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"And the key is... doesn't it count only if we hold hands the whole time?" Xiachuan Kanade raised his right hand.

He still held the other person tightly and never let go.

"Uh..." Miss Sha Diao was stunned.

Oh, that's right! She almost forgot about this setting!

It was a close call. The president almost discovered the truth!

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After getting away from the thing that made the loud footsteps, Natsukawa Kanade and the others searched all the rooms they encountered along the way.

Unfortunately, they didn't find any ghosts that the NPC mentioned, so they became more convinced that it should be the NPC played by another student rather than other guiding conditions.

But even confirming this is far from enough, because they have not found anything that can guide them to the path to pass the level. However, the actions along the way are not without gain - they found many "props" with special effects in each room.

"Shock Bell: Just take out the bell and ring it once in front of the Butcher to seal his movements for 5 seconds, but it will lose its effect after being used once. (Tip: Please shake the bell hard until the other party can hear it! If the sound is too soft, he may not be able to hear it!)"

"Invisibility Talisman: Just stick it on your forehead and you will be invisible for 20 seconds. After the time is up, it will lose its effect. (Tip: Be careful not to make too loud movements when using it, otherwise it will still attract the attention of the 'butcher' and arouse his vigilance.)"

"A token of love: A token of love given by a girl's lover to another girl. It has very important commemorative significance. (Tip: Don't throw it away because you think it is useless. Remember this thing!)"

"Taunting Doll: A doll with a very hateful appearance. Just take it out and shake it towards the 'butcher' to attract his attention, but at the same time, the owner of the prop will be chased by the 'butcher' all the time, and even throwing the doll away will not have any effect. (Tips: If you don't want to have nightmares at night, please use it with caution! The best way to use it is of course to match it with a prop that can protect yourself! Be brave, boys and girls!)"

"..."

As someone who has some experience in similar games, Natsukawa Kanade immediately understood his current situation.

There are props, chases, and slight puzzle elements, and a feeling of a horror RPG game immediately comes to you. This is even a live-action first-person theme. I'm afraid my heart rate will become uncontrollably active soon.

"I roughly understand how to pass the level." Xiachuan Kanade murmured, and then began to explain to Shinomiya Kaguya in the puzzled look of her eyes.

"We generally call this kind of situation a horror role-playing game. You don't need to think too much about it. Just remember its essence - we have to use the props in our hands to avoid the boss's pursuit and find a way to survive in the process, that is, to pass the level."

"The so-called 'butcher' mentioned on these reminder notes should be the owner of the footsteps we heard before. I originally thought that we just needed to avoid his pursuit and find the 'ghost', but now after seeing these props, I understand that I am afraid we must face him directly."

"Eh? Can't we just find a staff member to stamp it?" asked Kaguya Shinomiya puzzled.

"It shouldn't be that simple." Xia Chuan Zou shook his head and continued, "We have searched all the rooms on this floor, and the only things we found are these props. This means that our target should be in a room on the first floor, but that place must be guarded by a 'butcher'."

"According to the general flow of this type of game, this 'butcher' should also have his own action pattern. For example, when we reach the first floor and are seen by the other party, he may come to chase us, but when we reach the second floor, he will not appear."

"The evidence is that we have been on the second floor for almost 5 minutes but have never run into each other, and we haven't even heard footsteps. This means that he is also restricted and can only move around on the first floor. As for more information... maybe we still have to go to the first floor to see the situation before making a judgment..." Xia Chuan Zou hesitated.

After all, if they were going downstairs, it would mean that Kaguya would have to go with him, otherwise the two of them would not be able to keep holding hands. And he didn't know whether there were any surveillance cameras in the house. Although it was so dark around them that it would be difficult to observe what they were doing on the surveillance screen, he should be able to determine whether the two of them were leaning against each other.

"Of course, if you mind, Kaguya, we can also choose to give up. This means we will just give up the chance to get the 'Medal of Courage', but we can still experience the other game items."

"Mind? What should I mind?" Shinomiya Kaguya asked puzzled.

"Well... of course I mean to... observe that 'butcher'. Even though we haven't run into him yet, he doesn't look like something we can calmly ignore after seeing him..." Natsukawa Zou tried to explain as tactfully as possible.

“……” Shinomiya Kaguya still felt that she was looked down upon.

"Please rest assured, President. The people of the Shinomiya family have nothing to fear. Only others are afraid of our situation. So please act according to your ideas. Of course, I will always support you."

"..."

Well, now that you've said that...

So Natsukawa Kanade took Kaguya Shinomiya's hand and led her carefully to the first floor. Then he leaned over the handrail and stuck his head out to carefully observe the situation in the central corridor.

