Fatal Game Syndrome

"Can I squeeze in with you?"

The girl came up to Tan Zaozao and whispered to her, "It's just the two of us girls. It's too scary for me to live alone!"

Tan Zaozao was in a dilemma. As a girl, she couldn't bear to let another girl die, but the most taboo thing about getting married is to be too virtuous. The key point is that she herself still needs to rely on others to survive!

"But I live in the same room with them, and there are only three beds in the room, so there is no extra space!"

Tan Zaozao laughed dryly and pulled her arm out of her arms. Ruan Lanzhu was already very upset with her being just a light bulb. If she agreed, wouldn't he just skin her alive?

The girl withdrew her hand awkwardly and sat up straight, glancing back and forth between Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi. The man on the left looked powerful, and it would definitely be safer to team up with him.

Ling Jiushi saw that she looked pitiful. His eyes fell on Ruan Lanzhu, who seemed to want to come up and talk but didn't dare. He sighed in his heart, "Isn't there a bed in your room? Why don't you let her squeeze in with you?"

Ling Jiushi asked Li Dongyuan and Cheng Qianli, after all, the village is in need of the last human skin, it would be good if they could help her.

The girl's eyes lit up when she heard Ling Jiushi's words. She looked at Ling Jiushi with gratitude, then followed his gaze to the two men sitting opposite her.

Cheng Qianli shrugged and said that as long as Li Dongyuan agreed, it would be fine.

"Okay!"

Li Dongyuan spread his hands and said, "It's fine if you live with us, but you have to pay us, right?"

The girl, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, froze her smile on her face. This sentence sounded very ambiguous. Even Ruan Lanzhu and the others looked at Li Dongyuan with condemnation. It was hard not to think wrongly when a man said such words to a girl.

"You can cook, right? If you can, I'll leave the meals for the next few days to you."

Li Dongyuan's words made the girl feel relieved. She nodded repeatedly. Cooking is not a small matter. So she quickly got up and walked towards the kitchen, fearing that Li Dongyuan would regret it.

"By the way, have you found anything at the ancestral hall?"

Li Dongyuan pushed the food in front of him further away, turned around and asked Ling Jiushi and the others.

"Have!"

Ling Jiushi nodded, "The skin with a missing corner is hanging in the wing room next to the ancestral hall."

Tan Zaozao was worried. "There are no girls in the village, and we won't wait for him to skin us. There is always a piece missing from the human skin. How are we going to get out?"

"We just asked Xu Jin, and she said she could help us reveal the door, but the drum on the roof must be intact."

Cheng Qianli said in a low voice, his eyes still glancing at the three men beside him who were listening with their ears perked up.

Tan Zaozao became even more listless.

"Do you remember the drum that Xu Jin's sister made out of her own skin?"

As soon as Ruan Lanzhu reminded them, everyone remembered that Tan Zaozao had also heard them talk about this door before entering. So if that was the case, then another girl wouldn't have to die if they found the drum?

In this case, it is not a dead end!

Tan Zaozao became happy again.

"Almost forgot!"

Ling Jiushi thought of the key hidden in the drum and said, "But isn't that side of the drum broken?"

Tan Zaozao waved her hand. "Well! Their craftsmanship is so good, they should be able to sew it up!"

Fine!

"Then let's just focus on finding the key!"

When Ling Jiushi said this, he was looking at the three men next to him. The three men nodded stupidly, thinking that they would not take them to play.

"I'll help with the cooking!"

One of the young men stood up and walked towards the kitchen. Since the other man took him out to play, he had to show some appreciation. The other two were stunned and also stood up and walked into the kitchen.

"Very sensible!"

Cheng Qianli touched his head. Just as he finished speaking, the three men came back and ran out stumblingly. Seeing this, they felt something was wrong.

"She, she's gone!!!"

Missing?

Didn't she just come into the kitchen?

Besides, this place is only a few steps away from the kitchen, so I couldn’t hear any noise inside!

"To the Watchtower!"

Ruan Lanzhu stood up and walked out. If he was caught, he would be taken to the watchtower and skinned!

When the group hurriedly arrived at the watchtower, there was a circle of lit white candles and ashes of burnt straw paper around the tower. The scorching air made people feel as if a ritual had just been performed here, and a heart-wrenching sound was coming from the room at the top of the tower.

