There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 754 - 644 Making a Secret Wish

Chapter 754: Chapter 644 Making a Secret Wish

It’s still business hours now, so Xu Shuo decided to wait until he got back to find Hong Rao, but he first sent her a message in reply.

Hong Rao: “No rush.”

Of course, there’s no hurry, and there’s even a sense of relief.

Xu Shuo couldn’t understand what she was doing, but he was sure he would find out in the evening, so he temporarily set it aside and didn’t bother with it.

He conscientiously dealt with his work documents, not planning to give himself a day off tomorrow to play games.

After all, there was only one script, and since he had been to the third-level assessment before, there was no need to specifically free up time to recover.

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Unexpectedly,

Shi, who was supposed to “disappear for a long time after leaving and then reappear after a while,” broke his strange pattern just when Xu Shuo was preparing to leave work. The office was once again shining with golden light.

This time, Shi didn’t leave for long, nor was he tripped up by other matters en route; he came straight back after visiting the First Palace.

Xu Shuo was somewhat surprised, “You’re done asking?”

Shi nodded happily, “It was pretty quick. The Little Elves of the First Palace were easy to talk to. They agreed right away when they learned I was going to open the supernatural permissions for this world.”

“So, what permissions did you open?”

As Xu Shuo asked this, he had already opened the radar in the Player’s Handbook to detect.

[Current number: EA1029392178.]

[Number level: First level.]

[Abyss level: Zero level.]

[No abnormalities currently.]

Xu Shuo stared at the “one,” lost in thought.

After all that, it seems like it’s open but also like it’s not.

As if a first-level player could handle the erosion of a fourth-level Abyss, surely Themis was tricked by the First Palace and returned.

No wonder he came back so quickly.

Shi, however, was quite satisfied and said, “This world itself is zero level, so even after promotion, it can only barely rise to first level. But a player with first-level permissions can now acquire protection and Purification items of the second level.”

Even if you say that, the strength of a second-level player is still weak.

Xu Shuo rubbed his forehead but didn’t push further, “Is that so, thank you then.”

Shi said earnestly, “You don’t need to thank me since it’s my duty to guard these worlds. Doing these things is part of my role as Judgement.”

Xu Shuo glanced at him, his lips curving slightly, “Okay, then I won’t thank you.”

Even if I wanted to thank you, I wouldn’t have anything to give you.

How about giving you a Los who’s been peeping?

Shi, being Judgement, always comes and goes in a hurry, bustling about, so after telling Xu Shuo about this matter, he left in a rush once again.

From beginning to end, Xu Shuo never brought up the ‘time’ issue with him again. Watching Shi leave, he then packed up and left work.

Xu Xi was waiting outside the studio for him, head down looking at the book in her hands, and she did not inquire about the office’s events.

But as she turned the pages, Xu Xi looked at her hands, with a somewhat stunned expression.

Why does it feel…

Like something invisibly changed again?

…

Both of them drove home in silence.

Upon entering the house, before the lights were even turned on, a pitch-black little cat pounced towards Xu Shuo.

But as soon as it touched Xu Shuo’s body, the black cat suddenly puffed up its fur and jumped away, reflexively landing on the shoe cabinet at the entryway, the whole process taking perhaps less than a second.

Xu Shuo just felt a touch on his clothes, paused, then turned on the light to look at the newly married cat with puffed tail on the shoe cabinet.

Black Cat: “Meow meow meow meow!”

Having been a cat for so long, the bride had gradually begun to use meows to express her feelings.

Xu Shuo understood that there was some dangerous aura about him.

As Xu Xi changed her shoes beside him, she looked at the frightened black cat and puzzledly said, “Did you get something on you that’s scaring Little Black?”

Without changing his expression, Xu Shuo replied, “Probably, I’ll just change my clothes later, and it should be fine.”

Though changing clothes was unlikely to help.

Because the only things that could make the New Bride wary were those filled with positive energy and the divine power of purification, like ‘Judgment,’ or Themis, for instance.

But Xu Shuo had been close to Los before, and upon returning, he hadn’t seen the black cat puff up, so it probably wasn’t because of Themis.

That only left ‘Judgment.’

The New Bride’s current state was a mass of resentment, full of negative energy, so it was normal for her to fear the divine power inherent in ‘Judgment.’

Speaking of which, Xu Shuo himself felt uncomfortable inside ‘Judgment,’ but after thinking about the abyssal abilities he possessed, he came to terms with it.

To give something up to get something—quite a fair deal.

After Xu Xi finished changing her shoes, she picked up the somewhat depressed black cat beside her and affectionately rubbed its head.

“I’m going to report to school in a few days, I’ll probably be staying on campus, so you’ll have to take good care of brother, Little Black,” Xu Xi said, pinching the cat’s cool ear tips.

“Meow.”

The New Bride coldly responded, flicking her harassed ears.

Why did both siblings enjoy playing with cat ears so much?

As Xu Shuo prepared dinner in the kitchen and heard this, he said, “When the time comes, Little Black can stay with you on campus.”

Xu Xi was surprised, “The school doesn’t allow cats, does it?”

“There are a lot of campus cats at Normal University; haven’t you been paying attention?” Xu Shuo remarked.

“…Really?”

“Meow.”

The New Bride understood why Xu Shuo wanted her to follow her sister, and she didn’t mind it; after all, whenever she was summoned, she could return to the young man’s side through the Rose Castle.

She didn’t have a physical body, she was just a resentful spirit that existed by relying on energy.

Moreover, Xu Shuo himself was a player with a myriad of abilities, so even if he faced danger, he had the ability to cope.

On the contrary, his sister had no protection whatsoever.

As the New Bride pondered these things, she suddenly saw Xu Shuo take out a familiar jade Ruyi and walk over to give it to Xu Xi.

“You should carry this too. It can increase your luck, and I’ve heard that making a wish with it can sometimes be effective, so you can try it out when you’re bored,” he suggested.

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The black cat’s tail bristled again.

The New Bride looked at Xu Shuo and then at the glowing jade Ruyi, her little head full of big questions.

—If you give the jade Ruyi to my sister, how can I stay with her??

Xu Shuo looked at her: The jade Ruyi has long stopped rejecting you, haven’t you ever noticed?

New Bride: ???

As early as when the script of ‘Double Happiness’ was nearly over, when facing the Abyss Creature, the jade Ruyi had already stopped resisting the New Bride’s approach, but at that time the raging New Bride was busy dealing with the monster and did not notice this (previously mentioned).

In any case, the black cat, nestled in her arms, realizing that Xu Xi, who was holding the jade Ruyi, didn’t fling her away, slowly relaxed the fur on her tail that had sneakily bristled up.

For Xu Shuo, the jade Ruyi was just an item used to fend off monster attacks; its actual utility wasn’t that great.

As for the ability to make wishes…

Xu Shuo had covertly made a wish to it once, hoping to provide Xu Xi with some self-protection, but the jade Ruyi had shown no response—perhaps his luck wasn’t good enough to trigger it.

Giving it to Xu Xi seemed like a good idea; her luck had always been good, after all, she had managed to not be present during the car accident.

Having received many strange and wonderful things from her brother before, Xu Xi felt no particular surprise at receiving one more jade Ruyi.

She was just curious about its wish-granting feature.

She might try it out in secret one day…

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