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You are skilled at setting and identifying traps.
Archery proficiency
You are skilled in archery
Weakness Marking
Place a mark on the target to increase your critical strike damage, once per day.
Ruthless Hunting
You are an excellent hunter; you can quickly track any unit that bleeds because of you, based on bloodstains, scent, footsteps, and sounds, and your attributes will be enhanced.
隐匿
You excel at concealing yourself, and your effectiveness is further enhanced when you're in the woods.
running
Gain a significant speed boost for 10 seconds, followed by a speed reduction effect for 5 seconds. Can be used twice daily.
Items: Hardwood Greatbow, 20 Arrows, 5 Healing Herbs, 2 Paralyzing Poisons, 1 Deadly Poison, 3 Antidotes, 1 Grenade, 1 Howling Dagger
Running wildly, grenades, and the howling dagger were all things he naturally carried with him.
Looking at his rows of skills, Rosen felt more worried than happy.
The key to games is balance.
If my character is this powerful right from the start, then the difficulty level must be very high.
However, the higher the difficulty, the better the reward.
I wish I could take this Ruthless Hunting skill with me; it would be really good with my Sprint and dagger.
If I manage to scratch you even a drop of blood, you can expect to be chopped to death by my blade as the wind blows.
Rosen checked the time; it was a little past 8 p.m.
I have a feeling something is going to happen tonight.
Let's go out and buy a newspaper first, then buy some materials to furnish our home.
Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep soundly.
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It's late now, now—
It's show time!
Good kids, remember not to go out alone at night!
Because a smiling clown will come and perform magic tricks for you!
Hehehehehe!
"Phew, it's so cold today. I remember the shochu at the izakaya I went to last time was really good. Let's go there for a meal."
A middle-aged man, bundled up tightly, looked forward to his upcoming izakaya adventure as he headed toward a shortcut.
"Plop, plop, splat—"
Feeling his foot step on something soft, the middle-aged man quickly took a few steps back and then shone his phone in the light—
A smiling face with its corners of the mouth cut open to the cheeks looked so horrifying and terrifying under the light!
A playing card with blood on both corners, the Demon King, was placed in his mouth.
"Ah—! Help...help! Murder!"
The middle-aged man's terrified screams drew the attention of many people.
In a dark corner, a clown let out a soft laugh and then vanished.
The next day, Tsukishiro Michimitsu sat in his office and read the newspaper.
Unsurprisingly, the title tells the story of the murder case that happened last night.
In the newspaper, the reporter used flowery language to condemn the murderer's perversion and the inhumane desecration of the corpse, which made Tsukishiro Michimitsu more and more astonished as he read.
Am I really that bad? But shouldn't newspaper articles be simple, straightforward statements? Why is this so fancy?
Putting down the newspaper, Tsukishiro Michimitsu took a sip of his tangerine tea, then took out his recliner, lay down on it, and began to sleep.
Yesterday, I waited for a long time in this cold weather to wait for someone to come over. I was so sleepy and cold.
If not now, when will we ever get the chance to slack off?
Time for bed~
Inside the teaching building, Rosen was squatting in the toilet, fiddling with his phone.
Last night, he contacted another player on a website online, and now the two of them are discussing the information that appeared in today's newspaper through a chat room.
The other player, a police officer, secretly took a photo and sent it to Rosen, hoping his teammate could help him uncover some new clues.
Please, I'm a hunter, not a detective. Shouldn't this be your mission?
Rosen rolled his eyes inwardly. Just as he was about to reply, he heard someone come in and call his name.
"Senro, are you done?"
"Alright, alright, by the way, how did you get here?"
"Oh, the teacher thought you were running out of paper since you hadn't come back for so long, so she specially asked me to bring you some."
"......"
Chapter 291 The Second Performance
This teacher's thought process... seems a bit too straightforward.
She's truly exceptional.
Rosen washed his hands and then followed the student who came to find him back to the classroom.
"Well, Shinra has finally reunited with everyone. Let's continue the lesson."
When the teacher saw Rosen return to the classroom, she said something cryptic and then told Rosen to go back to his seat.
Converge?
Could this teacher be a player too? Otherwise, they wouldn't have said something like that on purpose.
As soon as get out of class ended, Rosen quickly caught up with the teacher and called out:
"Teacher, are you a player too?"
