Downtown, 12 blocks, apartment area

"Jingle Bell—"

Ogal pushed open the glass door of the dessert shop downstairs with both hands, she was wearing red bib pants, she looked as tall as the brown bear doll in front of the store, and she wore a small whistle on her chest, swaying gently with her steps.

"Welcome-" The proprietress heard the wind chimes at the door of the store and turned her head slightly, and saw the little girl pushing the door in, "Wow, whose little cutie is this?" ”

"Hello, I want to buy a cake." Ogal stood in front of the counter, looking at the exquisite desserts in front of the glass cabinet, "Just a normal birthday cake, and in addition, please give me another box of pure milk." ”

"Is it cutie's birthday today?" The proprietress smiled, her hands crossed over her chest, and her waist leaned against the counter. She was wearing a low-cut skirt that covered her hips, covered with a brown apron, revealing half of her breasts, a pair of slightly squinted eyes that were charming and amorous, a little beauty mole at the corner of her mouth, and her waist-length long black curls hung down softly behind her, swaying gently with her movements.

"Yes, today I'm seven years old." Ogar nodded obediently.

"Since that's the case, I'm going to give you more discounts." The proprietress picked up the calculator on the counter, her slender fingers lightly tapped down a few numbers, and after a few calculations, she raised her eyes, "It's been a long time since we've had such a lovely guest in our store, I'll give you a 20% discount, remember to come to our store more next time." ”

Ogar smiled: "Thank you, big sister!" ”

"It's a title to my liking, I thought you'd call me Auntie." The proprietress smiled.

"I think my big sister is very young and beautiful. And I've been told that women never like to be called aunties by children. ”

"That's good." The proprietress touched her little head, "You can go to the sofa over there and sit down, and I'll give it to you when the cake is wrapped." ”

"Well, good!"

Ogar walked to the other end of the cake shop and sat on the small beige sofa. Smelling the sweet smell of baked pastries in the cake shop, I feel heartfelt happiness.

She tilted her little head and silently pondered a question - who told her the phrase "women never like to be called aunties by children"?

It's a pity that I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't get an answer.

It's like. Memories are locked and sealed by someone.

Thirty minutes later—

"Jingle bell—"

With the sound of wind chimes, Ogar gently closed the door of the shop.

The green trees on the side of the street swayed gently with the breeze, and the sunlight passed through the gaps between the leaves, falling on the ground, reflecting a little spot of light, and also falling on her white cloth shoes, she changed to a cake box in one hand, and a box of pure milk in the other, she looked like a child laborer delivering milk cakes.

Little cloth shoes stepped on the gray floor tiles, walked past three or four shops, and around the corner was the apartment where she and her sister lived. As soon as she walked around the corner, a lady in a wide-brimmed lady's hat passed by and said hello.

"Good morning, Ogar."

"Good morning, ma'am."

Ogar replied politely, but the next moment he stopped and looked at the back of the lady as she faded away.

(Huh?) Who is she? Do I know her? ）

She blinked, instinctively feeling that something wasn't right, but she couldn't tell.

Shaking her head to dispel the superfluous thoughts in her head, she was about to open the door to the apartment, only to see a person lying next to the safety staircase on the side of the apartment.

(Who is it?) ）

Ogar frowned suspiciously, and took a few steps forward.

When I got closer, I saw it clearly.

It was indeed a man, a burly black man.

He lay in the corner under the iron staircase, leaning against the clammy wall, his arms drooping, his head slightly bowed, and a black gas mask, motionless. He silently blended into this shadow, and it was difficult to discern his presence without looking closely.

"You, hello, I'm a resident of the apartment...... "Ogar stepped forward, tentatively speaking, "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ”

The little girl's soft voice melted into the air like sugar.

The man was unmoved. , as if she didn't hear her voice.

(Hmm...... ）

(Didn't you hear me?) ）

Ogar looked a little closer in confusion, but this time, he clearly saw that his gray short-sleeved shirt was stained with blood, and a large amount of blood stained his left shoulder and right abdomen, which looked shocking.

"Well, that ......" Ogar's voice trembled a little when he saw the blood for the first time, "are you hurt?" Need me to call an ambulance? ”

When the black man heard this, he raised his head slightly and glared at her.

