Congratulations on Your Successful EscapeChapter 23

Random surprise bonus chapter


Mo Yi was shocked. aqg4b3

He couldn’t refrain from retreating a few steps, and his back bumped into a hard chest.

At the same time, a low voice sounded in his ear, “What’s the matter?”

Chrysanthemum Garden.

Mo Y couldn’t help but become absent-minded for a second.

Why did he feel … that this tone was a little familiar? Um5yt9

But Mo Yi racked his brains, yet he was unable to recall where had heard this tone from.

He turned his head and looked behind him, only to see Song Qi standing against the light. The light behind his body blurred his facial features, and he was looking down at him.

Mo Yi, “…”

Although they were about the same height, but … why did he sense that this individual was one or two centimeters taller than him?

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He blinked, and as if nothing had happened, slightly pulled away from Song Qi. Afterwards, he turned around and handed him the strange note.

Song Qi gave him a profound look, then reached out his hand to take the note.

Several other players standing on the side also noticed the unusual activity, and without consulting one another, gathered together and came over, craning their necks to look at the note in Song Qi’s hand.

That line of blood red crooked handwriting nearly caused the backs of everyone to become cold, and they subconsciously held their breaths. IhKbxP

MY TURN?

Did that mean … that the unknown thing was going to take action next?

The entire atmosphere in the room became silent for a moment. Only the sounds of some people’s Adam’s apple trembling and rolling could be heard.

A man finally couldn’t bear the atmosphere anymore, slightly falling apart. He firmly grasped Mo Yi’s lapel. His bloodshot eyes were protruded, and his black pupils were constricted with violence and fear. He roared, “What the hell did you do?! Do you want to kill us all to be satisfied?” Qv SVo

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Mo Yi was caught off guard and was dragged over. He subconsciously gripped the other’s wrist with his palms, struggling to break free.

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Mo Yi’s sharp eyes saw that not far away, the man’s thick and solid wrist was oddly bent in the opposite direction.

Without warning, a figure stepped forward, blocking his line of sight.

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Mo Yi was surprised and raised his head to look at the person in front of him: … Song Qi?

Song Qi’s gaze was heavy, and his emotions couldn’t be made out. He extended both of his hands to help him straighten his collar. His ice-cold fingertips unconsciously brushed the red marks on Mo Yi’s neck. NxYpah

Mo Yi quivered at the ice-cold temperature of his fingers, and he subconsciously lifted his eyes. But before he could say anything, in the next second, Song Qi had released his hands as if nothing had happened.

He turned to the man who had been impulsive a moment ago.

The man’s eyes were full of fear, and his twisted face was as white as paper due to pain. Seeing Song Qi walking towards him, he shuddered and retreated, but he couldn’t make up for the length of Song Qi’s long legs. He held out his hand and gripped the man’s wrist.

Only the distressing “kada” sound of the wrist being put back in its place rang out. EvQ8Pw

The man was feverish with pain and sweat dripped down the contours of his face.

Song Qi bowed his head and looked at him with narrowed his eyes. “I’m sorry. I always misjudge my strength.”

After that, he paused and unexpectedly let out a low laugh. “Especially when someone is doing something to my friend.”

The man stammered and his lips trembled. He merely protected his sore wrist, not daring to say anything more, and lowered his head to conceal the sinister and resentful expression he was casting at Mo Yi. NyL6FZ

The ambience was awkward for a period of time.

Mo Yi cleared his throat. In order to alleviate the tense mood, he started to talk, “I believe that this note should be a game played by children overseas. It’s called hangman. A person is hanging on the gallows, and another person has to go and look for the corpse. After finding it, the two pictures can be combined to form a complete word.”

He looked down at the crumbled note in his hand. The blood red twisted writing on it caused one’s heart to feel terrified.

Mo Yi pursed his somewhat dry lips and continued, “However, there are many versions of this game. According to the prompts given at the start of the game, the rules in this copy may have something to do with hide and seek, but there’s not enough clues at the moment. We have to wait until we can figure out what the specific rules are.” 9aAlYX

Everyone: … After listening to your explanation, we are even more scared.

A weird silence permeated the air, and the fear of the unknown opened its invisible arms, slowly enshrouding the whole crowd, and quietly devoured the remaining reason in everyone’s heart … No one knew what would happen next.

There was a sudden commotion outside the hall.

It turned out that the few people who had gone out to look for clues had come running back. The two groups looked at one another, and they both noticed the expression of confusion and fear on each other’s face. 3YfRWK

The person on the other side was holding an extremely familiar looking note.

Mo Yi was stunned. He quickly stepped forward, reached for the other party’s note, and looked at the note in his hand:

Chrysanthemum Garden.

Familiar crooked handwriting, the same drawing of the gallows, and on the surface was written:

FIND ME. UAvPwr

The other party was obviously at a loss and stammered, “I … I don’t know where it came from. I just went back to the room where I woke up. There was this note on the floor!”

Several other players behind the man also nodded, showing the exact same note in their hands.

Mo Yi’s brows knitted and couldn’t refrain from sinking into contemplation.

At first, he originally was under the impression that this was a one-to-many ghost catching game. yf6Pm2

And so at the beginning of the game, he was momentarily a ghost, but when he found the hanging victim and filled in the complete picture afterwards, “the other party” became a ghost and wanted to catch the next victim.

But now, more people appeared with notes in their hands, and the rules of the game had become more complicated.

— Moreover, what did “MY TURN” mean in the end?