Just as he guessed, there was a huge figure as far as he could see, about 2 meters tall, and its solid body was as big as some heavyweight sumo wrestlers. The whole "person" completely blocked the road to the end, standing motionless in the corridor, blocking the only way out.

For fear of alerting the enemy, Xia Chuanzou did not turn on the flashlight. At this moment, in the dark environment, the face of the huge figure could not be seen clearly, and only the general outline could be seen. However, it was precisely because of this that Xia Chuanzou breathed a sigh of relief.

Because they could guess without thinking too much that the other person must have worn some very realistic horror makeup, and not being able to see the other person's appearance clearly at this moment would save them from having to bear the extra visual pressure.

After looking around again and finding that there was only this one passage, Natsukawa Kanade withdrew his gaze and began to discuss in a low voice with Shinomiya Kaguya.

"I've confirmed that the ghost is probably in a room behind this 'butcher'. Of course, it's also possible that they did the opposite and hid their target in the rooms ahead."

"But no matter what, if we want to search these rooms, we will definitely not be able to bypass that guy. He will definitely not just watch us walk past. This is when we should use the props we just got." Xiachuan Zou continued to analyze.

"For example, using this 'Invisibility Talisman' should be able to help us explore the rooms ahead. Then we can use this 'Taunting Doll' to lure the opponent out and use the 'Shock Bell' to freeze him for a while. During this time, we can open the rooms behind one by one and take a look. When we find the target, we will quickly go in and give the 'Token of Love' to the opponent. That should be enough to pass the level."

"..." Shinomiya Kaguya was a little confused after hearing this.

She just couldn't understand why the other party could find a way to use up all these props in such a short time, and it even sounded very credible. Although she herself understood the purpose of these "props", she only thought of using them to protect herself when she was "about to be caught up".

But it didn't matter if she didn't understand, because she had full trust in her president and believed that he would be able to lead him through the test of this game perfectly.

So with Kaguya Shinomiya's consent, Natsukawa Kanade took out the "Invisibility Talisman" very quickly, stuck it on his forehead, and then appeared in front of the other party with Kaguya Shinomiya in a swagger.

Because he was afraid that the other party would not be able to see the talisman on his head, Xia Chuan Zou even took out a flashlight and shone it on his head to show that he was using the props properly.

The huge figure was obviously stunned for a moment, but then he still walked towards them step by step with heavy steps.

Natsukawa Kanade was dumbfounded, but he quickly figured out the reason - maybe it was because their movements were too loud, or his use of the flashlight "alerted the other party", just like what was written on the note, so next they needed to pause and wait for the other party to return to their original position before slowing down their movements.

Logically speaking, things should have developed like this -

As a result, not only did the other party not look back, he even walked towards them faster, and there was even a faint sign that he was about to run.

"Ah?" Xia Chuan Kan's eyes widened, wondering why this NPC didn't follow the rules? What about the agreement that I can't see them after using the props?

Could it be that you forgot about this rule?

Just as he was about to leave the game and use words to remind the other party, Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"President, let's run first. If we don't run, he will catch us."

"...Okay." Xia Chuan Zou agreed reluctantly, but he had already decided in his heart to find the old lady NPC to find out what was going on.

After figuring this out, Natsukawa Kanade ran back with Shinomiya Kaguya in a quick and decisive manner, but the other party still chased them relentlessly until the two of them ran up the stairs in front of each other, and then the latter stopped, turned around and walked back step by step.

"Sure enough, the first floor is where the other party's activities are..." Xiachuan Zou nodded, thinking that he was not wrong in his judgment, but what about this prop?

Could it be that someone has used this thing before, and the other party thought that this thing can only be used once globally?

Just when Natsukawa Kanade was puzzled, Shinomiya Kaguya beside him suddenly spoke.

"President, could it be because... this item can only be used by one person?" Kaguya Shinomiya reminded.

Just now, she clearly felt that the other party's eyes immediately turned to her without hesitation after they first appeared on the president, even his footsteps.

Although the direction seemed to be the same, she just had this feeling - as if she was the only one who was being pursued by the other party, and the president just happened to be standing next to her.

"Impossible? If that's the case, then this prop is completely useless? After all, we have to hold hands all the time, right?" Xia Chuan Zou asked puzzledly.

"..." So Miss Sha Diao fell silent.

At this point, she probably had to tell the truth. But if she did that, would the president misunderstand her? For example, would he misunderstand that she...like...like he was super in love with him or something! ...Gurgle...

So Miss Sha Diao hesitated again, not knowing whether she should ask this question.

But soon she no longer had to make any choices because someone made the decision for her.

"Why are you still staying here? Leave here quickly, otherwise in three minutes you will never be able to escape from here!" The hunchbacked old lady appeared again, and this time she even brought a friendly reminder of the remaining playing time.

