I Got My Cheat Skill by Acting My Way into a Horror Protagonist Role Chapter 17

The Tang sisters' current mission progress had just reached finding two ghost children, and they had struggled for quite a while to understand the trigger mechanism.

Who would have thought this game was actually playing word games with them.

After finally discovering a girl near the corner of the garage wall in this residential area, but the other party was nimble-footed, every time they were about to catch her, the girl's body would twist into a shape like twisted dough to evade them.

Then the two of them chased the other party all the way here.

But obviously the security booth didn't belong to the residential homes area, and the two sisters thought they had cornered the other party in the security booth with no escape route, but unexpectedly Uncle Zhao was inside.

He mercilessly broke older sister Tang Keke's hand when she reached out to touch the girl.

"What?! We clearly saw her! You're the ones breaking the rules."

Younger sister Tang Ke'er appeared very dissatisfied, glaring at the other party.

"Games, the most important thing is to have fun, won't adults give way to children?"

"You leave, find others—"

"It's fine, Ke'er, let's go."

The older sister pressed her lips tightly together, then endured the pain and directly set the broken bone back in place, her pretty and delicate face contorted for a moment, and cold sweat immediately broke out.

The two sisters took a deep look at the girl hiding in the security booth, then supported each other as they left.

A wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him.

Since they couldn't force it, there was no point wasting time.

Quickly searching for other ghost children was the priority.

Moreover, in the second round, the identities of both sides would be swapped, and anyone with half a brain knew they needed to find a suitable hiding place for themselves by then.

Preserving more stamina would give them some room for resistance even when chased by the Seekers later.

Without obvious bloodstains or wounds, Xiao Gui'an blinked, realizing that piece of flesh probably didn't come from this pair of twin sisters.

Just now when Xu Zisheng went in to interrogate the ghost mother and child, he hadn't heard anything, and wasn't too clear whether the injured unlucky one was the retired soldier or the fat guy.

"Let's go."

After watching, Xu Zisheng gave Xiao Gui'an a look. He hadn't gotten much valuable information from the interrogation, but had grasped some general information.

Hide and seek was secondary; the most important thing was finding the BOSS ghost controlling this game instance, obtaining its true name, then writing it on the rooftop—that was the ultimate solution.

As for other closed floors and rooms, Xu Zisheng didn't force them open.

He wasn't stupid—this residential area likely contained more than just this hide and seek ghost instance, and if he overstepped boundaries, he'd probably be the first to die.

Top floor...

Thinking about the game mission prompt, Xu Zisheng knew there must be other powerful ghosts on the top floor, but as long as he understood the rules, this damn game could always be cleared.

Xiao Gui'an obediently followed behind Xu Zisheng, and when they reached the second floor, he suddenly felt like there was a gaze watching from behind.

He instinctively turned to look, and saw beside the left corridor on the second floor, next to the fire hydrant, a pale, illusory figure staring at him.

It seemed to be a girl wearing a student uniform, with messy, greasy black hair covering her face.

She wore an oversized, ill-fitting school uniform with some dark bloodstains, also dripping water that soaked the floor where she stood.

Xiao Gui'an felt like he momentarily saw through that sticky black hair and made eye contact with her.

Those profoundly deep eyes were terrifyingly cold, carrying deep resentment and hatred, as if wanting to tear people apart alive.

Xiao Gui'an shuddered and immediately briskly caught up with Xu Zisheng.

Xu Zisheng glanced back at him, followed his gaze, and naturally saw that student.

Not wanting to cause more trouble, he directly grabbed Xiao Gui'an's wrist, quickening their pace downstairs, and said quietly,

"Don't look, don't provoke, and nothing will happen."

Ghosts were restricted by rules, but if a ghost's level was high enough, it could resist lower-level instance rules and take action.

If ordinary people had no other self-protection abilities and were harmed by rule-breaking ghosts, the damage to ordinary people would be significant.

After leaving the residential building, that feeling of being wrapped in countless eerie, cold gazes disappeared.

"We need to continue searching for those ghost children, and also pay attention to their hiding places, especially 'walls' to see if there are any clues..."

Xiao Gui'an nodded seriously.

Thinking about the girl hiding in the security booth he saw upstairs earlier, he suggested, "How about we go check the security booth?"

"Let's wait a bit longer." Xu Zisheng shook his head. There was still time; they didn't necessarily have to focus on that one ghost child.

The two companions began searching again, and before they knew it, Xiao Gui'an circled to the most remote area near the garage wall in the residential area, exactly where the Tang sisters had discovered the female ghost child earlier.

The garage was a dilapidated shed, with the area near the wall piled with clutter—worn-out umbrellas, two or three completely unusable four-wheel bicycles, and a piece of broken glass that could vaguely reflect light, scattered on the metal sheet.

The wall on the other side was covered in black-gray moss, with some sticky, dark red stains.

Xiao Gui'an examined it several times, then slightly crouched down to peer inside the metal sheet—the concave parts of the metal sheet were just enough to hide a child.

Not seeing any hiding figures, Xiao Gui'an felt somewhat disappointed in his heart, and was about to stand up when the glass vaguely reflected fragmented light into his eyes, appearing to have some messy lines.

"Eh?" Xiao Gui'an was stunned, then jogged over.

Remembering the hint given as an NPC—'Why not look in the mirror more?'—he felt this might be the breakthrough point.

Trying several different angles, shaking his head around, Xiao Gui'an didn't even notice when Xu Zisheng approached.

"What's wrong? Found something?"

When Xu Zisheng saw Xiao Gui'an crouching on the floor, craning his neck and peering around like a spirit-medium lunatic, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Why were the other's actions always unexpected, seemingly affecting everyone else's mindset?

Those characters seemed to be hidden on the wall, but the dark moss and bloodstains had covered the writing, and even wiping away the stains wouldn't reveal any information on the mottled wall surface.

But from those broken glass fragments, some traces could vaguely be reflected—crooked, distorted lines.

"The clue might be right here, hold this carefully."

Xiao Gui'an had Xu Zisheng hold the glass fragment to reflect the wall, while he himself adjusted angles according to Xu Zisheng's movements, finally able to see the hidden traces in the mirror.

"Wait, don't move, I see it." Regarding Xiao Gui'an's direction, Xu Zisheng slightly raised an eyebrow but said nothing, just raised his arm high and maintained that position.

The lines were crooked and twisted, vaguely showing what seemed to be many scratch marks, as if made by fingernails scraping.

'Today... and (unclear)... also played hide and seek, I'm it again, have to go to... (blurred), after they brought us here, then... ran away, I have to count to 100 before I can go find them...' Xiao Gui'an struggled to decipher the handwriting, speaking intermittently.

And behind them, from the previously empty space under the metal sheet, a bluish-purple face slowly emerged, swollen blood vessels visible on the face, enlarged bloodshot pupils eerily watching the two people in front.