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Chapter 638 Damn it, my dream is to earn ten thousand a day!

Upon hearing this, Wang Youcai and the others were all stunned for a moment.

Then Ye Weiwei spoke up: "That's right, the ghost is stopping us."

As she spoke, she looked at the other two people in her group: "The first time the ghost appeared, it was when it turned its head and mentioned the 'eighth person' in the victim's dormitory. The second time the ghost appeared was after we met Liu Baoma's mother."

Every time they get a clue, a ghost appears to obstruct them.

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the ghosts are the dead victims. After noticing this, I’ve been thinking about what the so-called ‘correct judgment’ in the mission means.” Gu Mian looked at the three people in the other group. “When you’re looking for the truth, the ghosts will kill you. What does that mean? The ghosts don’t want you to overturn the case; they want the criminals to die.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Weiwei's back suddenly went numb. A strange guess formed in her mind, yet she desperately hoped that the guess was wrong.

“And our prisoner,” Gu Mian paused, “is very gentle and kind, at least the one in our group is. Even with a machete in hand, he didn’t hurt any of the neighbors who came to arrest him, so he must have been prepared to die before he committed the crime.”

“But our victims are not so gentle. Just looking for clues makes them impatient to take action. Think about what would happen if you made a judgment that did not suit their wishes.”

Gu Mian just asked the driving instructor.

If a prisoner is found guilty, he or she will be executed in court.

If found not guilty, the defendant will be released in court.

“I asked my guide NPC, and he said that if the judge finds the criminal guilty, the criminal will die on the spot. You don’t need to worry that he will immediately become a vengeful ghost to take revenge on you. He hesitated and wavered in his life, but in the end, he made his choice with a heart that had no regrets in dying. Such a person will not blame you no matter what judgment you make.”

At this moment, Wang Youcai also realized something.

He suddenly understood what the "correct judgment" of the mission meant.

There is no right or wrong; none of their cases are absolutely "correct" or "wrong."

The suspect awaiting execution did commit murder, but there were reasons for it.

The victims were not innocent either; one could say their deaths were the result of their own actions.

This is a story where right and wrong are indistinguishable.

But they must make the "right" choice for their own lives.

“You mean,” Ye Qiqi took a trembling step forward, “that the only way out for this copy is to convict the prisoner?”

"That's right," Gu Mian nodded.

Ye Qiqi's expression was not good.

“If we deliver a verdict that contradicts the victim’s wishes, we will face the most severe retribution, and we might even die in this very room before the court adjourns. But if we execute the prisoner, the innocent prisoner will not be harmed, nor will he do anything to us; he has long been prepared to die. Therefore… we must kill a pitiful person who has no ill intentions towards us to avoid the retribution of the ghosts. Because he has no ill intentions towards us, because even if he dies, he will not become a ghost to harm us, so we must kill him…”

She took a deep breath as she said this: "Isn't this just... bullying the weak and fearing the strong?"

Disobeying the will of the ghost will bring retribution.

But if a prisoner is sentenced to death, he will accept it willingly and will not harm the player.

So he wants to die.

Ye Weiwei suddenly felt nauseous; this instance was truly disgusting.

“This is a copy about choices,” Gu Mian began, “Life, or humanity, the copy asks us to choose between the two.”

Ye Qiqi gripped her hand tightly.

Wang Youcai's expression was also not good.

"The choice of survival is clear. If you want to leave the instance, you can go back to the court for judgment now." Gu Mian looked at the three people in front of her with grim faces. "If you don't go for judgment and continue to look for clues, the ghost will most likely reappear. You should think it over."

The three of them stood there for a while.

Finally, as if he had made up his mind, Wang Youcai thanked Gu Mian, then turned to the two female players behind him and said, "Let's go back to the courthouse."

Then they quickly left.

Bai Lu watched the group leave and thought, "They must have gone back to the court for their verdict."

