Infinite spooky game

The scene in front of him shook violently, and blood spread from the edge of his vision, mixing with the mist and spreading into a hazy mass.

The fluttering prayer belts surrounded me, and the scribbled words were refreshed frantically, embedding into my eye sockets like bloodshot.

【You killed Reiko.】

【You killed Reiko.】

【You killed Reiko.】

There are no hints for the next round, no narration for the ending, it's as if the game was forced to quit due to a sudden malfunction, or a bug was triggered, causing the game to crash.

The scene of Rabbit Town was washed away by the blood, which was diluted into a thin blood film and was blown away without a trace by a gust of wind.

Qi Si sat in the empty classroom. The scene was frozen and dim, and the surroundings were filled with grayish-white mist.

A dark figure rushed out from the fog with a strong smell of blood, and strangled Qi Si's neck tightly: "You killed Lingzi... You actually killed Lingzi..."

The hands of the fate pocket watch ticked away, and the outline of the clock appeared in Qis' eyes, along with the phantom of a blood-red leaf.

He stared at the person who came quietly, feeling the other person's cold fingers digging into his flesh and the feeling of suffocation spreading through his chest. He did not struggle from beginning to end.

The force on the neck gradually weakened, and the man took a few steps back, revealing a bloody face and twisted limbs, like a body that had been broken into pieces and then pieced together again.

"You should have saved her...but you killed her..." the figure murmured, and the voice sounded like crying.

Qi Si raised his hand and gently wiped away the blood and dirt on his neck. The dark bruises were like chains entangled in the flesh, indicating the crisis that had just occurred.

He chuckled. “Finally showing some different emotions? It seems you have self-awareness and can understand some of what’s going on.

"Then Lu Ming, you pretended to be ignorant before. Was it because of the limitation of the copy, or was it self-deception?"

The bloodstains on Lu Ming's body faded away, and under his bloodstained bangs, he had a pale and ordinary face that belonged to a middle school student. He seemed to have calmed down a little, staring at Qi Si coldly.

After a long silence, he began to talk to himself: "Countless reincarnation attempts have made me realize that no matter how hard I try, I can't save her. Half of her is sealed in the past, and the other half is stuck in the present.

"God told me that only you can save her. I can't interfere with you or kill you, or you won't come back."

Qi Si knew that the "God" that Lu Ming mentioned must be the unlucky Li. By making a deal with Lu Ming, who had become a fierce ghost, and building a copy to stuff players in, he was really getting the best of both worlds.

He stroked his chin with interest: "I don't understand why you, who have been deeply harmed by the Rabbit God, would still believe in the promises of other evil gods."

"This is the last resort. I'm willing to take a chance." Lu Ming said calmly, "Lingzi's condition won't get any worse. As long as I can save her, I'm willing to pay any price."

"What a touching friendship." There was a hint of irony in Qi Si's smile. "I'm suddenly a little curious, is it Reiko from Rabbit God Town or Reiko from Hope Junior High School that you want to save?"

I hope that the Reiko of Middle School is the real Reiko, the one who knows Lu Ming and whom Lu Ming wants to save again and again; the Reiko of Rabbit God Town is just an illusion, an alternative battlefield or a sandbox that simulates the truth.

But after countless attempts and countless failures, the boundaries between true and false, past and present are no longer clear.

If given a choice, Kanna Shichiro, who is loved by the residents of Rabbit Town and cared for by his father and brother, and Lu Ming, who is isolated by his classmates and has no parents in Hope Middle School, who would be willing to be the latter?

It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm. Qis can understand this. If it were him, he would not even think of saving people.

But he did not hesitate to point the finger at Lu Ming's indecision, just like an evil god grabbing the most fragile and soft desires in the depths of people's hearts, luring people step by step into the quagmire and fall into the abyss.

"Actually, you've already made your choice, haven't you?" Qis extended his index finger and lightly touched the bruise on his neck. The bruise spread and purple-red blood seeped out of the edges.

He sighed, "I killed Reiko from Rabbit God Town and ruined the Rabbit God Festival a hundred years ago. The world line has changed. I hope that Reiko in middle school will be saved...

"Why are you dissatisfied with this outcome? Why is your first reaction to hate me and blame me?"

The young man's voice was filled with confusion, and the rising ending tone seemed to be giving a gentle persuasion.

Lu Ming hung his head and said nothing. His figure gradually faded and disappeared. The edges of his body shattered into pieces, turning into powder like glass and scattering into the air.

The scene resumed its flow, and the disappeared colors once again permeated from underfoot in all directions: the azure sky, the dark green blackboard, the light yellow desks, the students' laughter coming from outside the window, and the rustling of flowers and leaves in the wind.

