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The three who came out didn't plan to continue their actions together.

Because the amusement park was large, yet time was short.

So in the end, Xu Shuo decided to go to the security room to look for more clues, while the male security guard said he would head to the amusement park office to check, and the female tourist just shrugged, saying "free activity" before turning to leave.

The two men looked at each other, then also turned to go their separate ways.

Under the silent gaze of the camera, this halved group seemed to have experienced another falling-out.

...

The female tourist returned to Central Square and stood in front of the bulletin board, carefully examining the dense array of photos on it.

The deceased's photos took up more than half of the bulletin board, ranging from everyday life details to working conditions in the amusement park, and finally lying on the ground as a corpse— the progression of time witnessed a person going from vibrancy to lifelessness.

There was no denying the girl was quite pretty.

So, could that mysterious person have been a voyeur?

The female tourist, looking at the photos where the victim "never directly faced the camera," felt a chill run down her spine.

Because it was very likely that these photos were taken secretly.

Moreover, judging by the act of "trapping all the suspects in the amusement park, threatening to blow it up along with everyone if the murderer wasn't found," the person might also be an ardent admirer of the deceased.

Could such a person be the murderer?

Or rather, was the mysterious person behind the scenes just a pervert who had directed and acted out everything himself?

Contemplating, the female tourist first ruled out her boyfriend as the murderer.

Because from the time they entered the amusement park until they left the Haunted House, except for when he went to the restroom, her boyfriend had stayed with her the whole day.

And between four and five-thirty in the afternoon...

["I need to go to the restroom." After her boyfriend said this, he ran into the public toilet. She stood outside waiting when her gaze suddenly caught the terrifying-looking Haunted House not far away.]

[Although they had planned to leave the amusement park, they could still take a quick tour of the Haunted House before they left, since it wouldn't take much time.]

[She made up her mind, and after her boyfriend came out, she suggested it, and the two of them turned towards the Haunted House.]

After reviewing her character information, the female tourist thought, "..."

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Well, now even her boyfriend might be a suspect.

The script didn't clearly state how long the boyfriend stayed in the restroom, meaning they could only check the surveillance in the security room.

But to be honest, the monitoring in the security room couldn't provide much useful evidence.

Because the surveillance inside the Haunted House had been swapped out, so it wasn't impossible for someone to have replaced the cameras elsewhere, although they hadn't discovered that issue yet.

But a little doubt wouldn't cost a piece of flesh.

The female tourist looked at the photos on the bulletin board. Suddenly, her gaze lingered slightly on the deceased's neck.

The deceased did indeed love that pink pearl necklace, often wearing it in the photos—if the necklace was authentic, given how rare pink pearls are, it would be no surprise that she liked to wear it.

Recalling the feel and hue of the pearls she saw in the Haunted House, the female tourist was certain not only were they real but they were also likely of high value!

Wait, the promoter was known to change jobs often, and currently being a salesperson, no one knew how well that was going—so affording such a pearl necklace would have been quite a stretch for her finances, wouldn't it?

"..." Staring at what appeared to be the pricey pink pearl necklace for a while, the female tourist then remembered the white pearl.

She thought hard; it seemed that the tall man hadn't admitted that he had bought the white pearl for the deceased.

The female tourist froze for a moment, then looked closely at the photos of the deceased again.

That pink pearl necklace didn't have a white pearl charm on it, nor did it have any other small decorations—it was simply a strand made of pink pearls.

Later, after they left the Haunted House, all the clue items they had specifically carried out from the Haunted House had disappeared.

But the Haunted House prop hadn't disappeared.

Perhaps this merely meant that—evidence related to the case could not be taken out of the Haunted House!

The white pearl might very well have been an important piece of evidence left by the murderer!

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The answer seemed to be on the tip of her tongue—

The victim's boyfriend?

After all, he had mentioned that "his girlfriend really likes pearl jewelry," so it would be normal to give her another pearl on Valentine's Day, only...

Now the victim was suspected of having an affair!

Therefore, aside from the official boyfriend giving gifts, the lover might also send something, right?

And then there was the voyeur hiding in the shadows.

So whose pearl was it?

If it was part of a piece of jewelry, it probably wouldn't be just a single small pearl. Perhaps it was ripped from the main item during the victim's struggle.

The female tourist pondered these clues, biting her nails with a troubled frown.

After thinking about it, she decided to first go to the security room to check the surveillance footage.

But just as she took a step forward, the female tourist's face stiffened.

She remembered that the promoter said he was heading to the security room when he left, to try to find the bomb in the amusement park by starting with the surveillance video.

Wait... why was he so fixated on finding the bomb?

The female tourist looked at the tasks listed in her manual.

[Task 1: Find the killer who murdered the victim.]

[Task 2: Successfully escape the amusement park.]

The moment she saw Task 2, the alarm that had risen in the female tourist slowly subsided.

Perhaps he was trying to complete the second task.

Generally speaking, when a player has two tasks, completing just one of them counts as clearing the game, and they would not be sent to punishment—just that their rewards might be less at settlement.

This Script Space was somewhat normal in some aspects, at least it wasn't set up solely for the pleasure of random killings.

Newbies who just joined not only had a death protection mechanism but also, aside from a few dangerous scripts, there were even completely risk-free comedy, romance, and adventure scripts.

Even though the rewards for these scripts were low...

This led players to develop a very safe "idol" route!

There were players who specialized in these easy scripts, using their exquisite acting skills to perform and entertain the audience, and they earned money from audience donations.

The female tourist was actually following a semi-idol path.

The reason it was "semi" was that she didn't have a mentor to arrange scripts for her and had to rely on luck to get her scripts.

It's said that after playing enough scripts, the system would automatically assign scripts that fit the player's character, based on their usual performance.

Just like before a real-life Scripted Murder Game starts, the host will conduct personality tests for the players and then distribute roles that fit the test results.

The female tourist was tirelessly building herself towards the "idol" direction.

But when it came to performing... she found it challenging.

She really didn't have the acting skills of an idol!!

Otherwise, she wouldn't be stuck in a script where failure to complete the tasks meant "no one survives," as a level two player without death protection.

While others were behaving like idols, living a life of leisure, she was on a tough idol route, which was a tale of hardship when told.

The female tourist didn't doubt the threat of the mysterious person for a second; she felt that once it struck six o'clock, the amusement park would set off fireworks on time!

Even if they identified the killer, she estimated they'd still be blown up!

One couldn't apply normal reasoning to the mentality of a psychotic voyeur!

As the female tourist pondered this, she suddenly felt enlightened and was no longer as frightened by the lingering gaze of the somewhat strange tall guy.

With that, she strode forward with her long legs, heading towards the security room without hesitation.

...