Chapter 3 Wu II: Disappearing teammates
The next morning, there was a knock on Marshall's door, and Ellie anxiously told her that when she woke up, Minia next to her didn't know where she had gone. This made Marshall very strange, obviously said that it was Minia who came to protect Ellie, why did Ellie disappear the next day?
"You confirmed yesterday that she's still next to you, didn't you?" Marshall repeatedly confirmed the situation, and she had no clue about the matter now. Originally, the discovery of the identity tag from the doll's body was enough for her to eat a pot, but now the situation has made her a little blind.
"Yes, yes!" Ellie nodded vigorously and said, "She's right next to me, how could I not know about this?" β
Marshall thought about it, but still couldn't know the reason, so he had to let Ellie go back to his room first, while he looked outside for clues. She didn't want the rest of the team to know about it yet, and causing panic too soon would only be counterproductive. Reluctantly, Marshall had to think about the betrayal of someone in the squad. In this matter, the only suspicion is Ellie, but she can't understand why Ellie did this.
"Do you have any clue?" Marshall asked Erin.
[Not yet, the main problem now is that the enemy is dark and I am clear. Of course, it is not ruled out that Minia sneaked out in the middle of the night and didn't know what to do. γ
Marshall pursed his lips and said slowly, "She's probably the kind of person who sleeps until dawn. β
[These puppets are certainly not simple, and these identity tags inside have names on them......]
"Who the hell do these badges belong to?" Marshall seemed to be saying to himself, "What's the matterβuh!" She covered her head and struggled to maintain her balance, only to realize that she had actually collided with someone on the road.
"You...... Don't walk without eyes, okay? The other party also covered his head and said bitterly, "Really...... There's enough trouble, and you have to deal with people like you! β
"You don't have long eyes when you walk! Seems to have overthought some kind of trouble? Marshall was in the same bad mood now, and went back with no mercy.
"Aha!" The boy rolled his eyes at him, "If this kind of trouble has something to do with your teammates, you probably won't be able to laugh." β
"Have any of your team members disappeared?"
"Who would tell you such a thing?" Marshall clearly saw the "this is the truth" expression on the other party's face, but he still didn't say a word in the end.
In other words, all the squads in this "City of Hearts" may have the problem of missing members! Marshall hurriedly looked around, although there were all white, mechanical, and lifeless dolls around her, she could also clearly see that there were even more living people around than yesterday! They seemed to be looking for something, closed their lips and said nothing. Isn't this just looking for your missing teammates!
How did those mysterious and missing people in the "City of Hearts" disappear? If they could still make sounds or interact with people in this space, they wouldn't have been able to find a trace for so long! Marshall easily deduced that there was a good chance that these people were out of the game. According to the puppet, there are only two ways to exit the game: physical death and damage to the identity badge.
Except for those who attack the puppet without long eyes, the rest of the people can't provoke the puppet with strong attack power at will. There's only one way they can quit the game, and their badges are broken for some reason. Everything has a cause, and she must find a result!
[There's no result of hanging around outside anymore, let's go back.] γ
Erin was right, Marshall picked up the magic sword, took three steps and made two steps to rush towards the guest room. Along the way, she always felt that all kinds of eyes were shooting from all directions, and there was an extremely cold killing intent hidden in her eyes. Marshall shuddered, his feet picking up speed, trying to dodge the dodges in his way.
After thinking about it for a while, Marshall finally made the current situation clear to the others, and the truth and panic were accompanied, but she hoped that the other girls would be able to withstand this panic.
In a hurry, she couldn't help bumping into a puppet, and before she could say the word "I'm sorry", her snow-white arm was already waving up. Marshall quickly tilted his head and drew his magic sword and pointed it at the puppet's chest. The tip of the sword pierced the puppet's heart, and the puppet suddenly convulsed and fell, turning into a puddle of steaming white liquid, revealing the central identity tag. Marshall hurriedly observed the movements of the dolls around him, and they didn't hug each other, which is really thankful.
The living people present were also amazed, and they probably tried to move their muscles after Marshall left. But this didn't matter anything to Marshall, in order to speed up, Marshall used the petals of the magic sword [Golden Rose] to harvest all the dolls along the way, and he didn't even have time to get the identity card, so he hurriedly rushed towards their guest room.