What kind of eyes are that? It's like a sharp blade, cutting through the air at once, which makes people shudder, and what's even more terrifying is that the gas mask he wears is larger than the ordinary gas mask, directly wrapped from the cheekbone to the lower jaw, and then wrapped behind the ear, fixed with a black belt, blocking two-thirds of the face, it looks like this person has lost his entire jaw, and the upper jaw is also severely damaged, so he installed this mask as the lower half of his face.

Ogar sat down on the ground in fright.

"Get out!" Squeezing a low syllable out from the depths of his throat, the black man stared at Ogar viciously, "Or I'll kill you!" ”

Ogal stepped back with a pale face, bit his lower lip and staggered away as he lifted the cake.

The black man looked at Ogar's small back and retracted his gaze indifferently.

But he didn't ignore that the carton of milk, which had been specially left behind by Ogar, was quietly placed a few steps away.

Downtown Central Hospital

At the same time, in the Central Hospital, the long corridor filled with the smell of disinfectant water was full of patient numbers coming and going, nurses supporting patients, doctors holding medical records, and the sound of conversation one after another, making the hospital seem noisy during the day.

"Da, da, da......"

Shoes stepped on the cold ground, and a graceful female nurse pushed a medical cart through the corridor outside the ward. The white fabric of the nurse's uniform wrapped around her bumpy body, the slightly pulled collar could vaguely show the white skin on her chest, the dark brown curls were pulled to the side, braided into a diagonal braid and hung down on her right shoulder, she was wearing a mask, but the pair of turquoise pupils could not hide the temperament from within.

She is a natural beauty, a pair of slender legs without a trace of fat, stockings wrap the tight lines of the legs, and the hip-length skirt may be dull and boring when worn by others, but it makes her figure more hot, with a bit of temptation to say goodbye.

Pushing a cart full of medical supplies with her snow-white arms, she walked past the doctors or patients who were staring at her, stopped in front of Ward 12 at the end of the corridor, and was about to speak, when she heard the conversation in the room—

"Hello sir, my name is [Colin] and I am a police officer in charge of investigating your case. Can you tell me why you were hung upside down in the warehouse of the mall building this morning? According to eyewitnesses, when you were found, you were covered in blood, as if you had gone through a bloody battle......"

The first thing I asked sounded like a young man. It was a slightly green voice, a long series of chattering questions that revealed the tension in his heart.

“…… Bloody battle? Hmph, that's a fitting term. ”

Instead, he answered in a deep and magnetic voice, neither hasty nor slow.

"But upon examination, you are not injured, and it is clear that the blood stains are not yours."

"Heh, of course it's not mine. Here, only the weak, will be killed. ”

"Killed?!"

“……”

"So, there was indeed a homicide last night? Can you tell us more about that? ”

“…… Sorry, I never remember anything about someone who died. ”

The deep voice was a little disdainful, and then, he changed his words—

"Lady outside the door, won't you come in and sit down? Eavesdropping is not a lady's act. ”

(I found out.) ）

The corners of the female nurse's mouth under the mask curled slightly, and she knocked on the door, pushed the door and entered.

"Good morning, sir."

Her voice was calm and clear, and when she raised her eyes slightly, she could see the two people talking in the room—the same image she had imagined, there were two people in the room, an adult male and a teenager, or rather, a police officer and a patient.

The officer looked very young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a police uniform that was looser than his body, standing on the edge of the bed a little woodenly, holding the folder in his left hand, and pushing the thick eyes on the bridge of his nose with his right hand slightly uneasily, and the dark hat was a little big when he wore it, covering half of his head, crooked, looking a little funny.

And leaning on the bed was a white man, with thick blond hair, soft bangs on his forehead hanging in front of his eyebrows, under the bangs were a pair of golden eyes, as deep as the North Star on the horizon, with a well-defined side face, and his slightly pursed lips, making him look like a vampire Count described in an ancient book, always with a bit of inappropriate coldness, even if he was wearing a hospital gown at the moment, it was difficult to hide the edge in his eyes.

"I didn't expect the current police officers to be so young...... "The female nurse looked at the little police officer and sighed.

Hearing this, the little police officer blushed and coughed as if he was embarrassed.

"I just look young, but I'm actually a full-fledged police officer."

"Oh? Is it really reasonable to be a police officer at the age of fifteen or sixteen? The female nurse asked casually, and subconsciously glanced at the little police officer.

