Simulated Crime, This Criminal Doesn’t Seem to Be Acting

The hundred-plus square meter private luxury suite was adorned in gold and splendorous decorations, with an array of famous tobacco and liquor on the table, along with constant clinking of glasses and laughter.

However, the lighting here was not bright, deliberately dim, as the darker ambiance added a sense of privacy and indulgence.

This was the private suite of the owner of the entire Golden Coast, a secret banquet venue known only to a few in Yuancheng.

The entire floor, except for those with invitations, was off-limits to anyone without permission to enter the eighth floor.

The elevator, unless you had a special card, couldn't even press the button to light up the eighth floor.

It was rumored that the owner of this place was one of the top figures in Yuancheng. A single word from him, and no matter who you were, you could become a prominent figure in the city.

As the elevator door opened on the crimson carpeted floor, a black, reflective shoe stepped out, paired with dark blue,striped trousers and a matching unbuttoned suit, revealing a black plain shirt underneath.

The man’s protruding oily belly, combined with his thick, yellowish, oily arms, reached out and swiftly removed his coat, tossing it onto the person beside him.

"Boss Qi San, the guys downstairs reported that the three trackers said those people didn’t get any results," the man beside him said with a flattering smile, slightly bowing his body while holding the clothes, following the man who was referred to as Qi San.

The man’s face was filled with excess flesh and some pits, combined with his slanted eyes, giving him an extremely ugly and fierce appearance.

When he looked at someone, it made them quiver.

Like now, when he looked at the man speaking, "Those criminal police guys aren’t easy to deal with. You’d better get it done, or else I’ll have you sealed in cement and thrown into the sea."

"Yes, yes, yes... I’ll make sure to get it done!" The man’s expression stiffened, then immediately resumed his flattering smile.

The man pushed open the compartment door, revealing an exaggerated smile.

“I’m truly grateful everyone honored me with their presence. I thought you all wouldn’t come!" He spread his arms, embraced the two women who approached, and glanced at the others in the room.

At this moment, several glass partitions were pushed in, made of one-way mirror glass, where they could see the other side but not the other way around.

This was an innovation for this month’s banquet, as they felt the "Flower Plan" was too conspicuous, so they quietly shifted to a "Sunflower Plan" under the guise of a private company donation.

The target had been switched from high school students to middle school students.

The operation was also more covert, to avoid detection by those people.

Once seated, Qi San lit a cigarette and squinted his eyes as he spoke about the ongoing investigation, "I had someone create some trouble for the criminal investigation team earlier, but that investigating woman was too sharp; she solved it directly. Too bad, no matter how capable she is, she won’t be able to trace us!"

"Speaking of which, Ye Hua was also useless, tasked him with something and he lost his life. If not for him, they wouldn’t even have sniffed around us."

The man sitting next to Qi San nodded, "If it weren’t for him begging us, claiming he could do it so well, we wouldn’t have given him the chance. Should have known better than to trust such a waste."

"Right, good thing he didn’t know much," Qi San said.

The others present nodded in agreement.

"Boss Qi San is truly formidable. We all follow Boss Qi San, but why isn’t Chen Xu here?" One person teased.

Qi San tilted his head back, exhaling a puff of cigarette smoke, "Recently found a pure and innocent girl, quite fresh, didn't feel like coming."

Such scenes appeared to be ordinary, as no one seemed surprised, and the others responded with lascivious laughter.

A middle-aged man, obese and slumped on the sofa, raised his glass, "Whatever Chen Xu sets his eyes on must be good. Too bad he doesn’t know, today we’re in for a treat."

Qi San also raised his glass, revealing a triumphant smile, "Exactly. They’ll never guess we’ve switched targets. With the new ones, the old ones can be left for them to slowly investigate!"

Hearing this, the entire room erupted in laughter.

What these men craved was simply something fresh, and the suffering of those girls gave them a sense of control.

