Chapter 503: Chapter 503 – Camouflage
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Nobody really had any words to say about Young Master Han. That man’s devious tendency was truly a work of wonder. Gu Fei had only audaciously made such a wild claim, yet it actually beca a prophecy fulfilled. The more they thought about it, the more possible it beca, yet no one wanted to confirm this with Young Master Han. This matter had already been resolved many days ago; they would only incur the man’s derision if everyone showed realization now.
“Let’s not talk about the past anymore,” Sword Demon said bitterly.
Gu Fei nodded.
“Especially not to Deep Waters...” Coco added.
Gu Fei and Sword Demon nodded. They recalled Deep Waters ntioning Young Master Han through gritted teeth. They had no idea how the bad blood between the two had reached such a degree, but ntioning this matter to the man would be like adding fuel to the fire and would most likely cause him to erupt!
“Do you think my thod will work?” Gu Fei was the first to bring the topic back on track.
“Do you think you’ll discover anything by secretly watching him like this?” Coco asked.
“It will more or less help a little, right, Sword Demon?” Gu Fei nudged him.
“Ah? I guess?” Sword Demon answered hesitantly. He just realized that he had unknowingly been supporting Gu Fei’s idea, which was really a word trap by itself. Gu Fei was pretty sly and cunning himself.
“If that’s the case, I’ll help you two out a bit. I, too, don’t wish to have soone with a questionable character in my guild,” Coco said.
“There’re a few hundred n in a guild; how can you guarantee that everyone has an upright character?” Gu Fei chuckled. This was obviously sothing impossible. The human heart was unfathomable. It would forever be one of the most difficult things in the world to see through.
“This is but a ga, so everything is really simple. Killing people at random, stealing monsters or equipnt at their fancy... All are signs of poor character. At the very least, we don’t have anyone in our guild that does those things,” Coco replied.
“Is that so? If that’s the case, we’ll help you examine your friend Broken Water Arrow to find out if he is the sort that kills people at random or steals monsters or equipnt at the drop of a hat!”
“Okay; co and change into these.” Coco casually pointed over to the pile of outfits at the side. About ten sets of camouflage outfits were made not too long ago.
“To think we’ll get a chance to try this on as well.” Gu Fei chuckled at Sword Demon. However, he soon felt self-conscious wearing the outfit. As the outfits were handsewn by players, they did not follow any of the ga’s tailoring patterns. Moreover, since they did not have any stats or traits, the players would have to wear them on top of their equipnt. The outfit just comprised a coat and a pair of pants, but putting it on was a bit difficult. This was because his current attire was a mage robe; its hem reached his feet as it was designed to resemble a full-length windbreaker. There was simply no way the outfit could hide all of it in.
Gu Fei was at a loss and blankly stared at Coco. The lady could not hold in her laughter when she saw him in his embarrassing state. “Wait a mont. We did make an outfit especially set for Mages.” With that, she looked past her shoulder and instructed the players hard at work. “Get an outfit more in the style of a mage robe. An imdiate order!”
That was when he realized that she had been making a fool out of him a little. Still, at least the solution to her prank did not require brainstorming on his part. Gu Fei, thus, sighed in relief.
Tailoring in the ga did not take as much ti as it would in real life, so that rush order of the camouflage robe was quickly completed. Gu Fei took and donned it accordingly. And as he and Sword Demon stood side by side, they looked just like a pair of soldiers. The two n sized each other up and felt sowhat uneasy at what they saw.
“Add this for the final touches.” Coco pulled out a box from her dinsional pocket and opened it.
Gu Fei ca forward and had a look at what was inside. Within the box was a viscous mixture of dark green in color .
“Sar your faces with this!” Coco bead at the two n.
The two exchanged glances.
“In a harmonious guild like ours, an unfamiliar face is easily identified. Fortunately, we happen to have this special camo face paint, which makes it hard for even acquaintances to recognize each other. You two can’t neglect applying this on!” Coco said.
Gu Fei and Sword Demon thought back, and sure enough, Deep Waters and all his guildmates had this paint on. The fact they had trouble identifying Deep Waters from the others only served to prove Coco’s point about the wondrous effect of this green face paint before them. Helpless, the two could only grab a handful of the green paint and sared their faces with it accordingly. Gu Fei asked as he applied it, “How did you make this?”
“I don’t really know the details, but it is also sothing that I specially ordered externally. I just realize that there are many talented players out there; as long as you can think of it, there’s bound to be soone out there with the necessary skill set to make it. Tons of materials for all sorts of things can be found in Parallel World. Many large workshops in this ga already have their eye on this avenue of business, and they are currently busy recruiting players with such eclectic talents. This ga has truly beco a world of its own,” Coco said.
“Oh!” Gu Fei and Sword Demon concurred as they continued to apply the camo face paint on their faces randomly. When they were done, they looked at each other and asked at the sa ti, “What do you think?”
“Here; let take a look.” Coco beckoned the two n over. She examined the two all over and finally comnted, “I’m not gonna lie. Broken Water Arrow is bound to be suspicious of you two the mont you appear before him.”
“Why?” The two were surprised.
“Does either of you feel that there’s sothing different between how you two painted your faces and how Deep Waters’ n did theirs?” asked Coco.
The two tried their best to recall.
“Theirs seem to be a little more fanciful?” replied Gu Fei.
“I don’t think there’s a need to be so complex. A simple one will do,” Sword Demon added.
“Yes. That’s right. Just a little bit for show,” Gu Fei agreed.