"Lu Ming, sorry I'm late." Lingzi's crisp voice came from outside the door.

Qi Si walked over, stood beside the girl, and asked with a smile: "Lingzi, why are you so late today? Did something happen to you?"

Lingzi sighed and said, "I want to go find Teacher Li and ask her what the dispute between her and the dean of studies is about; if possible, I also want to talk to her about you...

"But I don't know why, she seems to not see me. No matter what I say, she ignores me..."

Does Li Fang not see Lingzi? Is it to prevent the ghost NPCs from killing each other, or for some other reason?
Qi Si asked, "Did Teacher Li start ignoring you today? Maybe she just had an argument with the dean and is in a bad mood. She doesn't want to communicate with students."

"Maybe." Lingzi lowered her head, and for a moment, a rabbit mask appeared on her face. "But when other students asked her questions, she answered them. She really seemed to not see me..."

"That's a bit strange." Qi Si put on an empathetic expression and frowned, "Did you go to see Teacher Li yesterday? Did she say anything to you yesterday? Was there any misunderstanding?"

"Yesterday? I didn't look for Teacher Li. The last time I took the initiative to look for her was a month ago..."

"Is that so? Maybe she's just been too busy lately."

The two of them were talking and before they knew it they had arrived at the cafeteria.

Because we arrived late, there were few people in the cafeteria. Behind the window, only some leftovers and soup were left. The cafeteria aunties rolled up their sleeves and put the empty bowls on the cart, making a "clang" sound.

After getting her meal, Lingzi sat down in an empty seat in the corner of the cafeteria and ate quietly.

As usual, Qi Si took an empty plate and pretended to turn around, but this time, he sat opposite Lingzi.

"People like Reiko can only sit in the corner by themselves."

"No one wants to bother with her, why doesn't she just die?"

"This kind of person should have died long ago. The Rabbit God should have taken her life."

The students around him spoke the same words as on the first day with malicious intent. They seemed to be completely unaware of Qi Si's presence and repeated the same old clichéd lines like a clockwork machine.

The reality of the world was becoming increasingly thin. Qi Si grabbed a boy with a pale face and dark eyes and asked him word by word, "Can you see me?"

Disgust flashed across the boy's eyes: "Lu Ming, are you sick?"

The surrounding discussions changed unconsciously:
"People like Lu Ming can only sit in the corner alone."

"No one wants to care about him, why doesn't he just die?" "This kind of person should have died long ago, and the Rabbit God should have taken his life."

The person in the center of the vortex changed from Lingzi to Lu Ming - that is, Qi Si. The students did not realize that anything was wrong and continued to recite the lines with the changed protagonists dutifully.

"I heard that if we only need to sacrifice one person to the Rabbit God, any wish can be fulfilled. Can we sacrifice Lu Ming so that all of us can get into a good high school?"

"I have asked someone to send the cursed Rabbit God Statue to Lu Ming. He will die in seven days, and our wish will come true."

There was a look of worry in Lingzi's eyes and she opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.

Qi Si smiled at her nonchalantly, put his index finger across his lips, stood up and walked out of the cafeteria.

Lingzi's words from yesterday echoed in her ears: "Someone has to suffer this. This is fate."

The stage has been set up, the script has been written, and there is a child who is hated by everyone. He will be sacrificed to the Rabbit God by the other children as a bargaining chip to fulfill their wishes.

This child could be Lu Ming or Lingzi, only one person needs to die.

If Lingzi died, then Lu Ming would live; and if Lu Ming died, then Lingzi would survive.

But no one knows what happened. At the end of the story, Lu Ming and Lingzi both died. Hope Middle School fell into a seven-day reincarnation cycle. There was an evil ghost transformed by Lu Ming lingering there, trying over and over again to save Lingzi, whose fate was already determined.

Rabbit God Town is also such a stage. The difference from Hope Middle School is that the one who is about to be sacrificed is the child that everyone likes.

Reiko is already dead, killed by Kanna Shichiro, played by Zeiss; and on the day of the Rabbit God Festival, another person will die...

Qi Si returned to the teaching building and stopped in front of the teacher's office.

It was still early for evening self-study to start. After finishing their meal, the students gathered outside the classroom, walking back and forth in the corridor, or lying on the windowsill chatting. There were also a few naughty boys chasing and shoving each other.

Everything was fresh and full of life, noisy like a poster from the last century. No one looked at Qis, as if they belonged to different layers and were destined not to intersect.

Qi Si knocked on the office door three times, and a voice came from behind the door saying "Come in". It belonged to Li Fang.