With wealth, they sought power.

After laughing for a while, Qi San waved his hand, "Enough talk, let’s begin!"

Soon, behind the one-way glass, more than a dozen boys and girls, all dressed in school uniforms and wearing identical ponytails, walked in.

Judging by their age, the oldest were no more than fifteen.@@novelbin@@

“I think high schoolers can be a bit too worldly, while middle schoolers are more innocent, hehehe...” The men looked them up and down.

The women sitting next to them exchanged glances in the darkness, although they had seen this several times before, today they were again refreshed their views.

These men were becoming increasingly detestable or despicable.

Qi San’s eyes swept around, finally settling on a girl in the middle.

The henchman by his side immediately understood.

Others also began choosing their targets.

A cheerful song played in the room, and the boys and girls in school uniforms started dancing a gratitude dance.

To them, they were just here to dance the gratitude dance.

They had no idea why they were arranged here.

They didn’t even consider that behind them, people were looking at them with lewd and sinister gazes, filled with perverse desires, and the glass was the only thing separating them.

This wasn’t out of kindness; they merely enjoyed this moment, anticipating the despair and pain that would soon appear on their faces.

After the performance, they were taken away.

Qi San glanced at the others, "Not bad, right? These are meticulously selected good subjects, all untouched. The old rules! We need to sponsor them, so we can continue this game!"

Soon, stacks of cash were thrown onto the table, and everyone’s faces were filled with madness.

The students, taken downstairs, soon returned, only this time they were forced to change into red or other brightly colored short cheongsams, to serve these people wine.

The girl arranged beside Qi San was the one he had his eye on earlier.

As she walked forward, her figure trembled slightly.

Qi San was lying back on the sofa, his horizontal gaze just reaching the girl's smooth, fair legs that were exposed.

Women are keenly aware of being gazed upon, and the girl clearly felt it, her body trembling even more.

The woman forced herself forward, handing the wine to the other woman.

Qi San looked up and down at her, stretched out his hand to take the glass, revealing an enigmatic smile, "Join me for a drink, don't be afraid, you can have some juice."

A glass of juice appeared by the girl's hand, still taut with her expression, she toasted to the other party, then tilted her head slightly to take a small sip.

Qi San didn’t speak, but glanced at him with contempt and said, "Come sit by my side."

The woman beside him stood up, making space.

The girl hesitated, ultimately sitting down a meter away from him.

Others were similar, clearly having sensed the imminent danger since changing into their clothes.

They contemplated ways to escape, but they didn’t know that from the moment they entered here, unless a miracle occurred, no one could save them.

Faced with their restlessness and fear, these men showed expressions of viewing a spectacle.

Because what they wanted to see was this exact fear, watching them struggle, yet unable to escape.

For some, after acquiring wealth, in the shadows, their filthy lusts would continue to grow, ultimately consuming their humanity.

In this process, they would become increasingly intoxicated by these things, eventually losing all moral boundaries.

Qi San wasn’t in a hurry; he continued drinking, watching her gradually consume the juice in her cup.

Once tasted, she would gradually lower her guard.

The girl's eyes became hazy and disoriented, her vision spinning around her.

She felt the man beside her slowly approaching.

A sense of imminent danger rushed over her; she placed the wine glass down, propped her hand on the sofa, and began to inch away, hoping to distance herself from him.

Her eyes were filled with fear, as her body grew weak, and she couldn’t move away from him.

She shook her head, her eyes brimming with tears.

A surge of regretful emotion surged constantly, along with her gradually fading consciousness.

She gradually couldn’t hold on, collapsing onto the sofa.

Just as her eyes were about to close, she seemed to see the darkuniform of a police officer, the emblem above it, glowing like a light in the dim environment, shining into her heart.

She didn’t know if it was just her illusion, like the fantasies of the little girl selling matches on the street, who imagined warmth as she was about to freeze to death.

