48 Hours a Day - Chapter 303

Chapter 303

Chapter 303 Final List

“I can understand how surprised you must be right now . Just give me some time, and I’ll explain everything,” Bruno continued while staring at the butter knife that was touching the skin of his throat . “If you wish to explain anything at all… I suggest you start with the plane crash . ” Zhang Heng pulled the knife back .

“When did you find out about it?” said Bruno, who seemed shocked at the revelation .

“It’s a question that’s been bothering me for a long time . After that ‘accident,’ everyone looked suspicious to me . Other than you, not one else had the right motives to kill me . Let’s face it . Only three players can complete the main quest . Logically, even if there were secret partnerships, they wouldn’t have made me their first target . You’re the only one who could gain the most from my death . I have to say… you had us all fooled with your LSD . Not only did it give you a good alibi for leaving the space center at midnight, but you also managed to distance yourself out from that shit storm brewing within our team . ”

Bruno grinned . “I made a mistake there . Nancy warned me that you’re most probably the hardest to deal with in the entire team . Because of your existence, my situation became even riskier . The only way for me to feel safe again is to eliminate you . That’s enough of a reason for me to kill you . After Anthony’s death, you couldn’t have expected to be next to die, not so soon anyway . Then, to my surprise, you somehow managed to escape . It was at that time; I realized that I had to come up with an alibi . Hence the LSD incident . ”

“The drugs were fake?”

“No . That was real LSD . Couldn’t afford the risk . One of you might just identify it . Besides, it wasn’t easy acting like I was high . About the drugs, yeah, you’re right about me . I’m an addict . Two hours ago, I popped an LSD pill . Right now, I’m feeling a hell lot better . Before I joined this great game, I couldn’t have imagined how I would live in this boring world without the help of LSD . It’s the 60s and 70s, man! LSD swept through America . Even members of Queen, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones were users . Since I’m in this timeline, there was no way in hell I would give up the chance to taste LSD! However, the question was, how did I pass my blood and urine tests?” “Game items?”

“Oh, I almost forgot about that . You guys took away two of my game items . However, you made a common mistake . You really think those are the only items that could grant you supernatural powers?” Bruno grinned .

“What are you trying to say?”

Zhang Heng’s interest was aroused . Speaking of game items’ supernatural powers, Zhang Heng had something like that with him right now; the extra 24 hours he had every day . It was a gift from the old man he had encountered in the real world . It happened anyway, without relying on any game items . The conditions triggering and ending it seemed to be fixed .

After completing a few games, Zhang Heng had become more curious about the old man’s identity . They both had a conversation in a coffee shop where time stopped . The old man claimed that he gave him the extra 24 hours because he wanted him to play on his behalf as an agent . If he was an agent, then there must be other agents around the world as well . They too, would have had different supernatural powers being granted to them .

Bruno was in a good mood tonight . Perhaps the LSD’s effects hadn’t completely worn off . Instead of stopping, he continued blurting out everything he knew to Zhang Heng .

“I met her before at a foreign student party . I saw her walking toward me . I was pretty sure she was there for me specifically because nobody else in the room could see her . ”

“Or maybe you were just high and you were seeing things?”

“Nah . She was real . As real as us . No . Hold on… she’s more real than the boring world I live in . I’ve got to admit, although I hit up quite a bit of drugs that night, I never doubted her existence . What happened after that… was proof I didn’t lose my mind .

“Among my many friends, some call themselves brothers . There was one guy who called himself my brother, but I knew he secretly hated me . I knew exactly who he was, and after all, I just snatched his girlfriend from him . I got sick of her a week later . So, to make me pay for what I did to him, he called the cops on me . At a party one night, a dozen police officers raided my room . We tried out best to destroy all the drugs we had, but we were still forced to get tested at the hospital .

“I studied in an extremely famous school in Australia . If something like that got exposed, they’d surely kick me out . After being in Australia for so long, I was supposed to graduate the year after that . My family, you know, being conservative folk, won’t be too happy if they knew I got expelled . They might just stop giving me money if they knew I’ve been on drugs . Guess what the test results were? I was the only one at the party who was clean .

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“The funniest part was, I was so high I couldn’t stand up on my own when the police arrived . From that day on, I knew that no matter how many drugs I took, no medical equipment could trace it . Not in my blood, urine, or saliva . It was and still is a miracle! A true miracle!”

Zhang Heng was speechless . Bruno’s encounter was very similar to his . However, the way he acquired his supernatural power was rather… well, he looked charming, thankfully . This was probably the dream every addict wished for . Zhang Heng didn’t want to dwell on the topic, and again, pushed the butter knife a few centimeters into Bruno’s throat .

“You messed with my plane and tried to kill me . Now, here you stand before me . What makes you think I can’t just kill you right here?”

“No . I believe you have all the means to kill me, but I don’t think you will do it,” said Bruno, still smiling even though his neck had started bleeding . “Why?”

“You don’t want to lose a good astronaut on your team, right? Losing me will cause Apollo 11 to be delayed . By the time they get back on track, none of us will complete the main quest . Since I’m here, it means the final three astronauts have been decided…”

Before he could finish, they both heard someone knocking at the door .