MTL - What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?-Chapter 5

[Skill Points: Activate after accumulating 50 death points. After activation, the user can extract a certain number of points from the existing death value, and allocate points to the designated skills. The added skills can be strengthened to a certain extent, and the effect lasts for 24 hours. After the effect ends, the death value used to add points will be consumed and cannot be recovered. 】

[The number of points used for distribution cannot exceed half of the existing death value. The functional cooling time is seventy-two hours. 】

— To put it bluntly, it is to consume part of the death value in exchange for a day's enhancement.

In addition, each time you use this function, you can also have a chance to wash points. After launching the "point washing", all used points can be redistributed, but the function duration will be halved, and additional random points need to be paid as a price.

Xu Tuoran walked out of the room while studying this new function. She took a closer look, and there were four skills provided by the system, namely "Strength", "Speed", "Recovery" and "Stunt Enhancement". Except that the "Stunt Enhancement" column is currently grayed out and cannot be added, the other three can be used normally—from the description, it should be quite practical.

Having said that, what is a "stunt"?

This thought only stayed in Xu Tuoran's mind for a moment, and was quickly pushed aside. Because she wasn't sure what she would encounter next, she didn't rush to add points, and went straight to the stairs.

Speaking of which, the lights in this homestay are really bright... She looked at the glaring overhead lights, frowned uncomfortably, and walked down unhurriedly.

On the other side, in the bedroom on the first floor.

After shaking violently for a while, the huge cabinet finally gradually quieted down.

The talisman paper and iron chain that fell on the ground disappeared for no reason, but the cabinet still stood in place. The Sports Committee plucked up the courage to climb out and take a look, only to find that they were back on the metal cabinet again, and there was another big iron lock in the middle of the chain.

He turned his head in bewilderment and described the situation to the others. The others were even more confused. After a while, Fang climbed out of the bed one after another.

It is said that the mission is over, but the tin cabinet is still there. Although it has been sealed, it still makes people feel hairy. Several people helped each other back to the more spacious hall, and Fang really breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is this the end?" The school committee was very vigilant, "It's not a trap, is it?"

"Probably not." The squad leader showed her his quartz watch, "Three minutes, it has indeed passed."

"Didn't you say that one person was going to be taken away? That monster didn't even crawl out of the cabinet... Who did it take away?"

"If we are all fine, then it can only be Xu Tuoran?" Xiaomi whispered, "There is more than one cabinet, maybe... more than one female ghost?"

Apparently that's the answer in other people's minds as well. There was a brief silence in the room.

After all, it is a living person, so it is always strange to disappear.

"...she was with us at the time." After a pause for a few seconds, Gu Chenfeng muttered awkwardly, "She wasn't at the bottom of the list, so maybe it won't be her turn..."

"Count down?" Gu Xiaoya didn't understand. When the sports commission read the rules, she was busy comforting Xiaomi, and didn't pay attention to this sentence at all, "What countdown?"

"The grades are the lowest. The rules say that the female ghost prefers the ones with the lowest grades..." Gu Chenfeng was startled suddenly.

Wait—what is this grade?

"Of course it's the score of the board game. Could it be your college entrance examination score?" the school committee couldn't help but complain. Gu Xiaoya's eyes widened suddenly.

She only felt a flash of light in her mind, and everything suddenly became clear: "As for the board game results, then Xu Tuoran must be the bottom one, she is the first to be eliminated..."

"Could it be that she did it on purpose? She already knew that the countdown was referring to her, so she deliberately wanted to lure the female ghost away?"

The squad leader took a deep look at her and nodded slowly, as if he had already guessed.

In fact, he once doubted whether Xu Tuoran knew that he would be targeted, so he planned to escape alone... But now it seems that it is his villainous heart.

With the monitor's affirmation, Gu Xiaoya felt even more reasonable. Gu Chenfeng felt that she was thinking too much: "But the talented female ghost crawled out from our side."

"I've already said that there may be more than one!" Gu Xiaoya said, "And the one on our side...it's obviously not good at thinking!"

Serious female ghost who has nothing to do to fight with the air? Also lost.

The Sports Committee asked at the right time: "But why did she do this? We are not that good with her, are we?"

…

After a moment of silence, several people's eyes fell on Gu Chenfeng.

After all, most of them were there on the day "Xu Tuoran" boldly confessed to Gu Chenfeng.

The more Gu Xiaoya thought about it, the more she thought about it, and after some brainstorming, she successfully added a filter to Xu Tuoran in her mind, who would sacrifice for love without hesitation, and felt uncomfortable for a while. Thinking about it again, the reason why she became the last one was because she was pushed out by them, and the reason why they pushed her out was because of her stupid brother...

