Ling Chen paused for a moment, and then expressed his current conclusion:

"There is a high possibility..."

"Even though Nangong Yan has never touched the monthly magazine, he saw the name 'Death's Blacklist' in the mission description of the Book of Contract and learned about the existence of the curse."

"From that moment on, I was targeted by a curse..."

"As a result, the possibility that the male contractor also died of the curse is undoubtedly increasing..."

When Nangong Yan heard Ling Chen talking to himself, he couldn't help but raise his voice and shouted:

"You mean... I'm cursed too?"

Ling Chen was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that there was someone else next to him. He nodded and said:

"It's not just you. I think that from the moment the mission status is updated after getting the monthly magazine, all the contractors who see the name of the seventh legend will be cursed at the same time."

After hearing these words, Nangong Yan couldn't help but raise his head, and then looked at Ling Chen.

It can be seen that the faces of the two people are full of solemnity.

At this time, her eyes could not help but reveal a trace of confusion. Although it was not obvious, her body was indeed trembling slightly.

In fact, Nangong Yan is a girl with little life experience after all.

Although, when faced with terrifying and disgusting monsters, she can keep fighting strong...

After all, those are enemies with entities and can be killed.

However, the invisible curse is different now...

Nangong Yan couldn't think of a way to fight. The lack of entity meant that she couldn't physically destroy the enemy like before.

She had read the diary and newspaper clippings, and clearly remembered the fate of each member of the seminar.

She definitely doesn't want to be the next person to die inexplicably...

It is clear,

Faced with a curse that seems to take away his life at any time,

It is human nature to feel scared.

Even Ling Chen was definitely not without any disturbances in his heart at this moment.

It's just that his handling of this kind of fearful psychology is much better than the average person.

Suddenly, a hand with broad joints fell on Nangong Yan's shoulder, and patted it hard.

The warm feeling on the palm of my hand drove away the coldness caused by fear.

"It's useless to think about it now. Don't think too much. There is no rush to break the curse..."

"Things have to be prioritized. The first thing we need to do is not to focus on how terrible the curse is, but to get the last clue."

"I believe that as long as the clues are complete, we will be able to find a solution."

Nangong Yan looked at Ling Chen's expression, which was still solemn, but there was not much fear.

She paused and couldn't help but ask:

"Aren't you...aren't you afraid? We are all cursed...Aren't you afraid that like the people in the research society, you will be killed by an accident at any time?"

Ling Chen was shocked when he heard this, and said with a smile:

"Of course I am afraid of death, but you must know that sometimes the more afraid of death, the easier it is to die. The most important thing is to keep a normal mind."

"Just think about it, if you lose your cool because you are afraid of the curse, then even the remaining branch lines may not be able to be passed smoothly without waiting for an accident..."

"Fear is human instinct, but you must remember that you cannot let your instinct control you. We are in a copy, and we cannot always focus on the curse and ignore other dangers."

Nan Guanyan thought for a while, regained his composure, and gradually calmed down.

At this time, she waved her hand and patted Ling Chen's palm away. As if she remembered something, she said sharply:

"I told you not to come near me. Why don't you listen to what they say?"

"Your mental state will affect the progress of the mission. For this reason, I will do this."

Ling Chen raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and said:

"What's wrong? You're feeling much better now."

Nangong Yan lowered his head and said nothing.

Ling Chen saw that at least she didn't continue to tremble anymore, and believed that she had finally recovered temporarily.

"Come on, let's go inside and take a look."

Before Nangong Yan could finish packing, Ling Chen entered the teaching building first.

……………………

The health room, also known as the infirmary, is a place where students who are sick or injured can rest and receive simple treatment. It can be regarded as a simple health and epidemic prevention station.

By the way, the health room of Akiba Middle School is located on the first floor of the teaching building.

There are several clean and white beds indoors, where uncomfortable students can lie down and rest.

Of course, medicine cabinets and medicine boxes are essential inside, storing bandages and different types of medicines.

Normally, as soon as you enter the health care room, the smell of disinfectant will hit your nostrils, giving you a strong sense of being in a hospital ward.

However, when Ling Chen and Nangong Yan arrived here, in addition to the smell of disinfectant, they also smelled a strong bloody smell that sounded like rust!

There was an extra body in the supposedly empty health room.

Judging from the corpse's clothing and face, it was clearly that of the male contractor.

He lay face down, and a palm-sized piece of glass was inserted behind his neck.

The break in the glass was very sharp, causing a not very wide but extremely deep wound on the back of his neck.

The glass piece seemed to have penetrated straight into the cervical spine, cutting off important nerves and blood vessels in the human body. Blood seeped out from the back of his neck, forming a pool of blood on the floor.

Ling Chen walked to the body and gave it a rough inspection.

He discovered that this was the only wound on the man's body, so this piece of glass was obviously the cause of his death.

Next to the body, there is a video camera.

On the other side was a desk. The drawer connected to the bottom of the desk had been violently pulled open, and the entire drawer and the contents inside were knocked over to the ground.

You can clearly see that scattered on the ground are a lot of movie discs.

The owner of the CD seemed to prefer horror movies, and most of those CDs were horror movies that Ling Chen was familiar with.

Great White Shark, Midnight Ghost, Old Corpse in the Village, Death Comes, Chainsaw...

They are all very famous films.

Ling Chen thought for a moment, wondering if it was possible that this pile of CDs were the clues he got after completing the branch plot?

It's a pity that these CDs were knocked to the ground and piled up in a mess...

No matter how carefully Ling Chen observed, he still couldn't tell if there were any hidden hints inside.

In addition to the CDs, Ling Chen also found two somewhat familiar items among the pile of debris on the ground.

Ling Chen walked to where the pile of CDs was, flipped through it a few times, and picked up the two items that had fallen on the ground.

Then, he handed one of them to Nangong Yan.

At the same time, Ling Chen slowly asked:

"Take a look and see if this is the newspaper clipping you threw away before."

Nangong Yan reached out and took it. After a brief inspection, a look of surprise appeared on his face:

"This...wasn't it thrown away? How could it be on him?"

Ling Chen recalled the order in which the side tasks were completed and said:

"Not only the newspaper clippings, but even the monthly magazine I lost is on this guy."

"It seems... the curse he possesses can hide his breath and body shape."

"Obviously, after entering the teaching building, he did not immediately start completing the side mission. Instead, he used a skill similar to invisibility to disappear and then came out again."

"Then, without anyone noticing, he quietly followed me..."

"When I was distracted and didn't notice, I secretly picked up the monthly magazine. Then I came near you and pocketed the discarded newspaper clippings."

"He gathered the two clues together and then returned to the teaching building. Naturally, there was a lot of time in between."
Chapter completed!