Infinite Weird Game

Chapter 340 Beware the Rabbit (XV) Faith and Death

While no one was paying attention, Qi Si pulled off Lingzi's prayer belt and hung his own on it.

At the same time, new changes have appeared in the game interface of "Escape from Rabbit Town".

[Mission target has been triggered]

[Mission Objective: Prevent Lingzi from being chosen by the Rabbit God]

Yes, if Reiko is chosen by the Rabbit God, Kanna Shichiro will definitely die, and he will not be able to have further contact with the Rabbit God before his death. It will be a losing situation for both parties.

But as long as you gently pull the original destiny line, the corresponding ending will become different. Even if it does not necessarily lead to a better result, it at least extends multiple possibilities.

Therefore, there is only one way left for players.

The prompt [Can be saved] popped up on the panel, and Qis silently said the word [Save].

[Obtain save point ③ Reiko's prayer belt]

[You saw Lingzi's prayer belt on the prayer tree. It was the first time you knew that your childhood friend had a crush on you.

[If it was before today, you might have felt differently, but after learning the secrets of Rabbit Town from your father, now you can only feel a heavy burden.

[So, you secretly hid Lingzi's prayer belt, hoping to hide it from the Rabbit God. But you know this is not a long-term solution, you must think of a way...]

Any solution...?

……

It seemed like everyone could chime in on the relatively easy-to-understand text game dungeon. The audience in the livestream room were having a lively discussion.

"I remember when I cleared the dungeon, the storyline was that I ran away with Lingzi along with my playmates, but unfortunately we were caught on the last day."

"What a shame. I heard that if we could really save Reiko, we could clear the game."

[Yu Jinsheng]: "The weird thing about this dungeon is that once Lingzi is chosen by the Rabbit God to possess her, her wish of 'being with Xiao Qi' will take effect, Kanna Shichiro will be doomed, and the Rabbit God Town sub-plot will fail. Even if the player completes the school main quest perfectly, the dungeon will only be 50% complete, which can only be considered a NE clearance."

"Hey, this dungeon is a puzzle on the surface, but it's actually parkour, right? Let's see who can run faster with Reiko, right?"

"Correct. I think this is just a temple escape disguised as a puzzle."

……

"Xiao Qi! We agreed to get together today, why are you still hanging around here?" Not far ahead, a little fat man came running breathlessly through the crowd, grabbed Qis's sleeve and pulled him aside.

【Name: Akira Kurokawa】

[Type: NPC (friendly camp)]

[Note: A mutual friend of you and Lingzi]

Three lines of prompt text appeared on the panel of the "Escape from Rabbit Town" game, revealing the identity of the visitor.

Qi Si raised his eyes to look at Kurokawa Akira and smiled apologetically: "My father was looking for me just now, and I managed to get away with great difficulty."

"Then let's go!" Akira Kurokawa pulled Qi Si forward, "Let's call Lingzi, I have something important to tell you."

Qi Si guessed something and followed silently with a confused expression, memorizing the surrounding landmarks while jogging.

The long street where the fireworks festival is held stretches from east to west. The Kanna family is located on the northwest side, the Kurokawa family is on the south side, and the Edo family where Reiko lives is on the southeast side.

Akira Kurokawa nimbly led Qi Si through many twists and turns and finally stopped at the back wall of a house, out of breath.

Lingzi just came out from the back door and saw the two of them. She exclaimed in surprise: "Why are you here? I just said goodbye to Xiaoqi."

Qis took a step sideways and let Kurokawa Akira come in front of him, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with him.

Akira Kurokawa took a deep breath and said seriously, "Come with me to a place where no one else can hear. Then I will tell you."

He turned around and walked in front to lead the way, looking around furtively from time to time.

"What happened? You look so nervous." Lingzi was confused, but still followed him.

Soon, the three of them entered a long-abandoned brick house and stood in the patio covered with fallen leaves.

Akira Kurokawa looked around and made sure there was no one else around. Then he stopped and said mysteriously and nervously, "Lingzi, Xiaoqi, everything I'm going to say is true. You must believe it."

Lingzi pursed her lips and nodded, and Qis also gave her a look of conviction and encouragement.

Kurokawa Akira swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice: "I had a nightmare in the middle of the night yesterday, so I ran to find my mother and heard her discussing something with my father.

