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𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟏: Don’t Be Suspicious

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆! This chapter includes:

Possible Story/Grammatical Errors

𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒 : “You came here to assist your boss at a party he’s invited to, not to solve a murder with a group of strangers you’ve just met. Yet here you are, staring at the dead mansion owner who hosted the party in the first place, surrounded by nine men with high statuses in society: and one of them is a murderer. The question is who? And can you solve the mystery without being killed yourself?”

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“You got this?” Hyunjin asks you nervously while you straighten out your outfit, his hands on your shoulders.

“I’ll be fine, you?” he nods in exchange, and you motion for him and Jeongin to shoo so you could walk in casually. Clearing your throat as quietly as you can, you lightly knock on the door twice before entering the bedroom, making sure to leave the door open enough for Hyunjin to sneak in later on.

“Jisung?” Your eyes drift over to the mounds of assorted items and clothes, thrown around messily across the carpet floor. You suppose that this was Jisung’s attempt to search for evidence. He whips his head around at your call, and smiles when he notices it’s you.

“Y/N! Thank you so much for saving me earlier, it means a lot,” Jisung praises you. “Say, can you close the door for me? I don’t want anybody to listen to us.”

Your eyes widen in surprise at his sudden request, and on instinct, you rush to close the door.“Oh, of course! I don’t want one of my fellow friends to be locked up or even worse…” you manage to speak out while focusing on closing the door, but not all the way like Jisung wanted it. Thankfully, he didn’t seem to notice, or at least care. “Are you searching for something right now?” you attempt to change the subject while moving over so Jisung’s back is facing towards the door, and your eyes could clearly see what’s behind him.

“Yup! And yes, it was a close call. But…” Jisung clicks his tongue. “You aren’t teamed up with the others, correct? You gave me a scare a while ago, and I just want to confirm.”

“I’m with you two, but how about you and Minho? Didn’t Minho say something against you last house meeting?” you inquire, trying to drag out the conversation for as long as possible so Hyunjin can grab the key.

“We patched that up! Minho just said that to confuse them, so you don’t have to worry about us,” Jisung beams, and you try to match his grin with a shaky laugh.

“But what’s the truth then, who threw the knife-”

You’re cut off by Jisung, who looks like he’s trying to steer the conversation away from that particular topic. “Anyways! I’m getting a bit suspicious of Changbin, actually. You want to know why?”

“How come?” you blink in surprise at his random suspicion, but urge him to continue. At this point, your eyes glance over at Hyunjin’s hand wrapped around the door for a split second, but focus back on Jisung in matters time.

“Because! He was so quick to jump onto the bandwagon to label me as the killer. What if, now get this, Changbin wanted everybody to believe I was the murderer, so he can kill me and get away with it?” Jisung exclaims, using his pointing finger for exaggeration. “And he’s definitely insane, kind of like ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allen Poe? Can you believe it’s been more than a century since it’s been released?” You quickly shake your head no to match his energy, raising your eyebrows with curiosity. Hyunjin’s now fully inside of the room at this point, and was somehow able to enter without a single sound.

“But then he might target me now! So I’m a bit worried, the murderer already tried to kill Jeongin, maybe even you, so what if I’m next?” Jisung’s movements are getting more frantic, his arms and hands creating all sorts of gestures, making it harder for Hyunjin to snatch the key without causing Jisung to look behind him. He sends you a look practically saying “Help me” and you know what to do.

Grabbing the sides of Jisung’s arms, like how Hyunjin did with you awhile ago, you shoot him a sympathetic expression, Jisung freezing up at your actions. “Hey, calm down. You’ll be fine,” you say in the most calm voice you can manage. You catch Hyunjin’s hand etching closer and closer to Jisung’s pocket, and he uses his middle and index finger to scissor the keys out.

Keys out. Apparently, when Hyunjin grabbed what he thought was only one key, he instead pulled out three, all held in a circular, metal loop.

“Thanks for the reminder, Y/N.” You let go of your grip on Jisung, watching the door close silently. If you listen extremely closely with your ears, you might even be able to hear Hyunjin’s footsteps pattering down the staircase, reaching Jeongin, who’s back in the guest bedroom downstairs.

Jisung continues talking, “I might bring up my suspicion about Changbin at the next meeting-”

“Next meeting? W-When do you plan on it?” you stutter out, still processing the sudden information. This wasn’t a part of the plan.

