INSIDER Chapter 112

The players who had taken refuge in the villa watched the entire fight, stunned by the power of player 7, unable to decide how to react. After a long while, they exchanged confused looks. The leader glanced at his revolver, then at his second-in-command’s crossbow, comparing these to the heavily armored tank outside and the firearms inside, more importantly, to the man who, unarmed, showed no fear of the mech tanks. He pondered how long he might survive in the hands of this monstrous man.

One of them asked in confusion, “Boss, why didn’t he show his strength from the start? We were all so excited, thinking we’d found an easy target…”

The leader slapped the questioner on the head, “Don’t you know the term ‘hiding one’s strength’? Ever heard of ‘one mountain being higher than another’? Maybe he just likes toying with us!”

The hit stung, and the man rubbed his head and asked, “So, boss, what should we do now? That guy out there is already incredibly strong, and now he’s driving a tank. We definitely don’t stand a chance…”

The leader thought for a moment but couldn’t come up with a strategy, so he angrily scolded the others, “I said this round isn’t simple, don’t be too flamboyant, don’t be too cocky. You wouldn’t listen, and now look—he’s got us in his sights, right?!”

The others were angry but didn’t dare to speak out, and in the end, the man who had just spoken hesitantly spoke up, “But… wasn’t it you who brought this up…?”

“Smack,” another slap on the head, “Do you dare talk back?!”

…

On the other side, all six of them had entered the armored tank.

The facilities inside the tank were astonishing—food, weapons, medical supplies, even entertainment items, all fully equipped.

Player 7 saw the medical supplies and his furrowed brow relaxed slightly. He had Lu Chu sit on a low stool while he knelt beside him, carefully disinfecting Lu Chu’s wounds with alcohol from a medical kit. The intense sting from the alcohol caused Lu Chu to instinctively flinch, prompting 7 to stop immediately and ask, “Does it hurt?”

Lu Chu shook his head, “No, just a reflex.”

7 nodded, because of his half-squatting position, he had to look up slightly to make eye contact with Lu Chu, gazing into his eyes: “The wound must be disinfected, if it hurts, bite me.”

Hearing this, Lu Chu laughed, “How should I bite?”

7 held out his right hand, his eyes softening with affection, lowering his voice, “Seeing you frown, I’ll just place my hand here. You just bite.”

Lu Chu’s ears turned slightly warm.

During their conversation, 7 had already dressed the wound on Lu Chu’s right shoulder.

While 7 was dressing the wound, Song Gui and the others were absorbed in examining the structure of the armored vehicle and its weaponry.

Yuan Kejie, marveling, touched the controls and various well-equipped weapons inside, then asked the others a crucial question: “So the question is—who among us can operate the tank?”

The others looked at each other, bewildered.

Luo Qi scoffed, “Isn’t driving the same as driving a car?”

“Of course not,” Song Gui sharply denied, then added, “And can you drive, little girl?”

Luo Qi certainly couldn’t; she was only thirteen before entering the game, underage and without a driver’s license. During missions, she hadn’t encountered a need to drive, and given her small stature, she couldn’t reach the pedals, so she never bothered to learn.

Despite this, Luo Qi never lost a verbal battle with Song Gui, disdainfully saying, “As if you know how to drive a tank.”

Smiling, Song Gui shrugged, openly admitting, “Of course not.”

“So we came in to sightsee?!” Yuan Kejie was quite disheartened, unable to accept this cruel, gory truth.

At that moment, 7, who had been carefully bandaging Lu Chu’s wound, stood up and said calmly, “I can operate it.”

Everyone turned to look at him.

Yuan Kejie gave him a thumbs up, in awe, “A boss is a boss!”

However, 7 didn’t immediately sit at the tank’s controls; instead, he bent down to check the wound he had just dressed on Lu Chu’s right shoulder, his eyes filled with worry, softly asking, “Still hurt?”

Lu Chu shook his head, smiling, “No, not anymore.” He moved his right shoulder to show he felt fine and could move freely.

7 finally relaxed, turned, and sat down at the vehicle’s control position.

Curious, Yuan Kejie leaned forward to watch 7 operate the armored vehicle, speaking in awe, “Boss, how do you know everything?”

7 didn’t look back, his eyes focused on the controls, succinctly replying, “Encountered it before.”

“Boss truly is the boss!” Yuan Kejie sincerely and obsequiously praised, trying to leave a good impression so that the boss wouldn’t abandon their team and would continue cooperating with them in the future.

7 ignored her praise, seriously observing and operating the armored vehicle, slowly moving the tank forward.