"They say that Lord Rabbit God doesn't really love us, his people, but is imprisoned here by our ancestors. Every eighteen years, the Rabbit God Festival is held, when the seal that imprisoned the Rabbit God loosens, and in order to strengthen the seal, the child who most resembles the Rabbit God will be chosen to become the 'body' that imprisoned the Rabbit God, and will die!"

Since the head of the Kanna family knew the secret of Usagi Town, there was no reason for the other two families to be ignorant of it. It was reasonable for him to let the secret slip and have the children in the family accidentally hear it.

What the head of the Kamashi family said was vague, but the information from Kurokawa Akira was more advanced.

Because the seal loosens once every eighteen years, the Rabbit God Festival is held at the fireworks festival, and the Rabbit God is invited to the bodies of children, using the most primitive method of confinement.

Qi Si clearly remembered that he was invited to possess Lingzi's body at Hope Middle School, and he was able to escape only by attracting the dormitory manager and disrupting the ceremony.

The Rabbit God turned the chosen children into monsters, which harassed their blood relatives from time to time. Perhaps it was not just for revenge, but he wanted to destroy the ritual and remove the restraints through intimidation and threats.

Once the descendants of the three families retreat at the same time and fail to complete the Rabbit God Festival when the seal is loosened, the Rabbit God will escape, and what awaits the people of Rabbit God Town will be crazy revenge.

So there is only one choice left for Rabbit God Town: conceal the truth of the year, sacrifice a child every eighteen years, and save all those hated by the gods.

Unfortunately, Qisi became Kanna Shichiro.

Not only did he not think there was any need for Rabbit God Town to continue to exist, he even wanted to see the bloody disaster scene.

And judging from the ending of the story, it seems that he will finally get what he wants.

"Really? How could this be? They clearly said that Rabbit God loves us, and we clearly love Rabbit God too..." Reiko looked at Kurokawa Akira with a pale face, then at Qi Si.

Qi Si also showed a surprised expression: "I finally understand why my father always mentions the word "curse". I have been having nightmares recently...

"They all say that I am the child who looks most like the Rabbit God. Doesn't that mean I will be chosen and die in the Rabbit God Festival?"

"No, you and Reiko are both like the Rabbit God, and both of you may be chosen!" Akira Kurokawa said, "Which means one of you will definitely die!
"But... Xiao Qi is so pretty and can tell stories, so she is indeed the one most likely to be chosen."

If only Reiko was threatened, she might hesitate, but if Kanna Shichiro was added as a weight, everything would be different.

Lingzi looked at Qi Si worriedly: "What should we do? I don't want to die, and I don't want Xiao Qi to die..."

Qi Si pretended to be calm and said in a firm tone: "Reiko, let's escape from Rabbit God Town together. We will wander outside for seven days and come back after the Rabbit God Festival is over."

Lingzi hesitated for two seconds and asked stammeringly, "If I leave, will something happen to Mom? I don't want Mom to be blamed because of me..."

"Your mother is the only adult in the Edo family. What can ordinary people do to her?" Qi Si persuaded, "Besides, I have also escaped. The two major families of Kanna and Edo have united. Who dares to raise any objections?"

Hearing this, Akira Kurokawa also put on a heroic look and clenched his fists, saying, "I'll run away with you. Now no one in our three families will be in trouble. I can even help you keep watch!"

Reiko was still a little hesitant: "But everyone in Usagi Town has been very kind to me. Wouldn't it be unfair to them if I just leave like this?"

"Don't think like that, Reiko." Qi Si looked into the girl's eyes and said seriously, "Everyone has the right to live, and no one is destined to be sacrificed. This is true for us and for Lord Rabbit God.

"Searching for food in a year of famine, fighting for planks in a shipwreck, and doing everything to survive are instincts engraved in the soul of living things, and there is nothing wrong with that.

"Reiko, would you kill the old, weak, women and children to save food, or push those who grab the planks into the sea to drown them in order to free them for those in need?"

Lingzi's mind was successfully diverted, and she said seriously: "I definitely wouldn't do that. How can a person kill someone? Even if it's to save someone, it's not allowed..."

