Emotion Taster

Arc 4 New Stage: Chapter 50 - Back Garden

Solving a mystery like this looks more like a fictional setting. The premeditated murder that was enclosed in a mountainous place, the setting should have been very detrimental for criminals to escape.

Premeditated murder is rarely covered by the news because it is quite rare. Most murders are more in the direction of a fleeting outburst of emotion to accidentally kill the person concerned.

Then, in this place, the killer did his act in a deserted place without access to the outside. Whoever did it, he didn't seem to think about the long-term consequences.

In the real world, even if he could hide his identity now, one day everyone in this would be dealing with the police. When that time comes, then the fate of the killer is exhausted with his ridiculous preparations.

A real detective can very easily find the culprit. Because in this inn there are only nine people plus one small child, the choice of the officers became narrow and the perpetrators could not escape.

If in this way of thinking, maybe Octa also took one of the mystery genre stories into this. So, if I want to finish it, maybe I should change my perspective to become a story watcher.

My footsteps entered the kitchen, still on my way to find Hanz who had previously broken away.

The kitchen I entered was closed off from outsiders. Unlike the open or half-open kitchen at a fast food restaurant, the inn does not let people from outside the kitchen see the chef cooking.

When I entered the door, it had no windows, it was like a normal room door. Maybe the designer of this inn is not looking for a reference type of modern house.

In the kitchen, I did not see any peculiarities, just a simple kitchen that had an area of ten square meters with complete equipment. From ventilation, preparation table, and of course frying, all the tools here are still arranged so that they can be used properly. Even so, I did not see the figure of Hanz in the room.

In the room, there was a door. One of them leads to a food supply warehouse, I can see because the door has a small glass on it. Through the transparent glass, I could see the food ingredients neatly arranged in the air-conditioned room.

Then, there is also a second door, located on the other side with a warehouse door. This time it was an ordinary wooden door, and if I remembered the plan of the entire corner of the building, then the door should have led to the outside of the inn.

If you look at the two options, of course I choose the door to the outside of the inn. The back door was more suitable for someone passing by, and again I had also peeked at the door of the warehouse earlier.

*sex

I opened the door, and the morning sunlight came towards me. Not that dazzling, because the sky is still dark blue to be able to squint my eyes at that time. My feelings at that time were more towards getting new information. After staying inside the closed inn, I only found out that the sun was still angled at less than fifteen degrees.

"Kaivan .. is it? What do you need to do here? Are you done with the body?"

Behind this inn was a small garden with simple plants that were raised by themselves. The amount is not much, but at least enough to add its own seasoning which is a small amount.

Hanz was standing among those little plants. The blank look seemed to see a far point like a blind man, he was still the same as before. Only, this time he looked like a chef stroking the plants gently and affectionately.

"I was asked to take care of you, Hanz. I'm sorry, you're in a suspicious and dangerous person right now" I said, still standing near the exit looking from afar.

"Ah .. so you didn't cover it from me, tell it like this."

"Everyone knows the situation now, and so do you. I don't have to use pleasantries, mutual suspicion at this time is reasonable in my opinion."

The murder mystery. If I'm not mistaken, a setting like this in an ordinary fictional story doesn't stop at the death of one person. As the story goes, it is commonplace when the criminal commits further crimes. So, keeping an eye on suspicious people needs to be done, all for the sake of security and preventing a second death from occurring.

"Listen, Kaivan. Even if you decide to take care of me like this, I can still use my powers to vanish from your watch. Wouldn't you rather watch over others?" hanz said evasively who was still behind me taking care of the plants.

"Then why don't you use your powers?"

"I don't think I need to do it now" Hanz replied calmly.

"Heh, no, Hanz," I chimed in with disdain. "It may have been like that at first, but you can't do it now. Once you're out of my sight, it means a war flutter to everyone here."

I spoke to Hanz in a defiant tone. The man I once respected this time I treated like an enemy.

What can I do, after what he showed us all, I can't think of him as a good human being anymore. He with the hand that killed the three people was quite terrifying. With his calm swinging the axe, I could read that the three men were not the first murders he had committed.

"Kaivan, you may be right, everyone here will be hostile to me if I don't comply under your watch now," Hanz said slowly with a pause as he turned towards me. "But, I'm sure none of you can kill me, and that includes you, Kaivan."

"..."

I fell silent, listening to him while turning my face away bit by bit due to the atmospheric pressure that was formed.

Hanz is the only person I know who can't feel the waves of his emotions. Every time I was with him, all the usual tastes felt on the tongue became empty, it could be said he had no feelings at all. If I were both with him, I could feel myself alone.

Even so, my instinct told me that he was not bluffing, feeling full of confidence from his subtle words.

He was a person who had the ability to disappear completely. Neither the eyes, the ears, even the vibrations in the skin, were all wearable when he was already using his strength. The magic was even powerful enough, he could make people ignore a big event into a passing breeze. Then, it was discovered that I could not feel a wave of emotion from him. With all those advantages, he could even kill me before I realized it.

Huft .. hah ....

Seen in this way. Hanz was extremely unfavorable to fight against. So, I'd better keep him on the cooperation side. In a way, fortunately he was not a temperamental person like Geza.

"Hanz," call me open the conversation again. "What's your real purpose? Why are you pointing out the attitude of you being deliberately mousuhin?"

This time I changed the way I talk, from corner to hand. My words were changed, rather than threatened, I positioned myself as a believer.

"A riot, yes," Hanz repeated in a tone that continued as smoothly as the wind. "Then, give me a logical reason that I should be friends with everyone here?"

