Chapter 3 Playgrounds

Tang Juyi coughed and raised his head, and saw the memorable rabbit mask.

The man with the strange rabbit mask was dressed in a neat white shirt that looked meticulously groomed, and even the folds of the neckline showed signs of careful ironing.

The same spotless dark trousers and brown leather shoes shiny enough to look in the mirror looked so strange when combined with the poorly drawn rabbit mask.

At this time, the rabbit man was sitting on a soft chair that could be rotated, holding a glass of orange-red drink in his left hand, and gently tapping the armrest of the soft chair with his index finger with his right hand, just staring at Tang Juyi lazily.

Moaning because of the pain of the impact, Tang Juyi rubbed his eyes, which were still a little uncomfortable with such a strong light, and still sat up from the ground with force.

"You put ...... These...... Call it a game? ”

Tang Juyi gritted his teeth and almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

It can be said that he has just escaped from death, and his anger has climbed to the peak at this time. Not only because he was in danger before, but also because he chose to watch the woman die at the last moment.

The rabbit man stared into Tang Juyi's eyes, kicked his legs on the ground, and the soft chair slid in front of Tang Juyi with him.

"Oh, our poor little lamb seems to be angry at his own powerlessness......"

The rabbit man stretched out his right hand and lifted Tang Juyi's chin, allowing the bright light from above to pour unscrupulously on his face, and Tang Juyi had to squint his eyes because of this.

"As the luckiest one, I thought you should be full of gratitude at this time."

The bunny man shook his head, and his tone sounded very regretful.

"Gratitude? What are you kidding?! ”

Tang Juyi wanted to get up and punch him, but for some reason, he didn't even have the strength to move, so he could only be at the mercy of the madman in front of him.

The rabbit man was still looking at Tang Juyi's face:

"Why, shouldn't it? I have made you realize the value of your life in the most efficient way, and at the same time made you realize how worthless false mercy is in the face of real survival......"

As soon as the soft chair slipped again, the rabbit man moved a few meters away, picked up a piece of paper from a round table, and read it aloud in a sad tone:

"We are like slag filtered out by the melting pot of society, knowing nothing but the negation of ourselves. The ridiculous thing is that there are often people who are pretentious, thinking that man will win the sky, but they don't know that their future has already settled...... Learning, competing, working, eliminating, the chess pieces that have fallen since birth are the most tangible portrayal of life. 】...... Well, it sounds gloomy. ”

Then, the rabbit man "giggled" and raised the paper in his hand at the stunned Tang Juyi:

"Mr. Tang Juyi, I think you should have some impression of my affectionate recitation just now, right?"

How can you not be impressed?

As early as two or three years ago, because he hated the heavy pressure of life in the third year of high school, Tang Juyi, who had always felt that he was living under the gray, wrote such a paragraph in his notebook with a critical mood, but it didn't take long for him to treat it as a pile of waste paper, and he didn't know where it was lost.

"No...... It couldn't be ......."

Tang Juyi's mind was extremely confused, and he was never able to understand the situation in front of him.

How can something that even he is about to forget be brought up by a stranger who knows nothing?

The crumpled paper floated in front of Tang Juyi, and the creases, ink, dust, etc. on it corresponded to the appearance in Tang Juyi's memory.

The rabbit man came to Tang Juyi again at some point, and said in a rather kind tone:

"In my playground, nothing is impossible."

Tang Juyi raised his head suddenly, having lost the ability to think.

"You see, it is undoubtedly ironic that some people in this world think that their lives are meaningless despite enjoying resources that many people do not have......"

The rabbit man stretched out his hand and waved, and the scene in the previous corridor appeared in front of Tang Juyi.

A sturdy figure wearing a straw-woven headgear that does not reveal his facial features, carrying a long serrated knife one and a half meters long, wearing an unknown leather coat, can be seen slowly moving in the corridor.

The tall figure was more than two meters tall, and even took up most of the corridor space, and even the terrifying-looking serrated knife looked like a child's toy around him.

A bone-chilling chill appeared in his heart, and Tang Juyi realized that this figure was the source of the footsteps in the corridor before.

"The man in room 1, an alcoholic who makes a living by collecting rent...... Every day is spent having fun and sleeping with young girls, but he still complains that this life is not what he wants......

The rabbit man's voice carried a strange magic, which made Tang Juyi involuntarily hold his breath and listen carefully to his narration.

“...... And the young man in room 3 has a successful career and a beautiful wife, and he will go to do some mountain sports to adjust his life during the holidays. But secretly? He fell asleep on sleeping pills because he was always afraid that someone would take everything away from him, and he would even be wary of every face around him......"

