Neighbourhood (14)

The Days I Clear Escape Games Pretending to be an NPCCh29 - Neighbourhood (14)

"How disobedient."

A hand reached over, pinching his chin and forcing him to look directly at Ren Yifei's delicate face. FoMkgr

The deliveryman looked at the other's face and a mouthful of blood rushed to his throat.

"Look at me, why won't you look at me? Am I not good-looking? Or, do you not like me anymore?"

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"Do you think that I'm imperfect because I'm blind?"

His smile was still so gentle and healing, just like a spring breeze, yet the tone behind it was getting more and more dangerous. One would suspect that he will say something dangerous such as 'go to hell if you don't like it' in a split second. n5w0Bk

This was too familiar... the deliveryman felt as though he was facing a mirror. His heart shattered and was bleeding out.

He had repeated the script over and over again, just to wait for that person and kill them with his own hands. However, the one that he had been waiting for is actually this kind of person?

A smiling 'angel' with black wings?

He had endured torture and torment in order to fulfil his desire to create a masterpiece, yet he never felt any pain previously. But today, all of his memories were turned into blades that continuously cut his eyes so that he, the real 'blind man', can see the world as it is.

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The feeling of his beliefs collapsing hurts him more than any other punishment.

Choking on his breath, the deliveryman suddenly opened his mouth, spitting out the cloth used to gag his mouth and coughed up a mouthful of blood, "Song Bozhi? Song Bozhi!"

Ren Yifei stretched out his hand to wipe off the blood on the other's chin and sniffed it, his gentle expression then pulled into a bright smile, "It's blood."

This small rental house was a cage and Ren Yifei was the supervisor, the judge and the executioner. FiKqVG

The only bird in this cage was the deliveryman. However, the funny thing was that he had always thought that he was the one in control, that he could calmly appreciate the beauty of his prey as it was being carefully hunted.

"Didn't you always really like me? It makes me so happy, what should I do? How do you want to die? Come on, pick," Ren Yifei continued.

"I will keep you intact.... Oh, please don't worry, I have taught myself how to preserve a body. I will preserve you well, I'll change your clothes and buy you toys– you only have to keep me company."

Ren Yifei touched the deliveryman's face with blood smeared on his warm, delicate fingers; the more genuine the smile on his face was, the colder the deliveryman's heart became. IDRpmn

How to torture a paranoid person?

The answer was to break his most perfect work and completely destroy it.

Did he like Song Bozhi's harmlessness? Like his appearance? Did he like him enough to kill him?

Poor guy, he should enjoy this moment. Just as he was about to reach heaven, he was pushed into the abyss accompanied by pain and despair the next second. tdfyP9

You should savour this kind of "happiness" that you have once brought to other people!

The deliveryman looked at his smiling face and countless memories appeared in his mind. It had started when he first met this shy blind young man.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

He was obviously unfortunate yet he was still chasing the sun like a sunflower, and before he knew it, the deliveryman was attracted to him.

Because he had liked it so much, he wanted to keep it and let it stay like that forever. dnvq5C

However...

Fake!

It's all fake!

The feeling of being betrayed, deceived and fooled made the delivery man almost breathless as he looked at the smiling face of the 'angel'. All of his past memories became a mirage. qhnfod

He could no longer tell what was real and what was fake.

Maybe this was a nightmare.

Wake up, quickly wake up!

The cup on the coffee table vibrated and the bookshelf shook. Ren Yifei lifted his head— he just felt an earthquake. a9GfzQ

The tremor grew stronger and stronger, even becoming a little unsteady.

Do sudden earthquakes also occur in the game world?

Standing on the stairs, Saman looked up at the sky and felt overwhelmed for the first time.

The game world was beginning to crumble. The apartment building was cracking into several pieces right before his eyes as a bone-chilling wind blew through the crevasses,

The world started to collapse a little from the edge.

A hole split open in the sky above, and large pieces of debris were crashing down while buildings and cars were smashed.

It was like the end of the world.

Several old people and their grandchildren were standing in the garden of the apartment. However, these NPCs were all frozen and were turning into white wax figures. The wax figures then melted and disappeared. fhMnp7

The terrified players ran out.

"What happened?" The student player ran to the garden as the ground cracked beneath his feet. Startled, he climbed onto a small car and jumped back up the stairs, looking back at the cracked ground in shock.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

The elderly player also came out of the house holding a strange prop in his hand.

