Chapter 22 Imminent
"You really don't give me any leeway. At least let me think about how to get rid of my family's surveillance before I meet you."

Ke Mingye turned his head to look at the playground and took a deep breath.

According to the player with the ID "Anti-Dog" in the discussion group, only players who arrive at the meeting point at Tobacco Street at 5:30 pm are eligible to cooperate with him.

Ke Mingye really wanted to meet them, but he didn't even know where his second brother was, so how could he act rashly?

Maybe his second brother was lurking in a shadow somewhere in the classroom, observing him secretly.

If he rashly confirmed Ke Xiaomo's whereabouts with other family members, it would be easy for something to go wrong. After all, his brothers and sisters, Bai Zini and Bai Ziling, didn't know about his situation:

——Perhaps he had just asked them on his mobile phone, "Sister, is second brother at home?", and then Ke Xiaomo, who was sitting next to them, saw the message and confirmed her suspicion about him.

Ke Mingye looked at the date on the classroom wall, thinking about how to break the impasse. If all else failed, he would ask the player in the discussion group if he could move the time to tomorrow, even though there was a high chance that the other party would refuse.

"By the way, today seems to be my second brother's birthday."

Thinking of this, Ke Mingye suddenly raised his eyebrows and thought of a way to break the deadlock. So he decisively picked up his phone and sent a message to Bai Zini.

"Sister, is my second brother at home?" he asked.

"Yes, he and Ziling are watching TV in the living room. What's wrong, brother?"

Bai Zini replied to her message very quickly. Her middle school had already been on holiday at noon, and she only went to claim her final exam results and certificates in the morning.

At this moment, she is at home like Bai Ziling.

Ke Mingye typed on his phone and sent a message: "Sister, please help me keep an eye on my second brother. If he disappears or goes out, tell me immediately."

Under other circumstances, he wouldn't dare to say this. But today is Ke Xiaomo's birthday, so he has a reason to say this without it seeming abrupt or strange.

Bai Zini paused for a moment before typing back: "No, brother, you're so crazy, what do you want to do?"

"Have you forgotten that today is his birthday?"

Bai Zini understood immediately: "Oh, are you going to buy him a cake and give him a surprise?"

"Yes," Ke Mingye typed back, "So don't let the second brother get away for even a second, and report to me at all times. Otherwise, if I run into him head-on, wouldn't I be so embarrassed that I'll tap my feet?"

Bai Zini quickly sent a message: "Tsk, why didn't I see you being so attentive when I celebrated my birthday before?"

She paused for a moment, then said, "Okay, okay, go buy it. I'll help you keep an eye on your second brother and make sure he doesn't leave the house, or I'll break his legs."

After receiving the message, Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Zini was a magical girl after all, so it wasn't that difficult for her to keep an eye on the second brother with her vision and hearing.

He happened to have some money in his Alipay account, which he earned from betting on the Super English Dark Web last night, a total of 5000 yuan.

But Ke Mingye couldn't use this kind of private money to buy the cake, so he opened WeChat and asked his parents to reimburse him directly. This would also strengthen the credibility of this behavior, so that his second brother would not get suspicious.

After doing this series of actions, it will definitely be too late to order a birthday cake, so you can just buy a ready-made one from the cake shop.

Just then the bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Ke Mingye picked up his schoolbag and left. Before leaving, he took out an unopened school uniform from the drawer of an unlucky classmate, and also took out a shoe box of Nike sneakers from the drawer of another classmate.

If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't do it. After all, it was a matter of life and death, so he should just throw away his sense of morality.

He put the shoe box and the plastic bag containing the school uniform into his schoolbag, turned around and went into the toilet in the teaching building, found a cubicle, closed the door, sat on the toilet lid and opened the communication list.

Type with your mind and speak in the discussion group.

【Failed Man: Half past five, right? Wait for me. 】

【Anti-dog: OK.】

Soon, a stranger spoke up. It was the "good orange peel" who had never spoken before.

[Good Orange Peel: I'm here too. I just finished work. I'm really sick of being a social animal after traveling through time.] [Unexplainable Dream: We'll be waiting for you guys here. Hurry up.]

Ke Mingye sat on the toilet and closed the panel.

He tried to silently recite the name of the skill "Trickster Doll", and the moment the words fell in his mind, he summoned a puppet with a very strange appearance.

