Chapter 204 Mizuki Private High School (Seventy-six)
Perhaps to prevent students from deliberately avoiding the masquerade, many faceless teachers appeared at the door of the classroom where the exam was just over, silently urging the students in the classroom.
The players didn't have any thoughts. After all, the main quest had been triggered, and they had to go to the auditorium whether they wanted to or not. What's more, even Yang Yina, who had become a little abnormal, had appeared at the door of the auditorium. Who knew if there would be other monsters wearing masks and mixed in with the crowd.
Nan Huan did not see the parents, as they seemed to be the last group to arrive. The system directly cut off Nan Huan's thoughts of seeing Uncle Nan again. The sound of dance music came from the auditorium, making it very lively.
"Didn't the system say it was a masquerade? Why isn't there even a mask seller at the entrance?" Twelve looked around. The entrance, which was bustling just now, suddenly became deserted. Apart from the players, there was no one else in the campus. "If we just go in like this, will it comply with the dress code for the ball?"
Although she didn't have such rich experiences in high school, that's how it's portrayed on TV, so at least it should look somewhat similar.
"I saw those students just now, they went in directly without wearing masks. Maybe the secret lies after they went in." President Barbie didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She seemed to think that Twelve's focus was a little strange at this time.
After explaining this, she turned to the eldest lady, President Ichi, and President Chaka.
"Chairman, Miss, do you have any ideas about the main mission?" She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I always feel that it shouldn't be that simple."
She was afraid that she was wasting her time, but she had some questions in her mind that needed answers urgently. "Based on our previous guesses, I thought the system's task would be to save the world, or to stop those monsters from turning into students and leaving the school, but now the system only requires us to find ten normal old classmates. Isn't this a bit too simple? Especially since the system clearly stated at the beginning that there were fragments of the Faith Totem in this instance, but until now, we still have no clues in this regard. Is there something wrong?"
President Barbie's worries were not unfounded. After all, the reasoning of the eldest lady and the first president had obviously made them understand the real purpose of this ball. She was not sure how far the two of them were going to go and how she could assist them, so she wanted to clarify their purpose before entering so that she could help better.
Bei Xi did not speak immediately. Instead, Nan Huan looked in the direction of Yang Yina and then explained cautiously, "Although this task does not seem that difficult, everyone should still be careful. Those monsters who have been pretending to be students for a while should have fewer flaws than Yang Yina. Remember the first prompt of the system? You must choose the right dance partner. In other words, if you choose the wrong one, there will definitely be very serious consequences. So in the case that the situation is still unclear, I hope everyone will hold back for now and observe the situation after entering. Don't be so anxious to choose someone. After all, neither the broadcast nor the system prompts specify the duration of the dance. In other words, the time limit for this task is not that strict. As long as the dance music is not over, it will be fine."
Because he hasn't entered yet and hasn't seen the specific situation, Nan Huan can only briefly draw a few points that need attention based on the current situation.
Bei Xi knew that she wanted to reassure the remaining players, and did not hide her thoughts. "Stay awake and don't get too addicted. Although it is not clear to what extent, the task description in the system is definitely not a casual remark. Especially when facing those who you feel familiar with, you must be more careful."
[Players please enter the auditorium as soon as possible to start the main quest. The countdown is 30 seconds. ]
【30, 29, 28……】
Maybe they spent too long at the door, so the system had to give a corresponding countdown.
I couldn't care about other thoughts now. I could only remember the words of the eldest lady and the president and enter the auditorium before the countdown.
Surprisingly, there were no masks available inside the auditorium near the entrance.
But all the players who stepped into the auditorium stopped involuntarily, and the next second they felt something was wrong from each other's faces and expressions.
"A private communication channel has been established. From now on, everyone must remember the faces of their companions. Then everyone needs to leave a secret or question that only they know, in case the same face appears later, or some of us have been inadvertently occupied by other monsters."
Bei Xi quickly recovered from her shock, and holding tightly the hand that she was not very familiar with with one hand, she followed Nan Huan's hand upwards to carefully observe the other's new face. At the same time, she quickly established a communication channel and thought of a way to deal with the situation.
There were indeed no masks near the entrance of the auditorium because they were not needed. Everyone who entered here had automatically put on a different face. Of course, not only the face, but also the appearance and body had been adjusted accordingly because of the change in face.
Everyone's face has turned into another different face. A quick glance at them would not reveal anything wrong. These faces might be the ones that can be seen everywhere on campus, or they might belong to someone else.
But there were three faces that made it difficult for everyone to digest this change for a while, so much so that after the chairman finished explaining the initial response plan, no one spoke in the communication channel. Everyone looked at the chairman, the eldest lady and President Chaka in shock.
