Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 373 The Non-existent Culprit
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The group of contestants rapidly approached the location upstairs where the sounds of battle were emanating.

From Wu Wang's perspective, everyone is heading towards the private cinema inside the villa.

A moment later, as they were about to arrive.

There was no movement from that side anymore.

A shadow inevitably falls over everyone's heart.

Could it be that it's already over? Then what if the player who was attacked is already...?

The moment I pushed open the door to the private cinema, I was in front of the large screen that was still flashing black and white static.

The image of the gummy bear lying motionless on the ground came into view.

Wu Wang darted forward, placing one hand on his chest and the other seemingly fiddling with his head, preparing to press his philtrum, but actually secretly observing the back of his head for any diamond-shaped scars similar to those from before.

"She's just temporarily unconscious; she's not dead," he said after confirming.

Huhu——

Extremely faint breathing sounds could be heard coming from the gummy bear's nasal cavity.

The slight rise and fall of his chest relieved everyone.

Youying also leaned over and placed her hand on his forehead.

A strange mental shock rushed into my mind.

The gummy bear, who was in a coma, suddenly opened its eyes and showed a terrified expression.

“Although the process is a bit painful, stimulating the soul is the fastest way to awaken him,” the shadowy figure said sinisterly.

No one said anything about his solution.

After all, it's not you who's in pain.

Seeing that the gummy bear had woken up, they all crowded around to ask what had happened.

Unexpectedly, the other party, panting heavily and sweating profusely, said:
"The corpse...the corpse attacked me!"

When he said those words, the other contestants rushed over and overheard them.

After all, the commotion was so loud that not only Wu Wang and his group in the basement, but also the contestants exploring further away heard it.

"What do you mean, the corpse attacked you?" Wu Wang frowned, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

The two bodies are located on the top floor and in the basement, respectively.

They were just discussing something while guarding the corpse in the basement.

That can only be...

Sure enough, I heard this question.

After calming down the excruciating pain in her soul, the gummy bear gritted her teeth and said, "It's the corpse we saw at the beginning. When I was exploring this area, she suddenly opened the door and rushed in to attack me."

"It's strange, though. It's clearly a corpse, but it moves with unusual agility. Its skin is covered with dark patterns, like some kind of spell that makes it invulnerable to weapons. My attacks are like tickling it. Even hitting its head doesn't cause any damage."

Upon hearing this description, everyone except Wu Wang became serious.

The attacker was actually a dead corpse?
Damn it! What kind of abilities does this real culprit have?!

Even if Little Gummy Bear is something else, he's still a level 30 player, completely different from a noob and unlucky programmer like the Mongolian top laner.

The real culprit was able to knock out the victim without even showing his face, simply by using the corpse he killed.

In reality, once someone is knocked unconscious, killing them is usually not difficult.

Doesn't that mean the real culprit's fighting ability is almost superior to that of most of the contestants present?

For a moment, everyone glanced sideways at the witch and Wu Wang.

It would be better if the real culprit was an NPC.

If it were a contestant.

It seems that only these two have the combat power to reach this level.

After all, Wu Wang and the witch's performance in the second round of the civilization competition was simply too outstanding.

"It seems we're being suspected." The witch shrugged and laughed. "But whether it was when the first body appeared, all of us contestants were gathered together, or when Little Bear was attacked, the widow and I were in the basement with you guys. We didn't have any time to commit the crime."

The Predator nodded silently in response.

Indeed, these two powerful humans stayed with him and Shadow from beginning to end.

However, out of caution, he still asked the contestants who hadn't been in the basement with them earlier.

They wanted to know where these people were when they heard about the fighting and attacks.

The Mongolian king's residence was a separate courtyard within his palace, where many strange and unusual plants were grown, seemingly used as a small garden.

Panda and Fellow Daoist, please stay, happened to be checking the remaining guides together on the third floor.

The two of them could testify that the other had never left their sight from beginning to end.

Now, no matter how you look at it, the real culprit is the butler hiding in the shadows.

Although we haven't figured out his method of murder or whereabouts, it seems there are no other possibilities after the process of elimination.

Just as everyone was about to return to their respective rooms to vote...

Wu Wang coldly replied, "You're lying."

Everyone was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened at this time.

The next second, Wu Wang asked firmly, "You're saying that your attack on her head is useless, right?"

"Nonsense! If it were useful, would I have been knocked unconscious here?" the gummy bear said angrily.

