An Airhead Turns Dark Eventually

Rose Manor covers a vast area.

However, if one wants to leave the manor, or rather, enter the Rose Manor from the outside, then one must inevitably pass through the Mirror Maze that encircles the entire Rose Manor.

There is only one entrance from outside the manor to inside, but there are a total of four exits. At this moment, a faint light can be seen coming from one of these four exits.

"It feels like I've remembered..."

Bai Zhi reached out and touched his chin, a subtle expression on his face.

Because of what the other person said, after staring at the Young Girl for a while, he finally managed to vaguely find a related memory from a corner of his mind.

He seemed to remember only having one encounter with the other person regarding barbecue.

That was during their third date, which took place at the other's home Sword Dojo. However, back then, calling it a date was more like a test of their practical skills.

After the test, the other party invited the original owner to have barbecue together, but at that time, the person had no intention of staying for barbecue, and left in a hurry after eating a few bites.

After the first two dates, he thought the third date, which was in a normal location, would be a normal one. However, he ended up being beaten up by the other person with a wooden knife. After the beating, the other person even invited him to sit down and eat barbecue... Anyone would be devastated in this situation. The original owner's last act of defiance was to block all of the other person's contact information.

--Bai Zhi's Discourse Outside the Scriptures

"That last sentence... So, could it be that she thought the reason I left so quickly after only a few bites was because her cooking wasn't good enough?"

Thinking of this, Bai Zhi's expression suddenly became extremely strange.

This strange way of thinking...

Is this just natural naiveté, natural naiveté, or perhaps naiveté so extreme that it manifests as naiveté...? Doesn't this person have any self-awareness at all? They should learn to see things from other people's perspectives more often, really...

With a slight smirk, Bai Zhi casually handed the whole chicken he had prepared to Bronze Bones.

"Thank you for your help."

"... good."

Steel Bones decided to wait until after this Large-scale Campaign Quest was over and then go back and give Iron Blood a set of Military Boxing.

This barbecue meal took about two hours to eat.

As for Steel Bones, who initially claimed to have no appetite, he ultimately couldn't escape the human tendency to find something he actually likes.

However, it must be said that the Indefinite Girl's memories of barbecue are truly remarkable. Bai Zhi felt that she must have definitely added a lot of Skill points to her barbecue cooking skills.

"Alright, now let me explain our next plan."

Bai Zhi clapped his hands and began to speak.

Two hours of rest is enough for them to recover to their best condition.

Upon hearing his voice, the other two turned their attention to him. However, in what should have been a serious and tense atmosphere, because everyone was eating barbecue and holding Mineral Water or drinks, it inexplicably felt like listening to Eight Trigrams after a meal and entertainment.

"..."

After silently finishing the grilled meat in his hand, Steel Bones sat up straight.

"Going to the castle?"

Looking at her boyfriend in front of her, the Dead Zero tilted her head slightly.

"Traveling at night is too dangerous. You have no idea what strange things you might encounter on the way. After all, this is a high-difficulty S-rank Dungeon, so we'd better be careful."

Bai Zhi shook his head.

"..."

(You know this is S-rank high-difficulty Dungeon... Seriously, do you even realize how unconvincing it is that you're happily eating roasted meat around a campfire while solemnly saying something like this?)

He sat there with a serious expression, pretending to be Expert, while Steel Bones mentally ranted.

"This Dungeon is quite challenging. The system's hints (www. hetushu. com. com) and the intricate and vast Mirror Maze we encountered at the beginning already demonstrate its difficulty."

After finishing the barbecue, Bai Zhi used the remaining skewers to draw a circle on the Soil next to him, and then pointed to the circle and began to speak.

"This is Rose Manor, which can be divided into two main parts: Mirror Maze that surrounds the entire Rose Manor, and a castle in the very center of the manor... Assuming there are any survivors from before still in the Rose Manor, where do you think they would be?"

"The mission is called [Anna's Gift], and we have two optional objectives. One is to find out the rules of killing and the patterns of death in the Rose Manor, and the other is to kill 'Anna' directly."

While pondering in his mind, Steel Bones slowly spoke with a frown.

"The next mission is extremely dangerous, even for Top Player like us. So if there are any lucky ones left in this Rose Manor, their main objective should be the first one. Therefore, they should be currently located... near the castle?"

"Wrong, all of it is wrong."

Bai Zhi shook his head.

"In other contexts, your reasoning is correct, but you've overlooked one thing: in the first Dungeon we encountered when we entered the Inner World, did the system give us any tasks we had to complete?"

"... No, so you mean...?"

Steel Bones paused for a moment.

"That's right, at that time our only mission was to escape—escape the amusement park, escape the Ghost School, escape Rose Manor..."

Bai Zhi raised his head and looked towards the castle in the distance.

"This Dungeon is rated S-rank, meaning that basically no one escaped, or rather, the entire group was wiped out here... If there were any lucky survivors, they would probably try to stay as far away from the center of everything as possible, which is the castle."

"So if there are any survivors, their Hiding Spot should be in the bushes near the exit of the Mirror Maze..."

He abruptly turned his head to look at the dark grass around him, and Steel Bones muttered to himself.

"Even if they were afraid of this Mirror Maze was blocking their escape, their hiding place should have been near these exits... So that's why you deliberately started a fire here to roast meat?"

"That's right, but we've been sitting here for two hours and no one has shown up yet, which means there are no lucky ones left."

Bai Zhi snapped his fingers.

"This Dungeon is extremely difficult. You'd better be prepared; there's a high chance of Dead Person."

"..."

Tilting her head slightly, the Dead Zero looked up at her boyfriend.