Chapter 12 You Never Can Tell

Feng Bujue had just reached the corner when he quickly reached out and, with lightning speed, stuffed something from his pocket into the shrine.

At that moment, "It" and everyone else's attention was blocked by Feng Bujue's back, and the latter's movements were so fast that they didn't see what he put in there.

Of course, although "It" didn't know what Brother Jue had put in, it was sure that he hadn't put in any jade organs. Because... if Feng Bujue had put in one of those miniature organs, "It" would have immediately felt the power surging back.

"What... did you put in?" It asked, sensing an underlying unease.

However, Feng Bujue didn't answer, and... with extreme speed, he started taking things out again...

Quick as a flash! Brother Jue's hands and feet moved with practiced ease as he repeatedly reached into his pockets and stuffed several things into the shrine.

And everyone saw what those things were—a belt, a pair of boots, and a wig.

Judging from the last three items, the first thing Brother Jue put in was probably that pair of sunglasses.

Clearly, he wasn't grabbing the wrong items by mistake, but on purpose. The order in which he put them in was a clue...

If Feng Bujue had started by putting shoes or a wig into the shrine, "It" would have immediately noticed and reacted. Therefore, Brother Jue deliberately took the smallest object first and quickly slipped it into the shrine. That way... "It" wouldn't act without seeing clearly, and would even be stunned for a few seconds due to its confusion.

And those few seconds were enough for Feng Bujue to stuff in the rest of the items.

"Nothing, just some little things I found in this space (which had already been handed over to Brother Jue during the item exchange in the warehouse on the second floor)." Feng Bujue turned around and replied in a relaxed tone.

"You! You..." At that moment, "It" became enraged. The roar burst from Watanabe's chest like muffled thunder, "Do you know what you've done!"

"Not really." Feng Bujue replied, "I just... saw that this script was about to end, but I couldn't figure out where to use these 'items that can trigger a hidden story', so I thought, 'What the heck, let's just try putting them in this suspicious key object that is the shrine.'"

At this point, Feng Bujue smiled mischievously, "Heh... judging from your reaction, I seem to have put them in the right place."

"Why..." At this moment, "It" was in a state of furious calm. It asked, suppressing its voice, "Why did you do this?"

"Because it's troublesome to take these things out..." Feng Bujue replied, "After all, this is a team script. Based on the principle of fairness, the puzzle cards that these four items would turn into if they weren't used... should be divided equally among the six of us. But 'dividing four items among six people' is a very difficult distribution (anyone who's watched Osomatsu-san knows), so..."

Here, some of the keywords Feng Bujue mentioned, such as "script" and "puzzle cards", were naturally processed by the system, but "It" could still understand Brother Jue's meaning.

"Damn it... you..." The next second, "It" seemed to be preparing to curse at the top of its lungs.

But "It's" words were interrupted, and interrupted by music...

No one expected that at this moment, in this dark, oppressive environment, suddenly... the melody of *Billie Jean* began to play.

Almost at the same instant the music started, a strange laughter floated over from who knows where...

The person laughing had a particularly sharp voice, but he laughed quite heartily. Here, I still have to use that example (see Chapter 252 of this book), this contrast... is like Lin Chi-ling angrily singing *Heroes' Song*.

"Eh?" Two seconds later, Feng Bujue seemed to remember something and muttered, "This entrance... could it be..."

Before he could finish his thought, he saw the surrounding darkness condensing in clumps and patches. Those "black tides" surged like living things toward the shrine at the corner, not knowing what they would cause...

Seeing this scene, the players' expressions were all surprised and uncertain, while "It's"... or rather Watanabe's face, showed despair.

Finally, after about ten seconds, the darkness condensed into a solid black figure.

This "shadow man" was all black, like a three-dimensional silhouette. And his outline, shape, and posture... were very similar to a music legend who had passed away many years ago.

"Sure enough, it's this guy..." When Feng Bujue saw him, his memories became clear. A long time ago, he had encountered this NPC in another script (*Brothers*), and he had even used the [Vajra Bell] to check its data.

This shadow man's name was [Shadow of Dance], a special NPC. Even though Brother Jue had used an item to check its data back then, all he saw were its name, height, weight, and the Flags that this NPC could trigger in that script... As for the more core information (level, race, abilities, etc.), they were all unknown.

"No... no!" As soon as "It" saw the figure of Shadow of Dance, it shouted, not hiding its panic, "I hate this guy!"

Unfortunately, even if it screamed its head off now, it would be useless...

[Hidden Story - Dancing with the Shadow, has been triggered]

Along with a system prompt, Shadow of Dance immediately stomped his feet, stretched his body straight, and leaned to one side like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, striking a difficult "leaning" pose almost fifty degrees to the ground.

The instant he struck this pose, four streaks of black light flashed, and then... the long wig, the flamboyant sunglasses, the sharp tassel belt, and the cowboy boots all appeared on Shadow of Dance's body and merged with it... becoming part of the shadow.

"Aww~" Shadow of Dance, with his new look, let out a high-pitched scream, switched poses, stood up straight again, and spun around on the spot. Then, he thrust his hips forward, touched his head with one hand, and made a crotch-grabbing gesture with the other.

"Hey hey... what's going on..." At this moment, Little Tan, who was standing at the other end of the corridor watching, was dumbfounded and couldn't help but mutter in confusion.

"I don't know..." Ruoyu replied, "But I don't think we have anything to worry about anymore."

Only now did the players realize what the four "script items that can be taken out" that they had found earlier were for. If... those items gave the players a feeling of "incongruity" that was completely different from the style of the script, then Shadow of Dance's appearance and behavior had completely taken the players out of the script...

"Aww~" A few seconds later, Shadow of Dance let out another cry in a voice so high you couldn't reach it.

