“Oh?” Facing Feng Bujue's approaching steps, it remained calm. “I'd like to ask...just what kind of being are you?”

“Don't!” In that instant, before Brother Jue could speak, his five teammates shouted the same word in unison.

However, it was too late...

“Ha!” Feng Bujue immediately stopped in front of the entity and declared, “Since you have so little shame as to ask, I shall magnanimously answer you…”

“Sigh…” Xiao Tan sighed.

“Hoo…” Ruo Yu exhaled.

“God.” An Yueqin rolled her eyes.

“Hmm…” Xiao Ling squinted and murmured.

“[Bleep—]” Gui Xiao muttered something that was censored by the system, but if I were to guess, I'd say he said…mLgBd…

In any case, for the next three-plus minutes, Feng Bujue delivered a non-stop barrage of words to “it” without taking a breath.

Brother Jue's material was constantly changing; from opening verses for stand-up comedy to excerpts from storytelling performances to segments from the Peking opera *Shajiabang* (the part about the green pine atop Mount Tai), plus some self-composed pieces and several widely circulated limericks from the main universe…finally, he finished with a standard poem, announcing his own name (which, incidentally, was pronounced the same as his game name).

Throughout the entire process, “it”…or rather, the man “it” possessed, underwent several changes in expression, and inevitably entered a state of painful distress after Brother Jue's speech continued for a minute.

However, upon hearing the three words “Feng Bujue,” “it's” expression underwent a noticeable change. Unsurprisingly, “it” had heard of Brother Jue's name.

“You say…you're Feng Bujue?” After Brother Jue finished speaking, “its” voice rang out again from the man's chest.

“Heh…” Upon hearing this response, Feng Bujue felt even more confident. He smiled slightly and replied, “It seems you've heard of this great one's renown.”

“So what if I've heard of it?” the other party retorted. “Does that mean you are who you say you are? I could just as easily claim to be Himiko (the Queen of Yamatai in the Japanese Yayoi period).”

“I say…this…er…Boss…” At this moment, Gui Xiao couldn't help but speak up. “Logically…based on the performance he just gave, it couldn't be anyone else impersonating him…”

“Yeah.” An Yueqin also chimed in with a complaint, “A player who can't do crosstalk isn't a good writer.”

By this point, the fear these people felt had completely dissipated. Even facing “it” directly, they felt no pressure.

“Hmph…” “It” also seemed to adopt an attitude of indifference. “Whether you are or aren't, as a 'projection,' you are now bound within Togashi's body. Even if you are Feng Bujue, what can you do to me?”

“That question should be directed at you,” Feng Bujue calmly replied. “Having had the majority of your power sealed, what can *you* do to me?”

This sentence caused "it's" face to change color again...

"Heh…what's wrong?” Brother Jue smiled at "it" and said, “Do you think I wouldn't see through something so obvious?” He spread his hands, striking a deliberately annoying pose, and arrogantly recited in front of the Boss, “If you were capable of dealing with us, you would have done so already…why bother going to such great lengths, even sacrificing your own two 'kidneys,' to set up this double deception of 'Tsukamoto Shota'?”

“Tch—” Upon hearing this, it spat. “You know quite a bit…”

“Having reached this point, there's no reason not to think of it, right?” Feng Bujue continued. “To be honest, your scheme is quite clever…splitting Tsukamoto's soul into two parts, twisting their memories separately, and making them oppose each other…then, letting us 'choose' which one to believe.” He paused for half a second, then added, “According to the usual logic, everyone would think that one of the two opposing Tsukamotos is real and the other is fake—even those two half-souls think so themselves; and once we make our choice, you would immediately control the one we didn't choose, using action to show us that we 'chose correctly'.”

Having said this, Feng Bujue walked to within a step of "it" and leaned down, bringing his face close to the doll on the man's chest, staring at the doll's stiff face and saying, "The truth is…choosing either one is the same; whether it's placing your 'liver,' 'spleen,' and 'lungs' in the shrine and escaping, or activating that formation to 'eliminate' you, both are acceptable results for you. Because both of these methods…can break your seal.”

