“Don’t be too happy; we still have much to do,” Perseus cautioned. “You might regret your decision later.”“I won’t.”Perseus turned his gaze to Zeppelin. “Would you mind coming along with me?”“Are you heading out?” Zeppelin asked.“Yes,” Perseus answered. He still had a mission assigned to him by the system. He hadn’t paid attention to the time duration, and he had also said he would do it after the tournament. He couldn’t take the punishment from the system.[I had no idea you would remember,] Iris muttered, popping out. If you hadn’t, I would have been more than glad to take what the system wants as a punishment.][Do you know how long I have been waiting for the day when I will cut off your dick? Why do you have to remember your mission?]Perseus glared at Iris.“What about us?” Lexi asked. “Are you leaving us here?”He stared back at them. “Everything is fine, and I have good news for you.”“What’s the good news?” Eris asked, trying to stay calm.“You all are staying here with m

[Pissed, the granddaughter spread rumors about the house to get back at her brother. These rumors made it hard for her brother to find workers, so he had to pay them more than anyone else would.][Soon afterward, the servants began complaining that they had been hearing voices in the middle of the night and footsteps that didn't belong to anyone in the house.][However, the owner didn’t believe it and fired the maid who had started the rumors about hearing things. He sent her packing. Others made no mistake in mentioning the noises and kept it to themselves since they wanted their jobs. Then his first child died in one of the rooms in a horrible way—he was murdered.][When the cops arrived and the death was investigated, they found a note on the wall written in blood. It said, ‘Get out of the house or I will keep on killing until I have had enough blood.’]Perseus sighed. “Doesn’t that mean the house is haunted?”[It is not!]“Are you saying it was a real killer and not a spiritual en

Perseus' lips parted to answer, but he paused. If the man was in the house, he was going to hear them talk about setting bait, and that would ruin their plan.‘Iris, is there a sound-blocking device I can get from the shop that could block our conversation from the ears of others?’The panel appeared in front of Perseus, and he stared at it. There were three devices laid out on the panel. Each of them looked alike but had different names.[Soundblocker: 5000 points.][Soundproof circle: 8500 points.][Soundless 7000 points.][Which one would you like to buy, host?] Iris questioned. [All of them have the same effect, but they have different time durations.]‘I will take the most expensive one,’ he stated. ‘What is the time duration for it?’[Twenty minutes.]That was enough time for them to say what they wanted.‘I will take it.’[Alright!][Your purchase has been made. You have successfully bought the soundproof circle effect, activating in seven seconds.]“Perseus, did you hear me?”

The man tried to turn his head to look at Perseus, but he couldn’t. His legs felt like jelly, and in a matter of seconds, he slumped down Perseus' arm, no longer resisting Perseus' grip.Perseus took it as a clue to let go of the man and let him drop to the floor. The man clutched his neck, his eyes wide with terror. He wasn’t dead or unconscious, but he wasn’t okay either.“You're done so quickly,” Zeppelin said, rising to his feet and stretching his arm. “It was hard falling over like that. I hit my arm by mistake.”“Me too, but it was my head,” Ryan stated as he rose to his feet. “It was a human who had been murdering others by taking advantage of the rumors going around that the house was haunted.”“Should I say I told you so?” Zeppelin asked. “You believed it was a ghost, and now that you have seen for yourself, will you give me the money we made a bet on?”Ryan scoffed. “I said that out of impulse. I didn’t mean I was going to hand the money over to you for real.”Perseus' gaze

“What are you doing?” Ryan asked as soon as the words left Perseus’s lips. “We did nothing wrong.”Perseus gave them a look that showed he knew exactly what he was doing.The sheriff’s brows twitched, and he felt insulted. He gestured for his group, and they handcuffed all three of them and led them to the car.“That’s what you get, you liar,” the sheriff said before slamming the car door shut and heading to the driver’s seat. He got into the car and drove them to the station.A few minutes later, all three of them sat in the interrogation room, each staring at the sheriff in front of them.“Now what?” Ryan asked, tired from being sent to the station instead of going home. “Does the station offer food to its guests?” he teased, earning a glare from the sheriff.“Do you still claim that you own the Snake Castle?” the sheriff asked, his brows furrowing. His gaze focused on Perseus, who looked bored after listening to the sheriff’s questions over and over again.“Yes,” Perseus replied. “