Chapter 240 Escape Room (4) - Teammate Mission
They found a recessed spot at the end of the corridor and discussed their plan there.
Li Mengqi first recounted what happened to her and Wu Yi after they left.
She and Wu Yi received a system notification as they entered through another door next to them.
Welcome to the "Escape Room" non-fixed instance. The following is the story background:
A murder occurred at an elite private high school not long ago, in which a female student named Wang Xue was killed.
Her head was found in her desk. The school called the police and sent a detective and his assistant to investigate.
The school needs two teachers to cooperate with the criminal police investigation. Please assist the criminal police and their assistants in the investigation discreetly.
The two teachers are a Chinese language teacher and a math teacher, respectively. They will be automatically matched according to the order in which you entered. Please remember your assigned role.
Upon hearing this, Li Mengqi saw six words appear in the void: "You are a Chinese teacher," while Wu Yi is a math teacher.
Players have two options to leave the secret room; completing either one is sufficient.
Option 1: Find the murderer who killed the female student and get the key to leave the secret room.
Option Two: Find the hiding principal and force him to hand over the key to leave the secret room.
[The story background and quest introduction are now complete. We wish you a pleasant gaming experience!]
Upon hearing that Li Mengqi and the others had decided to undertake a second mission, Ning Shu expressed considerable envy.
Other people's solutions are easy points, but theirs are hellish.
In Ning Shu's view, finding the principal would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?
Unless he's not in the instance, how could he not be found?
Dungeons rarely have dead ends, and besides, the room is only so big, so finding someone is easy.
If you really can't find it, there's a very simple way: beat up the NPCs one by one. If that doesn't work, just kill them one by one. You'll eventually find it.
Ning Shu told Li Mengqi and the others about her and Cheng Chuan's mission, and also shared the clues and notebook she had found, so that they could change the mission plan if needed.
Li Mengqi frowned when Ning Shu said that Wang Xue's head was in the teachers' office:
"Wu Yi and I just came from the teachers' office. There was no one there, just normal lesson plans and workbooks on the table."
Cheng Chuan and Ning Shu were both surprised: "There's no one in the teachers' office?"
Did the policeman leave?
Cheng Chuan was the first to react: "We'll find out when we go take a look. Let's continue."
After everyone else had shared the information they had received, it was Cheng Chuan's turn.
He had previously gone to question the class monitor and other class officers, thinking that as the ones in charge of the entire class, they should have a lot of information.
Because Cheng Chuan didn't know the contents of the notebook, his questioning was relatively simple.
For example, what unusual things happened to Wang Xue before her incident, who did she associate with, and did she have any enemies?
The last question was actually a bit brief. He asked if Wang Xue had recently made enemies with anyone, big or small.
The class monitor's reply was similar to the others. Cheng Chuan summarized it as follows: Wang Xue is aloof and doesn't interact much with her classmates, but she doesn't seem to have any enemies.
The only unusual thing about him before his death was that he became mentally unstable, his grades dropped sharply, he was called in for talks by teachers many times, and he seemed to be very afraid of coming to school.
Ning Shu found it strange that Wang Xue was afraid to come to school.
According to what's written in her notebook, she should be looking forward to coming to school, since the person she likes is also a student.
It was written in the notebook that the other person said they wanted to apply to the same university as her.
Even if the other person cheated on you, there's no need to be afraid to come to school, right?
No one knew about their relationship, so there was no possibility that they didn't want to come because they felt ashamed.
"How about I go back and ask the classmates if they've seen any boys studying with her in the library?" Cheng Chuan suggested.
Ning Shu: "I'll go with you."
Li Mengqi said, "I'll go with you."
Ning Shu asked, puzzled, "Weren't you looking for the principal? What are you going to the classroom for?"
Li Mengqi: "We need to know where the principal is; maybe some students know."
Cheng Chuan and Ning Shu thought it made sense. The students should know, right? Even if not all of them knew the principal, there should be one or two.
They went to the classroom door again, but the students still didn't look at them.
Li Mengqi thought that as a teacher, it was only natural for her to speak to her students.
She walked to the podium and spoke naturally in a teacher's tone: "Hello, students, I'm sorry to take up a little of your time."
The students all stared at her, and their gazes made Li Mengqi feel a little uncomfortable.
But she quickly ignored it and continued, "The teacher has an urgent matter to discuss with the principal. Does anyone know if any of you have seen him?"
Upon hearing that it was unrelated to studying, the students all lowered their heads as if they hadn't heard.
"How rude!" Li Mengqi frowned and shouted, "You really are the worst class of students I've ever taught!"
The students looked up at Li Mengqi again, and the class monitor stood up: "Are you a teacher? But we've never seen you before."
Um, that's a little awkward.
Li Mengqi reacted quickly and immediately replied, "I'm the new Chinese teacher, and I'll be teaching your class from now on. You didn't know that, did you?"
She was certain they didn't know; not only them, but she herself didn't know either!
The class monitor and the students seemed to be taken aback. Indeed, the school doesn't need to issue a notice when changing teachers; they just need to mention it during class.
The class monitor said "oh" and sat down.
Li Mengqi continued, "Does anyone know the answer to the question from earlier?"
After looking around and seeing no one answer, Li Mengqi directly designated the class monitor, who had just sat down, to answer.
The class monitor stood up again: "Teacher, I don't know. We've basically never seen the principal."
She hadn't seen any of them before, which was within her expectations. No task in the dungeon was easy, not even those that seemed easy.
Li Mengqi said to the door, "Detective, you can come in now."
Then he said to the students, "You all need to cooperate with the detective and answer their questions."
The class monitor reminded, "Teacher, they've already been here."
Li Mengqi: "I know they still have questions to ask, just cooperate with them."
The class monitor sat down again.
Cheng Chuan walked in, and this time he also stood on the podium:
"Classmates, has any of you seen Wang Xue interacting with other people?"
Where did you make contact? In the library, the classroom, or somewhere else?
This time, the students still didn't whisper to each other, but just looked at each other, seemingly waiting to see who would find out, like spectators watching a melon.
Ning Shu, standing outside the door, saw this scene. This was not good; if everyone was just watching the drama unfold, probably no one would know.
Suddenly, a thin boy raised his hand: "Officer, I've seen him before."
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