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

Stepping out of the basement, Bai Xi raised her eyes and looked around.

As expected, he didn't see any guards. He took a deep breath, turned around, and left.

"You're quite capable, Stoffey..."

He muttered to himself, his figure quickly disappearing into the darkness. It was already night.

[Baek Hee: How's things going on your end?]

He moved stealthily while opening the player channel to communicate with Stoffey.

[Storfy: The task you gave me almost cost me my life. How's this answer?]

[Baek Hee: That means he's not dead yet]

Bai Xi replied knowingly, while Stoffey was speechless for a moment on the other end of the communication, as if he hadn't expected Bai Xi to give such a heartless answer.

But in the end, he didn't say anything more, only quickly typed and sent a message:

[Storfy: In general, the mission was accomplished fairly smoothly.]

[Storfy: The attention has been diverted for the time being. They should believe that you are still wandering around outside.]

Bai Xi nodded slightly upon seeing Stoffey's reply.

This was the plan he had discussed with Stoffey before entering the basement.

After Bai Xi enters the basement, Stoffey will leave a mark in the same spot. Next, he will leave the same mark in various other places, deliberately revealing the location of the mark…

A simple feint attack.

Bai Xi didn't expect to be able to fool everyone for long, but as long as she could temporarily conceal the fact that she had entered the basement, everything would be fine.

If nothing unexpected happens, Layton will likely be perplexed by this for a while...

So, whether we have some guesses about Bai Xi's whereabouts or have no clue at all, we can guess what the other party's next move will be.

Confirm Bai Xi's current location.

[Bai Xi: Okay, let's proceed according to plan. Let's go.]

After sending the message, Bai Xi opened her eyes and walked straight ahead.

In the silent darkness, not even a few scattered footsteps were heard.

........................

Meanwhile, inside the manor, Layton, accompanied by two guards, pushed open Jiang Lingyi's door with a serious and gloomy expression.

Jiang Lingyi, who was dozing off in her chair, seemed to hear footsteps outside the door. She raised her head slightly and chuckled when she saw that it was Layton.

Then he lowered his head, as if he didn't care at all about Layton's arrival.

"Jiang, this is the last time I'm here to remind you."

Layton stood two meters away from Jiang Lingyi, looking down at her and said:

"Where's the white? If you don't want to leave now, then you'd better behave yourself."

Jiang Lingyi suddenly laughed, and said to Layton:

"Let me guess? You searched for him all afternoon, only to find his whereabouts elusive, and even lost several of your own men. You had no choice but to swallow your anger after being humiliated by me this morning, and come to me like a pitiful, stray dog, wagging its tail, threatening to bite me if I don't reveal his location?"

"How pitiful, Mr. Layton, and perhaps even more so, how utterly pathetic!"

Jiang Lingyi grinned and laughed mockingly.

"Where are your guns? Where are your men? Where is your prized military might? Where have they all gone? Aren't they in your hands now?"

"Enough, Jiang!"

Layton said sternly, pulling a pistol from the waist of the guard beside him and pointing it directly at Jiang Lingyi's forehead.

"I was originally going to give you a chance, Jiang, but you just used him to humiliate me."

"I'm just telling the truth."

Jiang Lingyi shook her head regretfully and said, "Besides, if you think I know Bai Xi's location, you're sorely mistaken."

"What, you think I'm worthless? Then you can shoot."

She smiled and said.

For a moment, Layton was almost furious, but the next instant, his finger, which was about to pull the trigger, paused involuntarily.

Something feels off...

He stared into Jiang Lingyi's eyes, those eyes filled with pity and mockery, and felt that something was off...

So he instinctively turned around, but felt a pair of hands on his body.

What followed was a sigh.

"Why the sudden turn back, my dear lawyer? And..."

"The culprit who murdered my brother."

In an instant, Layton's pupils contracted.

The next moment, Stoffey's ambiguous smile appeared before him, along with a gun barrel pressed against his back.

He said, "Goodbye."

And so, in an instant, the trigger was pulled!

At the same time, Bai Xi, who had been lurking in the shadows for a long time, raised his long sword, leaped high, emerged from the shadows, and slashed at the neck of a guard!

[Attack while in stealth mode, automatic success, with a critical hit]

【伤害检定=2d6+2d4+2=6+2+4+2+2=16点，已击杀】

【斯托菲步枪伤害检定=2d6+4=6+3+4=13点，玩家雷顿剩余HP1/14】

In an instant, another guard was beheaded, and Layton's vision went black as he collapsed to the ground, blood gushing out, barely conscious.

Bai Xi raised his other hand, which was holding a rifle, and pointed the rifle's long, menacing barrel directly at another guard, in such a confined space, at almost zero distance...

Open fire!

【伤害检定=2d6+4=2+6+4=12点伤害，已击杀】

In an environment where the average health is 10-14, the advantage of stealth is just that exaggerated.

