There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game
Chapter 491: The Cat is the Center of Attention!
"However, were you a doctor before?"
The female office worker suddenly asked curiously.
But as soon as she asked, a social worker who had quietly moved closer gently tugged at her clothes.
The female social worker gave her a meaningful glance, then smiled at Xu Shuo, who had turned at the noise, and pointed to the bookshelf in the office, saying, "Um, can we take a look at those things?"
Xu Shuo raised an eyebrow slightly, "No problem."
The office lady who had been stopped from asking questions was puzzled.
In fact, among the three separated groups, the first group had the least and most unreliable information.
Because up to now, the information they had was either acquired by the female office worker through questioning a child or by their own deductive reasoning from minor details, which was basically without much basis.
As for the female social worker, she knew more than the journalist who was following someone, simply because the journalist was not very good at thinking.
At this moment, the female social worker took the office worker aside and whispered, "There are many diaries written by SOA investigators on the bookshelf, and there are also record books about the children's abilities from the orphanage. Since he doesn't mind us looking, I suggest you start there."
After looking, you will know that guy's mental state is practically insane now.
A madman's words still require a degree of caution.
When the social worker leaned in to speak, the soft and warm breath on her ear and neck brought a tingling sensation, and the female office worker couldn't help but feel restless.
Upon reflection, Old Wang's current situation is truly that of a winner in life!
He's taking three beautiful girls into a dungeon!
Regardless of whether they are real, the view is definitely pleasing!
The office worker kept a composed expression on her face and nodded, "It's perfect because we've wasted quite a bit of time investigating the orphanage at the swing earlier. Let's take this opportunity to learn more about the enemy."
While the office worker went to flip through books, Old Wang continued to ask Xu Shuo, "How long can this office hold up?"
"Well... at most ten minutes?" Xu Shuo replied thoughtfully.
"After ten minutes, this place collapses and those things can all break in? I noticed this place seems to be in another space. The office should have a special magnetic field, right? Can I use it?" Old Wang pressed for more details.
"Thinking it over, maybe there are only five minutes left?" Xu Shuo observed the children's movements and added.
"Then do we have any way to leave here as quickly as possible?" Old Wang continued to ask patiently.
"None," Xu Shuo said with a beaming smile. "The fastest way to leave is to be eaten by monsters!"
This response caused the office lady, who was flipping through notebooks, to tremble as she had just seen the chaotic red-letter records. She exchanged a horrified look with the social worker.
Unknown until seen, but startling at a glance!
The director, who seemed normal, approachable, and mild-mannered, was actually mentally abnormal!
All day long, it was either shouting to hit or to kill!
With their current situation, they were caught between a rock and a hard place, weren't they? Wolves outside, and a tiger inside?
Fortunately, this tiger was probably still in a docile kitten state, and as long as they didn't provoke him, they should be fine, right?
According to the information revealed in the twenty-second rule of the visitation manual, they should be careful in their actions, and not undertake any rash behaviors that could provoke the director in the office, for safety's sake.
"That..."
Suddenly, the female journalist, who had been out of her depth due to insufficient IQ, regained her composure from the shock.
She hesitated and said, "Maybe we could try to defeat them one by one? At least we can take out the most threatening enemy over there first."
At these words, everyone curiously looked at her, "Taking out the enemy first would certainly be great, do you have a plan?"
They did not look down on this pseudo 'Stars' member; after all, the situation was what it was, and what if she really had a good solution?
However, the journalist's expression turned troubled again.
After a while, she looked at Xu Shuo with a resolved expression and mustering her courage, said, "That, um, whoever, I can ask for your help, right?"
Xu Shuo cocked his head, "Hm?"
The others also looked over curiously.
Perhaps it was the infectious atmosphere of the reasoning that had just taken place that had influenced her, making the female reporter want to prove her own sanity—her mind had never been so clear and agile!
She nervously clutched the employee uniform she was wearing, her eyes burning with intensity, and said, "You said that if we can't win, we can come to you for help, and it's a rule you set yourself!"
Xu Shuo was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Of course."
Hearing this, the female reporter gave him a deep look.
Although this man employed various schemes and used her, she indeed received a lot of help from him since going up to the third floor.
And she was still wearing the employee uniform.
In the Phase Space just now, all the rules overlapped, and as an employee of the orphanage, the female reporter found herself uncontrollably caught up in the rules, which was why she had lost her sanity in an instant—it was the Power of Rules she simply couldn't resist!
If she hadn't entered the second space, the office, in time, she might have completely turned into one of the orphanage's monsters.
But once the office space also merged, she guessed that she would be affected again.
So she had to take off that uniform no matter what!
After making up her mind, the female reporter clenched her teeth and took off the orphanage's blue employee uniform, leaving her in a white T-shirt.
It was at this moment—
Elsewhere in the orphanage, a cat suddenly looked up, its crimson pupils dramatically narrowing!
It had spotted its prey!
In its blood-red eyes, the image of the eyes it had once stared into within the archives room appeared, pinpointing the prey's location with clarity!
The cat's figure vanished abruptly!
Yueshu by its side was startled, "The cat?!"
At the orphanage's back door, the singular blood-red eye that had taken up the whole door had just opened, but then it rapidly shrank and closed again due to the cat's departure.
Yueshu's expression darkened.
The cat was a special entity within the orphanage, and though it came into existence because of the orphanage's anomalies, it didn't actually fall within the SOA-09 rule domain.
It was a pet that Director Zheng had picked up from the roadside, and it stayed in Qiming Orphanage simply because of Director Zheng.
The cat could freely move through any Rule Space, even the special office, without any restrictions.
The cat was completely unfettered by this space!
Yueshu's only chance to leave Qiming Orphanage depended on the cat's unique nature.
And now, only halfway through, the cat had run off, and there was no way for him to bring it back!
"Damn it!"
Yueshu angrily looked up, his gaze fixing on the chaotic scene on the third floor of Qiming Building. His amber pupils were completely overwhelmed by darkness.
In an instant, the office's independent space shattered with a loud crash!
But at the moment the space shattered, a translucent golden Protective Shield fell down, replacing the special magnetic field that had vanished and once again supporting the office's separateness.
The horde of monsters that had been about to charge outside hadn't even managed a growl before they were blocked out again.
Yueshu: "..."
It seemed that the outsiders had a bit more strength than he had anticipated.
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