After a chaotic commotion in her ears, she couldn’t resist the drowsiness brought by the drugs, fainting into unconsciousness.

Golden Coast was a three-hectare club, and from the outside to the inside, word had already been received, allowing the core members to escape.

Therefore, Ye Sangsang decided to infiltrate the place, obtain specific location information, guard all the exits, and then coordinate both inside and outside to capture all these individuals.

As the main force, Ye Sangsang led the charge, commanding her team straight to the eighth floor where the opponents were situated.

The elevator card prepared in advance proved its worth, and when the elevator opened, the culprits found the police at their doorstep.

Their electric batons and knives seemed feeble in the face of firearms.

"Police enforcement! Hands on your head and squat down!"

The stern command came from Ye Sangsang and the other officers.

After controlling the corridor, Ye Sangsang headed directly to the private room, with the rest of the team quickly following behind.

The door to the private room was swung open, and those attempting to harm the boys and girls stopped, their faces filled with terror as they looked at the officers.

Faced with police weapons, most complied.

However, the mastermind Qi San had different intentions. Upon realizing the police had arrived, he immediately fled towards another direction in the private room.

He had hidden weapons there; being caught meant certain death for him, and he was determined to take a few down with him, even if it meant his own demise.

Driven by this mindset, Qi San sprinted, completely ignoring the warnings behind him.

Seeing this, Ye Sangsang fired two shots on the third warning, just as Qi San was about to pull open a drawer.

"Bang"

"Bang"

The arrogant and ruthless Qi San collapsed to the ground, his two legs punctured with blood-soaked holes.

Firearms were devastating; a shot to the leg could instantly incapacitate a person.

Despite his madness and desire to retaliate, Qi San lacked the strength and will to persist.

The others, witnessing the real use of force, all looked pale and trembling, heads lowered, as they gazed at Ye Sangsang.

[Ahhhh! So cool! So precise!]

[Oh my, it's a direct hit!]

[The serious, professional, and accurate vibe—if we imagine Sis Sang's original appearance, I'd be mesmerized by her dashing charm!]

Of course, some questioned why she didn’t aim for the head and finish off Qi San immediately.

But these doubts were quickly addressed.

Fans familiar with Wang Lan's character knew that she would never deliberately take such actions. She was a highly principled and dedicated police officer.

Shooting the legs was standard procedure—enough to immobilize the target.

The matter of death would be left to the judge.

The law would mete out the appropriate death sentence, making sure Qi San’s lesson would be a cautionary tale for anyone harboring mischievous thoughts.

Ye Sangsang holstered her weapon, and Wei Quan and Yang Hao stepped forward emotionlessly, dragging the wailing Qi San by his legs, giving him a rough ride before finally calling for an ambulance at the door.

Sounds of handcuffs clicking echoed through the scene.

Ye Sangsang surveyed the area and helped the fallen girl to her feet. "How many ambulances have arrived? Let's prioritize sending those who were drugged to the hospital first."

These scoundrels weren’t kindhearted; there was no telling what damage those drugs might have caused to the boys and girls.

One of the undrugged girls was sobbing, and a female police officer held her, offering comfort.

Various vehicles’ sounds rang through Golden Coast, lasting for a long time.

Ye Sangsang and her team did not retreat in triumph; they were here to investigate, and every victim, every piece of evidence, had to be accounted for.

Even the homes of those involved would be searched thoroughly, leaving no stone unturned, with everyone connected to the case being apprehended.

Ye Sangsang searched around and, apart from a gun, found nothing else in the private room.

"The corridor has eight rooms on the other side, and from the exterior, the two are symmetrical. This section here is more than one hundred square meters, completing the full floor," Ye Sangsang analyzed.

She crouched down to search.

Other colleagues were also looking around, as the so-called hidden room could contain all the secrets of the culprits.

Soon, Ye Sangsang felt an unusual drawer handle, examined the decorations above it, and pressed the spot.

