Chapter 61 Un Entertainment "Hi, hello new little mouse,..."
Let's go back to the beginning of the Silence of the Lambs assessment.
After all ten artists had arrived, Tian Yu announced the rules for this assessment.
"Each person can freely choose a mouse headgear or a rabbit headgear. After putting on the headgear, please keep quiet. After the first artist enters the assessment, the music will be played randomly. When the music changes, the next artist must enter the assessment area within one minute. During the assessment, you must obey the lead actor's instructions to complete the filming. You are not allowed to remove the headgear during the process."
Hoshino and Tsukie were the last to arrive at the 27th floor. After the crowd blocking their way rushed towards the hoods, only a rabbit and a mouse remained on the table. Hoshino raised his chin at the hoods, and Tsukie took the terrifying mouse hood first.
According to the order of the numbers, Yuejiang was the second person to enter the office.
Ahead of him in line was a rabbit. As he walked through the corridor, a blinding light flashed before his eyes. Yuejiang instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself locked in a cage whose location was unknown.
The rabbit was in the cage opposite him. Its headgear had been removed at some point, and its hands were tied to the top of the cage, leaving it hanging in mid-air. It looked extremely helpless, and the blood spurting from its slit throat stained the floor red. Its features were frozen in that horrifying moment.
Yuejiang received information about rats.
"Hi, hello new little mouse! I'm Hunter Trickle. I always need an animal helper when I hunt in the forest, but unfortunately, the animals don't seem to like me much. Would you be willing to help me?"
【willing】
[Unwilling (Please choose carefully)]
Please think carefully before your next return to Trikel.
Yuejiang's gaze fell on the dead rabbit.
Could it be that he died because he made the wrong choice?
Tian Yu said that players must obey the protagonist's arrangements. Normally, under this premise, players would definitely prioritize those who are willing to help.
But if the rabbit really died because of this, then the loophole in the rule design must not hold true.
So, how did the rabbit die...?
Unfortunately, the inability to speak restricts the use of demons, and Yuejiang can only figure it out on his own now.
As I was thinking, a new question suddenly popped into my head: Can a rabbit become an animal's assistant?
When faced with the choice, he prejudicially equated the rabbit's death with the mouse's task. In reality, according to the survival rules of the forest, the mouse might be able to overthrow the elephant, but the rabbit could not escape the fate of becoming prey.
"Removing the headgear is prohibited."
That's right, the rabbit removed its hood in front of Trekker, which is why it was hunted down by Trekker.
Congratulations, little mouse! I haven't seen such a clever little mouse in ages! I'm sure I'll be thrilled to have you when we meet again!
Yuejiang understood.
He was puzzled as to why Tricker was the protagonist, yet he was still making requests rather than demands.
That's because the choice itself is a two-way street; he can say yes to Tricker.
Tricker could also judge his worth and tell him, "No."
[Trekel's favorability is activated, and the rules have been updated accordingly]
Hunters cannot remove the animal's head covering.
Please do not remove your hood in front of the hunter.
Yuejiang's current question is: why did the rabbit take off its headgear? Only the rabbit probably knows the answer to that question.
The third entertainer was a mouse, and Trekker appeared at the same time as the fourth entertainer, a rabbit, appeared in the cage.
Yuejiang guessed that the hunters would only return from hunting in the forest when there were rabbits, but the hunters seemed extremely disappointed that they were all wearing hoods.
Taking advantage of the increased favorability, Yuejiang still chose "willing". When Chuikel turned to look at Yuejiang, his eyes were excited and sticky. "Hey little mouse, we finally meet. Do you like to eat rabbits?" Then, as if answering his own question, he said, "It's okay if you don't like them. Maybe you'll like two-legged sheep. How about I take you hunting in the forest?"
Yuejiang couldn't bring herself to refuse, especially since only Trekker could open the cage containing the rat.
After taking a long shotgun from the hut and slinging it over his shoulder, Trekker walked to the cage where Yuejiang was and unlocked it with a key. When the cage door truly opened, the mice and rabbits in the other cages were filled with envy.
After emerging from the cage, Yuejiang quickly connected to the signal on his control panel, and a map of the forest appeared at the bottom of the screen. Using the coordinates synchronized in real time on the map, he knew his current location.
Animal protection association.
Thank goodness, I finally got in touch with you. When you see this message, please don't let him find out.
Actually, I am the real Tricker. He stole my hunting rifle and locked me in the basement.
Please, please save me! The forest needs me, thank you!
Since the animal protection association does not protect animals, Yuejiang naturally believed what the latter, Chuikel, said. However, he simply turned off the panel and followed the poacher named Chuikel with his head down.
