When no one was paying attention, Qisi pulled off Reiko's prayer belt and hung up his own prayer belt.
At the same time, new changes have appeared in the game interface of "Escape from Usagi Kamachi".
[Task target has been triggered]
[Mission goal: Prevent Reiko from being selected by the Rabbit God]
Yes, if Reiko is chosen by the Rabbit God, Kanna Shichiro will inevitably die, and will not be able to have further contact with the Rabbit God before his death. This is a doomed situation for either party.
But as long as the original fate line is gently touched, the original ending will become different. Even if it does not necessarily lead to a better result, it at least extends to a variety of possibilities.
Therefore, there is actually only one way left for players.
The [Archiveable] prompt popped up on the panel, and Qisi muttered the word [Archive] silently.
[Get the save point ③ Reiko’s prayer belt]
[You saw Reiko’s prayer tape on the blessing tree, and it was the first time you knew that your childhood sweetheart had a secret crush on you.
[Before today, you might have had different feelings, but after learning the secrets of Usagiami Town from your father, you can only feel a heavy burden now.
[So, you secretly hid Reiko’s prayer belt, hoping to hide it from the Rabbit God. But you know this is not a long-term solution, you must find a way...]
Is there a way...?
……
It is a word game copy with low difficulty, and it seems that anyone can add a sentence or two. The melon-eating people in the live broadcast room were discussing enthusiastically.
"I remember that when I cleared the dungeon, I ran away with Reiko with my playmates. Unfortunately, I was captured on the last day."
"What a pity. I heard that if I could really save Reiko, I would be able to clear the level as TE."
[Yu Jinsheng]: "The paradox of this dungeon is that once Reiko is selected and possessed by the Rabbit God, her wish to be with Xiaoqi will take effect, and Kannashi Qilang will be cool. This sub-line of Rabbit God Town will fail. Even if the player successfully clears the main storyline of the school, the completion level of the dungeon is only 50%, and it can only be counted as NE clearance.”
"Hey, this dungeon is about solving puzzles on the surface, but it's actually parkour, right? Let's see who can run away faster with Reiko, right?"
"The correct answer, I think this is a Temple Run disguised as a puzzle."
……
"Xiao Qi! We agreed to get together today, why are you still wandering around here?" Not far ahead, a little fat man panted and ran through the crowd, pulled Qisi's sleeve and moved him aside. pull.
【Name: Akira Kurokawa】
[Type: NPC (friendly camp)]
[Note: A common friend between you and Reiko]
Three lines of prompt text appear on the panel of the "Escape from Usagi Kamachi" game, indicating the identity of the visitor.
Qisi raised his eyes to look at the little fat man and smiled apologetically: "My father came to look for me just now, and I managed to get away."
"Then let's go!" The little fat man pulled Qisi and ran forward. "Let's call Lingzi. I have something important to tell you."
Zeiss followed calmly, memorizing the surrounding landmarks as he trotted.
The long street where the fireworks festival is held runs from east to west. The Kanna family is located on the northwest side, the Kurokawa family is on the south side, and the Edo family where Reiko lives is on the southeast side.
The little fat man nimbly led Qisi around, and stood at the back wall of a house, out of breath.
Lingzi happened to come out of the back door, saw the two of them, and shouted in surprise: "Why are you here? I remember I just said goodbye to Xiaoqi."
The little fat man looked solemn: "You go to a place with me, and I will tell you again when no one can hear me."
As he spoke, he walked ahead to lead the way. Reiko was confused, but Qisi had some vague guesses, but still followed him and got into a long-abandoned brick house.
The little fat man looked around to make sure there was no one else, then he stopped and said mysteriously and nervously: "Lingzi, Xiaoqi, what I say later is true, you must believe it.
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"I had a nightmare in the middle of the night last night, so I ran to find my mother and heard her discussing things with my father. They said that the child who most resembles the Rabbit God will be selected to become a 'flesh body' and die!"
Since the head of the Kanna family knows the secret of Usagiami Town, there is no reason for the other two families to be ignorant of it and let it slip. It is reasonable for the children of the family to accidentally overhear it.
If the word game wants to continue to develop, it will be necessary for Kannashichiro to take Reiko to escape Usagiami Town, and it will undoubtedly be difficult for Reiko to convince Kannashichiro alone.
Ziss knows very well that horror movies often have the kind of routine that makes people's blood pressure soar. The protagonist is reminded that he will encounter danger, but he still doesn't believe it and rushes to die.