Song Gui pulled Yuan Kejie over, “What are you doing?”

Yuan Kejie, with a hint of irony, replied, “Please, boss, don’t abandon us poor, fragile souls, or what then?”

“…”

Song Gui, exasperated, said, “Calm down.”

Yuan Kejie reluctantly agreed, “Alright.”

Luckily, Lu Chu’s wound was on his shoulder, not his leg, so it didn’t greatly affect his mobility. Knowing that 7 could even drive such a tank, he was very curious and went over to watch him control it. Sensing Lu Chu’s presence beside him, 7 briefly looked at him, and seeing his smile, he slightly smiled back and turned to continue controlling the armored tank.

The wealthy people who had been playing a real-life hunting game were now dealt with, and the next target was naturally the players who had been hiding in the villa and had ambushed them a few times with handguns and crossbows.

7 skillfully used the thermal life detector to locate their positions, controlled the turret of the tank to rotate, aiming at their direction, ready to fire.

Watching 7’s operation process, Song Gui pondered, Yuan Kejie sighed in admiration, while Luo Qi and Qian Zhen watched intently, especially Luo Qi, who had no resistance to such large, heavy weapons. The armored vehicle had cameras all around, and Lu Chu watched the screens, staying alert to the surroundings.

Just as 7 was about to press the fire button to deal with the few players hiding in the villa, they brazenly came out holding a white bed sheet, walking in line from the villa. They vigorously waved the large bed sheet, attempting to draw the attention of Lu Chu’s group.

Lu Chu immediately noticed them: “They’re waving a white bed sheet, they’re surrendering.”

Song Gui found it rather amusing, “How do they know for sure we’ll accept their surrender? They might just get blown to bits the moment they step out.”

Yuan Kejie speculated, “Maybe they’re taking a chance, since we’re so strong, not surrendering would mean certain death.”

“Enough talk,” Luo Qi scoffed, “Just kill them and be done with it.”

“Wait.” Lu Chu stopped them immediately.

Song Gui, puzzled, asked, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Chu pointed at the display screen, “Look at the words written on the white bed sheet they’re holding.”

Because of the distance and the small screen on the monitor, they hadn’t noticed that the bed sheet held by those few people to surrender had words written on it in paint. Lu Chu and the others moved closer to the display screen to confirm the words, which they finally barely made out—We have secrets about ‘it’ to tell you!

Luo Qi scoffed, “The writing’s so sloppy, all crooked and messy, still daring to write so much.”

Yuan Kejie corrected her, “Kiki, that’s not the point.”

Song Gui pointed to the small “it” on the bed sheet in the screen, “What is this ‘it’ referring to?” “They didn’t clarify what ‘it’ means,” Lu Chu said, “But I’m very curious, feels like it’s something to do with the rules.”

Hearing this, 7 spoke up, “In that case, just capture them.”

They had absolute power and advantage.

After some discussion, they decided to capture the five of them alive. Luo Qi, Qian Zhen, and Song Gui took their guns and exited the armored tank, moving towards the five people. Lu Chu and Yuan Kejie climbed to the top of the tank, each holding a pistol, aiming at them. 7 stayed in the tank, controlling the vehicle. Such clear and detailed division of labor left no room for the five to hide any ulterior motives or schemes.

The five players also knew they had no power to fight back and had already planned their strategy before surrendering. They were just betting, hoping that the others would be moved by the “secret” they mentioned. Indeed, upon seeing three people from the other side disembark the tank and walk towards them with guns, they knew they had gambled correctly. To lower their guard, they threw their weapons far away and raised their empty hands, indicating they posed no threat or resistance.

Song Gui took out five pairs of handcuffs found in the tank and handcuffed them one by one, bringing them onto the armored vehicle.

The interior space of the armored vehicle was limited, able to accommodate only six or seven people. Originally, it was just Lu Chu and his team, and now with the capture of the five, the vehicle would be overcrowded.

How to arrange them was an issue.

The captured five also clearly realized this, and the leader immediately said, “Please, big brother and big sister, don’t make us all crawl on the roof of the vehicle. We’re five big men, we’re too conspicuous, exposed in the open air, it’s too unsafe, we might get killed by someone using remote weapons if we’re not careful!”

His teammates quickly added, “Yeah, yeah, we have important secrets to tell you, not telling you would mean not fulfilling our duty, not realizing our life’s value, we can’t just die like this, right?!”

The others agreed, speaking passionately.

Song Gui looked at Yuan Kejie, “Seems like we’ve met someone who can flatter even better than you.”