Chapter 406

{Next... I'll leave it to you... Senior...}

Jizi's voice finally reached the point where it could no longer be maintained.

Gao Hai could no longer know how she finally met her death. But through the final resolute tone, he could imagine the other party's final choice.

Did she choose to commit suicide?

Oh, this is really... But if it were me, I would probably make the same choice.

I could already feel the voice ringing in my mind, and the memory that I had forgotten, but was about to wake up at this moment.

Yes, I peeped into something that I shouldn't have peeped into.

That was something that must not be touched at this stage, and once touched, it would bring a crisis of certain death. But at that time, he and Jianzi, who were in an extreme state, could not foresee this trap and take corresponding countermeasures. As a result, in the third round, when Jianzi died, he finally understood this fact through the information given by the other party.

However, it's not too late.

It's not too late now, it can still be saved, and everything can be restarted, so that all the pain will return to the moment before it began.

However, before that, he had to make sure that this sacrifice was worth it.

"What happened? You look very bad."

Kaguya, who stopped with Gao Hai, noticed the drastic change in Gao Hai's expression and asked with some concern.

"It's okay, I just got some clues. Next, we may have to go deeper."

Gao Hai said softly after opening his eyes, looking at the dark corridor in front of him with a firm expression, and his fingers subconsciously clenched into fists.

Chapter 121: Restless Emotions and Calm Helpers

Kita Ikuyo, Yotsuya Miko.

Compared with the death of several teammates before the end of the first day of the second round, only one teammate and one target to be rescued have been lost in the third round for most of the day. Overall, the situation does not seem to be too bad.

However, as long as you can go back, these are just false things.

That's right, just like the first and second rounds, no matter who dies, they will start again after going back.

Except for him and Miko, no one will remember what happened, and no painful memories will remain. Even Shinki and Kaguya, who were twisted into flesh and blood monsters in the second round, can no longer remember what happened.

Shinki... Kaguya... and now it's Miko, but Miko will remember. Ah, yes, she also has the ability to go back, and she will go back with herself. So she remembers it clearly, and she will start over again when she remembers everything. Knowing that she will remember everything, she faced her death calmly and left herself all the information she could leave behind.

That's right, so this is not fake.

Also, if you can remember, you can't use "this is fake" to deceive yourself.

So this is just a failure.

What happened in the copy now is just another failure of his.

It was his own failure that he did not expect that the third core obsession of nothingness would possess him after overwriting the identity information, leading to the death of Kita Ikuyo.

Forgetting the crucial perception picture at the end of the second round, Yotsuya Miko entered the Bydos Research Institute without knowing anything, and Hayasaka is likely to be trapped in it without knowing anything until now, which is also his failure.

He failed to anticipate all possible problems, failed to come up with the right way to deal with all accidents, and failed to remedy the problems in time when they occurred, which led to the death of the teammates he hoped to save, and shattered his desire to achieve a perfect clearance. This is his failure. No matter how many reasons he finds or how many excuses he makes, failure is failure, and that's the fact.

So next, he must collect all the clues that can be collected in the remaining time of this round, do all the things that can be done in advance to the best of his ability, simulate all the processes that can be simulated in advance, and confirm every possible problem to ensure that everything can be solved in the next round.

Yes, this is what he must do now.

This is what he must do with the ability to backtrack and the ability to start over after failure, and he must never allow failure again.

"Hu..."

Gao Hai took a deep breath again.

His emotions were more or less suppressed. It was obvious that although he tried to say so much in his heart, Jianzi's unexpected death still disrupted Gao Hai's state. He couldn't help but get irritated, or rather, after experiencing various problems in the past three rounds, and facing this tangled and twisted broken copy for such a long time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to get irritated.

But he was not depressed, and he didn't have any negative emotions because of this. Just like when playing a game and encountering a difficult hurdle that can't be overcome for a while, Gao Hai is now thinking only about how to solve the problem in front of him, that's all.

