Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 259 Remember to tell the master

"what!!!!"

The piercing scream shattered the silence of the villa. Many players who had barely managed to fall asleep by midnight cursed under their breath and groggily got out of bed.

"Damn it, so noisy!"

"Who the hell is shouting like that so early in the morning?!"

"..." Numerous noises rang out from various rooms, accompanied by players slamming doors in frustration, and almost all the room doors were opened.

The corridor remained quiet.

—If players can ignore the dense, blood-red handprints on the door.

Many players who had been using foul language immediately fell silent.

They stared at the dense handprints, recalling the sounds of doors being pounded on one after another last night, and swallowed hard.

Were they... flagged? But they didn't open the door last night—

creak.

The last door to open was located in the middle of the corridor. A slightly messy, unkempt hairstyle peeked out from behind the door. The boy scratched his head in annoyance and snorted at the many players who had quieted down outside the door.

You guys are so noisy!

Yu Shijiu was dreaming of eating endless cakes and all sorts of delicious food with Feifei when a scream followed by a string of curses woke him up.

You know, it's rare for him to have a good dream. Most of the time, he has strange, vague dreams, or nightmares where he's chasing ghosts and hacking at them... Last night was a rare and wonderful dream.

Thinking of this, Yu Shijiu slapped the wall next to her in anger, her teeth itching.

The opposing players: "..."

They exchanged glances, and when they realized who Yu Shijiu was, they all fell silent and lowered their heads.

Forget it, they'd better be careful not to provoke this newly appointed madman.

"Guests!"

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the bedroom in the corner. The old housekeeper, covered in blood and pale-faced, came out.

She stared blankly at the players standing at the door, her lips moving:

"What exactly happened last night? Why, why is Madam dead?!"

"!!!"

The players who had been hiding in their rooms all night, too afraid to come out, suddenly widened their eyes, completely unable to believe that the person who died last night was the young and gentle "stepmother" from dinner.

"what?"

One player exclaimed in shock, "The Lady is dead?!"

"How could that be? She clearly looks like the type who has a lot of screen time..."

Some experienced players suddenly looked grim. They thought of the woman who knocked on the door last night, and then of the dense bloody handprints on the door... Anyone with a sound mind would know that they had been targeted by their "stepmother".

Damn!

I should have gone out...

But it's too late to say anything now. Everything has already happened, and no one can go back to last night.

The old housekeeper's hands were covered in blood. She stared at all the players with her cold, sinister eyes and said, word by word:

"Madam was always perfectly fine before, but after you arrived yesterday, something happened to her..."

Players: "...???"

What does it mean? What did the butler mean by saying that?

"Mother-in-law, are you saying that we killed Madam?"

Yu Shijiu, who had just stabbed the murderer countless times last night, found it all amusing. Coupled with the annoyance of being woken up, he casually scratched his messy black hair and laughed.

"Then let me state first that I did not kill the lady. Please do not wrong an innocent person."

After saying that, Yu Shijiu immediately pulled her head back and ran back to the bed, closing her eyes again in an attempt to piece together the dream.

Other players: "..."

Seeing that Yu Shijiu spoke up first to clear his name, they finally realized that they had to say something quickly, and for a moment the whole corridor was filled with the chaotic voices of all the players trying to prove their innocence.

The elderly housekeeper, her veins bulging from the noise, was speechless.

She gazed at Yu Shijiu's tightly closed door, saying little, but instead raised her hand to interrupt the players, speaking calmly:

"Alright, guests, please be quiet for now."

Unfortunately, not many players listened to her. There were always some players who seemed a bit off, constantly trying to prove themselves, talking on and on like chatterboxes who couldn't stop for several minutes at a time.

The old housekeeper: "..."

She stared at the players who continued talking, her face grim, her eyes turning cold and sinister:

"I told you, guests, please stop talking."

The temperature in the corridor suddenly dropped several degrees, and even the players who weren't quite right in the head finally realized something was wrong and gradually stopped their incessant explanations driven by fear.

Seeing that no one around had finally stopped talking, the old housekeeper cleared her throat and pointed her blood-dripping hand toward the bedroom behind her.

"The master will be back at noon. If any of you guests have anything to say, please wait until he returns to explain," the old housekeeper paused slightly, then squinted her eyes and said:

"As for now, I hope all guests will stay in the villa and not wander around."

The old housekeeper spoke the last few words in a low voice, like some kind of strange reminder.

"If any guest were to attempt to escape... I hope these guests don't even exist. In a place where people have died, if someone tries to escape, that guest must be the murderer."

Other players: "..."

Isn't that obvious? Why would they even think about running away? They're not stupid; in this kind of game scenario, they're definitely going to stay inside the villa. As for outside the villa...

Thinking about the forest they had been in before entering the game, a sense of dread crept into the players' hearts.

They didn't think so at the time, but now, looking back, they find that the grove of trees to be very eerie.

That forest that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see... Could such a large forest really exist in reality? It was almost like... a forest with no way out.

After saying that, the old housekeeper turned and walked towards the stairs without looking back.

The player closest to her heard a very soft voice.

"You must tell the master...you must tell the master right away..."

Player: "...?"

Isn't that obvious? Of course we have to tell Mr. Xiao. His wife is dead, why shouldn't we tell him right away?

The player didn't take those words to heart and quickly ran to his team to discuss what to do next.

But this does not include another person.

A Yuan stood in the corner, watching the old housekeeper's figure as she walked to the corner of the stairs. He felt that her muttering to herself earlier was a bit strange.

Why did you specifically repeat that sentence to Mr. Xiao... as if you were afraid you would forget?

Is it because the housekeeper is getting old?

A Yuan was speechless at his own wild guess, but he made a note of this doubt, planning to mention it to Lu Chusheng when he ran into him later.

Sometimes, what they consider to be a problem may seem different to experienced players.