Under Qiu Leng's wary gaze, Chen Tianbo walked to the long table, pulled out a leather chair, and sat down calmly: "Pretending to be crazy is a very boring thing, but it does work."
"At least you don't have much of a guard up against me."
Now that things have come to this, Qiu Leng naturally didn't give Chen Tianbo a friendly look. He said with a gloomy face, "Why do you know the use of skill cards?"
"Sigh..." Chen Tianbo sighed helplessly, shook his head, and replied with an expression that said, "Then I'll say a little more."
"In my eyes, there is an ESF-level taboo object that allows me to see any existence imbued with the concept of 'hidden.' The more the observed tries to conceal something, the clearer I can see it."
"I had a general idea of the rules of the Box Girl game from those C-level members before I was sent to the villa."
"And the reason Gu Yuan died was largely because of you."
"Me? What nonsense are you talking about?" Chen Tianbo's confident demeanor annoyed Qiu Lengxin, mostly because of his current unfavorable situation. He said, "You're the one who opened the most skill cards."
“But he was killed by the skill card you used,” Chen Tianbo laughed. “This bastard was also a hidden forbidden entity. His ability was similar to mine; he could read minds.”
"Look, isn't this interesting? When I first arrived at the villa, I saw something inside all of you. You are the [Thread], Gu Yuan is the [Ear], except for that one who's already dead... what was his name again? Never mind, he's an insignificant character anyway."
“Then Gu Yuan should understand your plan even better.” Qiu Leng was puzzled; his words were too contradictory, making it hard for him to believe them.
“Communicating with you is so painful.” Chen Tianbo sighed again. He replied, “Gu Yuan did hear what I was thinking, but so what?”
"Do you think everyone can survive Eoubs' experiments by forming cliques like you?"
Qiu Leng didn't speak, but his twitching expression was the best answer.
“I deliberately showed him all the things hidden in the wooden boxes, pretending that I was going to make my move at night. Sure enough… he couldn’t resist and wanted to strike first.”
At this point, Chen Tianbo paused, then held up a card with the words "I really want to open it" written on it.
"Unfortunately, heaven does not favor gamblers who take chances. When Gu Yuan opened the third box, the Box Girl used her skill on him."
"Ha, I finally got a life-saving item, but this idiot is just too angry..."
Before Chen Tianbo could finish his sarcastic remarks, he suddenly froze on the spot.
Hiss hiss hiss—
The next second, his body was cut into neat squares of flesh and blood. The cut was so smooth that the blood gushed out like a fountain, turning the entire hall crimson.
"It seems that he is one of those people who have bad luck."
Another voice came from the second floor. He Yu climbed out of a wooden box, slowly walked downstairs, stepped on the blood-stained floor to the long table, sat down, and said to Qiu Leng, who was already dumbfounded, "As for me, I belong to the lucky ones."
"You...you're not...this?"
At that moment, his expression looked like he had swallowed a lump of excrement, with undigested fat mixed in.
“I am dead,” He Yu said to himself, “but I am alive again. It’s hard for me to explain the mystery to you, because it would take too much unnecessary time.”
"All right--"
Qiu Leng unconsciously pinched his face, clearly not having fully accepted this reality yet.
"Tsk tsk, what a tragic death." He Yu picked up a piece of minced meat and magically made it disappear from his palm. After a few breaths, he looked up at Qiu Leng again: "Hmm... I understand the rules of the Box Girl board game now."
"Come here for a moment."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Leng hesitated for two seconds before moving over.
“These two cards are called ‘My Miss Mary,’ and they can help the Box Woman find peace.” He Yu said, picking up the cards from the ground and stuffing them into Qiu Leng’s hand. “Now there will be a box marked with a red cross, and inside is the Box Woman’s true form.”
"Put these two cards on the box, and the ritual will be completed."
Without even blinking, he told Qiu Leng how to pass the level.
The latter couldn't tell if he was dreaming or what, until He Yu urged him repeatedly, at which point he realized what was happening and hurriedly ran upstairs to start operating.
A few minutes later, Qiu Leng ran back with a look of relief and joy on his face. He told He Yu that after he placed "My Miss Mary" on the wooden box as instructed, the contents of the box moved a few times and then remained still.
"Don't you want to open the other boxes?" He Yu opened a bottle of water, took a slow sip, and said without any emotion, "The Box Girl's props can be used independently."
"I'll let it go. I only survived this time because of you." Qiu Leng thought of Chen Tianbo and Gu Yuan, feeling indignant. He almost died at the hands of those two bastards. "Of course, if you want, I'll go open it right now."
It's a simple matter; he could easily run an errand for it.
"Come on, it's better to leave the professional stuff to Eoubs." He Yu gathered the remaining skill cards into a stack and placed them on the table: "You don't need to think about making me fall into a trap. I know that those boxes are now locked with [wires] by you. As soon as I touch them, they will be cut into pieces."
Qiu Leng's eyes widened as he stared at He Yu, who remained composed. As if realizing something, he asked excitedly, "You... doubt me?"
"These clumsy acts might fool an arrogant person like Chen Tianbo, but don't try them on me." He Yu rummaged through the table for a while, finally taking out a bag of shrimp chips, and then said to Qiu Leng, who was still explaining, "He knew there was something wrong with you two the moment he arrived at the villa, while I knew from the beginning that all of you had forbidden substances in your bodies."
"You took the initiative to approach me and reveal this secret in an attempt to gain my trust, which is perfectly reasonable. I don't mind having more helpers on this mission, since it's my first time on duty and it's best to be relaxed and natural."
Qiu Leng stopped speaking, his expression turning icy cold in that instant.
"But you're really treating me like an idiot. On one hand, you want to test what level of forbidden items I have, and on the other hand, you're trying to create an innocent and noble image."
While eating cheap snacks, He Yu began to attack Qiu Leng's intelligence: "I have to admit, I almost believed your nonsense."
"Then may I ask this forbidden object's host, when did you discover that I had made a move against you?" Qiu Leng calmed himself down slightly and asked expressionlessly.
"Alright, consider this a final round of applause for your performance." He Yu shrugged, wiped his cumin-covered fingers on his clothes, and said seriously, "Let's start from the cookie you gave me, kind man."
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