Being an Extra Actor Volume 3 - Ch 48.3

Muscular isnt content with only staying a Carddealer. The Devils Mask has amplified the malic, greed and ambition in his mind, which is causing him picture increasingly outlandish scenarios in his mind

he shall use this scene he saw, to be able to stir the waters beneath the bottom floor of the Tower, and achieve prominence in life

Hes just trapped in a ga, you say?

For soone as ambitious as Muscular is, so what?

Others see a hopeless future, but Muscular is seeing the barren present.

Couldnt he as well establish a na for himself in the Tower, and cause waves and dictate movents within? Whether he gets to be the hand behind it all who secretly manipulates everything, or just simply being an outright ruler of the entire Tower These have all beco within reach for him!

The imagination is running high in his mind. Right now, he could almost chuckle at the vision of his dreams coming true. The feeling of defeat he felt when Lin Qin launched him out of the bookstore has entirely dissipated.

He quietly retreats before running away. He will have to find sowhere safe and hide If the Nightmare is resolved this run, great; otherwise, the next run on, he will not leave his apartnt unit again.

He will leave this Nightmare alive, and achieve his ambitions.

X Beijin saw Muscular leaving, but he only learns where he is heading from the panel on the right side of his streaming screen.

He is once again grateful for the convenience the streaming system brought to him.

He has a vague idea of what Muscular must be thinking right nowNaturally, not the part where Muscular thought Lin Qin is courting him, of course.

X Beijin only thought that Muscular would conclude Lin Qin must know what his Nightmare was, or at least clues about what it was.

Soone as cunning as Muscular would definitely try to do sothing with that information, whether it is himself or, like he did in the past, incite a mob of Missiontakers into doing it.

Those are things he can only get to doing after leaving this Nightmare and returning to the Tower, though.

So X Beijin is able to deduce that Muscular must be planning to hide sowhere and rely on free labour from the other Missiontakers and leave this Nightmare as effortlessly as possible.

Maybe not this run yet, but if there is another run coming, then Muscular would definitely stay put inside his apartnt unit and never leave again.

However, up to this point, Muscular is still unaware that, in this Nightmare, its all electronic devices having possibly gone rogue, and not a vague, general sense of theres issues with the facilities in the apartnt building

X Beijin, sitting behind the bookstore counter, rests his chin on his hand, and smiles when he thinks of that.

Fine, hell admit that he is finding amusent at Musculars expense, for the potentially tragic fate that awaits Muscular.

Not like its anything hed rather hide, anyway, right?

X Beijin turns his attention back to the stream with a smile. Musculars arrival, and the events following, has distracted him from the stream for a while.

Right now, he can see the Missiontakers having made so discoveries, apparently.

In the Managent offices, there was a drawer where they found the master keys inside Or, more accurately, a file recording the ergency passcode that applies toall electronic locks in this apartnt building.

Of course, the drawer was locked, but Shen Ynj retrieved a hamr from the Security office and smashed it open to reveal the paper records inside.

None of them know whether Managent offices would contain such items in real life, or if this is just a clue the Server put here on purpose to aid in their quest.

No matter what, though, Jiang Shuangjie heaves a big sigh of relief. She really wants those two utility cards back, theyre too important!

Other than this file recording the passcode, after investigating the Managent office further, they found other docunts.

Maintenance records for the facilities of the apartnt building, a whole pile of letters of complaint from the tenants, all dated earlier than the letter in the Security office, and a Summons from the court dated a few days ago.

It would appear the Luoke Apartnt Managent didnt just ignore the tenants complaints, but in all the reports of the regular and additionally ordered maintenance checks, the result was universally No issues found.

That Court Summons was stashed beneath a whole pile of useless docunts, seemingly ignored by the Managent already, but it is so information in this Summons that triggered a reaction in Thin, making him yell out.

The rest of the Missiontakers all co to his side to check.

Thin quickly summarises the information gleaned from the Summons, saying, about one week ago, one of the tenants, because of the elevators unpredictable, sudden dropping down the floors, had a heart attack and died inside the elevator!

So the tenants have filed a Class Action suit against Luoke Apartnt Managent, citing their failure to maintain the facilities in the apartnt building and asking for damages.

Jiang Shuangjie falls into thought, saying, the records from the Managent show that everything was normal even in the most recent maintenance records.

Thin gulps, and nervously asks, it couldnt really be the devices have gone sentient?

He really doesnt want to face the possibility of a rogue, sentient toilet!

The teenage girl just coldly replies, other than the fact these devices are acting up inexplicably, we still know nothing else.

Thin bitterly smiles and says, lets keep going, then.

They check the Managent offices one last ti, but does not find anything they may have missed.

Then Jiang Shuangjie says, well Ill be going to that guys house to look for my utility cards, then.

Thin nods, sure, and hesitantly adds, do you

They have confird that there are definite dangers in this apartnt building. It would be best if they moved together.

He doesnt voice it out loud, though, because Jiang Shuangjie is recovering her utility cards. If they seed too enthusiastic, it could be taken as them showing too much interest in her utility cards.

Jiang Shuangjie understands, and shakes her head, saying, you do you. Ill just go with my younger sister.

Jiang Shuangi reflexively pinches her older sisters sleeves tightly.

For the first ti ever, she feels like going against what her sister says. She is sure that her older sister has no idea No idea, how unsettling, hopeless it all was.

In fact, she is even feeling slightly angry at her decision to take her with her.

Although she still complied and didnt say a word, but shes still fearful in her mind, and would rather bolt from heading into an apartnt unit again.

Then Thin, the teenage girl and Shen Ynj decided to go outside of the apartnt unit to look for clues, while the sisters head for Musculars apartnt unit on the fourth floor.

They dont dare ride the elevators anymore, and choose to walk on the stairs.

Their footsteps echo in the otherwise silent stairwell.