[Host, would you like to start the Hide-and-Seek game?]
“Let’s start!”
There was nothing to hesitate about.
He had the Transformation Technique, and the players had no idea about it.
He was guaranteed to win.
As soon as Fang Yue finished speaking, many people across Teyvat heard a mysterious voice.
[Dear Players: The Strongest Game System invites you to participate in the Hide-and-Seek Tournament.]
[The rules of the game are as follows:]
[1.
Find this person within the designated time limit.]
[A photo of Fang Yue appeared.]
[2.
Each player has three opportunities to identify the target.
Three incorrect identifications will result in failure.]
[3.
Every half hour, the number of players will increase.
Only one person can emerge victorious.]
[4.
The winner will receive a Precious Chest provided by this person.
The chest contains all kinds of treasures from across the world.]
[The winner of this game can obtain a chest worth up to 500,000 points.
The value of the chest will decrease over time.]
[All invited participants, please proceed to the Intelligence Room and wait for the game to begin.]
As the voice disappeared, many people saw a light screen appear in front of them.
[Ningguang: A Hide-and-Seek game?
Is this the so-called Intelligence Room?]
Looking at the light screen before her, Ningguang reached out and tapped it.
She discovered that she could actually speak through it.
[Keqing: How annoying.
Why am I supposed to play this ridiculous game of hide-and-seek?
Are we children?]
[Arataki Itto: Hahahahahaha!
Excellent!
This grandmaster will definitely find that kid.
I am the number one gaming expert in all of Inazuma!]
The moment games were mentioned, Arataki Itto became instantly interested.
Whatever kind of game it was, all he needed to do was win.
[Kuki Shinobu: Boss, calm down.
Don’t you think this thing is rather suspicious?]
[Jean: This Intelligence Room is actually connected to all the nations?
Such incredible power, yet it’s being used to play hide-and-seek?]
Jean was at a loss for words.
If you had this kind of power, couldn’t you use it to do something useful?
And yet you were using it to play hide-and-seek!
[Klee: Wow!
Is it a game?
Then Klee wants to play!
Klee will catch that uncle!]
[Fang Yue: Hey!
Little Klee, don’t call me uncle!
Call me handsome big brother!]
This was the first time in Fang Yue’s life that someone had called him uncle.
And it had come from Klee.
He immediately spoke up to correct her.
[Venti: The man himself has appeared.
Quickly, tell us what exactly is inside your treasure chests.
Can they contain alcohol?]
Venti was obviously more interested in the treasure chest.
As for the Hide-and-Seek game, he was quite interested in that too.
After all, he had been bored for so long, so having something new happen was rather entertaining.
[Fang Yue: The treasure chests?
They contain all kinds of things.
If you’re lucky enough, I could even give you a nuclear bomb.]
Fang Yue had already checked the treasure chests.
All he could say was that they were incredibly powerful.
The only thing that annoyed him was that he had to pay the points himself.
But as long as he wasn’t found immediately, Fang Yue would still make a profit.
[Klee: A nuclear bomb?
What’s that?
Is it more powerful than a Jumpy Dumpty?]
[Fang Yue: A nuclear bomb?
You just need to know that there’s nothing a single nuclear bomb can’t solve.
And if there is, then use another one.]
[Klee: It can solve everything?
Then I want a nuclear bomb!
When Acting Grand Master Jean catches me in the future, I’ll give her a nuclear bomb.
Then she won’t catch me anymore, right?]
[Fang Yue: That’s right, that’s right!
Not only will she stop catching you, but everyone in Mondstadt will stop catching you too.]
Fang Yue was still chatting and joking around in the Intelligence Room when the system’s voice suddenly rang out.
[The map has been prepared.
Host, please enter the hiding area.]
As the voice fell, Fang Yue was teleported to an area filled with stone statues.
The place was enormous and open.
The statues were all different in shape and incredibly lifelike, making the area naturally perfect for a game of hide-and-seek.
“I’ve got it!”
After looking around at the surroundings, Fang Yue narrowed his eyes.
He immediately ran toward a certain location and activated the Transformation Technique.
“I’m ready.
System, let’s begin.”
The system’s voice rang out once again.
[The hider has finished hiding.
The first players selected are: Keqing and Sayu.]
[The first batch of players has been selected.
The players have arrived at the destination.
The game officially begins.]
As the system’s voice disappeared, the scene before everyone’s eyes began to change.
On an empty field filled with stone statues, two figures suddenly appeared.
One was large, while the other was small.
Keqing was speechless.
She genuinely didn’t want to participate in this ridiculous game of hide-and-seek.
Then she glanced at Sayu, who was still curled up and sleeping soundly.
She probably didn’t even know what was happening right now.
“Troublesome.
I’m not participating.”
After looking around, Keqing noticed a particularly conspicuous statue in the center.
It was a statue of a laughing Arhat, its large belly sticking out as it wore a brilliant smile.
There was also a stone pedestal beneath it.
Keqing simply walked over and sat down on the stone pedestal, silently protesting.
[Kaeya: She’s not planning to search?]
[Arataki Itto: Damn it!
Why wasn’t I selected?
If you’re not going to search, let me do it!]
[Kujou Sara: Shut up.
We don’t even know what’s going on yet.
If I were her, I wouldn’t participate in this game either.]
[Arataki Itto: Heh.
Even if you participated, could you find him?
You won’t even dare to enter a sumo match, you coward!]
[Kujou Sara: Shut your mouth.
Do you want to go back to prison and eat there again?]
[Xingqiu: You Inazumans really are something else.
Eating free meals in prison?]
[Hu Tao: That’s a good idea.
Zhongli, if you dare send the bill to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor again, I’ll have you thrown in there so you can eat for free.]
[Zhongli: From the perspective of common rationality, this is not a good idea.]
[Tartaglia: Hey!
We’ve gone completely off topic, haven’t we?
Shouldn’t we be paying attention to the game?
Are we really just going to sit here and wait?]
…
Seeing that neither of the two players was moving, Fang Yue nearly laughed himself to death.
He was going to win big!
The points for the treasure chest were provided by Fang Yue himself.
Every time he managed to hide for another half hour, the value of the treasure chest would decrease, and the excess points would be directly awarded to him.
Not searching was the best possible outcome.
He was still far too weak right now, so he had to seize this time to obtain some points and strengthen himself.
Time ticked by.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed.
[Time’s up.
The treasure chest’s value has decreased to 400,000 points.
New players selected: Jean and Venti.]
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two more figures appeared in the area.