Chapter 56 Un Entertainment Cain slowly walked from the shadows of the high platform...

Day 5 - Assessment

As agreed the night before, Jiang Yang and Ji Yang waited for Nan Ke and Huang Er in their dormitory.

Miguel offered to go first, and Jiang Yang didn't try to stop him, knowing that they would meet again sooner or later.

The dormitory door was wide open. Ji Yang was taking a nap on the lower bunk next to Jiang Yang, who was near the door. Jiang Yang was waiting at the door, his eyes fixed on the door of dormitory 1011, which was just two rooms away from theirs.

Other players passed by the door from time to time, but Nan Ke and Huang Er were never seen.

Around 7:50, Ji Yang sat up in bed and went into the bathroom.

The sound of rushing water in the pool came through a door. When he came out again, his face was covered in water droplets, and the clothes he had been wearing, which had been torn to shreds, were now replaced with the ones he had brought himself.

He walked to Jiang Yang's side, his gaze also falling on the door of dormitory 1011. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his thin lips parted slightly, "Three..."

two...

one...

The door was pulled open, and Nan Ke and Huang Er, their eyes half-open and half-closed, yawned and looked sleepy, clearly having just woken up.

"Good morning," Nan Ke greeted Jiang Yang.

Ji Yang looked the man up and down, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Was something going on last night?"

Nan Ke rubbed her eyes. "Let's not talk about it. Let's talk as we walk."

The group walked side by side toward the hall. After regaining his composure, Nan Ke's expression turned serious. He said, "Someone really did go to change the nameplate last night."

The nameplate rule encourages players to fight each other, so changing nameplates is inevitable.

However, judging from Nan Ke's expression, I'm afraid...

Jiang Yang asked, "Could it be that the person who changed the nameplate is someone we know?"

"How did you know!" Nan Ke exclaimed, drawing the attention of the others. Then, he shrank back and said mysteriously, "Not close, but we know each other."

There weren't many people left in the hall; they were all gathered in twos and threes, waiting for the 8 o'clock assessment to begin. Nan Ke didn't keep them in suspense any longer and continued, "It's Li Tangyi."

The person who offended his senior, Nan Ke, as soon as he entered the trial and was taken away.

"Take mine, okay?" Jiang Yang asked softly.

Nan Ke nodded vigorously. "After he changed, Huang Er and I followed him and found that he eventually went into the 23rd floor."

“Cain?” Although Jiang Yang had expected his nameplate to be replaced, he didn’t understand what Cain’s purpose was if he was the one who orchestrated all of this.

"Do you remember the two security guards I brought when I went to rescue you and Ji Yang on the sixth floor?"

“They told me that there was a disagreement within Un Entertainment’s management, and that there seemed to be some issues between Cain and Maple.”

As Nan Ke spoke, Cain slowly walked from the shadows of the platform to the front, dressed in a well-tailored tuxedo, looking like a noble and elegant gentleman.

After Nan Ke finished speaking at lightning speed, Cain's clear and loud voice was transmitted through the microphone to every corner of the hall.

On the screen, a dozen or so players who had failed to register stood in front of a huge furnace. The scalding molten lava filled them with fear. The next second, an invisible force pushed them into the furnace, and they were instantly vaporized with just a scream.

Jiang Yang looked up and saw that beneath Cain's gentle exterior lay a ruthless nature that belonged to the no-man's-land.

He initially thought the blind man's appearance was to steal the booklet, but it wasn't until Hu Yuan was eliminated that he realized that perhaps the whole thing last night was for Hu Yuan. It was only after being interrupted by the blind man's attempt to escape that they went to great lengths to prevent Hu Yuan from telling them the truth, even at the cost of using their privileges.

If Cain gave the order to eliminate Hu Yuan, then why did he kill Ali? Similarly, what reason would Maple have for killing Ali?

Since the two people disagreed, he felt it was necessary to see Maple again.

Ji Yang turned his head and casually asked, "Where did Jiang Yang end up?"

“Li Tangyi switched him to The Silence of the Lambs,” Nan Ke yawned again, “I figured it wasn’t a musical anyway, so I didn’t touch it.”

"So, how did you two get so tired?" Jiang Yang had thought they were going to have at least a fierce battle.

Huang Er, who was catching his breath with a cigarette in his mouth, took it away from his lips and looked utterly dejected. "We spent the whole night playing cards."

It turns out that in order to grab the claw at the bottom of the box, Nan Ke dragged Huang Er around in the hall and played a game of cat and mouse. In the best time, the claw at the bottom of the box in the performance class even stretched out along with half an arm.

"Can you confirm my identity?" Ji Yang lifted his eyelids.

Just as Nan Ke was about to answer, Miguel ran over from near the stage and greeted Jiang Yang warmly, "What a coincidence, Brother Jiang, we're both in musicals."

"Go ahead and get your numbers. The assessment is in order."

Nan Ke and Huang Er exchanged a glance, then suppressed their disbelief and walked forward.

They were all certain that the last time the nameplate was changed was Miguel's, and Miguel's nameplate was later thrown into the ballet, and now it has come full circle back to the musical.

Jiang Yang is also involved in musicals.

Ji Yang lowered his eyes, gave Jiang Yang a brief explanation, and then walked towards the security team on the side. Originally, when he heard Nan Ke say that Jiang Yang was going to The Silence of the Lambs, he had already chosen that option. The brain was the only position in his current player permissions that he could not delegate, so he still had to consider how to get to the musical.

