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Chapter 942: Chapter 893: Battering Ram on the Chessboard_2

But if it’s the Chess Player of the third group...

Guigu slowly reached out to feel for his short sword tucked at his waist, since an accident, he had always carried this sword at his waist.

The sword naturally had no effect on ghosts within the instance; it was meant for protection against humans.

Just as he grasped the short sword at his waist, he suddenly heard a voice behind him.

"Miss Liu... don’t walk so fast, I can’t see where you are..."

Guigu’s head slightly moved, it was Hao Laoshi’s voice!

That Miss Liu should be another pawn from the first group who was always with Hao Laoshi previously, referred to as the "beautiful woman" on the Pen-shaped Real-time Repeater, and now these two are together, but is Gu Mian not present?

Then he heard a woman’s voice behind him: "I told you to stay put, you’ll stumble and hurt yourself, and the Chess Player will feel distressed."

"Gu Mian suddenly disappeared when it got dark, I didn’t dare to stay there alone..."

Guigu was caught off guard hearing the woman’s voice commenting on him, and again hearing Gu Mian’s name unexpectedly.

Judging by Hao Laoshi’s words, he seemed well-acquainted with Gu Mian; but how did he get so familiar with Gu Mian in such a short time within this instance, not feeling safe without staying by Gu Mian’s side?

Guigu thought in a daze, and hearing the two’s conversation, Hao Laoshi evidently had mentioned his existence to Gu Mian and that woman, and from the woman’s words, it seemed she already knew quite a lot about him.

Guigu knew Hao Laoshi’s character; albeit straightforward, Hao Laoshi wouldn’t carelessly disclose information to strangers he couldn’t differentiate his disposition with, whom he’d just met.

He felt Hao Laoshi was overly familiar with the two pawns of the first group.

Just as Guigu was pondering, he suddenly heard a hurried footstep sound.

It came from the direction of the person who had bumped into him just now, and the footstep sounds quickly became distant, soon leaving him far behind.

For some reason, the person who originally stayed silent suddenly departed swiftly, the footsteps sounding quite anxious.

Did something happen? Guigu wondered; could the person have mistaken the incoming unfamiliar voices for his reinforcements?

"Someone." The sound of footsteps evidently caught others’ attention, and the beautiful woman’s voice suddenly became cold, followed by the sound of clothes rustling, indicating the person had turned toward this side.

"Is it Gu Mian?" Then Hao Laoshi’s voice came, albeit much quieter than before.

"It’s me." Guigu spoke in the darkness.

Liu Ruyan didn’t recognize the voice, but the answer sounded as though she should know who it was; swiftly she realized the response wasn’t directed at her, as Hao Laoshi behind her shouted, "Mr. Gu" excitedly and ran over.

She knew "Mr. Gu" was Hao Laoshi’s endearing name for the Chess Player of the fourth group "Energetic Guiguzi."

So the Chess Player of the fourth group was here; Liu Ruyan hadn’t expected to meet the Chess Player of the fourth group in this instance, although the current situation couldn’t exactly count as "meeting," as it was pitch-black and everyone could only exchange a few words without seeing each other.

Hao Laoshi perhaps ran in the wrong direction; Liu Ruyan heard him running forward for a while without encountering Guiguzi, then she heard Hao Laoshi’s footsteps stop, and his puzzled voice came in the dark: "Mr. Gu, where are you."

"I’m here, over here." Guigu spoke in the darkness to guide Hao Laoshi.

Liu Ruyan listened to Guigu’s voice and advanced a few steps in his direction.

Since the Chess Player of the fourth group was still here, she thought the person who ran away earlier possibly was someone else, not 007. 007 knew her voice, and wouldn’t turn and run upon hearing it.

"Are you Gu Mian’s friend?" As Liu Ruyan pondered the identity of the person who ran away, Guigu’s voice came from ahead, clearly directed at her.

She paused for a few seconds without answering but instead counter-questioned: "Did you know he was in this instance in advance?"

Hao Laoshi mentioned Gu Mian while talking to her earlier, but this Guigu seemed to have known Gu Mian was in this instance, without showing any surprise.

Moreover, Hao Laoshi had told them Guigu possessed an item called "Pen-shaped Real-time Repeater," leading her to think Guigu likely had already known through that item that Gu Mian was a pawn in the first group.

"Yes, I have a special item called the ’Pen-shaped Real-time Repeater,’ Gu Mian has seen it, although last time Gu Mian saw the item it wasn’t mine yet..." Guigu paused for a long moment before continuing, "I learned through that item that Gu Mian was in this instance, I trust his character so I let Hao Laoshi follow you all the time, Hao Laoshi should have told you about my situation, right."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Gu, you don’t need to introduce yourself again, I didn’t think you and Gu Mian knew each other before." Hao Laoshi’s voice came appropriately.

Guigu turned his head toward Hao Laoshi’s voice’s origin, although he could only see darkness: "Have you known Gu Mian for a long time?"

Hao Laoshi nodded, but realizing his gesture was unseen, stopped suddenly: "We matched before, several times too."

Guigu chuckled: "You know each other too; seems like this instance is filled with acquaintances."