Chapter 68 Chapter 68 The Imitation Game (Fool’s Card)…
A sudden feeling of shame overwhelmed her, and she rolled into the quilt. This was too inexplicable.
Karl walked in with clothes in his arms, and saw her rolling around like a silkworm. He closed the door behind him, and he didn't know what the two of them did together to make them so happy. When he heard the sound of the door lock, the woman lifted a corner of the quilt, revealing her eyes, staring at him, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
He cooperated and started the conversation: "Is it fun?"
She outlined the route and sounded pleasant, but then lobbed a powerful question: "Will you secretly collect my things?"
Xu Shanshan only asked casually, but seeing his face flush and whiten, she wiped the tip of her nose. She couldn't take back what she had said. Afraid of being abrupt, she tried to smooth things over, "I didn't doubt your meaning. I just saw it online..."
She brought up the topic of online platforms, not wanting anyone to get into trouble. After all, she wasn't familiar with the laws of the White Tower yet, and didn't know if this was illegal.
Karl shook his head decisively: “No.”
Although he did clean up the traces she left behind, it was not for his own selfish reasons, but rather he destroyed them regularly, unlike the rogue behavior of some of the Sentinels.
"But I see a lot of people who seem to be looking to buy this kind of thing. Don't you want to sell it?"
Xu Shanshan felt that it was not that she couldn't sell it. If she was given a share of the profits, she would buy hair growth water.
But what Carl meant was that for safety reasons, it was best not to buy or sell these things. He was serious and looked very businesslike.
Carl: "Do you believe me?"
Her eyes wandered, not understanding what was happening, and she nodded. She had never doubted him, but his question was a little strange. After all, the more people lack something, the more they like to emphasize it.
"Of course I believe you. You are different from them."
The man nodded, and his tall figure approached. When he came to the head of the bed and bent down, he blocked the ceiling light. She held her breath and hid behind the pillow for a moment, but he just helped to lift the mattress. "It seems to have slipped down." It was so ambiguous.
Xu Shanshan: "I'm going to sleep."
The man opened the wardrobe door, tilted his head back, hung the dried clothes on the clothesline, and told her: Due to the unexpected interruption, the exercise will not be replayed, but the prize money will be paid out as usual. The calculation rules are complicated, after all, it is not the moment of the decisive battle yet.
Carl: "There is a party invitation tomorrow, do you want to go?"
He was referring to the invitation from the Air Combat Team. It happened to be the weekend, and she hadn't been there in a while. But she had made an appointment with Wu Ke and the others to go to Anime City, where there was a live-action game store. Karl was about to decline, but she opened her laptop again and saw Wu Ke asking, "Can I bring someone?"
Clara agreed, saying there were still a few vacancies and they wouldn't compete with those outside the tower. She quickly stopped the game, started counting, and recruited people in the group: [We need three people to play games tomorrow, and you'll get 1 point for joining us.]
Then a series of "1s" started popping up in the group messages. Someone in the team asked what game it was, and she explained it was the newly released "Imitator Game." Soon, someone else said they had played it before and were familiar with it, saying it was a guaranteed win. But she said everyone else was new, and the veterans were passing.
[Actually, I only played once.] This brother changed his face, but still missed the opportunity.
After finalizing the personnel list, they locked in the session for tomorrow.
The next day, she put on casual clothes and Karl drove her to the event venue. After verifying her identity, she entered the venue, and other people also arrived one after another.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw three people cramming the sofa. They were tall and had long legs. They were Captain Jie, Xia Guangli and Lawrence.
After everyone gathered, she also got to know her friend's family. The scene suddenly became a little too polite. Without saying much, everyone walked into the corridor one after another and received their identity cards on the stage behind the curtain.
She turned over the card - "The Fool", a neutral card whose victory condition was to be voted out by everyone in the meeting.
The map was large and unfamiliar. She was dropped into a blank area. Following the arrows in her glasses, she came to a semi-open monitoring room. There were already two people standing inside, Wu Ke and Clara. When they saw her, they stopped talking.
When she met her family, she approached them, and just as she was getting started, she greeted them, "Are you good people?"
Wu Ke blinked, "Maybe she heard us talking."
If she saw correctly, Clara's eyes were a little red, showing murderous intent. She didn't want to die so early, so she raised her hands in surrender. "I didn't hear anything, really. I'm neutral. I'll help you."
She stood at the door, and Clara came close to her, as if she didn't want her to leave. "Relax," she patted her shoulder and looked outside. "No one." She went into the monitoring room again. The two of them were skeptical, and she made a heart shape with her hands.
Wu Ke: "I'm the Phantom Thief, we can switch places. I'll stand inside."
They lined up behind the monitoring room door, but before they could finish their conversation, the lights suddenly went out. She stuck to them and said, "I'll come too. I'll help you block the people."
A yellow figure flashed in sight, and the next second, a man was replaced, at the same height as the door, lowered his head and turned, looking down, "Are you okay?"
"Hurry up, someone's fixing the light."
Xie Yifei: "Wait a moment." He is a boxer and has activated his skills. If you hit him with a knife now, you will be killed.
