my cthulhu game

Chapter 84 The Legendary African Carnival

Masayoshi Takeda walks on the deck of the cruise ship.

According to the original plan, a grand Christmas Eve celebration will be held here tomorrow.The Christmas tree with lights and colorful decorations had been erected, and the deck of the mail ship, which should have been filled with a festive atmosphere, seemed extremely dark and empty at the moment, with not a single person in sight.Almost all tourists listened to the "tactful" advice of the police and went back to their rooms to rest.

He sighed faintly.

No matter how stubborn Captain Quilinus may be, tomorrow's open-air dinner is unlikely to take place.

A good Christmas carnival ended like this...

Alas, if the real culprit cannot be caught, Sergeant Uesugi Kenhito will die with regret.

"Your wife and son, we will definitely take good care of them," Takeda Masayoshi put his palms together, praying according to the Japanese tradition, "so you must become a Buddha, Senior Uesugi."

Boom!
A voice behind him made Takeda turn around.

Something seems to have fallen from a height?

But just as he was hesitating to take a look—the deck was dark and he was alone, which frightened him—he heard another familiar voice.

"Uesugi-kun?" He stared at the darkness ahead.

I must be hallucinating from nervous tension, Takeda thought.However, the distant voice seemed to be attracted by a magical force, making him take a few more steps forward.

... As expected, there was nothing.

Just when Takeda Masayoshi was about to turn back, a hand put on his shoulder.

……

seconds ago.

Those who are good at swimming drown, those who are good at climbing fall, and a sudden sea breeze blows the sound of the ancient poem out of balance.

"Climb back quickly!" Chen Qiang shouted.He saw that Gu Shiyin finally managed to stabilize his body and "hang" under the balcony in a dangerous posture.

"Don't go down, climb up!" Qin Lingxue shouted.

[Gushiyin Climbing Check 99/80 failed]

Gu Shiyin reached out and grabbed the balcony railing again, but the sea breeze suddenly became stronger at this time.

Qin Lingxue's eyes were sharp, and she extended her helping hand——

[Haneda Yuki failed the agility test 82/80]

[Ancient poetry tone agility test failed 83/80]

A slight difference, a thousand miles away, Gu Shiyin's arm span in the form of a little girl is really too short.

The fingertips of both sides touched, and then Gu Shiyin fell straight down.She flapped her arms desperately to grab something, but in vain.

"It doesn't matter. If you fall, you will also fall to the balcony below..."

[Ancient poetry sound luck check failed 55/45]

"..."

Gu Shiyin's body bounced off the railing below, and then fell into the deeper deck.

"is that a lie……"

What's the check for posing to half the fall damage?

[Ancient poetry tone jump test failed 74/20]

Gu Shiyin flicked on something again, and then fell straight to the deck.

"Quickly release..."

No need for Chen Qiang to shout, Gu Shiyin has already begun to restore his ancient form.There is still time, first, start with the thin film wings, remove the human posture, so that if you succeed, you can fly immediately, if you fail, you can at least glide, success or failure depends on the speed of your skills——

[Ancient poetry sound agility check 100/80 big failure]

In a flash of lightning, her left hand turned into one of the five tentacles, but the wings only unfolded a small part.

There was a muffled "boom".

……

"..." Chen Qiang was in a mess.

What is this, a seven-game losing streak in a grand ceremony that is comparable to the legendary eight-dark dice of glory?

The kind of black African carnival where the keeper wants to throw a few more dice to save people, but there is no way to save them.

"Hurry up and save people!" Sayoko shouted hoarsely.

……

[Damage 6D6=14]

Even an ancient man with extraordinary talents, it would be too much for him to bear this.The hypocritical human posture disintegrated in an instant, and Gu Shiyin was completely beaten back to its original form.

[Gushiyin physical fitness test 85/95 success]

Fortunately, the young ancient one was still awake, and Gu Shiyin's clothes were scattered all over the floor, but at least the one that was the first to recover among the five vines of the ancient one was still holding on to the walkie-talkie that Chen Qiang had just forced on her.