Bei Xi didn't notice at first that she was also the object of attention, because her eyes were attracted by the not-so-strange face that Nan Huan was forced to put on, and she intuitively felt that things were not that simple.
At the same time, she also realized from the looks of Nanhuan, Chaka and Twelve that the new face she had put on did not seem so simple.
Two minutes later, the two Chakas faced the mirrors on the walls around the auditorium and fell into a brief silence.
Bei Xi probably didn't expect that she would have a face exactly the same as President Chaka's, but she didn't know what was going on with Chaka. Everyone had to change their faces to other people, but Chaka remained unchanged and still maintained his original face.
"Oh my god, it really looks like...ah."
Twelve looked closely for a long time and couldn't help but sigh, but before he could finish his words, he was pinched by Liushen. By the way, he received a look of disgust from his own president, then closed his mouth and stopped expressing any opinions.
Although the others did not dare to speak, their sparkling eyes had already revealed their thoughts. Moreover, they and Twelve all agreed that the similarity was not just in appearance, but they found that the expressions and actions of President I and President Chaka were sometimes very similar.
I don’t know if it’s because both of them look so outstanding on normal days that people tend to ignore this point, but after they have the same face, this point is magnified, so it is easy to notice.
"Miss, didn't you say before that Yanqi pretended to be you? Now it's you who has become her. Do you think there is any connection between them?"
In order to break the awkwardness, Twelve simply went to communicate with Nan Huan, "Besides, our masked faces don't look special. Only your face and the president's face are familiar to us. I feel like there must be some story between you two."
This is definitely not a coincidence, but some kind of conspiracy of the system. It is almost a true psychological portrayal of everyone now.
President Chaka looked indifferent. He had been looking at the dance floor not far away. Now his two handsome eyebrows were twisted together.
"I think instead of you guys discussing your masked faces here, you should take a look over at the dance floor. I've already seen several faces that you saw at the school gate on your first day of school. There's more than one."
The players here completed the establishment of their own secret code as quickly as possible, then looked at the dance floor, and instantly understood what President Chaka meant.
The dance music was swaying softly, and the center of the dance floor was crowded with people. Everyone's face was looming under the ambiguous light, but it was not so clear that nothing could be seen.
So in just a short while, Nan Huan had seen four faces that looked like Uncle Nan, dancing with different women, some young and some old, under the lights.
Of course, others also saw their 'parents', and there were more than one pair.
"This isn't a masquerade, it's clearly a guessing game," Twelve watched for a long time and had to admit, "It's impossible to recognize it just by looking at its appearance."
This is said with true feeling. There is no trace of the limitations of some masks, whether they are monsters wearing masks, students wearing masks, or just simple parents.
"Yang Yina's face hasn't changed either."
While everyone was trying hard to find clues, President Barbie's eyes were always fixed in one direction and she gave an answer with great certainty.
Because of Yang Yina's current condition, they didn't dare to get too close, but because she hadn't completely turned into a monster, Bei Xi kept asking them to pay attention to her movements, so President Barbie kept paying attention to her condition after she entered the auditorium.
Everyone turned around and saw Yang Yina's face which had not changed at all.
"Is there anything in common between her and President Chaka? Why don't their faces change?"
Twelve was a little puzzled. If it was only President Chaka's face that remained unchanged, then she would accept it. After all, when President Chaka was pulled into the mission by the system before, it could be seen that the other party was not a simple NPC. But what did Yang Yina have in common with her? An NPC and a player who had been half-infected by a parasite.
No one could answer this question for the time being. Nan Huan glanced around and realized that it was not a good idea for them to just stand here. "Let's put this aside for now. Keep an eye on Yang Yina and don't let her find a dance partner casually to avoid any danger. Everyone can find a familiar parent and ask about the situation. Don't act on your own. If there is any situation, communicate in the communication channel in time."
Because the situation was not clear at the moment, all the players were not divided too far apart. According to the format of Guild One and Guild Two, everyone temporarily understood the situation. President Chaka was naturally assigned to the camp of Guild One.
The auditorium is very large, and the further you go inside, the louder the dance music becomes. It's not a specific song, just a tune with rapid drum beats.
"Is that thing moving?"
After walking for a while, Chaka turned his head and asked Nanhuan.
She didn't say clearly what it was, but Nan Huan already understood. She had even checked it the moment she entered here. Now she could only purse her lips and shake her head.
Nan Huan originally wanted to look for clues in the crowd first, but just as she finished replying to Chaka, an Uncle Nan walked straight towards her.
"Miss, it's only been a few days, how come you've lost so much weight?"