I never expected to be attacked and beaten up for no reason, and now I have to face the doubts of others here.

Anyone would be angry in that situation.

After saying that, he took out his attack items from his backpack.

It looks like a whip covered in barbs.

However, the tip of the whip is now broken in half, as if it was forcibly torn off by some powerful force.

In response to his angry outburst.

Wu Wang silently took something out of his backpack.

Everyone except the witch was completely dumbfounded when they saw this thing.

It was a human head, and the skull had been cut open, filled with some kind of viscous black unidentified liquid.

He said calmly, "Her head is here with me. Whose head did you hit?"

Upon hearing this, everyone completely lost their composure.

Only the witch covered her face and sighed.

In fact, when the two of them left the top floor, she saw Wu Wang quietly put the corpse's head into his backpack.

At first, I thought the kid had another episode.

I never expected that it would be brought up as a point of contention at a time like this.

It seems there really is no problem. Since Wu Wang already has the head, the corpse that Little Gummy Bear saw shouldn't have a head.

"Not only that, the entire private cinema only has two doors, one at the front and one at the back. We came in through the back door, and the front door was locked."

"Where did the body that attacked you escape from? Why did the attacker only knock you unconscious instead of killing you?"

Wu Wang's words puzzled them.

How did he know the front door was locked?

As soon as he finished speaking, something was shoved aside not far in front of them.

A dark figure silently walked in, holding a lock that had just been pried open.

After placing the lock in Wu Wang's hand, the dark figure immediately disappeared into his shadow.

【Five Ghosts Moving Technique】!
He laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, that's just my skill. On my way here, I had it go around to the front of the movie theater to keep watch."

"I thought that if the real culprit escaped from that direction, I could secretly hide in the shadows and see his true face."

"But I didn't wait for anyone, only for a lie full of holes."

Wu Wang had already memorized the 3D map of the buildings constructed by the witch using the [Starry Screen].

This is how they knew the cinema only had two doors before they arrived.

Of course, Wu Wang's suspicions about this guy weren't just based on these pieces of evidence and logical issues.

Most importantly—his "soul of desire" was stirred.

The favor the big boss had bestowed upon him.

One of the effects, called "Sudden Realization," allows Wu Wang to see through the lie.

Although the side effects might cause him to tell lies from time to time.

But for Wu Wang, who usually liked to talk nonsense, it was no big deal at all.

Alarm bells rang in everyone's hearts.

His expression immediately turned tense as he looked at the gummy bears.

If he can't explain this, he probably won't be able to leave the private cinema anytime soon.

Faced with this sudden accusation.

The gummy bear remained silent. Just as he was about to start making some excuse...

A glint suddenly flashed in the witch's eyes.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to flick the staff, he was shocked to find that Wu Wang had already thrust out a long sword.

Before anyone could react, five ghostly figures appeared behind Little Gummy Bear and forcibly pinned him down. His left hand was even severed and fell to the ground.

"Holy crap! Brother Holy Son, what are you doing...?"

Before the Mongolian top laner could even be shocked by Wu Wang's sudden attack.

The Predator then pointed to the severed hand lying on the ground and said:
"This person was the one who planned to strike first, but he arrived first despite being the one who attacked later. Impressive."

A race of natural hunters and warriors.

He was the first to realize the problem.

Only then did the others notice that Little Gummy Bear's severed hand was clutching something that gleamed with a cold light.

Although it's impossible to tell exactly what it is, it's probably not a good thing to sneak out at a time like this.

However, Wu Wang had already noticed it.

He severed the arm before he could act.

brush--

With a casual flourish of his sword, Wu Wang planted Xiao Chuan in the ground and grinned, saying, "Now what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Gummy bear... oh wait, you should be a big gummy bear now, you bastard."

The reason they were able to detect in advance that the gummy bears were about to suddenly attack and hurt someone was because...

This is mainly due to one of the newly added weapon effects of [Xiaochuan] -

[(Weakness): All targets within the user's field of vision will randomly have a weakness point appear on them. The user will be aware of this weakness beforehand if the target becomes hostile.]

Hitting a weak point will double the damage and heal the user's current injury.

If even doubling the user's attack damage fails to inflict damage, the vulnerability point will ignore all of the target's defenses and deal minimal damage.

Of course, Wu Wang rarely needs the latter healing technique.

The ability to sense hostility and double the damage is incredibly useful.

