Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 89 It's My Turn
Option 31.2 31.2%, Option 37.5 [-]%, Option [-] [-]%.

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【Option [-]】

[Go to the basement to find a way to change to the identity of an engineer, and then investigate]

……

If found out, it's all over.

In other words, as long as it is not discovered, there can be a solution.

"(You have to leave here first. There are too many monitoring points in the security room.)"

Zheng Zhuo lowered the brim of his hat.He no longer risked listening to the security guards talk about why, and quietly left the room.

"elevator……"

Zheng Zhuo passed through several elevator entrances.He couldn't risk swiping his work card, so he waited for a while, and managed to get on the elevator started by an engineer who happened to be going downstairs.

This is not an accident.But during the game, there were significantly more engineers entering and exiting the basement than before.

Zheng Zhuo stared at the reflection of the middle-aged engineer on the elevator door, thinking.

After Zheng Zhuo entered the basement, this matter was also confirmed more favorably.

"(so many people.)"

Looking around, the basement is full of magic engineers wearing bright yellow work coats, and the number is more than ten times that of when Zheng Zhuo came to deliver supplies.

And all the magic engineers were nervously staring at the center of the field.

"(No wonder I just broke the element transmission pipeline with my front foot, and the security guards came in front of me with my back foot.)"

Zheng Zhuo passed behind the engineers.I saw every pipeline, every magic flow, and what every janitor did, all clearly.

"(Extremely detailed in odd places.)"

Zheng Zhuo went all the way in.Finally, they came to the cylinder behind the engineers.

Engineers don't all come underground in engineering suits.Some people will change their clothes in the tub.

Zheng Zhuo walked in, and he really found the clothes of the engineers here.

Everything from engineering hats, to yellow overalls, to work gloves.

"(Going to borrow clothes again.)"

This time, he took off the security equipment on his body, put on the engineer's clothes again, and turned into the face of the engineer who had observed carefully in the elevator.

"([Deformation].)"

Zheng Zhuo touched his face.An unpleasant feeling like a jelly is forming.

"...Don't think about it. It's much better than being a murloc."

He turned away.This time, he walked out of the cylinder in the appearance of an engineer.

……

In the auditorium, everyone stared at the screen intently.

[The third match: the final] There have been three rounds.This year, the situation has changed, and everyone was surprised by the performance of the top three groups.

No.1 in the points race, Xue Kai, who was born this year, won within a few minutes.No one knew what weapon he used: the data showed that he used a magic sword last year.This year, however, he looks empty-handed.

And the No.2 in the points match unexpectedly lost to Guo Shuang, the No.7 in the points match.This is also a player who changed his weapon this year: from a sniper rifle to a magical machine.

No.6 in the points race was unable to participate due to a serious injury in the previous game. No.3 is automatically guaranteed.

Everything is a rarity.And when all the strange things gather together, people will start to look forward to the strange things in the next game.

Under the eyes of everyone, Tao Tao and Lin Duo slowly climbed to the left and right ends of the arena.Behind Lin Duo, his teammates who were in charge of assisting him: students from the magic class stood in the audience.

"Only my team made it to the quarterfinals."

Lin Duo looked at Tao Tao.He looked emaciated and fierce.

"It wasn't planned that way."

"It's hard to say that things like games are going according to a certain plan." Tao Tao looked at him and said.

"Ah."

Lin Duo smiled.

"Really? You really think so?"

"What do you mean?"

"There is no problem with my plan, but my plan lost to your plan."

"..."

Tao Tao frowned.

"What are you talking about? I have no plans."

"Don't talk about it. Those venues have changed. Your plan, and... Xue Kai and Guo Shuang's plan. My [Multiple Players Entering the Quarterfinals] plan failed completely because of off-court factors."

Lin Duo raised the blade of his gun.Magic flowed in the blade of his gun, overflowing with ice blue light.

"Wait--"

"Don't say it."

Lin Duo raised the blade of his gun.

"In terms of strength, I will not fail. Where is your abyssal dragon?"

"..."

"Speak with strength."

Tao Tao stretched out his hand.Dark energy overflows the Sorcerer's Stone.

"you're right."