There was an irregular hole in the sky with black mist coming out, flashing red eyes probed at the entrance of the hole, staring at the players while salivating. c6fawM

Saman felt a chill.

"Why is the game world collapsing?" The student player sought help from the more experienced players, "What should we do now?"

The elderly player was speechless for a long time when faced with the scene of the sky collapsing.

The three players looked at each other. None of them knew what had happened, nor did they know how to respond. TvY5j0

"I seem to have heard," Saman recalled a rumour, "That the game world exists based on the obsession of the 'ghost', so when the 'ghost' collapsed on its own, the game world will also cease to exist."

"Is it possible for the 'ghost' to collapse by itself?" The student player felt like he was about to collapse, "What should we do?"

"I also find it strange," Saman quickly recalled all the previous details.

The 'ghost' has killed countless people and was even in the mood to kill players to give as a gift to its obsession. With that kind of temperament, how could it collapse so randomly? m9rOgv

Obsession?

"?!" Saman suddenly thought of something, he turned back suddenly and looked at the top of the stairs towards the room of the blind young man.

In the room of the blind young man at this moment.

"Although I don't know what's going on..." Ren Yifei had had enough, he wiped the blood on his fingers onto the deliveryman's clothes with disgust, "Forget it, let's end it here." 3dMiCa

With clean fingers, he pinched the deliveryman's chin again so that he could clearly see the other person's expression at that moment, "I identify the character named Zheng Hui, the real Zheng Hui, is the 'ghost'."

The card shook slightly and the identification was established.

The deliveryman stared at him blankly, "Your eyes?" There's light in it.

With a "pa" sound, the door was kicked open. It bounced off the wall and was pushed back with a slap. NrxS6k

Saman held the door with one hand, forgetting to breathe as he stared at the situation inside.

Ren Yifei had already stood up and raised his eyebrows while smiling, "Sorry, you're too late."

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"You are..." Saman took a few seconds to react, "You are a player?"

"A player?!" The deliveryman finally recovered. yl9D4i

They almost called out in unison while Ren Yifei just shrugged and raised his head in confusion, "Why isn't there an earthquake anymore?"

"You can see... you're not him."

The lips of the 'ghost' who had regained its true form trembled as it carefully asked in dismay, "So, Song Bozhi, are you still Song Bozhi?"

My white moonlight, are you still my white moonlight? OLGqeb

Donning Song Bozhi's skin, Ren Yifei smiled shyly and reservedly, with a gentle voice, "Xiao Zheng, are you delivering food today?"

'Xiao Zheng' shuddered.

"What's the situation?" The student player and the elderly player arrived at the back. They both looked at Ren Yifei who was standing next to the tied up deliveryman in bewilderment and confusion.

What happened? hNWn4P

Why can't I understand?

Saman walked a few steps toward Ren Yifei and took off one of his gloves, he extended his hand, "My name's Saman."

Ren Yifei looked at his hand, this was the first time he saw the other take off his gloves.

He smiled, "The scar on your hand?" Ec0kCD

That was the reason Saman refused to take off his gloves when they went out for dinner.

Saman very calmly smacked himself in the face, "Not anymore."

Ren Yifei looked at him for a while and chuckled lightly before reaching out to shake his hand briefly, "A Fei."

The two onlooker players finally remembered. The student player was so surprised that his voice changed tones, "You! You're not an NPC?" zu3dDH

They had also suspected the NPCs when they were looking for the ninth person, but no one had suspected 'Song Bozhi'.

There's no reason for him...

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Wasn't he a f*cking blind person?

"So the 'ghost' that collapsed is..." the elderly player was in a trance. Following his words, several eyes became fixated on the deliveryman who was in an extremely embarrassing state at the moment. 5hjiUA

So, a player had caused it to collapse?

The elderly player tried his best to control the corners of his mouth, not letting raise too high, but...

"Hahahaha-"

He lost control. FwZ7N4

"This is the first time I've seen a boss driven crazy by a player, hahahahaha."

The deliveryman looked coldly at the student player who had his three views reshaped, and the elderly player who was laughing so hard that tears were coming out of his eyes. Now that the game had been cleared, the 'ghost' is no longer able to harm the players, not to mention that it is not 11 pm at this moment.

He looked at Ren Yifei, who was carefully cleaning up the blood on his hands, with complicated emotions churning in his heart.

