Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes

Iwasaki hesitated for a moment, but the next second, Oshima's heart-wrenching screams came from downstairs.

The plan was not entirely successful, mainly because it took too long to find the medicine.

Without their badges, they would have virtually no chance of surviving until daytime. Of course, more importantly, only two players could leave the dungeon, but the game's design almost explicitly indicated that three were needed.

So he pointed to the dark brown medicine.

Nobita's identity is that of an owl, and based on color, that should be correct.

The other two bottles are white and grayish-brown.

“Then I’ll definitely go for this bottle!” Ludu, representing the goat, took the white potion and downed it in one gulp.

Nobi knew time was of the essence, so he tilted his head back and gulped it down, his face immediately scrunching up like he'd just eaten a lemon.

It tastes awful!

Before he could even utter a complaint, his body reacted immediately and began to deform.

"Bah!"

The first one to drink, Ludu, had already transformed into a goat, shaking his head and staring at the door with a mixture of excitement and wariness.

The manor owner has returned.

His elegant attire was splattered with crimson, exuding a madness. His left hand clutched a blood-stained badge, while his right hand held Yui's head, which he had just removed, blood dripping down her spine to the floor. Behind him, Yui's headless corpse lay on the ground, blood gushing from her throat and neck pooling into a pool of crimson.

The manor owner's face had returned to calm.

"I don't understand why being alive is so wonderful."

"Why are you so desperate to die?"

The "he" the manor owner refers to is likely his own positive personality.

We can't count on him now. We have to leave a clue secretly, so we can't expect him to be of any help.

Iwasaki retreated to a corner, and the cat's body swelled back into human form, leaning against the wall, staring helplessly ahead.

"Goo!"

Nobita, transformed into an owl, spread his wings, looked around, and suddenly crashed into the wall, as if he was about to collide with it head-on.

But the expected setback didn't happen; he simply disappeared into the wall.

Special ability? Iwasaki immediately had a guess.

Thinking of this, he took advantage of the moment to drink the last remaining potion representing the crocodile.

"Baaaah!"

Ludu's horns emitted a golden light as he charged straight at the manor lord.

The manor owner simply smiled coldly and snapped his fingers.

Instantly, all the candlelight went out.

Everything returned to that pitch blackness from which there was no view.

"What—"

A sheep let out a pitiful cry, which was cut off a few seconds later.

At this moment, Iwasaki also completed his crocodile transformation.

He simply couldn't sense any special abilities empowering him.

Perhaps this potion only works if a player in the Angel Game drinks it; his identity is merely that of a servant, and he is not included in the Angel Game.

It's also possible that you need to drink two bottles of the same medicine.

The reason why the nine people in the dungeon felt extremely unwell upon waking up was because they had already been given a potion.

However, finding no two identical bottles of potion in the manor, Iwasaki could only sigh and await the end of this round of the game.

Even with his night vision, Nobita, the survivor, couldn't hold out for long without support.

His ability to pass through walls has a cooldown period, and once he's pinned down, there's no way to counter it.

The correct solution has already come to mind: use the owl's flight and ability to pass through walls to act as the hub between the goat and the crocodile, constantly transferring badges and keeping the manor owner at arm's length.

But even if it's death

Nobita's gaze locked onto the demon statue in the hall.

Bump him!

The owl crashed violently into the statue's back at its maximum speed.

With a cracking sound, his head was almost smashed into his chest cavity.

A splash of blood and feathers erupted.

The somewhat dead corpse slumped to the ground, its nerves twitching, but it did not revert to human form.

The statue remained undamaged, its open demonic eyes filled with mockery.

Thank you to "翼展千机" for the 400-coin donation.

Chapter 279: The Final Round

"In this round of the game, any player who doesn't cooperate..."

The player lobby on August 31, just before the sixteenth round of the game was about to begin.

Iwasaki finally lost his temper, and black mist surged as he scanned the crowd.

"I will hunt him down in real life."

They're stuck, seriously stuck.

Even though two players were able to come up from the dungeon as early as the tenth round, they still couldn't gather three special animals by the end of the fifteenth round.

The missing animal prevented the team from working together seamlessly.

There is absolutely no room for error; the slightest carelessness will allow the manor owner to seize upon any weakness and eliminate them one by one.

It's impossible to stay fully focused for six hours straight; your mind can sustain it, but your body can't. Players need a chance to catch their breath.

The last round was the closest we came to success, but we still failed before dawn.

Even Iwasaki was taken aback by this result.

Teammates who are as incompetent as pigs!

How can you possibly complete a game properly when you're surrounded by these scheming bastards!

Nobita lacked the courage to refute, hesitated, and glanced at Ethan.

Upon seeing this, Ethan immediately raised his hand dramatically: "Oh, Knight, you know me. I've just done whatever you guys told me to do in these rounds. I haven't done anything disobedient."

