Chapter 96: Bai Ye: What kind of old enemy appears in front of the protagonist and asks for help?
What does this mean? !
Bai Ye almost forgot to maintain his own personality. At that moment, he even wanted to tear open his soul, catch t173 and the players behind it, and then strangle them to get to the bottom of it.
Did you do that on purpose? !
Bai Ye rolled his eyes wildly, almost seeing the player's gloating smile.
[Hehehe, who knows? Don't worry, my goal is the same as yours. At least you can stay with Youyu longer as a weak thief. You know that guy's luck better than me. If anyone can find the Ten Commandments token in the chaotic underworld, it can only be him. 】
The player's laughter was no longer pretendable. He laughed enough and then coughed twice, and began to explain in a way that only made things more obvious.
[If you do it yourself, you will definitely become schizophrenic, controlling two bodies created by "miracles" at the same time. If there is no cost storage, you will faint directly from the excessive pain. But I am not t173, and I am most afraid of trouble, so I am too lazy to cover for you. After much thought, it would be easier to just throw you directly to Youyu. 】
The player laughed again: [Don’t you think this scene is funny? The seriously injured thief was picked up by a kind detective agency when he was most helpless. Guess what will happen next? 】
Bai Ye took a deep breath: I think you are much more annoying than Senior Hei Tao. The honor of that guy being the most entertaining person in the Law Enforcement Bureau should be given to you.
The player rooted on t173 fell strangely silent after hearing this. He was silent for a few seconds before speaking again.
[It's really boring to talk to you, I'd better continue to watch the fun. I wish you all the best. Oh, by the way, if you want to find out the truth of this underworld, you must remember the most important thing that you have all forgotten. 】
Bai Ye moved his body with difficulty, trying to make himself look at least not too embarrassed: You have at least read the script of the 'game', can't you give me a detailed spoiler here?
The player only left behind a burst of shrill laughter: [Hehehe, sorry, I can't do it. You can only pray that you can successfully collect the Ten Commandments tokens! 】
[Don’t wonder yet, Bai Ye. I hope you can find the only way out of the underworld of the Meteor Demon King. 】
He left his last laugh and disappeared, and even the panel of t173 was difficult to summon. Bai Ye felt his heart ache and was about to spit out blood in anger in the next second.
But thinking that Youyu and the others were not far away, he forced himself to suppress the fishy sweet taste in his throat: Those people are very timid, so it’s better not to scare them.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you talking? Wait! Is that really... wonder?"
Shuise, who was standing behind Youyu at a not-so-close distance, poked his head out curiously and instantly understood why Linglan and Youyu were both standing there in a daze, unable to speak, because he, like his two companions, was frozen in place, his throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Is that person really Wonder?
There was no need to sense anything, just by looking at the scene in front of him, Shuise could guess what Linglan and Youyu were thinking, because he was thinking the same thing.
after all……
No one could have imagined that in their lifetime, they would see the always carefree, fearless, omnipotent, and miracle-working thief in such a miserable state.
The playing cards he was used to using had been torn into pieces by an unknown force from the outside world and fell all over the ground. The condition of the owner of the playing cards was obviously worse. The thief's body seemed to be pressed to the spot by some invisible force. Wonder was half-kneeling on the ground where lush vegetation and tree roots were intertwined. A few vines were casually draped over his body, probably left over from the movement just now, and they were weakly like the hands he was protecting his heart.
The lower half of the face, covered by the dark blue half-mask, was terrifyingly pale. As the owner of the body couldn't control coughing, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.
But what made the three members of the Squid Detective Agency unable to control their thoughts was the familiar restriction ring around that person.
That is the restriction ring on Bai Ye.
Could it be that...
You Yu looked up suddenly, a terrible guess circling in his mind. He took a few steps forward, pushed aside the intricate vines and vegetation, and rushed straight to the thief, but his heart sank into an icy abyss after his eyes scanned the thief.
The details of Phantom Thief Wonder's body shape do not match Bai Ye's at all, even his height is about one or two centimeters different from Bai Ye.
It’s not Bai Ye...but this answer made him feel more creepy than if wonder was Bai Ye himself.
The famous detective among the devil players possesses an extremely keen sense of smell and intuition for clues. He had sensed some kind of inexplicable close connection between Bai Ye and the phantom thief Wonder when Bai Ye first appeared. If Wonder was not Bai Ye, why had this phantom thief been following Bai Ye's movements? Now that Bai Ye is suspected to have lost contact and disappeared, no one knows what he did to become like this, with Bai Ye's restriction rings scattered around him?
