Chapter 48 - Game Of Murder

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The Little Mermaid was shocked: “This, this…”

Zhou Wenyan slipped his hands into his pockets: “Let’s go to the next one.” VCpj7L

In order to celebrate the current wedding, the entire castle was decorated with lanterns and coloured streamers. The maids were all wearing similar smiles as they hurried along to their destinations and they completely ignored the fact that one of the protagonists of the wedding was lying on the ground and in pieces.

The puppets in castles performed what was preordained in the script and they were utterly unaware of the fact that catastrophe was about to descend from the skies.

Shen Dongqing grabbed a puppet decked in a noble’s costume and slammed him into the wall with practiced ease.

They left broken puppets strewn on the ground in their wake. mVrUgP

The player acting as Little Mermaid was already used to it, and as she followed behind the two big bosses, she helped them deal with some of the fishes that had slipped out of the net.

With Shen Dongqing at the helm of the operations, he pushed open the large doors to the reception room.

Standing inside were various puppets with their delicate features and they were dressed up elegantly, each wearing the same assembly line expressions as they looked over, but that did not detract the horrifying impression it gave when they did it together.

Shen Dongqing rubbed his fist and palm together. When he was about to stretch his hand out to reach for the puppet that was closest to him, however, a little girl’s shrill voice came from above. “Stop!” CQzG7A

Time stilled.

No, it was more accurate to say that time stilled for all the puppets present, and only the players were free to move.

Shen Dongqing raised his head and caught sight of the castle’s rooftops disappearing without a trace before it was replaced with the enlarged face of Susie.

“You bunch of detestable guests, you actually have the audacity to break my puppets, I want to punish you—” dqm14n

Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Wenyan directly lifted his hunting rifle and loaded his gun before he fired, causing the bullets to fly out and hit the more exquisite-looking puppets in an accurate fashion.

The country’s king, queen and the neighbouring country’s princess— all of them fell.

“Punish us for?” Zhou Wenyan hooked up the corners of his mouth with the air of a ruffian.

The words Susie wanted to say were lodged in her throat, and she could not speak for a long time. eCcXaU

As she watched the number of puppets dwindle, she shrieked: “No, all of you get out!”

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Before the players could react to the fact that they had left the puppet theatre, a loud cry exploded by their ear.

“WAH—” Ip7vLG

Susie bawled loudly.

Her little face was red and tears clung onto the curl of her lashes.

Had they not experienced the puppet theatre just now, perhaps the players would have an ounce of sympathy for the little princess; but the fact remains that they had experienced the oddities within the fairy tale stories she had constructed and they wanted to stand further away.

Susie wiped away a handful of tears as she sobbed out: “I want to turn all of you into puppets!” HXwOsg

The players who managed to survive exchanged gazes and they did not understand why this little princess would suddenly change faces.

Whereas the player who acted as the Little Mermaid understood. She was equally aware that she only managed to get out of her predicament because she had hugged their thighs, and she could not possibly turn her face once she was done hugging. Thus, she hid among the crowd and went mute with a peace of mind.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Wenyan suddenly opened his mouth to say: “We are the guests of Her Majesty the Queen.”

Therefore, under the stipulations of the rules, the NPCs could not casually kill people. 2Y7Qtk

The Clown’s rule was his death roulette, and Susie’s rule was her puppet theatre.

They were only allowed to kill players in those two environments.

Susie’s expression became cold. She was obviously a child but she possessed a sombreness that was not suited for an adolescence her age.

“I’m not satisfied.” Susie said unhappily, “I am not satisfied with your puppet theatre, therefore—” nKpYq1

Do it again.

Before Susie had the time to spit out the latter half of her sentence, she saw Zhou Wenyan hauling up a puppet from the side and directly trashing it to the ground.

Peng—

Black Hat looked towards Shen Dongqing and queried: “Which player do you think is better to kill?”

Shen Dongqing: “All of them are not better or worse.” ULboca

Black Hat: “Oh.”

Shen Dongqing: “I like peace, I choose to abstain.”

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Curly-haired Girl sneered: “Then I am the exact opposite. I don’t want to waste our time tonight, I want to—” She raised her hand and pointed to one of the people, “Kill him.”

