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    • Chapter 156: Grand Performance (End) – Curtain Call

      Chapter 156: Grand Performance (End) – Curtain Call Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 In the center of the stage, Dong Xiwen, Cynthia, and Puppet Charlie sat around a round table, each with a hand card placed before them. After Qi Si escaped by'self-killing,' the play continued; Charlie joined in after admitting his guilt. The pace of the new play was much faster than the first. Excluding the nighttime segments, the progress had already reached the second act in just half an hour. The two players and one NPC were each dealt several poker…
    • Grand Performance (Nineteen) “Confessions”

      Grand Performance (Nineteen) “Confessions” Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 【Flames leaped into the study, igniting the remaining manuscripts that flew in the rapidly heating air. Charlie lunged into the fire, trying to retrieve some more manuscripts, but was pushed to the ground by the departing soldiers. He never got up again, unsure if he couldn't or wouldn't.】 【Blazing flames scorched every inch of land. The red-eyed Puppet stood silently in the firelight, watching its creator, its eyes vacant as if it had never…
    • Chapter 155: Grand Performance (18) “Faust”

      Chapter 155: Grand Performance (18) “Faust” Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 Most games in this instance are unfair, and this unfairness becomes more obvious as time accumulates. The initial unfairness was that Hansen, clearly not the most sinful or worthless person, was voted out first simply because of his high combat power. The existence of Role Cards is another layer of unfairness. Players were assigned various roles without knowing it; those with roles like cannon fodder or Supporting Roles don't get their Role Cards and can only wait for…
    • Chapter 154: Grand Performance (XVII) – The Trial

      Chapter 154: Grand Performance (XVII) – The Trial Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 Half an hour ago, at the moment He Hui's dagger pierced through his lower back, Dong Xiwen truly realized for the first time the cruel nature of this game. There was no kindness in any real sense; there was only bloody slaughter. Everyone wore a mask, ready at any moment to reveal the hideous face beneath... The Role Card in his pocket burst with a blinding light. 【"Otherworldly Realm": You are not in the same dimension as the actors and cannot receive physical damage from…
    • Chapter 153: Grand Performance (16) “Paradise Lost”

      Chapter 153: Grand Performance (16) “Paradise Lost” Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 The layout of every corridor in the labyrinth was much the same. Dong Xiwen stood in the doorway, staring fixedly at He Hui, who was kneeling on the ground. His gaze finally landed on the massive statue of a scale projected behind her. That was his sin, which would eventually kill the girl; likewise, chasing him from behind was the girl's sin, which would soon kill him as well. The relentless mirror drew closer, replacing the bricks of the wall behind him. Transparent arms danced…
    • Chapter 152 – Grand Performance (XV) Act Three

      Chapter 152 – Grand Performance (XV) Act Three Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 The system gave the players no time to prepare. As two lines of text refreshed, the surroundings collapsed in an instant; the room's walls toppled like dominoes and stretched outward in every direction. Only rooms 1, 3, and 5 remained of the original six; the rest were demolished, re-forming into a winding corridor instantly stabilized and splashed with garish decorations. A maze sprang up. Ancient-Greek-style colonnades bore yellowed parchment scraps here and there; from afar the twisting,…
    • Chapter 151: Grand Performance (XIV) “Macbeth”

      Chapter 151: Grand Performance (XIV) “Macbeth” Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 Qi Si had actually considered the minimum death count mechanism. In the third round of blackjack, after receiving the "10" and "A" cards, he seriously pondered whether to equally undermine the other players' hands. But in the end, he abandoned the idea. After dreaming of Hansen, he had been plagued by a strange feeling—so strange that he suspected that if he caused all the other players to die, things might become even more troublesome. The most important point was that this…
    • Chapter 150: The Grand Performance (XIII) – “Resurrection”

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Room 6 was Dong Xiwen's room. After the players tore off the wallpaper, they similarly found no new clues. Dong Xiwen explained, "I found the script fragment for the first act on the desk; it was just sitting right there in plain sight. I almost suspected this dungeon was insulting my intelligence." Qi Si nodded and looked at the desk in the corner of the room. "Dong Xiwen, I have a feeling the ghost corresponding to your room is likely related to writing. You'd better stay away from…
    • Chapter 149: Grand Performance (XII) ‘Dead Souls’ (Revised)

      Chapter 149: Grand Performance (XII) ‘Dead Souls’ (Revised) Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 The game no longer held any suspense. One by one, the players handed their highest cards to Charlie and then stayed. When it was Charlie's turn, he cheerfully said, "Stay," and looked around at everyone. "Now all of you have the same number of Chips; this is very fair! I believe there will be a wonderful performance tomorrow!" He laughed loudly, and then the points were settled. 51 points. Charlie busted. He was the only player to bust this round. The last Chip…
    • Chapter 148: Grand Performance (Part 11) Intermission – “Blackjack”

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Charlie did not answer. Qi Si continued on his own: "A beam of light shone into the dark iron tower, exposing the filth and sin within, and so this beam of light became sinful. "If sin is judged by whether one kills or not, then the crimes we committed are buried in the past. When the dust has settled, you insist on digging up rotten, withered graves, bringing the stench and foulness to the surface, and calling it justice—don't you think you're ridiculous?" "That's right, I'm…
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