Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 164 - 163: Gorgeous Cage 10 (Bonus - )
In the video, the comments became increasingly sympathetic towards the mother and child, with waves of rewards pouring in.
Occasionally, there were one or two complaints like, "Crying for three days isn’t enough?" or "Feels a bit like a money grab," but they were drowned out by the dense barrage of comments.
Josh frowned slightly, watching this scene.
In the shot, the scene was tragic, pitiful, and mournful.
Outside the shot, the man holding the camera for the livestream kept signaling to the middle-aged woman. When he saw a large reward, he indicated she should cry louder, with more tears, more hysterically.
Rob remained exceptionally quiet.
Anyone witnessing such a satirical scene would find it hard not to be speechless.
Josh patted Rob on the shoulder, and the two of them returned to the room, starting a thorough search.
Banban’s room was cluttered with things, and every corner was piled with books.
Josh felt that if it were suicide, there should be some final words or the like left behind.
As they searched the room, they quickly found a diary.
Josh opened the diary, and indeed it recorded a passage from before her death.
"November 12th, I just shared my good news online with everyone, wishing them all success soon too, but didn’t expect to receive so much malice.
They judged me to be that kind of girl just because of a tattoo on my wrist.
The barrage of insults came so fast I was caught unprepared.
They don’t know me or understand me, yet based on just one picture, they could spark endless speculation."
"November 13th, I actually know that all this malice is because of him. They’re jealous I had a meal with him; they think I’m a bad person because I have a tattoo and should not tarnish their deity.
How ridiculous, these executioners. What gives them the right to comfortably abuse my body and mind from behind a screen with sharp words? They will regret it."
Josh felt a bit of pity. Such a girl, faced with online abuse, fell into a trap of self-justification, constantly denying and defending herself.
So naive.
Clearly, the wrongdoers weren’t her, but those people.
No matter where it is, the persecuted are always the ones with a soft personality.
The hands of villains only ever reach out to the weak.
But she also didn’t forget to extract key information, "jealous I had a meal with him."
If she guessed right, this "him" should be Rice, the person with unprecedented levels of popularity online.
From this diary, they could basically determine the cause of death.
Josh squatted on the ground, staring at the bloodstain. What kind of method could cause her to leave such a large pool of blood in the room?
Suddenly, a scratch at the door caught her attention.
She moved closer to the door, squatted down, and saw the marks on it.
Rob squatted over with her: "What’s wrong?"
Josh pointed to the marks on the door: "Look at these, they are newly made scratches."
The door, yellowed, had a layer of residue left by moisture and dust, which could be scraped off with effort, leaving wood chips and dust.
Unlike these yellowed marks, the bottom of the door had several new marks, noticeably fresher than the yellowed surface beside them.
Especially near the edge of the door gap, the marks were even more evident.
Rob also noticed it: "Is this...?"
Josh extended her finger, scratched hard against the door, leaving an identical mark.
Rob widened his eyes in astonishment: "Finger nail marks?"
Josh nodded: "Most likely, but other possibilities can’t be ruled out either."
Rob, looking at the mess of scratches, couldn’t help but feel a shiver down his spine: "So many marks? Could it be murder?"
Josh frowned slightly: "Not sure, might also be that she regretted it at the last moment, tried to call for help, but was too late due to blood loss."
The scratches were increasingly deep, each more chaotic than the last, silently recounting the despair and struggle before the victim’s death.
Whether suicide or murder, it could at least be confirmed that she died in this room.
Josh patted his shoulder: "Let’s go."
Rob surprised: "So fast? Don’t you want to check the corpse?"
Josh had already climbed onto the window: "There’s no body in the coffin, I checked with Spider Silk."
"No body?!"
Seeing her running off, Rob hurried to follow. The room was cold and gloomy; he didn’t want to stay.
Josh and Rob returned to their room, just as Yuze also came back.
Seeing Yuze, Rob couldn’t help but chirp away, telling him everything they just saw, indignantly condemning: "What a heartless mother and son, actually using their daughter’s death to livestream for money!"
Yuze took a sip of water: "Typical, in this world, aside from the internet, money is the most important. People would do anything for money."
Josh stared at him faintly.
Yuze: "...What?"
Josh: "That glass of water..."
Yuze raised an eyebrow.
Josh: "A stink bug fell into it last night, I fished it out."
Yuze: "..."
*
They ate something simple together and re-entered the game.
The second semi-final would start soon, ten would be picked from over fifty people.
It was basically five per group, and four would be eliminated.
Josh advanced again, making a break with his atrocious singing and dancing skills.
Even Rob was eliminated, yet she advanced.
Susanna looked at her as if she would burst into flames.
Standing on stage, Josh thanked the judges, noticing Susanna rolling her eyes furiously. Suddenly, she turned the nearby close-up camera on Susanna, picked up the mic: "That eliminated rookie contestant, do you have any last words to express?"
The camera turned too suddenly, and Susanna didn’t control her expression, her eyes mid-roll.
In the shot, it looked like she was rolling her eyes directly at the camera.
To recover, she quickly rolled her eyes a few more times: "Sorry, my contact lenses slipped."
Josh nodded with a smile: "I see, I thought it was because you lost to me and were sulking."
Susanna tried hard not to lose her composure, forcing a sweet smile at the camera: "Of course not, I’m really happy you advanced."
"That’s good." Josh smiled faintly: "Seeing you eliminated also makes me quite happy. After all, as someone who never learned to dance, it’s quite glorious to beat someone who’s been learning dance for over a decade!"
Susanna’s smile froze at the corners of her mouth.
Xue Guo held her down: "Hold it, you idiot, can’t you see she’s trying to provoke you?"
Susanna, stimulated by his disdainful look, was instantly sobered up.
This Josh was deliberately trying to ruin her reputation!
On the third night, three would be picked from ten.
Josh advanced again.