"Yes, even if it is for the purpose of saving others, we cannot kill innocent people. And how can we kill ignorant children like us just for the adults to fulfill their wishes?" Qi Si sighed.

"Sacrifice should be a choice, not an obligation. The collective good should never be a reason to deprive an individual of his life. If this is really done, it is an atrocity called 'moral kidnapping', and I don't like it."

……

The comments in the live broadcast room were scrolling like crazy.

"Is Siqi pointing at the Jiuzhou Guild? Or am I overthinking it?"

"You didn't think much about it. This is almost a blatant attack on Jiuzhou's purpose. Apart from Jiuzhou, who else would always talk about teamwork and sacrifice?" "I suddenly understand why the Unnamed Guild is at odds with Jiuzhou. This is a fight of righteousness. I support the Unnamed Guild this time."

"I also think what Siqi said makes sense. We are all human beings. Why should we follow the rules of Jiuzhou? Do the minority people not deserve to live?"

"After hearing this, I almost understand the Unnamed Guild's idea. Everyone has the right to live, so everyone should do their best to survive to the end. As long as everyone takes care of themselves, why worry about not being able to pass the final dungeon?"

"You are all too selfish, aren't you? If you continue like this, who would trust you to clear the final instance? Who knows if you are willing to save everyone?"

"Hahaha, a saintly clown has broken through the defense!"

……

Although he couldn't see the barrage of comments, the players' reactions were completely within Qis's expectations.

In other words, Qi Si originally intended to guide public opinion through the live broadcast mechanism, and his words to Lingzi contained a lot of exaggeration.

Kurokawa Akira and Reiko were too young to think about deeper things, so they naturally didn't know that the failure of the Rabbit God Festival was not just about not being able to fulfill wishes, but it was very likely that Rabbit God Town would be destroyed by the wrath of the gods.

Under Qi Si's deliberate misleading, they felt that their escape from Rabbit God Town was a win-win move, as it could not only save their lives, but also allow their beloved Lord Rabbit God to regain his freedom.

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With a faint smile on his face, Qi Si easily deceived the children and walked towards the southeast with his two playmates, going further and further away.

The process of escaping from Rabbit God Town was as smooth as a dream. The three people were not stopped, and did not even run into anyone who asked questions. They walked out of the village entrance covered with red and colorful decorations and entered the lush forest.

According to the children's naive idea, as long as they hid in the forest for seven days and waited for the Rabbit God Festival to be over, the three of them would be safe.

Along the way, Kurokawa Akira chattered non-stop, and Reiko soon relaxed, with a sweet smile on her lips.

Although Chiss was already 22 years old, he still conscientiously played the role of an innocent child, and responded from time to time, as if he really agreed with the childish plans of his two companions.

No one had passed by on the mountain road for a long time. Gravel and weeds covered the path, and bushes grew wildly on both sides.

Qi Si led the way with the samurai sword that Akira Kurokawa stole from home.

The night quietly fell over the forest. At first, no one noticed the arrival of night because the mountains were already dark with the dense branches and leaves blocking the sky.

Until a barren plain appeared in front of them, the three of them walked to the center of the plain, looked up at the sky, and saw a bright moon hanging above their heads, casting a silver light like water. Only then did they realize that it was already night.

A cold wind blew up from the ground, taking away the heat from my body. A rustling sound filled my ears, and the fear of the night and ghosts came over me belatedly.

"Do we really have to hide here for seven days? This place looks so scary, there's nothing, and it seems like there's something hidden..." Lingzi said softly, moving closer to Qis.

Qi Si looked around, but there was no one around.

He smiled coldly: "Yeah, there's not even a shadow. It seems that even if I die here, no one will find me."

"Shichiro, Reiko, look, why is it foggy?" Akira Kurokawa suddenly pointed in a direction and shouted.

Qi Si looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, there was a large amount of white mist in the forest that looked like a physical entity, rushing towards the open space.

There was a faint gray color mixed in the mist, which looked like painful human faces at first glance.

They all have pointed mouths and red eyes. Their facial features are very similar to those of rabbits, but they have human bodies...

Qi Si couldn't help but think of what the head of the Kami no Family said, that those who were once chosen to be the incarnation of the Rabbit God were buried in the cave after the ceremony.

