The game officially started. As a team, everyone first made a brief self-introduction to get to know each other.
The blond guy's name is Fujimoto Yong, currently the owner of a grocery store. The red-haired woman's name is Murakami Xinzhi, an artist. They seem to have a good relationship, but they are not a couple, just friends.
Jinpei Matsuda did not introduce himself in detail. His sunglasses, mask, and duckbill cap completely obscured his expression. His hoarse voice under the voice changer only uttered a made-up last name: "Takahashi." Then he stood back to the edge and had no contact with them.
Suzuki Sonoko quietly complained to Mao Lilan beside her: "How strange! Isn't it hot like this?"
Jiang Lai: The inherent attribute of the organization's members - the magical ability to not feel hot even if they are dressed in all black!
Conan narrowed his eyes slightly and took a closer look at Matsuda Jinpei who was wrapped tightly.
The clue cards were placed on the counter on the right side of the hall. Suzuki Sonoko, who called herself the queen of reasoning, picked one out with great interest and began to think hard about it.
Jiang Lai was not very good at deciphering codes, so he picked up a card and stuffed it into Conan's hand, who couldn't reach the counter. Then he looked down and said in a serious tone like a fake boss: "Three minutes, I want all the information on this card."
Conan: “???”
Conan: ...Don't develop such a weird plot, Brother Jiang Lai!
The others also pulled out a few cards, trying to understand the mysterious codes on them. Matsuda Jinpei stood at a distance from the others.
Kenji Hagiwara glanced at the tightly wrapped black-haired man from the corner of his eye. He could vaguely feel and judge that this man was his childhood friend Jinpei Matsuda. However, he rationally did not move forward or say anything, but just silently and secretly paid attention.
However, Hagiwara Kenji's gaze was quickly called back by a familiar voice. Jiang Lai said cheerfully, "Hagiwara! Come and look at this!"
He took out another card and moved closer to Kenji Hagiwara: "Do you think the meaning of 'Sunflowers at Noon' is direction?" Jiang Lai's position just separated Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda. He tilted his head slightly and said.
Komiyama Yuya came over and said, "Huh? That seems to be the idea. Jiang Mian is also very capable!" He gave him a thumbs up exaggeratedly.
"Ah... just a guess. If it were a hint, this might be more obvious." Jiang Lai waved his hands in response to Yu Komiyayama's praise.
"Not bad, Eira-chan." Hagiwara Kenji replied with a smile, "Let's analyze it further in light of what we said before."
The three began to decipher the code based on the hints on the card.
The yellow-haired young man Fujimoto Yuya pulled out a card and swiped it casually, but he obviously had no interest in this boring code-breaking. So he quickly threw the card in his hand and walked around the hall, tapping and knocking from time to time.
"Oh, this knight rifle can actually move!" The yellow-haired boy Fujimoto Yong stopped in front of the metal statue on the left side of the hall and shouted excitedly, "Let me try to pull it out, it must be super cool!"
"Wait, Fujimoto," the red-haired woman Murakami Shinnosuke said, "The big screen commentary just mentioned that there are many facilities here, so it's better not to move around."
"Hey, it's just a game, don't take it so seriously. It's probably some little water-spraying device." Fujimoto said nonchalantly, "And, to be honest, I don't really care about the punishment on the radio. Come on, we paid money to come here, and customers are God. At most, they'll just criticize us."
As he spoke, he reached up to pull out the lance from the knight statue, muttering, "It's a pity that I handed in my phone, otherwise it would have been nice to take a photo. I'll take it after the game is over... Ah-!"
The last syllable suddenly rises, making a short and miserable scream!
Everyone's eyes immediately focused on him!
A sharp short arrow just pierced Fujimoto Yong's neck! The yellow-haired man's expression was filled with pain and shock. He took two steps back and then fell straight to the ground. Blood gushed out from the wound on his neck, staining the clean red wooden floor.
"!!"
No one reacted at all for a while, and they were all in a daze!
Kenji Hagiwara was the first to wake up. His expression suddenly became serious and he said in a calm voice: "I am a policeman. Everyone stay calm and don't come near!" After that, he took a few big strides to the fallen Fujimoto Isamu to check his chances of survival.
An arrow pierced through his throat. The first time Hagiwara Kenji scanned him, he was convinced that Fujimoto Isamu was no longer alive.
Only then did the crowd gasp and scream again.
Yu Komiyama also stood up, explained his identity as a police officer, and then calmed everyone's emotions.
Matsuda Jinpei narrowed his eyes behind his sunglasses, and thought of something in his heart. His hands in his pockets curled up slightly - this situation was not right.
Jiang Lai looked at the metal statue of the knight from a distance. Just now, Fujimoto Yong seemed to want to draw out the knight's gun, thus triggering the mechanism. However, no matter what, as a game, there shouldn't be such a dangerous mechanism! !
Maori Kogoro also walked over with a serious expression, and investigated the problem of the metal statue with Hagiwara Kenji. The two were very careful to avoid triggering any mechanism again. They both noticed a small open round hole on the metal statue, which was probably where the arrow was shot and inserted into Fujimoto's throat.
“How could this happen!! Why!!” The red-haired woman Murakami Shinji’s voice was shrill. She looked a little broken and her voice was a little tearful. “Fujimoto…how could this happen…why is there such an organization here! I want to report this villa! This is murder! Deliberate murder!”
