The changing room was neither big nor small. Although the supervisor said that specters could come in here as they pleased, so far, no specters had entered.

Yu Xing flashed a sweet smile. "It's nothing major, just...want to chat with the supervisor."

"You have a lot of free time," the supervisor intended to glare and then scold loudly, but seeing the bright red robe on Yu Xing, they swallowed their words. "What do you want to chat about? Let me tell you, if you annoy me, I will expose your identities."

"So, as long as we don't annoy you, it's fine?" Zhao Yijiu suddenly spoke, successfully earning a disdainful snort from the supervisor.

Following Zhao Yijiu's lead, Yu Xing continued, "Yes, I'd like to ask the supervisor, how long can we stay here before we annoy you?"

He wasn't afraid of the supervisor's threats.

According to his deduction, this was a safe house, but with a time limit. It was absolutely safe within a certain time limit, but once that time was up, they would be found out. So, they were now cursing the Green-Capturing Ghost boss in front of the supervisor, and the supervisor couldn't do anything to them.

Sure enough, after sensing their confidence, the supervisor sighed, "Half an hour, you can hide here for half an hour."

"Thank you, supervisor. You're a great ghost," Yu Xing praised sincerely, then leaned towards the supervisor. "After the carnival party, are we off work? After all, with such a joyous event of killing, I don't believe the previous staff had the mood to sell alcohol and boost sales after surviving. Hey, don't deny it, the previous waiters at this bar were also living people. I've already confirmed this."

"...You know all this and still ask me?" The supervisor was very irritable.

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"I'm just confirming, so, when you said we finish work at six and then evaluate the performance after six hours, it's just like not being able to laugh or cry, it's a lie, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Do you have anything else? If you don't want to stay here, then don't. I want to play on my phone, I don't have the mood to deal with you."

So, the actual duration of this deduction was not six hours. Even when the points leaderboard appeared, it only mentioned that the deduction would end with the highest points receiving additional rewards and the lowest points being eliminated, without mentioning the time.

The actual process of this deduction should be divided into two lines. The first line was to sell alcohol, complete the task to obtain clues, then participate in the carnival party, and survive to earn more points. If allowed, they could also use underworld currency to buy some items.

The second line was to go upstairs, complete a series of spirit games, earn higher points, not participate in the carnival party, and compare points with the people on the first floor after the party ended.

Yu Xing cheekily pushed his luck. "Don't, I have a small favor...I want to ask the supervisor for help."

The supervisor finally glared at him. "Ask me for help? You're quite bold. What do you think I can help you with?"

Yu Xing straightened the wrinkles on his red robe, and calmly and naturally smiled, "Since you're the supervisor, when your subordinates encounter difficulties they can't solve, the supervisor should step in to help, isn't that right?"

That was the principle, but the supervisor didn't want to admit it.

Yu Xing continued, "For example...the staff really can't see what's being sold in the vending machine. The supervisor should be able to tell us, help the staff, right?"

Zhao Yijiu raised his eyes. Yu Xing's method was to directly ask the supervisor?

However, the supervisor's reaction clearly proved Yu Xing was right.

"Damn it, you clearly haven't completed the task given by the bartender, how would you know I can tell you this?" The young supervisor angrily unbuttoned his black vest, "Clearly..."

"Clearly, the rules restrict Group 08 from telling others, but we still know, so you find it troublesome?" Yu Xing finished the second half of the sentence for the supervisor.

08 was Zhu Ming's group, and it was the only group he hadn't encountered midway.

Since Zhu Ming and Zhang Xiangling had been on the first floor for so long, they must have found some benefits. Now, it sounded like they had completed a task similar to the "find an evil spirit and make them drink from the River of Forgetfulness" task issued by the bartender at the Hades Hall, and had obtained a preview of the carnival party, and understood the true role of the supervisor, who seemed to be useless after appearing only once.

This was something Yu Xing had anticipated. After the timid and disheartened ghost revealed some information, he easily figured out the true role of the supervisor.

"In fact, the vending machine is not the thing from the Hades Hall, but it's you."

Remember the undulating wave symbol in the system tasks.

Underworld currency can be exchanged for items in the bar's vending machine~

If the Hades Hall didn't have a two-meter-high machine in the corner, and the specters didn't call it a vending machine, the deductionist would definitely have to think about what a vending machine was.

But with the above misleading, the deductionist fell into one false appearance after another.

Zhao Yijiu listened attentively from behind, silently remembering: in the future, they might encounter more of these misleading word traps.

"Fine, you can buy things from me. But I have to ask, how did you get this information?" The supervisor looked helpless but also puzzled.

Yu Xing remembered the fleeing disheartened ghost and smiled, "Of course, it's with my intelligence and wisdom, Supervisor. Bring out the list of items, please?"

