I Got My Cheat Skill by Acting My Way into a Horror Protagonist Role Chapter 12

What, supernatural?

Ghost?

Xu Zisheng's footsteps subconsciously paused, the Cursed Child mark on his wrist seeming to grow slightly warm.

"Yes, gui as in return, yi as in easy." Xiao Gui'an secretly noticed Xu Zisheng's reaction, indicating this was just a friendly greeting.

But on the surface, he still appeared very enthusiastic, wearing an innocent expression.

Using the student identity name [Gui Yi] that was a homophone for [supernatural/weird] was naturally a little trick of his own.

"I see..." Xu Zisheng narrowed his eyes slightly, not showing any unusual reaction.

The burning sensation on his wrist had flashed by in an instant, seeming like just his imagination.

"How old are you this year?..."

"Since I'm your senior, I'll definitely look after you..."

"Is this your first time entering the horror game world?"

While cautiously searching and chatting, Xu Zisheng subtly inquired about [Gui Yi]'s background.

"Yes..." [Gui Yi] nodded slightly, his eyes sparkling with clear light as if completely unaware of Xu Zisheng's probing and information gathering.

Xiao Gui'an tried hard to answer according to how this identity should respond, even expressing his future desire to get into horror game pyramid schemes, having heard this industry paid well.

The optimistic-looking young man gestured with his hands about money amounts, his eyes seemingly carrying traces of innocence not yet faded, his entire aura becoming somewhat tainted.

Xu Zisheng's conversational skills appeared quite strong, while [Gui Yi] clearly regarded him as a future business partner.

[Gui Yi] mysteriously whispered about how to cheaply acquire those already scrapped game protection fields and helmets, then resell them at higher prices to the uninformed masses.

"If they really investigate me, I'll say I was deceived by them, won't suffer much punishment..." [Gui Yi] said somewhat carelessly.

He'd just be the pyramid scheme operator inside, and even if the authorities really discovered him, considering he was still a student, they wouldn't be too hard on him.

Xu Zisheng frowned almost imperceptibly, quietly creating some distance from [Gui Yi].

Tsk tsk, look at this act of mine.

Xiao Gui'an mentally praised his own acting skills. Of course he noticed the other's distancing, which was exactly the effect he wanted.

He really felt his performance was thoroughly punchable—although he had a face that looked like a good student, he was actually a complete scoundrel only thinking about personal profit.

A minor character like [Gui Yi] abandoning Xu Zisheng and running away, then becoming cannon fodder dying in the horror game world would be completely reasonable.

Anyway, when the time came, he could switch to the [Writer] card without being discovered.

Or he could provoke others as a transformed ghost and get eliminated or something.

After all, the [Gui Yi] character never had good intentions from the start, so if he got killed while turning into a ghost, Xu Zisheng could definitely have a clear conscience.

But this needed proper timing, at least until they were close to completing the mission.

He was really considerate, even thinking about the other's mental health.

Xiao Gui'an sighed inwardly.

When the time came, the [Student] identity could logically exit the stage.

Thinking about this glorious future, Xiao Gui'an suddenly glimpsed a figure hiding in the residential area's flower bushes from the corner of his eye.

"There!" His eyes immediately lit up, his mind instantly filled with the goal of finding the 'Hiders,' pulling Xu Zisheng's arm as he ran toward that spot.

"Wait! Keep your voice down." Xu Zisheng instinctively tried to break free but couldn't.

This actually surprised him a bit, the calm-faced young man slightly raising his eyebrows.

Xiao Gui'an, being half-human half-ghost, had clearly somewhat underestimated his current strength. Although Xu Zisheng's body in the horror game world had been enhanced many times, caught off guard by this pull, he was actually dragged along running.

This was really strange.

Xu Zisheng felt puzzled—the somewhat negative, tainted aura from earlier seemed to have disappeared, the young student before him having returned to that pure feeling.

The person before him seemed like he really was just here to play games. Could he truly not understand how dangerous the horror game world was?

Hadn't everyone gathered around initially precisely because of his exclamations and panic?

Basically receiving no negative emotions, even the Horror Value fluctuations weren't very high.

Before Xu Zisheng, a red book with the words "Level 2 Psychological Consultant" written on it slowly opened before him, then turned to the latest page recording [Gui Yi]'s information.

He could clearly see the other's emotional fluctuations and Horror Value changes.

This was his companion initial artifact.

When contact value reached a certain threshold, he could detect the other's emotional fluctuations and Horror Value.

Xu Zisheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Was the other person truly unafraid?

Or did he genuinely not care about his own life at all?

Xiao Gui'an had no idea what Xu Zisheng was imagining about him.

He couldn't see the red book before Xu Zisheng, naturally unaware that when he wasn't fully immersed in his acting, the other could capture extremely subtle emotional fluctuations.

When they reached the flower bushes, Xiao Gui'an's excited mind finally cleared. He coughed lightly, then somewhat awkwardly released Xu Zisheng's arm.

"I just saw something go in there..."

[Gui Yi] lowered his voice, his eyes searching through the waist-high clumps of grass, unexpectedly meeting a pale, pupil-less little face, the black cavernous eye sockets seemingly revealing extremely fine broken blood vessels.

"Wah!" [Gui Yi] seemed to finally remember what kind of terrifying horror game he was in. He immediately hid behind Xu Zisheng, his whole body trembling, "There, there..."

He couldn't complete his sentence, but Xu Zisheng understood his meaning.

Xu Zisheng looked over—the seemingly long-dead, withered yellow flower bushes showed no shadow.

But since [Gui Yi] was like this, he must have seen something.

"Let's go together." Someone like Xu Zisheng would definitely seek immediate revenge when possible.

Remembering how [Gui Yi] had deliberately scared him with the name earlier, he slightly curled his lips, the mischievous streak in his nature making him maliciously pull [Gui Yi] closer.

"Crunch—"

Shoes stepped on the dead leaves and branches, faintly revealing some small, fragmented blood vessels and bones.

Xiao Gui'an felt creeped out but had to follow behind Xu Zisheng, mimicking his actions as they rummaged through grass that seemed to hang with sticky human organs.

His slightly panicked and disgusted expression didn't require much acting.

The fear and disgust in Xiao Gui'an's heart were currently quite genuine.

Mainly because he hadn't fully realized he was already dead—a ghost that could kill and eat people, and these human corpse remnants would become commonplace for him in the future.

Found it!

Xu Zisheng's eyes sharpened as he spotted the child curled into a small ball hiding in the flower bushes, whispering, "Found you..."

The other showed no reaction, and the game panel didn't seem to give any prompts either.

Did seeing it like this not count as finding?

Or did they need to face it directly?

Xu Zisheng slightly bent down, reaching his hand toward the little boy in blue overalls.

"Hss—"

The originally crouching boy's head suddenly rotated 360 degrees, the empty, lifeless blood-red eye sockets seeming to see them. He opened a gigantic mouth completely mismatched with his small face and unexpectedly bit toward Xu Zisheng's arm.

At this rate, if bitten, he would definitely have a chunk of flesh torn off!