There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Los held Qing, watching her flail her limbs with an expressionless face.

She could see Xu Shuo right in front of her but couldn't touch him.

Qing, who was anxiously about to mutate, felt the dark forces surge but was instantly suppressed by a golden-red power.

Immediately, the originally snarling and ferocious Qing calmed down, retracting her fangs, watching warily the person who captured her.

Then Qing looked at Xu Shuo with grievance.

The little girl's round face puffed up, her eyes misty with tears, looking pitiful.

"Dai Uncle~~"

She flapped her hands towards Xu Shuo.

Xu Shuo merely glanced at her, not responding directly, but instead asked Los: "Are all Abyss Fiends like this?"

"No."

Still holding Qing, Los said, "Abyss Fiends, like human children, gradually develop awareness of their environment and themselves during evolution, but regardless of their state, they don't express emotions."

"So what do you think her current state is, how did she become like this?" Xu Shuo asked further.

"It's somewhat special. After all, in the original world it was a protective Divine Spirit, but later, due to 'the people it protected no longer needed it and worsened it', it became polluted by the Abyss."

"Even Divine Spirits can be polluted, huh..."

"Of course, they can."

Saying this, Los looked at him, his expression somewhat ambiguous: "Anything in this world can be polluted by the Abyss."

Xu Shuo tilted his head: "So you haven't said, how did she ultimately become like this?"

But after this remark.

Los didn't respond right away.

Xu Shuo paused, looking at him, only to see his gaze drift, seeming like he was contemplating on concocting something.

"Is it because of me?" Xu Shuo suddenly said.

"Yes... and no..."

Los lowered his head to adjust his glasses, realizing he wasn't actually wearing them, so he awkwardly lowered his hand, glancing around.

Finally, under Xu Shuo's direct gaze.

He helplessly said, "Its uniqueness is due to its Divine Spirit origins, and after interacting with you, possibly undergoing some transformation, it's more comprehensive in cognition than even the Abyss Fiend."

Xu Shuo gave a mild "oh".

Since Los had expressed himself unable to continue further.

He didn't press on.

At this moment.

Qing, still being held by Los, timidly spoke: "Dai Uncle, I really won't do bad things, don't abandon me..."

Xu Shuo lowered his head to look at Qing.

The little girl's bun-like face was full of grievance, with her mouth slightly pouted, displaying a very pitiful look, but those not-so-bright eyes still held a bit of anxious uncertainty, as if cautiously hoping.

Seeing such a Qing. Xu Shuo suddenly remembered Xu Xi from childhood.

As a child, if Xu Xi accidentally did something wrong, she would try hard to make a similar grievance yet timid expression.

The grievance that she didn't do it intentionally.

The timidity of fearing not being forgiven.

It's quite remarkable for a child with a stoic face since young to even attempt to express emotion.

Xu Shuo reached out to touch Qing's little head.

Then he pinched her cheeks.

Seeing this, Los simply let go, and the now free Qing eagerly pounced, clutching Xu Shuo's clothes tightly.

She then turned proudly to look at Los, with a proud little expression.

Los watched her expressionlessly.

After a while, Qing tucked herself back into Xu Shuo's embrace fearfully, and then, recalling something, excitedly recounted how many monsters she eliminated last night.

Trying to draw Xu Shuo's attention to her.

Qing then whispered: "Dai Uncle, you see, I'm really useful..."

Xu Shuo patted her hair: "Qing indeed is a bit different from those terrifying monsters, but do you know, if you come out, what impact it might have on this world?"

Hearing this, Qing froze.

This time, the confusion in her eyes was genuine.

"What impact?"

"Last night someone came to deliver food to you, but why did you want to let him into this place?"

"I... I just really liked the thing he brought later and wanted him to bring me more delicious stuff, I didn't mean anything towards him..."

Qing nervously twisted her fingers: "I just wanted to ask him."

Xu Shuo pinched her cheeks: "But asking him may cause him irreparable harm, so even if you don't intend to do bad things, you might end up doing harm because of this."

"I..."

Hearing the word "bad things".

Qing anxiously tried to explain, but found herself perplexed, seemingly unable to grasp the meaning.

Just asking a question is doing harm?

Why is it like this?

Or perhaps...

Suddenly, Qing looked down at herself.

She seemed to be contemplating what was different.

Sensing the unusual emotions emanating from Qing, Los, who had remained silent during the conversation, closely observed with a probing gaze.

After a long pause.

Qing looked at Xu Shuo in confusion and said: "Is it because Qing is not from this world, therefore she can't interact with them?"

She finally thought of this conclusion.

Acknowledging her environment and herself, Qing knew of her differences from ordinary people, but couldn't effectively discern what made this difference significant.