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Click.
[You have entered the theater.]
Xu Shuo opened his eyes, his posture still maintaining the motion of raising his hand to take something, but now it became somewhat stiff. Then, as if jolted, he suddenly snapped back to reality.
This was a kitchen.
But not the kitchen in his house.
Xu Shuo lowered his hand, looking around in surprise, not quite understanding how he had changed kitchens in the blink of an eye.
And just now, did he seem to hear a voice?
It appeared that he had entered some place.
[The Scripted Murder Game project "Rainy Night Villa" will soon begin. Since this theater is a tutorial for beginners, please proceed to the hall immediately for the gathering.]
Suddenly, a text appeared before Xu Shuo's eyes, and at the same time, that icy voice sounded again.
After it finished speaking, a 3D virtual arrow appeared in front of him, seemingly guiding him to the hall where the gathering was to take place.
Looking at the scene before him, Xu Shuo was stunned.
Scripted Murder Game?
Player?
Regardless of what exactly was going on, this inexplicable situation seemed to reek of a Reincarnator's presence!
Xu Shuo did not hurry out of the kitchen. He first examined his current appearance, clothed in a white chef's uniform and wearing a hat, seemingly in the role of a chef.
Then, he pulled a kitchen knife from the rack and carefully examined the smooth blade, finding his appearance seemed unchanged.
Putting down the knife, Xu Shuo thought for a moment, raised his right hand to feel his left arm, and then bit down hard when the flesh was unprepared.
"Hiss..."
Xu Shuo sharply inhaled a breath of cold air.
Forget it, he'd better head to the hall to gather.
The kitchen was very close to the hall; he had already heard surprised voices coming from outside just now. When he went outside, he saw four other people, one man and three women.
Judging by their confused looks, they seemed to have arrived here as suddenly as he had.
When Xu Shuo appeared, all four turned their gazes towards him, their eyes filled with suspicion and wariness.
Hm? So, should he greet them?
Xu Shuo touched his chin, pondering.
Just then, another man with a puzzled face came around the corridor corner, and in a flash, including Xu Shuo, all five pairs of eyes turned towards him.
"..."
Suddenly, out of the six people present, five stated they had never played a Scripted Murder Game before.
The only woman who had, wearing a black long dress, looked at them incredulously, "Really? This game is so well-known, and you've never played it?!"
Xu Shuo looked at her and suddenly said, "I've learned some rules, and I've watched similar variety shows, but I've never actually played."
At that moment, the girl holding a sketchbook snorted, "I've seen my friends play, but I never participated."
The woman turned to the other three people, but they all just awkwardly shook their heads, clearly having no clue how to play the game.
"Since you've played it, why don't you explain it to us?" The girl with the sketchbook pursed her lips and spoke in a rather irritable tone.
She just didn't like the high-and-mighty attitude of the woman, especially the smug expression that almost burst forth when she heard they had never played the game.
It's just a game. If you've never played, you've never played, who cares, humph!
"It's no big deal to explain it to you."
The woman in the black dress gave her a look, sat down on the sofa, casually crossed her legs, seemingly offhand, "Actually, Scripted Murder Games are quite simple, there are many types of scripts, and different scripts have different gameplay. But all this is not necessary for you newbies to understand right now."
"Can you at least explain what we need to know for now?" At that moment, another girl couldn't help interrupting her.
They only had ten minutes to become familiar with this, and they did not want to spend half that time listening to this "seasoned player" flaunt her knowledge of the game.
Clearly, as they encountered this unknown event, the restlessness brought about by unease quickly spread among them.
The woman in the black dress looked at them, put down her legs, and spoke casually, "Fine then, you guys first take a look at the synopsis of the script. Usually, beginner tutorials are quite straightforward, just follow the story to find the killer, and after you've read it, I'll teach you how to proceed."
Hearing her say this, the group momentarily set aside their resentment and with the remembrance of the script, that mystical sensation appeared in their minds again.
Xu Shuo saw a paper book appear seemingly out of thin air before his eyes.
And judging from everyone's surprised expressions, it seemed that something similar had appeared in front of them too, but they couldn't see each other's version.
The first page of the book was the title of this Scripted Murder Game "Rainy Night Villa."
Using his thoughts to control it, Xu Shuo quickly flipped through and finished reading the background of the story, then looked at the information about the character he was to portray in the script.
Then, his expression became slightly odd.
That long block of text, no matter how he looked at it, from every angle, even after scrutinizing it for a long time, he could only discern two words in between lines—murderer!
Xu Shuo stared at the method of the crime, immersed in thought.
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