Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 364: Prepare for Both Hands

Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Prepare for Both Hands

"I’ve asked the other servants, and you don’t normally leave the castle, which indicates that as a player, you need not participate in the dungeon."

"What kind of person could join a dungeon at any unscheduled time?"

"Grey Players under the Game Government," You Qiwen immediately said. "After being vetted by the Game Government and provided with proper documentation to work for the government, you can retain your player status without having to enter dungeons."

"So you’re saying he’s a player from the Game Government?" Wei Landeng asked skeptically. "Why would a government player hide here?"

The man opposite, He Pu, had a complexion that could no longer be described as unsightly, but he remained silent.

Xu Huo understood, picking up the black umbrella that lay beside him, "It’s not easy to guess your identity, but before I came here, I encountered a fugitive."

He opened the umbrella, and the body of the qipao-clad woman fell out.

"This woman killed someone in the ruins of an old city district on her way to Rose Castle. She isn’t a government player, but she isn’t forcibly transported to dungeons either, because she is a player who fled to E27 from another wormhole point."

The players all held their breath, unable to help but step back.

"You are not He Pu, and you are not a player from the Game Government, but a fugitive who escaped from another wormhole point, hence you do not need to leave the castle," Xu Huo declared evenly as he lit a cigarette. "So, the real truth of this dungeon is, a fugitive from another wormhole point has infiltrated us."

As his words fell, the tea room fell into dead silence, He Pu’s eyes shifting rapidly. Several seconds later, he sat up straight, lifting his conductor’s baton, "So what if you’ve guessed correctly? You still can’t leave alive."

"Wait a minute, don’t rush," Xu Huo called a halt again, just as the game sent out a clearance prompt, and he nodded towards the Garden Maze with his chin, "Take a look over there."

He Pu didn’t even turn his head, "So what if the garden is on fire?"

Mr. Dong prepared to go put out the fire in the garden.

"Mr. Dong, there’s no need to hurry either," Xu Huo pulled out some miscellaneous items from his pocket, such as what seemed to be identification, key chains, small pieces of jewelry, and the like, "All these were left by ordinary people killed by this woman. A couple of days ago, I pawned some of it, you know. Dead people’s loot, someone might come looking into it."

"I’ve also hidden some in other parts of the castle. It’s common for the castle’s lord to eat people; finding only bones and no corpse is normal."

"In this way, your identity will naturally be exposed. Even if you and Mr. Dong had some agreement, it’s no longer useful now."

He stood up, sweeping his gaze over the flames rushing skyward from behind the castle, "The dungeon protection time has ended, and someone should come to put out the fire."

Whether the police have traced the loot or not, with such a big fire burning, anyone with eyes could see it.

The players who stayed back and gradually received their clearance prompts after hearing the truth gazed at the objects on the ground and the distant firelight, their impression of Xu Huo momentarily surpassing their fear of He Pu.

They had all participated in the dungeon together, and just seeking the truth had exhausted all their energy. Yet Xu Huo was still able to set a trap for He Pu. Sending the loot to the pawnshop had been done two days earlier, at which time he hadn’t yet realized He Pu was a fugitive. This clearly indicated that even if they cleared the dungeon, he still intended to screw him over. Furthermore, with the act of arson, both the police and the Game Government would turn their attention here. The false He Pu, bearing the identity of the castle’s lord, would find it hard to extricate himself.

"One more thing," Xu Huo exhaled a puff of smoke, "Even if Mr. Dong cleans up everything inside and outside the castle, I will still go to the Game Government afterwards to report that there’s a fugitive suspected of being part of the Holy Sword Society here at Rose Castle."

He laughed as he watched He Pu, "I heard the Holy Sword Society and the government were at odds with each other when I arrived, earning a little extra in such a dangerous copy isn’t too much."

Outside, a light rain had started at some point, and inside the quiet teahouse, Mr. Dong stood silently under a pillar, setting himself apart from the others.

In front of the soft seats, Flay, who had already joined He Pu’s ranks, shifted to one side, clearly trying to escape from the eye of the storm.

He Pu’s expression darkened as he stared at the few players in front of him who had cleared the level but were reluctant to leave, his hand slowly lifting the baton.

In that instant, Xu Huo kicked over the table in front of him and the Crimson Sword slashed down from the air!

At the same time, You Qiwen’s electric whip, bullets fired by Wei Landeng, and the smoke bombs thrown by Liu Zhengping rushed towards He Pu. Chen Tu used "Draw Ground as Prison"; Yu Shuai squatted on the spot, and the carpet-covered floor surged forward like waves!

Three attacked head-on, one covered the line of sight, and two restricted He Pu’s movements from the ground, striking at the moment, all players launched their attacks based on their own characteristics and props!

The calm was swept away, and the entire teahouse was instantly turned into a battlefield, with all the furnishings and even the floor deconstructed, but He Pu, under siege, merely stood in place and flicked his conductor’s baton!

"Buzz!" A ring-shaped shockwave spread out from him, easily blocking and shattering the Sword Qi, electric currents, and bullets, including the floor, which was rolled anew!

That wasn’t all, He Pu then took out a tuning fork and tapped it lightly. The sound emitted from the tuning fork forcefully drilled into people’s ears. The sound wasn’t harsh, but once it got into the brain it made their heads tingle with numbness!

The next second, the environment in the teahouse changed. The field of vision turned blood-red, and the He Pu before their eyes became a monster with a mouth full of sharp teeth. It crawled out of a crimson corridor, stuffing the dead and living on the ground into its mouth handful by handful. As it chewed, innards splattered, and a pair of ferocious eyes scanned back and forth.

"It’s an illusion! This is an illusion!" You Qiwen shouted, but he couldn’t help retreating instinctively.

Yu Shuai and Liu Zhengping were deeply affected by the illusion. They saw not only the horror but also suffered unbearable headaches, especially Yu Shuai, "I can’t hold on..."

He waved his hand in the air and then cried out in horror, "I can’t open the game panel!"

The other players also realized that their consciousness and bodies were split, and in their panic, all they could do was desperately flee from the monster.

But it was useless; even if they didn’t die in the illusion, their lives would still be harvested by He Pu.

"I knew I should have left as soon as I cleared the level, dammit!" Liu Zhengping deeply regretted, "Could an escapee from the Wormhole Points be anything good? If his identity was exposed and he had to flee, he’d definitely kill us first!"

"This is a psychic attack, and there’s only one way to break such an attack, that’s to walk out of the illusion ourselves!" You Qiwen quickly said, "Right now, let’s concentrate on imagining the exit is right in front of us, maybe we can escape!"

"An exit? Where do we go, there’s not even a door..." Liu Zhengping was rambling as he ran when suddenly, a door indeed appeared on the side of the blood wall!

Xu Huo pushed open the door and gestured to them to come out.

The players, confused, went through the door and found themselves back in the teahouse indeed, where Xu Huo was fighting fiercely with He Pu!