That's right, that's all. The key is to get more information and a way to pass the level quickly!

Ignore everything else, just hurry to the deepest part of the base and collect some cat corpses on the way. Since the focus is there, find a way to get there first! It doesn't matter if you die on the way, it might even be better, anyway, other people won't remember, and if you die, you die, anyway, there will be a next time!

"Is it really okay?"

But Kaguya frowned again and asked, she always felt that Gao Hai's mood was a little wrong. Although Kaguya herself didn't know what kind of message Gao Hai received because she was not in the mental link, she was sure that it must be very bad news from his expression, so bad that he couldn't hide his emotions.

"Well, no problem, but there is a high possibility that we will die here next time. After all, the clue points to the deepest part."

Gao Hai smiled and answered calmly. After realizing that his expression management might not be very good, he quickly adjusted his facial expression, so that the little real emotions that had just leaked were covered up again.

But this method is meaningless in front of Kaguya, because this trick of hiding one's emotions is what she has been learning all along, so she knows very well that Gao Hai is probably in a state of extreme emotion.

"Your current situation is definitely not a problem. Tell me what happened first, did anyone die?"

Kaguya stood in front of Gao Hai, raised her head and looked at him and asked seriously.

"It's okay, believe me, now continue to collect cat corpses, and then explore deeper into this base step by step. This is what we need to do most now. Believe me, I have experienced so many copies anyway, I won't be defeated so easily."

But Gao Hai just shook his head slightly, and answered in a calm tone.

It's really troublesome. What I need at this time is not humanistic care. Even if I die tragically in the next second, investigating as soon as possible and obtaining more information as soon as possible are the most important things.

Gao Hai tried his best to restrain his irritable emotions, and did not reveal his true thoughts like before.

But the more he behaved like this, the more Kaguya frowned. She could feel Gao Hai's current state of self-suppression. This desperate forcing of herself to focus on something, this forcing herself to ignore all factors other than the goal, this operation was too familiar to her. In the twisted and perverted environment of the former Shinomiya family, she had done this more than once.

Whether it was Zhenfei or Qianhua, they could not easily see Gao Hai's emotional distortion at the moment like Kaguya. Because they were born in a happy family after all, they would not understand the various small movements and subtle concealments of people in a twisted environment. But Kaguya could see that she might not have any advantages in projects such as femininity, but she had more say than others in this matter.

"Don't hold on, I know this kind of pretentious attitude very well."

The girl with black hair and red eyes still firmly blocked Gao Hai's actions. Of course, she first confirmed that there were indeed no monsters around and it was okay to stop here for a while before insisting on blocking Gao Hai's actions. She would not completely ignore the surrounding environment in order to confirm the mental state of her teammates.

But it was obvious that Gao Hai did not intend to listen to Kaguya on this matter.

"I am not holding on. Don't forget that the other teammates are also risking their lives. We don't have time to waste."

Reaching out and grabbing Kaguya's shoulders, Gao Hai planned to force his way through with his physical fitness, which was better than Kaguya's after multiple enhancements.

But soon, as Kaguya's power came to fight against it, the two players who had already surpassed the limit of human physical fitness obviously could not easily decide the winner without really fighting. Even if Gao Hai's power was indeed stronger, Kaguya could make up for it a little in the power-generating skills, so even if he was at a disadvantage in the power confrontation, Gao Hai could not immediately push the opponent away without using all his strength.

"Your current mentality is really prone to problems. You are already impatient, aren't you? Don't forget where we are now. There is not even a rule sheet to refer to here. Holding the mentality of wanting to find intelligence immediately at all costs will definitely cause problems. No matter who sacrifices, no matter who you care about, you can't lose your mind now. Please, it is precisely because someone will sacrifice that the survivors have to live more carefully and not waste the other party's efforts, right?"

Kaguya stared at Gao Hai's eyes and said in a serious tone. By the way, she observed the surroundings to make sure that there were no strange creatures approaching.

