There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

If it weren't for Cheng Can knowing that all his buddies survived, just looking at the ending of this script, he would have thought they all got a bad ending!

His mentor immediately cast a look filled with immense suspicion.

"What happened?"

"...I don't know, I fell asleep," Cheng Can said somewhat sheepishly.

"You fell asleep?!"

This guy didn't mention that when he was asking about the plot before!

Thus, Cheng Can had no choice but to recount all the events he had experienced, including his entry into the Quantum Laboratory, discovering that the New An Bureau Director Su Xing was awake, then stealing his prop and even knocking him and his junior unconscious.

Cheng Can truly didn't know what happened after that.

He had thought he would see what happened in the script, only to find that the script had an abrupt ending!

What the fuck, it had an abrupt ending?!

Mr. Wen fell silent for a while, then stood up and said, "I'll go ask the others."

This script definitely had an issue!

Although it hadn't been pulled from listing, the prolonged editing time and the inexplicable awakening of the New An Bureau Director all pointed to definite problems!

After his mentor left in a hurry, Cheng Can opened the script and watched it several times over.

Suddenly, he felt like something was off.

Someone looked way too familiar!

Cheng Can quickly scrolled to the character introduction at the beginning, which he hadn't watched while he was nestled on the couch, covering his ears the whole time his mentor prattled on.

Only at this moment did Cheng Can see the player introduction in the Paradise Bird faction—

Bai Mufei/Luo Kun.

The first was the name of the character in the script, and the second was the name of the player acting it out.

Cheng Can: "......"
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Fuck, it's that madman from The Fifth Hospital!

He actually fought with that madman!

Cheng Can's eyes widened in horror. No wonder he felt a creepy and frightening shudder when he was acting out scenes against that person; he had been facing a madman with antisocial personality disorder!

The player's appearance merged with the character's had changed somewhat, even Bai Mufei looked much older than patient number thirteen. The man's matured brows and eyes after growing up made him hard to recognize at first.

But now, knowing who was behind the character, whenever Cheng Can looked at Bai Mufei, he saw shadows of that madman everywhere!

Moreover, he heard that the scripts this guy went through either ended with the players dead or insane, creating a bloody mess within the whole script!

Too terrifying!

Wait, it seemed that Bai Mufei had tried to join their faction earlier, saying they should unite against Xiu Bargas. Could it be that he actually wanted to gain their trust first and then take the opportunity to backstab and kill them?!

Hiss... death had been so close!

Cheng Can hugged himself and shivered.

Level up! He must level up immediately!

With this determination in his heart, Cheng Can suddenly felt enlightened.

It's no wonder that after coming out of The Fifth Hospital, he was so eager to jump right into a new script and kept grinding experience non-stop afterward, eager to level up quickly.

He had found it odd why he was so urgent; now he finally understood!

Because there was a psychopath chasing him!

And this sense of urgency only intensified after leaving the Five-star Hotel!

Cheng Can could have taken the level three assessment long ago, but because his mentor said they needed to farm a team faction script for props and wait for a junior, he had to suppress his leveling speed.

So if it weren't for waiting for that junior, they probably wouldn't have run into Luo Kun in this script.

As Cheng Can thought about this, he suddenly paused.

He pulled the virtual screen that was playing the script closer and stared carefully at the face of that character.

Maybe it was because he was a university professor, but Professor Li exuded a gentle, scholarly aura, feeling very mild-mannered and bearing the distinctive atmosphere of a cultured scholar.

And this feeling, matched with that face, was all too familiar.

After a moment, Cheng Can subconsciously opened his Performed Scripts, but as he pulled down the list, he realized that "Five-star Hotel" had been taken down and was no longer viewable.

He wasn't sure what was wrong, but just now, he suddenly felt that Doctor Kong and Professor Li's aura were somewhat similar.

Could it be because they were both cultured scholars?

But the more he thought about it, the more he felt that wasn't all; they also seemed to bear a slight resemblance to each other.

They were about the same age, so Cheng Can thought they looked even more alike!

Since the script had been taken down, it was no longer viewable, so Cheng Can opened the forum and started searching for information related to Doctor Kong.

There were tens of thousands of players in Script Space, and there were always a few with peculiar tastes; as a result, he actually found screenshots of videos featuring Doctor Kong.

Yet, they looked nothing like Xu Shuo.

Cheng Can was completely puzzled.

It was really odd. Why would he think that this junior resembled Doctor Kong so much? Moreover, he always felt that the Doctor Kong he had seen in the script didn't look like the one in these images.

Could there be a problem with his memory?!

Or was it really just because their auras were so similar, and he happened to be threatened by Luo Kun which caused him to be unduly suspicious?

Cheng Can scratched his head, unable to figure it out.

But upon further thought, the junior actually had a pretty easy-going personality, not as cunning as Doctor Kong, and even though he would sometimes wander off, he didn't intentionally cause trouble.

So they probably didn't have any connection.

Forget it, no point in obsessing over this. Better to just go to sleep and rest up, and then level up in a couple of days.

It was getting late, and having just left the world of the script, Cheng Can felt exhausted. He efficiently closed the forum, logged out of Script Space, covered himself with a blanket, and immediately closed his eyes to sleep.

After a while, he turned over in bed.

After another while, he turned over again.

"Something's not right. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before. Have I really met him?"

Unable to understand, Cheng Can spent the whole night tossing and turning.

...

Elsewhere.

After eagerly waiting for a long time, Luo Kun immediately clicked to watch as soon as the script editing was completed, but he only watched the introduction of characters at the beginning.

Staring at that name, Luo Kun chuckled weirdly, then clicked into the player's personal information and hit "Follow"!

[Sorry, you have been blocked by this user.]

Blocked. Couldn't follow.

He couldn't even view the other party's performed scripts, let alone submit a flow.

Luo Kun: "......#!"

...

...

Xu Shuo patiently watched the entire script.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

But along with that came confusion; he hadn't expected Script Space to directly conceal the plot segments related to the New An Bureau's director, even going so far as to release a disappointing ending.

So the question was, why didn't they just take it down?

Well, one can't always ask for too much.

However, this obvious act of concealment indicated that Script Space had surely already noticed the issue on his side.

Xu Shuo thought of the man with golden long hair.

He had once searched for "Shi," but didn't find anything at all. As for the pronunciation of "Themis"… sorry, he really couldn't tell which sound or word it was supposed to be.

Actually, Xu Shuo was not in a hurry, because if the other party's target was him, they would inevitably come looking for him sooner or later.

It would be a good opportunity to satisfy his own curiosity about his situation.

Now that he was certain the script "Free Night" wouldn't expose him socially or reveal his strength, Xu Shuo let go of his worries. But with that came a strong drowsiness caused by mental exhaustion.

He yawned, exited Script Space, and quickly fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

However, four hours later…

"Ding-a-ling-a-ling—!!"

The alarm rang.

Xu Shuo: "..."

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