Jiang Yang was even more confused at this moment. Li Tangyi or Cain wanted him to be a silent lamb, but someone else wanted him to be a brain. As part of the game between the two sides, the best course of action now was to find a breakthrough.

Nan Ke and Huang Er are still in the musical, one is number 3 and the other is number 9.

When he reached the tray with the number plates, only the number 2 was left for him. Miguel, who was still beside him, waved the number 6 in his hand at him. "Brother Jiang, you don't look too good. How about we switch?"

Jiang Yang curled the corners of his lips, let out a soft chuckle, and replied, "Okay."

The assessments were held on floors 25, 26, and 27. After Cain announced the results, Hoshino jumped over and hooked his arm around Jiang Yang's shoulder, causing him to stumble and fall towards Miguel. When Jiang Yang regained his footing, he heard Hoshino's playful voice, "Hey, Jiang Yang, don't be shy."

Jiang Yang gritted her teeth and whispered to someone, "If you keep using your talents on me, you're finished."

In the Un Entertainment Observation Room, from Jiang Yang's perspective, after approaching Miguel, Jiang Yang quickly and gently touched the back of his hand with a white rose. When Miguel looked down, there was only a slight dampness on his hand. Despite his confusion, Jiang Yang's expression remained unchanged, making it impossible for him to understand the connection between him and the young man in front of him.

The musical is on the 25th floor, and the layout is no different from the other floors: a large hall with an office in the corner. It seems that the office is where they are assessed.

They only began announcing the assessment content when they came out of the elevator. The familiar voice made Jiang Yang subconsciously move his feet to make way for the two people in front of him. Through the crowd, he could also see the examiner who was in charge of musicals.

That rabbit with a weight of 205.

It was still that three-lobed mouth that had been sewn together to resemble a normal human mouth. Perhaps noticing Jiang Yang's gaze, she tilted her head and looked over, then grinned and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Yu Tu, and I am your examiner for this exam."

"Since our new friend has just arrived, let me reintroduce our assessment rules."

"All artists will be assessed in order of their assigned numbers."

"Before the assessment, everyone must wear a rabbit mask. Each person's assessment time is thirty minutes. The assessment can be terminated at any time within the thirty minutes. Any unused time can be used to retake the assessment after everyone has participated in the first assessment. Passing the assessment before the thirty minutes are completely reset is considered passing the assessment."

Someone asked, "Where is the mask?"

"You'll find out when it's your turn to be assessed. Are there any other questions? If not, then we'll start with candidate number one."

Jiang Yang looked around, and the player holding the number one card in front of him walked out without flinching.

The Jade Rabbit clapped at the people. The woman in front of her stood straight, and Jiang Yang recognized her as a familiar face.

Now that it's the fifth day, everyone present has some recollection of Zhang Qing, but it seems that they haven't seen her since the physical education class.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qing actually got number one.

Zhang Qing came out of the office very quickly, in about five minutes. Her mask was covered in blood, but her face was normal. It was unclear what had happened. On the contrary, Miguel became quite nervous when he saw this.

Nan Ke found a corner and lay down without any hesitation. Jiang Yang and Huang Er stood beside him. Zhang Qing called out "Number 2" in the middle of the hall. Mi Ge resignedly walked towards the office.

With no one else around, Jiang Yang suddenly thought of Da Jiang, but when he glanced at Huang Er, he didn't know how to start the conversation. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What happened when you helped Rabbit steal the secrets?"

Huang Er paused in his act of lighting a cigarette, then put it back in his pocket, rubbing his nose as he said, "I forgot."

Jiang Yang sensed it was a refusal and didn't press the matter. Huang Er had forgotten, but Jiang Yang knew.

Back then, he secretly obtained the computer he used when he was a reporter. The computer contained information that corresponded to Ali, indicating that she wanted to obtain the documents to negotiate with higher-ups. However, after meeting him, Ali did not insist on negotiating but instead entrusted the documents to Jiang Yang, who ultimately exposed them.

However, Jiang Yang still didn't understand why her task was to help catch the rabbit, while Huang Er's task was to assist in stealing the documents.

If stealing the file is an inevitable and unchangeable outcome, then conversely, he would also fail to catch the rabbit. Therefore, the mastermind's purpose is... to prevent him from encountering Ali?

!

Jiang Yang's situation suddenly became clear: as long as he encountered Ali, the confidential document would inevitably be exposed by him. However, it was Huang Er who helped Ali, and Ali's lack of trust in Huang Er led her down the path that was originally intended for negotiation.

Ali obtained the documents, but still paid a heavy price for the abortion.

The subsequent collapse of Un Entertainment meant that the management's control over the trial was far less than they could maintain, leading them to choose a more extreme approach: Ali was murdered.

The booklet is part of a secret, and to decode it, they're missing a key rabbit.

Jade Rabbit.

Jiang Yang asked, "By the way, whose claws are those at the bottom of the box?"

Huang Er revealed an expression you would never expect: "It's Tian Yu."

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Author's Note: Li Tangyi: First appearance in Chapter 17.

Zhang Qing: First appeared in Chapter 19.

Jade Rabbit: First appeared in Chapter 22.

I'll finish updating today, but I won't update tomorrow. I'll see how the rankings are tomorrow to plan my updates for next week. If there are rankings, I'll update accordingly; if there aren't, I should update 2-3 chapters next week. I have other work to do recently, and I'm sitting in front of the computer for too long every day. My back injury is really painful!