There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game Chapter 257

Chapter 257: Chapter 236 You Sll So Good_3 Chapter 257: Chapter 236 You Sll So Good_3 The delicate, tender voice was exceedingly juvenile, as if brimming with the innocent naivety of a child, delighting Ji Xiaoxia who was addressed.

“Qing, is that your na?

It’s really nice~”

“Sister?” Qing tugged at her clothes.

“Uh…” Ji Xiaoxia suddenly furrowed her brows.

Her identity information read [Painter].

She had no na at all!!

So, Ji Xiaoxia said with a forced smile, “Yeah, just call ‘sister’ is fine.”

Qing blinked, then opened her arms towards her.

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Generally speaking, when a child makes this gesture, they are asking for a hug.

Ji Xiaoxia’s heart instantly lted, and her hands slipped under the little girl’s armpits, lifting her up.

The little girl was much lighter than she had imagined.

The entire person was soft, and upon being lifted, her head nestled in the crook of her neck, and Xiaoxia could feel the little girl’s gentle breathing, the other party seed to also have taken a deep sniff.

While Ji Xiaoxia was still marveling, she suddenly heard the little girl’s voice eerily say:

“Sister, you sll nice.”

“…”

…

In that mont, Ji Xiaoxia almost threw the person away.

Fortunately, after she quickly let go of the little girl, all she saw was the other’s innocent and curious gaze, with no strange expression that might belong to a villain pulling the strings, nor any sudden attacking movents.

The jade pendant on her neck hadn’t reacted either.

Although the creepiness of that statent had maxed out.

Qing tilted her head, seemingly confused by her overreaction.

Ji Xiaoxia recovered and forced an embarrassed smile: “Is…

Is that so?

Well, Qing, you also sll nice.”

Oh my god, what is she saying…

Ji Xiaoxia covered her face.

At this ti, another person walked along the concrete road from the Archway entrance, holding a cara, occasionally taking pictures of the paintings on the wall.

“Hey, are you from this village?”

As the person approached, they patted Ji Xiaoxia on the shoulder.

Ji Xiaoxia suddenly ca to her senses and took a good look at the newcor, only to see a woman with a backpack, dressed simply and in a tidy fashion, with a faint expression on her face.

“No.” Ji Xiaoxia, rembering her identity information, said, “I’m the person the village head hired to do so painting for him.”

“So you painted all these?” The woman pointed to the wall and asked.

“Yes.” Ji Xiaoxia again confird.

“Then you must be very familiar with the story of the Green-Faced Fangs.

I’m a reporter, here in Qingliu Village for an interview about the legend.” The woman took an ID out of her utility pocket to show her.

“Oh…”

Ji Xiaoxia looked at her blankly, suddenly feeling a strange sense of déjà vu.

She couldn’t pinpoint where this feeling of familiarity ca from, only that it felt like a scenario she had seen sowhere before, not like so strategy she had seen on a forum…

A village with monster legends, the artist who painted the monsters, the investigating reporter, and the man from before…

That man in the trench coat couldn’t possibly be a detective, could he?

Disturbed by this ambiguous feeling, Ji Xiaoxia subconsciously furrowed her brow, her deanor becoming sowhat stern.

“What’s the matter?” The woman looked at her curiously.

“Sorry, actually I don’t really understand either, I’ve just heard it from the villagers.”

Ji Xiaoxia mumbled as she began, “They say so monster appeared a very long ti ago, specifically targeting young boys and girls, and that sacrifices were necessary to drive it away, and also…”

Her speech halted suddenly.

The more she thought, the stronger the sense of déjà vu beca.

Ji Xiaoxia turned her head to look at the fields not far away, blue sky and white clouds above, the fields bordered by a river, sunlight sparkling on the water’s surface.

Staring at the river, Ji Xiaoxia’s eyes suddenly lit up!

She seed to have rembered!

She had seen a similar story not long ago!

Right in the shop where she worked!

The book from Mystery City titled “Kappa” told of a village that long ago had worshipped the River God to seek favorable weather, with legends of the River God circulating throughout the village.

But as ti passed, the legend gradually turned the once-benevolent River God into a man-eating monster that required offerings to maintain peace.

In reality, because of the villagers’ greed and wicked deeds, the River God had beco corrupted!

The corrupted River God would beco a monster at night and enter the village to kill!

After villagers saw corpses at night, they conceived the idea of utilizing the situation to their advantage, throwing dirty water onto soone else to seek benefits.

In the end, the entire village was thrown into chaos!

That’s where the story began.

Players would take on the roles of detectives investigating the murders in the village, a reporter following up on the investigation, and the villagers of the village.

And finally, a female artist who had co to the village seeking inspiration!

One night, the artist accidentally saw sothing crawl out of the river, but no one believed her words, and she herself couldn’t see clearly what it was, only able to draw a vague representation of the monster.

After Ji Xiaoxia rembered the script, she felt like she had an epiphany!

She also rembered the ending of that book—

The murderer was the River God.

The instigator was the village chief.

This was the truth that players needed to find through the clues.

But besides that, there was actually an Easter egg hidden in the script and clue cards—the River God would turn into a monster at night.

What about during the day?

During the day, she was a cute little girl.

These two scripts, strangely, seed a bit similar.

Thinking of this, Ji Xiaoxia, as if suddenly realizing sothing, felt the tug on her skirt, and swiftly looked down.

She saw the little girl, about five or six years old, dressed in a green jacket, with sowhat ssy double buns, tilting her head cutely, blinking a pair of bright and spirited big eyes, staring intently at her.

But rather than saying she was looking at her, it was more like she was looking at sothing else.

So, she rembered that she hadn’t noticed the approach of the little girl just now, and then she thought of the Easter egg in the script she had seen in the shop.

These two normally unrelated thoughts jumped back and forth in her mind, until they gradually rged into one.

Weird, yet strangely fitting, logical.

Ji Xiaoxia: “…”

Ji Xiaoxia: “!!!”

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