Fantasy Game: Infinite City

“Tread…Tread…”

As soon as he returned to the 4th floor from the stairwell, Todd was thinking about whether he should go to 411 to see if the residents there could provide some side quests or information. But when he just walked near 411, Todd heard footsteps behind him. Judging from the sound, it should be a man or a strong woman. But on the entire 4th floor, apart from the strange woman, the only other person he had seen was the mentally ill priest. And that woman would not follow him in this way, so Todd was basically sure that it was the priest who was following him.

Todd put away the instantaneous grenade in his hand and put it in his trouser pocket. The corridor was dark and the material of the instantaneous grenade was not reflective, so Todd didn't think that the mentally ill priest would find out what he was hiding in his hand.

"Click."

"I'm waiting for you."

Sure enough, when he walked to the door of 411, he heard the sound of a loaded pistol and the voice of the priest behind him. Todd guessed correctly that it was indeed the priest who followed him.

"Come on, kid, I want to talk to you."

The priest opened the door of room 411. Todd was sure that the priest was not the person living in room . Firstly, although he did not know which room the priest lived in, when he first met the priest, before they parted, Todd saw the priest enter other rooms.

The second point is his voice, which is completely different from that of the resident of 411. Although the two people may be about the same age, the resident of 411 suffers from blood pressure problems and lacks breath when speaking, sounding a little weak. The priest is different. He has full energy and a deep voice.

Third, Todd observed that when the resident of Room 411 reached for the first aid kit, the two people's skin colors were not consistent.

In summary, the priest must have broken into room 411. Judging from his unstable mental state, the original occupant inside was probably in danger. Todd thought that it might be time to kill this fanatical religious element. Such a mentally unstable guy would be a big hidden danger if he was allowed to stay in this dungeon, which was likely to be a background of the Cthulhu system.

But Todd still walked into the room. He wanted to hear what this guy wanted to say. Even if he wanted to kill this guy, he had to get all the useful information out of his mouth first.

"I want to apologize for our previous meeting, child. I... misunderstood you. I was blinded by unfounded suspicion and now beg for your forgiveness. Do you accept my apology?"

"Okay, it's okay."

"That's really reckless. You shouldn't believe what others say unconditionally."

With the priest's unstable spirit, he would not notice that Todd, who had a normal expression, actually took a lot of effort to restrain the urge to kill this guy, but the other players and spectators watching outside had already noticed Todd's abnormality.

"Stop talking here, Old Deng! I can see that Todd wanted to stuff that instant-explosion grenade into your mouth! And you're still preaching to me!"

"Want to make a bet? I guess Todd will definitely kill this priest."

"me too."

Back to Todd's perspective, he suppressed his impulse to attack and continued to listen to the priest's mumbling. Fortunately, Todd was patient enough to listen. If it was another more impulsive guy, the priest would have been "broken into pieces".

"I have something for you, a gift, and a lesson."

Just as the priest finished saying this, the closet in the bedroom of Room 411 moved twice. Todd turned around and found a chair against the closet door. It seemed that something or someone was locked inside. Judging from the location, the person in the closet might be the old man with blood pressure disease who originally lived in Room 411, if he was still alive.

"What's inside?"

"This is a confession. Our last meeting has benefited me greatly. Hard times have come. The end has arrived. And I will teach you how to get through it. The man who lives in this room is deeply sinful. He has admitted it himself. The sin in his heart consumes him and turns him into a creature of hell. Accept his confession, and I will pass judgment. I will give you some time. Time is running out."

The system gave Todd 100 seconds to ask the person locked in the closet, the resident of Room 411, what happened before. But Todd was not in a hurry. He had made plans long ago. If he could find out the truth through dialogue during this time, that would be the best. If not, he would kill the priest and then ask him slowly. The priest was so high and mighty that he thought he had the right to speak. He was doomed to have a bad ending. At least Todd was not going to spare his life.

"Is the person inside still alive?"

"Please spare me! Wait a minute... Is that you, young man? The priest came in with a gun, saying I was infected and threatening to kill me! I'm healthy! Please convince him to leave!"

