my cthulhu game

Chapter 28
Bai Shaobao and Shi Li are here.

"What are you doing?" Bai Shaobao watched curiously as Shi Li fumbled in the pockets of the unconscious man whose hands and feet were bound.

"Find an invitation letter," Shi Li said, "in case someone troubles me."

"Is that why you skipped work aboveboard?"

"I'm a player."

"Well said," Bai Shaobao praised, "Then did you find it?"

"Yes," Shili raised the envelope in her hand, "Now please go upstairs. I remember that there is a women's clothing store in the business plaza on the second floor of the hotel. I want to change into new clothes."

"Do you think NPCs can't see that their female bartender is fishing if they change their clothes?"

"Put on another pair of glasses."

"Well, I'm speechless," Bai Shaobao thought that the NPC still had eyesight, but he decided not to refute Shi Li, "but I don't have that much cash..."

"You have a credit card, don't you? Max it out."

"There is but there is..."

"Among players, do you care about whose money it is?" Shili spread her hands, "Besides, does it make sense to save money for your status?"

"That's right, Xiao Tu was also smashed into a Bumblebee."

Bai Shaobao mumbled and left.

Shi Li, who stayed there doing nothing, opened the envelope that contained the invitation letter.

Take the invitation letter out of the envelope.

The invitation letter did not have the recipient's name written on it, and the text of the letter only had a few words.

[Dear friend:

It is my honor to inform you that you are invited to attend the press conference of "The Hanged King's Curse" on Friday, NO.13 next month.The press conference will be held in Building A of the Earl of Glamorgan Hotel on the outskirts of Cardiff.You can bring up to three friends with you.

Camilla awaits your game in distant Iti.

Hideki Yoshikawa]

"..."

The time and place of the press conference are clearly stated. Except for the signature of Hideki Yoshikawa in the lower right corner, which is handwritten, the other parts seem to be printed.Next to the signature there is also a yellow seal with three twisted lines stretching down the centre.

Perhaps because of intentionally creating a scary atmosphere, the corner of the letter paper has a faint, blood-stained red.

Shi Li felt a chill for no reason.

[Alison Smith Sanity Check 0/1D6]

[65/45 failed]

【1D6=4】

[Sanity deducted by 4 points, current sanity remaining 41 points]

"He is obviously from Japan, but he signed in English." Shi Li shook her head, diverting her attention away from the letter. Wachter'?"

She folded the letter and put it in her pocket.I don't know if it was her illusion, she felt that the surroundings were colder than before.

"The damn stairs," Shirley muttered.

Such a big modern hotel, the whole place is dusty and musty - what are the cleaners doing?Time to clean up!

……

Sister Qiu and Tu Lizhu.

【Have you read it? 】

"Xiao Tu, say no!" Sister Qiu noticed that the question "Have you read the invitation letter" was a strange question, and hurriedly tried to dissuade her.

"I……"

Tu Lizhu thought about it.

"I don't know. My character, Christina Tu, if she thinks she already knows what's in the letter, it's not uncommon for her not to read it." She made up a reason that she thought was appropriate.

[Luck check 39/90 success]

The "Secret Keeper" stopped talking, only Miss Qiu and Xiao Tu were left staring at each other.

"Did I say something wrong?" Xiao Tu looked innocent.

"No, it's fine like this..." Sister Qiu was also full of question marks, could there be a trap with just an invitation letter?

Then, at least a quarter of the guests present have already fallen into this trap!
"We can't wait any longer," Sister Qiu said, "Come to Xiaotu, help me... Let's go to the banquet hall."

"But, Chen Qiang told us..."

"Leave him alone. Oh, why don't you understand? Go if you want!"

……

10 minute later.

In a luxuriously decorated banquet hall.

The guests mingled with each other, and the topic was about Hideki's upcoming new game.

Sending Xiao Tu to collect information, Qiu Jie's eyes drifted among the guests.

The conversations of the guests could not be heard in her ears——

"It should be a full-platform work."

"But I heard it's exclusive."

"Hideki-kun's temper, which manufacturer can he monopolize?"

"The name of the new protagonist is Camilla. It's the heroine."

"The first heroine game produced by Hideki Yoshikawa...ah, I'm looking forward to it..."

"Do you think that old thief Yoshikawa can give you a cute heroine? You're overthinking."

"Mouth, do you dare to bet..."

