Get familiar with the villa, master its layout, and look for suspicious clues and possible supplementary rules.
'Boom boom boom...'
There was another knock on the living room door.
‘Click…’
The door to the reception room slowly opened.
The silver-haired maid Lisa appeared. She walked into the reception room with a tray and poured tea for everyone.
"Please taste it, my dear guests. This is my favorite tea. I always use this tea when entertaining my guests."
'Crash...'
The faint fragrance of tea fills the air.
Even high school students who don’t know anything about tea feel that this tea is precious.
"Lisa, is this okay?"
This sentence stunned the silver-haired maid, who didn't understand the purpose of Lin Ye's question.
"What do you mean, sir?"
"Master Carter is not at the villa. Is it not good to use his tea without his permission?"
The silver-haired maid blinked in surprise, but soon revealed a bright smile, "No, the master won't be angry. The master will be angry if we use ordinary tea to entertain guests."
"I see."
Lin Ye nodded and said.
"Here are the keys to the rooms on the second floor. Please divide them among yourselves, distinguished guests."
Lisa placed the three keys on the table, pounded her hands, held the tray, bowed respectfully and spoke again, "Lisa will take her leave for now. You can call me anytime if you need anything. Lisa will try her best to meet the needs of all the distinguished guests. I hope you will spend a pleasant three days here."
After saying that, seeing that no one was saying anything, she took her leave.
When the maid in black and white uniform disappeared into the reception room, the scene was once again filled with silence.
"Did you analyze any information?"
Leng Shuang didn’t think that Lin Ye didn’t obtain any useful information.
"At present, the 'master' who only appears in the rules and characters is likely to have an accident. The maid may know about this."
Several veteran players focused their attention on Lin Ye, waiting for his further explanation.
"It's just a guess. Even if a distinguished guest comes, the maid shouldn't use the master's favorite expensive tea without the master's prior instructions, even if the master uses this expensive tea to entertain guests on a daily basis. Unless similar things have happened more than once and the maid has become accustomed to doing so."
There is some truth to it, but it is not enough to make a complete judgment.
But for weird players, this possibility is enough.
"The shadow we encountered in the forest couldn't be this master!"
Asuna thought of something and immediately came up with this guess.
"It's really possible."
A passerby who had just wiped his glasses echoed, "The master that the maid mentioned left and the black shadow that appeared in the forest and attacked us could be the same person."
"If so, how do we resolve the strangeness of this 'master''s' incarnation?"
If it was just relying on force, Leng Shuang had already dealt with it, but it was very difficult to deal with, and the means she had used could not cause effective damage.
If they can't find a way, they won't be able to solve the "weirdness" efficiently.
This topic has been put aside for the time being. Due to insufficient clues and information, there is not much point in discussing it any further.
"In the afternoon, disperse and do your own thing! Form teams of two, and follow the room assignments!"
Leng Shuang said,
No one else had any objections, but a passerby sighed, "Hey, I really want to act with Brother Ling. I believe that Brother Ling will definitely bring me more surprises."
Lin Ye couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he heard this.
This guy, is he abnormal? Or is this a disguise of this player? To confuse others and protect himself?
Lin Ye thought of himself. He would also perform some exaggerated behaviors during the dungeon to avoid being associated with his real self by other weird players.
The chance of this happening is very small, but we have to be on guard.
"Ms. Asuna, should we switch?"
The passerby offered, but Asuna rejected him mercilessly, "I'm not interested."
"Let me confirm the situation outside the villa with Zero!" she continued.
"Leave it to me." The passerby said immediately, "Then the second and third floors..."
"Leave the second floor to me, and the third floor will depend on our search progress. As for the fourth floor, we'll consider it later," Leng Shuang replied.
The fourth floor and the basement are dangerous areas, so you must be fully prepared when exploring there, otherwise you may easily encounter danger.
The tasks are fully assigned.
The six people talked briefly in the reception room, exchanged ideas and information, and then began to act.
Lin Ye and Asuna left the villa first to determine the situation around the villa.
In the afternoon,
The blue sky, the sun hanging high in the sky, the warm sunshine shining down, and the gentle breeze blowing, make people feel comfortable and relaxed.
Lin Ye and Asuna walked side by side in the garden in front of the villa.
Bright red and yellow flowers are blooming, the beautiful colors are refreshing.
Here, admiring the flowers in the garden, Asuna's expression gradually became more relaxed.
From the beginning till now, her nerves have been tense. After such a long period of alertness, no matter how good her spirits were, she couldn't help feeling a little tired.