Qi Si pushed the door open and did not close it, but left it wide open. The noise of the students outside could be heard from inside, and people passing by outside could also see the situation inside.

Li Fang sat in the office, frowned slightly, but did not let Qi Si go back and close the door.

She took a sip of tea from the cup and said, "Lu Ming, your accuracy in your recent homework has improved, but some classmates reported to me that you used a razor blade to bully your classmates. Is that true?"

Qi Si pretended to be struggling to recall the past, and after a while he said softly, "I did use a razor blade to cut the paper for correction today. I may not have put it away in time, so I scared my classmates."

Li Fang didn't dwell on this question any more. While correcting the homework at hand, she asked, "Did you come to see the teacher to ask a question? I saw that you didn't bring your workbook. Is it a question about the homework?"

"No." Qi Si smiled embarrassedly, "Teacher Li, it's about the self-review... I didn't dare to hand it in in person before, so I asked Lingzi to help give it to you.

"But... I haven't seen Lingzi all day today. I wonder if something happened to her?"

"I have received your self-review." Li Fang took out the self-review that Qi Si had sandwiched in the homework book from the drawer. She suddenly realized something and her face turned pale.

"What did you just say? You said you asked Lingzi to write your self-criticism for you? Did you see Lingzi yesterday? You know how to lie at such a young age. Yesterday you said you had a brother, and today you said Lingzi..."

Li Fang's voice became lower and lower, as if she was talking to herself. Her face looked ugly as if she had seen an evil ghost in a dream. When she woke up, she saw bloodstains on the bedside.

As expected, she couldn't see Lingzi. In her worldview, Lingzi must have met with an accident long ago.

Qi Si made a judgment and asked knowingly, "Teacher Li, what happened? I really didn't lie. I saw Lingzi yesterday, right in front of your office door.

"She asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I accidentally made you angry and wanted to submit a self-reflection to you. She told me that you are a good teacher and I shouldn't talk back to you, and she even offered to help me submit the self-reflection..."

Li Fang slumped in the chair, her face as white as paper, but the corners of her eyes gradually turned red and moist.

"Reiko... is a very good child, but also a very pitiful child. Does she think I'm a good teacher? I'm not a good teacher. I failed to protect her..."

Qi Si asked: "Teacher Li, what happened to Lingzi?"

He lowered his eyes and said in a melancholy tone: "I know that many classmates don't like her and often bully her, but I will work with her to find a solution. She also said that things will definitely get better..."

"She's dead. They killed her." Li Fang said gritting her teeth.

She seemed to have finally made a decision, and took out an A4 paper document from the drawer and handed it to Qis, which Qis had not seen during the search in the early morning.

Qi Si raised his hand to take it, and took a quick glance at it. It turned out to be a death report.

In the top photo, Reiko's bruised body was lying in a pit, with sand buried up to her waist, like a fig leaf covering up the traces of her sin.

She was murdered, abused and beaten before her death, and her body was hastily buried after her death.

The following text grimly describes how the incident was handled: Reiko’s death was suppressed like many other orphan deaths in the past. The students involved continued to study in school and received psychological counseling at regular intervals to avoid leaving a shadow in their hearts.

Comparing the fatherless and motherless orphan with the wealthy and rich young man, everyone knows how to make a choice. Moreover, using a person's death to sacrifice to the Rabbit God is something that everyone in Hope Middle School knows.

In the black and white photo, Lingzi opened her lifeless eyes, and black blood flowed from her face that was smashed by a shovel, soaking through the paper and wetting Qis's fingertips.

The surrounding scene spun around, and when it settled down, all I could see was a sky of overlapping branches and lush leaves, and the laughter of children was noisy in my ears:

"Let's bury Lu Ming. Once Lord Rabbit God receives our sacrifice, he will fulfill our wish!"

"Kannashichiro, poor child, may the gods protect him and his family..."

"Zis is a monster. We killed the monster and buried it in the ground!"

The time and space of the past and present, the world of games and reality, countless destinies and countless fragments intersect at this moment. The cold mud sprinkles on the face, touching distant memories, as if a self-deceiving ghost suddenly realizes his own death and is surprised.

Among the bright green leaves, Qi Si squinted his eyes and saw a rabbit face hiding in the deep forest.

The ghost in a red kimono opened his scarlet eyes wide, staring at this funeral where no one was mourning, and offering his only condolences.

Under the gray sky, silvery white words were refreshed:

[Main quest progress has been updated]

[Main Quest: Find Qi Lingzi's Body (7/7)]

[The main quest has been completed. Do you want to leave the dungeon immediately?] (End of this chapter)