A side door swiftly opened.

"Click"

Using her experience, Ye Sangsang turned on the light.

Inside was a luxurious suite, with golden and red decorations, typical of excessive wealth aesthetics.

The bed had four corner posts, and a standing VCD player stood nearby.

Ye Sangsang opened it and removed the storage card inside.

At that moment, a colleague approached with a suitcase, revealing inside it storage cards and a few sealed optical discs.

There were about seventy or eighty disks.

If one disk represented one victim, then the number of victims here… was enough to make one's hair stand on end.

The faces of everyone on the scene turned grim.

Departing, everyone carried a cardboard box of evidence, forming a grand procession back to the police station.

Ye Sangsang next saw Qi San after he had undergone surgery and was lying in bed. Seeing Ye Sangsang—the woman who had left a psychological scar on him—he couldn’t help but show fear.

He was acutely aware that she was far colder and more formidable than he had imagined.

Her position as a prosecutor only amplified this fear, and Qi San’s face twitched incessantly as he faced her questioning.

Ye Sangsang coldly stared and began her interrogation.

Initially, Qi San tried to absolve himself of guilt, denying he had strangled Ning Yuanyuan and refusing to admit other related deaths.

Ye Sangsang wasn’t in a hurry. This was merely a formality, as his underlings weren’t that loyal.

Once captured, they would quickly turn informant, providing concealed evidence to secure clemency.

Ye Hua’s contacts, along with the footage of him strangling Ning Yuanyuan, had not been destroyed.

Ye Sangsang revealed these, and Qi San quickly broke down, confessing everything.

In summary, it was a heinous trail of crimes, too numerous to list.

The case moved swiftly through the legal process, as the sheer scale of the case implicated over thirty primary suspects.

That was just those privy to the crimes; another twenty-plus had participated without full knowledge, incurring lesser sentences.

Over two hundred victims were noted, and revelations of Flower Plan and the newly initiated Sunflower Plan sent chills through many.

It was hard to imagine what further horrors would have unfolded if allowed to continue.

This case also involved economic crimes, leading to joint investigations, with case files stacking higher than a person.

Ye Sangsang first experienced full-capacity work, and this state persisted for quite some time.

After completing all this, she visited Zhou Xue in detention and relayed all the information to him, word by word.

"I fulfilled my promise to you—I caught every last one of them."

Ye Sangsang spoke resolutely to him.

Zhou Xue's expression transitioned from calm, to stunned, to moved, finally erupting with emotion.

He removed his glasses, wiping away the unceasing tears.

His throat was clogged, as if stuffed with cotton, rendering him momentarily speechless. Physical injuries from violation could heal, but the shattered psyche remained fragile.

A scar had forever marked his heart, each remembrance ripping it open, gushing blood.

Yet, in this moment, Ye Sangsang's actions served as a balm, offering a chance for true healing.

"…Thank you," he sincerely uttered.

Ye Sangsang looked at him. "It’s what a police officer should do."

She wasn’t doing what she ought to do, given she wasn’t a real police officer—merely acting as one, fulfilling duties a cop should take on.

The next involved Yu Qingqing, who due to minimal involvement was released on bail.

Subsequently, she inherited most of Ye Hua's assets, part of it being funds from returned ill-gotten gains.

She hired a highly skilled lawyer for Zhou Xue, aiming to secure a life sentence.

As a woman, she had no desire to care for Zhou Ya, so she spent money to arrange treatment for him.

She would wait until Zhou Xue's release to take care of him.

Upon hearing Ye Sangsang’s account, Yu Qingqing stood in a daze for a long time before finally embracing Ye Sangsang in a tearful embrace.

For her sister, her unjust suffering had finally been vindicated.

After crying, she carried on with life, watching those responsible face punishment.

Qi Yu remained steadfast in her stance, and after confronting those individuals, she only grew more resolute in her convictions.

Some time later, additional girls stepped forward, becoming key witnesses.