At this time, the existence of Little Fatty as an information source that provides circumstantial evidence is very important.
"Really? How could this happen?" Lingzi looked at the fat man with a pale face, and then at Qiss.
Qisi also looked shocked: "They all say that I am the child who most resembles the Rabbit God. Doesn't it mean that I will be selected and die at the Rabbit God Festival?"
"No, you and Reiko are both like the Rabbit God, and you are both likely to be chosen!" said the little fat man, "That means one of you two will die!"
If Reiko was the only one who was threatened, she might be hesitant, but if Shichiro Kanna was added as a weight, everything would be different.
Reiko looked at Qiss worriedly: "Then what should we do?"
Just wait for this sentence. Qisi pretended to be calm and said in a firm tone: "Reiko, let's escape from Rabbit God Town together. We will wander outside for seven days and come back after the Rabbit God Festival is over."
Reiko hesitated for two seconds and asked in a low voice: "If I leave, will something happen to my mother?"
"Your mother is the only adult in the Edo family. What can ordinary people do to her?" Qisi was persuasive. "What's more, I also escaped. When the two major families of the Kanna family and the Edo family unite, who else can do it?" Dare to raise objection? ”
When the little fat man heard this, he also put on a brave and righteous look, clenched his fists and said: "I will escape with you. Now no one in our three major families will be in trouble, and I can also help you guard!"
Reiko was still a little hesitant: "But everyone in Usagiami Town is very good to me. Am I sorry for them if I just leave like this?"
"Don't think so, Reiko." Qisi looked into the girl's eyes and said seriously, "Everyone has the right to live, and no one is destined to be sacrificed.
"Looking for food in a famine year, fighting for planks in a shipwreck, and desperately seeking survival are the instincts engraved in the souls of living things, and there is nothing wrong with them. Reiko, would you kill the old, the weak, women and children to save food, or to save food? Give the plank to those in need, and push the person who grabbed the plank into the sea to drown?
"Sacrifice should be a choice, not an obligation. The interests of the collective should never be the reason to take away an individual's life. Killing an innocent person in the name of the goodwill of others has always been an atrocity called 'moral kidnapping'. I don’t like it.”
……
The barrage in the live broadcast room went crazy.
"Is Si Qi referring to the Jiuzhou Guild? Or am I overthinking it?"
"You didn't think much about it. This is almost the purpose of attacking Kyushu. Besides Kyushu, who else talks about collectives and sacrifices all day long?"
"I suddenly understand why the Unnamed Guild doesn't deal with Kyushu. This is completely a dispute between moral principles. This time, I support the Unnamed Guild."
"I also think what Si Qi said makes sense. We are all human beings. Why should we follow the rules of Kyushu? Don't a few people deserve to live?"
"Now that I hear it, I almost understand the idea of the unnamed guild. Everyone has the qualifications to live, so just do their best to survive until the end. As long as everyone takes care of themselves, why worry about not being able to clear the final copy? "Are you all too selfish? With the way you are, who can trust you to pass the final copy?"
"Hahaha, a holy clown has broken the defense!"
……
The reaction to the barrage was expected by Qiss. In other words, Qiss had intended to use the live broadcast mechanism to guide public opinion, and what he said to Reiko was entirely an excuse.
The process of escaping from Usagiami Town was as smooth as a dream. The three of them were not blocked, and without even bumping into anyone asking questions, they left the red village entrance and entered the leafy forest.
According to the children's naive ideas, as long as they hide in the forest for seven days and wait until the Rabbit God Festival is over, the three of them will be safe.
Along the way, the little fat man kept chattering, and Lingzi soon relaxed, with a smile on her lips.
Even though Ziss is twenty-two years old, he still plays the role of an ignorant child dutifully, and even exchanges words from time to time, as if he really agrees with the childish plans of his two companions.
No one has passed the mountain road for a long time. The gravel and weeds have buried the path, and the shrubs on both sides have grown wildly.
Qisi took the katana that the little fat man stole from home and opened the way ahead.
The night fell quietly over the mountains and forests. At first, no one noticed the arrival of night, because the mountains were already dark with dense branches and leaves blocking the sky.
It wasn't until a piece of flat land with no grass appeared in front of them. The three of them walked to the center of the flat land and looked up at the sky. They saw a bright moon hanging above their heads, casting a silvery light like water, and they realized that it was already night.
"Shichiro, Reiko, look, why is it foggy?" The little fat man suddenly pointed in one direction and shouted.