"I'm fine..." A tree holding a walkie-talkie is really weird, but fortunately no one saw this strange scene, "No, come here..."

"Huh?" Qin Lingxue, who was running out the door, heard Gu Shiyin's words.

"Your voice..." Although Gu Shiyin's usual voice was already pleasant, the voice coming from the walkie-talkie at this moment was like the ringing of a bagpipe, except for the whistling sea breeze, which could not be heard clearly.

"I'm fine..." Gu Shiyin said melancholy. Under the ancient posture, Gu Shiyin could observe all directions at the same time and was not affected by the darkness. "New clothes, throw them down..."

Gu Shiyin's transfiguration magic took a short while to recreate a human form, but the clothes were ruined due to complete ancientization.

super troublesome...

"Her magic is still effective," Chen Qiang covered his face, "but it seems that there are some mistakes in the details."

"Oh...understood!" Xiao Yezi rushed to find clothes for Gu Shiyin.She should have brought two sets of clothes from the original room.

"I told you not to give her a safety rope!" Qin Lingxue glared at Chen Qiang fiercely.

So I blame me for the seven-game losing streak!
Chen Qiang felt that the system had already given a lot of face. The situation just now was to let him arrange the judgment himself, and it was impossible to have more chances to save the field.

Fortunately, Gu Shiyin sounded fine.

If it were a human being, it would be too cold...

……

"call."

Using three of the remaining four tentacles to catch the clothes, Gu Shiyin heaved a sigh of relief.

The young ancient temporarily turned off the walkie-talkie and began to chant the mantra in a low voice——

The sea breeze is also slightly weaker at this time.

"came back."

Gu Shiyin changed back to the appearance of a little girl.But at the moment she is covered with bruises all over her body, reflecting her unsatisfactory injuries.

She gritted her teeth and dressed herself.

Blame myself for being clumsy...

boom!
In the distance, a gunshot suddenly rang out.

……

on the balcony.

[Haneda Yuki failed the listening check 49/20]

[Jon En Chen’s listening test failed 96/70]

[Haneda Sayoko’s listening test was successful at 31/55]

"Did you hear...?!" Xiao Yezi was alert.

"No." Qin Lingxue shook her head.

"Xiao Yezi, what did you hear?" Chen Qiang asked eagerly.

"I don't know if I heard it wrong. It seems that someone... shot." Xiao Yezi listened attentively, but the same voice never sounded again.

Chen Qiang picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Hey, Shiyin, can you hear me?"

Seeing that the other party was in a shutdown state, Chen Qiang had the urge to yell directly below.But if Gu Shiyin has not been discovered by the gunman, then his actions will alert the snake...

……

Gunshots.

Compared with the inaudible upper part, the sound of ancient poetry can be heard more clearly.

"Humanity's hot weapon." She quickly made a judgment.

Someone on deck opened fire.

Gu Shiyin is a little natural on the surface, but she is not an idiot.She knew that she was the only investigator among the investigators who could rush to the scene immediately.

To hide, or...?
Thinking about it carefully, I had already made too much noise just now.The other party is likely to be aware of their existence.

Return to the cabin?
For me who has night vision ability, darkness is my home field.There is really no way to retreat, she can jump into the sea.

Gu Shiyin knew very well that even if she was injured, her combat power was still stronger than those three humans who did not have strong weapons.As long as she strikes first, nothing can escape the joint attack of the five tentacles.On the contrary, once you lose, the others are doomed not to win, and you must outsmart them.

"Don't talk. Approach slowly, slowly," the dressed Gu Shiyin turned on the walkie-talkie and whispered, "Stay connected."

[Gushiyin Stealth check failed 30/20]

She wanted to find a hiding place due to her petite size, but places like that on the deck were not easy to find...

"what."

Then she saw it.

Not far away, in the blind spot of Shicai's line of sight, the corpse of Takeda Masayoshi fell by the railing.He was shot in the heart and died painlessly.

　At the request of eager readers, a place for "Dice" has been added to the characters in this book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)