"..."

Gao Hai did not answer immediately.

At the moment when he was already in a hurry to act, Kaguya's obstruction undoubtedly made him more irritated.

If he didn't know that the other party was concerned about him, he couldn't help but want to overthrow the other party directly. What time is it, one of the teammates is gone, and you are still talking here. Wouldn't it be better to act earlier?

"Something is coming."

Kaguya suddenly spoke and looked behind Gao Hai.

Gao Hai reacted a little late and then turned his head to look behind him, and noticed that there seemed to be a blood-stained student staggering out from the corner at the end of the corridor.

Was he a beat late to notice it?

His irritability suddenly receded.

Realizing that there were some abnormal fluctuations in his emotions, Gao Hai did not say anything. He pulled Kaguya to quickly move his position, walked around several corridors and hid in an empty hut, using the [Bandit Hood] to escape the danger. tracking of objects.

"..."

"..."

silence.

In the dimly lit cabin, neither Gao Hai nor Kaguya spoke immediately, but remained silent for a moment.

"I said, what on earth are you..."

Then, it was Kaguya who couldn't help opening her mouth first, wanting to talk about the question just now.

Gao Hai's response was to bend down and hug Kaguya, hugging her gently.

"I did have an abnormal mood swing just now. I'm sorry. Thank you for stopping me, otherwise I might have had problems."

Gao Hai spoke in Kaguya's ear very seriously, but his expression was a bit lost in thought, thinking about what was going on with his strong irritability just now.

He was so impulsive that he forgot to be vigilant about his surroundings at all times, and he didn't even immediately notice the malicious perception coming from the blessing, so he was half a beat slower than Kaguya. This is not a small problem. My mood swings are too much. There are some external factors affecting me.

External factors?

"Well, hey, hey? Well, well, I, I, I didn't do anything extraordinary. Huh... Anyway, I have to know what happened first. You should have gotten a lot of new information."

The sudden hug obviously caused a considerable degree of confusion to Kaguya, but she also had ways to deal with it. That is, before entering the dungeon, in order to combat the problem of being too shy, with the help of Hayasaka, he trained and mastered a technique that can quickly calm him down, which is the [action suggestion method].

Therefore, Kaguya, who quickly broke away from Gao Hai's arms, just stretched out her hand and touched the side of her face. Her expression quickly calmed down and her tone returned to normal.

"Well, we have indeed obtained a lot of information. In short, what is certain at present is that this underground base, which seems to be just the area corresponding to [Kouji Morihara]'s core obsession, actually has a very important position in the entire copy..."

Gao Hai nodded and planned to tell Kaguya the information he knew.

"Wait a moment."

But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Kaguya immediately interrupted him.

"Your neck, what's going on?"

The girl stretched out her hand and pointed at Gao Hai's neck.

Gao Hai, who sensed something was wrong, immediately took out an obsession mirror from his watch, used it as an ordinary mirror and pointed it at his neck.

So the next moment, Gao Hai saw several dark red hickeys, clearly imprinted on his skin.

Chapter 122: Shinomiya Kaguya’s score is gradually increasing

Hickey.

This was not the first time hickeys appeared on her body.

Gao Hai remembered that the first time this thing appeared was when he was in early elementary school. After he kissed Kaguya, who had turned into a monster at the time, such a hickey appeared on his neck.

Then the second and third hickeys appeared, both in the Yeluoshan Middle School area. The second time a kiss appeared was triggered after coming into contact with the residual image of obsession in the lounge of the Life Club. The third time a kiss appeared was when Ikuyo Sanmei Kita attacked him and he wrote his name on the blank teacher's certificate.

To sum up, the appearance pattern of this hickey seems to point to some kind of connection between [Eriko Asamoto] and [Void], and it seems to involve some scandalous rumors between teachers and students. But if this is the case, the timing of the first appearance of this hickey on his body is very problematic. After all, at that time, not only was I in Hayatachi Elementary School, but I was also close to Shinomiya Kaguya, who had turned into a monster. No matter how I looked at it, I couldn't compete with Yeluoshan Middle School.