“Hmm… in five to ten minutes time? The four of us upstairs are just scanning the area for any more little clues, I haven’t found anything so far, though,” Jisung laughs airly, the same laugh you’d do if you got bad marks on a test and joked to your friends about it.

“I can see that,” you take another look at the mess surrounding your figure, exhaling through a small opening of your mouth. “Well, I’ll be off now. I just wanted to check on you.” You loop around Jisung’s confused body, making your way to the entrance.

“Wait, where are you going?” he tries to force an answer out of you.

“Downstairs! See you soon, Jisung,” you wave him off with a pleased look on your face, and close the door shut.

However, halfway down the stairs, you hear labored breathing coming from back upstairs. “Y/N!” It’s Jisung, why does he look so disheveled?

“Hm? Yes?” you hum casually, but deep in your mind, you’re panicking.

“Have you seen my- uh- my-” Jisung pats down the pockets of his fancy coat with fear coating his eyes.

“Your what, Jisung?” you cock your head to the side, hopefully appearing as though you’re confused on what Jisung’s trying to say.

Oh, you know what he’s looking for. And it’s not good.

“Ah, forget about it,” he runs a hand through his hair before turning around and marching back into the room he was previously in. You blink in surprise when you figure he’s given up, and shake your head, struggling to forget your previous interaction with him, and continue down the stairs.

“Good news,” you start off. “We got the key, more than one key, actually!” Hyunjin proudly holds up the collections of keys dangling on his finger, and Jeongin lightly applauds the two of you. “Bad news… I’m pretty certain Jisung knows they’re missing. Along with that, he wants to hold a group meeting in a few minutes, so we don’t have much time until we have to cover ourselves up and lie.”

Jeongin groans in agony. “My goodness, why can’t we just have a peaceful escape attempt?”

Hyunjin chuckles quietly before answering Jeongin’s question. “Because there’s a murderer, two people trying to kill the murderer, and five people trying to solve it. Of course it’s not going to be easy, Jeongin.”

“Now that we have the keys, though, where should we check first?” you break up their conversation, getting down to business straight away.

Hyunjin clears his throat. “Right. Well, we know that the front door is too risky, and the backyard door is also kind of risky, so that leaves…”

“The trapdoor in the kitchen?” Jeongin finishes Hyunjin’s thought, to which he nods in approval.

You stand up abruptly, catching the other two’s attention. “Then let’s go.”

The three of you make your way down to the kitchen, pausing when you hear loud voices coming from upstairs. Understanding that you don’t have much time to waste, you all crouch down next to the trapdoor while Hyunjin pulls out the keys.

The first key is a rusty copper, which is longer than all of the other keys. The second, unlike the first one, is sparkling clean, showing off its silver tone. And finally, the third one is a stub compared to the other two, painted in a gold color. Hyunjin tries the silver one first, but can’t even reach past the opening. He then tries the copper

Peering down into the hole, there’s a wooden ladder leaning against the wall for support, which you assumed was there to access the room below in the first case. The flooring and walls are cobblestone, but it’s so dark inside that you can barely see what hides deep inside.

“Well, how should we go on with this?” Jeongin asks the two of you.

After much thought, the three of you decide on two main choices. The first one being that all three of you enter at the same time, and hope for the best. The second plan shows that only one of you enter the room below the mansion, and the other two are in charge of covering for them.

WHICH PLAN DO YOU CHOOSE?

Hmmm... Let’s stir things up a bit.

From now on, every single vote will be a limited voting box. Is that clear?

Let’s hope you catch the next one.

Good luck, players. May the Killer King spare you today.

[ VOTE HERE. ]

CHOICE CHOSEN: #1 - You | #2 - Hyunjin

VOTING RATIO: #1 = 3-1-0 | #2 = 0-3-2 (Response 9 was a tiebreaker vote)

ROUTE CHOSEN: Escape the Mansion

OFFICIAL ALLIES: Jeongin and Hyunjin

BEST NAME IN THE VOTING BOX: “mommy shark doo doo doo doo doo doo mommy shark doo doo doo doo doo doo mommy shark doo doo doo doo doo doo mommy shark”

THEORIES (Will be answered with either Yes, No, or Cannot Say)

Response 2: Yes. Yes and no.

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