“Oh…I understand.” At this point, Xiao Tan also caught up with Brother Jue's train of thought, realizing, “All of the previous events were smoke and mirrors, simply to create the illusion that these two choices were in 'opposition'; but in reality, both are methods of breaking the seal…if we choose the yang one, it will chase us symbolically and then let us escape; and if we choose the yin one, it will pretend to be killed by us…in short, it's just putting on a show, letting us think we chose correctly, and successfully 'cleared' the script and left. Anyway, we wouldn't know what happens here after we leave…”

“Hmm…” Ruo Yu also murmured thoughtfully, “It seems that 'it' is quite knowledgeable about the characteristics of 'travelers from another world,' which is why it was able to set up this trap and use us in reverse…”

“Hmph! So what?” Upon hearing these words, “it” snorted coldly again and said, “I just asked, what difference does it make to you? Following my plan, you have already 'cleared' the game, haven't you? And I…have already regained my freedom.” Its tone gradually rose. “Everyone gets what they want, what's wrong with that?”

“Hehe…” Gui Xiao chuckled dryly. “We have no objections…” He said, pointing to Brother Jue, “If you want to talk reason, go talk to him.”

“Everyone gets what they want…” At this moment, Feng Bujue also raised his voice and continued, “…there's nothing wrong with that. But I'm the kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of things (do hidden missions, decipher worldviews), so I want to ask you a few questions…if you clear up my doubts, I can still consider cooperating with you…and let you out.”

“Is that true?” it asked immediately.

Upon hearing these four words, Brother Jue's teammates all silently mourned for this Boss in their hearts, thinking—another innocent and naive demon king is about to be deceived by Feng Bujue.

“Hehe…of course,” Feng Bujue said with a meaningful smile, answering with certainty.

“Good…” it replied, “What do you want to ask?”

“First…” Brother Jue saw that the other party had taken the bait, so he went straight to the point, pointing to the man holding the doll in front of him and saying, “Is this Watanabe?”

“Yes.” It answered quickly, seemingly anxious.

And at the moment that “it” gave a definite answer, the system voice came: 【Hidden Mission Completed】

The players all heard the prompt and understood…the mission ended because the whereabouts of the last person in Class 2-A was now clear.

“Secondly, I want to ask how Watanabe and Tsukamoto Shota came here,” Feng Bujue asked again three seconds later.

"It" was silent for a moment, thought about it, and then replied: "In the twenty years after being sealed here, I regained some strength by devouring some vagrants and trespassers, but this strength was not enough for me to break the seal at all. Until... six years ago, a special person came here."

“Watanabe?” Brother Jue interjected.

“Yes.” It responded, “Six years ago, Watanabe returned to his old home in the countryside—that is, this town—due to business failures and gambling debts; one night, several debt collectors chased him to this town, and Watanabe, in a panic…mistakenly fled into this abandoned Chong Jiu Elementary School that had been abandoned for many years…”

“So…what is so 'special' about Watanabe?” Feng Bujue asked again.

“Watanabe…and the six of you involved in the projection, are all different…” it replied, “Twenty-six years ago, I used them as tools for 'harvesting', therefore, a part of my power remained in their bodies.” Speaking up to this point, its tone carried a bit of pride, “My power will not easily disappear, on the contrary, it will grow with the host. I think you can also guess…what it means to me when an adult Watanabe comes here.”

“Then you used a similar method to today's play to control him?” Feng Bujue asked.

“No need for such trouble.” It replied, “The will of ordinary people is far less strong than you interdimensional travelers…I can directly control him.”

Hearing this, the players all understood that it was precisely because the six people present were all controlled by "interdimensional travelers" that "it" had to go to so much trouble.

