Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 12 After that, no one is there anymore

Option 33.3 52.4%, Option 14.3 [-]%, Option [-] [-]%.

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【Option [-]】

[Trying to make a noise to distract the pursuers. 】

……

After all, the thief had met him once!
Moreover, he was asking himself for help——

Zheng Zhuo quickly agreed with the option.After all, he couldn't be indifferent to it.

"(...Where...is there...something that can come in handy...)"

The opponent's hand is a real guy!

He didn't dare to jump out and yell easily, but at least he wanted to attract the other party's attention.

Zheng Zhuo looked around the room.The table is...too big.Beds...unlikely.others……

bang bang.

Gunshots came from downstairs.The thief seemed to be shot and screamed.

"(--Time is running out!)"

He slammed into the still fastened window.

bump!
The window slammed into a loud bang.

"(Okay... how about it?)"

Zheng Zhuo hid beside another window and looked out along the edge of the window.Seeing the somewhat fat man paused, subconsciously raised his head to look in Zheng Zhuo's direction.

Seizing the gap, the thief staggered into his previous hiding place.

"..."

The fat man immediately sensed the thief's movement.He clenched his gun tightly and followed the thief into the house.

After a while.

There was the sound of heavy impacts, gunshots and tearing from the house.

"..."

Zheng Zhuo didn't dare to act rashly.He clung to the window without making a sound.

A long time passed like this.With the final three gunshots, everything returned to calm.

"(There is no sound...)"

Zheng Zhuo held his breath.

The thief entered the house first, the first sound was the sound of a heavy object hitting, it should be that he attacked the fat man.And the gunshots came out, indicating that his first attack was not completely successful...

Who will survive?
Of course Zheng Zhuo hoped that the thief could survive.Compared with a thief who knows more or less about the details, a fat man who knows nothing and will attack others is obviously much more dangerous.

"(The last three gunshots...are fat men? No, there is also the possibility that the thief took the gun and shot...)"

He slid down against the cold wall.

"...Hey, didn't you say that this is a game that can be cleared when the exploration rate reaches 100%. Death is just getting out, and you can return to reality..."

"...the atmosphere is not like this at all."

Just now, the way the fat man looked at Sheng Sheng was still imprinted in Zheng Zhuo's mind.

The blood-stained man's eyes were red, like a ghost.

According to the thief, all participants should look relaxed.Even if they killed each other, they wouldn't show such a desperate expression——

After all, if you lose this game, you can still win the next game.

"(The thief didn't tell the truth? Or, he didn't know?)"

The fat man's expression made Zheng Zhuo's back soaked in cold sweat.

No matter how he thought about it, he didn't think this was the attitude that a participant in such a loose game should have.

"(...I hope that man doesn't survive...)"

Zheng Zhuo breathed lightly as much as possible.

The surroundings returned to silence.

then.

Zheng Zhuo heard footsteps.

Someone is going upstairs.

……

Bang!
With a gunshot, white smoke came out of the door lock.

Click, click.

It trembled twice and slid away by itself.

What appeared at the door was...

...that fat man with blood all over his face.

"..."

Worst outcome, huh...

Zheng Zhuo had already stood up.He was still clinging to the wall, looking towards the door with a pale face.

He was eager to find something to protect himself.But desperately, there is nothing at hand that will come in handy.

The fat man in front of him weighed about two hundred kilograms, was not tall, and was wearing a suit that was bulging.His forehead was covered with sweat, and his hair was wet and sticky to his forehead.

If Zheng Zhuo had met him on the street a week ago, he might have thought his appearance was a little funny.

But now, he couldn't think of it that way.

Because the fat man's suit was soaked in blood, it changed from pure black to a color between black and red.

"..."

The fat man pointed at Zheng Zhuo and raised his gun.

"... Goo..."

Vertigo hit Zheng Zhuo.

The feeling this time is more obvious than when encountering the explorer and the thief.Zheng Zhuo couldn't stop feeling nauseous and dizzy.

And he was obviously not the only one who felt this way.

"..."

The figure of the fat man swayed.

Knock him down at this moment——

The second after Zheng Zhuo had this thought.

"It's all a hoax."

The fat man spoke suddenly.On closer inspection, his pupils began to lose focus.

"No exit, no ending, no everything..."

"... none of us... will be spared."

He raised his gun.

"—!"

Zheng Zhuo put his hands in front of his head.

However, the man's eyes lost their light.

The gun slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a clang.

The fat man fell straight in front of Zheng Zhuo.

He fell to the ground, and Zheng Zhuo saw a terrible wound on the back of his head, which seemed to be caused by a blunt instrument.

Suddenly, the fat man on the ground shook and became blurred.Finally, he flickered a few times like an afterimage and disappeared.

Blood stains, clothing, guns.

Everything disappeared with him.

……

…………

………………

...is he dead?
Or, out?
Zheng Zhuo hesitated and took a few steps forward, tentatively looking out from the door.

The fat man walked all the way stained with blood, but now, even his bloody footprints have completely disappeared.

"..."

Could there be someone like him out there?
Zheng Zhuo turned back to the room and stayed in the room for about an hour.

Nothing happened.It was noon and the streets were empty.

The Phantoms did not return, and no other suspected participants appeared.

During this period, the fat man's last words echoed in Zheng Zhuo's mind.

Everything is a scam.

No exit, no ending, no everything.

None of us are immune.

Zheng Zhuo didn't understand what this meant—he didn't even understand whether the fat man's words were speaking to him, or to someone who wasn't there.

Or, was it his meaningless soliloquy before his death?

"...I just participated for the first time... I just downloaded a software... How could this happen? I didn't even understand the rules..."

"...If I can go back now, I want to tell all the unemployed people...don't look for a job...you will get involved in horrible disputes..."

Under the high tension, Zheng Zhuo began to mutter meaninglessly what only he could hear.

In this way, another hour passed.

The fear of waiting began to swell.

Zheng Zhuo began to want to know the surrounding situation.

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【problem】

[There is no sound nearby!Ignorance brings unease.At this time, what do you want? 】

【Option [-]】

[Go to the house where the dispute just started and the neighboring houses to confirm the situation. 】

【Option [-]】

[Confirm the situation on the street. 】

【Option [-]】

[Confirm the situation in the whole town. 】

【Option [-]】

【Patience a little longer!Stay in the hotel. 】

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