Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?
Chapter 146 - 143 Finally Clearing Up the Clues

The sound of the heart, rather than resembling a rooster's crow, is more like the sound of a weaving loom, creaking and groaning.

What's happening? Signal interference?

As he was thinking, he heard the system notification sound—

9527: [Upon detection, the target chosen for your skill Mind Reading Technique is in a special state, so the heart's voice cannot be read normally. Please be aware.]

Wen Nan: [What is the special state?]

9527: [A special state refers to a condition where a strategy character or NPC within a specific instance is affected by certain external forces, resulting in behavioral patterns outside the instance's predetermined program.]

Wen Nan: ...

What he wanted to ask wasn't the definition of a special state; he wanted to know what kind of special state it was now.

Forget it.

Clearly, his system cannot distinguish which specific state it is and starts to gloss over things as an AI again, so asking won't yield any answers.

As he was thinking, the junior sister added another piece of chicken to his bowl, then seemingly asked casually, "Senior brother, how come you haven't been back to the office all afternoon, was something holding you up?"

'Cheep, cheep cheep, cheep cheep cheep...'

Wen Nan secretly mocked, Zhang Beibei from before never asked where he went or what he did. She would only tell him she covered for him slacking off work again, eagerly seeking credit, and taking the chance to touch and kiss.

Though thinking this, Wen Nan still maintained a light smile on his face and replied, "Had something urgent come up last minute, just... that place you mentioned before had some issues."

Hearing Wen Nan say this, a gleam of light flashed in the junior sister's eyes, and her smile slightly faded. She leaned closer to Wen Nan and asked, "Did something happen with the secret laboratory? Are the things inside... still there?"

'Cheep, cheep cheep, cheep cheep cheep...'

Wen Nan looked at her, "What things?"

The junior sister paused for a moment, then changed her words with a smile, "Nothing, just asking casually."

'Cheep cheep cheep...'

Saying so, she added another piece of chicken to Wen Nan's bowl.

This was already the third piece of chicken added to Wen Nan's bowl by the other party, and the plate on the far right had a pit dug out of it, while the few plates of dishes on their left hadn't been touched at all.

Thinking of this, Wen Nan's gaze dropped, looking at Zhang Beibei's arm obediently placed on the left.

Since entering, whether it was opening the door, dragging the chair, passing bowls, or picking up food, she only used her right hand, just like Wen Nan's fellow patient.

Speaking of fellow patients...

"Beibei, does your hand feel uncomfortable?" Wen Nan asked, seemingly casually reaching out to squeeze the left hand at her side.

Zhang Beibei immediately turned around like a startled bird, avoiding his touch, barely maintaining her smile, explaining, "Just felt a bit weak when getting ready to eat, it's nothing, senior brother, an old ailment."

When Wen Nan withdrew his hand, he lowered his head and saw a flash of light on the golden control pattern in his palm.

Wen Nan slightly curved his lips into a smile.

At the same time, as a smile appeared in his eyes, the woman sitting next to him showed a trace of malice in hers.

Wen Nan lifted his head and saw Zhang Beibei suddenly lift her right hand and grab forcefully at his chest, immediately causing a sticky green liquid to squirt out and shoot straight towards Wen Nan's face.

Wen Nan, who had already tensed his muscles and was ready for combat, leaned back, lying flat on the floor.

Seeing this, Zhang Beibei smirked coldly, thinking this idiot, does he think lying flat like this can avoid the toxin's attack? This will only make the toxin from her chest more thoroughly contact his skin.

The poison would act instantly, making the target stiffen in an instant.

However, the next moment, she realized she was completely wrong.

This man lying flat wasn't avoiding her toxin, but rather... coordinating with the person behind him for a better attack!

Whoosh—!

A golden beam shot from the back of the door, followed by a long sword at an extremely tricky angle, deflecting all the poison.

The green liquid splattered onto the nearby dining table, corroding a hole in the solid wood tabletop.

Before Zhang Beibei could regain her composure, the blade of the sword had already pierced through her right arm.

After stabbing through her right hand, the long sword did not stop. It continued to rotate at a speed difficult for the naked eye to catch, wrapping the golden afterimages around Zhang Beibei.

An instant later, the long sword whooshed, returning to the hand of the person at the door.

Zhang Beibei, completely spent, collapsed to the ground like a pool of mud.

Yu Shujun flew to the window, raised the long sword, and pulled back fiercely—

Like someone pulling a kite string, a silver figure from the opposite building's rooftop tumbled down.

As the figure fell through the air, it swiftly raised its hands, cutting the threads tangled around its limbs and head, turned, and fled into the distance, almost vanishing into the night.

Yu Shujun, without hesitation, raised his sword and leaped from the windowsill, pursuing in the direction that figure disappeared.

Watching this scene, Wen Nan propped himself up from the ground, bypassed Zhang Beibei on the floor, to the window, the gold and silver figures had long disappeared into the darkness.

A message popped into his mind—

[slave-lord: Requesting temporary leave to pursue the target, master]

Seeing the serious "execute-first-report-later" message from the other party, Wen Nan's smile carried a hint of helplessness.

[Nine: No need to apply, just go]

Turning back, walking to Zhang Beibei, Wen Nan squatted down to examine—

Clearly already in a deep coma, from her arm and chest, green poison still gushed out, pooling on the floor, corroding a shallow pit in it.

After thinking for a moment, Wen Nan pulled up the [Wenna] guild chat group from the system—

[Nine: Ask the new member, who was the target he was strategizing against before?]

Men's dormitory, spawn point reset.

As the first phase of the guild's trial operation was nearing its end, Gu Jinxing just let the player sign the guild membership contract.

Just after putting away the contract, Gu Jinxing received a message from the guild leader in the group and immediately typed out the question.

The member continued typing rapidly: "It was the well-proportioned junior sister, I never strategized, I haven't even met her, after choosing the target, I took the soul puppet and hid in the gym equipment room, but it was useless, I still ended up dead, sigh..."

At Zhang Beibei's home.

Reading the response forwarded by Gu Jinxing, Wen Nan understood.

The threads of this matter finally unraveled...

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