Belch...... This question choked the little police officer.

"This, this ......" he was stunned for a moment, obviously not paying attention to the question. He wanted to prove his abilities with his training career at the police academy, but suddenly he realized that he couldn't remember such an experience.

Suddenly, his mind went blank, and he was stunned in place.

Seeing this, the blonde man smiled faintly and looked at the female nurse.

"The nurse's uniform looks good on you."

“…… Thank you. ”

"Coming for a dressing?"

"Or else?" She replied nonchalantly, shaking the drip bottle in her hand.

"Oh, then I'm going to be in danger of my life."

Although the blonde man replied like this, there was no trace of nervousness in his expression and tone.

"Don't worry, my skills are good." The female nurse picked up a bottle of potion from the trolley, she walked to the bedside, looked up at the dropping potion, reached out and pulled out the tip of the needle, accurately inserted the needle into the bottle in her hand, and hung the bottle back on.

"Well, I think you ......" The little police officer was about to say something, but the voice of the walkie-talkie in the female nurse's pocket interrupted him.

"Jennifer King, Dr. Tom, please come over for a moment. Tell me about the situation in Ward 12. ”

“…… Roger that. The female nurse frowned slightly and impatiently pressed the walkie-talkie.

She put the walkie-talkie back in her pocket and turned to walk out of the room.

With a "click", the door was closed again.

The room fell silent again.

“…… Frankly, I don't think she's really a nurse. The little officer was silent for a few seconds before speaking.

"Oh?" The blonde man raised an eyebrow.

"Her method of changing the medicine is completely wrong, the speed at which different drugs enter the human body should be different, but she did not readjust the speed of the drip. She didn't even check the name of the medication before changing the dressing, she didn't check the patient information, and the medical items on her cart were also mutilated, the injection tray was missing a sterile syringe, a needle size 6.2-7 or a scalp needle, a tourniquet, ...... This is not a mistake that a nurse should make. ”

As the little police officer was babbling, the blonde man raised the needle in his hand and threw it on the side of the bed—he didn't know when he had removed the needle that had been inserted into the back of his hand.

The little police officer was startled.

"You ......"

"Glasses boy, you're smart, that funny thick lens seems to have added a lot to your IQ...... What did you just say your name was? ”

"I'm not a spectacle boy, I'm already a police officer." The little officer frowned in displeasure, "My name is Colin." ”

"Okay. Glasses ...... I mean, Colin. Since you're a smart guy, I'll cut it short. ”

The blonde man's deep voice sounded somewhat magnetic in the hospital room.

"Listen, this world is not real, whether you are a police officer or a patient now, they are all fake. Our physical bodies are not here, but all people's consciousness is ingested into a computer system called the [Minghe System], we are prisoners, and the only way to get out of this system is to compete for the only survivor slot given in each game. Do you understand. ”

A large amount of information bombarded down at once, and the little police officer was blindsided: "You, what do you mean?" ”

The little police officer looked at him as if he were looking at a psychopath.

The blonde man squinted his eyes and gave him a slight look of disdain.

It seems that "long story short" cannot be said too briefly.

"Glasses, let me ask you, do you remember who you are?"

"My name is Colin."

"Last name."

"I ......" the little police officer was speechless for a while.

"Do you remember how you got here?"

"The Inspector sent me, and he sent me and my colleague to investigate you and another little girl......"

"Hmph, interesting. What do your colleagues look like? ”

"Hmm...... It is a person whose face is wrapped in gauze. Colin frowned as he recalled, only a vague outline coming to mind.

"Then do you know why he is wrapped in gauze?"

"This ......"

"Aren't you his colleague? Don't you even remember such a thing? Or is it ...... You hadn't seen him before this morning, you never knew him, and even now, you don't know who he is. ”

The words spoken by the blonde man were like a depth charge, which exploded in the little officer's heart at once.

Obviously.

He was guiding him, leading him to gradually question the world, to question his own existence.

And at this moment, the little police officer was horrified to find that his memory seemed to have a clear boundary, and he didn't know anything about what happened before this morning! About yourself, about the city, about everyone around you!

"Who am I, who am I......"

"Your name is Colin."

"But didn't you say that wasn't my real identity?" The little police officer looked at him confusedly, not understanding his inconsistent words.