They were being held in the basement of the animal protection association. After Yuejiang came out, he and Chuikel went into the forest. The forest was pitch black. Chuikel muttered, "There's a two-legged sheep that wandered in by mistake. Let's go see if it's delicious."
Ten minutes later, Yuejiang met the two-legged sheep that Chuikel had mentioned; it was Huang Er.
Not long after, Hoshino sent him a message, "I'm in, where did you go?"
Before he could reply, Hoshino sent two more messages: "Stop him, don't let him come back."
The person Hoshino was referring to was Trekker, who was carrying Huang Er, who was tightly bound, on his shoulder. Huang Er looked utterly hopeless.
The difficult problem was thrown to Yuejiang, who practically squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth: "How do we stop them?"
He only knows how to solve problems with force, but the current situation doesn't seem like it can be solved by force.
"Think of a way, I have to talk to you now, I'm busy."
"You'd better have something really wrong."
...
Hoshino really has something going on this time.
After seeing Jiang Yang off and returning to the 27th floor, the music changed just as he entered the assessment.
The message received when the rabbit was put in the cage was:
"Hi, hello new little rabbit! I'm Hunter Trickel, and I'll return from the forest to greet you the moment you arrive..."
Hoshino didn't look at the information that followed; his attention was entirely focused on a nameplate on top of the rabbit cage.
[For Rabbits Only]
Putting the rules aside, he had a bold idea.
What if he's not a rabbit after he takes off his mask?
But Trekker could return at any time, so he first sent a message to his "brother" who was hunting with Trekker.
The hood was removed, but the cage remained unchanged.
Hoshino was not discouraged by the failed verification, because he had now confirmed something else: removing the rabbit's headgear would not cause its death.
The correct answer is: 【Please do not remove your hood in front of the hunter】.
So he sent Yuejiang another message, "Change it?"
What he wanted to do was the second step: what if he and the mouse swapped heads?
...
In order to stop Chuikel, Yuejiang forced him to shout.
"Hey," the electrical hum from the violation caused a thin tear in the hood from the chin, revealing a small section of fair neck, which successfully stopped Trekker.
Tricker squinted and licked his lips. "What's wrong?"
Just then, Hoshino couldn't wait for his talent to activate, and Tsukie fled back to the protection association's cage.
Beneath the hood was an expression as if he had swallowed a fly. Sure enough, apart from Jiang Yang, no one else could handle being targeted like this so well.
At this moment, Ji Yang, who was pretending to be weak and pitiful, couldn't help but sneeze.
Hoshino's swap was essentially a position reversal between the two. When Tsukie saw herself in the rabbit cage, she realized everything. The wide gaps in the cage made it easy for the rat to escape without any obstacles, and Tsukie successfully ran out.
A player waved to him, pleading, "Help me, help me!"
The key was with Trickel, so Yuejiang naturally couldn't save him, especially since he hated these brainless creatures.
Having a human appearance, they are not even as good as the monsters in the Judgment if they remain in the No Man's Land.
Yuejiang escaped from the basement and passed by Trickel's hut.
The door to the small house was open, and the interior was so dark that one could only sense its emptiness and could not see any further inside.
The basement only has one floor, and if the real Trekker really lived in the basement, then only a small hut would be available for him.
On the panel, Hoshino was frantically urging them on; the rabbit's escape had infuriated Trickel.
He hesitated for a moment, then sent a message to Hoshino: "Three minutes."
Hoshino asked with concern, "Brother, that's a bit too fast..."
...
Three minutes later, Yuejiang came out alone. The hut was so cold that his lips turned white. He did not find Chuckel, but he got another short shotgun.
Thurkel's shotgun was long, and the name "Thurkel" was engraved on it.
When Yuejiang and Xingye switched places, Trickel was still being toyed with by Xingye in the forest, who fired shot after shot with his raised shotgun. When Yuejiang appeared, the bullet just grazed the rat's ear, tearing more marks on the hood. Due to Trickel's attack, countless fibers grew from inside and clung tightly to the exposed skin.
Chuckel pointed his gun at Yuejiang again. Yuejiang, enduring the pain in her nerves, took a step forward, stared at Chuckel, and shouted, "Chuickel!"
The fibers began to absorb nutrients from people, and Yuejiang forced herself to say, "Chuierke, a new rabbit has arrived at the house, aren't you going to go see it?"
Before changing identities, Yuejiang ran to a spot not far from Xingye. At this moment, as long as Chulk returned to the animal protection association, Xingye could arrive immediately, and the two of them could take the opportunity to leave.
Hmm... but they all ignored Huang Er, whom Chulke treated as a two-legged sheep.
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Author's note: Finished writing this week!
This dungeon should be finished next week!
Happy, happy, hehe~
Winter is coming to the next dungeon, Borderlands!
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