Buddhist player

When light fades, darkness follows like a shadow.

As electronic devices begin to fail, the fear that was previously subconsciously ignored is slowly surging back like a tide.

"...That concludes my previous experience."

Sitting beside the fire, the Tiger King had a gloomy expression.

For him, his memory was still stuck on the horror he encountered when he first entered the kitchen. His memory after that was a mess. He only vaguely remembered that he seemed to have been subjected to an inhuman torture and was so painful that he fainted. When he woke up, he saw someone pouring mineral water directly on his face.

Although he later understood the whole story through the bard's explanation, he felt more humiliated than pain from the wounds on his body.

At 1.93 meters tall, I was a full head taller than the other person, who didn't look particularly strong. But how could I have been intimidated by someone like that?

"So you lost consciousness while searching the kitchen and trying to open the refrigerator?"

As the Tiger King recounted his story, the bard frowned slightly.

"What, do I have any reason to lie?"

Raising his head, the Tiger King's tone was rather cold.

"I'm not questioning whether you're lying, I'm just exploring the dubious necessity."

With patience, the bard began to explain.

"After all, among us, you are the only one who has been mentally manipulated and controlled, so you want to know more details."

"detail?"

With a cold laugh, the Tiger King looked at the bard.

"What's so strange about me being mentally manipulated? Didn't you all deduce that before? Because I'm similar in build to that thug from back then, entering the kitchen triggered a stress response from the vengeful spirits in this house. What else could it be? That I was too terrified, which allowed those ghosts to take advantage of my vulnerability!?"

As he spoke, he deliberately glanced at Bai Chen and raised his voice.

"To draw conclusions without any evidence is utter nonsense!!"

"Uh... well, I can confirm that too."

As soon as the Tiger King finished speaking, the Falling Maple Leaf weakly raised its hand.

"After all, when Tiger was under control before, he did self-harm. If I hadn't stopped him, he might have killed himself..."

"Alright, let's assign tasks now."

Bai Chen glanced thoughtfully at the falling maple leaves, then changed the subject instead of dwelling on the previous topic.

"Judging from the situation on the second floor, there are a total of five bodies in this villa. Our next task is to find all five bodies. So, next, we..."

"A waste of time."

It seemed that his previous ignoring of the other party gave Tiger King confidence, and the other party suddenly felt that he was invincible again. Before he could finish speaking, Tiger King interrupted him with a cold laugh.

"The mission is to survive until dawn, not to mess with those damn corpses. Now that we've found the backpack and car keys, there's no need for us to take any risks. The car is parked outside. It's only an hour's drive down the mountain to town. Once we're in a populated area, we'll be safe."

"Didn't I tell you before? It was a trap."

He reached up and adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and frowned slightly.

"If we choose to leave by car, something unpredictable might happen along the way, for example..."

"A trap? Where's the evidence?"

With a cold laugh, the Tiger King abruptly cut him off.

"There's no evidence that it was a trap, nor is there any evidence that his plan was correct. On the contrary, what kind of mind-altering spell have you all taken to believe him so readily? Those things were already dangerous enough; why would we risk searching for their bodies in the dark? This is simply..."

A key was suddenly thrown in front of him.

"The car keys are right here. If you want to leave, you can drive away now."

Withdrawing his hand, Yuan Qing's face remained indifferent.

"Stop making noise, it's annoying."

Seemingly surprised that the other party would so readily hand over the car keys, Meng Hu Wang glanced at the car keys thrown in front of him, then at Yuan Qing, who looked indifferent and unconcerned. For a moment, Meng Hu Wang looked bewildered.

His gaze swept over the car key on the ground and Yuan Qing's indifferent expression. The muscles on Tiger King's face stiffened for a moment, but he quickly recovered.

While casually picking up the car keys in front of him and putting them in his pocket, Tiger King coughed lightly.

"Of course, I'm not being unreasonable. However, considering that my presence might trigger a reaction from those vengeful spirits, I request that in the following actions..."

"It's alright, you can sit here and warm yourself by the fire. After all, you're injured, and someone needs to stay here on the first floor."

Bai Chen waved his hand, showing a rather understanding attitude.

"Although there are bodies on the first floor, at least the living room is safe. You just need to stay in the living room and not wander around."

...Stay here on the first floor?

As Bai Chen finished speaking, Dao Ke Dao was about to speak without thinking.

Although on the surface the first floor seemed to be the safest, ever since he learned that there was a corpse lying above him, he didn't want to stay on the first floor for even a second longer.

Is the living room safe?

That might be true for him, but for him who knew the truth, it was the biggest joke ever.

However, seeing the smug look on the Tiger King's face, he held back before speaking.

"Alright, since there are no objections, I'll now assign the tasks."

Seeing that the Tiger King had stopped speaking, Bai Chen clapped his hands.

"Yuanqing and I have basically explored the situation on the second floor. The only troublesome thing is those two corpses."

As he spoke, Bai Chen took out the yellowed family photo from his pocket and handed it to the bard.

"Those two corpses only started going berserk after I took this photo, so theoretically, they'll calm down once the photo is returned. Your task is to take this photo up to the second floor and then move the two corpses back down to the first floor."

"Move...the corpse?"

Completely unprepared for this task, the bard froze in place.

"Yes, assuming the murderer has been captured, their wishes are probably limited to a few things, such as family reunion or a proper burial. Considering they are trapped on the second floor and unable to go down, one of the wishes in the mission name most likely refers to family reunion or a proper burial... Of course, it's also possible that it's both. We'll just try them one by one."

With great patience, Bai Chen explained his reasoning in detail.

"You can handle the second floor. As for the third floor, Yuanqing and I will take care of it."