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Arc 4: Castle Escape
Chapter 96

Xu Ziyue pushed Gu Ze away with all his might, panting heavily. He then raised his hand and used it to wipe his mouth, but it didn’t do much apart from making the lower half of his face even wetter.

Those red lips and flushed cheeks…..As long as they’re not too innocent, anyone could tell what they had just done.

Xu Ziyue hurried out of the hot spring and, along the way, scrunched up his face at Gu Ze who was slowly following behind him before rushing over to the change room where the scream came from.

When he reached the changing room, he didn’t see anything at first glance but once he bypassed the other people and his eyes stopped on the cabinets, he was met with a horrifying scene.

The chef who was eliminated and had been proven to be an NPC was inside the cabinet.

That cube shaped cabinet definitely wasn’t something that could fit an adult human so there was just a head in there staring out with its lifeless eyes.

Anyone who opened the cabinet unsuspectingly with the intention to relax in the hot spring would naturally be shocked by such a sight.

Coincidentally, when Xu Ziyue first entered the change room, the cabinet he was about to open just happened to be the one with the head.

Xu Ziyue’s chest tightened. He took a step back.

But he didn’t want to bump into anyone.

Xu Ziyue looked back and saw Gu Ze standing behind him. The latter saw Xu Ziyue turn back and proceeded to stroke Xu Ziyue’s head comfortingly.

Gu Ze whispered, “It’s okay.”

Xu Ziyue still felt some lingering fears. He was really fine, but it looked like the female makeup assistant had received quite a shock. The male makeup assistant used this opportunity to comfort her.

Xu Ziyue narrowed his eyes but didn’t say anything. It was always good giving comfort though the intention behind it may not be so simple.

“It seems that the eliminated murderer would be hidden elsewhere in this place?” The manager was also a woman, but she seemed to be a little more resilient. The cabinet she opened was also fine, so she was rather calm.

“That may be so. We should be careful later or we may be scared to death before anyone is eliminated.”

So it seems that the consequences of a killer being eliminated wasn’t very good either.

The door to the cabinet was closed again and the others were no longer interested in soaking in the hot spring. Naturally, Xu Ziyue had also lost interest.

He felt a little chilly at the thought of the head in the cabinet and made sure he was next to Gu Ze. If anything was to happen, Gu Ze should….should take good care of him.

Xu Ziyue however wasn’t certain about this.

After drying himself and changing into his clothes from earlier, Xu Ziyue dragged Gu Ze along to mix in with the various small groups to listen to their opinions.

The general situation was that their doubts were everywhere.

It seemed that no one here couldn’t be a murderer.

It was something they should have their doubts about but if you said to his face that you’re suspicious, Xu Ziyue had an issue with that!

Xu Ziyue who had an issue with it turned to another small group and the answer he got was that they were very suspicious of him……

But these doubts were very superficial compared to the doubts they had about others.

Of course, Xu Ziyue was surprised that the others didn’t have any intention to work alone this time.

On the contrary, Staff B ran over to Xu Ziyue and quietly asked him if he found out anything about Gu Ze after hooking up with him whilst praising him along the way.

His words were along the lines of awe at his ability to solve his physical problems even in a situation like this.

Xu Ziyue wanted to tell him that he didn’t, it didn’t happen.

The others didn’t make their misunderstandings obvious, so Xu Ziyue lost the interest to explain himself.

Although Xu Ziyue had a big boss around, it was still not clear who among these people is a player and who is an NPC. He really wanted to ask but it didn’t look like Gu Ze would answer.

That night, Xu Ziyue continued to sleep in the same room as Gu Ze.

After eight o’clock, the door to the room was once again sealed shut and this time also, Xu Ziyue didn’t feel sleepy.

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But when the third day arrived, the others still said that they were hit with a bout of sleepiness last night so it is speculated that the source of their drowsiness might not have anything to do with the food.

It was Staff B who had spoken to Xu Ziyue who was eliminated on the third night. This time, Staff B had very obvious strangulation marks and the voting later eliminated the driver who was perceived to be the strongest amongst them.

But after being eliminated, his identity card that was left behind informed the other players that he was actually a player.

The body of the driver who was voted out didn’t disappear. It was a completely different outcome compared to the chef and it also confirmed everyone’s conjecture.

Only an NPC will disappear after they are voted out.

As for the players……they will only end up like the driver or the cleaner and be suddenly crushed by something falling or something along the lines of it to force them out of the game.

There were now fifteen people left.

After this morning, someone proposed the idea of changing rooms.

