Chapter 028. The Cursed Game
The name of the suicide test was Takashi Inoue.
I have been working in Gray Hat Software for seven years, approaching thirty, and I don't have a girlfriend yet.
Every day, Mr. Inoue comes to work at 9 o'clock and leaves work at 6 o'clock.
Never work overtime, never leave fatigue and stress until the next day.
The doctor said he was healthy except for some obesity.
That's why.
At half past nine the next day, my colleagues found that Inoue had not yet arrived at the company, and there was no contact to ask for leave.
After ruling out the option of finding a girlfriend, give him a call.
No one answered.
The colleague who lived close went directly to his house.
Only then did I find out that Inoue Gui, who committed suicide.
Fortunately, Inoue did not die.
He chose hanging, the most common method of suicide in Heguo.
However, Mr. Inoue miscalculated the toughness of the strip of cloth.
with their own weight.
The hanging strip of cloth was broken in the middle of the process.
Inoue Takashi fell.
Hit his head and fainted.
Incidentally, he broke a broken leg.
Although it can't be said to be gratifying, it is still alive.
The police questioned Inoue, but Inoue did not remember how he committed suicide.
After the filing, the police left.
Several enthusiastic colleagues went to the hospital that afternoon to visit Takashi Inoue.
Among them is Shinnosuke Arai.
They were communicating, and Takashi Inoue mentioned the boss thing.
Of course, this is not to say that Inoue still cares about work even if he is hospitalized, but he talks about it.
That night, it was as if he had a dream.
In the dream, the clown was still chasing him.
When he came to his senses, he had already been carried to the hospital.
Others are still ridiculing Inoue Gui, I'm afraid it's not playing games to play psychological shadows.
But no one thought that the next day, that is, yesterday.
Another test was found to have committed suicide in his own home.
The same is hanging.
However, the colleague lived with his girlfriend.
Her girlfriend rescued him in time.
Due to the experience of paranormal events.
Shinnosuke Arai inquired about the situation at the hospital and found that the two suicides had something in common.
They all hanged themselves, dreamed of the clown in the game the night before, and were chased by him.
I also failed to defeat the clown boss who seemed to have a bug.
He felt that it might be the result of the weirdness.
Then, Shinnosuke Arai suddenly thought of something.
That's when he played the beta this morning, too.
Defeated by the Clown Boss.
......
"At least, though, Mr. Arai didn't commit suicide."
Qiao Qiao looked at the information and muttered to himself.
After learning about this, he asked Mr. Arai to remove the commission submitted by the Spirit Master Association, and at the same time, asked the receptionist lady to find a colleague to perform a simple purification on Mr. Arai.
According to Miss Receptionist.
Indeed, from Mr. Arai's body, I found a faint trace of resentment.
It does seem to be a paranormal event.
Originally, Qiao Qiao felt that the matter was a bit serious, and asked Mr. Arai to go directly to other soul killers in the association.
But Mr. Arai rejected the offer.
Maybe I'm not worried about other soul slayers.
In a word.
Weekend mornings.
Qiao Qiao rode his small motorcycle to Gray Cap Software in Nakano-ku, Tokyo.
It is a small four-story office building with a staircase connecting each floor visible from the outside.
On the first floor, there is a sign of gray hat software.
Today is Saturday, and at the same time, due to the paranormal event that happened in the company.
So employees are at home on vacation.
Only Shinnosuke Arai, as well as President Kunio Wada and others were waiting for Qiaoqiao's arrival at the company.
Ariko Asano also arrived ten minutes later.
Maybe it's because you don't want to be too public.
This time I didn't ride in her family's black limousine.
I took a taxi instead.
She is worthy of being a trainee shrine maiden of Atsuta Jingu.
It's really rich.
Qiao Qiao sighed secretly.
"I'm sorry for the delay on the road, teacher."
Perhaps knowing that she was a little late, Ariko Asano got out of the car and bowed deeply to Qiao Qiaoqiao.
