The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 187 (Patreon)

Chapter 187

[Clan] [A Little Flower]: Grandmaster? What a coincidence! Who's your grandmaster?

It turned out that A Little Flower had just found An Ningning to chat, hearing that An Ningning had just left the clan, she eagerly pulled her in without asking for the specifics.

Ling Chunann replied in the channel at this time.

[Clan] [Fenglan]: Little disciple, why did you leave the clan too?

[Clan] [Childlike Innocence]: [Joy] [Joy] The clan fights too much, I prefer peace.

This reason was quite normal, lately, because of this reason, Shenjian Pavilion had already lost quite a few members, but overall, the members of Half City of Storms still warmly welcomed An Ningning.

An Ningning chatted with the people in the clan while observing if Ling Chunann had said anything, but discovered he had not spoken after asking that question, feeling a bit disappointed.

Since developing a fondness for Ling Chunann, An Ningning had a special liking for the name Fenglan, and even loved the homophonic name Fenglan, hence she couldn’t stand the slander from Red Dust Swordsman against Fenglan.

But thinking about it, her little mood swings were quite absurd, naturally, An Ningning couldn’t possibly discuss this with Fenglan, whom she wasn’t very familiar with in the game.

An Ningning quietly opened the clan member list, found Ling Chunann’s map location, and couldn’t help but teleport over, only to realize upon landing that she didn’t actually know where he was, laughed at herself, finding her own behavior a bit silly.

After standing still for a while, she used a Return Scroll to go back to the main city.

"Host, the female protagonist came to your map just now, seems like she was looking for you." 098 reported.

"Got it." Ling Chunann looked at the chat box, right at the message An Ningning had sent.

[Whisper] [Childlike Innocence] quietly said: Grandmaster, I want to switch to Ice Heart, do you have time to teach me? [Joy]

Ling Chunann couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, quickly typed a couple of words, and sent them out.

[Whisper] You quietly say to [Childlike Innocence]: Yes.

Seeing Ling Chunann's reply, An Ningning was overjoyed, about to ask when he was free, suddenly she saw a message from Red Dust Swordsman in the friend channel, was momentarily stunned, deleted the words she had typed, and retyped a new line.

"Host, the male protagonist is now stirring up the whole clan and ally clans saying you're fickle in love, playing two ends against the middle, and even somehow managed to hook up with a higher-up, saying your character is despicable."

[Whisper] [Childlike Innocence] quietly said: Grandmaster, Master is spreading rumors about you everywhere, be careful.

Meanwhile, the number of people on Ling Chunann’s hit list and the whisper messages were rapidly increasing.

Shu Yiheng, for some reason, had moved his computer next to Ling Chunann, adding one to the hit list for every person who added Ling Chunann, Ling Chunann naturally saw his actions, but did not stop him.

The world channel was exploding now.

[World] [XX]: [Horror] [Horror] I just added Fenglan to my hit list, and the next second I was hit listed by the legendary No Shadow, I’m so scared.

[World] [XXX]: Me too! Trembling.

[World] [XX]: Haha, a bitch matched with a dog, forever and ever.

[World] [XXXX]: I feel there might be more to this story, the female protagonist hasn't spoken yet, don't get too excited.

[World] [XX]: What else is there to say? The forums have dug up thousands of layers, but she hasn't come out to speak, I think she's guilty, not to mention where she hired the legendary No Shadow, must be a lot of money, right?

[World] [XXX]: What? Legendary No Shadow can be hired with money? How much? I'll pay!

Ling Chunann, with the comprehensive channel open, was amused by the various messages flashing by, of course, mixed with quite a few unpleasant words and sentences, he didn't care, after all, the quality of players in a game is always mixed, just like when he was a celebrity, there were not a few trolls, it would be too tiring to care about each one.

Shu Yiheng, on the other hand, was noting down the ID of each player who insulted Ling Chunann, waiting for a later reckoning.

Then, the person Ling Chunann was waiting for finally sent a message.

[Whisper] [Cliff Knife] quietly said: I heard you and No Shadow have become involved?

[Whisper] You quietly say to [Cliff Knife]: Yes, the news does travel fast.

[Whisper] [Cliff Knife] quietly said: Haha, you know, every major clan has a few 007s.

[Whisper] [Cliff Knife] quietly said: What's he like? I've heard of his reputation before but never had the chance to see for myself.

Ling Chunann glanced at the man diligently taking notes beside him, noticed that when Ling Chunann looked at him, Shu Yiheng looked up and flashed a smile, Ling Chunann returned the smile, then continued replying to the messages.

[Whisper] You quietly say to [Cliff Knife]: Quite good, better than me.

[Whisper] [Cliff Knife] quietly said: Alright, since you've got a connection with him now, I won't pester you about it. But I still have to finish this fight, this matter has blown up so much, I have to say sorry to you, if it wasn't for me, things definitely wouldn't have turned out this way.

Ling Chunann didn't reply again, and Cliff Knife didn't continue either, but very quickly, the male protagonist responded.

"Male protagonist's favorability +60%, current favorability at 70%." 098 quietly observed the suddenly increased favorability, thinking it finally understood what the host meant by "quickly".