"Are you experiencing any strange symptoms?"

"Symptoms? I keep having nosebleeds and I can't sleep because of nightmares, but that's nothing serious!"

"Nightmare? What dream?"

"I dreamed about my son and my ex-wife... My wife passed away and I haven't seen them for several days. In this situation, I am worried that something has happened to them."

"Why is your nose bleeding?"

"I have high blood pressure, and it gets bad when I'm nervous."

"Do you have any evidence that you are ill?"

"Yes! You got the medicine for me, remember? There should be an empty bottle in the room! Also, my blood pressure monitor is in the room, but I forgot where it is."

"You're still hiding this from your family."

"This has nothing to do with what's going on right now! I don't want to talk about it, young man."

The priest with a gun blocked the door to the bedroom. Without killing the priest, Todd could only move to the bedroom. The blood pressure monitor was easy to find. In fact, there was no need to find it. It was placed on the pillow on the bed, and it did show signs of being used. The working indicator light on it was still on. The medicine bottle was not nearby, but the blood pressure monitor was enough, so Todd continued to talk to the resident of 411 through the closet door.

"The medicine you brought me earlier ran out, so I decided to go out to find a first aid kit, and I ran into this crazy guy in the hallway. He pushed me into the closet and wouldn't let me leave, and he questioned me."

"He said you were guilty or something?"

"Yes, I feel guilty and I feel sorry for my son, but this has nothing to do with what's happening now. I don't really want to talk about this."

There was nothing useful in the bedroom, so Todd had to look elsewhere in the room. He tried to talk to the mentally ill priest, but he didn't expect that he was quite easy to talk to in this matter.

So the priest came to the door and leaned against it while Todd searched other rooms. In the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, Todd found an empty medicine bottle and a photo on the mirror of the medicine cabinet. It was a photo of a mother and a child. It should be the ex-wife and son of the resident of 411. It seemed that he didn't care much about his family. He said he felt guilty about this incident.

"I found an empty medicine bottle."

"That's blood pressure medicine! It's also stated on the bottle, which proves that my nosebleed is indeed caused by blood pressure disease!"

Todd returned to the closet door and continued talking to the occupant of Room 411.

"I found a photo on the mirror of the medicine cabinet. It should be a photo of your ex-wife and children, right? But you are not in the photo."

"I...left them many years ago. I ran away. I was afraid of taking responsibility. I abandoned my little son. This is what I feel guilty about..."

At present, the useful things should be enough. Todd plans to talk to the priest. It would be best if they can reach an agreement. If not, then the ones who will be in trouble will not be Todd, or the residents of 411.

"I can prove that the residents of 411 deserve to survive."

"Are you sure? Otherwise you're just causing trouble."

"Yes, yes, whatever is fine, hurry up."

Even though Todd had begun to show his impatience with the priest, the priest in front of him had absolutely no tact at all.

"Well then, the moment has finally arrived. It's time for us to judge the occupants of Room 411. What do you think of the child? Does he bear the mark of the devil?"

"No."

"You think so? Then tell me, why is he bleeding suddenly?"

"He has high blood pressure, and his nose bleeds when it gets bad."

"Do you have any evidence? Or is this just wishful thinking?"

Todd resisted the urge to shoot the priest in the head and handed the empty bottle of blood pressure medicine to the priest.

"Okay, let's just say I believe you. He says he's suffering from nightmares, and you've seen the news, and you know what that means, kid."

"He's just worried about his family."

"Does it matter who he dreams about? He's been captured by nightmares. Anyway, he admitted to his crime, but he didn't say what it was. What did you find out?"

"He abandoned his family and his young son at a young age."

"Betrayal... This is the most serious crime. What punishment do you think he should receive? The choice has been made, the verdict has been handed down, child..."

The priest lowered his head and thought for a while. At this time, Todd connected the explosive that he had put into the priest's pocket earlier, which could blow this guy into pieces at any time. Not only that, Todd also took this opportunity to put the instant-explosive grenade in his trouser pocket into the priest's pocket. As long as Todd made the corresponding gesture, the priest would change from solid form to liquid form.