She wears a red and white striped shirt, loose trousers, and sneakers.
At the back of his head, a ponytail was tied out of sandalwood paper.
It's very youthful.
"Teacher?"
Shinnosuke Arai looked at the girl in front of him, who was obviously a junior high school student.
Look at Qiao Qiao again.
I seem to understand something.
I didn't expect the master to have this kind of fetish.
"This is Asano Riko, a shrine maiden from Atsuta Jingu, and for some reason, she will be with me to eliminate the spirit."
Qiao Qiao introduced.
Hearing the name of Atsuta Jingu, President Owada, whose sideburns had turned white, suddenly lit up.
"Atsuta Jingu, that's a big shrine."
Compared to Qiaoqiao, the name of Atsuta Jingu is still more resounding.
If it weren't for the fact that Shinnosuke Arai was the only one in the company who had experienced a supernatural event and strongly recommended Qiao Qiao.
President Owada may also spend money to find a large shrine to remove spirits.
After all, this is a big issue for the future of the company.
"I'm just a teacher's assistant, and I'm still very immature compared to the teacher."
Ariko Asano stood sensibly half a body behind Qiaoqiao.
Hearing Asano's words, President Owada looked Qiao Qiao up and down again.
Since the shrine maidens of Atsuta Shrine have said so, then this young man should still be at a good level.
He invited the two of them to the reception room.
A little bit of information that is not mentioned in the material.
Gray Hat Software was founded 10 years ago as a hardware company.
As a result of his exposure to video games, President Owada began to transform the company into a game company.
In the past ten years, many games have been produced, and sales have gradually increased.
"Horror Paradise" is currently a game made by Gray Hat Software, and most of the company's funds are invested in this game.
Originally, the game was scheduled to be released this winter.
But now, due to paranormal events.
This sale may be delayed, and in more serious cases, it is very likely to die.
Suppose the game is difficult to deliver.
Then gray hat software will not be able to come up with more funds for the development of the next work.
The entire company is at risk of going out of business.
Employees are displaced.
Of course, President Owada can also force this matter down.
Ship games on time.
Maybe there will be a surge in game sales due to supernatural events and urban legends.
But President Owada is a man of conscience.
After learning that there was a problem with the game, he immediately stopped all production and sealed the master tape of the game.
Wait for Qiao Qiao to come over.
"Games are supposed to be something that brings joy to people, and I wouldn't allow a game I made to have such a problem."
After the introduction of the situation, President Owada added.
"Indeed."
Qiao Qiao understands President Owada's feelings very well.
The president really likes games.
That's why the game isn't allowed to be tarnished.
"That's the game that went wrong."
President Owada took the two of them to the office of the testing department.
There are more than a dozen boxes of game discs stacked here.
According to the president, this is all the game discs that have been burned, which are used for testing and feedback in various departments.
On the side, there is also an FTP server.
It contains all the information of the company.
Qiao Qiao was about to check it out.
Asano Riko suddenly spoke.
"Teacher, I have an idea."
She said.
"I've looked it up before, and there's something called EMP, which can completely destroy electronic devices in just a few seconds."
"If this wraith is really lodged in the game, then find a way to give it a shot, and the wraith will also be destroyed."
"Isn't this method convenient and fast?"
“?”
Qiao Qiao looked at the Asano shrine maiden, and a question mark appeared on his head.
The president and Shinnosuke Arai on the side listened, and their faces were full of iron.
"Wait, Asano shrine maiden, I'm not that uncommon sense."
Qiao Qiao glanced at the server.
Although the method that Asano Miko said was indeed considered by Qiao Qiao when he was looking through the materials.
But after learning about the importance of this game to gray hat software, Qiao Qiao felt that he couldn't do that.
If the information is destroyed.
So what's the difference between Qiao Qiao and the Wraith?
Looking at Ariko Asano, who said these words seriously.
Qiao Qiao suddenly felt.
The thoughts of the Asano shrine maiden are very dangerous!