Dark energy condenses on the ground.Then……

roar!

With a roar, the abyss dragon was born from the sticky darkness.

Golden eyes, big blood red mouth, wings on back...

...only this time, the size shrunk by 2/3.Only two people came up.

"I haven't seen such a small abyssal dragon..." Lin Duo frowned, staring in front of his eyes, "For mobility? Forget it, no matter what it is for..."

"I won't show mercy."

Horns hummed loudly.

Tao Tao squeezed the magic stone tightly.

She didn't intend to summon the small abyss dragon.Instead, when they came to the final venue, the adjustments to the summoned objects were lifted.

Once again, she could only summon small monsters like in practice—although now, she was doing better than in practice.

Since the second round, the mysterious person who communicated with her through the watch has stopped sending messages.

However, even so, she would not admit defeat like this.

"(If it's an abyss dragon, no problem——)"

【Contest……】

【start! 】

The abyssal dragon and Lin Duo, who was holding a gun blade, rushed towards each other.

……

Boom, boom, boom.

At the door of the principal's office, Zheng Zhuo knocked on the wall.

In the messy principal's office, several security guards who hurried in and out raised their heads.Zheng Zhuo recognized one of them as the person who had taken him to the conference room earlier.

He narrowed his eyes.

But the other party did not recognize him.

"Hello. This is the engineer who came to confirm the condition of the wall."

Zheng Zhuo nodded politely to the other party.

"Engineer? Hey, which of you called an engineer?"

"Ah, did Xiao Dong call? He said he wanted to confirm the magic power system on the wall—where did he go? Patrol?"

"I don't know! Oh, let him in first!"

The incident happened suddenly, and many people gathered in the principal's office.Most of them were security guards, and some looked like school personnel.

Zheng Zhuo nodded and walked into the room.

"(...It's almost the same as the last time I came here. But...Wow.)"

Zheng Zhuo looked at the wall behind the principal's office.He just glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, but now he looked directly at it and was still shocked.

Previously, Zheng Zhuo failed to find out where the headmaster's office was located.But now, he probably has no chance to know.

Because the wall behind the principal's office was violently demolished by Juli, a big hole appeared.The safe behind the hole was torn apart by unimaginable brute force, and turned into a thick iron sheet that curled outward.

"(What a great thief. No, is this still a thief?)"

Zheng Zhuo approached the place where the trophy was originally stored.

"(Is this some kind of monster?)"

He cursed, opened the [Appraisal] that had not been used for a long time, and pretended to investigate the demolished pipeline near the safe.

And this time, some problems were immediately discovered.

……

【safe】

[Quality: Damaged]

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【Scratches】

[Source: Magic Claw]

……

"……what?"

Zheng Zhuo's [Appraisal] shows that there are [scratches] at the location where the safe was demolished.

The source of the scratches was [Magic Claw].

Zheng Zhuo almost immediately thought of Guo Shuang, the female player who wanted to eliminate Tao Tao.

However, when he looked out the window, he realized that the source of the scratches was someone else.

[Scratch], [Scratch], [Scratch]...

In the field of vision of [Appraisal], the scratches spread all the way to the distance, until the periphery of the school.

"(Sure enough, the prisoner will run outside the campus...)"

Why would the inmates steal decorative trophies?And why did you choose this time?
Zheng Zhuo has many questions.But now, he has to catch up first.

"Thank you. I'll go to the lower floor first to confirm the connection pipeline."

Zheng Zhuo raised the brim of his helmet and walked out of the principal's office.

Turning the corner, he ran.

【trace】.

Follow those [traces], and you will definitely find the trophy.

When passing by the school hall, Zheng Zhuo saw some weapons randomly piled there.Only then did he remember that the students were all going to watch the battle today, so he put the weapons in the hall, waiting for the school staff to recover and send them for repair.

Zheng Zhuo's magic level is at the level of ordinary people.These weapons, he can almost only use them as sharp weapons.but……

Would it be better to bring a handful?
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【problem】

[Chasing the trophy thief!What kind of weapon to bring? 】

【Option [-]】

【sword】

【Option [-]】

【pistol】

【Option [-]】

【Knuckles】

【Option [-]】

【Staff】

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