Chapter 3237: Reviewing the Plot—Whose Fault Is It Anyway? (Part 3)

Everyone present was a smart person. As soon as Bruce said it, they thought of it.

Originally, the protagonist group should have been fleeing, and then encountered by Greed and saved, but Greed didn't save them at all, and even joined the chase army.

And they should have been running in the village, but because Bruce set up the underground cave, they ran into the cave somehow, and there was a river in the cave, which gave the Prowler a chance to come into contact with water.

In the setting of Cthulhu Mythos, if people want to avoid being killed by Ibo's clone blood body, they have to hide in the water, so the Prowler is also afraid of water. Greed used this point to trap the Prowler.

"I don't think the detective's death affects the main plot." Greed said: "Didn't we basically piece together the main plot backstory in the end? This proves whether or not he had the clues in his mouth doesn't matter."

"That's because you stumbled upon it..."

"Then we stumbled upon too many things." Greed argued strongly: "We didn't just figure out one line, but basically figured out all the lines set."

"Then, then..."

The Beyonder thought carefully and found that he really couldn't refute it.

The evil god book and ghost ship line designed by the Beyonder, the Siltek and hotel line designed by Greed, and the Deep One line designed by the Joker were basically figured out in the end.

There are two kinds of puzzle-solving players in this world. One is to find clues step-by-step and finally draw a conclusion. The other is to dig a hole in the ground after finding clue 1, find clue 5, and then encounter 2, 3, and 4 on the way of wandering around.

This game is like they didn't even find clue 1, but dug a hole to the other side of the earth on the spot, and then found the clues while traveling around the world in 80 days, discovering the New World, and proving that the earth is round.

"Don't worry about how you found it, just say whether you found it or not."

The Beyonder reviewed the whole game process and said: "None of your clues were discovered in the normal way."

"Impossible." The Agent denied it first: "We found the diary of the cabin owner in the drawer at the beginning. Isn't this normal enough?"

"Ah, wait a minute." He suddenly realized: "The cabin itself isn't normal, right? Then Madeline's diary also... Madeline isn't very normal either... The hotel, about the hotel tragedy, I saw it in an encyclopedia. This is absolutely normal."

"Then where did you find the encyclopedia?"

"In old Siltek's house. Although this isn't the backstory you set, at least it was in the village. The clue range is correct, right?"

"Correct? Wrong, completely wrong!" The Beyonder said angrily: "That book was put there by Greed!"

Everyone looked at Greed one after another.

"This can't be blamed on me either." Greed said immediately: "I asked him if he could reveal the settings of the game world to me, and he said no. I said fine, my father was an encyclopedia lover, and his study was filled with encyclopedias of various astronomical, geographical, social, and historical knowledge."

Others were speechless.

The Agent racked his brains, trying to find a clue that should have been in its original position. After thinking about it, he said: "The clues inside the lighthouse should all be correct, right?"

"Yeah." The Beyonder said coldly: "The few hounds you fought were correct."

"Anything else?"

"No." The Beyonder said.

"But that dog didn't give any clues." The Agent rubbed his temples and said: "The Pope! The Pope should have appeared on the top of the lighthouse, right?"

The Beyonder looked at Brand.

"I only participated in the second half of the game." Brand waved his hand and said: "Before you let me take over the game, I didn't do anything. Don't blame everything on me."

"So it's still Greed's problem." Bruce said: "There was no Nyarlathotep participation in the first half of the game, but it had already deviated from the main line, just because Greed killed the protagonist group."

"Wrong!" Greed looked at the Agent and said: "If he hadn't burned the house, causing us to have no way to go to the village, we would still have had a chance to get on the main line!"

Others went to look at the Agent again. Greed continued: "Although the protagonist group died, if we explored the village according to the normal process, we could have directly discovered that book, and then we could have found clues under the guidance of that book, and finally boarded the ghost ship."

"Why didn't you go to the village at that time?" Bruce also asked.

"Because Greed diverted attention." The Agent immediately shifted the blame: "It was he who guided us to focus all our attention on the monsters. I thought at the time that if we just went to the village like that, we might be attacked by monsters on the way."

"Then you didn't have to burn the house." Bruce pointed out.

"Because I guessed there was a cellar under this house." The Agent looked at Bruce again and said: "If you hadn't set up the underground cave and the cabin, we would have been born in the village. How are you embarrassed to blame me?"

Others looked at Bruce again.

"But if we were born directly in the village, wouldn't the game process be too short?" Bruce raised his own question.

"If that were the case, we wouldn't have gotten the diary of the cabin owner, and wouldn't have known the story of Jeff's family. Then it might have taken a long time to investigate their house." Batman said: "Actually, it's the same."

Going around and around, it became a dead loop, but at least one point everyone had no objection to was that the story deviated from the main line so much, and the culprits were still Greed and Bruce.

The two of them cried injustice. Greed slapped the table and said: "It's all the Agent's fault for killing me halfway. If I were still alive..."