"You, like most of them, have a stable life, a lot of time and opportunities that many people have longed for, but you hate your current situation, and even fantasize more than once about what it would be like if everything changed......"

The rabbit man rubbed Tang Juyi's head and said seriously:

"But you're different, because you know yourself more clearly, so ...... I gave you the opportunity to be different from them. ”

The scene in front of them changed rapidly, as if it was a rapid change in the movie screen, and Tang Juyi, who looked much younger than at this time, appeared in front of the two of them.

Tang Juyi suddenly recalled that it was a gathering organized online, and the main purpose was to exchange the troubles in everyone's life.

Unlike others who complained about the trivial things of life, Tang Juyi just lowered his head and shared his distress in a helpless tone:

"In a sense, I might be a misanthropy......

"Growing up, I felt that my life trajectory was arranged without any surprises...... Learn and grow as others wish, and enter the so-called ideal university......"

"But really? I hate what I'm in now, even though I know it's a life that many people can't ask for......"

"Maybe the meaning of the existence of a person like me ......"

The picture dissipated, leaving only the confused Tang Juyi and the rabbit man who didn't say a word.

"Because of your self-reflection, I gave you the opportunity to be different from them."

The rabbit man smiled hoarsely, with a sly and smug laugh:

"There are no women in the room next to you, and the situation in each of your rooms is different, and the reason why you hear that is just a small gift from me."

Tang Juyi turned his head slowly, his eyes full of confusion. The education he has undergone over the past 20 years, as well as the cognitive concepts he has formed, have been vividly shattered in just a few minutes.

He already understood that the rabbit man in front of him, as well as the so-called "playground" he was in, was an existence beyond his comprehension.

Whether it's the scratch paper from a few years ago, or the image that just appeared like a holographic projection, it's enough to confirm this.

Tang Juyi opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.

After a long time, Tang Juyi asked softly:

"What is the meaning of the existence of a person like me...... What exactly? ”

The rabbit man patted Tang Juyi's shoulder like a kind elder:

"The process of finding answers is also an essential part of having fun, isn't it? And before answering this question, there is a more important thing-"

As if by magic, the rabbit man took out three wooden boxes from behind his back and said in an exaggerated tone:

"Da-la-la! Rewards for winning the game! ”

Tang Juyi looked at the three wooden boxes that looked the same, and he didn't understand what trick the man in front of him was doing.

At this time, the rabbit man looked very excited:

"A big part of the fun of the game comes from the rewards...... Although you have received a little help from me more than once in the process just now, but ~ you are still considered successful! ”

As he spoke, the rabbit man introduced in order:

"These three chests represent the three elements of strength, wisdom, and luck, and as a reward, you can choose one of them. Of course, I'm not going to tell you which one you'll need in the next game, it's all up to you. ”

At this moment, Tang Juyi actually felt a little funny:

"How, imitate Greek mythology? Can abstract things like wisdom and luck still fit in a box? ”

The rabbit man laughed mysteriously:

"Who knows? There's nothing impossible in the playground~"

Being said by the rabbit man, Tang Juyi was a little entangled, looking at the three boxes and unable to make a decision, and the rabbit man was not in a hurry, just waited quietly.

After a long time, Tang Juyi felt a horizontal in his heart and pointed to the wooden box in the middle:

"I choose wisdom!"

The bunny man whistled and opened the box in the middle, revealing the contents - a small glass of water.

In Tang Juyi's confused gaze, the rabbit man carefully took out the water, and then sprinkled it on the ground, and said in a rather funny tone:

"Take the water out of your head~"

"Spill it out~"

"You're smarter!"

Seeing the faceless man in front of him dancing in front of him with an exaggerated and comical posture, and the words that came out of his mouth were like the whispers of a young child when he fell into self-fantasy, Tang Juyi was also stunned.

At this moment, Tang Juyi was a little speechless.

"Was it just a joke?"

He smiled wryly and shook his head, amused that he had believed the words of a psychopath.

But then, a cool sensation emanated from his brow, enveloping his skull, and permeating every corner of his brain.

The clarity and thoroughness that had never been felt before enveloped Tang Juyi's senses, and he even recalled many things that had long been sealed in the deepest part of his memory.

It's as if a switch in the brain has been turned on.

"This!"

Tang Juyi looked at the rabbit man in front of him in shock, and the other party just smiled unfathomably and repeated the sentence again:

"In my playground, nothing is impossible~"

The light dimmed again, and the familiar darkness shrouded him, and before Tang Juyi could speak, he lost consciousness again.