"You now have the qualifications to challenge me," after all that acting, that's what it's all about, right? Don't players want to conquer them? kz1dtY

Ren Yifei sat on the edge of the bed and waited for time to pass. He did not even bother to give the 'ghost' a glance, "Not really, no need, don't want."

This refusal hit the deliveryman three times in a row, "Why? I'm not strong enough?"

"No reason," Ren Yifei frowned, "Rather than a challenge, I want you to stay here properly and live a life without Song Bozhi forever and ever in a cycle of infinite reincarnation."

His frown loosened again and he added with a smile on his face, "You have memories of all the previous games now, don't you? If that's the case, I can't wait to see what your future is like." yKgOAL

Those words were indeed provoking.

The most provoking thing about them was that they made sense.

The deliveryman could almost imagine his future where he is in a hopeless hell with a bunch of stupid and reckless players who don't know what they are doing every day.

That kind of life is like water in a stagnant ditch. sSlrJQ

Is that the kind of future he wants?

The deliveryman immediately stood up from the chair, the rope automatically untied and the clothes on his body changed, turning into a black suit.

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The deliveryman was standing there, however, he no longer resembled a deliveryman. His hair was neatly combed back, revealing his entire forehead along with the hideous scar. There were also several jointed doll-like objects standing on his shoulders.

"This is our first time meeting properly. I'm Zheng Hui, the Puppeteer, I can manipulate anything tangible." 6d94vn

The Puppeteer, who suddenly became sinister, bent down towards Ren Yifei and propped one hand on the bed as he narrowed his eyes, "Don't you want to obtain me?"

Ren Yifei looked at the Puppeteer who was smiling confidently.

The next second, both he and his smile were kicked out.

"Stay away from me. Granny Chun Zhi, take out the trash." q5El3d

A kind old lady appeared in the room along with blue smoke. Following her appearance, a hemp rope came out of nowhere and tighten around the Puppeteer's throat before hoisting him up.

The Puppeteer struggled desperately, thin spider-like silk stretched out from his hands but was directly cut the next second by a pair of large scissors brought out by Granny Chun Zhi.

"Your rank is lower than mine, yet you're still able to bind me?" The Puppeteer was surprised.

Granny Chun Zhi did not speak. An R-ranked card with 100% favourability can even go against an SSR, let alone a mere SR. do2njJ

"It's very easy to beat you, and it's the same to conquer you. I'm just reluctant, understand?" Ren Yifei looked at Granny Chun Zhi who raised her hand to release the hemp rope and returned to Ren Yifei's side.

Seeing this, Saman's eyes slightly widened in surprise: it was the first time he saw a 'ghost' take the initiative to invite a player to a challenge but was kicked away by the player.

It was unknown what happened before, but the boss not only didn't get angry, he also seemed to harbour ulterior motives. His actions were not so much a provocation as it was a gesture of goodwill and invitation.

The Puppeteer got up from the ground, brushed the dust off his body and walked over again. KgCfdS

This time, he did not get too close and stopped just out of the other's reach, "Is this your real temperament? Sure enough, it's completely different from Bozhi. Bozhi is tender, pure, and fragile like porcelain. But you, you're like me."

He looked around and smiled bitterly, "Actually, I should have known that since my obsession is Song Bozhi, they will never allow Song Bozhi to appear."

"I've played this game forty-eight times, and Song Bozhi has been a player forty-eight times. Playing another forty-eight times will yield the same result."

As he said that, he looked at Ren Yifei, "It's better to go with you than to fall into the hands of these mindless, reckless people. I'm a manipulator, much more useful than this old woman beside you." oh9bOC

"Don't want," Ren Yifei responded disdainfully without hesitation.

Puppeteer: ...can't you hesitate even a little?

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Saman turned his face away, his mood was too complicated at this moment. Is it true that the boss is scrambling to be a Ghost Card for a player?

As for the other two players, they have been completely shocked by this god. 2UxvYV

The student player scratched his chin, "Why do I think the boss is a bit..."

Inflated, even the boss dared to think it was cheap.

He wanted to hug the boss's thigh but couldn't, and the boss wanted to hug the player's thigh but couldn't.

Maybe this is life. MWECA

"This is beyond your control."

The Puppeteer's temper finally got the best of him. If you don't want, then I'll give in.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Puppeteer turned into a card and fell into Ren Yifei's hands.

The front of the card was black while the back had a picture. It showed him holding a puppet in black clothing and at the top, it read: SR. clM3qL

Ren Yifei shook the card, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

All that was needed is your willingness.