She heard Wu Ke's nervous voice running closer, and she wanted to make way for Clara to perform the operation, but she hesitated to move. She looked over suspiciously, but she was silent for a moment. "It was a mistake. I checked the skills. You handed it to him in the last two seconds."
Sure enough, eleven seconds of fireworks appeared on her body. Her best friend actually tried to blow her up, which hurt her so much. In order to survive, she said, "Captain Jie, I'm sorry."
After the lights were turned on, no one rang the bell. She timed it and gave the fireworks to the team. The team disappeared, leaving only the remnants of the explosion on the ground.
They waited for a long time, but no one showed up. She didn't know why. While they were waiting for the CD, she went out to check on the situation. The power room was littered with bodies. She counted four people. She was stunned and asked, "How did they die?"
Lawrence: "The detective said he identified it as a wolf, and the sheriff went up and stabbed a good man, and both fell down."
There was another one, and she was puzzled. The other party explained: "This is from Lang Dao. He said he is a fake detective."
There's another one. Lawrence blinked, "I'm a hunter."
Lawrence: “Are you a good person?”
She looked Lawrence in the eye and said with a straight face, "I packed it. Do you believe it?" She rummaged around on the left side and randomly picked a role. "I'm the orator."
The man paused, then nodded with an expression of understanding, "I believe you."
So she led Lawrence to the monitoring room, but halfway there, her position was suddenly switched. She was shocked and said, "It's me, don't do anything!" Clara covered her ears because of the noise and said, "I know." When she looked outside again, Lawrence was not dead. He reacted quickly and moved flexibly, and Wu Ke couldn't catch up with him.
Seeing this, Clara turned on the black light and said, "Don't move here." Then she rushed out. After a while, the door was locked.
It was a long, dark night, with no lights on, but it wasn't over either. Hiding behind a door, she heard an explosion and a faint light illuminated a corner. A moment later, there was a sound of packing outside the door, and suddenly it entered a rapid moment, which meant that only three people were left.
A male voice appeared, humming a song. He should be outside the door. She hoped that he would not notice her, but he made a sound and moved closer. It turned out to be Xia Guangli, whom she had not seen for a long time. "Hello~"
"It's dangerous here, let me protect you."
She nodded and said, "Okay, okay." She thought that when Clara came back, she would give him a bomb.
"Okay, I'll protect you~"
As time passed, she felt that the man's laughter was not right. She hesitated and refused, "Forget it. I'm safe here alone."
"It's okay." The next second after he spoke, her vision changed. She heard the voices of many people and Wu Ke's screams. It turned out that this man was a deliveryman who had eaten many people, including two wolves.
It turns out the protection he was talking about was eating it into the stomach. Now it's safe.
But fortunately, Clara came out of the pipe at the last moment, found him, and pulled the bomb with only one second left, killing Xia Guangli and the people in his container. The game ended and the imitator won.
She had a lot of fun playing it, but this game was unusual because it had never been played at a conference table. Were they not interested in finding the murderer? They were indifferent even if someone died.
When she came out of the corridor with a smile on her face, she was greeted by two deceived sentinels, Xie Yifei and Lawrence. When Carl saw her coming out, he kept clapping his hands, making her plan look very clever and her personal wisdom comparable to that of Kong Ming, but in fact, it was not the case.
Lawrence: "Guide Shanshan, I will never trust you again."
She scratched her head and said, "Okay." After all, she was in the wrong and had taken advantage of others' trust.
If you trick her, you'll get tricked again. It wasn't the first time; someone got tricked three times, and even Carl couldn't stand it. They played several more games, and she played as the good guy, neutral, and wolf. She won twice, and it was still very novel and interesting.
After the tour, they had a buffet dinner. The three guides leaned against the bar to discuss their recent situation. Wu Ke told them that something big was going to happen soon. The higher-ups were going to gather a group of people to leave the tower. She couldn't help but look at Clara, remembering her origins. "Have you heard about it?"
Clara looked up and casually dropped the bombshell: "I'll be there," she dismissed her older brother, who was approaching, and drank a glass of pure water. "They've found the location."
"Be careful." Xu Shanshan took a while to guess that the two were talking about the action to crack down on the reform organization, meaning that Ghost's information was correct.
"Smooth sailing—" The three of them raised their glasses and drank together.
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Her joy came to an abrupt end when she arrived at the dormitory. After opening the envelope spitted out from the robot, there was a notice inside - a conscription order. The order was not to eliminate the reformed organization, but to disperse to the boundaries of the danger zone to resist the tide of pollutants.
She suddenly felt a little regretful for not going to see them tonight, because there were so many people's names on it. Her hands felt a little weak, and she grabbed the corner of the man's shirt and leaned against the wall to catch her breath. Seeing her worry, Karl hurriedly comforted her, "It's still a few days before we leave. Don't worry, they will come to say goodbye to you."
What he said soon came true. That night, many farewell messages popped up on her laptop. She responded to them one by one and promised to meet him before leaving.
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Author's words: Note: The Imitation Game is an entertainment mode in the mobile game "Fifth Personality"
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