Hmm... It seems that I can't do that. After all, according to the rumors I heard, the unknown [teacher] was eventually transferred to Zaori Elementary School. Therefore, I made a judgment at that time and guessed that I was given the same plot identity in the two areas of Zaoli Elementary School and Yeluoshan Middle School.

No matter what, counting this time, this is the fourth time such hickeys have appeared on my body.

In the past, there were not many clues in this area, and I didn't find a way to progress. But now, I have more or less ideas. Well... I hope I'm right, otherwise it's just harassment.

"I need to verify it."

Gao Hai said seriously to Kaguya after a brief hesitation.

"verify?"

Gao Hai's extremely serious expression made Kaguya stunned for a moment. For some reason, she instinctively felt that something was wrong. There was a premonition that something bad was about to happen, but it didn't seem to be anything particularly bad.

"Yes, this is not the first time this hickey has appeared. After accumulating so many times, I have already made some guesses about the origin of this thing, so next I need to verify what this thing is. And In order to confirm my conjecture, this verification process requires your assistance. "

As he spoke, Gao Hai already took action.

He first carefully inspected the small house where the two men were hiding, and repeatedly confirmed that there was nothing hidden in the house, and there were no secret doors or passages.

Then, Gao Hai took out a small thing from the black watch space and carefully tied it to the door handle.

It was a "Sunny Doll", a kind of ornament that Japanese people like very much and used to pray for sunny days. Its origin is said to have evolved from the "Sunny Lady" of China. Its appearance is usually a white doll with a small face hanging on a rope, which looks very cute.

But the "Sunny Doll" in Gao Hai's hand is different. This doll has dark red marks on its white tone. The doll's expression is frowning, and there are traces of red stitching on the doll's mouth, which makes the doll itself look a bit weird and scary.

For this doll, Gao Hai named it [Silent Doll]. This is a mass-produced auxiliary dark night-level obsession. It can only be used in a closed indoor environment with a volume of less than 200 cubic meters and closed doors and windows. It is very restrictive. To use this thing, the player must hang it in an indoor area that meets the conditions to ensure that it remains in a stable hanging state. Then, after being hung for more than 10 minutes, this obsession will produce a barrier that isolates sound, so that any sound in the indoor area cannot be heard by the outside world, achieving absolute sound insulation, and at the same time reducing the presence of the people inside, making it difficult for the outside weird to perceive its existence.

As a mass-produced obsession, there are a lot of these things. Gao Hai recovered 13 of these obsessions from fanatics. And unlike other obsessions that usually have a time limit for use, this silent doll can be left alone after being hung, and it will not get out of control no matter how long it is left. It is very demanding to meet the out-of-control conditions of this thing. After the silent barrier has taken effect, three people must be killed in succession in the barrier, and the order of killing must be adult males, adult females, and underage males. After completing such a killing, this obsession will get out of control and summon weird things to hunt down the killer.

It can be mass-produced, non-polluting, with a very low out-of-control rate, harsh out-of-control conditions, and many restrictions on use. Such characteristics make this item a specialized auxiliary item for indoor environment dungeons. However, considering that there are many kinds of obsessions, there may be obsessions that can create indoor environments out of thin air, so as to be used in combination with this thing.

By the way, although this thing is a dark night-level obsession, Gao Hai has carefully sensed the aura emitted by this thing. He suspects that once this obsession with very harsh conditions for losing control really loses control, it may release a red moon-level weirdo.

It is obviously a dark night-level obsession, but it can become a red moon-level weirdo. What kind of dark army is this? However, considering that the obsession of Alice, that damn thing, is even dusk-level, this phenomenon of mismatch between the obsession level and the weird level is not the first time I have seen it.