Gu Chenfeng: "..."

No, what's the matter with your scumbag eyes?

Fortunately, the farce didn't last long - there were footsteps coming from the stairs. The students were like frightened birds, and quickly huddled together, and in the next second, Xu Tuoran turned out from the end of the stairs with a toilet in his hand.

"Yo, they're all here." She put down the toilet casually, "It's all right."

The shivering student cubs: "..."

"Oh, you're fine." The sports committee took the lead to relax, "Great, we're still worried—"

Before he finished speaking, he was pulled back by Gu Chenfeng, and in the next second, Gu Chenfeng said seriously:

"Xu Tuoran, let me ask you. What did you tell me when you came to see me three days ago?"

"...?"

The committee member looked bewildered, obviously unable to figure out why Gu Chenfeng brought up this matter; but the others instantly understood what he meant, and their faces turned serious.

…Although it’s not a good way to say it, but being hunted down by ghosts and coming back alive after placing orders, this kind of thing is too lucky. Who can guarantee that the Xu Tuoran in front of him is the real Xu Tuoran?

Even Gu Xiaoya, who was applying filters to Xu Tueran's crazy P picture in her head, couldn't convince herself.

However, she still had ardent hope in her heart—she was an emotional and easily touched person, and she just gave herself a brainwash, and now she had a high degree of affection for Xu Tuoran.

Maybe Xu Tuoran really survived? If the person in front of her is really Xu Tuoran, she must know the answer!

But the truth is—

The person is indeed the same person.

But I really don't know if I don't know.

Xu Tuoran did not inherit the memory of his original body, and his understanding of Gu Chenfeng was limited to the fact that he was Bai Yueguang from his original body. Who knows what they said three days ago, and there is no such paragraph in the biography of the characters.

Ordinarily, it's okay for her not to answer, but according to the original plot, this group of people will definitely continue to hit ghosts in the future. It's all here, Xu Tuoran really didn't want to miss this hearse, his thoughts turned, and he soon had the answer——

"I'm sorry." She said solemnly.

Gu Chenfeng: ...?

"I was irrational that day, which brought you a lot of trouble, and made your friend go away, and you were laughed at by your classmates." Xu Tuoran recalled the conversation between the siblings he had heard before, and said carefully , "Anyway, I'm sorry, um... I harassed you."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present heaved a sigh of relief. Gu Chenfeng was silent for a while, and scratched his hair vigorously.

"Hey, this... just, actually, you don't need to apologize, I have a problem too. I was too excited at the time, and I didn't take your face into account. I'm sorry. But...but I didn't lie. You really made a mistake about that..."

"Okay." The sports commissioner interrupted him impatiently, "Stop talking nonsense, it's still haunting, if you have anything to say—speaking of it, I haven't asked you yet."

He looked at Xu Tuoran: "How did you survive?"

"I overturned the cabinet on the ground and used the ground to hold the door." Xu Tuoran lied without blinking, "Then I picked up some talismans and hid them by the side, but the female ghost didn't crawl out."

"Really?" The sports commissioner slapped his thigh, his eyes lit up, "Look, I just said that these methods are useful! You don't believe me! You are stupid."

The sports committee, who had always been regarded as the low IQ of the class committee, suddenly felt elated, feeling that he was extremely smart, and looked at Xu Tuoran involuntarily and became kind.

After all, the world is so big, and it's not easy to find someone with such consistent brain circuits.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

She looked at Gu Xiaoya who was pulling her in confusion, then at Gu Chenfeng who was next to him with an awkward expression, and then at the sports committee who had a good relationship with her.

My head is full of question marks.

What is she missing? Why have attitudes changed so much one by one?

"In short, this period is over." The squad leader clapped his hands and drew everyone's attention, "Let's think about what's next—we're still stuck here."

He was right. Although the incident has ended, the homestay is still closed. The doors and windows cannot lead to the outside world, and the communication equipment is useless...

Several people got together again and looked for the exit everywhere, but still found nothing.

"The source of the matter must be the board game." Returning to the hall again, the school committee looked helpless, "Maybe the way to get out is also there?"

— This is actually the thinking of most people present. However, now that their rationality has returned, they also realize how weird their previous state of insisting on playing games is, and they are even more afraid of that thing, and they are less willing to approach it.

In the hall, the board game map was still placed on the table. The messed up cards were tidied up by someone, and the placement of the chess pieces seemed to be the same as before.

But it's just "seems" - when they got closer, they realized that there were three more chess pieces on the map.

Two pieces were placed on the chessboard, exactly at the "resurrection point". In addition, there was a broken chess piece that was placed in the discard pile.

