“You ugly, filthy, stupid humans!
Now that you’ve entered Shawshank Prison, don’t even think about ever escaping!
From now on, if anyone violates the prison rules, we will dismember them in public and feed them to the dogs!”
A well-dressed, decent-looking Orc was on the podium, spittle flying as he gestured wildly while making the announcement.
“Shawshank Prison…?” The familiar name of the prison caught Firefly’s attention.
She thought to herself, could this be an Easter egg set by the game company?
She wondered if there was a big shot named Andy in this prison.
“…Wait, I think I’ve heard of this prison before?” Firefly suddenly remembered something.
In her past life, she had hunted down an NPC named “Tatsumi.” The description of the equipment dropped after this NPC’s death seemed to have mentioned this prison.
To investigate a certain secret, Tatsumi had disguised himself as a prisoner to infiltrate Shawshank Prison.
Unfortunately, not long after, the Soul Sect attacked the prison, and he didn’t get the result he wanted.
She wondered if the current Tatsumi had already entered the prison.
Firefly remembered that this NPC’s personality was “righteous and awe-inspiring,” and he would never stand by and watch those in distress.
Now that she had become a weak woman, she wondered if she could get his help if she asked for it.
Thinking this, Firefly shifted her gaze and began searching through the crowd.
At that moment, the decent-looking Orc in the suit finished his speech and ordered the jailers to assign cells to the prisoners.
It was clear that this group of Orcs was truly uncivilized and unhygienic.
Firefly noticed that they would put men and women in the same cell, and they didn’t even bother to care when the male prisoners harassed the female ones.
Seeing such a filthy scene, Firefly couldn’t help but frown, feeling worried about her upcoming situation.
“…That’s enough!”
Suddenly, a stern and powerful voice caught Firefly’s attention.
She saw a tall man about forty years old walk into one of the cells and raise his hand to stop an assault.
“It really is him!
The ‘Champion Knight’ Tatsumi!” Firefly’s face lit up with joy.
Although she had killed Tatsumi with her own hands in her past life, that was the her of the past.
The current Firefly was just a soft, weak, and pitiful girl; what bad intentions could she possibly have?
With that in mind, Firefly started walking toward Tatsumi.
However, before she could take more than a few steps, several wretched-looking prisoners stepped out and surrounded her from all sides.
Firefly stopped, looked around, frowned almost imperceptibly, and said coldly, “You’re in my way.”
“Hehe, little girl, you’d better not go over there.
How about playing with us?
In this prison, we’ll look out for you!” A prisoner with a mouthful of yellow teeth chuckled.
His gaze made Firefly feel physically uncomfortable.
Without a second thought, Firefly clasped her handcuffed hands and swung them upward into the man’s chin.
Even though she was just a shut-in who didn’t know any fighting techniques, after coming to this game world, she found that she somehow possessed a lot of knowledge about combat, possibly influenced by the “Combat Mastery” talent.
Bang!
A violent strike with 11 points of Strength—more than double that of an average adult male.
The yellow-toothed prisoner was caught off guard, his chin taking a heavy blow.
Two or three teeth were instantly knocked out, and blood mixed with saliva spilled out.
Without giving him a chance to react, Firefly kicked the yellow-toothed prisoner in the abdomen, sending him flying five or six meters away.
The sound of the fight naturally caught the attention of the jailers, but the green-skinned Orc only scratched his chin, gave a cold glance, and ignored it.
“Hmm?” Tatsumi also looked over.
Firefly exhaled softly, suppressing the unease of hitting someone for the first time.
She coldly scanned the yellow-toothed prisoner’s two companions.
Her naturally gentle voice now sounded as clear and cold as ice:
“Get lost.”
Perhaps because of her harmless appearance and her high Charisma of 95 points, the yellow-toothed prisoner’s two companions were not intimidated; instead, they were provoked.
“Damn it, you bitch!
I’m going to teach you a lesson later!”
“How dare you touch my brother!
I’ll fucking kill you!”
The two of them lunged forward together.
Firefly frowned slightly and subconsciously took a few steps back.
She was currently in shackles and facing two opponents; two hands were no match for four, so she naturally chose to avoid their direct brunt.
However, it seemed Firefly didn’t need to figure out how to deal with the two prisoners.
A pair of large hands grabbed the back of their collars and tossed them aside effortlessly.
Firefly looked closely and saw that it was Tatsumi who had intervened.
He had appeared behind the two prisoners at some point and was now standing directly in front of Firefly, about 3 meters away.
“As expected of an ‘Inner Guard Level’ Champion Knight.
Two thugs are like children to him, handled with ease.” A hint of admiration showed in Firefly’s beautiful gradient eyes.
In the game “apocalypse,” NPCs were divided into eight levels.
From lowest to highest, they were: civilian level, grunt level, elite level, Inner Guard Level, Hero Level, royal court level, legend level, and divine level.
An Inner Guard Level was basically already a legendary warrior famous in their region.
In her past life, most players who reached their peak were at this level.
Only a few top players who obtained special sub-classes or powerful talents could step into the Hero Level domain.
For example, Firefly had been a high-tier Inner Guard Level player in her past life.
Tatsumi was also a high-tier Imperial Guard and used to be a formidable rival for Firefly.
If it weren’t for the high bounty, she wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of soloing him.
Snapping back to reality, she saw Tatsumi had easily defeated the two prisoners.
He turned his head to glance at Firefly, nodded approvingly, and said, “You are an excellent warrior.”
“…I’m just a weak woman.” Firefly replied.
She had quite easily accepted her current gender and was even trying to use gender advantages to gain sympathy from others.
Perhaps it was because she had occasionally fantasized about it in her past life.
In any case, she was very satisfied with her current appearance; the only drawback was that she couldn’t experience the pleasures of being a man.
“There’s no need to belittle yourself.
On the path of a Martial Artist, women have a natural disadvantage.
To have your current skills, you must have put in a lot of effort, right?” Tatsumi said in a steady voice.
Uh…
A lot?
Was it?
Firefly didn’t feel that way at all.
She appeared to have an NPC template, but she seemed to still possess some player privileges, such as learning skills and knowledge directly through a progress bar without actually wasting years attending classes, reading books, and understanding them.
But of course, she wouldn’t undermine herself, so she just gave a polite smile.
Tatsumi chatted with her for a few moments and then found a random cell to sit down in.
Seeing this, Firefly also followed him into the cell.