"I mean, [Colin], just your code name." The blonde man added expressionlessly, his voice was steady, and his eyes were like the water of a lake in late autumn, calm without a trace of waves, "In order to distinguish each player, the [Minghe System] will give each gamer a unique code name for identity marking. For example, my code name is Icarus. On top of that, at the start of each game, the system's randomly generated names - whether William, Tom, Jack, or whatever, are fake. There is only a code name, which will always follow you, like your own unique code, which exists in this game. ”

Colin frowned, pondering Icarus' words.

“…… So how can you confirm that [Colin] is a code name and not a pseudonym? ”

"It's simple – you don't remember your last name. If 'Colin' were just a pseudonym, there should be a full name. It's like...... Jennifer King. ”

"Huh?! You mean, the female nurse named Jennifer just now is just like us? ”

"Not bad." Icarus nodded, his voice steady without a hint of waves, "That young lady's code name is [Duke]...... But I also want to know her real name, if you want to soak her, come after me. ”

Colin blushed in embarrassment when he heard this.

"I didn't mean that!"

"Then why is it that your eyes stop on her from the time she enters the door to the time she leaves the door? You stare at her boobs for 10 seconds, staring at her ......"

"Enough is enough, okay I'll surrender......" Colin hurriedly begged for mercy.

The blonde man in front of him seemed to have an expression that didn't care about anything, but he had the observation power of a cheetah.

Colin sighed.

"Uh...... Where did you just go? ”

"In fact, you don't have to be shy, at your age, the testosterone secreted by the body increases, and under the action of hormones, it is inevitable that the attention to females will increase."

“…… Big brother, can't you change the subject?? ”

The man, codenamed Icarus, raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and continued to explain the rules of the game.

"Each round will have 12 players, consisting of 6 old players and 6 new players. 6 old players are the top six players in the blood list in the last round of the game, and the new players are the newcomers screened out by the system, and the specific screening method is nothing more than a bunch of anonymous people competing for a codename, and now you are standing here, naturally you have obtained your own exclusive codename. ”

"Each round of the game will open twelve codenames, if you die, your code name will also be destroyed by the system, [Minghe system] will calculate the final score of each player according to the number of kills of the player, the number of victories, etc., and then rank on the blood list, just like the ranking score of your student days, from high to low, the player who ranks first is eligible to leave the [Minghe system] as a survivor, after deducting the first place, then take the top 6 to continue to enter the next round of the game, and finally, the remaining 5 unlucky eggs will be eliminated, Stay here forever. ”

The more Colin listened to his explanation, the more his face turned pale.

"Each round of the game usually consists of thirteen sub-games, except for the first game is a newcomer-exclusive [Codename Battle], and the second game is the [Upper Circle Chase and Kill Battle] related to the blood ranking, the scenes, character settings, and rules of each other game will be different, but the only thing that remains unchanged is the [Three Rules of Minghe]."

"[Three Laws of the Ming River]?"

"[The Three Laws of Minghe] is used by the system to mark the progress of the game, to be precise, the three rules are three sirens similar to air defense sirens." Icarus's sharp golden eyes stared at the sky outside the window, "When the first alarm sounds, the city's fire, security, medical, security and other systems will be completely paralyzed, the prison system will be opened, and all criminals will pour into the streets, in short, it is to fall into a state of innocence, at this time, you can commit crimes to your heart's content, and no one can sanction you." When the second alarm sounds, the player can start slaughtering other players, and that's when the real game begins. When the third alarm rings in the sky, an unknown creature will appear in the game and hunt down the player. ”

"Unidentified creatures?"

“…… Glasses, have you ever heard of zombies, man-eaters, ghouls, and skinwalkers, which only exist in the apocryphal monsters? ”

Colin shuddered when he heard these terms: "What do you mean ......"

"In the [Minghe System], these are real, and after the third alarm, these bloodthirsty monsters will appear. They exist to make the game more difficult, and on the other hand, to punish us for our heinous crimes, and to die in despair and pain. Icarus muttered, looking out the window, "That's right, this system is purgatory designed to punish repeat offenders. ”

As soon as Icarus finished speaking, a shrill siren sounded outside the window, piercing the sky over the city.

[This is, the first alarm.] 】

[Warning: Enter a state of innocence.] 】