Before the cry finished, he slid forward, moving towards "It." Don't underestimate that "one" slide. Shadow of Dance could slide as far as he wanted with that step. After one slide, he was already in front of Watanabe.

At this moment, the melody of *Billie Jean* suddenly stopped. After a few seconds, with a remix transition, the rhythm and melody changed instantly, and the background music became *Thriller*. Shadow of Dance also changed his dance steps with the song, stomping his feet, waving his hands, and doing the zombie walk.

As soon as the dance steps started, Watanabe, holding the doll, had a terrified expression on his face... turned around and ran straight to the second floor.

Tap, tap, tap...

Watanabe's feet stepped on the floor of the first-floor corridor, making a sound that the players found familiar.

Seeing this, Feng Bujue sneered coldly in front of the shrine, "Have you forgotten something?" He paused for half a second and then said, "Don't run in the corridor... that's the restriction you set yourself."

Before he finished speaking, "It" already began to regret it... because it had indeed forgotten about this.

Although this "restriction" had no effect on "It," Watanabe, who was being controlled by "It"...

"Uh..." Two seconds later, Watanabe let out a low moan. Please note... this moan came from Watanabe's own mouth, not "It's" voice.

Before the sound could finish, Watanabe had already fallen... right on the middle of the first step.

As he fell, Watanabe struggled to twist his body, landing on his side, using his body to protect the doll in front of his chest. Of course, he himself didn't fall too badly. After all, he wasn't falling from a height, just tripping.

However, the problem was that after the fall, Watanabe, who didn't seem to be injured, couldn't get up.

"Oh! So that's how it is!" The first person to react to this scene was Gui Xiao, "There's been a trap in this script that we haven't found, and that is—anyone who runs hard in the corridor will fall... and once they fall, they'll never be able to get up again!"

At this point, Gui Xiao understood... the reason why the ghost he had killed with his flashlight had been lying in place all the time, not moving until it was scattered by the light, was this reason. Presumably... that guy had been frightened away from the window of Class 2-A by the flashlight, ran up to the second floor... and then fell at the end of the stairs.

And Watanabe in front of him was even more unlucky. He hadn't even finished the first step... when he fell.

"No... no! Don't! I don't want to!" Two seconds later, "It's" voice rang out again from Watanabe's chest, and "It's" tone had become like that of a frantic child.

The players were all a little surprised by this change. On the one hand, it was because "It's" performance until now had been very mature, and on the other hand, it was because they really couldn't imagine what that dancing guy could do to "It"... to make "It" so afraid.

Fortunately... before long, they got the answer...

Shadow of Dance finished dancing by himself, then clenched his arms and did a classic electrical current movement through his hands, arms, and shoulders... and then pointed at the doll in Watanabe's arms.

With this point, the doll crackled like a firecracker, and then began to grow larger at a speed visible to the naked eye...

This "transformation" was hard to describe in words. If I had to say it... it was like a small wooden product constantly multiplying from the inside like a mollusk, rapidly increasing in size and weight in a way that was absolutely physically unreasonable.

About ten seconds later, "It" had transformed from a small doll that could be held in the hand into a humanoid creature about 1.6 meters tall.

Although it was "humanoid," "It" was very different from a human—

"It's" head looked like a curved cone, like a horse's mouth growing backward, without any obvious facial features. "It's" voice was closer to a woman's, but its body had no gender characteristics. Its skin was like the shell of a crustacean... smooth and hard, dark red. And its torso... was still in the "open" state, looking like a battery compartment without a battery—its chest cavity was empty, without any organs.

"Feng Bujue!" After revealing its true form, "It" knew that it could no longer escape Shadow of Dance's range, so it immediately turned all its anger toward Brother Jue and shouted angrily, "You bastard... you're in league with Blackbeard!"

This sentence was a bit inexplicable. It took Brother Jue a few seconds to find the logical connection, and he thought, "Oh? Could it be that this Shadow of Dance... is Blackbeard's man?"

"I'll remember today's debt. One day... I'll make you pay the price!" This threat didn't have much impact, because Feng Bujue's ears were almost calloused from hearing such words.

De deng deng~ deng deng deng~ deng deng deng deng deng deng...

At the same time, as "It" finished speaking, the melody of *Thriller* stopped again. After a brief silence, a guitar intro brought out the singing of *You Never Can Tell*, and the background music suddenly became jazzy.

Then, a shocking scene appeared. "It", who had been "pointed" by Shadow of Dance, seemed to have its body out of control, took a few steps to Shadow of Dance, and began to twist and dance... face to face with the music...

"What the f*ck?" Even Feng Bujue never expected this to happen. The curse word that burst out of his mouth wasn't even blocked by the system.

Not to mention the others, they all watched the two people in the corridor with complex expressions as they did a passionate dance. It had to be said... that the two of them danced so well that even a layman could tell how good they were.

Of course, this "dance king and queen" level of performance had little to do with "It." It was caused by the ability of "Shadow of Dance"...

Just like that, the two danced more and more happily. Two minutes later, they even walked as they danced... slowly moving toward the shrine.

Seeing this, Feng Bujue also tactfully made way for them to pass.

Before long, the two had reached the corner. When Shadow of Dance's heel was only one step away from the shrine, they instantly turned into two streaks of black light and shot into the shrine.

In the same second, the players felt a sense of weightlessness... and their eyes went black.

In the blink of an eye, the six people were surprised to find... that they had reappeared in the classroom of Class 2-A, each sitting in the seat where they had been at the beginning of the script.

At this time, the doors and windows of the classroom were open, and the summer sunlight shone into the teaching building through the windows everywhere. The dark and oppressive atmosphere all around had disappeared...