Chapter 2 Strange Stories (2) He was brought up by Bei himself, absolutely...
[What's going on? Are there any strange stories happening at the hospital?]
[It turns out to be an A-level ghost story... Shit, the Operations Department is empty again? That boss again?]
[So when will the new character appear? (Screaming) Old thief, why don’t you let the big boss show his face! ]
Let's see the hot guy that the Operations Department and the protagonists are crazy about.
[Does the boss have a metaphysical physique that causes strange stories to appear wherever he goes, or does he know that strange stories will appear in this place? If it's the latter, wouldn't it be a BUG-level cheat code?]
[There must be some information channel, otherwise, strong attack + premonition... I don't dare to think about it, even the protagonist doesn't dare to use such a cheat (not really)]
The protagonist of the hotly debated topic had already bought a barbecue and was walking home when he heard the system's rhythmic scream: "Why are you Fei?!"
"How did you hide this from Shi Yu?! You even treated me like a fool and said I had a Chuunibyou! Do you think it's fun to play tricks on me?!"
Bai Bei's face was full of innocence: "I thought you knew all this, otherwise why would you come to me?"
[That's because... never mind.]
"But how do you always manage to solve strange stories before the Operations Department? I just checked your information. You don't have the ability to predict the future. This can't be a coincidence."
"If I say I was just passing by, and I didn't expect there would be any strange stories, do you believe it?"
【……】
The system fell silent.
Bai Bei doesn't seem like the type to tell lies, and there's no need for such a thing. All I can say is... his physique is touching.
Unlike the system's doubts about life, Bai Bei has a very good mentality. Ever since he became an unlucky player of the ghost story game, he knew that he was probably hopeless in terms of luck.
Bai Bei walked out of the elevator. He walked to the door, lowered his head and unlocked it with his fingerprint. Then he grasped the handle and opened the door, greeting the young man's energetic voice: "Brother! You're back!"
Along with him came the overwhelming barrage of comments.
【The little fish is so cute, I love it】
[OMG Shibao is such a cute, sunny puppy. Can you foster him at my house for two days?]
[Brother! Brother! Brother, you're finally online! How am I supposed to live without you? TT, please give me more scenes.]
How many times have I said this! Don't draw passersby so handsome! I've only appeared a few times, and every time I do, my looks are a huge hit. I really want to climb the wall.
[The protagonist's relative, a super handsome guy, such a good configuration as a background! You old thief, you are confused! ! ]
Bai Bei, who was dizzy and dazzled by what he saw, said: "..."
He had discovered that when it came to matters related to "Shi Yu", these barrages would become so active that it was terrifying.
"Didn't you say you were going to the mall with your classmates? Why haven't you gone yet?" Bai Bei hid the things in his hand behind his back and tried to divert Shi Yu's attention, but unfortunately he failed in the end.
Shi Yu immediately stopped smiling. He stared at Bo Bei, who looked away guiltily, and reminded him quietly, "Didn't you promise me to eat less of this kind of oily and salty food?"
Shi Yu, who had just finished high school, lived a life even more abstinent than an adult. He kept talking and listing a long list of possible disadvantages of eating oily foods for a long time.
Bai Bei just listened, responded from time to time, opened the takeaway box and started eating the barbecue.
Shi Yu, who was talking until his mouth was dry, came to his senses and found that his brother had almost finished eating. He felt like the sky had finally fallen.
[I laughed so hard, Shibao talked for a long time, but when I turned around I realized that my brother had almost finished eating.]
[Sorry, Xiaoyu, I must support my brother this time! ]
[Brother, the way you eat looks like a robot, is that okay?]
With the combination of barrage and Shi Yu's voice, Bai Bei felt that it was quite delicious.
Shi Yu seemed to be going out. He took off his coat, put on a sweatshirt, and said hurriedly: "I will probably be back late, brother, remember to go to bed early! My classmates are waiting for me downstairs, I'm leaving first!"
After saying that, he rushed out the door.
Bai Bei saw through it but didn't say anything. He cleaned up the table, wiped it with a wet towel, and then stood up and walked towards the kitchen. Chen Que had just finished cooking, so he helped people bring out the food.
It wasn't entirely logical to have a guest cook, but Bo Bei only knew how to cook shady dishes, and hiring someone might leak his address. Shi Yu could cook, but she was busy with school, and it felt awkward to have a student cook, so she decided to cook for herself.
Bai Bei and Shen Que have a very good relationship, and neither of them cares about these things.
After following Bo Bei for so long, Chen Que had long since gone from being unable to carry anything on his shoulders or hands to being an all-rounder in cooking and driving, so this little thing was nothing.
"Xiaoyu is probably going to clean up those weird stories again. Don't you plan to take care of it?"
Shi Yu, who thought he had concealed the truth, didn't know that everything had already been uncovered by Bai Bei, who had sensed something was wrong.
Bai Bei waited for him to make up excuses full of loopholes every day.
He slowly picked up the minced meat and eggplant and put it into the bowl. Then he said calmly, "How can I stop him? If I suddenly tell him this, it's a blessing that Xiaoyu didn't faint from fright."
Shen Que was helpless, “It seems that you don’t plan to tell Shi Yu that you are Fei?”
"Well, I don't have that idea for now."
Apart from Shen Que, no one in reality knows that he is "Fei", the player who once ranked first in the ghost story game.
Shen Que, like him, was an unlucky guy who was unfortunately chosen to fall into this game. They didn't know each other before, and their paths crossed only because they entered the same novice copy.
At the beginning, Bo Bei dragged Chen Que, who could only cry for help, to complete the first game together, and after accepting the cruel reality, Chen Que quickly clung to this thigh.
