Chapter 240: Escape from the Script Killing
"Soft Lantern Bell Hell" is a brand-new immersive interactive tabletop theater written by the water goddess Funina. In the game, players must act as detectives, following a client's request to investigate a fire that occurred 20 years ago at a perfume plantation.
With the help of a time traveler, the protagonists arrived at the house where the fire happened 20 years ago.
Although the client [Kavi], who had a young face, was wary, he still accepted everyone along with the [Soft Lantern Bell] maker team.
Now we enter the stage of collecting clues.
"Uh... in this situation, it should be obvious who to ask, right?" Navia spread her hands.
Following Navia's gaze, Villette did not pause and continued to ponder the "Soft Bell Flower Dew", as if this was only the focus of his sight.
However, among the NPCs, Navilette significantly increased the game duration with his most human-like behavior.
Kavi's mother was extremely surprised by the development of the matter. Unlike Cesar, who was naturally very tolerant, the more sensitive woman noticed more details.
For example, a center that brings people from two tables together in harmony.
Just as she herself felt close to Ming Chong at the beginning, in fact, not only the Thorn Rose Society and the Duel Agent, whom she had heard of, but even the Chief Judge himself, probably couldn't help but trust the child brought by Kavi.
Only the Water God...
The lady who enlightened the current Myoron school cannot see through it.
An artist's thinking is shimmering, not logical, so she easily accepted this flash of inspiration.
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The true situation of the Water God, whose emotions are intermittent and whose aura is ethereal.
So, when the protagonists were either actively or cooperatively surrounding Villette, the host of the "Table Theater" disappeared at some point.
"Let me see what's going on." Ming Chong, who was kidnapped unexpectedly, looked around and tugged at his shirt uncomfortably.
Suddenly, he realized, "Oh - could it be that after all these years, he has done something to let me down?!"
Finina was shocked, "How did you know?"
The Water God, who already had many things on his mind, hesitated for a moment, "It is, uh... probably... not."
As she spoke, she hesitated and began to apologize, "Uh... I'm sorry! So you've already noticed it. I admit it's my fault for not noticing it—"
ah?
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Is it true?!
Ming Chong, who didn't have a God's perspective, narrowed his eyes, his gaze gleaming, and waved his hand, "Good for you! Funina, I said I was your best friend, are you cheating on me?"
"How is that possible!" Funina denied subconsciously, feeling that she was wronged in both eyes.
Then she felt something was wrong and adjusted her expression, "Oh, didn't you notice that a child is missing?"
"Now that you mention it—" Ming Chong's expression became serious, "Could it be that Erinace's grave has been dug up?"
"Uh... no." Finina was stunned, a little frantic. "No! There's still something about him? Impas, how many things have you forgotten to tell me?"
Ming Chong looked left and right, then slammed his palm, "Ah! I know! It's Fontaine Peng Yuyan (bushi)!"
Funina waved her hand expressionlessly. "...You're just going to give him a Liyue name? What a shame! I already have a name for him: Ming Fushou."
"What happened to him?" Ming Chong hurriedly recalled a warden named Leosley. "Did you use connections to get him on the payroll so he could follow in his mother's footsteps?"
"No, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined Orange." Funina shook her head, her eyes condemning a certain thief who was doing nothing in Xumi.
"..." Ming Chong's lips trembled and his face showed sadness.
This is understandable. The child is farther away and is the one that Funina takes the least care of. If it weren't for Head Nurse Sigwen being stationed in Melo Petersburg, who knows how many more injuries she would have suffered.
"You've been gone for too long. Last time you turned into a butterfly and left without saying goodbye—"
Ming Chong suddenly raised his eyes, and their eyes met. He blinked, and the other person blinked too.
Ming Chong, who noticed something, didn't say anything. He just watched and listened.
"...He didn't trust me." Finina opened her mouth, her voice as soft as a mosquito's. "So, I couldn't break the law and protect him."
At this time, Funina was more reserved than the cheerful one when they first met.
Ming Chong flicked her ahoge and met her confused eyes. "Come to think of it, Funina, I have something to tell you too."
"Well...it's not complicated, but it's not simple either. How should I put it?" Ming Chong stroked his chin with one hand. "I got married once."
Furninna's throat seemed to be strangled, her eyes were round, and she couldn't utter a word.
“And then left again.”
Seeing Ming Chong throw out this sentence so calmly, people always feel an ordinary and outrageous sense of absurdity.
“…”
"So, I made up my mind to cut off all love..."
"Wait! Aren't too many steps omitted here?" Funina waved her hands quickly.
