Infinite spooky game

Chapter 369 Review
May 5, in the investigation room on the fifth underground floor of the Jiangcheng Branch of the Weird Investigation Bureau.

The room of less than 50 square meters was filled with chairs, which were placed in rows close to each other. The already small space seemed even more cramped.

Investigators of all races, young and old, sat in a circle here, all of them were senior officials from various federal bureaus.

At this moment, their expressions more or less showed a certain solemnity and seriousness, with a hint of lack of confidence.

What is about to begin is an investigation of Fu Jue, the core figure of the Weird Investigation Bureau.

As the actual person in charge of the Weird Investigation Bureau's headquarters in Longjun Beidu, Fu Jue has run the Jiuzhou Guild for many years and has accumulated a lot of reputation both inside and outside the weird game. Now he is standing at the forefront as a mainstay, sorting out the unmanageable public opinion on the one hand, and encouraging the leaderless players on the other.

But Jiuzhou is not the only official guild. Many of them are proactive, smart and obedient. For example, the Weird Investigation Bureau is not only located in Long County, but Ying County, Maple Leaf County and other places also have their own headquarters.

When power is transferred, there are often different voices raising questions; the final copy is a danger as well as an opportunity, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie.

Clues were dug out from every nook and cranny, and countless anecdotes that were usually laughed off were brought to the surface as suspicious points, from the attitude towards Qis to the contact with the unnamed guild...

More and more people are calling for an investigation into Fu Jue. Some have ulterior motives, while others have genuinely noticed something unusual.

Therefore, with the tacit approval of the top brass of the General Administration, each branch sent representatives to travel thousands of miles to the Jiangcheng Branch to question Fu Jue on suspicious points including the "God's Descent Incident" this afternoon.

If Fu Jue is proven innocent, he will in fact lead all official forces to participate in the next final copy;
Otherwise, he will be locked up in a containment room like those investigators who have been contaminated by the mysterious and betrayed humanity in the past, and his identity card will be taken away by special means and given to other viable candidates.

"Fu Jue, if you have no other questions, let's start the review now." The speaker was a man from Ying County with a high nose and deep eyes. He looked to be in his early thirties. He was the kind of person who often appeared as a decent protagonist in blockbuster movies, orthodox and stereotyped. "Do you need someone to count the time - as you requested yesterday?"

Fu Jue raised his eyes slightly, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting the cold light of the incandescent lamp on the ceiling of the investigation room, and said calmly: "I have no objection."

He sat in a chair in the middle of the room, dressed in a neat black suit, as solemn as a funeral. His hands were crossed on the table, his posture was correct and calm, as if he was presiding over a meeting, not being investigated.

"It is now 2:07:21 pm Beidu time. According to the agreement reached in advance, you need to finish asking all questions within an hour."

He paused for a moment, and glanced at everyone present: "The final instance is approaching, and we are at a disadvantage in terms of card power. It is not rational to incur losses within the group participating in the game. Please hurry up."

Most of the investigators present had come into contact with Fu Jue over the past decade or so and were already accustomed to his words and deeds.

A tall woman spoke first: "Fu Jue, now it has been confirmed that the 'door' will be opened in Jiangcheng. We found that you have devoted more attention to Jiangcheng than the scope of your authority in the past twenty-two years. Can we assume that you knew some news in advance and concealed it?"

Fu Jue turned his face towards her and said calmly, “Every year, I inspect the various branches in Long County in a specific order to assist in handling strange incidents that the corresponding jurisdiction cannot solve independently.

"After you asked me this question, I did some calculations. Over the past 11 years, I stayed at the South City Branch for the longest average period of time, which was 27 days. I assisted in handling the most strange incidents at the Jincheng Branch, with a total of cases. I cannot understand the logic behind your conclusion. Please explain further."

There was no emotion in his tone, as if he was just rationally analyzing a data problem rather than defending himself.

The woman asked, "What about the God's Descent incident? You happened to be in Jiangcheng Branch when the God's Descent incident occurred, but you allowed the escaped S-level weird massacre investigator and ordered its release. "Oh, by the way, the container of the God's Descent happened to be Chang Xu, who you asked Ning Xu to focus on."