He turned around and looked, but Kurokawa Akira had disappeared. He must have slipped away after noticing something was wrong.

"Kurokawa Akira, where are you?" Qi Si called out in a pretentious manner, but there was no response, only the sound of the whistling wind.

A cold claw grabbed his wrist from behind, releasing a trace of cold air. He tilted his head slightly and saw a rabbit face with a grin and sharp front teeth exposed.

The red kimono was half rotten and tattered on her body. The flower ornament between her eyebrows was as red as blood, and she looked exactly like the girl lying in the pit in the opening image of the copy.

——It’s Reiko, Reiko who has completely transformed into a demon.

The faces in the mist convey a vast array of information; emotions such as anger, sadness, and fear are transmitted through the air.

The resentment of generations of victims converged into a monster, roaring out their resentment in life day after day, year after year.

One person's death in exchange for the lives of many, what a good deal, but why are they the ones who die? Why are others the ones who live?

All the evil thoughts were instilled into the last victim. Black mist surged around Lingzi's body and her eyes gradually lost their luster.

At this point, she was undoubtedly a ghost without memory or self-awareness, and only wanted to kill the creatures in front of her, lick their blood, and seek revenge.

"Lingzi, wake up." Qi Si said calmly, took out a bright red prayer belt from his pocket and threw it in front of Lingzi.

Written on it was the wish she had written spontaneously:

[I want to be with Xiao Qi. Lingzi]

Familiar things evoked memories of living people. Reiko's expression fell into confusion for a moment, and her eyes struggled between clarity and chaos.

Qi Si silently took out the recorder from the prop column and held it in his hand.

At the moment of contact, the gazes of gods and ghosts were blocked out, and the outlines of soul and flesh slowly flowed through.

Reiko's eyes lost focus, and her hands seemed to be grasping something, but it also seemed as if she was grasping nothingness.

She let go of his hand and looked around blankly, looking for the target that suddenly disappeared.

Knowing that he was being sought, Qisi unnoticedly pulled out a blade from his special bracelet and held it between his fingers.

He approached the girl who had transformed into a ghost step by step from the side, raised the blade high, and slashed it hard at the latter's neck.

From the very beginning, Qi Si had no intention of saving Lingzi. His plan had always been to lure Lingzi to a deserted place and kill her.

The mission objective is to [prevent Reiko from being chosen by the Rabbit God]. As long as Reiko dies before the Rabbit God Festival, she won't be chosen, right?

Maybe you can even get Reiko's body and advance the main quest.

The reason for the failure of the first act is very clear, it is because the murder in the street was seen by passers-by; this in turn also shows that killing Reiko is allowed as long as it is not discovered.

And Qi Si just happens to hate protection missions.

The blade cut across Lingzi's neck, just like cutting through a stream of water, without causing a single scratch.

The Reiko in front of him undoubtedly possessed some of the characteristics of a ghost and could not be killed by ordinary means.

So...what about soul contracts?

Qi Si put the recorder back into the props column and appeared in front of Lingzi again.

"Reiko, I'm Kanna Shichiro, also known as Xiaoqi." He chuckled and said, "I saw your prayer belt.

"You said you wanted to be with me, so I would like to ask, are you willing to believe in me and follow me forever?"

The black-haired young man had a gentle voice, dark eyes, and a coaxing tone, but it made people subconsciously ignore the danger and sink into it.

Reiko stared at him blankly, her face changing rapidly between rabbit form and human form, and the bloodstains on her kimono sometimes faded and sometimes covered her.

She covered her forehead and moaned softly, as if something important in her heart had been dug out and was being grasped with bloody fingers.

Blood-stained mist was rising around him, and golden vines were hanging from the sky, flickering.

She seemed to finally understand what she wanted, and found the precious thing she had lost for a long time, and she stretched out her fingers to touch it regardless of the consequences.

The vine pierced the fingertips, and a scarlet leaf grew on the branch at the bottom of the temple of thought, growing tremblingly and timidly.

And the moment it took shape, Qis clenched his right hand and crushed it.

Bloody spots of light fell from between her fingers. Reiko opened her eyes wide and fell backwards to the ground with a muffled "bang".

[Main quest progress has been updated]

[Main Quest: Find Qi Lingzi's Body (6/7)]

(End of this chapter)