“If the murderer has the keys, we can randomly change rooms so that the murderer doesn’t know who is in which room.” Staff A suggested, “And I suspect that some arrangements may have been made in advance in our rooms. If it isn’t the food at play, it must be something else…..for example drugged gas entering through the air vents. Isn’t that a possibility? And it’s something we can’t prevent.”

Xu Ziyue felt that his suggestion sounded reasonable and felt admiration towards Staff A.

The butler asked, “This kind of thing…….how to do it?”

Staff A said, “We can throw all our keys into a box and then everyone can draw out a key without showing it to anyone. Like this, the murderer will only know their own room and wouldn’t know about the others’ rooms.”

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In this case, even if the murderer has all the keys, they wouldn’t know which room the player who is to be eliminated is in. They’ll have to spend a bit of time checking the rooms one by one.

The others also felt that it sounded reasonable and were in approval of Staff A’s suggestion.

Gu Ze also unhurriedly passed his keys over without any hesitation.

Seeing this, Xu Ziyue reached a conclusion that changing keys might still not very useful.

Not to mention, those keys have always been in Gu Ze’s hands and Gu Ze had been beside Xu Ziyue in bed the entire night. This basically meant that the doors were actually useless to the murderers and could actually be opened without keys.

But in the end, everyone still changed their rooms randomly.

Staff A had unknowingly become the person guiding the others.

Xu Ziyue thought of the vote he had received again today and felt a little complicated. Who was it that’s so persistent! There were more people being voted but Xu Ziyue’s votes still remained unchanged.

Before lunch, Xu Ziyue and Gu Ze went to the cellar to get some ingredients. As they went over, he muttered some complaints about the votes.

Gu Ze chuckled softly as he followed behind Xu Ziyue.

“It’s me.”

“Hm? What about you?” For a moment Xu Ziyue didn’t understand.

“Wait!” Xu Ziyue suddenly understood, “…….Don’t tell me….you were the one who voted for me on the first day?!”

Gu Ze honestly nodded and then ruffled Xu Ziyue’s hair as he said with a sigh, “It’s because………you caught my attention.”

“Then why did you continue to vote for me the next two days?!”

Gu Ze tilted his head in thought, “Probably……because apart from you, I don’t want to give any of my things to anyone else?”

Xu Ziyue: “……..”

Silence.

“Did you think I’ll believe that?!” Xu Ziyue stomped his feet a little angrily but he clenched his fist and took a few deep breaths before meeting Gu Ze’s eyes…..

After that, Xu Ziyue gently hammered Gu Ze’s chest.

“This is your punishment. It’s all because of you and your strange mentality…….I believe you.” Why are you so good-looking? It makes it hard to be angry at you.

Gu Ze smiled lightly and pulled Xu Ziyue into his embrace.

Xu Ziyue struggled for a moment but Gu Ze didn’t make any attempt to let go so he eventually stopped struggling, “We’re on the stairs right now. Even if no one is around, you shouldn’t…..mm……”

With one hand holding Xu Ziyue and the other hand cupping the back of his head, he leaned forward and kissed Xu Ziyue on the lips.

Xu Ziyue unsteadily took a few steps back before finally tilting his head up with his back against the wall.

The atmosphere on this narrow staircase had gradually become ambiguous. Xu Ziyue felt Gu Ze move closer to his body and then felt a couple of suggestive……thrusts against his lower half.

“That……am I interrupting you two?”

The sudden voice returned Xu Ziyue back to his senses, but he was quickly pulled back into Gu Ze’s arms after he broke free.

“Sorry.”

Xu Ziyue grabbed Gu Ze’s clothes as he slowly calmed his breathing back down. He heard Gu Ze’s voice ring from above him.

That voice was still gentle, but it also sounded different from usual.

The makeup artist walked past the two of them as she went down the stairs before turning back around, “Although the atmosphere is good, I think there will be a lot of people using this place at a time like this. Why don’t you two change locations?”

Xu Ziyue was so embarrassed he wanted to find a hole to bury himself in.

However, Gu Ze still maintained his gentle and polite character and didn’t seem fazed by this kind of conversation.

Gu Ze nodded, “Okay, I will consider it.”

When the makeup artist’s footsteps disappeared in the distance, Xu Ziyue finally spoke up, “You actually agreed and said you would consider…….Don’t you feel embarrassed?”

“This is my normal desire for you. Why should I be embarrassed?” Gu Ze buried his head in the crook of Xu Ziyue’s neck and took in his scent, “I want you.”

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