There was a faint uneasiness in Mo Yi’s heart. EmPSz7

All of a sudden, he seemed to think of something. He was startled, raised his head, and said to everyone, “Everyone, go the room where you woke up and see if you can find the same note!”

Everyone woke up as if from a dream and nodded one after another. In the next second, they dispersed like birds and beasts.

More than half of the people in the hall were instantly gone.

Mo Yi turned to look at Song Qi who was beside him, and the corners of his lips curved, and said, “Thanks a lot for back there.” B7Yx6d

Although Mo Yi’s appearance was Grade A in attractiveness, he usually had a calm and rational expression most of the time, so he seemed very cold, indifferent, and extremely difficult to approach.

His raised smile now was unexpectedly breathtaking, making it difficult for people to look away for a short while.

“…It wasn’t much.” Song Qi stared blankly for a long time before replying, “No need to care about it.”

He paused, and the side of aggressiveness that had leaked out a short while ago almost completely disappeared. Song Qi withdrew his slightly twinkling gaze, his jaw taught with a little nervousness, and said in a low voice, “Also … You’re too thin. That’s not good.” 6KLUMJ

After that, he turned around in a hurry and left behind a sentence, “Well, I’ll go check my room too.”

Watching the view of Song Qi’s back as he quickly left, and the slightly reddening ears half covered by his black hair, Mo Yi mulled it over for half the day, and suddenly came to a realization:

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The reason why … was he shy?

Mo Yi was not in the least carrying any sense of guilt as he thought: This Song Qi did not seem to be very difficult to get along with in that case. asyOFA

A few minutes later, everyone came back to the hall one after another. Everyone seemed to be frightened out of their minds, tightly holding a familiar note in their hands.

Mo Yi’s eyes were slightly heavy, and his conjecture was confirmed.

Just as he was about to say something, he could only listen as there was a sudden ear-piercing burst of a ringing bell sounding in the hall.

The unpleasant sounding ringing of the metal bell reverberated in the spacious and empty orphanage, echoing, which was noisy and eerie. n97KdS

The bad memories brought about from the previous copy’s ringing bells caused Mo Yi’s body to involuntarily grow taught.

However, in the next second, Mo Y’s eyes flashed with a look of alarm:

—  He seemed to know what the ringing bell was…


The Author Has Something to Say: vZtsB8

Mo, Unconscious Tease, Yi (A face of innocence): My teammate seems to be a little shy.

Translator's Note

The description of hangman here sounds a bit odd. I assume the author altered their version of hangman to suit this arc more to make it more gory/horrifying. I included a picture of the normal version of Hangman for those who don’t know the original game.

Translator's Note

In this context, it refers to one person being it and having to catch others.

Translator's Note

Refers to groups of people fleeing in disarray, similar to when animals instantly run away when startled/alarmed.

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20 comments

  1. awwwww he’s shy!! I love it!

    How dare that guy attack Mo Yi?! as if he was responsible for anything, he is just a player too! Thankfully Song Qi is there to help him.

    thanks for the surprise bonus chapter! <3

  2. I don’t think I’ve ever heard hangman turn-taking described as “finding remains” before, but now I’m never going to unsee it haha. Though generally that means the end of the game, I guess the one “hiding” (usually a word, probably combined with hide-and-seek here?) can…find or create a body to win the round? Not at all sure what that means from the other end. Although narration implies here that Mo Yi won by finding the man, so maybe “finding remains” takes the place of finding the letters to make the word…? Or he just found “remains” instead of a clue so it ended his turn, that actually lines up with normal hangman rules fairly well. Anyway, our ML seems to have taken a slightly different form from his usual, or at least different than the one Mo Yi appears to have forgotten, though I guess it could also just be his strength of presence that makes him feel like he should be taller. I completely wasn’t expecting him to be shy, does that mean Mo Yi used to be the more aggressive of the two? He is the one that did the biting

    Thank you so much for translating! <3

  3. The hangman game i know of is different from what is said in the novel, so i’m a little curious in how the hangman game is in other countrys, especialy the hangman in this game.

    So, our ML is the shy(?) type. That’s cute, does that mean that MC is going to have to realise his feelings first, in the future? Hmm.

    The last line got me curious, the bell noise, the MC seems to know what it is. Maybe it has something to do with this game? Or, did all games have the same ringing in them? Let’s see all in the next chapters~.

    Thank you for the chapter!

  4. I’m a little confused on what this hangman is? The only hangman game I know is where you have to figure out a word and whenever you get a letter wrong then the hangman gains a body part. You either lose when the hangman’s body is fully formed or win by getting the word right. But I don’t see how this relates to the hangman they’re talking about.

  5. hangman? we also play it every vacant time when I was in primary school, here in Philippines we call it bitay literally mean hang (like the one when you hang yourself/suicide) and just like the rules stated above one person should write a blank word and give some hints and let the other guess it, everytime they guess the letter/answer wrong we will draw a wave (until it reaches to the neck of the stickman) and once the water/wave reaches the neck the players who didn’t complete the word would face a punishment (I don’t know if we’re the same punishment because there’s lots of version) but ours is a slap in the face.

    AND NOWWW I DON’T THINK I CAN PLAY IT NORMALLY!!! 🙁

  6. Excuse me, Mr. Cthulhu, you seemed to have dropped your dignity somewhere beside Mr. Mo. 🤣🤣🤣

    So the scary beast is pure, lovely!