Uncle Nan was standing in front of her with a distressed look on his face. His expression and behavior when speaking were no different from the person she had met before entering school, and he was exactly the same as Uncle Nan in real life.
But with so many people wearing the same face, there must be more fakes than real ones. From a probabilistic point of view, it is more likely that the person in front of you is fake.
But I don’t know if it’s because he couldn’t bear to be cruel to someone he was familiar with, or because Uncle Nan had watched Nan Huan grow up since he was a child. Even though he knew that the other party was most likely fake, Nan Huan still didn’t perfunctorily treat him.
"Fortunately, I haven't lost much weight," she smiled at him, "The food at school is still pretty good."
But she did not stop the topic there, but took the opportunity to ask for some information, "By the way, Uncle Nan, I feel that the style of this school is not suitable for me, should I just drop out?"
It wasn't that she was deliberately making things difficult for him. After all, apart from the real Uncle Nan, who cared about her feelings, the rest, whether old classmates or other monsters, would be surprised that Nan Huan wanted to drop out of school. So on the one hand, she wanted to test the other party's attitude, and on the other hand, she felt that if the other party was really a monster, she might be able to get something out of him.
However, Uncle Nan in front of him did not feel that something was wrong or that her decision was crazy, as Nan Huan had expected. Instead, he showed a very relieved expression, "Miss, have you finally figured it out? I thought you were not suitable for this kind of learning environment before, and it would be better for us to hire a teacher at home. Since you think it is not suitable, I will go to handle the formalities later, and we can just leave directly. It's okay."
The worried look on Uncle Nan's face immediately relaxed, as if Nan Huan had suggested something remarkable. At this point, she turned to Bei Xi and asked, "Miss Bei Xi, what about you? Do you want to change schools or continue to stay in this school?"
The expressions of the two people were unpredictable, as if they wanted to find any tiny flaws from each other's faces, but there was no way to tell whether the other party really thought so or had done some background checks beforehand. In short, the answers and questions were perfect.
After all, these conversations involved some private content, and Twelve Six Gods and President Chaka were standing a little further away. Although they did not hear the entire content of the conversation, they still caught some of it.
Twelve looked at the two of them with some envy, "I heard from the eldest lady that the two grew up together and neither of them has biological parents. But you see, Uncle Nan is an elder. He is much better than ordinary parents, right?"
It was unclear whether she was speaking to herself or to Liushen and Chaka, but both could hear the envy in her words. Liushen knew the situation of the Twelve's family, and just as he was about to say a few words of comfort, he heard her change the subject, "But looking at the momentum of Uncle Nan's words, I understand why the students in the school are so envious when they hear the names of the eldest lady and the president. The ability to choose a school at will is not something that ordinary families can afford, right?"
Although they had been with Bei Xi for quite some time and could get a glimpse of him from his behavior, there was still a layer of separation between them. Now, hearing someone familiar to them say such surprising words so calmly, they had a more intuitive understanding of the two people's backgrounds.
She didn't know if she was bored waiting or nervous after seeing a familiar face, so she talked a lot. "Do you two think this person is real? He doesn't look like a monster, but he's pretending to be one. I can't tell at all."
Liu Shen didn't say anything. She had been responsible for keeping an eye on the surrounding environment, fearing that something might suddenly happen in the crowd. In addition, this involved the private affairs of the president and the eldest lady, so it was not convenient for her to speak.
Chaka, on the other hand, was watching with great interest. Her ability was stronger than the other two, so she didn't hear a word of the conversation. She was very interested in the eldest lady's living environment. From this perspective, the other party's living environment was actually not bad, with people who cared about her so much around her, and the president always accompanying her.
But she knew that the world they lived in was not her world, but a world she had never seen.
On the second guild's side, all the players were also very cautious, observing the various people around them dancing to the music.
Mocha Meng was moving around in the team. The argument she had with Twelve before had a great impact on her, so she could no longer treat everyone as NPCs in the game, especially when there were several people dancing on the dance floor with faces that looked exactly like her parents.
She took two steps and felt that the temperature here was a little high, so she unbuttoned a button on her collar.
Dance music came from all directions, and the rhythm of the drums became faster and faster. At a certain moment, Mocha Meng felt that his heartbeat seemed to follow this rhythm. Every note created circles of ripples in his heart that lasted for a long time.
The crowd was getting more and more crowded, and Mocha Meng felt as if she was having trouble breathing. The moment she was bumped into, she staggered and almost fell down, then was firmly held by her own president.
"President, I'm fine." As soon as she stood firm, she began to explain, fearing that her president would worry.
Then the familiar face of President Barbie made Mocha Meng stunned for a moment. At the same time, a chill rose in her heart, and her wrist, which was held, also felt cold and piercing.
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