Day of Imprisonment

At the entrance of the haunted house escape room in the Doudou Game Center, a costumed fox was leaning against the wall, lost in thought. Just then, a girl in a uniform walked over with a large bear doll. The fox immediately stood up straight, displaying extreme respect.

"How long have they been inside?" Doudou asked.

"An hour and a half," the costumed fox replied hurriedly.

"A ten-person difficulty haunted house escape, huh? They definitely won't make it out," Doudou said, shaking her head. Then, she turned to look at the costumed fox. "Why are you so nervous? Although we have a superior-subordinate relationship, I've never been harsh with you. Relax."

The costumed fox remained standing respectfully.

Like a eunuch listening to a sacred edict.

"Besides, you're in luck this time. Your points were already very low, almost at the critical point. After all, you've already had a lot of points deducted before. Any more deductions, and you'd have to accept 'punishment'. But there's nothing to be done. The normal difficulty haunted house escape was too easy to clear. Fortunately, someone triggered the ten-person difficulty this time, directly increasing it from Yin-Yang One to Yin-Yang Three. Haha, this way, none of them will be able to escape. I'll go back and calculate. This time, you should get a lot of points, at least enough to not be at the bottom."

Hearing this, the costumed fox seemed very excited.

Clearly, improving her performance and not being at the bottom was very important to her.

"Thank you, Manager Dou!" The costumed fox bowed.

"I'm mainly afraid of trouble. If you get eliminated, I'll have to find a new employee to help me manage the haunted house escape. Sigh, it's all troublesome, annoying!" Doudou smiled. "I'm leaving now, I still have to inspect other places."

She straightened her clean little suit.

The costumed fox hurriedly bowed.

But at that moment, a melodious chime suddenly came from inside the haunted house escape entrance.

Loud, lingering...

Instantly, Doudou, the bear doll, and the costumed fox doll were stunned, all looking towards the entrance and exit of the haunted house escape.

Dong~

Another sound.

Doudou frowned and quickly walked to the door, her expression extremely solemn.

As for the costumed fox doll, she seemed to be completely frozen, clearly in disbelief.

Dong~

Three chimes.

With a creak, the wooden door painted with red lacquer at the exit was pushed open from the inside.

Luo Xi walked out.

Then, he saw Doudou with a gloomy face and the two large dolls.

"Doudou, you're here too? Did you come specifically to welcome us?" Luo Xi greeted her.

Luo Xi had a good impression of this game center manager, mainly because she was very professional and clearly didn't have too many tricks up her sleeve.

Doudou didn't say anything. She watched Luo Xi walk out, and behind him, one by one, people followed.

Counting them, there were six in total.

Eleven people entered, six came out.

They cleared it.

"This is bad!" Doudou's scalp tingled instantly. She knew better than anyone what clearing a large-scale, ten-person difficulty stage would mean for the manager.

But this scene, which she thought was impossible to clear, was conquered today.

Moreover, out of eleven Memory Retrievers, six survived.

If only one or two had survived, it would have been fine, and not too many points would have been deducted. But six surviving meant a very severe deduction for the manager.

The costumed fox would have her score reduced to negative because of this.

Once the score becomes negative...

Doudou took a deep breath.

At this moment, she felt murderous intent, wishing she could kill all these Memory Retrievers in front of her.

She was fully capable of doing so.

As a manager of this type of medium to large comprehensive stage, Doudou possessed unmatched combat power. If she wanted to, she could easily kill everyone in front of her.

But obviously, she couldn't do that.

The 'Company's' rules and regulations were not just for show. Once violated, especially the rule against killing innocent Memory Retrievers, the consequence would be the direct clearing of the manager's performance points, followed by 'dismissal'.

Luo Xi and the others also clearly felt this murderous aura and looked at the manager, Doudou.

In the end, Doudou loosened her clenched fist.

She knew that if she acted impulsively this time, not only her, but all the employees in the game center would be punished by the Company.

"Then... congratulations!"

She spat out these words almost through gritted teeth.

Then, she turned and left.

When she passed the costumed fox, she wanted to say something, but couldn't say a single word.

On the other hand, the costumed fox doll seemed to have gained some kind of relief at this moment.

"I will do my job well, please don't worry." She nodded to Doudou, then walked over and said: "Congratulations on clearing the ten-person difficulty 'Haunted House Escape'. Now, let's start calculating the rewards..."

Doudou glanced at the costumed fox's back, stomped her foot, and quickly left.

Back at the game center counter, Doudou was restless.

"No, I have to think of a way." She seemed to have made some kind of decision, picked up the walkie-talkie on her waist, and pressed it: "Big Rhino, please close your project first and come to me for a moment."

In less than a minute, a huge rhinoceros doll ran quickly from the depths of the game center.

However, because it was very fat and large, it looked very comical.

"Hello, Manager Dou!"

When the Big Rhino arrived, he bowed.

"Help me keep an eye on things here, I'm going out to take care of something," Doudou said.

"Manager Dou, did something happen?" The Big Rhino was stunned.

You have to know that it was 'working hours' now. According to his understanding of his Manager Dou, Manager Dou would almost never leave her post during working hours.

Obviously, only something very important could make Manager Dou abandon her work and go out.

"Little Fox is about to have her score reduced to negative," Doudou said with a gloomy face, and the Big Rhino froze.

"How could that be? She, she still has points, logically speaking, she should be able to last at least two cycle days, how could it be so fast? Manager Dou, didn't you already apply to the higher-ups to give Little Fox a better scene?"

"That was the plan, but sometimes, plans can't keep up with changes... Just now, someone cleared Little Fox's scene, and it was the ten-person difficulty."

"Hiss!" The Big Rhino also gasped when he heard this.

He had been managing a small scene in the game center for some time and knew very well that this kind of clearing would result in a large point deduction for the corresponding manager.

Others would be fine, but Little Fox's performance had always been dismal, basically hovering on the line between life and death. If things went normally, she should be able to last two cycle days, hoping that some newbies would challenge the haunted house escape and fail, earning some performance points.

But someone cleared the ten-person difficulty, and Little Fox's points would be deducted all at once, and it would become a negative number.

After this cycle day ends, the Company will count the points of each manager. Those whose points are reset to zero or become negative will be 'dismissed'.

"Manager Dou, can you deduct mine? I'll take the hit for Little Fox."

"No, you know the Company's rules. If this kind of thing is found out, we'll all be finished!"

"Then..."

"I'm going out to think of a way, that's why I need you to help me watch over here."

"Understood, Manager Dou, go ahead, leave it to me."