“After controlling Watanabe and devouring those debt collectors, the power that I could penetrate outside the seal increased again, but it was still not enough to break the seal.” Its narrative continued, “However…I thought of a way; I can manipulate Watanabe to lure the six of you here…According to my calculations, as long as I gather four to five power hosts like Watanabe, it will be enough for me to break the seal.”

“But to do this, Watanabe must leave the school grounds,” Feng Bujue asked.

“It doesn't matter.” It replied, “It is entirely possible to do this with a host who established contact with me when they were a child…”

“So, you controlled Watanabe to find the whereabouts of the other six people and wrote them letters?” Feng Bujue asked.

“I originally intended to do so…” But it gave a negative answer, “But an annoying Onmyoji appeared and disrupted my plan…”

Needless to say, the players also knew that person's name.

“Thinking about it afterwards…the old guy who sealed me back then must have left some mechanisms that I don't know about here; once my external power reaches a certain level, the mechanism will be activated and send this message out.” It continued, “That's probably the reason…on the second day after I controlled Watanabe, Tsukamoto Shota came.” It described Tsukamoto's tone, actually carrying a bit of admiration, “This man…although young, has profound Taoism; even if he is not as good as his master, it is still impossible for me to control Watanabe to deal with him in a sealed state…I have no chance of winning.”

“I see…” Feng Bujue said, “Your three internal organs…were separated in that battle with Tsukamoto, right?”

“Watanabe is my only hope, I can't let Tsukamoto rescue him…or kill him.” It replied, “Even if I pay such a heavy price, I must win…and I did win indeed.”

“But after winning, it took you six years to catch your breath, right?” Feng Bujue said in a gloating tone.

“Hmph…” it hummed, the answer was self-evident, “Regaining strength did take me a lot of time, but I can afford to wait.” It paused for a few seconds, and then said, “The rest…there is nothing to say, I manipulated Watanabe, spent months inquiring about news, and successfully led the remaining six people here, who knew…”

“Who knew…” Feng Bujue took over the other party's words, “We interdimensional travelers happened to appear here and ruined your good deeds.”

As the two people's questions and answers progressed to this point, the system voice also sounded in the players' ears again—

【Worldview Decrypted】

In the new version, the voice part of this prompt omitted the decrypter's ID and how many skill points were obtained, and changed to this short sentence.

Anyway, after the prompt sounded, players only need to open the game menu to see the decrypter's ID and the name and overview of the worldview, it is indeed better not to say it…

“Okay, do you have anything else to ask?” After a while, it also asked.

“I…still want to confirm…” Feng Bujue continued, “With your current power, it is more than enough to kill us, right?”

“Of course.” Its answer was very certain, “But you and I both know…that's meaningless.”

Indeed, for the players, "dying" here is just a failure to clear the level; but for "it," he needs the six people possessed by the players to be alive in order to break his seal.

“Hmm…” Brother Jue nodded, “So…now, as long as I put these jade stones into the shrine, you can break the seal, right?”

“You can get four people together and go to the second floor to complete the ritual.” It responded.

“Speaking of…why didn't you let Watanabe help you collect these jade stones?” Feng Bujue asked again.

“This is not the real world, and the six of you are not entities.” It said, (with the doll's face) looking towards Brother Jue's pocket, “Those jade stones…are just a symbol; if you had chosen to believe Tsukamoto in the Yang illusion before, he would have told you…that each of you must hold a jade stone and put them into the shrine separately to open the exit door. But in reality…the jade stone is not important, but this act of 'placing' symbolizes that you voluntarily inject the remaining power in your body into the seal.”

“Oh…okay, I understand.” After Feng Bujue finished this sentence, he bypassed it (Watanabe) and walked straight towards the shrine, while reaching into the pocket of his jacket.

At this moment, everyone…even the Boss believed that this guy was going to fulfill his promise and put the jade organs in.

However, they didn't realize…that Brother Jue's hand in his pocket was now grabbing onto something else…