Regardless of what the broken chess piece represented, the meaning of the two revived colored chess pieces was very clear—it was the chess pieces used by Xu Tuoran and the squad leader before, and they had obviously obtained the qualification to participate in the game again.

Colors are easy to mix, so there are numbers on the color chess, from 1 to 9, which are clear at a glance and cannot be mistaken.

"Is it because I escaped the pursuit of the female ghost before, so I was resurrected?" The squad leader thought thoughtfully, "If this is the case, it means that board games are indeed closely related to our actual situation..."

"There is an ending of 'Escape from the B&B' in the event card!" Gu Chenfeng yelled, "I saw it when I was shuffling the cards! Maybe if we draw that, we can leave!"

School committee: "Don't be too happy. There is still a stack of cards here. Before escaping, who knows what strange event cards will be drawn."

This kind of weird supernatural game, I also know that there will be no room for cheating. All they can do is continue the game honestly.

——In fact, cheating at such a time is a standard act of committing suicide. Xu Tuoran looked at the event card pile for a while, but still gave up the idea.

It's just me who is unlucky after death. Now that everyone else is there, they will also suffer if they are not guaranteed. Xu Furan died in a proper way, he could die on his own, and he would never drag others down.

...Although judging from the original plot, these people didn't have much hope of surviving.

But this entanglement reminded her of another thing.

"By the way, that Zhong Sijia, did he say anything special when he gave the board game?" She asked Gu Chenfeng, "Or is there something strange?"

Gu Chenfeng recalled for a moment, then shook his head: "No. He came in with a game box and said it was a new board game developed by his friend's studio. After playing it, he thought it was good, so he brought it to us. After sitting for a while, he Said to go to the hospital to accompany his father..."

"Well, wait a minute." Xiaomi interrupted suddenly, with a strange expression, "I wanted to ask before. Gu Chenfeng, did Zhong Sijia clearly say that she wants to 'go to the hospital'?"

"..." Gu Chenfeng thought about it again, and suddenly realized, "There really isn't one."

Zhong Zai's father was seriously ill when he was in junior high school and needed to see a doctor frequently. Zhong Sijia also dropped out of school because of this - his grades were not good, and he failed the high school entrance examination and even the high school of his school.

Even today when he came to chat with Gu Chenfeng, he said that he was going to spend a lot of money to dispense medicine for his father. That's why when he said "going to accompany my dad", Gu Chenfeng took it for granted that he was going to the hospital to accompany him in bed.

Unexpectedly, Xiaomi's face became even uglier after hearing this.

"It's like this. My aunt is a doctor and works in the Ninth Hospital." She whispered, "Uncle Zhong also often goes to the Ninth Hospital. They know each other."

"About a week ago, my aunt told me that Uncle Zhong... is gone."

It was a topic that was brought up inadvertently during the chat. It was impossible for her aunt to lie to her about this kind of thing. So here comes the problem.

Zhong Sijia said that she was going to "accompany her father"... What kind of accompanying method is this?

In other words, who is he going to accompany?

After Xiaomi's voice fell, the hall fell into silence again.

This is very sad news. Hearing it on this occasion only makes people feel hairy.

"No, not here anymore?" Gu Xiaoya couldn't believe it, "Then what does he mean by going to prepare medicine for Dad...?"

No one answered her question. After a while, the school committee said: "I have another question, Zhong Sijia, which city did he come from?"

"City A." Gu Chenfeng said without thinking, "He works there."

"City A? Didn't there be a murder case there last month?" Gu Xiaoya's voice trembled, "It was also a party, a group of people threw a party in the villa, and they all died..."

And this? Xu Tueran couldn't help pricking up her ears, but the squad leader stepped in and interrupted her.

"It's time like this, it's useless to think about it. Scaring yourself." The squad leader changed the topic again, trying to maintain a calm voice, "Let's continue the game. Who should be next?"

"Xu Tuoran is the first player to be resurrected, so it's time to jump directly to her turn." The school committee said, handing the dice to Xu Tuoran. She looked calm, but her fingers trembled a little, and the dice almost fell into Xu Tuoran's palm.

Xu Tuoran patted her arm reassuringly, and shook her hand casually. Control the chess piece and move forward eight squares.

Just stopped on the "event grid".

Draw the card neatly, but the flipped card does not have a pattern like before—the picture of the clock is covered with small handwriting visible to the naked eye. Xu Tuoran frowned slightly, and glanced at the table, only to realize that the small flashlight before had disappeared.

Others quickly figured this out, sparking another small discussion. She didn't participate, and looked directly at the text on the card. After reading it, her eyes changed instantly.

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Xu Tuoran:? I'm just here to brush up the death points, so how come the favorability also increases along with it?