"Have you... met our companions?"
You Yu did not think or hesitate. He took a few steps forward to confirm that wonder was not Bai Ye, then he directly summoned the swift sword that he had taken from his predecessor Jack. The sharp sword was placed on the side of the thief's neck exactly, but the thief did not react at all.
You Yu narrowed his eyes. The raven flying in the dark night seemed to have its flight feathers clipped. It had lost its previous strength that could easily escape the net they had set.
Suzuran and Mizuiro also caught up. Suzuran reflexively wanted to summon vines to restrict the opponent's movements, and Mizuiro held the bow tightly in his hand, but the two soon discovered that even without the Soul Tag skill, they could easily subdue the current thief.
The shock in their eyes had not yet disappeared. Everyone was in disbelief the first time they saw Wonder in such a miserable state. Perhaps without realizing it, their trust in Wonder's omnipotence had surpassed the fact itself.
Wonder still didn't say anything, but just lowered his head silently, covering his chest, and barely maintained his half-kneeling posture on the ground.
[Oh my, why are you doing this? You are using the power of 'miracle' to make your friends unable to recognize you and to prevent the possibility of your vest being exposed, but what's the point? You can only get more, you have to pay for it. 】
The player's laughter sounded in his mind again, Bai Ye's face turned pale, and the fingertips hanging by his side pressed hard on the unfortunate plant. The dangerous idea of ​​wanting to tear his body apart and pull the player out of his mind became more vivid.
Why doesn't he speak? It wasn't because he hadn't figured out how to reply to the three companions in front of him, but because a certain voice in his head was so loud that he couldn't concentrate at all.
[Don’t be angry, don’t be angry. What if you faint from anger? If you pass out, you have less to think about, but the Squidward Detective Agency has more to think about. Just think of me as the real-time barrage in your mind. 】
Bai Ye felt that there must be several pound symbols appearing on his forehead: I didn’t expect that the players who were observing the script would be so leisurely. Don’t you have any other work to do?
Player: [Yes, playing games and observing you is my job. If I fail to complete this game script, my superiors will definitely kill me. 】
boss?
Even in the face of a half-assed situation, Bai Ye still had the energy to think freely. His subconscious reaction gave him a very important clue: it turned out that the player who seemed to be in control of everything also had his own "boss", and completing the plot of the game "The Evil City" did not seem to be the player's original intention...
If this is the case, it now seems that the reliability of one of his inferences has greatly increased - the so-called players are not untouchable high-dimensional life forms at all, and the script of "The Wicked City" is not an irreversible high-dimensional game script, but a deliberate act by some powerful force in order to achieve an unspeakable secret.
Who could it be… the boss of a player who can remotely control another person's life and distort all reality into game options…
Bai Ye's thoughts gradually explored the unpredictable part under the deep sea. He had already reached 2/3 of the way when they met again, but he seemed to have just touched the bottomless ocean behind the devil and the system.
"Hello? Can you still...talk?"
Seeing that the other party had not spoken, Shuise's voice became low from the initial high pitch. He carefully poked the other party with the vines of lily of the valley, but the young thief turned his head suddenly, and the moment those wonderful eyes with blue irises and red pupils met Shuise's, the latter felt as if he had sunk into the deep sea of ​​data of the DM system.
Red and blue, two confused colors intertwined together, like immiscible water and fire, clamoring to tear each other apart.
But... Shuise, who was always easily frightened, was not frightened this time, and even his expression unconsciously became much softer.
"What exactly happened here...can you tell me about it?"
Shuise lowered his voice. The voice of the musical genius of the Muse Choir matched his identity. He didn't feel anything when he was exposed to it in normal times. But after having a peaceful conversation with him as Wonder, Bai Ye clearly realized that Shuise's voice was really nice, and it carried a sense of trust that made people involuntarily.
Although they called for the arrest of Wonder every day, when the opportunity was presented to them, no one from the Squid Detective Agency took the initiative to propose it.
It would be fine if it was Wonder in his normal state. Although the thief's magic show was wonderful, it could not conceal the fact that he was just a raven flapping its wings, stealing treasures everywhere and causing trouble for people.
But the wonder now... Honestly speaking, even Jade, who is the most serious about her work, wouldn't be able to say anything harsh if she stood here.
Shuise complained to himself that he was useless and gullible, while at the same time he felt that the wary look Wonder gave him just now was really like a cat.
A wounded kitten was about to be grabbed by the scruff of the neck and subdued by humans. Although it knew that it had no killing power, it still stubbornly breathed on the people around it.
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