I don't believe in intelligence and wisdom! You didn't even complete the task, where did you get the clues from? The supervisor cursed in their heart, but still obediently took out a piece of paper from their pocket.The writing on the white paper was tiny, all in a blood-red hue. If one leaned in close, a faint scent of blood could be detected wafting through the air.

Perhaps the items of this world appeared differently in the eyes of a Deductionist, the system thoughtfully provided a prompt, retranslating the items on the white paper in a way that Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu could understand.

Green-Capturing Dream: Offering, likely to transform into a dagger-type weapon upon fusion with the Deductionist's persona mask. Exchangeable for 5,000,000 Ming coins.

Feigned Revelry: Offering, likely to transform into a compass-type offering upon fusion with the Deductionist's persona mask. Exchangeable for 5,000,000 Ming coins.

False Brew of the River of Forgetfulness: Prop, drinking it has a chance to purify a persona's mutation degree of 1030, regardless of the actual degree, extremely precious. Exchangeable for 5,000,000 Ming coins.

The top three items immediately captivated both of them.

Yu Xing's attention was particularly drawn to the Green-Capturing Dream; he was in need of a weapon, and this seemed like a pillow offered to one desiring sleep.

But he couldn't afford it.

Aside from the initial tip of one hundred thousand Ming coins, he had slain seven Despondent Specters, earning seven hundred thousand Ming coins, while Zhao Yijiu had killed ten, amassing one million Ming coins. Together, they only had one million eight hundred thousand, far from the five million required.

Moreover, the False Brew of the River of Forgetfulness seemed very tempting. Although Yu Xing himself didn't need it, if future teammates had high persona mutation degrees, possessing the brew would be akin to having an extra chance to restore their state.

It was known, as Qu Xianqing had mentioned, that the item shop beyond the differentiation level only sold recovery items for mutation degrees below 30. Once a Deductionist's persona mutation degree exceeded 30, there would be no turning back, only to watch oneself spiral further into distortion, until becoming a monster or dying midway.

Thus, the False Brew of the River of Forgetfulness was truly precious!

Yu Xing wanted it too.

In an instant, he decided to kill the Red Specter!

Below these expensive items were many others, such as:

Cursed Doll: Prop, upon use, curses a person with persistent bad luck, becoming ineffective after one use or until the person's death. Exchangeable for 3,000,000 Ming coins.

Beneath the River of Forgetfulness: Prop, a type of liquor, can be used to send someone to hell. Exchangeable for 3,000,000 Ming coins.

Insatiable Desire: Prop, a type of liquor, drinking it increases persona mutation degree by 5, exchangeable for 1,000,000 Ming coins.

Carnival Party Exemption Ticket: Upon use, Specters will cease to seek you for one hour, even if you remove your mask. However, if you attack a Specter and are discovered, the ticket becomes void. Exchangeable for 800,000 Ming coins, repeatable.

These were only a part of the entire range of items, including props, liquors sold at bars, and for many, the most precious life-saving artifact, the Carnival Party Exemption Ticket.

But for Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu, the exemption ticket was unnecessary. Having the ticket was merely an added security; they desired Ming coins and points, which still required killing Specters.

Aside from the exemption ticket, there were quite a few items that caught the impoverished Yu Xing's eye, but since he had something he wanted to buy and Ming coins were limited, other items had to be forsaken.

"See anything you like? You two have enough Ming coins for two exemption tickets," the supervisor said, looking back down at his phone.

"Zhu Ming and Zhang Xiangling must have bought exemption tickets from you. But we don't need them," Yu Xing said, glancing at the composed Zhao Yijiu and pondering, "Let's go kill the twin Red Specters."

The supervisor's phone once again made intimate contact with the ground.

The pale-faced young supervisor looked incredulously at the wildly speaking Yu Xing; "You must be joking..."

What was even more unbelievable was that the seemingly more composed man in black didn't hesitate, simply replying, "Okay."

The supervisor's mouth hung open.

Okay, my foot!

Are Red Specters something you can just decide to kill? What's happened to this world? Did I go mad after dying?

As Yu Xing and his companion stood up to walk towards the changing room door, Yu Xing suddenly turned back: "The safe time is cumulative, right? When we've gathered enough money and come back, you won't throw us into a horde of Specters, will you?"

"It's cumulative..." the supervisor muttered.

Yu Xing smiled and waved at the supervisor: "Then it's fine, continue playing with your phone."

...

As they stepped out of the changing room, the latest points leaderboard had refreshed.

Yu Xing glanced at it.

Current points ranking.

01、04:492

05 deceased, 06:200

02 deceased, 07:195

03、08:164

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