Chapter 1922-1930 [It’s Hard to Be a Detective]
Although Curacao's intuition told her that quitting now was the best option, she couldn't press the quit button no matter what when she thought about the 10 achievements filled with blood and tears.
Sunk Cost dragged her hand and let her start exploring this terrifying game full of unknowns.
I have to say that although some of the designs of this game make Curacao suspect that the designer was brainwashed by Uzo, its technical support is actually strong enough, the game feels good, and putting aside those annoying elements, it is indeed a fascinating game.
Curacao controlled the character to explore the game freely for a while, her vigilance gradually lowered, and she couldn't help but start to advance the plot.
—The character is then attacked from behind by a masked criminal.
The battle interface popped up on the screen. Curacao touched the buttons skillfully and was about to defeat the small boss.
But before she took action, she suddenly remembered something.
...Isn't she here to let the detective get beaten up and experience some fancy ways to die...So should she beat him or not?
While she was hesitating, her health bar reached the bottom.
Curacao came to his senses: "..." Wait, how come the blood is dropping so fast? If I remember correctly, this masked man only hit me twice, how come I am only left with blood and skin.
Just when I felt something was wrong, as the last bit of blood disappeared, the battle ended and the game returned to the plot.
Following her defeat, the chestnut-haired high school girl was forced against a wall by the masked man. The last scene was the masked man holding up a baseball bat, and then the screen went black - the character must have closed her eyes in fear.
Curacao then closed his eyes and exhaled: "..." Go to hell, fake detective.
The only regret was that this high school girl looked nothing like the detective she really wanted to beat up.
But forget it, I just wanted to vent my anger, so I'll just die this time and be done with it.
There was a series of clanging sounds in the screen, and the sound of beating was heard.
Curacao thought that the character would die next, and the game would be returned to its original cover, and she would be able to reconcile with herself with this result - and then happily burn the broken game and never open it again.
Everything was planned well, but the next moment, the horrible sound effects changed into light and romantic music - the music was so sweet, as if a truckload of roses would pour out of the screen and drown her in the next second.
Curacao: “?”
She suddenly raised her eyes and looked at the screen alertly.
Then, he saw a figure appear between "himself" and the masked man.
——Jiang Xia came in from somewhere, knocked the masked man down with two sticks, and kicked him out of the screen.
Then the detective turned around, and the screen in front of Curacao moved, and two options popped up.
[A. Fearfully leaning into his arms]
[B. “Humph, I don’t need your help.”]
Curacao: “……?”
No C? Fight him and then kick him off the screen.
Unfortunately, there are only two options, so the dwarf picked the best: "Although the tone is a bit disgusting, I'll choose B first."
The character moved obediently. The chestnut-haired girl snorted, raised her head proudly, turned around and was about to walk out.
Then a hand suddenly crossed in front of her, leaning against the wall, blocking her way - a standard wall-dong occurred.
"..." Curacao screamed wildly with a bad premonition. She stared at the screen, her fingers trembling for a moment, and she tried hard not to punch the screen.
At this moment, on the screen, another hand grabbed her shoulders: Jiang Xia pushed her against the wall.
Then, without warning, the face of Uzo was enlarged on the screen, with a soft heart-shaped light. At this time, a line of words flashed at the bottom of the screen, which seemed to be his lines: [But I am worried about you - promise me that you will not solve the case by yourself again.]
“…”
Curacao was stunned, and felt as if a bolt of thunder had struck her from the top of her head, roasting her whole body until it was charred inside and tender outside, and goose bumps covered the ground.
She came back to her senses like a ghost, and when the high school girl nodded shyly, she frantically tapped the exit key. When the handle was almost catching fire from friction, she finally succeeded in returning to the time to start over.
"...If I can kill that masked man, I won't have to go through the horrific plot later." Curacao burst out with a fighting spirit several times stronger than when he beat up the "detective" just now, "It's just a masked monster. I would have killed him earlier!"
…
Despite the ridiculously low margin of error, driven by some iron will, Curacao passed it in one try.
The masked man was kicked into the corner by her, and he covered his stomach and hurriedly ran away.
After the cutscene is over, Curacao immediately has the character look around.
After confirming that the detective was not around and there were no strange options, she breathed a sigh of relief and had the illusion that she had escaped from hell.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a sudden commotion outside.
Curacao was startled and hesitated for a moment, but she was still a little curious about this damn game. She controlled the character and walked over carefully to take a look.
When I reached the corner of the stairs, I saw Jiang Xia leaning on the railing with his arms covered, and there was a female classmate crying next to him - it seemed that the masked man wanted to use a knife to hurt the classmate who was blocking his way when he escaped, and the righteous detective bravely saved the classmate, faced the blade, and unfortunately was injured.
Curacao looked at the injured detective and his bad premonition reappeared.
She turned and left, but it was too late, the option popped up again.
[A. Your home is nearby, why not take the detective back to bandage his wounds.]
[B. You are too embarrassed to go over, so you decide to help the detective find a teacher from the infirmary.]
"Who wants to take this thing home? Normally, you should go forward and stab it, and kill it while it's weak..." Curacao thought of the continuous harassment emails, sighed, and finally had to face reality, "B, BBB."
Although the shy feeling of "I'm embarrassed to go over there" is completely nonsense, no matter how you look at it, it is better than option A which is more likely to develop into a horror story.
After pressing the option, the character walked away with regret. Curacao looked at Jiang Xia who was gradually leaving the screen and breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next second, the scene changed. As she walked away, Jiang Xia turned around and looked at her from behind, casting a sad look at her from afar under the setting sun.
Curacao: “…”
Why did we suddenly give this detective a close-up? Next time you release something like this, can you set a high-energy warning in advance?
Why does the game designer look like she has evil intentions? She has clearly chosen to reject all the options so far. She looks like a good detective who just wants to solve the case, but she and Jiang Xia still look like they will have some interactions later.
What kind of fighting game... This is obviously a horror movie.
(End of this chapter)
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