"not good!"

Ruan Lanzhu and Li Dongyuan rushed in directly. Ling Jiushi was afraid that Tan Zaozao would get into trouble, so he grabbed her arm and followed them with Cheng Qianli.

"what!!!"

Tan Zaozao was frightened by the scene before her. They arrived in time. The girl was still alive, but she was lying on a long table with her limbs nailed to her. Blood kept flowing from the places where her wrists and ankles were pierced, and a lot of blood had already flowed onto the table and the floor.

At this time, there was a man in his fifties or sixties lying on the ground, holding his stomach and groaning. It must be Ruan Lanzhu and the others who took action.

“Is this the clan leader?”

Xu Jin was standing at the window, along with a few girls with unfamiliar faces. Judging from their number, they should be the girls who had been skinned before.

"Ok!"

Xu Jin nodded, her eyes turned red. This man was her father, but he was also the one who killed his three daughters with his own hands!

But it was strange that the eight girls looked at him with eyes full of hatred, and the resentment in their bodies was almost as black as ink, but no one stepped forward to seek revenge on him.

"We must find a door and get out quickly, otherwise..."

Otherwise, this girl might not be able to hold on!

"Who can bandage it? Come and stop her bleeding first!"

The first of the three men who said he would help with cooking came out, adjusted his glasses, rolled up his sleeves, walked to the table, and pulled out the four nails very skillfully. The screams that accompanied his movements almost broke Ling Jiushi's eardrums.

This guy is quite ruthless!

The girl who had fainted from the pain finally came to consciousness. Seeing that the group of people surrounding her were her friends, she lay down on the long table, gasping for breath, without struggling.

"There are no first aid supplies here. Just bear with it for a moment. I'll bandage you."

The girl blinked her eyes gratefully, her face blurred by tears and sweat. She was lucky to be alive. She thought she was dead just now!

"Xu Jin, do you know where the drum your sister made is? Use the skin from that drum to complete the second one. It should work, right?"

Ruan Lanzhu leaned against the door and looked at Xu Jin. Hearing his voice, Xu Jin's eyes gradually regained clarity, "It should be possible!"

"The drum is in the watchtower. I hid it there."

Seeing Xu Jin's eyes falling on the man on the ground from time to time, Ruan Lanzhu pulled up the corner of her mouth and smiled, and kicked the man. Xu Jin and several female ghosts were happy when they heard his screams.

"How about you give me the door and the key and I'll help you torture him?"

You can't kill people inside the sect, but it's okay to torture this man who has killed countless people. Ruan Lanzhu's smile made Xu Jin and several female ghosts step back. This man is so scary!

"But......"

Before he could finish his words, Ruan Lanzhu waved his hand and said, "I believe you can do it. Don't you want revenge? If you want to find the key, it shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

But they had to sew the two skins together! There was their own skin inside!

Ruan Lanzhu stepped on the thigh of the man on the ground, and his scream was accompanied by a crisp click. Tan Zaozao and Cheng Qianli behind him broke out in cold sweats. Who is more cruel, Brother Ruan?

The eight girls stood there stiffly. Was he threatening them or helping them to get revenge? Finally, under Ruan Lanzhu's gaze, they agreed.

"Then take action!"

Seeing Ruan Lanzhu commanding a group of female ghosts, Ling Jiushi, who was watching from the side, wanted to hold his forehead with his hand. It was true that even if you were a ghost, you had to obey others' orders!

“It’s easy to get things done when there are so many people!”

"people?"

Ling Jiushi tilted his head to look at him, and Ruan Lanzhu pinched his face, "Okay, it's easier to get things done with more ghosts!"

"The three of you carry her to the ancestral temple!"

After saying that, Ruan Lanzhu didn't wait for them to speak, and asked Li Dongyuan to carry the man who was breathing heavily on the ground, and they went down the tower together.

When they arrived at the ancestral hall, several female ghosts were already waiting outside. Their hesitant look made them a little confused.

"Why don't you go in?"

Ling Jiushi walked up to Xu Jin and asked her.

"We can't get close to the ancestral hall, or we'll get burned!"

Ling Jiushi suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the second skin was placed in the wing room of the ancestral hall. It turned out that they were afraid that it would be destroyed by the female ghost!

