"Entry is prohibited."
Golden words floated above the gate. Ren Gu stood at the entrance, bracing himself against his thighs as he panted heavily.
He was not wearing his usual administrative jacket and blue shirt. Instead, he had thrown on a white pure-cotton T-shirt and gray shorts—if nothing unexpected had happened, they were probably his pajamas.
Even Ren Gu's hair, usually tied into a little braid, was loose now. It was clear that he had rushed over the moment Loquat Candy called him, without the slightest delay.
Maintaining the prohibition on entry and exit, Ren Gu raised his head and looked at Lin Yu, Good Night, and Loquat Candy before sighing. "What happened? Why is there a murder here? And one of the candidates was killed!"
"It's only the first day... The election hasn't even officially begun, and something like this has happened. How are we supposed to explain it?"
"And worst of all..." Ren Gu discreetly glanced at the Player Mutual Society members nearby, who were wary of his group. "Why is Dionysus the prime suspect?!"
If he had only needed to seal off the venue, Ren Gu might have been greatly fatigued, but he certainly would not have looked as though his entire body had been hollowed out like this. After arriving at the scene, he had also complied with the Player Mutual Society's request and isolated Dionysus in a separate room.
Although Dionysus had not resisted, sealing away an existence of her level had naturally consumed a great deal of his strength.
Faced with Ren Gu's questioning, Good Night sighed. "Because we were the last ones to see the deceased, Iced Americano. Dionysus even got into a conflict with him and attacked him. The scene contained traces of her unique 'killing intent.'"
"And honestly, besides Dionysus, I'm