The game video was still playing.
I watched absentmindedly as memories surfaced from deep in my consciousness. I could now recall some of what I'd seen back then.
After Xiaomi died seven or eight times, the video cut out some of the repetitive gameplay. It didn't take long for him to reach the ending.
I heard Xiaomi exclaim in a daze, "Huh? Huh? Huhhhh??? I beat it? Ha! I beat it! Ah, I saw the ending... So this ghost was the real culprit... Oh... '...I killed him. I had to kill him. I had to leave this... leave here!'... Hey, wait, that's it?"
The white ghost disappeared from the game.
The detective protagonist began to speak, summing up the investigation and sharing his thoughts.
"Wait! Hey, hey, hey, that's it? Ha... This doesn't seem finished. Why did killing that guy mean he said he had to leave... Is this not the true ending? Is there another true ending or something... Oh, it's over. I guess I got the normal ending. Let me look it up..."
Xiaomi switched screens, browsed the comments on the game's official website, then searched online.
"Hmm, it seems nobody's gotten this ending yet... There's no guide, either. I don't think this is the true ending. The game only came out a week ago, so maybe there'll be an update later. I'll try again in a bit... Oh, it's getting late... All right, that's it for today. I'll look into it some more. I might make a compilation of all the different ways to die later. This game's pretty interesting. There are so, so many ways to die. The creator really put a lot of effort into it. You guys should give it a try, too. If anyone gets the true ending, let me know, okay? Thanks,