GBP Chapter 126 Punishing the World 16
Chapter 126 Punishing the World 16
Taking advantage of his injury, Wei Juan pretended to be deaf and dumb. He pursed his lips tightly, making his already pale lips even more bland, and he looked extremely painful.
He was already in poor health, and then he was suddenly stabbed like that; it would be a miracle if he didn't die.
Inside the closet, no one could see anyone else clearly, yet their hot, rapid breaths mingled as if they were extremely close. Ni Qing lowered her head, ignoring the breath spraying against her cheek, her meaning unclear.
"The perpetrator is 0 meters away. Please rescue as soon as possible! The perpetrator is 0 meters away. Please rescue as soon as possible." The long-absent alarm from the system suddenly rang in her mind again.
Ni Qing's eyes flashed, and then she secretly peeked through the crack. There was no one there. The man in black from before seemed to have vanished. Only the two of them remained in the entire furniture factory.
What does the system's words mean? 0 meters away—what a tricky distance! Besides her, all that's left is the male protagonist, Wei Juan, who looks like he's on the verge of death.
She looked at the young man in the dim light and saw only his fair jaw and lazy smile.
The other person is laughing.
How could he still laugh when he was already seriously injured?
The answer seems to be coming soon.
"Do you want to fill out a form to confirm the murderer—" The system felt that her current situation was very dangerous, so much so that she was stuttering when she spoke.
Once the culprit is identified and the answer is submitted correctly, half the mission is complete. The remaining task is to help the protagonist survive until the 28th, after which they can leave the punishment world.
It didn't want to stay in this godforsaken place for even a second longer.
Its detection machine was only able to restart just now. It's obvious that the murderer is the male protagonist himself. He killed himself, and his methods were ruthless.
It waited quietly for Ni Qing's shocked reaction.
Unexpectedly, she didn't say anything, and even her expression was indifferent, as if she had no interest in the answer.
Just as 103 was feeling uneasy, she finally responded, successfully calming its nerves: "You can fill in the answers now..."
103 was overjoyed and sent the spreadsheet over: "It's already amazing that you found the murderer so quickly, we'll be able to soon—"
It saw Ni Qing fill in four words on the spreadsheet, and before it could say anything, it fell silent.
It reads: Wei Juan, Ni Qing.
She wrote herself down as well. The spreadsheet checked the answers for a moment, and after a while, four words appeared on the screen:
The answer is correct.
103: "..."
Ni Qing smiled, looking quite pleased with herself.
The second cycle had already begun when she received Wei Juan's call on the roadside.
She opened her backpack first, revealing a bottle of grape-flavored vitamins, cigarettes, and a small notebook. At that time, she hadn't realized anything was wrong and proceeded to answer Wei Juan's call as usual.
The young man's slightly hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone. She pulled herself together, hailed a taxi, sat in the back seat, and slowly opened her notebook.
The text above is full of curses and disgust towards Wei Juan, which shows how extreme the original owner was towards him.
The driver drove at a steady speed, wearing a stiff, official smile, and delivered her to her destination.
She put away her notebook, a slight smile playing on her lips, and then opened the bottle of vitamins. The packaging was very ordinary, the kind you wouldn't look at a second time.
She picked up a piece and smelled it.
That's an anti-mania drug.
Before she came into this world, the original owner of this body had bipolar disorder. Perhaps to cover it up, she labeled the outer packaging as vitamins.
NPCs in every world don't do things for no reason. For example, Xiao Tang, a sasaeng fan, has been obsessed with Wei Juan since her school days, buying his posters and figurines. Later, she became more and more outrageous and turned into a voyeur.
She secretly monitored his every move, and he was completely unaware at first, until one day, she saw the original owner's notebook.
The first page clearly states: I will kill Wei Juan one day, because he is just a pathetic wretch who can be manipulated by me. What right does he have to try to escape my control?
She was terrified and became wary of her. She tried every means to warn her idol to stay away from this vicious woman, but Wei Juan never paid her any attention.
The answer was so obvious that Ni Qing discovered the murderer within half an hour of arriving. To solidify this claim, she went to Wei Juan's residence.
She was sitting on the sofa, looking arrogant: "Do you have any medicine here?"
Wei Juan coughed a few times and slowly said, "My assistant bought a lot of medicine, it's in the bedside table..." He looked pale and had delicate features, trying his best to appear frail.
Ni Qing raised an eyebrow, got up, and swayed gracefully in her high heels to the bedside table. She pulled out all the medicine and dumped it into the trash can with a splash: "Every medicine has some side effects; you can't take too much..."
She became so immersed in playing the murderer that she actually had the urge to kill Wei Juan.
She was just playing a role. Who says the murderer can only be a fixed NPC? Anyone can be the murderer. She has gone through several cycles and has been accepted by this world.
The only awkward thing is that you're saving people while simultaneously killing them.
But sometimes, even without her taking action, the victim would die mysteriously. After this happened repeatedly, she began to wonder if there were two murderers.
Even the landlord this time was someone she had contacted beforehand, who placed poisonous incense in the room and then pretended to stop her at the last minute.
Anyway, the landlord thought she was pretty weird, like she had a split personality.
"Do you think it's possible that everyone in this world knows about my existence as an outsider?"
She lowered her eyes in the closet and spoke to 103 in a teasing tone.
103: "!!!"
If what Ni Qing said is true, they all know they are people in the world of punishment, and therefore they maliciously torment those being punished, coldly watching as the task takers go through one cycle after another until their souls dissipate...
They felt extremely pleased to see the outsiders panicking but gradually becoming numb.
She went to the police station that day, but turned back before leaving and "coincidentally" overheard the conversation between the police and Xiaotang:
"When did you become like this? This is so unlike you."
"That's right, you actually got completely fooled by an outsider. You're really losing your intimidating presence. In the past, outsiders would be terrified of you..."
Xiao Tang said at the time, "This person might have some problems. Don't be careless, or you will suffer. As for her, I will make her go to her death sooner."
Ni Qing stood in the shadows and curled her lips, Xiao Tang's words echoing in her mind: "If you have the guts, then kill me."
That very night, Xiaotang died in the alley; she was the one who killed her.