Chapter 17 “Hold…Everything!”

Just as the players in the second-floor warehouse were preparing to go to the positions designated by Tsukamoto in the Yin Mirror, suddenly... someone outside the door shouted a particularly imposing line in English.

The person who would shout such a line at this moment was undoubtedly Brother Jue.

His words... not only controlled the scene but also indirectly confirmed his identity; because... even if “it” could impersonate Feng Bujue in appearance, it could never speak to you in a foreign language.

“What’s going on?”

However, just two seconds later, when Feng Bujue, Li Ruoyu, and... Shouda Tsukamoto from the Yang Mirror entered the warehouse, everyone was stunned.

At that moment, all eight people present fell silent.

The two Shouda Tsukamotos faced each other, staring at each other with complex expressions.

One was pale, with a tired expression, looking very weak; the other was serious, with a firm gaze, looking quite calm.

“Brother Jue, what’s the situation?” Xiao Tan was a little dazed at the time, and he quickly looked at Feng Bujue and asked.

“Ah... it’s nothing.” Feng Bujue replied, “We arrived at a mirrored space and met this onmyoji (ancient Japanese occultist) ‘Shouda Tsukamoto’." He paused for half a second, then said, "He told us... that there is a fake Tsukamoto impersonated by ‘it’ who is leading my companions into a trap."

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Tan and the other three instinctively took a few steps back, away from Tsukamoto on their side.

“You’ve been deceived.” But that Tsukamoto was still calm, he looked at Brother Jue and said, "He is the fake, ‘it’ transformed from a part of my soul extracted from my body."

“Hmph…” The weaker Tsukamoto snorted coldly, “Say what you want, even if I risk my life, I won’t let you succeed. Today, I am prepared to have my soul scattered!”

“You’re quite the actor.” The calm Tsukamoto replied.

“I return those words to you unchanged.” The weak Tsukamoto was not to be outdone.

The two were at daggers drawn, confronting each other…

In the eyes of the two groups of players, the words and deeds of the Tsukamoto they each encountered seemed to have no obvious flaws; even though there were many self-justifying parts in their statements, the players could not find any evidence to prove any loopholes for a while.

"Heh... is this playing Journey to the West: The Six Eared Macaque?" After a few seconds of confrontation, Feng Bujue smiled and complained, then he turned his head to look at the one he was supporting, "Tsukamoto-kun, please sit for a while, I have something to discuss with my companions."

After speaking, he let go without waiting for the other party to agree.

"Wait... now is not the time to do these things!" The weak Tsukamoto responded excitedly.

"Togashi, do you know what you are doing?" The calm Tsukamoto also said to Brother Jue, "Now we must hurry up and seal ‘it’..."

"Urusai (Japanese for 'annoying')!" At this moment, Feng Bujue suddenly burst out, interrupting the two, "All of you, shut up! We will judge who is real and who is fake! Anyone who dares to stop us from communicating through language or action, I will beat him into Stephen Hawking!"

His almost hysterical shout stunned both Tsukamotos, and they had no choice but to shut up and stand there staring blankly…

So, in the next five minutes, Brother Jue first used very concise language to tell his teammates the information he and Ruoyu had obtained in the Yang Mirror; then, An Yueqin used her professional editor expertise to explain as concisely as possible the information provided by this Tsukamoto in the Yin Mirror, and focused on pointing out the differences in the information provided by the two Tsukamotos.

After the exchange, Feng Bujue pondered silently for about a minute…

Finally, he showed an evil smile.

Those familiar with him knew that this expression usually meant someone was going to be unlucky…

…

“Okay, we’ve finished discussing.” After discussing with his teammates and exchanging items, Feng Bujue turned around and looked at the two Tsukamotos separately, “Now… I want to hear your opinions.” He paused for half a second, first looking at the relatively calm Tsukamoto in the Yin Mirror, and said, “First of all, this Tsukamoto-kun, let me confirm your theory…” Brother Jue’s tone seemed very relaxed at the moment, “You said that we have all been dead for a long time, but you are a living person; you now want us to help you activate the magic circle in the room, so as to eliminate ‘it’... right?”

“Yes.” Tsukamoto replied.

“Hmm…” Feng Bujue nodded, then looked at the Tsukamoto in the Yang Mirror and asked, “So… the other Tsukamoto-kun, your theory is—you are already dead, but the six of us are actually still alive and have a chance to escape… right?”

“Yes.” The other Tsukamoto replied.

“Then… what do you need us to do?” Feng Bujue pressed.

"You have already obtained its ‘lung’, ‘liver’ and ‘spleen’, haven't you?" Tsukamoto responded, "Those are fragments of power that ‘it’ managed to scatter throughout the space. You only need to put those three things into the shrine to seal them, and you can open the door and escape. After you go out, you must find powerful onmyoji to come here..."

"He's lying!" At this moment, the calm Tsukamoto interrupted, "Those three organs are indeed fragments of power, but they should be placed outside the shrine! Putting them back will restore its power instead!"

"He's the one who's lying!" The weak Tsukamoto also shouted hoarsely, "He's saying that just to trap you, he lied that you are already dead just to get you to help him complete the ritual!"

The two guys argued back and forth, unknowingly starting to quarrel.

But Feng Bujue watched coldly, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth…

At this moment, Brother Jue was very clear that the script had reached its final stage, and the choice before him… would determine the ending of this nightmare scenario.

Of course, he didn’t know the specific plot arrangements that would follow, but he could probably guess seven or eight out of ten—

First, assuming the players choose to believe the Tsukamoto from the Yang Mirror, then, unsurprisingly… the one from the Yin Mirror will immediately turn black. The process that follows will probably be the players, with the help of the Tsukamoto from the Yang Mirror… using the three "jade stones" collected earlier to escape the school; finally, Tsukamoto dies, followed by a closing CG… all done.

Second, assuming the players choose to believe the Tsukamoto from the Yin Mirror, then the one from the Yang Mirror will definitely turn black, triggering a desperate boss battle; and the players will still rely on Tsukamoto’s help and the three jade stones to defeat the boss and clear the level, watching a CG and leaving.

To say what the difference between the two is… through the information given by the NPCs, it can actually be seen very clearly: according to what the one from the Yang Mirror said, "it's" combat power is so strong that it defies the heavens, so the ending is an escape; and according to what the one from the Yin Mirror said, "it's" combat power is strong, but it has weakened in the seal, and plus he, Shouda Tsukamoto, is not someone to be trifled with, so there will be a kill ending in the end.

To put it bluntly, here, no matter which one you choose to believe… you can clear the level, but the difficulty is slightly different.

However, Feng Bujue… had different plans.

Because, he still remembered—this script has a [Hidden Mission].