Chapter 250.2
Currently, Liu Xing feels that his followers can be roughly divided into three factions. First, there’s the new faction consisting of Ling Ishikawa and Ming Hanxing, who are new players and don’t have much say in the matter, but as the leader, Liu Xing is willing to promote them. Then, there’s Watanabe Ryuusei’s three initial followers, including Maeda and Takahashi, who have the deepest seniority but are also the most low-key, and haven’t made much of a contribution recently. Finally, there’s the emerging faction led by Shizuka, which makes up half of the total number of followers and has made significant contributions.
So, for now, Shizuka’s faction is the strongest, which is why Ling Ishikawa proposes making Ming Hanxing the deputy leader, a suggestion that Shizuka’s faction finds hard to accept, since the deputy leader position is second only to the leader. However, Shizuka’s faction also acknowledges that Ling Ishikawa is right, and Ming Hanxing is indeed the most suitable candidate for the position. Among Shizuka’s faction, only Honekawa Suneo has the ability to rival Ming Hanxing.
Therefore, Shizuka’s faction is now looking to Honekawa Suneo, whose opinion is crucial. After a moment, Honekawa Suneo finally makes up his mind and says, "I think so too, Ming Hanxing is the best candidate for the deputy leader position. As high school students, we don’t have enough experience to take on such an important role, so I also support Ming Hanxing as deputy leader."
Since Honekawa Suneo has spoken, Shizuka’s faction nods in agreement, supporting Ming Hanxing as deputy leader, and Maeda’s faction also nods in agreement.
As a result, Ming Hanxing successfully rises to the position and is appointed by Liu Xing as the deputy leader of the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect.
Then, Ming Hanxing returns the favor and suggests, "As deputy leader, I’d like to recommend Honekawa Suneo as the priest, since Honekawa Suneo has made many contributions to our sect and has many friends in school, making it convenient for us to spread our teachings. This would provide a great boost to our sect’s development, so giving the priest position to Honekawa Suneo would be the most suitable."
Honekawa Suneo smiles and nods, willing to give up the deputy leader position but not the priest position, which is his bottom line, as he believes he’s the most qualified for the role.All new chapters on novelbin(.)com
Liu Xing understands this and directly agrees, saying, "In that case, Honekawa Suneo, you’ll be our sect’s priest. Take advantage of the current break to develop some reliable followers. We need a certain number of followers to move forward, so Maeda and Takahashi, you three go assist Teacher Ming first. Teacher Ming is new to our school and doesn’t know the situation well, so he needs your help."
Originally feeling neglected and a bit frustrated, Maeda’s faction immediately nods in agreement, promising to do a good job assisting.
Ming Hanxing and Ling Ishikawa also understand Liu Xing’s intention, which is to have them build a relationship with Maeda’s faction and form a strategic alliance to counterbalance Shizuka’s faction.
As the saying goes, "where there are people, there’s a martial world." In all the martial arts novels Liu Xing has read, no matter which sect, the disciples are never united and will always split into multiple factions due to various reasons. So Liu Xing doesn’t expect his followers to unite, only hoping they can present a united front when facing outsiders.
To maintain stability, Liu Xing hopes to keep the internal factions of the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect to two or three, as two factions can balance each other, and three factions would be even more stable. Therefore, Liu Xing hopes Ming Hanxing and Ling Ishikawa can use their advantages as players to persuade Maeda’s faction to join them.
Being a leader is tough.
Liu Xing sighs inwardly and then smiles, saying, "Alright, let’s eat."
Yin En immediately nodded and curiously asked, "That’s right, Ming Hanxing. How did you meet Miguel? He should be a human brain in a Mi Ge-manufactured artificial body, right?"
Ming Hanxing began to tell the story, "Miguel was someone I met in the previous module. At that time, I was traveling in the Island Nation Kobe region, which is one of the areas with the most frequent earthquakes. I and several fellow tourists encountered Miguel, who was wearing strange clothing, at a farm. He had memory loss, but because he looked like a foreigner, we thought he was just a normal human being pursued by some mythical creature and had lost his memory, so we took him back to our inn."
"The next day, we discovered a group of foreigners searching for Miguel, claiming he was a wanted criminal from their country. However, we noticed that these foreigners looked very similar to Miguel, so we realized that Miguel and they were likely artificial humans."
"At that time, we suspected that the boss of this module might be Mi Ge, so we helped Miguel search for his lost memories. In the end, we found a large mine pit in the farm, which was Mi Ge’s excavation site for unknown minerals. We also found a room storing the Earthquake Mining Machine and over a hundred artificial bodies that hadn’t been activated, as well as ten or so brain storage containers."
"Finally, we destroyed the Earthquake Mining Machine and escaped from the artificial humans’ pursuit. We reported the mine pit to the local government and successfully cleared the module, helping Miguel regain some of his memories. However, Miguel still forgot his name, only remembering that he was from Kyoto and was caught by Mi Ge while traveling in Kobe, having his brain transplanted into his current artificial body. Miguel’s artificial body has optical stealth capabilities, with physical data exceeding that of humans by more than double, and doesn’t require food or rest. After returning to Kyoto, Miguel became a private detective, but to avoid being discovered by Mi Ge, he had to be careful and hide his face."
After listening to Miguel’s story, Liu Xing suddenly felt that Miguel was both unfortunate and fortunate, at least having obtained a powerful body.
At this time, Yin En suddenly slapped his forehead and laughed, "Oh, I almost forgot. According to my character card’s memories, the Ling Ishikawa family moved because they encountered a group of Ghouls in their local area. However, according to Ling Ishikawa’s memories, these Ghouls seemed different from ordinary Ghouls and were weaker. If it weren’t for a group of people who helped drive away and kill those Ghouls, the Ling Ishikawa family would have likely died at their hands, which is why they moved to Kyoto."
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow and nodded, "Your point is that if we use new character cards in this parallel world, we’re not creating new characters in this world, but rather possessing existing NPCs?"
Yin En smiled and said, "That’s right. I saw this speculation in the Chat Room forum, but it was considered nonsense due to lack of data. Now I can confirm it, as our character cards are proof. This is a major discovery, enough to make us famous in history."
Ming Hanxing frowned, looking curious, "Famous in history? That’s a bit exaggerated, isn’t it? What do you mean, Yin En?"
Yin En smiled and nodded seriously, "The biggest use of this discovery is that if you can roughly understand an NPC’s character card data, you can buy a character card of a suitable level and set its content, such as name, age, occupation, to match that NPC. Then, you should have a high chance of directly possessing that NPC."
As soon as Yin En finished speaking, KP Fangs laughed and said, "Congratulations to playerYin En for discovering a hidden content in the Cthulhu RPG Game, earning 1000 points as a reward. As witnesses, playerLiu Xing and playerMing Hanxing will receive 500 points each as a reward."
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