Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

Is this good news? Is this good news for you?

"It's the same for you." Lu Shang glanced at the top of Kal'tsit's head and said, "Because you've been caught in the rain, you want to tear up other people's umbrellas. You've all been scared by me before, and now don't you want to see what the new victim looks like when he's scared?"

After saying that, Lu Shang looked at Theresa and the others and said, "Do you want to come with me to dress up as a ghost and scare people?"

"Me! I'm going!"

W raised his hand immediately.

She had been holding it in for so long, and she had to restrain herself in front of His Highness so she couldn't curse, and she also had to watch that bastard French kissing that Cintria for 10 minutes. W had been feeling very uncomfortable.

"Okay, I'll count you in as one. Is there anyone else?"

"I!"

Theresa followed suit and raised her hand.

Although when Kal'tsit turned around to look at her with a look of disbelief, Theresa felt a little embarrassed and put her hand down silently.

But when Kal'tsit turned around, Theresa and the Doctor both raised their hands at the same time.

"So W, Theresa, and the Doctor, all three of you are participating, right?"

Lu Shang counted the number of people, then turned to look at Kal'tsit and said, "Mother Kal'tsit, you are being excluded."

"..." Kal'tsit looked tired: "Childish."

... ... ...

... ...

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"Phew...calm down."

When Zofia found herself in a completely unfamiliar environment,

My first reaction was: she is dreaming.

Kind of like lucid dreaming.

But she quickly rejected it.

Because the five senses are completely normal and too real,

Then the second reaction was: she was kidnapped.

But that didn't make sense either. She was not tied up with ropes, nor was her mouth gagged with a rag or tape. It didn't fit the common sense of being kidnapped.

Moreover, Sofia didn't think that with her skills, she could be transported from her home to another place without being aware of it.

After ruling out both possibilities, Zofia began to suspect Hintleya.

This is not to say that Zofia trusts Sintelaiya so much, but you really only need to spend a few minutes with Sintelaiya to deeply understand Sintelaiya's nature of playing badly.

With Sintrea's personality, if they really wanted to kidnap her, even if they said in front of her, "Hey... Miss, I'm going to kidnap you now, can you cooperate with me a little? It would be even better if you could tie yourself up", Sofia would not be surprised at all.

This kind of silence is actually strange.

"But...if this isn't a dream, and I'm not kidnapped, and this isn't Sintelaiya...then what is going on now?"

Sofia looked around and made sure there was nothing unusual before she stood up tentatively.

I walked around and finally came to the bathroom and saw her reflection in the mirror.

"Eh...? Is this me?" Zofia looked at the mirror in confusion: "Is my age a little wrong..."

In short, the face is still the same, but it looks more like a married woman.

and...

Zofia looked down and glanced at her current attire.

"Knight costume?"

Yes, even though she wore black stockings, high heels, and bound her slim waist, this was indeed a knight's outfit.

But how long has it been since she last wore this dress?

Ever since her left hand was injured, this knight costume has been sealed in her closet.

"No... left hand injured?"

Sofia subconsciously clenched her left hand, then picked up the toothbrush on the wash basin, held it in her hand, and waved it a few times like a sword:

"My left hand is healed...?"

Impossible, what on earth is going on?

Ding dong.

An abrupt system prompt sounded above Sofia's head.

This caused her horse's tail to swing violently, and she then kicked back and kicked her hooves like a conditioned reflex:

"Welcome to the 'Rhodes Island' dungeon"

"Player 'Zofia', your mission is as follows:"

"What instance? What player?"

Listening to the broadcast coming from nowhere, Zofia pricked up her ears and asked subconsciously.

But unfortunately, the male voice on the radio did not answer her, but continued:

"Task 8: In the next hours, please make sure you are not discovered by the fake object"

"Tip: Fakes will disguise themselves as humans, or as people you know, but please be careful, they are not alive. Once discovered, you are likely to be eaten by them. Disguising yourself as a fake may be a good idea."

「Mission 2: Find other survivors」

"Improvement: It is easy to distinguish between survivors and fakes. The ones that shout are the ones that are the real ones. But please note that when there are 10 or more survivors within 3 meters at the same time, the 'Dream Master' will be in pursuit."

Mission 3: Survive

"Improvement: When caught by the 'Dream Master', the mission will be declared a failure."

