Valian Cherry was a professional poacher who entered the Greed Island game by chance.
Like most players, he was initially filled with curiosity and excitement about the game.
However, as time passed, the reality of being unable to leave the game drove him to desperation.
In the end-
He gave up struggling and instead began trying to improve his situation within the game world.
Stealing, robbing, cheating...
The means didn't matter, as long as he could obtain cards!
Morality and kindness were worth less than an F-rank card in this game world!
While Valian was moving through the forest, he heard faint noises coming from the direction of the coastline.
Realizing that there were players fighting there, Valian hesitated for a moment and decided to go over to see what was going on.
Who knows? He might be able to profit from their conflict.
So, after he stepped out of a bush, he saw Moses and Biscuit appearing under the faint light.
"Huh?"
Varian was startled and he hurriedly raised his right hand, which was adorned with a ring.
"Book!"
As he said the command, the ring, which was embedded with three gemstones, released a puff of white smoke like a magic lamp. A slightly thick book instantly appeared in the white smoke and hovered in front of Valian.
This Binder Book was the game tool used by Greed Island's players to store and use cards. It is also the most important tool for player conflicts.
In this place, the effects of cards were absolute.
Whichever side activated a spell card first would gain the upper hand.
So-
When seeing an opponent summon their Binder, it was basic game knowledge to immediately summon your own and prepare for a confrontation.
However, after Valian summoned his Binder, he noticed that Moses and Biscuit showed no reaction at all.
'What's going on?'
'Are you rookie players?'
'Impossible, how could a novice player appear in such a remote place?'
'Could they be NPCs?'
Valian's mind raced with questions, but before he could think further, he quickly pulled out a card called [F-140, Relegate] from his free slot.
F refers to the difficulty of obtaining the cards.
140 refers to the limit of the number of cards in circulation.
The effect of this Relegate Card was to randomly teleport one opponent to a random location on the island.
When facing multiple enemies, this card is the best choice for splitting the enemy's forces.
'Why aren't they reacting? Only rookie players who just entered the game would act like this... No, wait... They might be NPCs. If that's the case, using a spell card would be a waste. Maybe I should check first...'
In the blink of an eye, Valian held up the Relegate Card, but his mind was flooded with thoughts.
The consequence of having limited resources is worrying about gains and losses.
This is also a true portrayal of Valian's current predicament.
But no matter what he decided, he no longer had the chance to use the Relegate spell card.
Biscuit flashed to his side and interrupted his thoughts with a single chop.
Valian's body stiffened, and then he lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
At the same time, the Binder floating in mid-air vanished into a puff of white smoke.
The card in Valian's hand did not disappear, but fell to the ground.
"That was the Binder, which is used to collect cards, right?"
Biscuit glanced at the dissipating white smoke.
Moses walked over and nodded, "Yes."
As he spoke, he picked up the Relegate Card that had fallen to the ground.
Biscuit tilted her head to look at Moses and asked, "What now?"
"First, let's test a few ideas."
Moyou smiled and raised his hand to conjure a black knife. Then, he slowly cut non-fatal wounds on Valian's body.
Under the influence of the pain, Valian gradually regained consciousness, his Aura Nodes opened, and Aura began to emanate from his body.
But Moses didn't stop. Instead, he accelerated the speed of his cuts.
Valian, who had just regained consciousness, thought he was being tortured. In the next moment, the rapid accumulation of wounds plunged him into a hallucinatory state.
Moses casually glanced at the Eye of Sight on Valian, and then put away the black sword.
Under his deliberate control, Varian began rattling off information as if reading from a personal diary, including his identity before entering Greed Island and the Nen Abilities he possessed.
"A poacher with a long history of misdeeds, huh?"
Moses murmured to himself, then turned to Biscuit and shrugged, "This guy is just a poor player. Not to mention SS-Rank Blue Planet, he barely has any of the essential spell cards."
"I figured as much before I even hit him."
Biscuit shook her head.
Before she made her move, she could clearly see the hesitation in Varian's eyes when he tried to use his card. It was the kind of anxious caution typical of someone terrified of wasting what little they had.
"So your plan for finding the Blue Planet is to just... wander around knocking people out like this?"
Biscuit folded her arms and roughly guessed Moses's intention.
Manipulation-Type is really useful, but this method of relying on luck is inefficient.
"Of course not."
Moses stepped closer to Valian, looked down at the Binder floating in the air, and checked all the players Valian had met in the game.
After scrolling through the list for a while, he finally saw the name 'Genthru' in the middle of the list.
'Gotcha.'
Moses's lips curled into a small smile, 'What a good luck.'
With a thought, Moses silently controlled Valian to take out an [F-150, Clairvoyance] from the Binder.
The effect of this card is that the user can see all the cards in a player's designated slots, but the prerequisite for using it is that the user must have met the target in the game.
And since Varian's player log included Genthru-
It was the perfect tool.
'Let's see if Ganshu has any Blue Planet first.'
Moses thought to himself.
Then, under Moses's unseen influence, Valian took out the Clairvoyance Card and put it into the Binder's use card slot.
Buzz-
A line of words suddenly appeared on the display screen above the card slot: Use the Clairvoyance Spell - Please select a player.
Valian then selected Genthru from the player list.
Beep!
The black display screen quickly listed all the cards in Genthru's designated slots.
Moses took a quick look and soon saw the words [Blue Planet x1] at the back.
'This guy really has a Blue Planet.'
Moses raised his hand to his chin.
Biscuit was stunned when she saw this, and then she stared at Moses in silence.
"?"
Noticing her look, Moses glanced at Biscuit, and asked, "What now?"
"Why do I feel like... the Greed Island is like your personal playground or something."
Biscuit muttered.
Moses rolled his eyes at her.
Afterwards, having confirmed that Genthru has the Blue Planet, Moses's gaze drifted to the ring on Varian's index finger.
He is thinking:
'If I can wear that ring on my finger, can I use the Binder myself?'
'If it works...'
'Then I and Biscuit wouldn't just be stowaways anymore. Instead, we'd be a catastrophic virus that has invaded Greed Island's very core.
…
Meanwhile-
Far away in the Azian Continent, Ging and Kite are tracking a beast species known as the [Mammon].
"Ugh…"
Suddenly, Ging shivered for no apparent reason, and a strange, inexplicable chill shot down his spine.
Kite was startled and looked at his master immediately.
Under Kite's inquiring gaze, Ging frowned and said, "It's okay, I just got a really bad feeling all of a sudden."
"…Huh?"
Kite was slightly startled.
If it was someone else saying that, he'd brush it off...
But it was hard to pretend that nothing had happened when he heard it coming from his own master.
'Could it be that this mission...'