On the opposite side of the round table, the puppet sitting in the middle opened and closed its mouth, making a sharp and strange sound:

"You...... It's special...... We've never seen anyone like you......"

The sound is very uncomfortable to listen to, and it is easy to create some rather dark associations.

The puppet's face is painted with exaggerated paint, but even though it is a smiling face, it makes people shudder at the sight, as if there is some indescribable horror hidden under the smiling face.

Tang Juyi, who was sitting on the chair, just sneered when he heard this:

"Heh, short-sighted, how can you speculate about the specialness of the master?"

was scolded by Tang Juyi so facelessly, the portrait of the smiling face on the puppet's face seemed to be a little embarrassed, and after a pause, he continued:

"In view of the peculiarities of your presentation, we have agreed after discussion that you should be given a choice."

Hearing this, Tang Juyi frowned instead:

"Hey, don't get away from the topic, I still want to ask you, did you do that illusion just now?"

The puppet didn't mean to escape:

"Indeed I am."

When Tang Juyi heard this, he also said thoughtfully:

"It's really you, a bastard......"

For Tang Juyi's behavior of scolding people in front of him, the puppet on the other side of the table seems to be a little unable to adapt:

"I thought you'd have a good culture......

Tang Juyi interrupted impatiently:

"Pull you down, there's no bullshit connection between strength and self-cultivation, just like I sit here peacefully, but it doesn't affect my urge to blow your spittoon-like wooden head in the spittoon."

After a brief pause, the smiley puppet tries to steer the conversation back on the right track:

"You...... Don't you want to ask about my choice? ”

Tang Juyi raised his eyebrows:

"That makes sense...... If you have a fart, hurry up and finish everything you have to say, and then deal with the personal grievances between the two of us after we are done. ”

In order to avoid continuing to withstand Tang Juyi's verbal attacks and provocations, the smiling puppet directly pulled out two cards from the pocket of his clothes, and then slid in front of Tang Juyi, and said at the same time:

"These two cards represent the fate of your other two companions."

Tang Juyi took the card that had slid in front of him, and then turned it over, revealing that one card had a flaming flame pattern on it, and the other card had seven skulls in a circle.

The voice of the puppet came from the other side:

"In your mind, you should know exactly what these patterns mean, so I can tell you directly that without your help, the chances of them dying would be more than 70 percent."

Tang Juyi stared at the two cards for a while, and then slowly raised his head and looked at the puppet opposite with a rather unkind gaze:

"So what? Talking about the point? ”

The laughing puppet stared at Tang Juyi and said the key content:

"You can choose to join our game, or you can choose to just turn around and leave. If you choose the former, you'll get access to the rooms of your other two companions when you win the game, as well as a mystery prize. ”

Tang Juyi let out an "oh" indifferently, and then asked:

"And what if the game fails?"

The laughing puppet also shook its head:

"If you fail, you'll be one of us."

Scanning the other puppets on the round table, Tang Juyi seemed to understand something, so he pointed to the other puppets next to him

"I guess these guys can't be the losers of the previous games, right?"

The Laughing Puppet did not deny:

"You can think so."

So Tang Juyi touched his chin and thought:

"You mean, I can choose to run away without facing any danger, or I can choose to complete a game that is very likely to be manipulated by you, and then get the lucky chance to experience the horrors in two other extremely dangerous rooms?"

The laughing puppet thought that Tang Juyi had made a decision:

"So, you're going to quit-"

"No, I accept it."

A sickly arrogant smile appeared on Tang Juyi's face:

"But it's not because of my two companions, and it's not for some mysterious gift......"

"It's about completely crushing your ridiculous self-confidence in your game."

There was an eerie silence.

After a while, the laughing puppet finally spoke again, but with some solemnity in his tone:

"It looks like you're crazier than I thought."

Tang Juyi shrugged his shoulders noncommittally:

"Who knows?"

Taking a deep look at Tang Juyi, the laughing puppet also pressed his hands that could still see the wooden grain on the table, and a burst of fog also rose, enveloping the puppets and Tang Juyi around the entire round table.

A candle flame lit on the table, dispelling the thick darkness of the fog and re-illuminating the previously hidden puppets.

It's just that the puppets that originally looked stiff and exaggerated have now turned into living people with different costumes and different looks.

No more, no less, exactly thirteen.

These people are men, women, old and young, and the expressions on their faces are the same as those of the previous puppets, and the clothes on their bodies are very distinctive, so that people can easily judge their identities.

A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, a woman with heavy makeup in a hot clothes, a fat man with a kitchen hat, and a thin young man...... The faces and clothes of these people were clearly visible to Tang Juyi, and their identities were also quickly formed in Tang Juyi's mind.

"Politicians, dancers, cooks, postmen...... Interesting......"

Tang Juyi licked the corners of his mouth and moved his gaze to the previous laughing puppet.

I saw that in the place where the laughing puppet was originally playing, but sitting was a grinning clown.

Yes, the clown, the kind of funny character that is common in circuses — smeared with funny oil paint and doing weird things to make people laugh.

After a burst of shrill laughter, the clown also spoke:

"Next, you'll be joining the game in place of my character, Jack the Clown. The other twelve people will utter a narrative sentence in each game, and one of them will always tell a lie. ”

As if to allow Tang Juyi to fully understand the rules, the clown left a long time for Tang Juyi to think, and only when Tang Juyi nodded slightly did the clown continue to narrate.

"All you need to do is confirm the truth of the whole incident before the end of the thirteen rounds in order to win the game."

The clown tilted his head with a grin, as if he had seen Tang Juyi's fiasco.

With a burst of shrill laughter, Tang Juyi's perspective suddenly switched, as if he was in the clown's body, and observed everyone at the round table from his perspective.

"Is there a liar among the thirteen? Heh, a parody of The Last Supper? Am I going to find the Judas with the money bag? ”

Tang Juyi sneered, but his eyes immediately ignited with strong interest:

"However, this game was unexpected and seemed to be full of fun......

With a strong conceit and rebelliousness, Tang Juyi officially started this peculiar game, and the fog around him that had never dispersed was also re-encircled, obscuring Tang Juyi's vision and plunging him into darkness again.

At the same time, a new quest prompt was born:

[See through the lie]