637 Death Ga
“You’re a fugitive?” Han Fei didn’t sound surprised. He wanted to smile, but he couldn’t do it. “That’s such a coincidence. I’m wanted too.”
“How can you chat with so freely when you’re tied up? Do you have so kind of strange kink?” Lee Guo Er took out a dagger and used the tip to poke Han Fei’s chin. “I can tell you clearly that I’ve not t you before. But since you were willing to save , I won’t kill you. After I get enough the park points, I’ll let you go.”
“What is this the park point you talk about?” When Han Fei visited the the park that day, he saw Fu Tian with the stamp card. However, that was a children’s toy. Why would adults fight to the death for it?
“In the past, I didn’t believe they exist either until…” Lee Guo Er sat down opposite Han Fei. “I worked in a gaming company. After experiencing so very painful stuff, I chose to quit. At the ti, our departnt’s ga exploded in popularity, and we got a lot of bonuses.
“However, money didn’t an anything to . At the ti, my heart was hollow. That was why I wanted to try new things, to awaken my love for life. However, before I could change my lane, the police ca to find . They thought I was involved in the kidnapping and murder of an important person in the city.” The sweet smile on her face disappeared. “However, I have no impression of that at all. I was only a normal office worker. How would I be involved with a kidnapping? I explained myself, but the evidence piled up against . I felt like soone was trying to do in.”
Han Fei was confused. “How is that related to the the park points?”
“At the ti, no one ca to my aid. I lost my most important thing, and then I was frad. My life was heading into despair. After the last interrogation, I had a ntal breakdown. That night, I wanted to join him and leave this world. However, a strange man found . He said if I participated in this ga, I would be able to escape from despair and rectify all my regrets.” Lee Guo Er said seriously.
“How co your story sounds so familiar to ? It’s like I’ve been through it before.” Han Fei looked lost. “What does that strange man look like?”
“He was wearing a smiling face. He said he could see into the future, and he was there to help people in despair.” Lee Guo Er then glanced at Han Fei. “I didn’t take his words to heart. Like you, he sounded so crazy. But sothing happened to change my mind.”
“What happened?”
“He gave a the park invitation and a mask. After he left, I was followed by a crazy man. I didn’t know him, but the person insisted on killing !” Lee Guo Er’s fingers caressed the knife. “I was already in the ga, no matter I wanted to or not. If I don’t want to be killed, I have to kill.” “I still don’t get it.” Han Fei lost his mory, but Lee Guo Er’s words were like little sparks that lit up his mind.
“In short, we’ve all been subrged into a death ga that we can’t leave. Only the most despairing individuals can join this ga. The winning reward is sothing that will save us from despair.” Lee Guo Er’s eyes turned cold. “The gaming process is cruel and gory. You’ll get one point by killing each participant. That is the safest point to gain points.”
“Killing is the safest thod? What other thods are there?”
“Capturing ghost.” Lee Guo Er’s face paled. She was pretty, but she looked terrifying at that mont. “I don’t know if there are ghosts in this world or not. Those who know the answer are already dead.”
“Ghosts?” Han Fei rembered the scripts in his room. The 99 scripts were like 99 real ghost stories. “Have others gained point through this thod before?”
“Yes.” Lee Guo Er said confidently, “There is a point scoreboard beside all the the park rides. Normally, they are used to record the scores of visitors, but at midnight, a random scoreboard at the the park will list out the scores and numbers of all the participants. I’ve seen the scoreboard once. There were 32 participants, and the top 1 player had earned 99 points.”
“Is it possible that he has killed 99 players?”
“There are not so many participants, so he must have caught so ghosts!” Lee Guo Er leaned against the wall. “When you reach 100 points, you’ll get your wish granted. I wonder if he managed to get that final point.”
“The ga is still ongoing, so he probably hasn’t.” Han Fei frowned. The number 99 was very special to him. He gouged out 99 scars on his arms. He wrote down 99 ghost stories, and now there was a scoreboard leader with 99 points. “Could I be the top 1 player?”
Lee Guo Er rolled her eyes. “Earlier, you suspect of loving you, and now you think you are the top 1 player?”
“It’s just a guess.”
“Then, I guess you’re quite conceited.” Lee Guo Er didn’t an to kill Han Fei. She placed his backpack on the table and shook everything out. The wounded kitten lay on the table. It owed weakly.
“There’s really no invitation?” Lee Guo Er looked around, but she could only find that white smiling mask.
“Can you tell what the invitation looks like? Perhaps I can rember sothing about it.” Han Fei didn’t feel threatened by Lee Guo Er. It was why he was so calm. He preferred to be trapped here than to go back ‘ho’.