Qisi looked in the direction he pointed. Sure enough, there was a large amount of solid white mist clustered in the forest, rushing toward the clearing.
The mist is mixed with looming gray, which looks like painful human faces at a glance.
They all have sharp mouths and eyes, and their eyes are red. Their facial features look like rabbits, but they have human bodies...
Qiss couldn't help but think of what the head of the Kanna family had said about those who had been chosen to be the physical bodies of the Rabbit God and were buried in the cave after the festival.
He turned around and looked around. The little fat man had long disappeared. A claw grabbed his wrist from behind, releasing a wisp of cold air. What he saw was a grinning rabbit face with sharp incisors exposed.
Half of the red kimono was rotten, and the covering was in tatters. The flower patch between the eyebrows was as red as blood. It was no different from the girl lying in the pit in the opening image of the copy.
——It's Reiko, Reiko who has completely turned into a ghost.
Human faces in the mist convey complex information. Emotions such as anger, sadness, and fear use the air as a medium to squeeze into Zis's mind, occupying the space for rational thinking.
Every eighteen years, an innocent child is sacrificed in exchange for the peace and prosperity of other people in Usagiami Town.
They were ignorant at first, but the truth would eventually be known. The so-called Rabbit God belief was a selfish scam from beginning to end.
The resentment of generations of victims converged into a strange form, and they roared out their unwillingness to survive.
One person's death in exchange for the lives of many, what a bargain, but why were they the ones who died?
All the evil thoughts were instilled into the last victim. Black mist surged around Reiko's body, and her eyes lost their luster.
She is undoubtedly a ghost with no memory or self-awareness at this time. She just wants to kill the creatures in front of her, lick the blood, and seek revenge.
Qisi remained calm, took out a bright red prayer ribbon from his pocket, and threw it in front of Reiko.
On it was clearly written the wish she had written spontaneously:
【I want to be with Xiaoqi. Reiko】
Familiar things stirred up memories belonging to living people, and Reiko fell into confusion for a moment, struggling between clarity and chaos.
Qisi took the opportunity to take out the recording pen from the toolbar and held it in his hand. The eyes of gods and ghosts were isolated and flowed from both sides.
Reiko's eyes lost focus, and her hand seemed to be grasping something, but it seemed to be grasping nothingness. She let go of her hand and looked around blankly, looking for the target that suddenly disappeared.
Knowing that he was being looked for, Ziss silently pulled out the blade from the special bracelet and held it between his two fingers.
He stepped closer to the ghost girl from the side, raised the blade high, and slashed hard at the girl's neck.
From the very beginning, Qiss had no intention of saving Reiko. His plan had always been to trick Reiko into a deserted place and kill her.
The mission goal is [Prevent Reiko from being selected by the Rabbit God]. As long as Reiko dies before the Rabbit God Festival, wouldn’t she not be selected?
Maybe we can even get Reiko's body to advance the main quest.
The reason for the failure of the weekly project is very clear, because the murder in the street was seen by passers-by; this in turn also shows that killing Reiko is allowed, as long as it is not discovered, it will be fine.
And Zis happened to hate protection tasks.
The blade scratched Reiko's neck like a stream of water, without causing a single scratch.
The Reiko in front of her undoubtedly possessed some characteristics of a ghost and could not be killed by ordinary methods.
So... what about the soul contract?
Qisi put the recorder back into the toolbar and showed his figure in front of Reiko again.
"Reiko, I am Kanna Shichiro, also known as Xiaoqi." He said, "I saw your prayer belt.
"You said you want to be with me, so would you like to believe in me and follow me forever?"
The black-haired young man's voice was gentle and his eyes were dark, with a hint of coaxing, but it made people sink in subconsciously.
Reiko stared at him blankly, her face rapidly changing between rabbit shape and human shape, and the mottled blood stains on her kimono sometimes faded and sometimes covered.
She covered her forehead and whined lowly, as if something important had been dug out of her heart, but she was holding on to it with bloody fingers.
The blood-threaded mist evaporates around the body, and golden vines hang down from the sky, looming and disappearing.
A scarlet leaf stretched out from the branches at the bottom of the Hall of Thought, growing tremblingly and timidly.
The moment it took shape, Qisi held it in his right hand and crushed it.
Bloody light spots fell from between her fingers one after another. Reiko opened her eyes wide and fell backwards to the ground.
[The progress of the main mission has been updated]
[Main mission: Find Qi Lingzi’s body (6/7)]
(End of chapter)