I Got My Cheat Skill by Acting My Way into a Horror Protagonist Role Chapter 90

"Boom—"

The shattered space finally completely healed, the eerie and terrifying aura dissipated, and the enormous monster figure completely vanished.

"Is it over?"

"That... monster... disappeared..."

"Great!..."

"Immediately seal off all information! No one is allowed to leak what happened here today!"

"..."

After Song Shengwan methodically arranged the follow-up matters and dealt with everything,

her body swayed slightly. The moment her tense spirit relaxed, she couldn't support herself any longer and fell backward.

"Director Song! Where are the medics?"

Many people exclaimed in alarm, but more felt a wave of relief at having survived a catastrophe. The best outcome was that the eerie neighborhood hadn't descended into the real world today.

【Tianji】 Headquarters.

Drones transmitted the footage back, and no more traces of the supernatural remained on the screens.

The night was deep and heavy, city lights twinkling in the distance, quiet and beautiful like scattered stars—this was the human world, the world they guarded.

Countless official personnel spread across the land of Country Z silently watched everything unfold.

"Send people to Maple City immediately for energy detection."

After a moment of silence, the man in the foremost position finally spoke. He slowly clasped his hands together, maintaining a calmness as if unshaken even if Mount Tai collapsed before him. "Also, Project 7 can be put on the agenda now."

"Meeting in half an hour. Make those who don't know what happened watch the video carefully."

Another sleepless night.

Half an hour later.

"I disagree! Which ghost or monster has ever been good?!"

"At the very least, it's Death God Level—didn't you see the Scavenger it summoned? What if it's an Unspeakable existence? Wouldn't contact be suicide?!"

"How much damage has that world inflicted upon us? Have you all forgotten so easily? What's wrong? Has a ghost saying a few nice words bewitched you? This might just be an act to mock us!"

"You don't understand, but do we not? Those were clearly two separate forces.

Hasn't that gentleman consistently shown no malice toward us? We should seize this opportunity!"

"If he really wanted to take action, why go through such an elaborate performance? Those high-level entities treat us with utter contempt—they only want to destroy us. Why would they bother with such thankless tasks?!"

"Not to be blunt, but our trust isn't worth much. We've taken bigger risks than this before!"

"Not only was there no malice, but the way he looked at us, at these mountains and rivers—he clearly harbors goodwill!"

"Hah, calling him 'that gentleman' already? I never realized your spines were so flexible before!"

"Care to guess how much terrifying malice and ultimate resentment it takes to form a Death God Level ghost?"

"What's wrong? Scared? No one's asking you to make contact immediately. Can't we at least observe for a while?"

"I just think that gentleman looks kind, so what?!"

Throughout history, such meetings have always been as noisy as vegetable markets.

Back and forth they went, trading verbal blows. Fortunately, most participants weren't physically present, only virtual projections, or they might have come to blows right there.

"Tap—"

Several top leaders watched this scene with practiced calm. The man in the foremost position finally spoke again, "In that case, let's proceed with an anonymous vote. Press the red button if you agree that Unknown Horror File 009 can be observed.

【File Record—Position neutral or leaning toward goodwill (unclear)

Level: 【Death God Level】 to 【Unspeakable】, danger index pending reassessment, based on collected observation data】

The alternative, black button, indicates disagreement with observing Unknown Horror File 009.

【No contact, no investigation, information to be sealed, classified into Deceased Souls Files.】"

The voting began.

For a moment, the vast conference hall fell silent again.

When the final results appeared, the red buttons accounted for a full three-quarters majority.

Clearly, the earlier discussion hadn't reflected this—many present were saying one thing while meaning another.

Several who had opposed most vehemently now avoided looking at the voting results on screen, feigning innocence.

The man in the foremost position pressed his lips together slightly. Acting again, are they? Did they think he was that rigid?

"Then let's prepare for the observation work. Elder Gu, please take charge of follow-up."

