"I understand everything you want to say. You are an assassin, and it's not because of your conscience that you refuse to do anything excessive to me," Qingyu calmly explained, as if in the eyes of this young girl, she didn't find Yunyou's profession terrifying at all.

"Although I don't really understand what a real assassin is like, it should be that assassins only kill after receiving clear targets, right?"

"Well...that's right. Otherwise, who would do meaningless work for free? I only work if someone pays me, that's a fact," Yunyou nodded and didn't deny it. Although some assassins may plan to deal with certain enemies, Yunyou has only been in the business for a few years and there are no such enemies at the moment, or rather, they have already been taken care of easily.

"So, that means you wouldn't actively kill people, right?"

"Of course not. Killing people for no reason will reduce potential customer demand, and this job is not easy. I won't take unnecessary risks unless necessary."

"That's good. Since you won't actively kill people, then the people you kill must be deserving of death."

"......??"

Although Qingyu's guess was not far off, Yunyou was still confused and didn't understand why she thought that way.

So far, Yunyou not only refrains from killing women and children, but the targets she takes on are usually the heads of various gangs in the underworld. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gained such a big reputation in just a few years. Killing some nameless and insignificant characters wouldn't earn her the title of "White Night Assassin" recognized by the industry.

And those people, there are a thousand reasons for them to die.

"Where did this strange logic come from? How can you be so sure that the people I kill are deserving of death?"

"Because you are a good person."

Qingyu's tone and gaze were extremely serious, and it didn't seem like a whimsical or random opinion.

"I don't know how you ended up becoming an assassin, but you are a good person, I can tell. Whether it was your patient teaching of game knowledge last night, or pretending to leave today but secretly observing and coming back to save me, and just now when you told me to go back to 'Istaran,' you were carefully instructing me on what kind of person to find, all prove that you are not a heartless person."

"Besides, compared to those self-righteous hypocrites, you are more honest and frank, and your skills are so impressive. Being around you actually makes me feel safer. Even if you had thoughts about doing something to me, these past two days have shown that many men have such thoughts. Even if I leave you and find someone else to team up with, I might not find someone trustworthy."

"Moreover, knowing that there is physical contact protection, there's really nothing to worry about being by your side, because you can't do anything excessive to me."

"...Are you crazy?"

Feeling like she was being counter-threatened, Yunyou was speechless with Qingyu's logic. How did telling her about the system protection actually give her more reasons to boldly stay by her side?

"I've never seen anyone consider assassins as good people in all these years. I won't even mention how big of an issue your idea is, but just please think about it: what benefits do you get from being around me? I have a red name and it's difficult to find any organization. I can only act alone, which is definitely very dangerous. Plus, there are threats from other players. Can't you just remind me not to kill people all the time if you're next to me?"

"That's right."

Unexpectedly, Qingyu nodded seriously once again.

"Even though you are an assassin in reality, you are not in the game. And like you said, you have no reason to actively go around killing people. Just like those two people earlier, you let them go, proving that you can completely let go of that burden."

"And, since you have the ability to kill them, why can't you use other methods to punish them? Sometimes, killing them might not be more effective than letting them live, right?"

"..."

Yunyou used to think that her eloquence was decent, at least in occasional negotiations she never fell behind. But she never expected to encounter such a opponent in a place like this. Can she still have a chance of defeating someone who can confidently claim to be a good person even after revealing her identity to them?"Letting them go was purely because I didn't want to hear you yelling anymore. How could you use that as a reason?" Yunyou was losing hope in trying to persuade Qingyu, but knowing about the punishment of the "only lifelong achievement," Yunyou knew that even if he didn't kill anyone, he couldn't live a normal life like the other players. If his red name value dropped to zero, it would be a big problem.

After considering it, Yunyou decided not to tell Qingyu about this because he was afraid that she would be even more determined to stay by his side once she knew about the risks.

"So, you're saying that even if you know all these facts and the risks of being with me, you still choose not to go back?"

"Yes," Qingyu stared straight at Yunyou with a "what can you do to me" attitude.

The frustrating thing was that Yunyou really couldn't do anything to her. And there was a serious issue that Yunyou couldn't avoid. Currently, he couldn't find any NPC to trade with, at least not in the town or village. In other words, until he found an NPC willing to trade with a red-named player, Yunyou couldn't buy any consumables like health potions. According to the experience of traditional online games, this was a fatal problem for solo players.

......................

In the end, Yunyou wasn't able to convince Qingyu. While temporarily deciding to keep her by his side, he also made the decision to find a suitable player and hand her over once he found one. At least, it wouldn't be justifiable to hand her over to a few rogues who seemed eager to take off their pants at first sight. And just now, Yunyou had confirmed his red name value again. It had changed from 5072 to 6068. Roughly estimating, killing a player below level 12 would increase the red name value by 2500 points, and surprisingly, killing a red-named player also increased it by around 1000 points.

As for the additional points, it was unclear where they came from, but at least for now, it was fine to temporarily keep Qingyu by his side. After all, the red name value wouldn't decrease anytime soon.

"Aren't you planning to level up now? Didn't you say you wanted to make the most of your time yesterday?" Qingyu sat by a large tree a few meters away, watching Yunyou slide through the system interface in front of him for a long time, seemingly without any leveling plans. She couldn't help but ask.