Furthermore, the "vulnerability point" is forcibly refreshed, and it will still take effect even if the opponent does not reveal any actual vulnerability.

For example, the witch next to him now has a red "weak point" on her left shoulder, which is visible only to Wu Wang.

Wu Wang knew very well that if his opponent went all out, it would be reasonable for him to be instantly killed.

Logically speaking, under normal circumstances, even if you hit such an opponent, you might not be able to break through their defense.

However, if he hits the opponent's weak point, no matter how strong the opponent is, they will lose health.

I just don't know if I'll be able to spot the "flaws" in the big boss's existence.

Wu Wang shook his head, clearing his mind.

Forget it, the big boss is a venerable figure, so normal items and equipment, even if they are "legendary," should be ineffective against him.

Airplanes and cannons can't shoot down gods.

"Hmph...not bad..."

"I hope you can find me every time..."

The gummy bear's voice turned somber.

He seemed to be struggling to pull out some items from his backpack to use, even though he was restrained by five ghostly figures.

This can be accompanied by the witch lightly tapping her staff.

He was unable to move any part of his body except his mouth.

Even so, they were gradually surrounded by the crowd.

The gummy bears remained completely calm.

He just laughed maniacally, and then gradually lost his breath.

Even in the moments before he collapsed completely, his provocation still lingered among the crowd—

"The time is almost up..."

This bizarre situation sent chills down everyone's spine.

I thought that the gummy bears had staged this whole thing to clear their name beforehand.

They were also relieved that Wu Wang had seen through the trick and caught the real culprit.

Unexpectedly, the other person committed suicide.

It's obvious that the gummy bear had already been killed in the attack.

The guy who was putting on an act in front of everyone was the real culprit, controlling the gummy bear's corpse.

They still haven't seen the real culprit's face!

And now, the voting period is indeed fast approaching.

Even if the real culprit is not found, they must return to their respective rooms to vote.

No one even considered the possibility of simply letting time pass without voting.

Nightmare and the Necromancer's Joy Show won't leave them such a loophole.

"There's no other way, folks, we'll just have to go vote now," Panda sighed. "Let's temporarily choose the guy who's hiding."

Wang Xianzhi added, "If we can't choose an NPC we haven't encountered before, then let's choose my guide first."

Although it is very immoral to sentence a mentor to death in this way.

But now that things have come to this, we can't just eliminate our own contestants.

Both the dungeon creatures and humans have realized how important Nightmare's words, "You are each other's companions," truly are.

This real culprit is really hard to deal with!
After everyone nodded in agreement.

Everyone went upstairs back to their original rooms.

Wu Wang re-entered the young master's room and was surprised to find an extra note and pencil on the table.

There was also a ballot box that looked rather unsettling.

Why do you feel this way?

Because ballot boxes are not square cardboard boxes or plastic boxes.

Instead, it was a lump that looked like a piece of meat, and it even seemed to be wriggling.

The voting slot at the top looks more like a mouth.

He picked up his pen and pondered for a moment.

He wrote down an answer that was completely different from what everyone had just discussed—

The real culprit is this building.

Villas, castles, primitive tribes, haunted houses, fishing villages, royal palaces, commercial districts, arenas

Wu Wang had an extremely audacious conjecture that he wanted to prove.

However, when he put the note into the meatball's mouth...

The other party suddenly spat it out, and the writing on it disappeared.

And he slowly began to speak—

This option currently has no lives and is not included in the voting.

You have two more chances to vote.

Oh? Is it just temporary?
Wu Wang raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

Although it differed somewhat from his expectations, this statement indirectly proved that some of the strangeness here did not originate from the NPCs.

The building itself is problematic!
To be honest, he actually wanted to try writing about that gemstone.

But if there are only two chances left, it seems there's no room for error.

After all, what if the vote for the hidden butler fails?

So, following the original plan suggested by everyone, he wrote down "[Hidden NPC, the steward of the royal palace]".

Unexpectedly, the paper was spat out again.

The meatball continued speaking—

[This candidate has lost vital signs and will not be considered for voting.]

You have one more vote.

Ok? !

This was somewhat unexpected by Wu Wang.

He also considered that if the other party hid and was not encountered, they might not be able to vote.

But to everyone's surprise, the reason the meatball refused was that the butler was already dead!?
The person the contestants have been suspecting is dead!?
"Heh, interesting."

"Looks like we really need to give the real culprit an extra ability."

"The game difficulty is starting to increase..."

(End of this chapter)