Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

Chapter 700 Where Did Everyone Go? (17)

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"Why so late?"

In front of a company's door, a department manager is pacing impatiently.

It should be time for work, but three people in a row didn't come today.

Not late but not at all.

I can't get through on the phone, what are you doing?
And I haven't seen anyone for two days.

Considering the time, it is not the World Cup. The Olympic Games are still a year away. There are no major events recently, and there are no world carnival festivals. What is it that makes these people unable to come together?
The three of them haven't had much interaction before, let alone the level of friends, so the three of them are obviously not colluding and can't come together, so what's going on?

"Sorry sorry sir, I'm late!"

A man ran over here recklessly, with a smile on his face.

The supervisor looked at the man in surprise.

"Curtis? Why are you late? And what's wrong with your eyes?"

"Ah, I have some troubles in my life recently, and I can't sleep, so I'm really sorry for being late today."

"Forget it, hurry up and go to work."

The supervisor waved his hand and let him go to work. The man immediately began to thank the supervisor. Usually the supervisor is not good at talking. It is rare to be able to talk so well today, which made him look at the supervisor more.

It's not that the supervisor is kind, and it's not that the supervisor doesn't care about being late, it's that this guy named Curtis is usually a quiet guy. Can't get in touch.

By the way, I can't even get through on the phone, so what happened?

Suddenly the supervisor thought of something bad.

For example, if you are robbed by a robber, and then severely beaten and seriously injured, if you don’t call the police for help in time, you may be dead.

Is this danger possible for all three?
He doesn't know how to calculate this probability, but it definitely feels a little low.

But no matter what, if this kind of thing really happened, if he didn't do something, he would feel a little uncomfortable when he really saw what happened to these three people.

After all, these three people are also the core members of their own small group, and it is difficult to accept the loss of one.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the phone and dialed the police number.

"Hello, this is 911."

"Okay, I want to call the police. Three employees in our company haven't come to work for three consecutive days, and they haven't even answered the phone. I'm a little worried that something bad will happen to them, so I'm wondering if I need to call the police."

The operator on the other end of the line asked, "Are you the supervisor of the three?"

"Yes."

"Then have you contacted the family of the three?"

"I don't usually have any communication with the families of these three people, so I don't know the contact information very well."

"Okay, we will record the case, and then send the police, please tell me the names of these three people, and some basic information about these three people."

"These three people's names are..."

After the operator recorded the name, the operator hesitated and said, "By the way, sir, have you ever heard of a game called Civilization?"

"Ah? What?" The supervisor was a little stunned, he didn't understand why the operator suddenly said a game.

"Actually, we have received a lot of similar calls since yesterday, and then our police officers went to their homes and found that each of them stayed in front of their computers and refused to leave, and they were doing the same thing. , that is to play a game called civilization, and I will go to sleep after another round, please don’t disturb them.”

The supervisor thought for a long time before he understood what was going on.

It turned out that the operator was talking about a video game, and it seems that many people have lost contact with this game in the past two days.

"This... I really don't know, but it's just a game. As for being unable to contact for several days?"

The supervisor was still in disbelief.

It's not that he hasn't played video games, it's interesting, but it's not enough to make him sink completely.

"Well, I'm not sure. Our police officers will definitely investigate, but we want to count how many people are missing because of this video game."

The supervisor felt a little inexplicable and hung up the phone.

Seeing that no one had entered the door by this time, he had no choice but to return to the company to complete today's work.

However, on the way he began to recall carefully.

He suddenly remembered, as if he had indeed heard the word civilization recently.

He didn't care too much at the time because he wasn't too interested in video games either.

But just now the operator suddenly told him about it, which made him start to care.

If it's because of a game addiction and you haven't come for a few days, although it's a bit outrageous, it seems to be more reasonable.

By the way, he suddenly remembered that Curtis, who was hardly late in the past, was very late.

And he also wore dark circles under his eyes and looked very tired.

It seems that if Curtis himself is still more responsible for his work, he may not be able to come today.

Thinking of this, he turned a corner and went straight to Curtis's station.

When he walked to Curtis's station, he found that Curtis was quietly dozing off.

Obviously this guy didn't sleep all night yesterday, and now he came here to make up for his sleep.

"Cough cough."

The supervisor coughed twice, causing Curtis to wake up immediately.

"Ah boss."

"It's okay, if you're really tired, it's good for work to take a break."

Curtis said very embarrassedly: "Director, I did not sleep well in the past two days, but I will definitely work hard to complete the work you arranged."

"Well, I believe in your ability." The supervisor nodded and said, "But before that, I have a question for you."

"Master, you said."

"Have you ever heard of the game Civilization?"

When the supervisor said the name Civilization, he obviously noticed that Curtis's spirit was lifted, which made him immediately understand what was going on.

Apparently Curtis knew something.

However, Curtis quickly adjusted his mood, and then asked tentatively, "Why are you asking this suddenly, Director?"

The supervisor didn't hide it, and said directly: "There are three guys who haven't come for two days, and they can't be contacted at all. I'm wondering if they are playing this game and forget about going to work."

"Forehead……"

The supervisor continued to ask: "Do you know anything about the game Civilization?"

"Eh... I understand a little bit."

"Then come here and show me what this game is all about."

(End of this chapter)