The tour bus was driving smoothly on the road. Fujiwara Yuu, who had fallen asleep with an eye mask on, was awakened by Miyano Akemi's push. He reached out and took off the eye mask that blocked his vision, and asked sleepily:
"Are we there yet? It feels like I slept for quite a while."
"The destination is quite far from the city, and it takes about an hour to drive along a mountain road." Miyano Akemi took off her blindfold to observe the buildings outside the window. After roughly determining the route, she closed her eyes and rested.
The driver smiled and looked at the people in front of him and said:
"Dear participants, please collect your luggage and head to the hotel in front. The manager of the live-action script-killing game is in the hotel. I will pick you up the day after tomorrow morning."
"Wow, have we run into the mountains? Could this shabby hotel be the so-called real scene?" Keisuke Maekawa frowned and looked at the ordinary mountain hotel in front of him. The two-story building did not look like a luxurious place at all, and the school mentioned on the invitation letter was nowhere to be seen here.
The heavily made-up girl who looked a bit like a gangster ruffled her long hair and began to complain to her fiancé, saying that she was used to staying in hotels and that she must find the best room later or she would not be able to sleep.
After some self-introductions by the participants, Fujiwara Yuya learned that the girl with long curly hair who had been putting on makeup in the car all the way to the farm was called Nakayama Maiko, and she was engaged to the handsome and quiet Sugino Takashi.
Keiichi Maekawa, who has dyed yellow hair, and Jun Yamaguchi, who looks a little anxious, are employees of the same company. Their colleague is Ami Uchida, a girl with short hair.
Finally, the thin man who had been silent all the time was called Takenaka Yuto. After he said his name, he stood alone two meters away, looking like he couldn't fit in with the group at all. It was really incredible that such a person would come to participate in a live-action script-killing show.
After briefly understanding the relationship between them, Fujiwara Yu dragged his heavy suitcase and walked towards the hotel first. Before he pushed the door open, it opened inward. Standing inside the door was a man with medium-long hair, about 1.75 meters tall. He was wearing a butler's uniform, which was completely out of place in this small Japanese-style hotel.
The man narrowed his fox eyes and looked at the tall man in front of him. He bowed respectfully and introduced himself:
"Hello, I'm Kensaku Asano, the manager of this hotel. I'll be responsible for your food and accommodation for the next two days. Thank you for your guidance."
"Hello, I'm Sosuke Takashi, and this is my girlfriend Asami Miyasaka. We're here to participate in the live-action script-killing competition on behalf of Shinichi Kudo. Mr. Asano, please give us your guidance." Fujiwara Yu introduced himself briefly without directly stating his identity as a police officer. Judging from the other party's expression, no one recognized him.
Takenaka Yuto, who had been standing silently behind the crowd, reacted after hearing the name Asano Kensaku. He took out the invitation from his pocket and asked:
"Asano Kensaku? Are you Mr. Asano who sent me the invitation?"
"Yes, I was screening participants on Twitter. You are Mr. Saegusa, right? Your job happens to be a school teacher, so I want you to play the role of a teacher in the script-killing game. It should be very immersive."
"Then why did you invite us here for free?" Sugino Takashi, who was holding the arm of his fiancée, asked in confusion. You know, all the expenses for the whole trip were reimbursed, so why would this person do this when he didn't know her at all?
Asano Kensaku noticed everyone's suspicious looks and quickly waved his hands to explain:
"No, don't misunderstand me. I just want to invite a group of players to experience the script I wrote. I also hope that you can give it a five-star rating after the game is over. This will also attract more people to come here to play."
"Ha! I understand. No one wants to run into the mountains, right?" Maekawa Keisuke said nonchalantly with his hands in his trouser pockets.
Asano Kensaku reluctantly nodded in acknowledgment, a bitter smile plastered on his face as he said:
"I didn't expect that after half a month of operation, I couldn't even set up a single game, so I thought of inviting a group of players to experience the script-killing game. I even specially invited the famous high school detective Kudo Shinichi to come, but I didn't expect him to come. Oh, what a miscalculation!"
Kind-hearted Uchida Ami saw Asano Kensaku's dejected look, smiled, pointed at Takashi Sosuke and said:
"Mr. Asano, you don't have to be sad at all. Mr. Takashi, who is here in Mr. Kudo's place, is a very famous Metropolitan Police Department detective. If he finds script-killing interesting, I think many people will come here."
"Detective, Detective?" Kensaku Asano showed a surprised expression on his face when he heard that Sosuke Takagi was actually a policeman.
"What's wrong? Can't the police play?" Fujiwara Yu raised his eyebrows and asked.
Asano Kensaku smiled awkwardly and waved his hand, saying somewhat awkwardly:
"I didn't realize you were a police officer, Mr. Yingsi. I'm a little worried that the script-killing game I designed might leave you with no gaming experience. After all, you've solved a lot of cases, right?"
"The case and the game are still different, don't worry... Even if I quickly figure out who the real culprit is, I won't reveal it directly. I will ensure everyone's gaming experience is good."
Maekawa Keiryo approached Takashi Sosuke with a grin and leaned over to say:
"Officer Ying Si, if you know who the murderer is, please tell me secretly~ so that I can have some fun too, okay?"
"Yes, but only if your character card isn't the murderer."
"Hahahaha, if I am the murderer, please show some mercy and give me some face!"
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