He followed Bai Bei into one dungeon after another, and grew from being so scared that he trembled all over when facing monsters to being able to calmly control the situation, ranking among the top five and becoming a well-known control player "Que" in the ghost story game.
He was brought up by Bo Bei himself and would never betray his companions.
"You came back so late today because you encountered a strange story?"
Shen Que said this, hesitated for a moment, and then added the second half of the sentence: "The Operations Department is searching for information about you again, and I helped you keep it secret."
Bai Bei thanked him briefly and said, "Thank you for your help."
"Nothing." Shen Que waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's just a small matter."
This is not the first or second time that he has helped him.
Chen Que's family background was excellent, so superior that it was definitely not simply described as wealthy, but rather a class that most people could never reach. Mobilizing power to erase any information left by Bo Bei was not a difficult task for Chen Que, the only son of the main family.
There was someone specifically planted by Shen Que in the Operations Department. Thinking of this, Bai Bei asked him, "Come to think of it, I've always felt very strange. I haven't leaked any information that would reveal my identity, so why did the Operations Department suspect it was 'Fei'?"
Shen Que was stunned for a moment, confused, "Didn't I tell you about Xie Jianshan's ability before?"
Xie Jianshan is the captain of the first team of the Operations Department. He not only guessed the existence of "Fei", but also knew what Shi Yu did behind the scenes. The Operations Department had already investigated Shi Yu's background.
Xie Jianshan's perception is particularly sharp.
The Operations Department really wants to recruit Shi Yu, and they are waiting for the right opportunity to extend an olive branch.
Shi Yu didn't know about this special department called the Operations Department, but he didn't want to be on the hot search list along with the ghost stories, so he always paid attention to concealment.
"He can gain insight into everything within his sphere of knowledge and obtain the necessary information, including some of the rules of the Kwaidan field. However, his abilities are also greatly limited and are ineffective against players and high-risk Kwaidan."
Bai Bei, who has completed the game, is no longer considered a "player", but he has a way to prevent Xie Jianshan from seeing the part about the game.
Bai Bei picked up a few more pieces of spicy chicken, pretending to have taken note of it, but in reality he was thinking that Shen Que's cooking skills were getting better and better.
As soon as Shen Que saw his friend's expression, he knew that he had just listened and didn't take it seriously. He felt helpless, but didn't say much. He just asked habitually: "Is there anything you want to eat tomorrow morning? When I go there, I can help you take a few days off."
Bo Bei replied immediately: "Noodle soup, tomato."
Shen Que: “…” Alas.
Shen Que: “I probably don’t have time. Someone will come by then. Remember...let Xiaoyu open the door.”
He knew that there was a high probability that Bai Bei would not be able to get up.
Bai Bei nodded, leaving the conversation at that point. He began to concentrate on eating, only occasionally saying a few trivial words. It was not until Chen Que took away the empty plate that he remembered that he had forgotten to ask another important question.
"Haven't you entered the dungeon in the past few days?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
Ever since those ghost stories appeared in reality, players have never entered the copy of the Infinite Ghost Story game again.
But this does not mean that they have passed the level. Not only do they have to try to survive in the strange and distorted world, but they also have to face the game copies that may come again at any time.
One of the few things they could be thankful for was that their abilities and items could be used in real life, and since the ghost stories no longer had infinite resurrection, they could kill these monsters in real life. Once they died, the corresponding instance in the game would close.
...But can they really survive?
Because of Shen Que's revelation, Bai Bei was quite clear about all of this. When he first learned about it, his first reaction was, "Don't you think we look a lot like beta testers?"
The game covers reality and strange stories emerge. It is a "horror and strange story game" open to the global public beta.
"Then we beta testers are so miserable. Our only benefit is being beaten up by ghost stories." Shen Que rarely showed his humor. "And we may not even live longer than ordinary players."
This joke doesn't sound very funny.
Thoughts pulled back to the present, Bai Bei shook his head and said nothing more. He just stood up and helped others clean up the mess on the table. He said goodbye to Shen Que when he left, then he went into his bedroom, holding a black fisherman's hat and mask and wearing them as he walked.
The system, which had been dormant for a long time, saw that Bo Bei looked like he was about to go out and do something important, so it couldn't help but ask: "Where are you going?"
Bai Bei didn't reply, he was reading the comments.
[All those monsters and demons, get out of my way! Our Shibao is very busy and has to go back to practice questions! The CET-4 exam is just over a month away.]
[I am so amused that I kill so many fish just to get back to practice my listening skills]
[I envy you as a freshman. I don’t want to miss evening self-study classes either.]
[Wait...! The protagonists are in the library, and the operations department is on their way. What should we do about the ghost stories at the Four Seasons Hotel?]
【Hotel? What hotel?】
Ah! I almost forgot! It's a B-rank ghost story, right? I remember it was a B-rank! It appeared tonight and completely swallowed up the surrounding area. It stayed there for a long time until it reached the late stage. It's very difficult to defeat, so it's considered a mini-boss.
[Oh my god, the library and the Four Seasons Hotel are in the same direction! The detector isn't that accurate.]
【Captain Xie, please use your superb intuition! 】
Bai Bei pulled out his fully charged phone, opened a map app, and began searching for the All Seasons Hotel. He walked into the garage, opened the car door, and got in, fastening his seatbelt and starting the engine. The entire process was seamless and purposeful.
He remembered that he hadn't answered the system's question yet, so he explained, "It's still early, I plan to go for a walk outside and do some good deeds to accumulate virtue."
System: [……] Huh? What good things are you doing?
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