hatter.

Under such circumstances, if Su Guo Duyuan showed an attitude of being subordinate to others, the martial arts faction would most likely lose control completely.

Although he is powerful, it is impossible for him to fight against dozens of members of the martial arts faction at the same time.

That's why he deliberately acted like he could seize power at any time and become the master of the seaside. Only in this way will the martial arts faction obey him and be willing to obey his orders.

But as long as the Hatter is alive for a day, Du Yuan in the Su Kingdom must maintain the "surface" harmony and cannot seize power in an open and just manner. The martial arts faction can understand this.

It is under the operation of the two brothers that the seaside seems to be undercurrent, but in fact it has been maintained steadily until now.

As long as there is no problem between the two of them, there will never be any problem on the beachfront.

But once something goes wrong with either of the two, the beach will fall apart in an instant.

Because the seaside was originally supported by the two of them.

The car drove into the Shinjuku apartment. In front of the lobby on the first floor of the apartment, Li Mu and Chu Xuan were waiting here.

When the car stopped and the Hatter and others got out of the car, Li Mucai led everyone to take a few steps forward.

"The Hatter and Mr. Su Guo are here. We are waiting to welcome you from afar."

Anri Hena whispered beside the Hatter: "He is Mu."

The Hatter laughed calmly and said, "Mr. Mu is so polite. I was really surprised when I heard the news about you from Ann."

"I didn't expect that there are elites like you among the players. It's really disrespectful."

While the Hatter was chatting with Li Mu, Su Guo was looking at Arnold and the others, feeling secretly surprised.

None of these people are simple. Needless to say, Master Yakashi and Arnold, one can imagine how terrifying they are just by their size.

The most normal one among them was Wang Xia. He felt the same aura as his from the other party's body, and could definitely tell that they were the same kind.

But among the four people, the one he feared the most was precisely Zhao Yingkong, the girl with the smallest body shape and the least presence.

The threats posed by the other three people to him were all obvious.

Only Zhao Yingkong made him feel that the other party could take away his life without him noticing.

Li Mu and the Hatter stood half a meter apart. They each extended their right hands and shook them.

Li Mu smiled and said: "I believe An has already explained the matter clearly to you, so I won't talk nonsense anymore. I wonder what the Hatter is planning?"

The Hatter looked solemn when he heard this and asked solemnly: "I would like to ask, is what Mr. Mu said to An 100% accurate?"

Li Mudao: "I can only say that my source of information is trustworthy. As for the more specific ones, due to some special reasons, I cannot tell them, otherwise everyone will die."

"You should believe me, because we have the same purpose as you, we want to leave the Land of Dying and live in the real world."

"And we have no other requirements. We just cooperate to clear all the games. This is what you have to do and must do, isn't it?"

The Hatter nodded slowly and said, "That's true. Before I got your news, I actually speculated on some things."

"The news you asked An to bring corroborates my guess. The only deviation is that we don't need to deliberately collect all the playing cards."

"Because as long as all the games are cleared, no matter whether we get all the playing cards or not, we have a chance to leave."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Exactly."

The Hatter continued: "Then the only problem now is about cooperation."

"You said that the militant faction is a factor of instability. I agree with this, but without the militant faction, it would be difficult to maintain order on the seaside."

Li Mu said seriously: "Since we have already met, let's open the sky and speak openly. There is no need to go around in circles."

"Of course I know the role of the martial arts faction. We can completely replace the martial arts faction. The only thing that needs to be solved now is the issue of trust, right?"

The Hatter said calmly: "Yes, then how can you guarantee that you will not become the second martial arts faction?"

Li Mu shook his head and said: "I can't guarantee it, because I know who we are, but you don't know. Whatever I say is just one side of the word."

"On this matter, I can only say that it depends on your courage and whether you dare to take a gamble on whether we are of the same mind as you."

The Hatter stared at Li Mu for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "I think I have a good chance of winning, because you guys really don't look like lunatics who like this world."

Li Mu also smiled, and he said sincerely: "The relationship between us is actually the same as that between you and Mr. Su Guo."

"We are all close friends in the real world. We attended a banquet in Shibuya and ended up here together. We just want to survive."

Having said this, he turned sideways, stretched out his hand and said, "Why don't we go up and talk more, and you two can also go meet my friends."

The Hatter said happily: "Yes, please."

The group of people went up to the rooftop and saw the men and women of the Zhongzhou Team, including even children. The Hatter and Su Guo Duyuan's doubts about the Zhongzhou Team were a little lessened.