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Norbien's room was far smaller than Qin Ran had imagined.

Compared with his own dilapidated warehouse, the room before him was less than a tenth of its size. A single glance took in every furnishing and item.

Only two places stood out.

One was a curtain on Qin Ran's left just inside the entrance. The other was where Norbien had originally stored his weapons and equipment.

Qin Ran had entered Norbien's room hoping to find the clues he wanted.

Naturally, he stopped in front of the curtain.

Clearly, some secret lay hidden behind the black curtain.

Although he knew every player's room should be absolutely safe, Qin Ran still checked his surroundings out of habit.

He started by checking for the simplest traps and continued until he had confirmed there were no magic circles.

Only then did Qin Ran draw back the curtain.

Swish!

The curtain's metal rings scraped sharply against the horizontal metal rod above.

Then a blackboard bearing five usernames appeared before him.

They started with "Xiao Ji" and ended with Qin Ran's username, "2567."

The first four usernames each had a red cross over them.

Only Qin Ran's username remained unmarked.

Qin Ran immediately frowned.

What lay before him was obvious!

The first four usernames on the blackboard belonged to players Norbien had secretly killed.

Qin Ran was the fifth!

He had hoped to find more clues, but he had never expected to see something like this.

Did he deliberately write down their names to commemorate the "glorious achievements" he couldn't tell anyone about?

Or was it to admire his own handiwork?

Qin Ran speculated about Norbien's intentions.

Either way, Qin Ran was certain that Norbien's mind was deeply twisted.

Perhaps he had always been this way, but the deterrent of Federation law had allowed him to