There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

When she heard the word "fire," the little girl visibly displayed an emotion of fear.

She had almost been burned to death by that fire before, and once it caught on her, it was not only excruciatingly painful but also impossible to put out, making her unavoidably wary of it.

Looking obedient and wronged, the little girl gazed at him and said, "It really wasn't me who brought you here, I don't know what's going on."

"Is that so."

Xu Shuo's tone was dangerous as he grasped the little girl's tender cheek and pinched hard, almost as if he wanted to tear off her face, but the girl just blinked innocently.

In fact, the little girl's current appearance was nothing but an illusion.

It was as if it was "cognitive deception"; everyone who saw her believed she truly existed, that she was a woman's daughter, a living person.

But beneath this adorable exterior was a rotten and twisted monster.

She was the big boss who had made her entrance at the last moment.

More importantly, she seemed to have retained her memories from when the script was originally extracted; otherwise, she wouldn't have reacted this way upon seeing him.

Even though his appearance had slightly changed from back then.

At this point, as if frightened by Xu Shuo's relentless aura, the little girl thought for a moment and then said weakly, "Could it be that big hole causing trouble, I...I felt your presence through that thing, and wanted to see you."

The little girl pointed towards the distance, where the train had derailed.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

That was also where the great Abyss would appear in the end.

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuo raised an eyebrow, "Aren't you born from that very place? Don't you understand it yourself?"

"Is it like that?" The little girl scratched her head, "I don't know either."

"So, it wasn't you who made it?" Xu Shuo asked with a strange tone.

"How could it be me? I don't remember such a thing?"

"Then why did you want to drop the train down there?"

"..."

Hearing this, the little girl's facial expression froze, a look of utter confusion passing over her face, as something seemed to be swirling in her pitch-black pupils.

Xu Shuo watched her quietly.

After a long while, the little girl snapped back to her senses, looking aggrieved, "I really don't know, I only felt that place was very attractive, I liked it that's all."

Relentlessly, Xu Shuo continued his questioning, "So you just wanted to take this train and drop it down there with you, right?"

"Is that not okay?" The little girl tilted her head innocently.

"Why would that be okay?"

"But they killed me, what's wrong with seeking revenge?"

The little girl said self-righteously, her face full of displeasure from being lectured, and a sinister glint of cold light flashed through her dark pupils.

Xu Shuo continued, "But the other people on this train haven't harmed you; they don't even know about you."

Upon hearing this, the little girl tilted her head, puzzled, "What do they have to do with me?"

Perhaps her words were somewhat incomplete, but the intent behind them was already quite clear.

Her thinking was not complex; even after being corrupted into a monster, she seemed to still retain a child's innate innocence, as well as a simplicity tinged with near-cruel innocence.

Xu Shuo kneaded her cheek, his expression still calm.

Then he changed the subject and asked, "Ten years ago, did you drive the train down because you felt there was something attracting you there?"

"Ten years ago?"

The little girl looked surprised, "Big brother, I wasn't even born ten years ago!"

Xu Shuo: "…"

He had been planning to continue his interrogation when he suddenly felt something and stopped talking, followed by a voice coming from above.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

Xu Shuo looked up and saw the intern police officer disguised as a salesman standing at the carriage door.

The two had been talking while crouching by the washbasin, which was without a door, directly facing the corridor and the toilets.

The male salesman appeared to be heading to the restroom.

Xu Shuo stood up to make way, and with a smile, he said, "The little girl refuses to go back to her carriage, claiming there's no place to sit, and insists on playing a game of hide and seek with me."

The little girl pouted, her face still showing the slight dissatisfaction from earlier.

The male salesman took a look and then, bending his knees and propping himself on them, he smiled and said, "Little sister, it's very dangerous to play in the carriage. You should quickly go back to your mom. Otherwise, if someone takes you away, you'll never see your mom again."

The little girl completely ignored other people, apart from treating Xu Shuo perhaps a bit better, snorting coldly and darting behind him, not paying him any mind.

The male salesman was somewhat embarrassed.

He had not expected that a child who appeared obedient and cute would actually be so impolite.

Seeing this, Xu Shuo smoothed things over: "I tried persuading her for a long time just now, kids tend to be more playful. I'll take her back now."

His temperament seemed so mild-mannered and polite that it made people unconsciously relax. The male salesman nodded in agreement and then entered the restroom.

After he went in, Xu Shuo forcibly picked up the little girl and headed towards carriage thirteen.

However, the little girl did not resist. She reached out to hug the neck within arm's reach and then snuggled up, taking a deep breath with evident satisfaction.

If she weren't a six or seven-year-old child, this action might have been considered perverse.

The next moment, a man's somber voice came—

"During this time, you better not mess around with anything messy, otherwise I won't be polite with you, you know the consequences."

"…"

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The little girl's movements stiffened, and then she obediently nodded, her black pupils swirling with whirlpools.

When they reached their seats, Xu Shuo put the little girl in his own seat while he stood next to it.

Seeing this, the woman across felt quite embarrassed and said, "Oh, it's so awkward for you to stand like this. It's okay for her to stand, she's just a child, you don't need to give up your seat!"

Xu Shuo smiled: "It's fine, I'm a bit tired from sitting too much anyway."

The little girl sat with a clear conscience, took a candy from her pocket, unwrapped it, and started eating on her own, paying no attention to anyone.

The young woman beside her sized her up subtly, then discreetly glanced at the woman sitting across.

…

Meanwhile, in the restroom of the carriage.

After the male salesman entered, he listened against the door panel for a while before lowering his guard slightly.

He then took out a bronze-colored disc with a gold rim from the Player's Handbook. Complicated, twisting patterns were engraved on the back, while the front was clean, devoid of any design.

The male salesman cut his finger, then started to draw on the front, creating a blood-red pattern that looked like a formation but not quite.

When the final stroke was complete, the blood gradually vanished and the disc became clean again.

But soon after, dark lines began to emerge on the previously smooth and clean disc, as if someone with a pen was drawing highly distorted and strange lines. A profound malice was even exuding from it!

The male salesman's eyes widened. Before the front of the disc became fully covered with chaotic black lines, he slapped a Purification Talisman Paper onto it.

Then he stowed away the trembling disc, his expression quite ugly.

"Extreme Evilness? How could it be so dangerous?!"