This script is based on the "Famous Detective" story arc from *Aggretsuko*. Any similarities are purely coincidental.

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After chatting for a few minutes, they decided to run a team survival mode (normal) script together as a warm-up.

Xiao Tan then transferred the captain's authority to Brother Jue and went to the storage room to do some pre-script preparation.

Feng Bujue also took this opportunity to put the [Echo Armor] into the warehouse before returning to the login space.

Once they were both ready, Brother Jue clicked on the touch screen and joined the queue.

[Feng Bujue, Level 49]

[Wang Tanzhi, Level 46]

[Please select the game mode for your team to join.]

[You have selected Team Survival Mode (Normal). Please confirm.]

[Confirmed. Random team size generated: Two players.]

[Your team has entered the queue.]

[Match complete. Coordinating neural connections, script generating…]

[Loading… Please wait.]

At this point, the system voice took over, and Brother Jue and Xiao Tan lost control of their bodies, entering a first-person perspective.

"Welcome to, Thriller Paradise, hoo hoo hoo…" A lewd male voice delivered the opening line two seconds later, complete with three mischievous chuckles.

[Loading complete. You are currently playing Team Survival Mode (Normal).]

[This mode provides a script synopsis and has a chance of spawning side quests, hidden missions, and unique worldviews.]

[Script completion reward: Randomly draw a learnable skill card.]

[Script synopsis will now play. The game will begin immediately after the synopsis.]

"Hmm… looks like a standard setup…" Feng Bujue muttered, "Let's see what the completion reward is…"

The script had barely started, and he was already thinking about what he could get after clearing it. Clearly, for Brother Jue at this point, a normal difficulty team script… was basically a cakewalk.

[In the courtyard dwells a demon.]

[The companions you can rely on all look like death.]

"Hey… what's going on…" Before the opening CG even appeared, two lines of lyrics sung in Japanese echoed in their ears. The melody and content of the song seemed familiar, giving Feng Bujue a bad feeling.

[They dedicated their youth to volleyball.]

[But!]

[Everyone looks like death!]

"I think I know what this song is…" Feng Bujue thought, "This agonizingly painful lyrics and music, isn't it the first season's OP of Aggretsuko (Aggretsuko is a manga series by Rarecho. It began as a series of animated shorts produced by Fanworks and has since spawned anime series and other forms of media, known for its humor and relatable themes of office life and societal pressures)?"

[Me and you…]

[Are not friends.]

[My friend, is friends with you.]

[That's pretty much how it is~]

[So don't get cocky!]

"Did they even change the last line…" Brother Jue muttered, "Well… that's not the point. The point is… what the hell is this opening?"

Before he could recover from the song, the opening CG officially started.

And the art style of this CG… reminded him of another script (or sandbox) he had cleared before.

"Compared to *South Park*… this is a different kind of grotesque…" Feng Bujue coldly retorted, looking at the downright distorted art style, "Compared to the original version of *One-Punch Man*… it's on par…"

[Famous Detective?] An abrupt question revealed the prelude of the synopsis.

[Hi~] The next second, a pink, anthropomorphic rabbit (with hands, feet, and clothes, but retaining animal features on its paws and head) appeared on the screen. She was wearing a green sleeveless shirt, a dark pink skirt, and yellow shoes, standing on a light green lawn and waving at the camera. Behind her was a backdrop that looked like a child's drawing – houses, trees, and mountains that were clearly out of proportion, along with a pasted-on blue sky and white clouds.

[Miss Usami (the “-chan” here is a Japanese honorific suffix, commonly added to the end of a girl's name as a term of endearment; it is generally "kun" for boys and "san" for adults. This script may use it multiple times, so it is explained here), from Class 1, Grade 4 of Animal Elementary School, is a renowned detective. Whenever an incident occurs, she confidently uses her impressive reasoning skills. When she encounters a crime… regardless of whether it involves family or friends, she will report it to the police. She is a heartless individual.]

"Here it comes… it really came…" Feng Bujue's吐槽 (tucao - roast/commentary) spirit instantly awakened. "When I heard the theme song, I was wondering what the setting would be… and it's Animal Elementary School… I can already foresee how painful this script will be, probably a legendary 'gonad-splitting' level…"

Regardless of what the 'gonad-splitting' level was in Feng Bujue's words, the narration continued.

[Today is the first day of the new semester.]

[The first thing Mr. Panda announced after stepping onto the podium was that a transfer student would be joining Class 4-1.]

Along with the voice, the CG screen also switched to the classroom. It was an ordinary-looking elementary school classroom, filled with anthropomorphic animals. Cats, dogs, pigs, elephants… it actually didn't look out of place…

"Ah… the transfer student is Pengin Zaus from South Pole Elementary…" Feng Bujue said, looking at the screen.

Relying on his memory of the animation, Brother Jue directly stated the plot.

However… he miscalculated.

[This time there are two transfer students.]

"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned. "Two? Wait… don't tell me it's…"

[They are Kofu Mitamura and Izumi Hayato.]

"God…" Feng Bujue didn't believe in God; he was just using the Lord's name as an exclamation.

As the narration said this, an anthropomorphic cat and an anthropomorphic falcon walked into the classroom one after the other.

[“Class, these are Mitamura and Hayato, who transferred from Pet Elementary. Everyone, please get along with them." Mr. Panda said.]

"Why hasn't this script even started… and I already want to rage quit…" Due to the excessive number of吐槽 points, Feng Bujue's balls had begun to ache faintly (although he hadn't regained control of his body at this point, so he couldn't feel any pain).

["I'm Mitamura. My specialty is deduction. I was called a famous detective at my previous school."]

["I'm Hayato. I'm also a member of the Detective Club. I'm Mitamura's partner."]

[The two transfer students gave very spirited self-introductions. The whole class looked at them with curiosity.]

[However, at this moment, in the last row of the classroom, a sharp gaze had locked onto them. The owner of that gaze was Usami.]

["Th-they said detectives! This is not good! Usami-chan!" Kumakichi, who was sitting to Usami's right, widened his eyes and said in a low voice, "A rival has appeared! And there are two of them! This is even worse than when Pengin Zaus transferred!"]

"I… are you still in school…" Feng Bujue was shocked when the camera moved to Kumakichi. "Is the law in your universe too lax… I'm amazed you can still be out after being arrested so many times…"

(Note: In the "Famous Detective Usami" stories, the culprit in every case is Kumakichi. Kumakichi's criminal behavior is extremely obvious, and he almost always confesses without being prompted. The ending of each story is basically Kumakichi being arrested.)

["How interesting," Usami smiled, "I want to see their reasoning skills."]

At this point, the opening CG ended, and Feng Bujue and Wang Tanzhi regained their ability to move in an instant. However, the game characters they were controlling were not [Feng Bujue] and [Wang Tanzhi], but "Mitamura" and "Hayato."

[Main quest triggered.]

This time, the main quest came quickly. As soon as the opening ended, it refreshed. Brother Jue immediately opened the quest log and took a look, then… he was completely stunned.

[Complete this script in thirty-three chapters.]

"Wh… at the fu-?" That sentence was Feng Bujue's first reaction from the bottom of his heart.

And then, the system voice actually rang in his and Xiao Tan's ears again:

[The pressure of perfect attendance, the depletion of stockpiles.

The turning point of life, the distortion of inspiration.

On this day, the legendary detective sealed in darkness awakens once again…

He and his assistant will write a brand new legend.]