The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 566 The Secret of Dislocation

—very queer.

Annan's keen intuition made him feel that everything in front of him revealed a strange and inexplicable sense of disobedience.

Citizens who disappeared without warning.

Together with everything they carried, they disappeared from the world in front of them at the same moment.

Is this the part of the nightmare that deforms?

"Is it the same outside?"

Annan whispered to Justus.

Although there was no one around, he subconsciously lowered his voice in this eerie silence.

The strong man nodded solemnly.

"I just went outside to take a look. At least there's no one on the street... nor in the store next door."

Justus pointed to the second floor: "I went to Room 201 to take a look, and when I knocked on the door, there was no response.

"What do you think, Frere?"

Justus obviously didn't know much about it, and was a little nervous.

He lowered his head to look at Annan, and asked Annan's opinion seriously: "Shall we... break in and take a look?"

"What about you?"

Annan asked back, "What do you think?"

"I wonder now...whether this is going to be a [nightmare]?"

Justus frowned slightly.

As a mercenary in an underground city, he has seen a lot of big scenes.

When encountering such a weird situation without any clue, his first reaction was, "Could this be a distorted nightmare world?"

"We'd better confirm each other's identities first, Freire."

Justus stared at Annan, and slowly said: "The three secrets we exchanged back then...you should still remember."

...Is that thing originally used here?
Annan suddenly realized.

But he soon became worried again.

It was impossible for him to know the three secrets of Justus.

And the one who controls Justus's body now is not Nefertari who entered the nightmare with him.

This is a good thing and a bad thing.

Since Nefertari, as a mortal, does not have the ability to stay awake in a dream.Then Justus can be regarded as the Justus in history... From him, a lot of information can be found, which is obviously helpful for clearing the instance.

——But at the same time, it also means that this turns a "teammate controllable character" into an uncontrollable NPC.

If you can't answer the answer to this question... I'm afraid I'm going to play ball with my life.

When Justus patted his shoulder earlier, Annan felt a flash of pain.

If Annan's guess is correct... It should be that Justus's strength broke his shoulder blade, and then he immediately turned the injury back on himself.

——Even Justus didn't have to use any supernatural power on himself.

Frederick's body was simply too fragile.

He doesn't have the level of a melee class at all, and I'm afraid he hasn't exercised yet. His physique is really bad... At this distance, Annan suspected that he could perform a death on the spot as long as Justus slapped him lightly. Flying head with propeller.

But in the face of this dead situation, Annan didn't show any panic on his face.

There was no hesitation or fear in his pupils, he just replied calmly: "Of course I remember...how did we get here?"

"One person talks about one item. In the first round, he tells his secrets, and in the second round, he tells the other party's secrets, so as to prevent fraudulent peace. Then keep another round just in case. If they match, it means that this is not a nightmare. ...or it wasn't you and me who entered the nightmare."

Justus said slowly, "Who will come first?"

"You first."

Annan replied calmly.

——He suddenly realized why the characteristics of this nightmare are the same "replay" as "Nightmare: Gallery".

The replay characteristic will cause all internal memories to be lost after death in a nightmare.It was like a real dream... Dameng woke up, leaving only a very thin impression.

If its special nature is not "repeat", then the person who entered this nightmare can go back and forth at this node for several rounds to empty out all the secrets of Justus or Frederick.

on the other hand……

Since there is such a point, maybe it can also be understood in reverse——here will not actually die?

——Because nightmares must have an ending, and they can definitely be purified.Just like in Mario Maker, no matter how difficult a level is, you must pass it once before you can upload it.

There is no such thing as a nightmare that cannot be purified, because that means that the world within the nightmare will never end—that is, it will become a "file" with an infinite volume.This itself is a bug.

Even a sinister nightmare like the Spore Mill whose purpose is to kill the Purifiers has a right path after all.

Where Spore Mill is really wicked is in its difficulty cheating.

It's not that the customs clearance method is extremely difficult... It's that it is a nightmare with a high degree of difficulty in the distorted level, the external mark is a difficult level, and the death penalty is extremely severe.This will directly lead to the lack of intelligence for those who conquer this nightmare.

It sets the maximum number of clearances to "1", just because it is scruples that "someone may purify this nightmare".Therefore, the real secret is hidden, and it will be automatically destroyed as long as it is cleared once.Like a safe that self-destructs once opened.

If the spore mill can really be unsolvable, then there is no need for the spider to specially set up this "nightmare with only one drop of blood".

——Since you can prepare for running, it means you are not 100% confident.

But at present, with Frederick's physique...it is absolutely impossible for him to outrun Justus.The only chance to escape should be when Frederick left the house.

But may also hang.

And once the chase started, it would be too difficult to escape from a golden-rank transcendent in a deserted city.

You know... Although Justus now has a mighty MT look on his face.

But when he was in the Bronze Rank, Justus' profession was a stalker.

Therefore, this should be a necessary point of the plot.Inescapable dialogue...

... Where is my vitality?

"First, I have an extremely strong desire to kill."

Justus said slowly.

Annan frowned.

...The guardian known as the "shield that never falls" is actually a born murderer?

This is indeed... some secrets that Annan did not expect.

But how should I respond?

Looking into Justus' eyes, Annan said slowly, "【I can gain strength by killing enemies】."

——This is the secret that Annan exchanged with Nefertari from the outside before entering the nightmare.

Definitely not Frederick's secret.

But the strange thing is, facing this secret... Justus didn't feel any sense of disobedience.

"Second," Justus said slowly, "You, Frederick... and Ingrid are secret lovers."

—Ingrid.

This is the second time Annan has heard the name.

It's supposed to be a girl's name.

In the CG just now, when Justus was bragging about his strength, he accidentally mentioned this name.But Frederick quickly cut it off.

look at this...

Is this girl dead?

The three of them used to be assigned to the seventh shift?A love triangle relationship between two gay friends and a girl who is a bitch... Then the girl suddenly hiccups?

Annan was thinking quickly in his mind, but there was no abnormal expression on his face.

"Secondly, your teacher, 'Bonehealer' Seti, lost his power of elements after repairing the holy bones."

Annan slowly talked about the second secret Nefertari gave him.

Oddly enough, it still met Justus's requirements.

It was as if Justus hadn't heard Annan's words.Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his gaze at Annan immediately relaxed.

"Now at least the possibility that one of us is the purifier of the nightmare can be ruled out... We are still ourselves."

—Nonsense, because we are both purifiers of nightmares.But you have fucking amnesia.

Annan said silently in his heart.

But there was only an expression of approval on his face: "But there is still the possibility of 'this is a nightmare world'.

"However, to be on the safe side, I suggest not to treat it as a nightmare...to avoid unnecessary injuries."

"Relax, Freire."

Justus disagreed: "With me, you won't get hurt.

"Let's find out—what kind of conspiracy is all this?"

After he finished speaking, he no longer hesitated.

Go straight out.

Annan watched his back and followed him silently.

——It's not an illusion.

He confirmed in his heart.

Although Justus hid it well, at that moment, the anger in his heart suddenly rose—as if he was irritated by something.

But he obviously didn't say anything wrong.

Could it be what he said?
...Could it be that you thought of Ingrid?
Say less and make less mistakes, do less mistakes.

Annan didn't say a word, but pulled down the hood behind him to cover half of his face.

Play by ear.

　update completed!
　　Let's make an update today, I'll fine-tune my schedule, otherwise I'm afraid I'll die suddenly...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)