I Can View Character Attributes - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Old Man Appears

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“If I suddenly ask you to find Zhang Jianmin, are you confident that you can find him quickly?”

After peeking at him through the corner, Xia Xu looked sideways at Yang Bowen.

Yang Bowen smiled smugly and said, “Of course, I know his address, and I even got his cell phone number from the property management. If I really can’t find him, I can always call him.”

“That’s good. Go home early and come back tomorrow. Try not to go out at night, and don’t go to remote places.”

Xia Xu nodded slightly and reminded Yang Bowen as well.

“Why?”

Yang Bowen’s heart tightened. “Boss, are we in trouble?”

“There was a murder case at Star City Third High today. A classmate of mine was bitten to death by a violent beast. The police are now searching for that violent beast. I told you not to go outside because I was worried that you would run into it. I don’t want my capable subordinate to be bitten to death by an animal.”

Xia Xu glanced at him with an annoyed expression.

Tang Hao’s death was no secret. Many people knew about it, so there was no need to hide it.

“Oh, hehe, in that case I have to be careful.”

Yang Bowen touched the back of his head and chuckled.

“Okay, go back quickly.”

Xia Xu waved his hand.

“Boss, you’re not leaving? Oh… I know, I know.”

Yang Bowen asked subconsciously, then gave a smirk that a man would understand.

“Don’t think of me as dirty as you. I am still a pure high school student, a flower bud of the motherland…”

As Xia Xu was explaining, Yang Bowen smiled and left.

As for Xia Xu… he really booked a room at the hotel next to the KTV.

Of course, he didn’t do anything unspeakable. He just wanted to be safe, which was why he came to find Zhang Jianmin.

The monster in «Hunter» appeared near the school. Tang Hao’s house and his house were also nearby so it could be said that that area was most likely the scene of the «Hunter» plot.

The school itself could be ruled out because Tang Hao had died outside the school. Moreover, he and Tang Hao were the only two supporting characters in the school, so the probability of an unknown creature attacking the school was relatively low.

According to this logic, if the monster appeared in the original plot, the monster would definitely appear at the place where his original host often hung out at. The biggest suspect would be near his home, so he didn’t plan to stay at his house for the time being.

Zhang Jianmin was the protagonist of «Person About to Die». In theory, he was surrounded by plot scenes, and these scenes belonged to «Person About to Die».

As a random comedy, it was completely different from the style of «Hunter». Normally, it was unlikely for the plot to intersect with each other, which meant that it was likely to be a safe zone near Zhang Jianmin.

Although the probability was not high, it was better to try than to wait for death.

Just like what the white flower said, he couldn’t just rely on luck to ‘treat his illness’.

If he couldn’t hire a bodyguard, he would make money. If he couldn’t find a suitable bodyguard, he would try his best to find one. Even if he couldn’t avoid being attacked by monsters, he would try his best to avoid them.

Moreover, as he thought about it, Xia Xu realized that he was not completely helpless. As long as he jumped out of the limitation of the «Hunter» plot, he actually had a way to prevent or even solve the crisis of the hunter.

After all, Planet Aquamarine was a real world, even a world with many ‘storylines’. Since there were ‘hunters’ and ‘prey’, could there also be other storylines of strong and powerful characters?

For example… another ‘biological mutation’ story?

Or maybe it was a story about a superpower awakening, the king of soldiers from the special forces, the dragon king’s live-in son-in-law, or even a gang fight?

If he could find a storyline and character with sufficient strength, would he be able to find a way to lure these people into the «Hunter» plot and let them hunt and kill that monster?

This seemed to be the true way to use external forces.

…

Over the next two days, Xia Xu continued to attend classes during the day, and in the afternoon, he stayed at the hotel next to Golden Sun KTV—Zhang Jianmin’s so-called drinking and playing around in the summary seemed to be drinking and singing here.

Because he wanted to find other plots or talents, Xia Xu liked to observe the character’s status in places with many people like Golden Sun KTV, so he witnessed Zhang Jianmin’s gradual transformation over the past two days.

From clamoring in the crowd about how alone in the world he was at the beginning, to the gradual letting go of himself and assimilating himself to the activities, to the drinking and flirting with the ladies, and to the crazy crying and howling that sounded like demons and wolves, it was hard to imagine that this was how a human could change in two days.

‘Maybe it will be soon…’

On Thursday, Xia Xu, who was sitting in class, thought absent-mindedly.

Speaking of the devil, his cell phone rang from his desk.

“Whose phone is it? Turn it off!”

Liu Xiulan’s face turned cold as her lesson got interrupted.

“Teacher, can I answer the call? It’s important, really.”

Xia Xu raised his hand.

Liu Xiulan was quite reasonable. After hearing this, her expression improved a little. She nodded and said, “Go out and pick up the call, don’t disturb the other students.”

Xia Xu thanked her and jogged out of the classroom before answering the call.

“Boss, the construction site old man you mentioned has appeared!”

Yang Bowen’s excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Okay, I got it.”

Xia Xu was a little happy, but he was also a little surprised.

The storyline of «Person About to Die» was that Zhang Jianmin encountered the construction site old man after drinking and playing around.

Regardless of whether Zhang Jianmin was still following the trajectory of the plot, this was what he was doing and he had indeed spent these few days drinking. According to the timeline of the story, the old man at the construction site should come out to work soon. He was actually thinking about this just now.

It was a shame that this plot didn’t happen on a weekend like how the gambling plot had gone.

It was not impossible to postpone the meeting, but he was worried that there would be more unexpected problems. If the old man at the construction site only showed up this one time, or if Zhang Jianmin went over the moment the old man appeared to pick up a bargain, then he would have wasted his efforts.

“Okay, Old Yang, I need to bother you for a moment, please come to our school.”

Xia Xu suddenly had an idea.

It was inconvenient for him to ask for leave, but it did not stop his ‘relative’ from helping him!

Yang Bowen was a middle-aged man, so there was no need to pretend at all. Anyone would believe that he was a relative. It was hard to ask for an extended period of leave but taking half a day off from the form teacher was not a problem..