"Of course. But it seems I'm lucky; I guessed right even though I was just guessing randomly. Let's exchange phones and meet on the playground at noon."
The teacher smiled, exchanged phone numbers, and then went straight to another classroom to begin her next lesson.
Meanwhile, Mr. Tsukishiro Michimitsu was still fast asleep in his quiet counseling room, completely oblivious to what had happened yesterday.
They avoided cameras throughout the entire process; if they couldn't avoid them, they walked on the rooftops; if all else failed, they used teleportation.
Magic can't detect me, and even if Sherlock Holmes came, he wouldn't be able to find out that I was the murderer from the clues in such a random killing case.
Indiscriminate killings are the most difficult type of case.
What is indiscriminate killing? It refers to murder cases where the suspect and the victim have no prior grudge, and the suspect randomly selects a target and kills whoever they see at the crime scene.
Without reason, without cause, without relation.
One-man terrorism.
I've disguised my height, weight, facial features, and clothing entirely using the clown mask's built-in camouflage ability. If you can figure that out, I'll change my surname to yours.
Those decks of cards were magic props that I took out; trying to find a source to sell them is just wishful thinking!
The perfect crime! Spalashi!
If I could summon Professor Moriarty, this mission would probably be completed very easily, right?
But more likely, he'll be yelling and screaming while simultaneously engaging in a love-hate relationship with Sherlock Holmes, perhaps with Ygritte...
On the player's side, Rosen met up with his teacher, and after exchanging the police's contact information, he unexpectedly learned an important piece of information—
One of his best buddies is a hacker, but not a gamer.
Hacking is great, hacking is amazing.
In a map set against the backdrop of a modern city, having a hacker friend would be incredibly helpful.
As for the police, he said he had the contact information for a detective and planned to formally visit him today. The system's connections to him were definitely not given randomly, and this detective was probably someone important.
“I just triggered a side quest. My hacker friend said he’s been having some trouble lately and needs our help to resolve it.”
"What trouble?"
"It seems to be related to the mafia, which will probably trigger a battle."
"Tell the police that if he's busy, the two of us will go directly there. I should be able to handle it. You go and ask what exactly happened."
"Okay, wait a minute..."
The teacher returned to the office, did some work on his office computer, and then the screen went black instantly.
"Hey, the screen went black, is that okay?"
"Don't worry, it would be a big problem if the screen didn't go black. If the screen goes black, it means that guy is safe and sound for the time being and still has the leisure to chat with us... Alright, he's here."
On the black screen, a line of white numbers was slowly typed out.
"Alright, this is his current way of contacting us. Let's go to the rooftop."
The teacher smiled smugly, wrote down the number, walked to the rooftop, and began dialing it.
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When school let out in the afternoon, Tsukishiro Michimitsu slowly woke up and stretched.
Hmm, another undisturbed moment to slack off, but did I forget to eat lunch?
Okay, I'll eat a lot tonight. I should go pick up Haruto.
When they arrived at the parking lot, Tsukishiro Michimitsu found that his younger brother was not there.
Not here? Perhaps the teacher went overtime? I don't remember that guy joining any clubs.
Just then, his phone rang; it was Tsukishiro Haruto.
"Hey, bro. Um, a classmate of mine needs my help with something today, so I'll be home a little late. You can go home first."
"Okay, I understand. Come back soon."
It's only been a few days since school started, and you've already made such good friends?
Never mind, let's go home first. Lian starts school tomorrow too.
Tonight's goal is to go and wander around the area near that reporter's house.
You wrote me into such a twisted character, hmph...
Today, I'm going to show him what cruelty is!
A gentle and refined young man was reflected on the car's front screen.
His smile was so approachable.
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Silent Night
"This awful weather, it's freezing! Damn editor-in-chief, I finally found a big case yesterday and even went to great lengths to write a good article. I thought I could finally rest today, but instead I'm being sent out to find news. Is it just because you're worried your nephew won't be able to inherit your position after you retire? Oh well, let's go to that izakaya over there for a drink. I remember their shochu is really good."
Shivering, Daichi Manda walked toward an izakaya (Japanese pub).
I remember this place isn't far from the scene of the previous murder, is it?
Sigh, people these days are all so twisted.
They killed a homeless man, then used a playing card to cut open his cheek, deliberately creating such a terrifying smiling face; it almost scared me to death.