A Judge in Escape Game Chapter 9

When passing by Liam Duan's bed, a gust of wind blew over and blew up Liam Duan's mosquito net.

Ethan Qi found that Liam Duan's bed was empty and there was no one on it.

The quilt on the bed was neatly folded, and it didn't look like anyone had slept in it. Ethan Qi hadn't fallen asleep yet, and he hadn't heard anyone go out.

"Liam Duan?"

There was no response, and it seemed that he was really the only one left in the dormitory.

Ethan Qi even began to suspect that he was the only one in the dormitory from beginning to end for the past two nights, which was why when he woke up every morning, Liam Duan's room was so clean and tidy that it didn't look like anyone had slept there.

Ethan Qi frowned, walked around the dormitory, and even opened the closet door to check carefully, but there was no one there.

He was full of doubts and thought that Liam Duan might have gone out when he was not aware.

There is no time to investigate Liam Duan's whereabouts now. The damn car downstairs is already waiting there. I should finish the painting first.

Maybe the painting satisfies Liam Duan, and he really has a way to help Qi Wu pass.

Thinking of this, Ethan Qi turned around and went back to his bed.

However, he had always placed his hopes on Liam Duan, and now that the other party's whereabouts were unknown, he could not feel at peace.

He thought about it and tried to call Liam Duan.

Although his phone seemed to only be able to answer calls from the beginning and could not be used for external communication, at this moment, people would always try desperate measures, and Ethan Qi was no exception.

Unexpectedly, the call went through.

Liam Duan is indeed a different kind of person. Ethan Qi is even more convinced in his heart that if he wants to avoid the two death warrants below, he has to rely on Liam Duan.

As for whether Liam Duan would become a deadly existence after the threats from Noah Zheng and Jake Wu were resolved, Ethan Qi decided not to think about this question for the time being.

Let’s solve the current crisis first, and pass each level one by one.

Ethan Qi drew on his experience in playing games and made a decision: "Liam Duan."

Liam Duan's voice sounded like it came from a very empty place, and a strange echo could be heard from the microphone.

"What's wrong?"

Ethan Qi said: "I didn't see you when I got up, did you go out?"

"I said I would stay with you and I won't leave."

Liam Duan's answer didn't sound logical, so Ethan Qi had to ask again: "The painting is almost done, why don't you come back and take a look?"

Liam Duan laughed lightly and said, "Don't lie to me, I've been watching you."

Ethan Qi was stunned, feeling a little guilty and puzzled: "I'm the only one in the dormitory..."

"I'm very close, watching you."

This sentence felt very strange, and Ethan Qi suddenly felt that Liam Duan might really be very close to him.

"Are you so scared of being alone?"

"No."

"Then why is it not enough for me to accompany you? You also need Noah Zheng and Jake Wu to accompany you as well."

Ethan Qi just wanted to say that it was unfair. I didn’t invite those two to come back, but they came back on their own, okay?

"Why would they come back?"

When Ethan Qi heard Liam Duan's question, he suddenly felt enlightened.

The main plot of the game is which roommate to trust, but the key question to solve is why Noah Zheng and Jake Wu come back?

If Liam Duan is dead, the reason he came back as a ghost is probably because of the evil spell in the diary.

"Liam Duan, thank you so much. I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow."

Liam Duan seemed to smile very lightly and said, "Goodbye, I look forward to them leaving and being alone with you."

Ethan Qi is now completely immune to Liam Duan's ambiguous words. The game has reached a critical stage, and the strange love branch is not the focus at all.

Escape is the ultimate goal. To Ethan Qi's ears, this sentence is not a love talk at all, but a preview of the final boss battle.

However, before meeting the final boss, the most important thing is not to die at the hands of the previous small bosses.

Ethan Qi got out of bed and prepared to look for clues at Noah Zheng and Jake Wu's beds.

At this moment, he no longer cared about things like not rummaging through other people's things. Noah Zheng and Jake Wu were already dead, and this was still just a game.

It was natural to play games and rummage through drawers to look for clues. Ethan Qi went straight to the door and turned on the light. Liam Duan was not there anyway, so he didn't have to worry about disturbing his sleep.

There was nothing valuable on Noah Zheng's side except some daily necessities. Ethan Qi was not surprised. It seemed that the one with the problem was indeed Jake Wu.

In Jake Wu's closet, Ethan Qi found a laptop and turned it on directly.

The computer had a password. Ethan Qi tried it and used Jake Wu's birthday to open the password.

Perhaps because of the game settings, Jake Wu’s chat software password is also his birthday, and Ethan Qi saw the chat history between him and his friends.

Ethan Qi flipped through the pages and indeed found content related to himself or the main storyline of the game.

Jake Wu is set up to be a completely disgusting type of person.

From the very beginning, he looked down on the game's protagonist who came from the countryside, and felt that the other person in the dormitory was a simple pollution.

