Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1020: The Owner of the Villa

Chapter 1020: Chapter 1020: The Owner of the Villa

"What does this mean, then?" Chi Minghong asked with some confusion, "The task to clear the level is to get a piece of paper, and if there’s one piece of paper per number, regardless of whether people were killed according to the drawings on the paper, there will always be extras... This makes the level too easy to clear, doesn’t it? Or could there be another meaning to the task?"

"The only thing that could affect clearing the level is the pattern on the paper," the lip-pierced player looked at the two pieces of paper on the table, "Is there something wrong with this content?"

The others also glanced over, and the man with glasses said, "If there’s a problem to be found, it would probably be with the quality of the drawings – they’re too ugly, not like the work of an adult."

Chi Minghong and Zhou Yuanzhu, as well as the player from this district, spontaneously took out pen and paper and demonstrated on the spot what it meant to be utterly devoid of artistic sense.

The man with glasses gave a fake laugh, "Well, my drawing skills aren’t that great either..."

Xu Huo looked at the three drawings that closely resembled the doodles of a kindergarten child, then thought of something else.

"Have you guys not considered another possibility?" The player with spots suddenly said, "The instance mentioned there were notes, but the notes we found might not be real! What if they were drawn by someone among us to make us kill each other?"

This speculation undoubtedly denied the efforts of all the players up to this point.

"What I mean is, what if the notes that appeared after midnight yesterday have already been taken by someone, and the person who took them created fake notes to reduce the number of people for a quicker clearance? We can’t really judge," he said, deliberately giving Xu Huo a look.

Xu Huo’s series of actions just now indeed seemed like he was provoking a fight, but the others were not fools either – if it were him, he would have had no reason to appear and gather the notes and expose Liang Zong and Ding Xiang’s group of four.

"Knowing whether the note is real is easy," Xu Huo said, "If we’re lucky, a note will appear soon, and if we’re not, there should be one every night after midnight. Starting now, everyone will move together, including at night, so even if the first note we find isn’t real, the second one most likely will be. By comparing them before and after, we’ll be able to figure out the authenticity of the notes."

"Wouldn’t not going back to our rooms be against the rules?" The man with glasses hesitated, "What if that affects the instance rating?"

Xu Huo did not pay any attention to him and said directly, "Let’s vote by show of hands."

"I agree," Chi Minghong was the first to respond, "Whether the note is real or not, we should move together; being apart isn’t leading to any progress."

"I agree too," the lip-pierced player said darkly, "Since there’s still a lot of time in the instance, we can play this out properly."

Then the muscular man, Liang Zong, and Ding Xiang also agreed, as well as the person who ambushed Xu Huo. Compared to the others, he was the most eager to know whether the notes were genuine or fake, "If I find out who wrote the fake notes, I’ll definitely skin them alive!"

The minority must follow the majority; the others couldn’t disagree.

"How should we deal with this person?" Chi Minghong pointed at Teacher Fan, "Logically, he’s the first person to get a note, and he’s also the most likely to fake it. Maybe we could find the real note on him?"

The prop’s time limit had passed, and Teacher Fan could now speak; he glared at Chi Minghong, "I only got that one note, believe it or not, it’s up to you. If you want to kill someone, just say it outright. I’m afraid my props won’t be enough for all of you to share!"

"Pretty tough-mouthed, aren’t you? So what if we kill you?" the lip-pierced player sneered.

Seeing that no one else in the room said anything, Teacher Fan didn’t dare provoke further and honestly lowered his head.

Liang Zong and Ding Xiang were also ostracized. Although they were not tied up with props like Teacher Fan, they were under the surveillance of the other players.

After staying in the room for two hours, Xu Huo proposed to check the rooms.

Everyone moved together, and in each room, one player was responsible for searching, while the eyes of the rest were responsible for all-around surveillance.

However, after a round of searching, they did not find a fourth note in any room.

"Let’s wait in a room," Xu Huo said, "Since Teacher Fan has already picked up a note, let’s exclude his room for now."

"Let’s go to my room," suggested the player from this district, pointing diagonally across.

This room had been tidied up; all cabinets and drawers were open, the beds and desks were neat, without any clutter, even the few books in the room were hung with a prop rope. At least at first glance, there was nowhere in this room to hide anything.

"Did you really pick up the previous notes on the table?" Chi Minghong asked Teacher Fan and another male player.

"As soon as I turned around, it appeared straight on the table," the man said, "No need to search."

Everyone looked at each other; the man with glasses said, "Could it be that there are too many people now, and the note won’t appear?"

"That shouldn’t be it," Zhou Yuanzhu said, "If the content of the note is for us to kill each other, wouldn’t it be better to appear in front of multiple people at once? Without a word, two people would have to die for sure."

That was the logic, but no one knew the specific rules for the appearance of notes; they could only try one by one.

And so far, the players who had obtained notes were alone at the time.

"How about everyone talks about the background of the instance?" the man with glasses suggested, "Maybe the clue is inside, but I’ve read it many times and haven’t figured out any other meaning. Do you have any thoughts?"

"The background is very ordinary, it just mentions the owner of the villa likes to communicate with others by passing notes. Is there anything special about that?" Chi Minghong directly said, "Anyway, I can’t see anything."

"The only special thing might be that a ’strange’ adjective was used when mentioning this owner in the background introduction. Before coming here, I looked up the five owners of the Snow White Villa, including the builder, and they were all ordinary people. Besides Jin Li, the previous but one inheritor who had congenital disabilities in her legs, everything else was normal," the player from this district said. "But Jin Li was the only surviving blood relative of the builder of the Snow White Villa. After Jin Li’s death, the villa was passed down to her adopted son, and after the death of that couple, the villa was transferred to their son, although he didn’t manage it personally."

"Five owners – so the builder of the villa was Jin Li’s grandfather, right?" Zhou Yuanzhu thought for a moment, "Is this ’strange’ villa owner referring to her?"

"You also know that people in District 002 have serious psychological problems; she’s been disabled since childhood and couldn’t walk; her mind must be more easily affected, right?"

"That’s where you are wrong," said the player from this district, "She was congenitally disabled, but not unable to walk; she just couldn’t stand for long periods. Also, during her childhood, District 002 had already achieved successful treatment of congenital disabilities. Her condition was not serious, and after several surgeries, she successfully recovered to 80% of a normal person’s function. Furthermore, she was enthusiastic about charity, had published some children’s educational books, had two marriages, but due to her physical condition, was not suited for pregnancy, and hence had no children."

"I’ve brought the books," he said, taking out several picture books.