"If you were still alive, you would have started World War III." The Agent exposed him unceremoniously and said: "You have money, monsters, and family heritage. I wouldn't even be surprised if you directly summoned an alien spaceship to fight a cosmic war!"

Greed slowly moved his eyes away.

The Agent frowned and said: "You don't really want to fight a cosmic war, do you?"

The Beyonder snorted coldly and said: "Guess what's going on with that bottle of golden honey wine in the captain's cabin?"

The Agent suddenly thought that in the setting of Cthulhu Mythos, the main function of golden honey wine is actually to allow people to live in a vacuum environment, mainly to allow humans to ride in spaceships.

He turned his head to stare at Greed.

"Why look at me?" Greed rolled his eyes and said: "Is it strange that my cultist ancestor was captured by aliens after researching cults to the end?"

The Agent covered his forehead and said: "It's a good thing you died early."

"But there's no problem." Greed said: "In the end, the Joker and Batman still fought to the back of the moon. If I find an alien, I can still break up their fight."

"Then why did they fight to the back of the moon?"

"Because of Nyarlathotep." Greed pointed to the side and said: "If it weren't for him digging a hole, I wouldn't have had to look for a ghostwriter."

"Because of Bruce." Brand also pointed to the side and said: "If he didn't pay, I wouldn't have printed it."

"Because of the Agent." Bruce pointed to the side and said: "If he hadn't killed Owlman, I wouldn't have had to resort to this."

"Because of Pride." The Agent also pointed to the side and said: "If he hadn't asked me to substitute, I wouldn't have killed anyone."

"Because of Greed." Pride said coldly: "If he hadn't deleted the memory bank, I wouldn't have looked for the Agent."

Everyone looked at Greed.

"This was your goal, right?!" Greed raised his voice and said: "Putting the blame on my head so I would tell the truth at the time to defend myself. But I told you, I don't remember!"

"Someone must remember." Pride said.

Greed stopped talking.

"What exactly is going on?" Bruce looked at Greed with some curiosity. Greed said irritably: "I said I don't know!... Forget it, if you want to know, go find Anatoly. He's always been the only one who knows everything."

Batman silently noted down this name. He knew Schiller had a doctor who had a profound influence on him, but who this person was and how profound the influence was, he really didn't know enough.

But it didn't matter. He could investigate. Although there was only one name, everything related to Schiller in this world seemed very independent, so it shouldn't be very difficult to investigate.

"What kind of ending did we reach? Does it count as a good ending?" Greed looked at the Beyonder and asked.

"Um..." The Beyonder said hesitantly: "If you think it's a good ending, it can be. After all, one is another you, and the other is the student of another you. They went to Miskatonic University together, which can be considered a kind of good ending."

"Actually not?" The Agent pursued. After all, he finished most of the game, so he was also very concerned about the ending.

"In the character setting that Matthew changed, Matthew is a cultist, and he survived. Do you think it counts as a good ending?"

"So that's a bad ending?"

"But Lodov also survived, and looks mentally normal."

"So that's a good ending?"

"But Matthew is also alive... I also want to know how the two of them reached a reconciliation."

Everyone looked at Pride and Bruce.

"Didn't you watch the ending animation?"

"I watched it, but the screen turned and you two reconciled. Was there anything edited out?" The Agent asked.

At this time, Greed seemed to have thought of something. He looked at the Agent and said: "I advise you not to ask. Why look for trouble for yourself?"

Batman also stood up and said: "Although the process was chaotic, playing the game with you was very pleasant. I have some things to do, so I'll go first."

Bruce also turned and left, and the Pale Knight followed behind him and said: "Should you go to my place to take a look first, or should I go to yours first?"

"I'll go to your place. Do you also have an inflexible Batman there? Maybe I can help you persuade him, and that medicine of yours, I also want to try..."

Others left the table one after another, leaving only the Agent standing there blankly.

The Beyonder was the last to leave. Seeing the Agent still standing there, he threw something at the Agent.

A silver light flashed in the air. The Agent instinctively reached out to catch it. He saw it was a cross necklace, but there was no Jesus on the cross, replaced by several tentacles. Wasn't this the necklace he found in old Siltek's safe?

Wait, in the ending animation, this necklace appeared on Lodov's neck?

Didn't he give this thing to Batman???

The Agent suddenly came back to his senses and called out to Batman, who had already walked to the portal: "How did you die in the end?"

"The clone of Ibo-Zitel descended."

"Descended on Gad?"

Batman shook his head, said nothing, and turned into the portal.

The Agent looked down at the necklace. He found that the blue gem embedded in the center of the cross had turned red like blood.

Greed's backstory was revealed—old Siltek was a descendant of cultists.

This meant that the necklace in his hand was not a protective prop at all, but a taboo object for summoning evil gods. The Ibo-Zitel that killed Batman descended precisely through this necklace.

And in the end, Lodov put on this necklace.

The Agent sighed. He shouldn't have let Pride come back. Pride would only ever do whatever it took to fish out his broken student. ===== CHAPTER 3238 =====