Chapter 796: Outrageous Price
Tickets were traded using a fixed-point deposit method. Xu Huo paid the money, and the seller would store the ticket somewhere, then inform him of the address, where he would retrieve it with a password.
This was a relatively convenient and safe transaction method. Under the station sign, beneath a trash can—anywhere could be a hiding spot.
Xu Huo left Xiao Yuan at the hotel and went out to pick up the ticket himself.
The Non-Player Ticket looked similar to a Player Ticket, but the destination was no longer an instance location or name, but a specific station in a game district. The departure point was also not the nearby player platform.
On his way back, he brought two sets of children's clothes, plus a backpack and a hat.
Although she was nearly ten years old, she wasn't very tall. Xu Huo took one of the prop dresses he had bought for Little Pink Hat and had her put it on.
Clothing-type props like this generally had anti-corrosion and anti-toxin effects. If the material was better, ordinary sharp objects couldn't cut through it either, offering decent defense.
Besides regular customers, Non-Player Trains could also carry players who had paused their player status. Once a player paused their status, aside from reactivating their ticket, they could no longer access any items in their game panel. However, the items themselves still possessed defensive and offensive capabilities and could be worn and used as ordinary tools.
So the people on the train weren't completely harmless either. But generally speaking, it was similar to long-distance travel before the game appeared. Moreover, unlike Player Trains, Non-Player Trains had an explicit rule prohibiting killing.
Xu Huo specially prepared a children's wallet for Xiao Yuan, and also put some money separately in the inner pocket of her clothes. He then gave her his communicator from District 011 before sending her off.
Only after this matter was settled did he begin tracking Jiang Jiang's itinerary online.
District 009 was showing signs of increasing chaos. Coupled with the "assassination" attempt on Jiang Jiang, and the fact that the other party knew he hadn't left, she not only hadn't reduced her public appearances but had scheduled an even tighter itinerary than before, as if offering an opportunity for someone to exploit.
However, the players protecting her had increased, at least double the previous number. According to her fan website, some of them were even sent by player organizations.
In other words, even though Jiang Jiang was placing herself out there as bait, getting close to her was still very difficult.
However, there was an exhibition in the capital the day after tomorrow.
But the capital enforced player control. Borrowing props was manageable, but without identification, getting through the normal checkpoints into the city would be somewhat difficult.
"Knock, knock!" Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Xu Huo got up to answer it. Outside stood a woman with heavy makeup but a haggard expression. She smiled and said, "Sir, would you like some special service?"
Xu Huo pulled out a hundred White Notes and handed them to her. "Do you know where I can get some documents made?"
The woman stuffed the money into her bra and lowered her voice. "I happen to have a connection. The documents are one hundred percent verifiable, but it'll take five or six days..."
"Can it be done today?" Xu Huo interrupted her. "Price isn't an issue."
The woman hesitated for a moment before saying, "I can't make that decision. If you're in a hurry, I can take you directly."
Xu Huo walked straight out and closed the door. "Let's go."
The woman was stunned, then quickly put on a smile and led the way.
After walking two streets, Xu Huo followed her into a small supermarket. The warehouse door at the back opened, revealing a small gathering spot for local idlers.
Two tattooed men were counting money, and another man in sunglasses was leaning back on a sofa, chewing gum with his feet propped up.
Seeing Xu Huo, all three paused. The woman quickly explained, "This gentleman wants to get some documents made. He's offering a very good price."
The Sunglasses Man waved his hand, signaling her to stop. "There are plenty of players who want documents. Ready-made documents cost fifty thousand White Notes. Thirty thousand for a five-day wait, twenty thousand for ten days. Pay the price, and we'll do it. If not, get lost."
Xu Huo counted out fifty thousand White Notes. "I want the ready-made ones."
The two tattooed men exchanged a glance. One of them got up to take the money, but Xu Huo pressed his hand down on the stack of notes first. "The goods."
The other man pulled a document from a drawer. The Sunglasses Man said, "This document is real. The person just died, and the information hasn't been updated yet. It'll be good for at least three months."
He then tossed out a face mask. "Put this on, and you'll look exactly like the photo. You should know how to use it. It only lasts one day."
Xu Huo pushed the document back. "This isn't the kind of identification I need. This document isn't worth fifty thousand."
"You want a stamped ID?" The Sunglasses Man grinned. "That's only given to citizens recognized by both the government and player organizations. You can't get one for less than two hundred thousand White Notes."
Xu Huo swept his hand across the table, and the White Notes vanished. He stood up. "Then we have nothing to discuss."
"Slap!" The warehouse door automatically locked. The next second, two rows of metal bars rose from the floor, one in front and one behind, forming a cage in the middle of the room.
The woman who had brought him was already outside. The Sunglasses Man and the two tattooed men retreated behind the office desk, raised their guns, and opened fire on the cage. "No matter how fast your props are, they can't beat a gun..."
But before he could finish, two flashes of cold light swept through the room. A row of cylindrical metal bars was sliced clean through. The man trapped in the cage vanished in an instant, followed immediately by two heavy thuds as bodies hit the ground!
The Sunglasses Man's face changed. He triggered a mechanism under the desk, and in an instant, poison gas filled the entire room. He took the opportunity to open a hidden door beside him, but just as he stepped one foot through, a sword was pressed against his neck!
"A gentleman uses words, not force!" the Sunglasses Man shouted. The sword on his shoulder immediately slid down. However, he didn't escape, because a thin thread pierced through his body, stabbing right into his heart!
Xu Huo pulled the man back, kicked and broke his right leg, then stepped on his back and said, "Now, let's talk again. How much is a stamped ID worth?"
"Not worth much... not worth much... I have one on me, I'll give it to you right now..." The Sunglasses Man said as he reached into his chest. Xu Huo's expression didn't change. He shot him through the throat.
As the man fell, a micro-bomb rolled out of his hand.
Xu Huo casually picked up the bomb, placed it under the corpse, then dragged the other two bodies over and piled them on top. He erected an air barrier.
"Boom!" The kill radius of this kind of micro-bomb wasn't large, but it was enough to blow two or three bodies to pieces. Running a fake document business to this extent—it was a waste not to switch careers and become a terrorist.
Kicking aside the body parts, Xu Huo pried open the office desk drawer and found two stamped IDs inside.
Stamped IDs were a form of identification that had gradually emerged in District 009 after the game began. Ordinary IDs couldn't freely enter or leave safe zones, but these stamped ones could. To enter the capital, one first needed this kind of identification.
He glanced at the photo on the card, then rummaged through the Sunglasses Man's belongings and found a prop.