He was telling the truth. Ethan knew that disrupting the progress of the game would incur the wrath of Nobita and Iwasaki's factions, so he was quite cooperative.

But one thing that wasn't mentioned, and no one knows for the time being, is that Arthur follows his orders.

So in his rounds when he wasn't a special animal, Arthur would cooperate with him and secretly do some small things.

That's reached its limit.

Ethan knew in his heart that things couldn't continue like this; in fact, Nobita had begun to suspect Arthur and him.

He planned to establish a guild afterward, since there were benefits to it. If he went too far and brought Arthur in, it would be like attracting hatred and setting a time bomb.

“The problem mainly lies with the newcomers,” Nobi turned to Iwasaki, his tone serious. “I will give them a final warning.”

Iwasaki didn't respond; he simply closed his eyes, which were shrouded in smoke, and waited for the start of a new round of the game.

Twelve o'clock.

When they opened their eyes again, the players found themselves in familiar dungeons or servants' quarters.

Following the established optimal solution process, Iwasaki quickly collected the ram's head badge, various transformation potions, and key keys.

In addition to the three essential night vision animal drugs, he also scavenged as many other animal drugs as possible that might come in handy.

ninth day.

At midnight, Iwasaki and his group simultaneously opened the doors to the three special animal enclosures.

"Ah! Someone's here!"

"Squeak!"

"Meow meow!"

Calling twice means that someone is in the room.

So to say.

Iwasaki took a deep breath.

Finally, everyone is here.

The players who emerged from the dungeon this time were Tian (Goat), Taki (Owl), and Park Min-woo (Crocodile).

As planned, Iwasaki and Oshima were responsible for leading the three players away from the location of room number thirteen, so that Yui could reveal herself by running into the wall and open the door.

"Game over." The manor owner calmly chased after them.

No, the game is only just beginning!

Without hesitation, Yui slammed into the wall, transforming back into human form amidst excruciating pain and dizziness, and shouted the incantation twice: "In Hoc Signo Vinces! In the name of Hugo!"

In an instant, the lampstands lit up like stars, and room number thirteen appeared.

Taking advantage of the manor owner being distracted by this sudden turn of events, Iwasaki and Oshima led the three players to successfully bypass the main battlefield and sped to the door of room number thirteen.

Without further ado, the three rushed into the room. Iwasaki and Oshima slammed into the table, transformed back into human form, and, despite their dizziness, found three vials of potion lying quietly in a hidden compartment, handing them to the three of them.

"Make good use of your individual special abilities, avoid the manor owner, and use your badges when necessary. Unlike us, you can speak even in animal form."

Iwasaki handed the goat badge to Taki, said a few words, and then closed his eyes to relieve the excruciating pain in his brain.

The three tilted their heads back and drank the potion, their bodies rapidly transforming.

"Spread out. Take turns using your abilities, keep an eye on each other's situation, and when your abilities have cooled down, shout out in the sound of your animal. 'Coo!'"

Park Min-woo nervously nodded his crocodile head before remembering.

What the hell does a crocodile call again?!

He inherited the instincts of a crocodile, but the sound he makes is similar to the low hum of an engine.

Never mind, I'll just raise my voice a little.

With the badge in her mouth, Taki finished speaking quickly. By then, the manor owner had broken free of the first wave of control and was approaching the room.

She activated her ability, crashed into the wall, and disappeared from room number thirteen.

Almost the instant she disappeared, a powerful pressure descended, and the manor lord's enormous figure appeared like a shadow at the door of room number thirteen, casually crushing the paralyzed Yui with one foot.

The greyish-white eyes instantly locked onto the two animals and two people remaining in the room.

But the manor owner's gaze lingered on them for less than half a second before shifting to the wall where Taki had disappeared.

"Give it to me!" The emotionless whisper echoed.

The next second, the manor owner ignored the others in the room and rushed straight towards the direction where Taki had emerged from the wall.

His figure flashed, and he entered the room next door. He recognized the aura of the badge and pursued it relentlessly.

"An opportunity!" Tian urged, "According to plan, split up. Hao."

"Don't worry about us." Iwasaki, clutching his throbbing head, gritted his teeth and hissed, "The badge isn't in our hands, he won't care about us. Go quickly, remember, take turns providing cover, and use the badge to divert attention."

Iwasaki held the elk potion in his hand. If necessary, this animal might still be able to have some influence on the manor owner.

Without further hesitation, Tian and Park Min-woo seized the precious moment when the manor owner was distracted by Taki, and rushed out of Room 13, running wildly in the opposite direction from Taki.

All they needed to do was slip away from the plantation owner until dawn.

Swish!

Taki dodged the manor owner's outstretched hand, feeling as if she were dancing ballet on a knife's edge.

The badge acted like a magnet, drawing the manor lord tightly to her side.