At this time, the male protagonist's message also came.

[Whisper] [Red Dust Swordsman] quietly said: Master?

[Whisper] [Red Dust Swordsman] quietly said: Is it really you?

Ling Chunann didn't reply, but Red Dust Swordsman was not willing to give up.

[Whisper] [Red Dust Swordsman] quietly said: I misunderstood you about the Cliff Knife saying you're his connection, No Shadow must also be someone you found to provoke me, right? Master, I know you like me, can you forgive me? Even if we can't be connections, we can still be master and disciple.

[Whisper] [Red Dust Swordsman] quietly said: I've already removed your hit list, the clan has lost quite a few people recently because of fights, Master, the clan needs you, I need you too.

Seeing the man beside him becoming increasingly gloomy, Ling Chunann typed a few words.

[Whisper] You quietly say to [Red Dust Swordsman]: Someone else is playing my account.

[Whisper] [Red Dust Swordsman] quietly said: ……

Shu Yiheng's expression instantly brightened, patted Ling Chunann on the head, "Baby, need me to find some people to bury him?"

"No need," Ling Chunann said, "Let's go out for a walk tonight."

"Alright."

Red Dust Swordsman, who was utterly unconvinced Ling Chunann was having someone else play his account, was about to ask him to clarify directly, suddenly saw him go offline, immediately getting so angry he smashed a keyboard.

Afterward, he calmed down, sat in front of the computer desk for a good while, thinking about everything he had done since he became a disciple to now, and also how Fenglan treated him, his mood became even worse.

Regardless of how he tried to drive her away before, she never left. Why should it be that now saying dead friends are just dead friends? He wouldn't allow it!

"Male protagonist's favorability +10%, current favorability at 80%."

"Congratulations to the host, counterattack value +10%, current counterattack value at 40%, please continue to work hard, host."

"Host, the male protagonist has started recruiting people to fight with Cliff Knife again, and even initiated a clan battle with your current clan. He used all his New Year's money to hire people to help him fight." This time, for the host, the male protagonist really did spend a lot, but it's not at all worth sympathy.

The original host had spent much more on the male protagonist than this, now it's just like paying back with interest, and in the process of the male protagonist causing trouble, the host's goal of becoming the female deity of the current faction was also achieved, 098 was genuinely happy, of course, it included Ling Chunann's own efforts.

After the New Year, Ling Chunann didn't rush to go online but scrolled through the game forums, the hottest post was the one attacking him for playing both ends against the middle, the post had been up for nearly a week and the heat hadn't died down, obviously, someone was manipulating behind the scenes.

The poster posted as a bystander, the first post listed quite a bit of evidence, all from an onlooker's perspective screenshots and more or less credible recordings, most of them were Shenjian Pavilion and Fengpo Jiuxiao's mutual bashing sentences.

Initially, some people thought that since the female protagonist hadn't appeared, it couldn't be conclusive, but as one day followed another without anyone standing up to explain, along with the navy leading the narrative, and both male protagonists being well-known figures of their factions, it was inevitable that Ling Chunann was thrust into the limelight.

Ling Chunann quickly scanned the useful information in the thread, then closed the post, opening another titled "Analysis of the Relationship between Fenglan and Red Dust Swordsman".

The poster was named "Childlike Heart".

"Host, the female protagonist herself is taking action." 098 expressed some surprise.

Ling Chunann wasn't as shocked, he scrolled through the mouse, looking at the content of the post.

At this moment, 098 hurriedly said, "Host, Cliff Knife and the female protagonist have been getting quite close lately, these materials must have been provided by him to her. However, the source of Cliff Knife's materials is unknown, wait, host, the IP sending materials to Cliff Knife is from our side, it must have been the adult who sent them."

Ling Chunann nodded, "This female protagonist has a decent writing style, it's quite clear."

"Due to the heavy negativity in the original post, starting a new thread."

"Regarding the matter of Fenglan being the master of Red Dust Swordsman, probably not many people know about it, yes, even Red Dust Swordsman himself doesn't mention it much to the outside world, for a simple reason, because Fenglan doesn't show his appearance, always wearing that school uniform, he feels embarrassed, that's one reason. Another deeper reason is, his appearance, gold, VIP horse, everything needed for the clan's construction, were all provided by Fenglan, and yet Red Dust Swordsman, while using Fenglan's money, knowing she liked him, still wore the outfit she bought him to flirt with other girls..."

The following content detailed the expenditures Fenglan made on Red Dust Swordsman, insinuating who the real scumbag was, while Cliff Knife was portrayed as a good friend who couldn't stand by and drew his sword to help. The post was made last night, and by now, it had already accumulated thousands of replies.

Many replies below were asking about No Shadow, with most showing a sudden realization, expressing sympathy for the master and cursing Red Dust Swordsman as a scumbag.

"098, check on the male protagonist's reaction."

"Yes, host," a few seconds later, 098 replied, "The male protagonist was up all night fighting, he's still asleep now and doesn't know about this post."

"Hmm, find someone in his clan group and send them his number."

"Right away!"

Red Dust Swordsman just woke up, his head throbbing, opened his phone, and saw a message from a high-ranking member of his clan.

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