Ye Sangsang skipped ahead, reaching a year and a half later.

This sensational case, dubbed the first and most extensive case involving a non-profit organization in Zhongzhou Country, officially went to trial.

The trial was long and tedious, but Ye Sangsang still sat through it all.

Twelve of the main culprits were sentenced to death, and twenty-one were given life sentences. Even the unrelated accomplices, who had intentional acts of offenses against minors, were given heavier penalties, with the lightest sentence being seven years and the heaviest being life.

The case of Zhou Xue killing Ye Hua was relatively simple and had already been concluded earlier. Zhou Ya was deemed mentally ill and had a psychotic episode at the time, so no prosecution was made.

Zhou Xue, due to his significant contribution to the "Flowers Plan" case for providing key leads, and considering he was also a victim of Ye Hua's persecution, was given some leniency by the judge during his discretion.

As a result, he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. If he behaves well, it’s possible he could be released in twelve or thirteen years.

This outcome satisfied Zhou Xue.

Even fulfilling the principle of "an eye for an eye" (killing to repay killing) felt normal to him, especially since he still had to take care of his brother. Now that he had the chance to do so officially, it was the best outcome for him.

Yu Qingqing, who was guilty of failing to report a crime and thus became an accomplice, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison due to her significant contribution in providing leads.

After obtaining all the results, Ye Sangsang jumped the timeline.

She clicked "Case Closed," and the instance was declared perfectly completed!

Congratulations to player Ye Sangsang for perfectly completing the "A Letter" case instance with a rating of SSS.

Congratulations to player Ye Sangsang for earning the SSS-level task completion reward: 1 body attribute point that can be freely allocated to basic body attributes.

Congratulations to the player for receiving the first level completion reward: Time Freeze Card X1.

In order to deeply understand the instance and repair and complete the performance to ensure game integrity, the player is rewarded with 1 body attribute point.

Ye Sangsang looked at the extra reward and recalled the generous 3 body attribute points from the previous instance. Seeing only 1 point this time, she couldn't hide her disdain.

【I get it, she's calling it stingy.】

【This game, if the completion isn't good, it probably won't even give us rewards.】

【Worried that Ye Sangsang will max out her attributes? Starring Circle is as stingy as ever, whether in other games or the whole-body immersion ones!】

The complaints in the live stream were overwhelming.

Ye Sangsang, with her long hair cascading down her shoulders, took her first steps in the virtual space.

The feeling of being able to walk was quite enjoyable.

Ding, game update, adding new instances...

Ye Sangsang lingered for a while before hearing the update notification from the game system.

She took a look and saw that five new instances had been added.

One of the introductions mentioned "police," which reminded her of Wang Lan.

Deep supplementary performance instances... Does this mean the following content will also be incorporated into the instances in the future?

Ye Sangsang felt that it wasn't that simple. Was something happening in real life that she didn't know about? The live stream hadn't provided any feedback yet; maybe the news hadn't spread?

With these questions, Ye Sangsang didn't immediately choose to start a new game instance but decided to go offline and search for information.

Ye Sangsang searched for Wang Lan. During the time she acted as Wang Lan, she felt that the person wouldn't remain unknown in the future.

The page displayed Wang Lan's legendary life, culminating in her becoming a renowned criminal investigator in Zhongzhou Country.

The "Flowers Plan" case marked the beginning of her brilliant career.

What an amazing grandmother; she's probably around 60 years old now! She must have retired.

Wang Lan turned out to be even stronger than Ye Sangsang imagined. In that era, she consecutively solved numerous cases, capturing countless vicious criminals, and became a famous top criminal investigator at the Ministry of Public Security.

Ye Sangsang browsed through the "Flowers Plan" case and simultaneously picked up her phone to text her lawyer, wondering what "repair interpretation copy" means.

The official hasn't given her an answer yet, probably because it's not suitable to announce it yet?