"He is innocent, and I forgive the sins that tormented him. You're welcome, kid."

"?"

"You have learned your lesson, do not trust those who seem innocent. There are only sinners in a sinful world. Now you can go kid, I will see you next time."

"Oh, so I have to thank you, the great Father, for teaching me a valuable lesson, right?"

“Yes, we are in Heavenly Father…”

"Alright, alright."

Todd, who was about to kill the priest, stopped his action. He observed that there was an extra mark on the priest's head. This mark meant that this NPC would be a useful NPC in the subsequent mission process. Although Todd was not very happy about it, he was not an impulsive person. This could be judged from the fact that he restrained the desire to kill several times.

But even though Todd was relatively calm, his patience was limited after all, so before he could no longer hold back, Todd left room 411 and went straight back to his room 402. Robin had also returned from the first floor.

"Hey! Glad you're back! Are you okay? Did you fix the antenna?"

"Well, what did you find when you went to the first floor?"

"After I got to the first floor, I tried to contact the security guard, but the guy refused to open the door and didn't leave the monitoring room. This was a bit strange and I found it very strange. By the way, when I was waiting for you, I heard you talking with other people in the corridor. Did you run into that female ghost you mentioned again?"

"No, I met a priest who was threatening the residents of 411."

"Father?! Can you tell me what he looks like? Forget it! Just pretend I didn't say anything. You look tired. Take a rest. I'll help you watch the door."

This Goth girl Robin must know something, maybe she has something to do with that arrogant priest, but now it seems that Todd can't get anything out of her. The taskbar of the system just happened to show the "sleep" prompt again. Anyway, there is nothing else to investigate now, and trying to stay up late doesn't seem to work, so Todd simply went back to the bedroom and lay on the bed. Sure enough, the quality of sleep is excellent, and he fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.

"Hey! Are you asleep? Wake up."

After an unknown amount of time, Todd felt a pair of hands on his chest, shaking him gently. When he opened his eyes, he saw Robin trying to wake him up.

"what happened?"

"Let's go, I want to go out for a walk."

"Go out and take a look. Now, are you sure?"

"I checked this floor, it's fine."

"Follow Robin out the door."

With the system's task prompt, although Todd thought it was not a wise move to leave the room at this time, the task had to be carried out anyway, so Todd followed. When he came to the door, Todd found that Robin was shaking a spray paint can in her hand. As a rebellious Goth girl, these street graffiti were not surprising to her.

"Okay, let's see how my painting looks like?"

"It's a nice painting, but why are you doing this now?"

"Anyway, no one is stopping me. You don't think anyone will complain to the relevant authorities, do you?"

"That's true."

"Get a bottle of spray paint. It's in my backpack."

Robin had a backpack at her feet with a few cans of spray paint in it. Todd picked up one and looked at the label on the can. This one seemed to be red.

“Now draw!”

"What to draw?"

"Anything is fine. Let's add some vitality to this place. After all, this surrounding is really... too scary."

It seems that Robin wants to use graffiti to dispel some of the fear of the blood and body parts everywhere in the corridor, but to be honest, wouldn't graffiti in such a place really make the environment more eerie? At least Todd thinks so.

However, Todd did not have any talent for graffiti, so he closed his eyes and sprayed randomly on the wall. But when Todd opened his eyes, he was surprised to find that what he had originally scribbled had turned into strange unknown runes everywhere.

"I don't know what this means. It looks like doodles. Okay, look at mine!"

Robin changed the wall and sprayed another graffiti on it. Perhaps because of the loneliness that grew in this environment, Robin began to talk to Todd.

"...I've been moving around, changing places, maybe I'm just tired of hiding. Now it's your turn, forget about your current environment, and try to remember the good old days."

Todd still closed his eyes and scribbled on the wall. However, what he got this time was still that unknown rune. Although one could understand at a glance that no matter what it was, its meaning was completely different from the first rune, it also revealed weirdness everywhere.

"This is a bit... scary to me. There have been enough tragedies recently. There is no need to add to the trouble..."

Robin was obviously frightened, and his voice began to tremble.

Although Todd was not scared, this situation was definitely wrong.