Weird Live Broadcast: I Can Deduce Endlessly Chapter 23: The Shop Owner's Invitation

(Bang!)

(The sound of a gunshot echoes.)

(You touch your body and realize that you don't have any wounds.)

(The Shop owner puts down the gun and waves at you.)

(Shop owner: According to the rules, if you enter the shop during non-business hours, I must shoot you.)

(At this moment, your mask is shattered.)

(Shop owner: Now, you're already dead. Come in.)

(You nod and follow the Shop owner into the shop.)

(For the people here, the mask is their life. The Shop owner destroyed your mask, which is equivalent to killing you.)

(Apparently, the Shop owner had known your identity all along.)

(Shop owner: Dr. Gui used to come here often to buy cigarettes. I could tell from the first glance at your mask that you were pretending. He was fired a long time ago and couldn't possibly be at the hospital.)

(You: Then why didn't you take me to the security department?)

(Shop owner: It's not written in the rules, so I don't have to do it. Once someone deviates even a little, I have to kill them. Who wants to live like this?)

(You feel surprised.)

(You realize that you have overlooked something all along, which is the psychological experience of the other people here.)

(You are confined within the hospital, but aren't these healthcare workers also confined here?)

(You have to follow the weird rules, but don't they have to as well?)

(The Shop owner prepares a cup of tea for you.)

(Shop owner: Have a seat here for a while, play some cards with me. Don't worry, I won't cheat this time.)

(You nod in agreement.)

(You play a game of "Fight the Landlord" with the Shop owner for a while, and true to his word, he doesn't cheat. You win a large sum of money. The Shop owner doesn't get angry but instead smiles.)

(Shop owner: You're not the first person who wants to escape, nor the first person who wants to eliminate the "unspeakable." But so far, I haven't seen anyone successfully escape from the hospital.)

(You: When did the "unspeakable" come to the hospital?)

(Shop owner: Ever since my brother officially became the dean,

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