Jake Wu's badness is also reflected in the fact that he always tries various ways to exclude and make fun of the protagonist.

The incident happened when the protagonist failed in his confession to Liam Duan and desperately used evil magic to make Liam Duan change his mind.

Jake Wu saw the protagonist's diary and learned that he was collecting Liam Duan's hair and nails.

On the one hand, Jake Wu thought it was disgusting that his roommate was a homoS3xual, but on the other hand, he thought he could use this incident to disgust Liam Duan, so he did not expose the matter.

However, given his personality, he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't do anything. After thinking it over, Jake Wu came up with a way to play a trick on the protagonist.

Not only did he feel disgusted with himself in his heart and treated him even worse on a daily basis, he also played a prank by mixing his own and Noah Zheng's hair and nails into it.

Jake Wu had originally planned to bring up this incident to mock the protagonist of the game after a while, but before he could do so, an accident happened.

After Ethan Qi finished reading it, the doubts in his mind were almost completely resolved.

The main storyline of this novice level has become completely clear. According to the game plot, the current situation can be regarded as causally connected.

Because of his obsession and madness, he secretly collected Liam Duan's hair and nails to perform the evil magic he heard in his hometown, which led to the consequence that he is now haunted by two or even three ghosts.

There is a solution. Ethan Qi quickly thought of what he saw when he looked through his desk. There was a tattered book placed together with the diary, in a vertical format with thread binding. It should be an ancient book.

That crappy book was written entirely in traditional Chinese characters, and the content was too difficult for him to read through carefully.

Now that I think about it, this book and the diary put together should be the books that the protagonist of the game brought from his hometown, and they should contain content related to sorcery.

A few minutes later, Ethan Qi found relevant content.

There is a way to break the spell. After paying some price, you can cancel the contract and send away the ghost that is bound by the evil spell.

Ethan Qi directly took out a utility knife from the desk and put it aside for preparation. Then he burned the remaining things in the paper bag and mixed them with ink. After everything was ready, he began to draw the spell to send the soul away according to the pattern on the broken book.

At this moment, he was somewhat glad that he was an illustrator with solid basic skills, so he could draw this complex rune exactly the same, otherwise this problem would be difficult to solve.

When the last stroke was finished, he suddenly heard a sound outside the balcony, like the sound of a car starting.

Ethan Qi went out and saw that the white business car parked quietly downstairs had actually started. He was confused, was he preparing to leave?

Unexpectedly, after the vehicle started, it only turned on the headlights but did not leave.

The headlights of the car flickered for a while, and then slowly turned into a faint green light.

The street lights on both sides suddenly went out under the dim green light.

It was pitch black between the sky and the earth. Apart from the light from the dormitory behind Ethan Qi and the green headlights of the car below, there was no other color.

The car door opened.

Ethan Qi watched a twisted and deformed foot step down, and the movement looked a little difficult.

Actually, it’s not surprising. The foot was bent at a strange angle, and the pale bones protruded from the wound.

It really makes people feel painful just looking at it.

Ethan Qi just felt his teeth aching, and even complained in his heart that these two ghosts didn't care enough about their image. They didn't learn from Liam Duan, who kept a clean appearance even after becoming a ghost.

He couldn't watch any longer, and the two ghosts had already started walking into the dormitory, so he had to send them away quickly.

If I continue to look at this, I’ll probably never be able to paint a picture for Liam Duan.

It's unsightly.

Ethan Qi decisively turned around and went back to the dormitory, picked up the utility knife on the table and cut it on the palm of his hand.

Blood oozed from the wound. Ethan Qi gritted his teeth and squeezed the wound hard with his hand, letting the blood drip onto the talisman he had just drawn.

boom---

There was a knock on the door and Ethan Qi turned to look at the door.

"No problem, we are back..."

Noah Zheng's voice.

"Open the door, don't be afraid of Liam Duan, we are here to accompany you..."

Ethan Qi finally couldn't help rolling his eyes. He really wanted to give a mirror to the two guys outside the door. Compared to Liam Duan, you are obviously much more terrifying.

Who gave you the confidence?

That’s right, Ethan Qi hates ugly things so much. He has eyes that can discover beauty and he loves all beautiful things.

But he could not find any beauty in the two unrecognizable and bloody ghosts at the door no matter how hard he tried.

Ethan Qi didn't feel any fear, he just didn't want to see anything that would offend his eyes.

Bang bang---bang bang bang---

The knocking on the door became more and more urgent, and later even turned into a banging sound.

Stop hitting it, or your bones will fall apart.

Ethan Qi glanced at the precarious door panel, then turned back to look at the talisman on the table.

The color of the talisman seemed to become brighter red, but there was still no significant movement.

Ethan Qi frowned, picked up the utility knife, cut his palm again, and then squeezed the wound hard.

Crash---

The old and thin door of the dormitory finally couldn't withstand the impact and fell to the ground with a loud bang.