But maybe she could inquire beforehand.

After finishing these tasks, Ye Sangsang continued to read about the "Flowers Plan" case.

After reading, her expression became serious because, according to the data, Wang Lan had been too late. She failed to save Qi Yu, and the capture plan was also compromised because Qi San learned about someone escaping.

Upon returning to Yuancheng, Qi San's revenge struck again, attempting to have Qi Yu killed.

This time, Wang Lan managed to save Qi Yu but was hit by a car, breaking her leg.

Losing the initial advantage, although the Yuancheng Criminal Investigation Brigade quickly arrested Chen Xu with lightning speed, the news still leaked, alerting Qi San.

He immediately canceled the election banquet, making the subsequent arrest less smooth, and some of the masterminds fled.

Although the biggest mastermind was captured, a few others slipped through.

Ye Sangsang recalled the live stream footage from her whole-body immersion game, where the audience mentioned that the real case wasn't as perfect, carrying some regrets.

The regret probably stemmed from the fact that some of the masterminds hadn't been found?

Feeling that her deduction was plausible, Ye Sangsang theorized that the game system might be repairing these missing masterminds.

She thought about it and believed that there were three who had evaded punishment.

All three had a common trait: they had destroyed some evidence.

They must have entered a fugitive mode right after realizing they were being watched, even altering their identity information.

The game system, when the instance started, had included a vast amount of identity information from that era in Yuancheng. Although the appearance was from that time, if she pushed the timeline forward, the system could extend and spread.

That is to say, the game system could simulate the trial of those criminals a year later, and then, based on environmental changes, age, and physical changes, simulate even further into the future.

The game instance modeled the appearance of the escaped criminals based on their identity information. If possible, it could directly evolve their appearance decades later.

It wasn't that people before hadn't thought of it, but nearly thirty years had passed, and now the conditions were ripe.

Ye Sangsang pushed the instance to that point, giving viewers inspiration to find these people.

She guessed it might be something like this.

What she didn't expect was that she thought it would take some time to hear any news.

She underestimated the speed brought about by the current technological development.

After going offline for only half a day, the police issued a notification stating that, based on the simulated performance repair results, they had captured one of the escaped criminals from the "Flowers Plan."

The person admitted to his past crimes without hesitation and would soon be handed over to the court for trial.

Ye Sangsang, who had thought this time would be kept low-key, was surprised to see the lawyer's message on her phone arrive at the same time, and she stared silently at the scenery outside the window for an hour.

Not long after, headlines once again dominated the trending searches.

#Game streamer's repair system provides inspiration for capturing fugitives.#

Whole-body immersion game "Criminal Archives" creates another miracle in solving cases.

Ye Sangsang didn't even bother to click on them.

The game continued to remind her to log in, but Ye Sangsang chose to ignore it and took a day off.

She just wanted to play a game.

Rehabilitation is a painful process, and Ye Sangsang isn't the type to cry, but her temples and eyebrows dripped with sweat from the pain.

She didn't say anything because shouting wouldn't change anything.

However, she still felt something different. She indeed appeared somewhat "abnormal" compared to other patients.

As time went on, she even felt a tinge of joy.

How abnormal indeed...

After resting for a day, Ye Sangsang logged back into the game the next evening.

The audience had always known that Ye Sangsang's real-life health was poor, so they didn't complain; staying offline when she needed to was fine.

For them, finding excitement was as simple as watching Ye Sangsang's live stream.

Ye Sangsang didn't think too much and silently selected an instance.

Most of the instance names, like "A Letter" and "Escape," seemed straightforward, but they were actually filled with hidden depths.

By the end, she became impatient because they all looked the same. So Ye Sangsang clicked the random button.

In the next moment, her vision went black, and she was transported into the game.

Others stepped forward, with some even stomping on the fingers embedded in the muddy ground, grinding them fiercely. "Maybe she's faking it! Hoping to scare us away so she can escape?"

