Chapter 683 Make Way for Them

Tianmingshan Cemetery, the ninth branch.

The corridor on the top floor was silent, with only the emergency lights flashing in the darkness.

Following the light of the indicator light, we pushed forward to the deepest room.

There was a doorplate hanging in front of the locked door, which read "501".

The structure of the ninth branch was slightly different from that of other branches. It was the first room on the fifth floor, but it was arranged at the innermost.

The locked door was the same darkness.

The pure black curtains, thick and wide, covered all the windows in the room, without any light.

This small apartment was dust-free, and the furniture was neat. It could be seen that a person who paid great attention to hygiene lived in it.

Every door in the room was locked, as if afraid that someone would enter.

At this time, only the door of the second bedroom had a small gap, but it was also dark inside.

Gu Xingjian stepped barefoot on the soft carpet, slightly supported himself, holding an oil painting brush in his hand, and was painting something.

His hands were steady, dipping the paint and moving the brush.

On that ordinary face, there was only seriousness and concentration.

The little moonlight that squeezed in from under the thick curtains could faintly illuminate what he was drawing.

It was actually a corpse sitting cross-legged on the carpet.

Although it was called a corpse, his limbs and skin color were normal except that he was not breathing.

It was just that on the face of the corpse, the left eye was wide open, and there was a milky white turbidity inside.

Compared with a human eye, it was more like an artificial eye.

The right eye was even more weird, with a dark hole.

Except for this pair of weird eyes, the rest of the features of the corpse were no different from those of a living person.

Gu Xingjian faced the corpse, very close to it, as if he was going to stick it to him.

The oil paint pen in the palm of his hand was completely erasing the paleness on the jaw with flesh-colored paint.

Perhaps, this was the direct reason why the corpse remained alive.

When the unwilling moonlight wanted to see more clearly, the wind blew a corner of the curtain, and the bleak moonlight finally illuminated the corpse.

The face of the corpse was 70% similar to Gu Xingjian.

Gu Xingjian turned his head slightly dissatisfied, put down the paint pen and pulled the curtains again, letting the room return to darkness.

He stood beside the corpse, his eyes as deep as a strange black hole, staring at the face that was particularly similar to him.

"Brother, wait a moment.

I will get your right eye soon, and then you will be complete again.

By then, you and I will usher in a new life."

However, at this moment, the door outside was suddenly knocked.

The sudden sound interrupted the secret conversation between Gu Xingjian and his "brother".

Huang Banxian's dry and desolate voice echoed from outside the door.

"Manager, everyone is here for the meeting. When will you come down?"

Gu Xingjian did not respond, but hummed an unknown tune, picked up the oil paint on the carpet, and slowly left.

But just before locking the door, he looked at the corpse with an unknown look.

Strangely, the only remaining left eye of the corpse turned and stared at him for a moment.

…

Five people were sitting beside the round table.

Some of them were whispering, but most of them kept silent and looked nervous.

Clyde frowned, constantly playing with a string of beads in his palm, with a lot on his mind.

A cute girl with twin ponytails stared at him for a long time, and suddenly raised her hand and hit him on the shoulder.

"Xiao Ke Za, where have you been for so long?"

Clyde was startled and pulled himself out of his thoughts. He turned back to look at the girl helplessly and whispered:

"Teacher Jiang, I have a secret mission and I can't reveal it."

This lovely girl, named Jiang Xi, is Clyde's Chinese teacher and also the "chatterbox" in Huang Banxian's mouth.

But without this chatterbox girl, both of them would have died on the spot in the last ghost child mission.

Jiang Xi pouted her lips, with a face full of distrust, and said in a stern manner:

"Xiao Ke Za, lying is not a good habit.

The most recent mission of our branch was you and the charlatan. It has been calm for so long. Where did the mission come from?"

Due to the special nature of Tiannan Drama Academy, except for a few people in the ninth branch, they did not notice that seven employees had "disappeared".

Gu Xingjian learned this because he was the store manager.

From this, we can also see how terrible the ghost in the academy is, and it can even cover up the rules of the branch.

Clyde naturally wouldn't discuss this matter with her, as he was now thinking about what happened before.

Gu Xingjian probably already knew about the "deal" between him and Ji Li, but there was no movement for so long.

Based on his understanding of Gu Xingjian, the other party would not tear his face in public, but he must be planning something in secret.

He looked down at the time, and it was already 23:00 on the evening of December 7.

Just a few hours ago, Gu Xingjian suddenly announced that the fifth store manager mission was about to start and announced the rules.

In front of all the store employees, he explained that he would execute the game world and needed a deputy store manager to execute the real world.

Because the matter was of great importance, he gave a few hours of consideration time, waiting for someone to sign up.

It was at that time that Clyde forwarded the news to Ji Li.

In fact, the ninth branch has not had a deputy store manager until now.

It's not that Gu Xingjian didn't assign anyone, but no one was willing to take on this unknown position.

Of course, it can be seen from this store manager mission that perhaps this is a wise decision.

What bothers Clyde now is that he is beginning to hesitate whether to sign up.

If he really wants to save his life, of course he should hide if he can.

The horror of the store manager mission is obvious to all, and the strength of the ghosts is not at the same level as ordinary missions.

But from Clyde's perspective, he is considering whether this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It is certainly difficult to perform the store manager mission, but if you can obtain a powerful sin object, it will increase your survival guarantee.

What's more, Clyde is in urgent need of a strong confrontational sin object that has not been "contaminated" by Gu Xingjian.

Gu Xingjian executes the game world, and he is in the real world. In theory, it will be more difficult for the other party to harm him.

In this way, he only has to deal with ghosts, and there is no situation where he cannot escape.

At worst, after obtaining the sin object, he will stay where he is, waiting for someone to get the puzzle, and then return lying down.

Once some thoughts appear in the mind, they cannot be ignored and become more and more intense.

He repeatedly thought about the current situation, and his fear of Gu Xingjian put him in a difficult situation.

Should he take the initiative to fight for it, or retreat and avoid it?

Clyde turned the beads faster and faster, which meant that he was struggling more and more in his heart.

At this time, Huang Banxian and Gu Xingjian appeared.

Gu Xingjian walked briskly to the round table, but did not sit down. Instead, he looked calm and said directly:

"Who is ready to follow me to the store manager task?"

Huang Banxian stood beside him, pursed his lips, took two steps back, and did not dare to speak.

Jiang Xi also closed his mouth and sat obediently on the chair.

As for the earring woman who appeared last time, Yitong, and the beer belly man next to her, they all avoided their eyes.

On the contrary, Lao Wei, who was mentioned by Huang Banxian in the ghost child task before, looked directly at Gu Xingjian, and felt eager to try.

But at this time, Huang Banxian blinked at him vigorously, as if trying to stop him.

Gu Xingjian took all this in, but didn't care, just looked at everyone calmly.

In this extreme atmosphere, the beads in Clyde's hand suddenly broke, and countless crystal beads rolled from the table to the ground, crackling.

He finally couldn't stand it and made a difficult decision.

"I'll go with you!"

Everyone looked at him with an extremely shocked look. Huang Banxian frowned and sighed in his heart.

Gu Xingjian looked at Clyde with a smile and nodded with satisfaction.

...

So far, the ten branches have determined the direction of action.

In the fifth store manager mission, there was no imagined factional dispute, and no confrontation that caused variables.

Everyone couldn't help but make way for the two people.

Now this colorful stage is very clean.

There is only the clean Ji Li and the clean Gu Xingjian, the two protagonists' rivalry.