Shen Dongqing’s gaze landed on the Curly-haired Girl’s finger before he looked over accordingly and saw that her target was the darkness enshrouded Zhou Wenyan. Q6YkJ0

Curly-haired Girl’s facial features distorted slightly, “Both of you obviously had the strength to save everyone but you did not stand up immediately to save us, and you harmed my boyfriend.”

She was precisely the girl who killed her boyfriend to save her own life.

Shen Dongqing wondered, “Weren’t you the one who killed him?”

He refused to carry this blame. cCYxH

The Curly-haired Girl’s expression stagnated before her hysteria increased, “It’s all your faults! I want to kill the person you like as well!”

The housekeeper: “One against one, please cast your vote.”

Once more, the decisive vote was placed on Black Hat’s person again.

Black Hat lowered his hat brim and rasped out: “I’ll follow—” he hesitated for a beat before he glanced at the Curly-haired Girl— “Her.” AUlnjp

Black Hat was not necessarily a good person.

The lack of killing in the first round was for the purpose of gathering more information, and now that it was the second round, he would not waste any more time. In his eyes, Zhou Wenyan was a competitor and if he could borrow the chance to off him, he could not let the opportunity pass.

Shen Dongqing’s complexion changed and a rare nervousness spread across his face.

The curtain of the night came to an end. Qq 3er

The housekeeper read out loud: “Tonight was a night of rain, and blood rain fell from the skies, the deceased is…”

Shen Dongqing wanted to inform Zhou Wenyan but no matter what he did, he could not open his mouth. As a result, a sense of frustration blocked his chest and he had no way to vent it besides staring at Zhou Wenyan, the fork in his hand had long deformed under the force of his grip.

When Zhou Wenyan discovered Shen Dongqing’s aggravation, he turned his head to the side and gave him a comforting smile before he mouthed: HmsNkg

“Don’t worry.”

The housekeeper remained silent for a long period of time.

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Curly-haired Girl felt like her breath was being stifled and she shot repeated glances at the housekeeper.

Under the multitude of eyes, the housekeeper finally managed to breath out the air she had been holding in, “Apologies, killing this particular victim is too difficult, I am incapable of substituting this execution.” oc3vCO

Curly-haired Girl: ???

There was such an operation? The NPC was incapable of killing?

She almost blurted her thoughts out but thankfully, she managed to hold them back in the end. However, her entire face had turned ghastly pale from ire.

The housekeeper was helpless too. uGxaqk

Who would choose someone so fierce from the get-go? Who would be able to handle it?

“The curtain of night has been restarted, may the executioners make their choice again.”

Having finally entered the curtain of night, the Curly-haired Girl could not wait to ask: “Why couldn’t you kill him?”

The housekeeper had already shamed herself to begin with; now that she was being asked by the Curly-haired girl again, her annoyance spiked. “Because the disparity of strength between you and him is excessively wide and the rate of success is too low, thus the execution cannot be implemented.” loduKv

Curly-haired Girl pointed at herself: “Me?”

Housekeeper: “Weren’t you the one who chose the murder target? Naturally, the execution imitates your strength.”

Unfortunately, she was akin to a trussed up and weak chicken.

Then, the Curly-haired Girl pointed at Black Hat: “Doesn’t he count for something?” pM72Vr

The housekeeper shook her head: “The difficulty is still too high, only this executioner is capable of killing him.” She pointed at Shen Dongqing.

Shen Dongqing said placidly, “I’ve already said that I choose world peace.”

Curly-haired Girl slumped in her seat, despondent.

Black Hat stated, “If you don’t choose to kill someone, we can’t end the game.” hP6cN4

Shen Dongqing smiled, causing a small dimple to emerge on his cheek. “Fine, I’ll choose one then.”

His gaze roved around before it landed on Curly-haired Girl’s person. “I choose to kill her.”

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That caused the Curly-haired Girl to raise her voice suddenly and it was extremely sharp to the ear. “I am an executioner as well.”

Shen Dongqing: “No one disallowed it.” b6WQYU

Yes, Shen Dongqing did not like hurting people.

But if someone touched his bottom line, then he had no choice but to do so.

The housekeeper was fine with it. “That is indeed the case, executioners are allowed to mutually kill each other.”

Trembling, Curly-haired Girl lifted her hand. “I’ll vote for him as well then!” EfWl8t

An infighting broke out amongst the executioners before anything had happened.

The housekeeper watched on with amusement. “One against one.”

For the third time, the final decision rested with Black Hat again.

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