“The invitation is a black card. You’ll see different words if you view the card from different angles. The card has your player number too. You have to possess it to enter the the park at night.” Lee Guo Er thought about it and added, “Only those with the invitation can participate in the ghost-catching ga every night and join the Ghost Parade before dawn.”
“After killing soone, can you inherit their points after getting their cards?”
“The points can’t be transferred. Each card only represents one point.” Lee Guo Er wasn’t a murderous person. Most of the ti, she only took away the other participants’ invitation. However, for so, that was worse than death.
“Such a crazy ga.”
“The ga doesn’t encourage people to murder each other. Instead, it encourages people to catch ghosts. However, humanity is always surprising. People will always take shortcuts.” Lee Guo Er yawned and flipped through Han Fei’s scripts. “Were you a scriptwriter?”
“Probably a scriptwriter and an actor.” Even though Han Fei was detained, his heart cald down. This private jail brought him a sense of security. “Thank you for chatting with .”
“You’re thanking ?” Lee Guo Er was surprised. “You do have this kind of kink, don’t you?”
“I can’t rember.” Han Fei shook his head. “I haven’t chatted with a person for a long ti already. I don’t dare to approach people because I feel like they all want to kill .” Han Fei lowered his head to study the scars on his arms. “I could only speak to myself in the past.”
“Stop rambling or I’d stab you.” Lee Guo Er studied Han Fei. “But there’s sothing special about you. It doesn’t appear like you’re acting.”
“I should have a blade too. A bladeless knife.”
“Right. What did I say about rambling?” Lee Guo Er sat back at the table. She was confused too. She was sure this was her first ti eting Han Fei, but she wasn’t averse to him. In fact, they felt like old friends. Lee Guo Er didn’t want to rember her bad past with her ‘friend’, so she focused on Han Fei’s scripts. In the dim underground jail, the man, the woman, and the cat passed a peaceful night.
The next morning, Han Fei slled sothing good and blurrily opened his eyes.
“You have quite a nose.” Lee Guo Er sat down. “Is there sothing wrong with you? I have you trapped, but you slept so well the night before. You didn’t even react when I placed the knife against the neck. I feel so disrespected.”
“Ever since I woke up at the hospital, I haven’t had a good night's sleep. I was knocked out by drugs. I would feel anxiety when I was outside. I feel safe when I’m here.”
“I don’t even know what to say to that.” Lee Guo Er had her breakfast. Han Fei watched her.
“Wait. You want to eat my food too?” Lee Guo Er could feel Han Fei’s eyes on her. “Did you really treat this place as your ho?”
“I have an inexplicable desire for at. If you can provide with at, I will repay you with so info.” Han Fei volunteered his guesses. “The scripts probably are recordings of real events. Each script represents a ghost. If you want to gain points quickly, you should follow my scripts.”
“So that’s your goal. You want to lure to these places to get killed?” Lee Guo Er raised her brows. She looked cuter without her glasses.
“I just want to eat at.” Han Fei said innocently.
After long contemplation, Lee Guo Er nodded. “Fine. I’ll trust you this once.” She stood up and left. Half an hour later, she returned with a plate of mutton. “Eat up. After you’re done, tell the script with the easiest ghost to catch.” Han Fei’s stomach growled. Soon, the plate of mutton disappeared.
Lee Guo Er was shocked, looking at the empty plate. “That was my storage for a week. Is there a monster inside your stomach?”
“I think I prefer pork, especially pork heart.” Han Fei licked his lips. “Your at lacks sothing. I rember my favorite at contain sothing dangerous. Each bite is a teetering between heaven and hell.”
“I should just send you to a ntal hospital. They will have better food.” Lee Guo Er was quite unhappy. She placed the scripts before Han Fei. “So, which one is the safest?”
“The scripts only tell you that ghosts exist. They also provide you with hints. That will lower the difficulty by a lot.”
“In other words, you don’t really know either?”
“I can’t rember.”
Lee Guo Er picked up the knife and then put it down again. “Fine. I’ll trust you again.” She hid the knife. She left on her own after morizing one of the scripts.
“Be careful. Ghosts are different from people.”
Han Fei sighed after Lee Guo Er left. She was so familiar, but he couldn’t rember her. It was torturous.
“ow…” The kitten had healed after a night of rest. It jumped out of the paper box Lee Guo Er prepared for it and ca to Han Fei. It rubbed its head against Han Fei’s leg. The nine black stripes on its body beca clearer. It was like they tried to form so kind of pattern.
“Are you really my cat?” Han Fei looked at the cat. “It feels like you know . But I can’t rember you. Have I nad you before?” Counting the stripes on the cat, the na suddenly ca to Han Fei. “Little Eight? Is that your na?”
The cat was very happy hearing that na. It rolled on the ground.
“That’s really your na? Why would I call a cat with nine stripes Little Eight?”
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