"..."

Xia Chuanzou secretly said that it was a good opportunity, and then immediately repeated what had just happened to the NPC, and also asked if it was because someone else had used this talisman.

The old lady didn't say anything, but raised her eyebrows, then looked at Shinomiya Kaguya deeply with a very strange look, which made the latter suddenly panic.

"Maybe it's just as you said, but you don't have to worry about it. Since this thing is useless, make good use of your remaining exorcism items to escape from here." Then, without waiting for Xia Chuanzou to reply, the old lady limped away again on her crutches.

"..." Xia Chuan Zou was speechless, wondering why these students were like this, not dedicated at all, and even had such a bad attitude towards him, the student council president... I must find out who played the role and remember that person!

However, the most important thing at the moment is to figure out how to pass the level. Just like the other party said, there is not much time left. This is normal. After all, it is just a game project and not a real thing. They can't keep wasting time like this. After all, there are so many people queuing outside waiting to play.

"In this case, we can only use this 'taunting doll' to lure the opponent to a farther place, and then we ring this 'stun bell' to freeze him, and take advantage of this time to quickly check every room." Xiachuan Zou suggested.

Of course Shinomiya Kaguya would not refute him. In fact, she was still wondering why the old lady looked at her like that, especially with that makeup, it was really creepy.

After finalizing the plan, the two did not delay any longer and appeared in front of the "butcher" again and used the "mocking doll" on him.

"You big fool, come here!"

The doll made a mean sound.

So the butcher "rushed" towards the two men in anger, and even after the two of them ran up the stairs, he still chased them desperately.

"It really works!" The two looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the other props are useful, otherwise I really don’t know what to do.

With this idea in mind, Xiachuan Kanade kept chasing the "butcher" at a speed that the other party could see but could not touch, until they retreated to the end of the corridor and reached a dead corner.

Looking at the other party's figure getting closer and closer, Xiachuan Zou frowned and tried to look at the safe distance.

It's getting closer... now!

When it felt like it was the last moment, Xia Chuan Zou finally took out the "Shock Bell" that he had prepared long ago, and shook it frantically at the "Butcher".

So naturally, the other party was "fixed".

After Natsukawa Kanade whispered, "Look down at your feet, don't look up," he immediately ran with Kaguya.

He had to buy time, otherwise all his previous efforts would be in vain.

Of course, Miss Sha Diao obeyed obediently. Although she was indeed curious about the other person's appearance, she did not look at the "butcher" again while running past him. She just lowered her head and followed Xia Chuan Zou's footsteps obediently.

However, it was precisely because of this action that he didn't even realize he was about to reach the stairs, and he rushed down like an arrow.

"Be careful!" Natsukawa Kanade was quick-witted and quickly pulled her back, preventing Shinomiya Kaguya from falling down the stairs.

"Ugh..." Miss Sha Diao cried out in pain, but then she also felt a warm embrace.

!!!

Hug, hug, hug! I’m hugging you!!!

"Kaguya, are you okay?" But Natsukawa Kanade didn't care about that. He just asked about her condition with great concern.

After all, the muffled cry just now could not have been faked by the other party, and he was really worried whether he was hurt anywhere.

"No, it's okay, thank you, President..." Miss Sha Diao blushed and shook her head.

Fortunately, the surrounding environment was very dim and the president would not notice her situation, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.

After hearing the other party say this, Xiachuan Zou was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he heard the heavy footsteps continuing behind him.

It turned out that the "butcher" had started again.

So the heavy feeling of oppression continued to come, and Natsukawa Kanade didn't bother to say a few more words of greeting, and pulled Shinomiya Kaguya and prepared to run away again. As a result, as soon as she moved, she heard the silly lady's cry again.

"Well……"

Of course Natsukawa Kanade couldn't ignore this, so he turned and looked at her.

Although the other party seemed to be disguising herself, her slightly trembling feet still exposed her true situation.

"Sprained your ankle?"

“……” Shinomiya Kaguya didn’t want to lie to him, so she could only nod silently.

Xia Chuanzou secretly thought, this is not good, isn't it that they are completely helpless? Not to mention that they may not have enough time, they may not be able to escape just from the butcher chasing them.

In that case...

"It's okay, President, just run away. It's just a little pain, I won't... Eh eh eh eh?!!!" Shinomiya Kaguya was still thinking about comforting the other party and was about to force herself, but the next moment she was suddenly hugged up.

"Sorry, you can scold me however you want later, but we have to hurry up now." After saying this in a low voice, Natsukawa Kanade no longer cared about comforting Shinomiya Kaguya.

He has made up his mind to try his best to get through this test.

Because this is the dignity of being a qualified gamer!

Never give up until the last second!