"Well, the game begins now."

107. Meet up with the pink-haired Sarkaz survivor, and run into the Dream Lord head-on

"... ..., is this a prank? Or is it a real death game?"

Sofia's expression was somewhat solemn.

Yes, although she was skeptical, she finally chose to believe the rules and tasks mentioned in the broadcast.

It's not that she is naive, but in Casimir, there really is a similar game - the Knight's Tournament.

People are driven onto the ring like commodities, and two people fight to the death like wild beasts in the Colosseum. If you get bored, there are also programs such as team battles, free-for-alls, and round-robin battles for you to choose from.

The reason why Zofia's left hand was injured was because she had participated in one and she knew all the twists and turns involved.

So the bugs are tired and want to watch a battle royale? A death game? Seems reasonable?

But obviously, Zofia guessed wrong.

But it’s not her fault.

after all--

"Zofia (Hypnosis: Ignore the status bar above your head)"

She had this thing hanging above her head.

So in Zofia's eyes, this place is exactly the same as the real world.

"That is to say... there may be cameras monitoring my every move? Fortunately, I didn't take off my clothes to check my body..."

Sophia was a little annoyed.

But the reason for her irritability was not this death game, but: "I should have told Xinteleya earlier that if anything happened to me, let her take care of Maria's child..."

"Forget it, there's no point thinking about this now, anyway——"

Zofia looked around.

But as for the whip blade on the weapon rack, also known as the snake-belly sword, he seemed to be completely invisible and did not even look at it for a second.

Instead, he finally looked at the mop in the bathroom.

"I don't have any good weapons... I'll just use this to defend myself for now."

Sofia picked up the mop and tried to break off the head so that she could use the remaining wooden handle as a stick.

but:

"Wait... am I that weak?"

Not to mention breaking it, even if Sofia stepped on it with her foot, she almost stumbled because she was wearing high heels.

Was she drugged? Was she completely powerless?

Or is it that in this death game you can only run and not fight back?

But before Sofia could think more, she heard a squeak.

The door of her dormitory was suddenly opened.

This made Sofia react like a stress response, and she quickly threw away the mop that she had been struggling with for a long time.

Because accompanied by the sound of clattering footsteps, a hooded man passed by the corridor outside the door.

But the moment he reached the door, the hooded man suddenly stopped, and his head looked into the room bit by bit like a rusty machine.

Although the hooded person blocked her face, making it difficult to see her expression.

But whether it was the strange posture or the speed of turning his head that was not like that of a living person, it gave Sofia goosebumps all over her body, and she quickly straightened her body.

What, what's going on? !

What the hell is that hooded guy outside the door?

Sofia didn't dare to look him in the eye.

What kind of door-opening killing is this?

No... In the previous mission one, it was said that the fake creature would disguise itself as a human?

So what’s the solution?

She remembered it seemed like...disguised as a fake?

Sofia didn't know whether this method was feasible or not, but when she saw from the corner of her eye that the hooded man outside the door had begun to turn around stiffly, Sofia quickly stood up straight and began to walk around the room, imitating the hooded man's stiff movements.

Sometimes he made the bed, sometimes he opened the closet and rummaged around, pretending to be a native who had always lived here.

In the corner of my eye, I saw that the hooded man had stopped moving and tilted his head, looking as if he was confused about something.

Sofia had no choice but to grit her teeth, turn around, walk towards the door.

Facing the gaze of the hooded man, Zofia pursed her lips and forced herself to look expressionless before stepping out of the room, ignoring the hooded man and turning to walk deeper into the corridor.

Sure enough, when Zofia passed the corner of the corridor and turned around, she glanced at the hooded man. She saw that although the hooded man was standing there looking at her, he turned around and left after a few seconds.

"call..."

Sofia let out a long breath.

"The fake creature disguises itself as a human...so its behavior is also imitating that of a human?"

"Perhaps in the eyes of the hooded man just now, I opened the door but did not go out, so it is not logical?"

But the key is, the door opened by itself.

Eh...that's not right.

This seems to be a trap... Because if the door is automatically opened after the task is finished and the game starts...

If the survivors who haven't figured out the situation for a moment are caught by the fake just like she was just now...

“Ah—?!”

A scream came from somewhere.

This made the horse ears on Zofia's head tremble, her body shrank, and she gritted her teeth.