... The topic gradually became vulgar.But it was such a topic that gradually made sister Qiu relax.

Even in formal attire - most of these people are just ordinary game fans, the same kind of people as the water friends in their live broadcast room.The atmosphere in the banquet hall is harmonious and relaxed.

"I want to calm down. I want to clear the game, not play the game in the game."

"It's not here to enjoy the food... um..."

Staring at the plate of apple pie in front of her, Sister Qiu hesitated.

This is a virtual world, sister Qiu warned herself.Even if you eat here, it is impossible to fill your stomach in real life.

It's just sweets, of course I, Qiu Xiaodie...

Really fragrant.

Sister Qiu only lasted for five seconds before surrendering.

color!
Fragrant!
taste!
Perfect taste!
Sure enough, completely diving into technology is invincible!With this technology, you can become the richest man in the world just by opening a restaurant without playing games!
"Sister Qiu!" Tu Lizhu ran over excitedly, waving two brochures in her hands, "I got the brochures! Hey, what are you doing?"

She remembered very clearly that Sister Qiu told her to find a game brochure and a hotel brochure, but she must not touch the food here.

"It's nothing," Sister Qiu swallowed everything in her mouth, "I was just admiring the oil painting."

She pointed to the painting hanging directly above the banquet hall.The content of the painting is a palace located on the lakeside, with two satellites hanging on the towering spire of the palace.

"Huh? I don't think this painting is very good, it doesn't match the level of this hotel." Tu Lizhu expressed her professional opinion.

"Anyway, we got both brochures. You did a good job." Sister Qiu quickly changed the subject, "Have you seen Chen Qiang?"

Tu Lizhu shook her head: "No."

"I didn't either," said Qiu Jie, "It seems that he also ran away by himself."

The main line of the game is undoubtedly to participate in Yoshikawa Hideki's press conference.Now, three of the five players have deviated from the main line, leaving only myself and Xiao Tu still persisting.

"Come and study the hotel's album," Sister Qiu instructed, "Is there a floor plan?"

"Have."

"Find us a... no, two different escape routes in the event of an emergency."

"Escape?" Xiao Tu was puzzled.

"Well," Sister Qiu said, "The one who smashed the corpse from the air..."

She shuddered violently - recalling the scene at that time still made her very uncomfortable.

"The murderer, he is likely to commit crimes again," Sister Qiu said succinctly, "By then there may be a bigger commotion, and then fall into the mode of 'chasing battle'."

After more than half an hour of calmness, sister Qiu has already thought clearly.

The murderer who killed the middle-aged man, as well as the flashing shadow he saw in the night, were probably a terrifying creature similar to a "gargoyle".

This is also the mastermind they are going to deal with this time.

"Huh? Is that so?"

"This is only a 10-minute drive from the city. You don't think this kind of environment can create a snowstorm mountain villa model?" Sister Qiu smiled.

"Oh," Xiao Tu seemed to understand, "What about you, Miss Qiu?"

"I'll study the game brochure," Sister Qiu said, "I have a hunch that the secret of the murder case and the events that will happen next are all hidden in it."

She opened the pamphlet introducing The Curse of the Hanged King.It seems that this thin booklet was released today.

There is no portrait of the heroine... What a pity... Is Yoshikawa Hideki planning to hide it until the moment the trial starts...

There are portraits of monsters...

"Ordinary zombies..."

"What is this? The face looks like a skeleton, and the lower part looks like an octopus... so disgusting..."

"What is this? Interstellar bat monster?"

　Chen Qiang: Observe secretly. (In addition, the current main house regulations of our group are summarized as follows:

　　一、骰子得点1-50成功的场合，1为大成功，96-100为大失败；51-99成功的场合，1-5为大成功，100为大失败；

　　[-]. There are currently no reward dice, penalty dice, and "difficult success" and "extremely difficult success" settings in the seventh version of COC. During skill confrontation, both sides throw dice respectively. Success is always greater than failure. Success and failure are determined by the level of skills. Again, it depends on who rolls the smaller dice;
　　20. As an alternative, there will be reward and penalty value settings in some occasions, just like the sixth edition of COC, that is, the success requirement of the dice may add or subtract [-] reward/punishment value according to the specific situation;
　　[-]. The "battle wheel" system of the original game has factors that compromise the authenticity to the gameplay, which may be changed according to the situation of the real running group.

　　Above o(╯□╰)o bow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)