"I thought I would be the first to come out...but you would understand if it was you."
Owen smiled and greeted Lu Li, seemingly in a good mood.
Compared to the taciturn Daniel, this tall man with black hair and eyes was even more difficult for him to see through.
"What did you encounter in the passage, and it was also your own knot?"
"That's right." Lu Li, who had already been approved and didn't need to take the test, answered.
"You came out first, did you find any clues?"
"Behind the door is the final hurdle."
After hearing this, Owen looked at the next wooden door, which was locked with five locks of different colors. Two of the locks had been opened - the black lock and the green lock.
"It seems that we can't continue the level until everyone comes out." I don't know why, but Owen talked a little too much. "I don't know what's going on with Doma. If it's her... she should have a fight to solve the problem."
…
"Twenty-seven."
【No……】"
"Twenty-eight"
【Not】
"Twenty-nine."
【……】
"Thirty."
…
[You idiot, how many trees do you need to cut down to buy a boat!]
"Just chop down 113,400 more trees."
Bang!
Old Frank punched again, and this time the fist he punched was held by Frank. He stood up, still short in stature, but seemed to have extremely firm belief.
"I know it's slow, but I keep working towards my goals instead of doing nothing and never even seeing the ocean like you and your grandfather did!"
【……】
Frank grabbed his father's hand and slowly lowered it. His eyes were firm and shining with unparalleled dazzling light: "I don't mean to blame you... I just want to say that I have been working hard for these. That's why I joined the investigation.
As a member, take risks and earn more money to buy a big ship belonging to our Frankstein family. I do this just for the family’s philosophy and my own dream!”
Old Frank's weathered face became moved, his clenched fists gradually loosened, and his illusory body began to become darker.
【Child, I am waiting for that day】
Old Frank's figure completely disappeared, leaving only his voice echoing in the passage.
Frank stood there, unable to tell for a moment whether this scene was real or an illusion caused by the trial. But after a few seconds, his fists began to clenched, and with the warmth of his father still seeming to exist, he walked towards the exit that opened a gap.
.
…
[This is too dangerous... Aren't you afraid of being controlled by their power? 】
Daniel sneered, seeming to have an uncomfortable cold air about him: "It's not the power that's wrong, but the person who uses it. Only the weak will be afraid of powerful forces, thinking that they are manic and uncontrollable."
[Actually, I'm not that eager to take revenge...]
The cold and resentful female voice slightly restored Rachel's voice, and she was trying to bring the bad situation back to normal.
The significance of this level is to guide out the obsessions in the hearts of newcomers, understand them, and test them.
Under normal circumstances, newcomers will temporarily forget that all this is an illusion because of the foreshadowing of the previous levels. Therefore, they will often show their true emotions in this level.
But this time it seemed like a failure. Lu Li, who had been appointed by default, simply skipped this step. Irving relied on cleverness to take a shortcut. Daniel lost control because of his obsession. Doma... her obsession seemed to be to become smarter, but she was using it.
Use the exhaustive method to forcefully solve the puzzle.
Only Frank passed the test normally, and by the way, he moved a big guy whose brain was all about muscles.
"You seem to have made a mistake."
Daniel's cold eyes were filled with sarcasm.
"I no longer live for revenge. Now I have discovered something more interesting than revenge..."
…
Lu Li and Owen looked at the open blue wooden door, and Frank, who seemed to have undergone some changes...
"You look different from before." Owen greeted Frank. "And I didn't expect you to come out so early."
"You have become a lot more cheerful." Frank smiled. His still sunny smile was completely different from before, as if he had officially changed from a big boy to an adult. "Mr. Lu Li is still the same."
"Are you all here waiting for your companions?"
"Don't come...it's just that all five people have to come out of the next level." Owen turned his head.
"Owen, you are still not honest as always..."
"Don't act like you know me very well."
…
"Fifty-seven."
【……】
"Fifty-eight."
【……】
"Fifty-nine."
【……】
"six--"
【Wait a minute!】
The unbearable puzzler finally interrupted Doma's behavior.
"You finally decided to have a fight!" Doma became excited, with kindness in his eyes.
[No, I’m just giving you a suggestion within the rules. You can continue counting from eighty——]
"Eighty-one."
【Including eighty】
"What does it mean to include eighty!"
[That is, you can count to eighty instead of starting from eighty-one]
"eighty."
[The answer is correct, you successfully passed this puzzle, congratulations]
"So now we can have a fight?"
【……】
In Doma's disappointed eyes, the figure of the puzzler faded and disappeared.
…
【What's more interesting than revenge?】
"Yes, at this time I am no longer a revenge machine. I have found my true pursuit."
【That power?】
"Yes, that dangerous power is so intoxicating."
[But...I appeared because of the obsession in your heart]
Daniel, who was sneering, was suddenly stunned: "What do you mean?"
[That is, what appears in front of you will only be the obsession in your heart. But now that you see me instead of that power, it means that you said——]
"Enough!"
Daniel suddenly shouted loudly, clutching his bandaged left arm with the palm of his right hand, his eyes gloomy, and a trace of imperceptible panic.
"If you don't believe it, I can only release the dark and evil side that was sealed by me... Then the whole city will be enveloped by my dark power!"
【puff……】
"...Did you laugh just now?"
【No】
"real?"
【Um!】
…
Doma walked out from behind the red wooden door feeling unhappy.
The heat and small beads of sweat on her body have not completely dissipated.
It looks like she's been through a tough battle.
Frank and Owen thought to themselves.
Only the pink lock remained on the door leading to the final level. Frank's worry lasted for several minutes before the pink wooden door was slowly opened.
"Are you okay?"
Frank walked to Daniel with concern and asked.
"..."
Daniel looked at Frank with an indifferent expression, passed him by without saying anything, and walked to the wooden door.
The pink door lock fell, and the last obstacle blocking their way to the final level had disappeared.
Before everyone was ready to leave, the narrator's voice sounded in the room.