“The flowers here are quite nice and beautiful.”
Lin Ye walked in and squatted down, looking at the chrysanthemums swaying slightly in the breeze.
"Like flowers?"
"I can't say I like it, but I definitely don't hate it. Seeing beautiful things always makes me feel better."
Lin Ye sniffed it and a faint floral scent lingered.
"How many dungeon missions has Mr. Zero participated in?"
Lin Ye glanced at the blue-haired girl beside him, "As for the invitation mission, this should be the second time!"
This is consistent with the level.
"It's my second time, too."
Asuna also squatted down and watched the swaying flowers from a close distance.
"I have a question. I'm just curious. Miss Asuna doesn't have to answer it."
The girl did not answer, but it also showed that she was willing to listen to Lin Ye's question.
"Why did Miss Asuna choose to accept the invitation to the weird game and become a weird player!"
The girl glanced at Lin Ye from the corner of her eye, and their eyes met. At this moment, time seemed to have come to a standstill.
"What about you! Why did you choose to accept it?"
"Compared to weird games, reality seems a bit boring. Weird events will only increase in the future, and their impact on reality will only increase. I don't want to encounter weird events again one day in the future, and I can't do anything but passively accept them."
Asuna suddenly recognized Lin Ye a little more, "I want to experience a different life."
She no longer wanted to be passively controlled by her mother, obey her mother's arrangements, and continue her future life steadily like a robot.
She doesn't want this, she wants to live her own life and embrace her own future.
This was probably because she knew that the 'weird game' was very dangerous and that she could die at any time, but after completing the 'trial game' that time, she chose to accept the invitation and became a formal weird player.
"The sorrow of a young lady from a wealthy family, hahaha."
Asuna almost thought that Lin Ye recognized her real identity, but when she thought about the fact that this kind of worry was often seen in rich girls, she understood.
"alright,"
Asuna stood up and dusted off her clothes. "Where are we going next?"
"Let's take a look around the villa first, and then go to the forest!"
"Forehead!"
Asuna had never expected that Lin Ye would want to enter that forest.
"Don't you dare?"
"I just didn't expect you to try to enter the forest. That dark shadow is very dangerous."
"I feel relieved that Miss Shining Asuna is here."
"Please don't give girls nicknames casually."
But she unexpectedly felt good about the name 'Shining Asuna'.
……
ten minutes later,
Lin Ye and Asuna came to the backyard of the villa. The environment was similar to that of the front yard, but there was a small pond here, and the German Shepherd named "John" was drinking water by the pond.
After a while,
The German Shepherd finished drinking the water. It turned around and saw Lin Ye and Asuna. It started to run with its strong body and ran towards them on four legs.
Asuna immediately recalled the German Shepherd's behavior when they first arrived.
The German Shepherd at that time shouted but didn't listen.
Now, the German Shepherd stopped three meters away from them without shouting.
"It stopped shouting,"
"Um,"
Lin Ye did not let his guard down either.
He couldn't be sure whether this German Shepherd would suddenly attack.
The burly German Shepherd walked around the two of them, sticking out his tongue, as if to show his friendliness.
Lin Ye and Asuna exchanged glances, and then Lin Ye took the initiative to extend his hand to the German Shepherd in a friendly manner, motioning for the German Shepherd to come over.
The moment Lin Ye signaled, the German Shepherd came running over, revealing its annoying side.
Lin Ye touched the German Shepherd's head, and its tail shook even more vigorously, swinging very forcefully.
"He's quite approachable. His attitude towards us is completely different from when we first met."
But compared to docile dogs like Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds should not be so close to strangers.
"Go and play!"
Lin Ye said, patting the German Shepherd's back.
The German Shepherd ran out and disappeared at the corner of the villa.
"Zero, when we first arrived at the villa, the German Shepherd yelled at us, and reminder 7 mentioned that 'the German Shepherd suddenly yelled',"
If anyone of them had run away at that time, would it have been considered a violation of the rules?
Lin Ye did not answer. Right now there was not much information and insufficient clues. Any more analysis and speculation would only confuse his thinking and add to his troubles.
"Let's go to the pool and take a look!"
The two of them quickly came to the small pond.
The golden red koi are swimming around for a few days.
Lin Ye dropped a small stone, and the moment the stone hit the water, the koi immediately swam away in all directions.
"Let's go!"
Rubbing his eyes, Lin Ye motioned the girl to follow him and continue forward.
