"...This won't do."
Curacao reached out, conflicted beyond measure as she grasped the Game Controller again. "Only by getting a normal ending can I use a normal storyline to cover up those terrible memories."
After logging into the game, Curacao skillfully repeated the previous steps, closing her eyes and fast-forwarding through the scenes that made her uncomfortable. Finally, the game reached the final ending again.
"I should prepare seriously this time." Curacao sighed wearily. "I finally understand. Unless all you care about is your career, there's simply no way to cut ties with that bastard Detective."
This time, she carefully laid a trap for the culprit, personally handling every part she could control and doing everything perfectly... Then, because she had been too thorough, she failed to retreat in time and was unfortunately kidnapped by the culprit.
The criminal tied her up in the middle of a warehouse, with bombs hidden all around, waiting for the Detective to walk into the trap.
Curacao found the scene strangely familiar. She became wary and carefully had her character scan the surroundings. The more she looked, the more alarmed she became. "..." Th-this was exactly the same as the slacker route from last time, especially the locations of those bombs. Could it be...
The intuition of an outstanding Organization Cadre was indeed not easily mistaken.
Under Curacao's numb gaze, a string of clichéd yet familiar actions unfolded before her with seamless precision—rescue, explosion, building collapse, trapped in a corner, and then she held the Detective's face again...
Clang—
The Game Controller smashed heavily into the screen. At the same time, Curacao cut the power, her heterochromatic eyes staring wide at the darkened screen, still shaken.
—Just like there had been no "defeat the Detective" ending on the little thug route, the Detective route