Chapter 12 Event Conclusion

"So...once an 'incident' occurs, this scene won't end until its 'conclusion' is reached?" Xiao Tan followed Jue-ge's train of thought.

Feng Bujue replied in a deep voice, "Based on the flow of the previous case...if Xiongji is normally brought to justice, the scene change will occur about an hour after the case closes."

The "hour" that Jue-ge spoke of should be exactly one hour. Xiao Tan was well aware of his innate sense of timing, so he didn't question it.

"But...if we disrupt the investigation and cover up the truth..." Feng Bujue changed the subject, "Then things could get tricky...like in this situation, even though Xiongji has been taken down, the peeping incident hasn't reached a 'conclusion' yet, and I'm not sure what will happen next..."

Buzz buzz buzz buzz...

Before they could exchange a few more words, a burst of rapid siren sounds came from a distance.

"Eh? The police came so fast?" Xiao Tan exclaimed in surprise.

"Maybe there happened to be a patrol car nearby," Feng Bujue said calmly.

"Speaking of which...Jue-ge, the police are mainly here to arrest you, right...aren't you considering running away?" Xiao Tan asked.

"It's fine," Feng Bujue replied, "I just want to test...what the consequences of being arrested are."

"Could it be..." Xiao Tan's expression changed drastically, "You want to..."

"That's right," Feng Bujue said with a righteous expression, "If the consequences of being arrested aren't too severe, I can consider...confessing to all the crimes he committed before Xiongji does."

Two minutes later, a police car stopped outside the scene of the crime.

The police officer who stepped out of the police car was still the same white Labrador from the last time Xiongji was arrested. His name was Inu-no-suke.

"Officer, there's been an incident here," Usami said as if she were familiar with the police. "That cat over there used a spinning kick to attack the bear on the ground." She paused for a moment. "Also, Zoumi-chan was being peeped at, but the culprit hasn't been identified yet."

"Understood," Officer Inu-no-suke replied. "In any case, I'll take care of that cat first..."

"Hold on!" Feng Bujue faced the approaching officer without fear and said loudly, "Officer, before you arrest me, there's something I must say."

"What is it?" Inu-no-suke asked.

"I'm the one who peeped at Zoumi taking a bath!" Jue-ge resolutely confessed to what Xiongji had done. "During the peeping, I was also discovered by Zoumi-chan...to disrupt the investigation, I barked 'Woof woof' twice while running away, trying to make others think the peeper was a dog." As he spoke, he pointed to Xiongji, who was lying unconscious on the ground. "Just now, Xiongji-kun saw through my trick and tried to expose it, so I knocked him out to prevent him from revealing the truth."

"Hmm...not only did he seriously confess to a fabricated crime, but he also used it as a basis to explain the reason for kicking someone..." Xiao Tan muttered from the side. "Amazing..."

"Hmm...so that's how it is." Usami revealed a look of sudden realization. "Great, the incident has been successfully resolved." She swung her arm and snapped her fingers, no one knew how her furry hand made such a sound.

On the other hand, Officer Inu-no-suke was silent for a few seconds, then looked at Jue-ge and said, "So...you're the culprit of both incidents?"

"Yes," Feng Bujue replied calmly.

"And your first reaction when your crime was exposed...was actually to shift the blame to a dog?" Inu-no-suke asked with a straight face.

"Uh..." Feng Bujue didn't rashly answer, he was afraid something would happen.

"Forget it..." After glaring at Jue-ge for a few seconds, Inu-no-suke took a few steps forward and took out a rope. "Save your words for the station."

"Okay," Feng Bujue replied, without resisting at all, allowing the other party to tie his hands.

A few seconds later, Inu-no-suke finished tying him up, "led" Jue-ge around and turned to leave.

"Next...I'll leave it to you." As he passed by Wang Tanzhi, Feng Bujue deliberately lowered his voice and left these words behind.

"Understood," Xiao Tan replied with a very serious expression, "I won't let Xiongji have any chance to take advantage..."

Having received his partner's promise, Jue-ge resolutely walked towards the police car.

In the setting sun, his back, bearing the burden of humiliation, appeared incomparably desolate. He could truly be described as confessing to a crime he didn't commit, deeply hiding his merit and fame.

[Due to passive gameplay, 30% of your Survival Value and 100 Skill Points have been deducted.]

The moment he got into the police car, Feng Bujue heard such a system notification.

This was the first time since Jue-ge entered Thriller Paradise that he had heard a voice notification about the punishment for passive gameplay. Even this time, he felt puzzled.

[The next day, lunch break.]

Before Feng Bujue could recover from the previous notification, the abrupt scene change arrived again.

As before, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed...one second, he was sitting in the back seat of the police car, and the next, he was sitting in the classroom of Class One, Fourth Grade of Animal Elementary School.

"Jue-ge," Xiao Tan's voice sounded from the side, "Are you okay?"

"Not okay," Feng Bujue turned his head and replied, "Actively confessing to the crimes committed by Xiongji will be judged as passive gameplay...and Survival Value and Skill Points will be directly deducted."

"Uh..." Xiao Tan was somewhat disappointed when he heard this. "I was happy when I saw the fast scene change..."

"Phew..." Feng Bujue took a long breath. "It's okay, the previous action was experimental in nature. It's good to gain experience and learn lessons from it..." He stroked his chin and pondered, "I roughly understand what this script means...to clear the stage, we must disrupt the investigation work of the case. However, we can't use brainless methods like 'confessing first'..."

At this time, Xiao Tan also stroked his chin, imitating the "famous detectives" in the script, and struck a posture of reasoning, "Well...the information we know now is...once an 'incident' occurs, there must be a 'conclusion' before the scene can change. And the conclusion...is nothing more than two types. The first is the real culprit...namely Xiongji-kun...being exposed. The second is that we successfully disrupt the investigation and let the case be concluded in the wrong way." He paused for half a second. "In the former case, the main quest will move towards failure, but we will get an hour of relatively free and safe adjustment time. In the latter case, the script will immediately change scenes and enter the next incident."

"Hoh~" At this moment, Feng Bujue widened his cat eyes, looked at Xiao Tan with a smile that wasn't a smile, and used six interjections in a row, "Hoh hoh hoh hoh hoh~"