[Successfully released the skill "Deception Doll". The release of this skill will consume 20% of your physical strength. Your physical strength is currently 80% left. ]

[Skill Introduction: Create a puppet. The player shares vision and hearing with the puppet and can control the puppet, changing the puppet's voice and appearance at any time to deceive others.

And when the puppet is destroyed, it will laugh terrifyingly and explode in a small area, causing a fear shock effect lasting 2 seconds to the surrounding enemies. 】

[The maximum existence time of the puppet: 3 hours. ]

Ke Mingye glanced at the upper right corner of his vision. At this time, there was another row of gray bars, which symbolized the physical strength, which was equivalent to the mana in online games. If it was empty, he would not be able to use skills.

He cast his eyes to the top of the puppet he summoned. It was about 1 meters tall, and its entire body was covered in a layer of hazy gray, with only a strange smile on its mouth. To make an analogy, it was like the little black man used to demonstrate criminal methods in "Detective Conan".

Since the player didn't give him a chance to breathe, if the test results on this doll were ideal, there was no need for Ke Mingye to meet them with his real body.

Instead, use puppets.

But before that, Ke Mingye had to try out whether his idea was feasible. The accuracy with which this puppet could be adjusted and controlled would directly determine the outcome.

"This thing looks really abstract, but according to the skill description, I can freely adjust its appearance. It shouldn't be difficult to mold it into the appearance of an ordinary high school student."

Thinking of this, Ke Mingye first took out the school uniform that he had just taken out of his classmate's drawer and put it on the naked body of the trick doll.

Then he took the pair of sneakers out of the box, placed them on the ground, and stuffed both of the doll's feet into the shoes as if he was helping a child put on shoes.

Then, Ke Mingye used his mind to control the puppet to squat on the ground, and then tried to manipulate his body shape.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, the doll's body began to change dramatically. In just two seconds, it shrank from 1.8 meters to 1.7 meters in height. Its body shape just matched the size of the school uniform, and the size of its feet also matched the size of the sneakers. Overall, it didn't look so awkward anymore.

Ke Mingye looked at him twice, then focused his attention and began to imagine the face of a normal high school student in his mind.

The next moment, the face of the trickster puppet also began to change, gradually twisting into a slightly childish and delicate face, with a healthy wheat-colored skin. Continuing with the skin color of the face, the black layer on the whole body gradually changed to the same wheat color.

At this moment, this doll in school uniform really looks like a beautiful high school student.

"How convenient! I thought it would take a lot of effort to make him look like a human being."

Ke Mingye was secretly surprised in his heart, but he was not idle. He heard the sound of two high school boys chatting by the urinal outside the toilet, so he began to try to let the puppet imitate the accent and voice of one of the students, and then let it speak in a low voice.

But at this moment, Bai Zini sent a message, and Ke Mingye stopped the test and lowered his eyes.

"My second brother has been in the toilet for a long time. He might be constipated. Don't worry, just buy the cake. Humph, if it really doesn't work, I will trap him in the toilet and not let him come out." Baizini.

After reading the message, Ke Mingye's heart suddenly sank. Ke Xiaomo stayed in the bathroom at home for a long time?

"Something is wrong. My second brother may have already escaped from the bathroom into the shadows and left home. Bai Zini didn't know that he had this trick..." He thought, "Oh no! My second brother may have come to find me a few minutes ago. I have to move faster."

While thinking, Ke Mingye quickly checked the voice of the deception puppet. The puppet opened its mouth and spoke in a mosquito-like voice:
"That set of mock exam questions is really difficult, especially the last big question..."

Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief. The voice and intonation were perfectly imitated. It was almost like the boy at the urinal just now speaking. It was even a little creepy, and he couldn't help but feel the uncanny valley effect.

He made the trickster puppet squat down and hide in the corner of the cubicle, then walked out of the bathroom first and closed the door. Then, while washing his hands in front of the mirror, he controlled the trickster puppet to stand up, open the door of the cubicle and walk out, and wash his hands with him in front of the sink.

Then, the two of them walked out of the bathroom one by one, separated in the corridor with their backs to each other, walked in different directions, and disappeared into the shadows at the entrance of the corridor.

(End of this chapter)