The Demon’s Menu

Chapter 749: It’s Just the Beginning

Chapter 749: Chapter 9 It’s Just the Beginning

Send No.9 is dead?

Galen is the murderer?

Jason, who was browsing through the newly exchanged books “How to Properly Participate in ‘Crazy Game'” (Survivor and Brutalizer versions, one each), lifted his head in shock upon hearing the news from the TV and turned to look at the suddenly broadcast news segment.

A family rivalry?

Or a struggle between heirs?

Or…

...

Some hostile force?

Any family, although powerful, inevitably becomes a tangled web over time.

Struggles are, of course, unavoidable.

After all, even the largest families have limited resources.

To acquire resources, one must strive to be on top.

Perhaps a family would seem harmonious on the surface.

Behind the scenes?

It’s a fight to the death.

And it’s the same with enemies.

In order to gain more benefits and resources, enemies will never disappear, they will only continue to emerge endlessly. Either you consume your enemies to use as nourishment for your own growth, or you are destroyed by them and become fertile soil for their backyard.

However, no matter which it is, Jason absolutely didn’t believe that it was Galen who had taken action.

It wasn’t that Jason had absolute confidence in Galen.

But rather, he felt that Galen’s strength wasn’t enough!

"Was he being used?”

Jason murmured to himself.

He had met Send No.9 before.

Right in this very apartment, not long ago.

At that time, Send No.9 was arrogant and contemptuous.

But he had the confidence to be so.

Jason, with his exceptional perception, could clearly sense that even in this ‘well-defended’ apartment, there were always two gazes firmly locked on him.

It hadn’t been there before, only appearing when Send No.9 arrived and leaving when Send No.9 did.

Clearly, Send No.9 had made proper arrangements.

He was accompanied by bodyguards, who were quite capable.

Especially since the other party was so cautious even when they met him, a ‘person in a cage’, would Send No.9 have no arrangements when meeting Galen?

That would be impossible.

Even if it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, he would still have had solid measures in place.

So, someone must have set this up.

Using Galen as ‘bait’ to lure Send No.9.

Or perhaps this ‘setup’ could be traced back even further.

For example, was the visit to him a harbinger of this ‘setup’?

Thinking of this, Jason still didn’t know the course of the entire event, but there was one thing he could be sure of.

The person who planned this setup knew Send No.9 very well, understanding not only his habits and way of doing things, but also his character flaws.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so simple to assassinate Send No.9 and so conveniently put forward a ‘scapegoat’.

"Professional!”

Jason appraised.

After scanning the news for a few more moments and finding nothing, he quickly redirected his attention.

Since it was the work of a professional, there naturally wouldn’t be many more clues left behind.

Expecting to find clues through such news is nothing but a pipe dream.

And to dig deeper?

He wasn’t ‘Detective Jason’ at the moment but a ‘Brutalizer’.

What’s more, with the power of the Send Family, they didn’t need him to dig deeper; there would be those who were eager to take the front seat.

Under heavy reward, there must be brave men.

As long as the reward is plentiful, there are many more professionals than him willing to investigate everything.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

Moreover, it happened quicker than Jason had anticipated—

Whoosh, whoosh.

As pages turned, Jason’s attention was once again captured by the book in his hands.

"Are there really so many maps?”

"Indeed, to become a game that’s all the rage in the world, apart from some fortuitous factors, every essential element is indispensable,” Jason couldn’t help but admire as he browsed “How to Properly Participate in ‘Crazy Game'”.

He was comparing the ‘Survivor’ version with the ‘Brutalizer’ version.

This wasn’t his habit but a suggestion given by the author of “How to Properly Participate in ‘Crazy Game'”.

Although he didn’t rule out the possibility that the author wanted buyers to spend more Points, Jason still thought it was worth it.

At least, those more than 30 ‘game maps’ had already proved to be a great asset to him, not to mention the tactics of wit and cunning between ‘Survivors’ and ‘Brutalizers’ on these maps.

Survivors use anything they can, whether setting traps, creating diversions, or simply relying on strength in numbers to turn the tables and kill the ‘Brutalizer’.

What Jason found most impressive was just that.

In an initial round of the ‘game’, a ‘Survivor’ gathered the strength of 30 people, set a trap using himself as bait, and lured the pursuing ‘Brutalizer’ into it, then relied on numerical superiority to overwhelm the ‘Brutalizer’.

Of course, many ‘Survivors’ were injured or killed in the process, including the one who orchestrated the trap.

But the death of the ‘Brutalizer’ made that match’s viewership skyrocket to an extreme.

It was because of that match that more advantageous conditions for ‘Survivors’ appeared.

For example: Tips!

For example: Treasure chests!

The former was just as Jason had known before.

And the treasure chests?

They were hidden throughout the map.

They could contain weapons, medications, food, or other various items.

This was another reason why Jason deemed the book in his hand valuable—because it contained detailed markings of the positions where these treasure chests had appeared before.

Even though it wasn’t one hundred percent accurate, it was enough for Jason to make certain deductions.