There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

The third floor of the Qiming Building was unscathed, but to avoid the unexpected explosion, the frightened female reporter fell down.

She flipped in midair, quickly grabbed the protective wall of the second-floor corridor, and avoided the direct fall to the ground.

However, the just-now tremor was extremely violent, and the whole building seemed to shake for a moment, so the two people on the second-floor corridor were both startled and stared at her.

"What happened?!" the photographer quickly asked.

"I just saw a strange person on the third floor, and then I accidentally... lost my grip."

The female reporter jumped from the protective wall to the corridor, saying somewhat guiltily.

She had kept the black pen outside, ready for self-defense in case of an emergency, but the accident hadn't happened, and she was the one who caused it.

That's it, in the future, I'll become a beauty with no explosions!

The photographer looked at her with a weird expression and said, "Let's not talk about what you saw to lose your composure. Do you remember what the fifteenth rule of the visitor's manual is? Did you just... cause an explosion up there?"

The female reporter: "..."

'15. Do not use open flames or any tools that will exceed 400 degrees Celsius on the third floor of the Qiming Building.'

Although the manual didn't mention what would happen if someone violated this rule, it indeed specifically prohibited it with a rule.

This is a trap!

Her most proud ability was causing explosions, and this script wouldn't even allow her to use it!

As the female reporter was grinding her teeth in secret, a drop of black viscous substance suddenly dripped from above their heads.

Plop, plop...

The tar-like sticky substance kept falling to the ground.

The two of them abruptly looked up, only to see the ceiling of the third-floor corridor permeated with darkness, the viscous substance spread rapidly from the explosion site, covering the entire corridor, and continuing to drip toward the second-floor corridor.

"Hee hee~ Haha~"

A sound like the pleasant laughter of children rang out, seeming to be the voice of a girl.

Then, a series of cheerful running footsteps echoed on the third floor, running from one end of the corridor to the other, then quickly turning back, finally stopping right above them!

The two exchanged glances, their cold sweat pouring down.

"Go inside!"

Suddenly, the nearby police assistant spoke, and then without hesitation, he walked toward the Black and White Dice.

His figure quickly disappeared.

The female reporter and photographer looked at each other, and in the end, they also gritted their teeth and rushed towards the Black and White Dice!

The street office police assistant responsible for managing the orphanage must be familiar with this place, and the fact that he would rather be caught up in the rules of the Black and White Dice than the fifteenth rule was telling of their respective dangers!

Just as the two of them also disappeared, the next moment, an eerie shape dangled from the wall of the third-floor corridor, its head seemingly rotating as if surveying the second floor.

Then, the thing retracted again.

With an extremely thin body, sharp and long claws on its hands, and a hunched figure, the monster bowed in front of a girl standing in the third-floor corridor.

The girl was about ten years old, with a high ponytail and arms crossed, sneering coldly, "What, off to play with David, huh?"

The monster tilted its head to the left.

"But it's not easy for me to come out, I won't just go back like this!"

The girl angrily bit her right thumb, her pale face twisted and gloomy, her pitch-black eyes flashing with a violent red light.

The monster tilted its head to the right.

"Hey, any problem, stupid headmaster?"

The monster threw its head back ninety degrees.

Its twisted head was now facing the interior wall of the corridor.

Leaning against the wall, Xu Shuo, upon hearing this, looked up at the maliciously smiling girl and gently shook the red pen in his hand with a mild expression.

The next moment, the darkness on the corridor surged like a wave, and the crests of the waves instantly turned into sharp spikes, pointing directly at the girl standing in the middle of the corridor!

For a moment, she had no way to avoid them!

The girl's eyes widened in shock, angrily shouting, "They were the ones who provoked me first!"

Xu Shuo smiled, "What did you just call me?"

The girl: "..."

"Sorry, respected headmaster, sir." The girl read stiffly.

After she apologized, the crisis that had been looming on the corridor suddenly dispersed, and the sharpened spikes reverted into a pool of viscous dark matter, as if nothing had ever happened.

The girl looked warily at him, then turned around and dissolved into the darkness with the monster.

After she left, Xu Shuo lowered his head, took a red pen, and continued to write in the notebook.

[SOA-09 Affiliated Rule Object, Lily...]

[Self-Consciousness manifested.]

After writing, Xu Shuo tilted his head and examined his work.

He felt that this new handwriting seemed too neat.

So, he took out a black pen, crossed it all out until the original handwriting was completely indecipherable, and then beside it, rewrote a string of messy but barely legible entries.

The entire notebook was filled with such chaotic scribbles.

This way, it looked somewhat similar to the headmaster's earlier scribbles and doodles, well, rounding up, exactly the same!

Xu Shuo closed the notebook with satisfaction.

The only dissatisfaction was, while his performance value might have increased, the activation of the Character Card still felt frustratingly distant.

Leave it up to fate with this script.

Xu Shuo stepped towards the balustrade in the corridor, looking down at the yard below.

In the yard, the swing swayed back and forth, and through his eyes, the little girl holding a doll and dressed in a pink princess dress stood beside the swing, ordering the imposing man to sit on it.

Then the little girl moved behind the swing, seemingly struggling to push the man's back.

Yes, playing with her didn't mean getting others to push her on the swing, but her pushing others instead.

And the next moment, the swing flew into the sky, its height nearly reaching that of the moon.

The speed of the fall was also terribly frightening.

If one didn't hold on tightly, they might fall directly into the gaping maw that had been waiting on the yard's grass for a long time, and falling in, they might never climb out again.

It seemed like they were having a lot of fun.

Xu Shuo glanced over, then continued to write and record.

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In the yard.

The female office worker stood obediently to the side, watching Old Wang shout with joy as he swung back and forth several times.

But this couldn't go on indefinitely; Old Wang's mental state was clearly becoming overly excited, a creepy kind of excitement.

She glanced surreptitiously at the little girl.

But her gaze would always unconsciously fall onto the other's feet.

The little feet running around on the grass were fitted in a pair of shiny, pink leather shoes, exceptionally pretty.

Even though the little girl was dressed in pink from head to toe, she couldn't help but subconsciously focus on the feet.

Suddenly, the little girl who had just launched Old Wang into the air turned to look at her, those eyes, both sclera and pupil black as abyssal depths, sent shivers through her heart.

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The little girl asked in a crisp voice.

The female office worker rapidly shook her head but then abruptly remembered the rules and that Old Wang couldn't be tormented like this any longer.

So she forced a smile, "If you want me to play, I'll play."

The little girl tilted her head, as if puzzled by this response.

The female office worker bore the creepy sensation and maintained eye contact with her, but her gaze would always drift down unconsciously, and while looking down, she suddenly recalled that they were supposed to conduct a side quest to gather information, weren't they?

Why were they now seriously playing games with this little girl without a shred of resistance?

She shivered suddenly, as if a soul-chilling tremor had awakened her to reality.

The female office worker stared at the little girl's pink shoes, yet she questioned, "Little sister, your doll is so cute, where did you buy it?"

Upon hearing this, the little girl looked down at the pink doll in her hand, a twisted jealousy flashing through her pitch-black eyes.

"Mr. Headmaster gave it to me. I saw Emily had a doll too, so I asked him for one. Do you want one as well?" she said in a strange tone.

"Emily?"

The female office worker's eyes flickered, the clue related to the mission bringing her completely back to her senses.

[Main Quest: Obtain the doll left behind by the children.]

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