Gu Mian also looked in the direction the group had left: "I don't know either." "Then... what is our choice?" Bai Lu, who asked this question, suddenly felt a little stupid.

A way out has appeared, so of course we should follow that way out.

This is just a copy.

Even if the people in the instance have suffered a great injustice, they should not pay with their lives for a moment of pleasure.

But perhaps it was the judge's two kicks that gave her confidence, because she felt a faint sense of anticipation.

I look forward to making a choice in this instance where the path to survival is already determined.

“Let’s go to the hospital and take another look at the book of rites,” Gu Mian said, without giving her an answer. “There are still some unclear points about this case.”

The egret didn't know what to say, so it nodded.

The group quickly arrived at the door of Li Shu's ward.

The person in the hospital bed was not surprised to see Gu Mian and the others arrive.

He smiled at the group, a smile that was particularly dazzling in the sunlight.

Li Shu was still reading, but this time he had switched to another book.

Upon seeing Gu Mian and the others enter, Li Shu casually placed the book he was holding face down on his lap. Bai Lu noticed the title on the cover—"Born to Be a Psychopath."

How arrogant! Bai Lu's fingers were clenched so tightly they turned white.

"Your Honor, have you come to me with some new discovery?" Li Shu asked with a smile, still as quiet and polite as ever, as if he hadn't done anything at all.

Gu Mian sat on the bed opposite him without saying a word, but stretched her hand out to Li Shu and then spread her fingers in front of him.

Li Shu looked down and saw a pink bow lying on the other person's slender hand.

He seemed to have expected this, showing no sign of panic. Instead, he smiled at Gu Mian and said, "Isn't this Cao Deren's stuff? I remember he went to many stores to buy it."

"You must have run a long way to get to the bottom of Yuan Haotian's building to take pictures, right?" Gu Mian laughed, his smile even more enthusiastic than Li Shu's.

Li Shu kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything, but only reached out and pushed the book that was turned upside down on his lap.

“Stop pretending,” Gu Mian placed the bow on the black book cover on his lap. “We all know you like playing with fire.”

"Oh—" Li Shu suddenly composed himself and let out a long, strange sound.

“You all know,” he suddenly tilted his head, staring directly at Gu Mian with a slightly terrifying look in his eyes, “Then you also know that my two poor roommates who died have been following you, right?”

The egret felt a tightness in its scalp.

This person... knew that his roommate had become a ghost, and knew that the two people had been following them, which is why he was so fearless.

“Why investigate so thoroughly?” Li Shu tilted his head, his quiet demeanor completely gone, replaced by madness and distortion. “Wouldn’t it be better to make a judgment without knowing anything about it? That way, there wouldn’t be any psychological pressure.”

"That's right, we did set fire to Yuan Haotian's house."

"Do you want to know why we did this? I might as well tell you. At first, we just noticed his sister, an innocent, naive, and defenseless little girl, so adorable, like an angel;
"When we threw the newborn puppies into the stinky ditch, she suddenly appeared out of nowhere and accused us of being cruel, wicked, and heartless."
"Oh, she's really something, she annoyed me the very first time we met;

"Of course I had to teach her a lesson and show her not to waste her time spreading her misplaced saintly glow. Girls this young are usually quite naive; we only followed her for a week and we already knew all about her."

"She has loving parents and a doting brother. I wonder if this innocent little girl can still maintain her compassionate, saintly heart if all these people die. I want to know if she will still have the energy to care about the little dog in the ditch after all her relatives are dead."

"Things went smoothly. In a neighborhood without surveillance cameras, with a developer who had absconded and old doors, we skillfully carried out another arson in the middle of the night, but there was an unexpected incident along the way."
"The poor little girl was at home, while her lucky brother was out."

"We were heartbroken to see the little girl's pained expression after losing her family. But it's okay, she still has an older brother."

At this point, Li Shu smiled again.

Unlike before, this time the smile on his face was eerie, like a puppet grinning mischievously.

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