"Ellie, didn't you say you were asked to stay in the guest room? It's not safe outside! When Marshall came to the guest room, she saw Ellie looking out of the room, "Go back!" β
"Oh, oh......" Ellie said slowly, lowering her head, "I'll go back." She turned, unscrewed the door to her room, and walked in silently. It was a room that belonged to Ellie. Marshall still felt evil, and immediately went to make sure that everyone who was left alive.
Ilya's room was empty. In this short period of time, Ilya was gone. Eight or nine is not far from ten, she must have been secretly framed by someone.
Marshall gritted his teeth, and a wave of anger rushed up from his heart: "How is it possible! ......."But she kept silently saying in her heart that she had to calm down, and that anger would only make her unnecessarily impulsive." Anyone who does anything will inevitably have clues, and those who know are in the know after all, and it is impossible not to disclose any information at all.
Marshall came to Zibelin's room and explained the current situation to her, although Zibelin was surprised at first, she quickly calmed down and discussed countermeasures with her: "No matter what, as long as one person can survive this test, our team will be able to pass the test." We are now passive, but we are not at an absolute disadvantage. The enemy is dark and I am clear, and only by collecting clues a little bit can we succeed. I will pay attention to my own safety and whether there is any abnormality in the behavior of the other members, the powerful Minia has withdrawn, and the combat effectiveness of this team can only be guaranteed by you, you must take care of it. β
"I know, I'll go to Minia's room again." Marshall patted his leg rather frustratedly, "You have to take care." Ilya doesn't know where to go, there is a high probability that it has already happened, and if it is reduced again, this test is likely to fail. β
In fact, if only one Marshall is left in the team, he can pass the level as long as he collects fifteen identity tags. And the identity card she got by killing the puppet along the way is more than that. She knew that she just didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, and she didn't want to say goodbye to her friends again.
She couldn't help but ask herself, what did she really want? If you just rely on Chun's words and continue to work hard, and really reach the agreed position, will it become empty at that time? Or was Marshall just doing it to mourn the spring...... Or maybe it's to keep yourself alone......
Although she could continue to think about it, thinking about it now did not help the current situation, she opened the door of Minia's guest room, carefully observing every inch of the place, and sure enough, she noticed something unusual. The floor near the door showed signs of cracking and denting, and the depression left three or two dim brown stains. Marshall lay on the ground, sniffing the stain and realizing that it was actually blood.
That's very wrong!
In every corner of this "City of Hearts", fights between people are sure to attract attacks from puppets. There's no reason for Ellie to attack Minia, so only the puppet broke into the room and attacked everyone inside! But she still can't understand that with Minia's combat power, it is impossible to fall into the battle with the puppet...... In that case, Ellie must be dead or alive.
Now the suspicion is that there are traces of a fight in Minia's room, but Ellie, who sleeps with Minia, actually survives the next day!
Marshall rubbed his hands together, stood up, and continued to search every corner of the room. Eventually, she found a blank piece of paper at the end of the desk drawer, with fresh handwriting on it. She pulled out the blank sheet of paper and read it word by word.
"This is ......" Marshall's eyes widened suddenly, his pupils filled with surprise and a little anger.
This is the note that Ellie left for herself, on which she wrote everything that happened the night before. If Ellie was still alive, there was no reason for her to hide it, and it was impossible for the ten identity cards not to be discovered! Or maybe she will be killed by the puppets outside before she can say all this. She took advantage of a hidden loophole in the protocol and carefully recorded it all, and evaded the doll's surveillance......
The puppet has also said before that some of the treaties here are free, so naturally there will be some treaties that are charged, and the treaties introduced above are obviously the content of the charges. Getting an ID tag from a puppet is naturally one of the charges.
After Minia disappeared, Marshall checked Ellie's room, everything in it was new, there was no bulge on her, and her expression was very natural, unusually natural...... Even in this atmosphere of panic it is very natural.
In other words, Ellie's writing of this note is itself a kind of double insurance, if she is still alive, the income of the ten identity cards can greatly alleviate the situation of insufficient identity cards for the team; If she died, it would all be made public. And the current situation is the latter one.
It stands to reason that the current Ellie is dead. So who is the Ellie who appears in front of them now?
And now, Ellie was lying on her bed, grinning, raising her hand, looking up at her white arm. Suddenly, she hiccuped, and the bloody breath gushed out of her throat like a fountain.
"That's not going to work...... No. Ellie chuckled, and she inhaled deeply, sucking all the bloody gas that belonged to Elijah into her body.
Ellie's face seemed to be more delicate than before.