After all, in Clash of Clans combat, player-versus-player combat is basically one-hit kills. As long as you have the surprise attack wheel that comes with stealth, it's almost equivalent to making your opponent lose a player!

In an instant, only the seriously wounded Layton remained among the two guards and Layton.

There's no one else outside.

Bai Xi looked around, locked the door, and spoke softly to Stoffey.

Stoffey nodded slightly, squatted down, leaned close to Layton's ear, and looked at Layton with a playful expression.

"You haven't fainted yet?"

He smiled, looking at Layton's still incredulous and astonished gaze, and gave him a bright smile.

"Mr. Layton, you know what? I believe everything has its consequences."

He spoke softly, ignoring Layton's struggling, forward-writhing body, and gently reached out to grasp his neck, his voice turning cold:

"Just like how heirs should pay the price for their past..."

"I believe you deserve to be punished for your actions."

"Now, Mr. Layton, karma has come back to bite you."

"No……"

Layton opened his mouth silently, but the next moment, blood splattered as Bai Xi expressionlessly chopped at Layton's neck, and a head flew off.

"What are you muttering about? Just hurry up and chop it up."

After he made a comment, Jiang Lingyi, who was sitting next to him, nodded in agreement:

"Yes, yes, so could you loosen these handcuffs for me now?"

This guy had been watching the whole thing with a smile on his face, and only now did the two of them realize that she was still handcuffed.

Stoffey's eyes twitched, and he sighed. Bai Xi, on the other hand, had already swiftly stepped forward and severed the handcuffs with two slashes. Jiang Lingyi leaped up, stretched her numb wrists, and looked at the three headless corpses before her, seemingly shaking her head with a sigh.

The matter is actually very simple.

After Bai Xi left the basement, he and Stoffey climbed through the window into Jiang Lingyi's room and lay in ambush.

And they awaited Layton's arrival.

Stoffey once asked Bai Xi how he was so certain that Layton would come, and Bai Xi's answer was that he didn't know either...

According to him, since Layton would most likely come to Jiang Lingyi to confirm the situation anyway, and he had nothing better to do, he decided to wait until half the night before making a decision.

If they really don't come, then we can just take Jiang Lingyi away, and the three of us can go and kill Layton one-on-one the next day. It'll be the same.

After arranging Layton's affairs so casually, the current situation arose.

"I've sent you the current situation via the team channel; the clues are also in there."

Bai Xi bent down, groping Layton's headless corpse, and said to Jiang Lingyi without turning his head.

Jiang Lingyi nodded gently, not in a hurry to check the messages in the team channel, and quietly watched Bai Xi's every move.

"What do you need to investigate now?"

Only Stoffey looked at Bai Xi's actions with some curiosity and asked this question.

"Let's confirm Layton's secret... His death makes things easier for him, but it'll be a bit of a struggle for us to uncover his secrets."

Bai Xi shrugged and said.

Stoffey looked at him and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

If Layton could know this from beyond the grave, he would definitely lift the lid of his coffin and berate Bai Xi, that bastard...

"While we can't pry open his head to check his memories or anything, he might have some props or something on him. Ah, of course, any clues would be best..."

"So what are you doing now?"

Stoffey watched as Bai Xi peeled off Layton's clothes one by one to examine his body, and a look of horror crossed his face.

Even random thoughts flashed through my mind.

Do you think your temporary ally is planning to take advantage of the situation?

"Cough, it's a professional habit... Don't worry, it'll be over soon."

Bai Xi coughed lightly and said, ignoring Stoffey's terrified expression, he focused intently on Stoffey in front of him.

He skillfully examined specific body parts, and gradually relaxed.

Fortunately, things seem to be going well...

The mark of the Satogia Cult is usually engraved on the left upper arm, but there was none here; the cultists of the Bubble family would cover their marks with their hair, but Bai Xi couldn't find any there either; in addition, Bai Xi didn't find any marks of the cultists from the Geragi, Sheep Mom, Kelvin, or Hastur family on Layton's body.

With each part of her body that she remembered, Bai Xi felt a little more at ease.

Thankfully, as long as we don't get involved with cults, it's fine. If we did, the complexity of this group would increase even further...

As each option was eliminated, Bai Xi couldn't help but feel happy.

So he casually lifted Layton's collar and glanced at his collarbone.

But with that one glance, Bai Xi froze, her eyes suddenly widening as she stared intently at Layton's collarbone.

Suddenly, everything went black!

"What's going on?"

Stoffey scratched his head in confusion, leaned closer to take a look, but only saw a faint, eerie geometric shape on Layton's collarbone.

"What is this?"

He scratched his head and asked, somewhat puzzled.

But Bai Xi turned back, her heart filled with despair, and looked at Stoffey. Her lips moved, and she uttered a few words in despair:

"The mark of the Black Pharaoh's cult, an avatar of Nyarlathotep... Generally, the Black Pharaoh's cultists would have this shape tattooed on their collarbones..."

"Layton is a damn Nyarlathotep follower!"