“All the mbers of our guild have painted their faces according to Broken Water Arrow’s requirents. With you guys applying a little here and there just for show, won’t you two be bound to be exposed?” Coco asked.
“Requirents? What requirents?” The two were confused.
“Do you two think it’s fine to sar a few streaks of this stuff on your faces and then call it quits? Do you think we’re filming a movie here or sothing? I don’t know the reasoning myself, but all I know is that Broken Water Arrow has a specific pattern for it, and at the very least, it isn’t as simple as saring a bit of this paint across your faces. You gotta do up your entire face,” Coco explained.
“This... How do we do this specific pattern?” they asked.
“Wipe your faces clean. I’ll do it,” ordered Coco.
The two proceeded to get a piece of cloth each and wipe their faces clean of the paint. They saw Coco take out several boxes from her dinsional pocket. Opening them all up, they saw face paint of different colors. It was evident that this pattern did not simply use a single color.
“HEY!” Gu Fei was discontented. Apparently, there was clearly a technique for disguising their faces, which was not common knowledge to everyone, yet this lady had not said a word about it and just picked out a single box for the two to do their faces wrongly. Now that she had taken out all the necessary tools for the correct thod, it beca clear that she had toyed with them again.
“Hey, what ‘hey’?! You guys ssed with our guild so badly last ti; can’t I avenge my comrades a little? This is still considered rather tad in terms of revenge. Co take a seat here!” Coco pointed to the bench before her.
Gu Fei had no choice but to sit where she had indicated. Coco then began to paint his face. The man subconsciously ducked his head back. “Ah... How about you tell how to do it and I’ll put it on by myself?” Gu Fei felt a little awkward at having this lady use her hands to apply the paint on his face.
“Aww! Aren’t you rather old fashioned?! Forget it; who knows how long it’ll take for to teach you two how to do it? Don’t make things more awkward than it is and just let do it. And stop fidgeting!” Coco exclaid.
“Didn’t you learn this from Broken Water Arrow, too?” Gu Fei was dissatisfied with her excuse.
“Won are naturally far more talented than n in this sort of thing. Do you wear makeup regularly like we do?” she asked.
Gu Fei was montarily stumped by this. With that, Coco continued spreading the paint on his face. Even though he wanted to avoid it, he could only give in once he heard her sternly say, “Stop fidgeting. I’ll have to redo the whole thing if you ss it up.”
Sure enough, Coco was quite consummate at this. It did not take long for her to do the finishing touches on Gu Fei’s face before she shifted to helping Sword Demon. Gu Fei sat at the side and waited. Even his lips were sared with the green stuff, leaving it dry and astringent, which he found extrely uncomfortable.
Once the deed was done, Sword Demon did not find it any more pleasing as well. The two sized each other up as their eyes went over one another, briefly uncertain of what they should say at this ti. Seeing each other’s painted faces, they wanted to laugh and cry at the sa ti. In the end, all they heard was Coco’s contented voice tinkling. “Not bad. Very good, in fact.”
“All right. Sit still for a bit, you two. We’ll be done once you help carry all these outfits over to et up with Deep Waters and the guys,” Coco said. She then collected all the boxes of face paints on the table and left to continue her inspection of those players sewing the outfits.
“Hey...” Gu Fei sent Sword Demon a ssage.
“Why are you sending a ssage when we are sitting together?” Sword Demon asked.
“Don’t you feel that this thing will get in our mouths if we open them?” Gu Fei asked.
“Not really?” Sword Demon sent back.
“Then, why aren’t you speaking?” Gu Fei retorted.
Silence. In a short while, it was Sword Demon who spoke up first. “It should be fine. Deep Waters and the others had no issues talking earlier.”
“You didn’t eat any?” Gu Fei sent a ssage as a reply.
“Nope,” Sword Demon answered. He could not help marveling in his heart how this slayer of players, who had never once dilly-dallied or even hesitated during fights, would actually be so indecisive about such small things.
“Let try—” Gu Fei opened his mouth to utter those three words and imdiately sighed in relief. He did not eat or even tasted any of the paint.
“This woman...” Gu Fei continued to sigh. He felt as if he had been teased this whole ti, yet this plan was his idea to begin with. If he went according to the plan, this would indeed be a portion that they could not skip, yet he had been left exasperated by it.
“He he...” Sword Demon laughed. “I’ve known her for such a long ti; this is just how she is.”
“A long ti? How long?” Gu Fei was rather curious about the friendship Sword Demon shared with this Coco lady.
“She’s probably the friend I’ve known the longest ever since I started gaming!”
“Even longer than Young Master Han?” he asked.
“Longer,” affird Sword Demon.
“More than Deep Waters?” he asked yet again.
“Deep Waters? I’ve only known that man several gas after I’ve t Young Master Han,” Sword Demon said.
“So how many gas have the two of you been playing together?” Gu Fei asked.
“How many gas? I don’t rember the exact number for that!”
“It sounds as if you two have grown up together in the many MMOs,” Gu Fei remarked.
Sword Demon nodded. “That’s one way to put it.”
“How envious.”
“Oh?” Sword Demon gazed at Gu Fei questioningly. The latter, however, did not say anything more. Gu Fei suddenly realized that these bunch of experts had been playing gas almost as much as he had been studying kung fu. A ga for these people was like a kung fu technique for him. The only difference was that Sword Demon had played every ga with his friends, which increased over ti; anwhile, Gu Fei had been training kung fu all by his loneso self since he was a kid up to now...
Gu Fei could not help but recall the very popular line: ‘Man is not studying the art of kung fu, but he is studying the art of loneliness...’
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