"Reason ... logical? Hanz, acting alone now is clearly detrimental. Information is limited, everyone's actions become irregular. Gathering together in the present condition is better to increase the percentage of success," I explained with length to Hanz.

"..."

"..."

But, the man with a calm face the blank stare did not reply. He looked towards the distant view behind me, without replying to the words just now and letting the cold conditions temporarily. Until finally a voice answered.

"... That only?"

Eh?

My heart gasped at the challenge question from Hanz. He doesn't seem to think of what I say as the value of the answer he's looking for.

"What is that only? The information here is very important, we are in an artificial world where all the rules and how they work are still unclear. Interchanging the results of experience can speed things up. Keep the second, we can set the task of each. Faster results come out and less energy comes out. This is profitable, at least we will not work the same task as others, remove the possibility of double activities."

I gave him a straight sentence. When he ignored my entire sentence, blasphemy curiosity appeared so intense. He acted as if he didn't care, but I present explained further to the reasons I mentioned.

"Hmmn .. if that's what you're saying. Then my answer and what I'm doing are still the same, there's no point in being in close contact with the people here" said Hanz, who said monotonously as he lowered his tone as if uninterested.

"Nothing, maybe it's true what you said and it'll be more profitable to work with each other."

"Certainly? Why?"

"The thing is, you still liken me to the people there. The main mistake in this conversation is that you don't understand my background at all. In my ears, what you offer is worthless."

I narrowed my eyes again, re-ignited with annoyance at the manner of speech and arrogance of the person. This cannot be covered, even I who should not be moved aside from the waves of emotions could be splashed by the flames of his anger.

"Heh, so you don't want to get out of this world, Hanz?" this time it was more cynical than before.

"What you're offering is reassurance and convenience. But, all of that only applies to people who do not have confidence. But, unfortunately, I am not. If you are unsure, I am the opposite. Without your help, I can get out of this world alone."

"..."

Ah ... so it is.

Hanz is trapped in a trap that he says is harmless. As for me and all the other players, thinking that this world could be the end of life. Hanz looked at me even further down, he had no interest in making an unfortunate braid for him. When invited to cooperate, he only saw the benefits for our side. He thinks victory in this world is very easy to achieve.

"If so, you have no intention of helping me here?" I asked Hanz.

Giving up on the negotiation, this time I prefer to rely on the emotional sense. No need for profit and loss, humans can still help each other based on feelings of love.

"I don't mind helping you, Kaivan. But, if you decide to help every player here, then I cannot touch your decision. What do you expect from my help now?"

"I? Just me?" re-express questioning that.

"Yes, for some reason you're the only one that interests me. If you want, I could have killed all the remaining suspicious people from the supposedly fake players in this game. But, you? You didn't even kill that girl named Azarin until now."

"..."

My hands shuddered, he said something terrible but also logical simultaneously. I don't argue, but I can't accept it.

It's true, Azarin in the real world is dead. From Hanz's previous attitude and speech, the man seemed to have understood for a long time.

The way of thinking of that person, a dead person cannot live anymore. So, all those who appear based on people who are already inconclusive are pawns. Even if he survived at the end of the game, it's not strange that he survived in the real world.

I understand that, but I can't just lift my axe on Azarin. Although he's been confirmed dead by my entire ward, but the fact that I didn't see his last face is also strong says he's alive.

"Look, you're still hesitant for an easy decision like this. Then why do you want me on your side? If you want, play in this world as much as you want. I won't interfere. But, don't expect me to help if you keep nurturing those naive thoughts."

Hanz started walking, he was approaching but not towards me. Next to the inn building, there is a simple teeter system water pump. In my time alone, only this time I saw one of them that was still functioning well.

The man with the blank view used the device, the sound of the iron squealing of the water pump seesaw sounds. Then, the water that emanates is also contained in the manual sprinkler tool.

"Is there no other way? Besides killing?" I asked for help.

"I wouldn't say it doesn't exist. From the beginning of the game, there is no rule that the person designated by the pawn should be killed. It's just, you'll continue to be haunted by the pawn by his assassination plans. You understand it up here?"

"So, that's the quickest way, yeah."

"Right," replied Hanz who finished taking the water. The sound of the flow stopped and he began to stand back towards the plant to be watered. "I don't think there's anything wrong with them trying to kill either, which means they're ready to risk being killed back."

"But Azarin doesn't kill anyone now" I don't accept.

"really? Can you be sure about all that?" asked Hanz who paused for a moment from watering and stared hard at me.

"..."

But, I went back into silence unable to reply anymore. My belief there is still half to defend the girl. It's like I've been poisoned by Hanz's words. There in the midst of unstable circumstances do not have a strong stand.

"I'm guessing, Kaivan. You're still like this" said the man and loosened the atmosphere continuing the water flush just now.

I don't have any basis, I can't find out who I trust the most. When Hanz said 'kill all the suspicious people', it was obvious he said that the person he was expecting was a pawn was more than one.

*sex

"Hn?"

The sound of the door opening, it was the back door of the building that I had previously passed through from the direction of the kitchen. I was quite surprised, because the sound made me aware for a moment from long thought just now.

"Hanz, the body's been examined. Now I can report everything I find."

Behind the open door, a little boy appeared. He was the figure Hanz had previously assigned to help us deal with the bodies.

"okay, good. But wait a minute for me to finish. Just tell me later when it's in the kitchen."

"Well, I'll wait inside."

*sex

Close the door back by the boy.

Hanz was treated by the boy like an important person, he reported like a secretary to his superiors, although for some reason, I felt awkward when a child called an adult by his name directly.

Hn?

Wait, what is this conversation about information?

I just gave up on taking cooperation with Hanz. But, if you share information, this should still be possible.