"Calm down, ma'am, take a deep breath." Komiyayama Yu soothed the other person, worried that she would faint from excessive emotion.
"How did this Magic Villa pass the safety inspection? Even if the arrows shot by such a facility didn't hit the throat, it would definitely cause bloody injuries." Jiang Lai stroked his chin and analyzed, "It would be impossible for it to get a business license. Moreover, such a dangerous facility would do more harm than good to the business itself."
"I saw it online, but there is no such dangerous mechanism," said Suzuki Sonoko. "People who have played it online said it was fun and the mechanism was interesting, but it was just some water guns and plastic toys. No one mentioned real arrows!"
Mao Lilan: "Yes, there are almost all positive reviews online, saying that the safety measures are very adequate, but now..."
Something is wrong. Conan's blue eyes darkened. The mechanics in their game this time must have been replaced!
"Anyway, let's leave here first and call the police first." Hagiwara Kenji said in a deep voice.
"Oh, that's right. We have just handed in our cell phones and other things, so we have no means of communication at all. It seems that I can only go out and find a device to call the police." Kogoro Mouri said as he walked towards the main door of the villa. He raised his hand and grasped the door handle to open the door, but it did not move.
"Huh?! What's going on?" Maori Kogoro's eyebrows jumped, and then he pushed the door hard, but the door still didn't move. "Is it locked? When?!"
"Electronic lock." Jiang Lai walked forward and looked at the keyhole. It was not an ordinary jack that could be pried open, but a flat surface with only a small display screen. "Maybe I need to enter a password?"
Jiang Lai didn't have a cell phone, and the electronic lock didn't have a place to insert a USB flash drive, so it seemed impossible to hack into the system - of course, in front of Pinot Noir, Jiang Lai thought it would be best not to expose this ability.
"We haven't been told the password yet," Komiyayama Yuu tilted his head, "Do we need to complete the game to get the password to exit?"
"Doesn't that mean we can't even quit midway..." Suzuki Sonoko hesitated, "If we don't pass the game, we all go into the dark room together. Can we leave if we fail the game?"
"..." Hagihara Kenji pondered for a few seconds and replied slowly, "I suggest you don't do that."
His purple-gray eyes focused: "There is something wrong with this villa - at least in our case, there is a problem."
Everyone fell silent.
Indeed. Since the organs are deadly enough, let alone the situation in the small dark room. The unknown is a more terrifying situation.
"Do I really have to stay in this damn place?" Murakami Xinzhi was so excited that she pushed and pulled the door, but it didn't budge. Then she tried to open the window, but it was also closed. The glass looked very thick and didn't look like it could be broken.
The sound of the big screen at the back being turned on was heard again, and everyone's attention was immediately drawn to it!
Where Fujimoto's body lay, the floor split apart and sank rapidly, so fast that no one could stop it. Then the floor closed up again, and apart from the bloodstains, it was almost impossible to tell that someone had just died there.
"!" Hagiwara Kenji clenched his fists.
"Don't be nervous, everyone. The game has just begun. I have already explained the mechanism in advance. Don't mess with the items in the villa." The broadcast was playing along with the text on the big screen.
"Who are you and what is your purpose?" Hagiwara Kenji said in a very calm tone, looking at the camera above the big screen.
"I am just a dying man. I cannot bear to use such a wonderful magic villa for ordinary games without something exciting. So, I beg you to finish this game with me while I am still alive."
"You're playing games with human lives?! You must be joking!" Maori Kogoro frowned, "I say, you who are hiding in the back, come out quickly, or open the door!"
"I'm sorry, if you want to get out, you can only collect all the cards and complete the game. Please note that you only have one day, because there is a time bomb hidden in this villa. After one day, it will automatically explode and completely destroy this place."
Everyone's expression was filled with disbelief.
Jiang Lai: ...Villains come and go, bombs are strong!
"Of course, besides collecting all the cards and clearing the level, there is another way to survive."
"When there is only one person left, the last person can choose to continue looking for cards, collect them all to clear the level and rescue your companions trapped in the small dark room. Or you can choose to return to the hall and leave alone."
"Then the gate will be opened for you, the last one to complete the game, with a reward for completing the game. After you leave, the bomb will explode."
"This……"
"Don't worry, after all, no one knows what's going on here, right?"
Jiang Lai: Good guys, we are really playing a survival game! !
But he had roughly guessed the plot, Jiang Lai thought.
I thought I would have to choose between Hagiwara and myself, but I didn't expect that I would just abandon them all, whether they were former friends, students or strangers.
——As the Canadian whiskey of the organization, he cannot choose anyone. He must be indifferent enough to be the last one to walk out of here alone.
Jiang Lai: Ah... Although this is the script, we can't let Pinot Noir die with them just to test Canadian whisky.
So there must be some breakthrough.
Author's words: Jiang Lai: Don't mess with things in unfamiliar places, otherwise you will be the first one to be game over in the survival game. _(:з)∠)_
Jiang Lai (in Gin's voice): Ah~ eight eggs (bombs)~
Cellphone: To be honest, I will be fine even if this place explodes. :-D
Jiang Lai: Something is going to happen to your precious master! ! Quickly give me your protagonist halo (extending hand.jpg)