Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 16: Strategy for Fuer

Zhu Yongchang picked up the newspaper and read it in detail, squinting his eyes: "The victims are the Fuer family?"

Josh nodded: "According to the newspaper report, the Fuer family were beast tamers in the circus, and this octopus suddenly intruded and killed people."

Huang Bairen flipped through the newspaper: "That’s it? No more? What’s next? How did this octopus end up being locked up in the circus and become one of Fuer’s subordinates?"

Josh shook his head: "That’s all the clues we have, nothing else."

After much effort, they had only managed to gather this bit of information, and couldn’t help but feel somewhat discouraged.

Huang Bairen said tiredly: "I’m going to sleep first."

Josh nodded: "Everyone’s tired, let’s get some sleep, so we have the energy to deal with tonight’s circus performance."

Hearing the word "performance," everyone’s faces showed reluctance, but they had no choice but to nod and scatter.

Before leaving, Josh glanced at Green Hair.

After everyone had left, Josh crawled into the big guy’s belly, pushed aside all the surrounding cotton, cleared a small space to lie down, and took out the blue gemstone from her pocket.

With the dim light from the gemstone, she began to read the diary.

This was Fuer’s diary, much more detailed than what was written in the newspaper.

It recorded the daily life of Fuer and her sister growing up together in their adoptive parents’ home and learning beast taming skills together.

She skimmed through it quickly and soon found the content about the octopus.

Ten years ago.

The Fuer family’s circus business was not doing well. Several circuses nearby had big lions, elephants, and dolphins, offering a wide variety of performances.

In contrast, their family only had monkeys and a big yellow dog.

The meager income was not enough to cover the family expenses.

So, Fuer’s parents dived into the deep sea to catch a giant octopus to open up a new avenue for making money.

Every day, the swimming pool for beast taming echoed with the octopus beast’s screams and roars.

One day, with the help of the monkeys, the octopus successfully slipped into the sewer.

However, it didn’t leave; it followed the sewer and found the beast tamer family.

The octopus assaulted Fuer and her sister, as well as their mother.

It killed her father.

Only Fuer survived, wounding the octopus with a gun.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully unlocked 20% of the plot progress of "Rescuing Fuer’s Painful Soul," please keep up the good work.]

The diary wouldn’t turn any further, even though there seemed to be much more content that couldn’t be opened.

She guessed that she had to continue exploring Fuer’s storyline, increase her favorability, and interact with the octopus to unlock the rest of the diary content.

From the currently known content, it appeared that since Fuer’s parents brought the octopus back and then got revenge from it, Fuer must be full of hatred towards the octopus.

noon.

Inside the Ferris wheel.

Josh looked at the person in front of her with a smile: "I didn’t lie to you, did I?"

Standing in front of her was Green Hair.

Last night, in the middle of the night, Josh had found him and told him he was the dumbest one in the group and would be the first to be abandoned.

He didn’t believe it.

Yet this morning, Josh only tested Huang Bairen, and none of the three present divulged their own information.

Only he foolishly shared the lion’s strategy intel.

He looked at Josh with resentment: "Even so, why should I cooperate with you?"

Josh laughed: "If you don’t work with me, who will you work with? If we both die, the remaining three slots will be theirs. Apart from you and me, no one else shared their information, isn’t that obvious?"

Green Hair fell silent.

Josh continued: "I guess they must have told you to pretend to cooperate with me, extract my intel, then kill me, right?"

Green Hair was dumbfounded: "How did you know?"

What a simple child.

Josh’s smile deepened: "That’s because Huang Bairen told me this morning."

Green Hair angrily said: "We all treated him as the leader, yet he was the first to betray us!"

Josh sighed quietly: "Actually, there’s nothing about cooperation or not; this is a life-or-death game. It’s understandable that they’d exclude you."

Green Hair clenched his fists: "Tomorrow I won’t share any information with them either!"

Josh patted his shoulder: "Now can you work with me?"

Green Hair looked at her silently.

Josh’s eyes were very beautiful, in a very pure light amber color, with a slightly mixed-race look, but her lower eyelids had a very smooth downward curve.

The reddish lower eyelids gave an extreme sense of vulnerability and innocence, easily winning people’s favor and trust.

Green Hair, as if making a decision, nodded: "Alright, I’ll cooperate with you!"

Josh laughed and waved goodbye to Green Hair.

She yawned and, hugging her pillow, went to Fuer’s room.

As soon as the door opened, Fuer got up alertly, swinging a whip towards the door.

Josh barely dodged it, quietly raising an eyebrow.

Fuer turned on the light, saw the person at the door, and slightly frowned: "What are you here for?"

Josh stood barefoot on the floor, looking somewhat at a loss. Her twin pigtails and clown maid outfit made her look particularly delicate, like a girl walking out from the second dimension.

She held a pillow in her arms, her eyes slightly red: "I had a nightmare, Sister Fuer, can I sleep with you tonight?"

Fuer wasn’t buying it, pushing her out: "Get lost!"

Josh bit her lip, on the verge of tears. Her slender fingers gripped the doorframe, turning white from the force: "I don’t want to go out. I’m the only girl outside, please... let me stay."

The plea and helplessness in her eyes were too intense.

Fuer seemed touched, her gaze softening instantly, then said in a cold tone: "Come in."

A fleeting victorious smile crossed Josh’s eyes.

Fuer was a deep sister complex.

The diary contained mostly daily records of her with her sister.

Josh squeezed onto Fuer’s bed, contentedly pulling up the quilt.

Two days, finally sleeping in a bed.

Fuer said stiffly: "I’m telling you, if you’re not honest while sleeping, I’ll kick you out."

"Alright." Josh nodded, as obedient and gentle as a neighbor’s little sister: "Thank you, Sister, for letting me sleep here~"

Seeing her like this, Fuer’s gaze softened a bit more.

[Ding, gained Fuer’s favorability 20, current favorability 40, please keep up the good work.]

Josh quietly smiled. Sister complex, how adorable.

The two lay down side by side.

Fuer felt awkward, having not shared a bed with anyone for many years.

This woman sure had guts.

As she reached for the quilt, she accidentally touched Josh’s chest.

Fuer froze: "I... I was trying to get the quilt."

Josh tossed some of the quilt over.

Fuer frowned: "Why is your body so warm?"

Josh: "I have a fever."

Fuer snorted coldly: "Weakling!"

But she still tucked the quilt back over her.