As soon as she said this, Shao Qingmin, who was standing in the corner, suddenly fell in expression.

The investment in Changxu was not a personal act of Fu Jue, but a joint decision made by the Longjun Investigation Bureau;
Chang Xu was not the only one who invested. At that time, the Investigation Bureau discovered many people with mysterious origins from all over the country and sent them to the strange game, hoping to train a few of them to adapt to the rules of the game and get more identity cards.

Some investigators complained about this, including Yang Yundong, who died. Before he died, he sighed with worry: "In the past, we expelled them, imprisoned them, and killed them, but now you want to raise them..."

At that time, Shao Qingmin told him: "Humans also came from beasts, and the other side of beasts is God. Fu Jue wants to create a God."

——Although he used Fu Jue as an excuse, it might not be his true thoughts.

Unfortunately, this plan called "creating a god" has not achieved significant results, and now it has declared bankruptcy with the confirmation of the candidate for the identity card.

The woman was bringing up something that was not relevant at this moment, and using it as an excuse to attack Fu Jue, which was undoubtedly an slap in the face of the Longjun lineage.

Fu Jue's expression remained calm: "The Colosseum dungeon is the cause of the God's Descent incident. You should all know about it. You can also infer from the details that the weirdness that descended into reality during the God's Descent incident is at the level of the main god. I don't think the current Weird Investigation Bureau has the ability to compete with the main god. Giving up containment in time is the solution with the least loss and the best benefits.

"Just as Chang Xu's behavior in the Colosseum dungeon was beyond my expectations, I also had no way of knowing in advance that the Lord God would choose Chang Xu as his incarnation. It should be the consensus of all investigators that the gods cannot understand, predict, or spy on them."

There was nothing wrong with what he said. He couldn't just ask, "How is it possible that you, Master Fu, are so powerful and don't know anything?"

After all, one of the reasons why many branches are dissatisfied with Fu Jue’s leadership is that he is “not worthy of the position”. Many people think that if they strip off Fu Jue’s props and give them to anyone, he will be ranked first.

The woman stopped talking, and a short man stood up. "Since we are talking about the God's Descent incident, I have a question. You sent the only survivor, Ning Xu, to Qijia Village and let her die there. It is hard for us not to suspect that you were planning to silence her."

Fu Jue turned his head to look over, and finally there was a ripple in his eyes: "In recent years, there have been countless cases of survivors of strange events suffering from mental breakdown due to excessive scrutiny. Ning Xu was invited by me to join the Investigation Bureau, and I don't want her to be disturbed unnecessarily on the eve of the final instance. The upgrade of Qijia Village from B-level weirdness to A-level was a misjudgment on my part."

The short man sneered: "Are you admitting that you abused your power and helped your subordinates evade investigation?"

Fu Jue adjusted his glasses and looked down at him: "If the Investigation Bureau uses this to determine that I am guilty, I have nothing to say. But as far as I know, Fujiwara Shinno, you sent the investigator Nishijima Hanako, who was clearly contaminated, to Hokkaido on November 2017, 11, and the contamination spread the next day; on September 3, 2023..."

"Stop." The old man from Maple Leaf County interrupted Fu Jue's statement and said with a smile, "It's human nature to feel sorry for one's own people. To be honest, all the investigators in the Bureau of Weird Investigation are one family. It's too ugly to press them step by step. If those idiots in the forum knew about it, they would definitely say that we are bullying their 'God Fu'."

He looked at Fu Jue kindly and gently, and said in a gentle voice: "Fu Jue, I admire you very much. I have absolutely no objection to you leading the final dungeon. I came all the way here at such an old age, mainly to ask you about the "Red Maple Leaf Boarding School" dungeon.

"A memorial hall in our county was destroyed by this dungeon, which caused a series of troubles. The person who made the decision was not only Chang Xu, but also a man named Qi Si. He is now famous. He was once the number one on the rookie list, now holds two identity cards, and is also the vice president of the unnamed guild. What do you think about this?"

(End of this chapter)