"Understood." Elder Gu nodded, now eager to search for more related information.

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"Any progress?"

"None—" Elder Gu shook his head gently. Having ended his recollection, he found that after a whole night, the information they could uncover remained scarce.

He looked at Ming Yuan and asked, "Did you send people to Maple City? Were you able to capture any traces of the energy's operation?"

"Just in time. We got a little, pitifully little. It's being analyzed now. You know, sometimes having too large a territory isn't entirely advantageous. But I believe we should be able to detect some clues."

"I hope that mirror proves useful. We went through great trouble to obtain it back then." Ming Yuan shed his cheerful demeanor, his tone turning somewhat heavy.

Elder Gu opened his mouth as if to say more, but was interrupted by a suddenly flashing warning light.

"The location is pinpointed! I never thought we'd actually track it!" Ming Yuan stood up abruptly.

At that time, the 【Writer】's power had clearly done something in the real world, vaguely pointing toward the northern regions of Country Z.

"I need to go check immediately!"

In the laboratory, the eerie mirror that previously showed only mist in its surface underwent a change, revealing an area glowing with crimson light.

Everyone present could immediately recognize where it pointed.

"That location... only three cities fit within this range: Nanying City, Jindu, and... Chuancheng."

"Could there be something in these three cities?"

【Me! I want to go!!】

Yang Qianqian was extremely enthusiastic, waving her raised hand.

【There haven't been any game mission prompts recently, so I can make the trip】 Cheng He indicated.

"Alright, then proceed with investigation in this order: Nanying City, Jindu, Chuancheng—"

"Hopefully, we'll obtain something useful..."

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Xu Zisheng?!

Watching Li Qiwen being sent flying several meters, and hearing the familiar voice beside him, 【Gui Yi】 widened his eyes slightly.

"Cough cough cough, you've misunderstood! We're just colleagues!" Li Qiwen coughed twice, then got up from the ground.

Xu Zisheng turned to look at the black-haired youth behind him, saying with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "Colleagues? Gui Yi, don't tell me you're still involved in that pyramid scheme nonsense?"

"No, no!" 【Gui Yi】 immediately shook his head. He had no desire to be kicked flying several meters like Li Qiwen. "I'm not familiar with him at all! We just met today, really, I swear! He was pestering me!"

【Gui Yi】 declared earnestly, without a trace of guilt.

As the saying goes, better you die than me—sorry, Li Qiwen!

A Chosen One of Fate shouldn't casually attack ordinary people, so please bear some of his wrath for me!

Xu Zisheng slightly lowered his gaze, looking at the person before him.

Though there was still a faint scent of blood about him, he seemed spirited enough.

Being this close, Xu Zisheng could also sense Gui Yi's current condition through their contract—indeed, no major issues.

He responded with a faint sound of acknowledgment, unclear whether he believed it or not.

Thinking of the bloodstained dim room, the violently damaged door, and the phone fallen downstairs—anyone seeing that would assume the person inside had met with misfortune.

If not for the Blood Book's sensing...

"Stop mixing with them. If anything happens, you can talk to the authorities. Anyway, leave such matters to the police or similar. I'll help you oversee and resolve it together." As Xu Zisheng spoke, Gui Yi obediently nodded.

Responding to each instruction, he appeared quite good-natured, completely different from the withdrawn child from before.

Though saying that, the Chosen One of Fate just attacked someone who seemed to be from the authorities.

"As for you—stay away from my friend. Otherwise, I won't mind sending you to the detention center overnight." After finishing with Gui Yi, Xu Zisheng turned back to Li Qiwen, his tone gentle yet carrying full threat.

Making it completely believable that he would follow through.

Double standards!?

Li Qiwen slightly widened his eyes, looking at the two before him.

When Gui Yi was with him, he'd been aloof and cold, but now there was none of that keep-your-distance aura.

For the first time, he felt the disparities of the world so clearly.