This Actor Is Full Of Tricks

#20 - The characters I play are all dead?

"Alright, wait a moment. Go find Xiao Qi, and he will arrange your next job. Also, tell me what kind of weapon you like, and I'll apply for a Cursed Artifact for you when the time comes."

Chen Fu closed the pen cap and stretched lazily.

Acting in a play could actually get him a Cursed Artifact for free.

Lin Jue's heart stirred slightly, and he said, "Leader, I want the kind that is easy to hide, preferably a weapon that can be used for sneak attacks."

Just like his fruit knife, it was difficult to be discovered when hidden in his bag or sleeve. After getting close to the Cursed, he could give the opponent a fatal blow when they were caught off guard.

Chen Fu reopened the pen cap and heavily crossed out the words 'upright and frank' on the form.

"Alright, go out. I'll apply for it for you in a few days." After saying that, he turned his boss's chair back around.

Walking out of the office, Xu Xiaoqi was waiting outside. Seeing Lin Jue come out, he smiled and said, "Did he ask you a few strange questions?"

Without waiting for Lin Jue to answer, he continued, "Everyone who joins the investigation department is asked these questions. The main purpose is to initially judge your personality. After all, we will be teammates going on missions together in the future, so we can't have antisocial personalities."

After speaking, he put his arm around Lin Jue's shoulders: "Let's go, Brother Hao, I'll take you to see your workstation and introduce you to a teammate."

Xu Xiaoqi's personality was the kind that quickly became familiar with people, and it was easier to get information out of this kind of person.

"By the way, I saw photos of two people on the captain's desk. He said they weren't teammates. Could it be the cases we're going to investigate next?" Lin Jue asked casually, pretending to be nonchalant.

His expression was normal, as if he was really just asking casually out of curiosity.

Xu Xiaoqi looked around before whispering, "Those are two dead people."

"Dead people?" Lin Jue's expression was very surprised. This time it was genuine. He had been wondering where these people had gone, but he never expected that they were all dead.

Why would they have me play a dead person?

Could it be that the system killed those people specifically for the script?

Xu Xiaoqi briefly explained what had happened before, and then said: "Anyway, that's roughly the situation. One died half a year ago, and the other died half a month ago."

"The captain is worried about this matter now. I think it should be some kind of special ability that can change faces. Someone impersonated the identities of those two people."

"However, it seems that the captain doesn't think so. He believes that a mysterious organization is secretly manipulating all of this behind the scenes."

"Brother Hao, which possibility do you think is more likely?"

He looked at Lin Jue, probably wanting to get his approval.

It sounded like Zhou Yue and Wang Tianshu's deaths weren't caused by the system. They died a long time ago, before the transmigration even happened.

It's just that he didn't expect that Xu Xiaoqi, this guy, seemed a little purely foolish, but his guess was closer to the truth.

"I think the captain's guess is more likely. Who would be so bored as to impersonate someone else and involve themselves in Cursed events?" Lin Jue replied without batting an eye.

If the Night Spectre Squad knew that the person they were investigating had already infiltrated them, he wondered what they would think.

After getting his answer, Lin Jue didn't dwell on the topic too much, and took the initiative to change the subject, chatting with Xu Xiaoqi about everyday things.

Along the way, Xu Xiaoqi kept introducing: "This is the clerical department, responsible for collecting and summarizing the cases we investigate, and filing them."

"That's the training room. There will be someone responsible for training your combat skills. After all, mastering some combat skills to fight against the Cursed can increase your chances of winning. Generally speaking, newcomers must participate in training every day until they pass the assessment."

"That's the lounge. You can lie down there during the lunch break. Everyone has their own individual sleeping pod, which has very good privacy. No one will know what you do inside."

"Just don't make too much noise. Before, a guy from another team didn't control his strength and shook the sleeping pod apart. Paper balls fell all over the floor. Good heavens, he didn't even have time to put on his pants and was directly socially embarrassed."

Xu Xiaoqi showed an expression that said 'you know', and Lin Jue chuckled twice. This was indeed a good place, and he could hide inside to practice Tempering Fire Technique at noon.

The two walked to an empty desk, and Xu Xiaoqi said: "This is your workstation."

After speaking, he pointed to a young man opposite: "That's Wu Hai, also our teammate. He lit up his Spirit Domain half a year ago and is also a First Order."

"Hello." Lin Jue stepped forward to greet him, extending his right hand.

The young man just nodded slightly and retracted his gaze.

"The young man is a bit aloof..." Lin Jue awkwardly retracted his hand and rubbed it.

"This guy is just like this, always wearing a cold face to everyone." Xu Xiaoqi pouted: "Maybe experts are just like this, feeling lonely at the top."

Swoosh!

An ice pick condensed beside Wu Hai and flew towards Xu Xiaoqi.

"It's just a joke." Xu Xiaoqi grinned, pinched the ice pick, and crushed it in his hand.

While the two were playing around, Lin Jue noticed the unfriendly gaze from the cubicle next door. He followed the gaze and saw a few young people about the same age as Xu Xiaoqi.

Seeing Lin Jue look over, those few people smiled meaningfully and retracted their gazes.

"Those are people from the Firefly Squad. Their captain and our captain have a bad relationship, and the team members don't like each other either." Xu Xiaoqi whispered in Lin Jue's ear.

Lin Jue nodded to show he understood. Anyway, he was just here to act, and he would leave after the act was over. There was no need to get involved in this kind of dispute.

The work of the Bureau of Investigation was not as lofty as Lin Jue had imagined. On the contrary, it was very boring when there were no Cursed events. Even if he sat at his workstation all morning watching dancing short videos, no one would care.

"Let's go, let's go eat. We have to go to the training room for training in the afternoon. Let's take a good rest at noon." Xu Xiaoqi knocked on his table.

Lin Jue turned off his hot phone and went to the lunch break room alone after having lunch with Xu Xiaoqi in the cafeteria.

The lunch break room was very large, somewhat like a capsule hotel, with small sleeping pods one after another inside. There were very few people coming for lunch break now, and there were still many empty spaces.

Lin Jue chose the innermost sleeping pod. Just as he was about to open the pod door, a hand stretched out from behind him and pressed the pod door.

He turned his head and saw two young men standing aside with smiles. He remembered them, these two were from the Firefly Squad.

"New here?" One of the young men spoke.

"That's right, my name is Fang Hao, you can just call me Lao Fang."

Lin Jue smiled. Although these two looked like they had bad intentions, he didn't want to cause trouble when he had just arrived.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Huang Yong." The young man extended his hand.

Lin Jue reached out and shook his hand, feeling the gradually increasing strength in his palm, he immediately bared his teeth and grimaced: "Hey, hey, it hurts, it hurts!"

Huang Yong clicked his tongue in disdain and let go of his hand.

Lin Jue rubbed his hand and laughed drily: "Young people are really strong."

"Boring, the Night Spectre Squad took in a coward." Huang Yong didn't even look at Lin Jue and left directly with another young man.

While walking, mocking voices kept ringing out.

Lin Jue looked at the backs of the two leaving, the smile on his face faded. The person he was playing was a slick middle-aged man. Fang Hao didn't want to cause trouble, but it didn't mean that he, Lin Jue, wouldn't hold grudges.

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