Ming Chong blinked and grinned. "Oh, because I realized I wasn't old enough to learn to take responsibility. I never saw my wife again after we got married, until she came looking for me with a sword in hand to kill me."
The amount of information was a bit overwhelming, and Funina's ahoge hair stood on end.
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It was not difficult for Ming Chong to admit this fact. In his opinion, if he could gain some joy and closeness from others when interacting with them, it must be because of the influence of his parents a long time ago.
But [responsibility]?
Ming Chong knew that these two words meant a long-term or permanent mission. He had never taken on such a task lightly.
——How can someone who is unwilling to even bear the expectations, fantasies, and lives of others decide to take on [responsibility]?
In fact, Ming Chong may not even be responsible for his own life.
"Indifference leads to numbness, while intensity leads to clarity."
For a long time after losing his parents, Ming Chong didn't think about the future. Whether it was traveling all day and all night just to see his sister competing thousands of kilometers away, or spending all his living expenses on fireworks to the sky within his sister's sight...
He didn't imagine the future.
——"Ming, Chong, these names don't suit a wrinkled old man, right?" The only healthy younger brother in the family thought so.
A wise emperor may become foolish in his later years, a sober lady may fall in love, and self-disciplined people may not be able to refuse high-fat and high-sugar foods... So, he decided to die young one day.
It's not that he hasn't thought about living a peaceful and free life. He is looking forward to, waiting for, and acquiescing to some drastic changes.
However, this indifferent mood could not prevent the long sleep of death from attracting him.
Ming Chong tilted his head, chuckled, and spread his hands. "So, why do you have to explain and bow your head to me, Funina?"
"You know, I'm only 18 years old. My life has just begun. How can I understand what being a father means?"
"I just keep taking the first step to becoming a father. You're the one who takes the rest of the way. I don't think I—"
Fu Nina pinched Ming Chong's mouth, her face expressionless. "Since that's the case... I've been forced to be your psychiatrist so many times, so let me solve this problem of yours."
Only the voice suppressed the anger.
Ming Chong blinked and watched as Funina raised her hand, with star-like light emanating from her fingertips.
"You lent me your power... Although you may not understand what this means to me..." Finina's voice was as calm as water.
"This time, I give it to you as a gift... and as a bondage."
As she spoke, the aqua blue faded, and an object reflecting a silver-white light appeared in her hand as beads of sweat appeared on Funina's forehead.
It's a ring.
A plain and simple ring made of silver-white metal.
"A pinky ring symbolizes independence and freedom." Funina placed it on the little finger of Ming Chong's left hand. "Maybe it can't help you make a choice, but I think it can help you reject some troubles."
Ming Chong looked at his little finger, then looked at Funina, and then looked at his little finger again.
"...I think Leosli must have his own reasons for joining Orange. Maybe he's just being rebellious and wants to rely on his own strength instead of relying on his mother's influence."
"That's such an abrupt change of subject!"
Ming Chong pretended not to hear, put down his hand, turned his head and curled his lips, muttering softly, "Damn, the naturally evil little white-haired, heterochromic-eyed suit!"
"Hmm?" Furninna crossed her arms, a threatening look on her face. "Don't think I don't know. Are you scolding me again?"
“…”
Well, he admitted that when he was at his most powerless age, he met countless white-haired people who wanted to take him home.
——The younger brother never takes responsibility for his own life. He is only responsible for the promise he made to “not let his sister become bad”.
——So, in order to keep her brother in this world in the future, the sister turned her sights on immortality and was willing to do whatever it takes to achieve it.
…
"Yes, we found time to get married." Ming Chong raised his little finger to everyone, "But you still haven't found out the truth?"
Cesar, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, placed his hands on his abdomen, looking extremely peaceful, with no intention of suddenly getting up to pretend to be dead.
The evil water dragon king Navilette, who has been upgraded to the main villain, has never performed an opera himself and is at a loss as to how to make a successful exit.
"No! We have found most of the key clues!" Navia stood up confidently.
"First, the [client] Kavi, his family, and Navilight, who developed the non-toxic [Linger], are the same team that developed [Linger] Floral Dew 20 years ago and sparked the [perfume craze]."
"However, the non-toxic [Soft Lantern Bell] was bred by [Navilette] by adding enriched water elements. Although it no longer contains toxins, it is contaminated with a high concentration of water elements. This is difficult for the Fontaine people living in the water kingdom to evaporate, and will accumulate in the body, becoming an extremely hidden toxin!"
Krevy took over, "That's right! Next up are us, the detectives who traveled back in time 20 years ago and are staying here temporarily. In fact, we are the ones who caused the fire! And all this is because—"
"You! Time traveler, Ming Chong!"
The two said in unison.
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