Relax, I'm not some troublemaker from a role-playing game.

Chapter 27 What did you dig up?

As soon as Stoffey uttered those words, Bai Xi's eyes narrowed slightly.

"What's the reason?"

Bai Xi asked Stoffey this question, and Stoffey shrugged:

"Of course, it's because that guy poses the biggest threat."

Stoffy sighed and said, "With Chaos backing him, he's a threat to both of us, and he's no pushover himself. If we don't kill him, who will we kill?"

Stoffey seemed to chuckle slightly at this point: "Should I kill you?"

"That guy has too many advantages. So many that we wouldn't stand a chance against him alone, which is why I've come to you seeking cooperation."

After speaking, Stoffey shrugged, clearly waiting for Bai Xi's reply.

Bai Xi tapped the table beside him slowly with his fingers, deep in thought. After a while, he seemed to realize that Stoffey had finished speaking, and looked up to ask:

"So how can I trust you? Trust that you're here to cooperate, and not to find a time to stab me in the back?"

Because of Naya's presence here, Bai Xi now suspects everyone she meets is a traitor, ready to stab her in the back at any moment.

Well, first of all, the cooperation is only temporary.

Stoffey coughed lightly and said seriously, "It's just to prevent him from becoming too powerful. After all, that's not something we want to see, right?"

Thus, by putting their shared interests on the table, Bai Xi nodded slightly.

But Stoffey didn't stop there; he continued:

"Furthermore, as far as I know, in order to complete the common storyline, it is necessary to help someone inherit the estate."

"So, what difference does it make who we help?"

After speaking, Stoffey waited quietly for Bai Xi's reply.

"But you're a player."

Bai Xi sighed and pointed out the most crucial issue: "How can I guarantee that the secrets possessed by the players won't conflict with my ultimate goal?"

"Please rest assured about that."

Stoffey clasped his hands together and said sincerely:

"I believe our secrets shouldn't conflict. After all, I'm practically a reclusive player this game."

"If you're still worried, I can tell you my secret: kill all the heirs."

In an instant, Bai Xi turned around as if she had seen a ghost, staring at Stoffey in front of her.

He forcibly restrained himself from calling the police.

And there's a fucking psychopath! That's why I said the Mansfield family is doomed sooner or later!

"You should have already heard that I am the illegitimate son of old Mansfield, and I have suffered all kinds of scorn. I worked as a coachman for this family when I was young."

Stoffey shrugged and said calmly:

"So, in the tense and exciting no-prize quiz segment, what will the illegitimate child, who has suffered countless humiliations, do when faced with his brothers and sisters who are constantly making things difficult for him?"

"Bingo! The answer is, of course, revenge!"

A pleased smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he spoke with such ease and casualness. Bai Xi watched him, pondering to herself.

"So, you killed Wagra?"

Bai Xi frowned and asked the question. But Stoffey's expression froze, and her animated look gradually turned somber.

"No."

He said in a low voice, "That's why I came to you to form an alliance."

As he spoke, he turned around and looked at the door of the room, as if he could see countless shadows through that door.

"I didn't kill Wagra. In fact, I wish I had."

Stoffey sighed and said:

"We don't have much time left. After seeing my good-for-nothing brother die, I realized there were some damn people here who were even more ruthless and swift than me."

"If we don't act quickly and seek cooperation soon, we might all be the next victims."

When he said these words, Stoffey's expression was completely genuine.

Bai Xi immediately thought of someone.

"You didn't kill Wagra? Then, could it be...?"

In an instant, Bai Xi's eyes widened, but this made Stoffey sigh:

"Yeah, I didn't expect that Layton would be the first to act..."

"It must be Natisqian's!"

Bai Xizhen said in a loud voice, causing Stofi, who hadn't finished speaking, to pause, and then slowly typed out a question mark.

Who?

Isn't she your teammate?! Your guide NPC! You sell her off without even a moment's hesitation?!

Seemingly realizing she had said something wrong, Bai Xi looked at Stoffey, paused for a moment, and then asked:

"Isn't that right?"

"Of course not. That passenger even has an alibi. How did you come to that conclusion?"

"Well, like this, like that, and then, you get it."

Bai Xi clapped his hands, looking completely innocent, then said with a headache:

"Didn't you sense something was off about her? Look, dark skin, a hearty laugh, even though her personality has changed, her name is Natis..."

"hiss!"

In an instant, Stoffey gasped and leaned back tactically.

After Bai Xi's reminder, he finally remembered.

Holy crap, Nyarlathotep!

Now that you mention it, it actually seems quite possible! Does an alibi really matter? That's Nyarlathotep, after all!

Does this module even have anything to do with Nyarlathotep?

But after thinking about it for a while, Stoffey sighed.

"No, that's unlikely. I wasn't asleep at the time; I heard footsteps while listening to the dice."

"KP said those were familiar footsteps. It had nothing to do with Naya. I hardly remember anyone named Naytis, but I do remember Layton. I even pulled his rickshaw once."

"Then, what's the evidence to support your suspicions?"

"Isn't that enough? My useless older brothers are incapable of doing this."

Stoffey said sarcastically, "As for those two women, they were so terrified even upon seeing Vagra's corpse, they would never do such a thing."

"The only one who can do it is the eldest brother. But the only one who can't do it is the eldest brother. Isn't it ridiculous? In this family, the only person who loves this family is him."

As he spoke, he chuckled to himself:

"He's the only one who wants to maintain the family's dignity and respect, to let everyone live happily, and even wants to persuade me to get away from this quagmire... Ha."

"That megalomaniac."

So, Chaos is also a family-oriented hero?

Bai Xi mentally complained, but in the end, she still came to a conclusion.

Of all these people, it seems that only Layton is truly capable of doing this.

"But what was his reasoning?"

Bai Xi asked.

"Don't forget he has his own secrets too. God knows what they might be."

Stoffey sighed and said this, then finally ended the topic and asked Bai Xi:

"So, are you willing to cooperate with me temporarily? If we don't get Layton out of the game first, we'll both be in danger."

Bai Xi hesitated for a moment when faced with Stoffey's outstretched hand.

Just as he was about to reply, he suddenly saw the team communication channel pop up, from which came Jiang Lingyi's voice.

[Jiang Lingyi: Bai Xi, quick, to the cemetery!]