Godfather World

A Gamer's Advantage

Yelena took a little longer to get online and log into her VR account. During that time, Bolt accepted Zen's invitation and was waiting in his VR room.

"The information cards for all the candidates are here," Bolt passed a virtual notebook to Zen, who quickly compared his gathered data.

There was some missing information from Bolt's list, but Zen was thrilled to know more about the candidates he had no access to.

"Is this allowed?" he asked cautiously. "Isn't this considered cheating?"

Bolt raised a brow. "Are there rules saying that a candidate cannot ask an invigilator for information?"

Zen shook his head. The school rules didn't mention anything about working with invigilators. It only said that invigilators shouldn't be harmed. Was this a loophole? If anyone else knew about this, there would be a riot!

Yelena was angry. It was evident from how she gave Bolt the cold shoulder. Zen didn't blame her. If he knew that Bolt was going to make the pledge of loyalty, he would have stopped the man. There was no need to make a pledge this early. As the candidate with the least skills and knowledge about the underworld, he was at a huge disadvantage. Sure, he had powerful allies. However, borrowing the strength of others would only go so far.

He needed to become stronger in the least amount of time possible.

"Training starts now!" the young commando declared, and Zen gulped. He didn't know what to expect.

Zen thought that Yelena would make him do sit-ups and push-ups in the virtual world, but to his surprise, she brought out a stack of coins and poker cards.

"This is...?"

Yelena narrowed her eyes. "Memory training. Egg Hunt is not about fighting. It's about hide and seek. First to be found loses."

The cards and coins were placed haphazardly with no logic at first glance. However, after a while, Zen understood what the young invigilator was doing.

"Are the coins people and the cards buildings?" he asked.

Yelena nodded. "It's this school. You play chess?"

Zen nodded. He wasn't a chess grandmaster, but he knew the basics of chess.

Yelena finished placing the coins and cards while Bolt observed from the bed. The two teenagers sat on the floor, and Zen was impressed by how detailed the school 'map' was. He had a similar idea about how to beat the Egg Hunt event when he told the guild members to survey the school grounds. Now that Yelena was here, it was even easier.

"The pool is here. This is the cafeteria. No cards in open field. Dormitory rooms on the three cards stacked together. Too small areas, Yelena doesn't show. You remember all the buildings?"

Zen nodded. The representation of the school grounds was accurate enough. Yelena explained where each room was on which floor of every building gave him an excellent general overview.

Coins were scattered in different locations, and Zen wondered what they were. There were a hundred candidates, but there weren't a hundred coins on the 'map'.

"Big coin, party. No party individuals, small coin. Starting positions on the map for everyone different. Killing zones in non-spawn areas."

The non-spawn areas refer to safe zones that the candidates could take refuge in. Mostly, they were places that they were placed in when the game started. If this was an insider's information, Zen would consider it trustworthy. However, he had backup plans just in case safe zones were not available.