"We can't get in, so go get the skin out!"

Ruan Lanzhu glanced at Xu Jin, who shrank back a little. Her little thoughts were fully revealed in front of this man.

"If you destroy it..."

"Don't dare!"

Xu Jin and the others waved their hands repeatedly. How could they dare to provoke this big boss of the Twelve Gates?

Ruan Lanzhu glanced at her calmly, then turned to instruct Li Dongyuan, "Go get it!"

“Why me!!!”

Li Dongyuan was a little unhappy. Why was he the only one being ordered around? He was the leader of the White Deer after all!

"How about I go?"

Ling Jiushi tugged at Ruan Lanzhu and raised an eyebrow at him, "We don't know if there's any danger in there. We can't let Zaozao and the others take the risk, right?"

Ling Jiushi pointed at Tan Zaozao and the other person who had innocent looks on their faces, and then pointed at the few people who were sitting on the ground guarding the injured and were now looking up at him.

"Alright, alright! I'll go!"

Li Dongyuan was really impressed. Why did he put himself in the same category as Tan Zaozao and the others?

Tan Zaozao and Cheng Qianli beside them looked at the three of them innocently. What was wrong with their weaknesses?

Ruan Lanzhu gave Ling Jiushi a thumbs up, "Ling Ling still has a way!"

Li Dongyuan walked over with the skin lifted up on two bamboo poles like an acrobat. When they saw the skin, the eight female ghosts instantly turned evil. If the man whose other leg was broken by Ruan Lanzhu had not screamed, they would have lost their minds.

"I can take you away from this place." Ruan Lanzhu said, "So, help me well!"

Xu Jin nodded silently. She knew he had the ability. It would be better if he could live in the Twelfth Door than living in this ghost place.

"Here's the key!"

Xu Jin's crying sister took out a key and stuffed it into Ling Jiushi's hand. She looked at Ling Jiushi with admiration, and Ruan Lanzhu's face turned dark.

What should he say?

Should we say that she and Xu Jin are indeed sisters? Their aesthetic tastes are so consistent, and both sisters like his boyfriend?

The crybaby was frightened by his eyes, and hid behind Xu Jin with tears about to fall. Ling Jiushi could hardly bear to watch it anymore.

"Don't scare me!"

Ruan Lanzhu's face turned even darker. This woman should just stay here. She was actually trying to sow discord between him and Ling Ling!

"Excuse me, the girl on the ground is seriously injured. We need to get out of here quickly!"

Ling Jiushi took Ruan Lanzhu's hand and squeezed it. He said, "You're asking someone to do something for you, so why be so mean to them?"

Xu Jin and the others' eyes widened when they saw this intimate behavior. It turned out that this person was the object of the boss of the Twelve Gates! No wonder they all had a good impression of him. It turned out that he was one of their own!

"Good good!"

Xu Jin pulled a few female ghosts to the bushes nearby and sat down, then began to dismantle the drumhead and sew the skin.

"You're really going to take us away?"

Xu Jin and his colleagues had pretty good skills and finished the job in less than ten minutes, and there was no visible trace of sewing.

"Of course!"

"Amazing! You can't even tell there's any sewing marks on it!"

Tan Zaozao stretched her head to look at the human skin in Xu Jin's hand. She had clearly seen them sewing it together with her own eyes, and now it looked seamless.

"Of course you can't see it!" Xu Jin's crybaby sister said faintly, "This thread is made of our hair. Once it's sewn on, it will blend into the skin and flesh. Of course, there will be no trace!"

Tan Zaozao didn't dare to speak anymore, what a pervert!

Seeing that the drumhead was finished sewing, everyone stood up and walked towards the wooden stairs under the ancestral hall. Several people took great pains to bring the girl to the roof.

After the second skin was delivered to complete the drum surface, Xu Jin and others also appeared on the ancestral hall, "Come out with me!"

The other four people who had passed through the door had already gone out. Ruan Lanzhu walked to the door and looked back to see the eight female ghosts looking at him eagerly. They were just a group of poor victims, so he waved to them to follow him out. The few people who were skeptical also stepped out of the door.

Thanks to Mo Yu Xiao Neng Shou and pppggg for the gifts!