Soon, the fingers that had been crushed turned red, and the hand unconsciously spread open a bit.

Seeing the motionless figure on the ground, mocking and contemptuous laughter filled the scene, as if the person on the ground was no more than an insect.

To them, even if the person on the ground were dead, they wouldn't feel any panic for having taken a life.

Instead, they would feel even more exhilarated and excited, making their malicious intentions palpable.

"Oh! She's really dead!" The first speaker commented, then paused as if signaling something.

At that moment, someone placed a hand near the nose, sensing the stopped breath, and said, "Stop laughing, she’s really dead. If my parents find out, this will be a big problem."

"Hmm? Oh! Well, if she's dead, she's dead." The voice that came out was indifferent, tinged with a cold disinterest.

The scene fell silent for a few seconds.

For them, having a dead body was a hassle.

"If we get caught, even if we don't get sentenced, it'll be a huge hassle!" a male voice said.

Another person echoed, "Yeah! If this blows up, we'll be affected for a long time."

The scene fell silent as they realized the seriousness of the situation.

After a while, a male voice proposed, "Since no one knows she came here, and she was alone, let's just destroy the evidence and bury her."

Others began to hesitate, clearly finding the idea difficult to execute, or perhaps it was their first time dealing with such a situation.

"I agree..."

"Me too."

But soon, they reached a decision.

They began to argue about how to dispose of the body. Some suggested digging a hole and burying it, others suggested throwing it in the river, and some suggested simply dumping it somewhere for animals to feast on.

The group continued to debate, with no one suggesting calling the police.

No one was panicking, and after a few seconds of thinking, they even seemed to take a perverse interest in the matter.

At that point, the one who appeared to be the leader spoke up, "Someone might come by here at any moment, digging a hole won't be quick enough."

"If we're discovered by someone passing by, we'll be exposed. I say we just dump the body in the nearby woods. There are no large predators there, so we'll be fine. We should find something to wrap it in, to avoid attracting attention."

At his words, the others nodded, finding his suggestion reasonable and acting quickly.

They quickly found a woven sack, and began to work together to stuff the body inside.

The limbs were difficult to fit in, and the body was very heavy.

After a lot of effort, they finally managed to push the body into the sack.

Looking at the woman lying on the ground, her face with bruises and her pale skin peeking out from the sack, the group felt a chill creep up their spines.

"Don't waste time, if we're seen, we'll be done for. Hurry up and finish," the leader continued.

The others quickly complied, with someone pulling out a belt from their pants and tightly tying the mouth of the sack.

Once it was securely tied, the leader stood in front of the sack, looking at the group. "Today, anyone who took part in this is a murderer. No one is innocent. So I want everyone to remember, none of you have ever seen her. No matter who comes asking, not a single word can be revealed."

"If... I hear anyone talking, then you'll face the full extent of my wrath."

After delivering the stern warning, the leader's gaze swept across the faces of the group.

"I understand."

"…Okay."

"I won't say anything."

Those who were met with his gaze quickly voiced their agreement.

With the group in hand, the leader directed them to carry the sack from both ends and toss it into the dense bushes by the roadside.

At that moment, a group of people appeared around the bend in the road, and the few standing by the roadside immediately caught their attention.

The leader gave a silent signal to the group to stay calm and keep moving, then led them away in the other direction.

The newcomers had no idea what had just transpired, so nothing was noticed.

The magnificent glow of the setting sun gradually faded as dusk descended.

In the dark night, a group came in a hurry and left after a series of actions.

The roadside, filled with the sounds of insects and birds, was suddenly disturbed as a pale hand reached out, struggling to brush away the dirt covering the face.

[Player, greetings. You have entered the game. Please adhere to the game's rules and begin the 'The Killer' scenario.]

[You have drawn an identity card.]

[Criminal]

[Your task in this scenario is to achieve — Perfect Crime.]