Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 670 - 414: Variety Show Filming (End)

The map for the third level expands to the first floor.

The guests need to find a way to leave the hotel based on the clues provided on the first and third floors.

However, there are many dangers.

For example, the irregular appearances of "guests."

Sometimes, when looking for clues, guests who died long ago in a fire will unexpectedly appear in the first-floor lobby.

They won’t actively attack the participants, but their actions are full of "traps."

For instance, there’s a child running around, suddenly falling down in front of Nora Scott. Nora coldly ignores it, and then nearby guests swarm to criticize Nora for being indifferent, and she is inexplicably devoured, losing a life.

The production team seems to have set its sights on Nora, perhaps because she has too many "lives" left, so all the NPCs cause chaos around her.

With traps like these, actions or inactions almost make no difference, and before long, Nora loses two lives, leaving the other five participants trembling.

Nora remains unfazed.

When the fourth troublemaker comes to Nora for help, she raises an eyebrow and kicks at them. The crowd around rushes forward, but before they touch her, they’re all kicked down.

NPC: "..."

Participants: "..."

"Is it still possible to clap now?"

Anastasia blinks, asking Claudio next to her.

At this moment, Hugo Quieroz raises his hand voluntarily and starts clapping. The others standing beside him follow suit, though Jerry Yates feels too embarrassed to join.

"Doesn’t this count as dying?"

After such a violent act, intimidating all the NPCs who dare not get close, Nora flicks her sleeve and asks arrogantly and dominantly.

NPCs + production team: "..." They’ve never seen anyone dare to kick "ghosts"!

The directors sigh collectively, accepting Nora’s actions. —— Losing two lives this way isn’t considered a loss.

After all, if Nora plays to the end with five lives, the broadcast would make the production team a laughingstock among viewers.

*

With Nora’s formidable strength and intelligence, the guests voluntarily follow her lead, even Jerry Yates, who has no intention of sticking his neck out.

In typical variety shows, they might rush to help to set up a persona. But this show is full of traps, and they can get eliminated at any time. Nora isn’t someone they can protect, so it’s better to hang on together until the end to see if they can survive with at least one life.

Of course, they aren’t entirely useless.

Besides being careful with NPCs and traps, they’re quite active when searching for clues. And with someone like Nora, who dislikes searching, they seem particularly diligent.

Over the next couple of hours, the team of six finally unlocks all the mechanical traps on the first floor, obtaining hidden intelligence, arriving at a critical answer——

Burn room 307, trapping all the evil spirits here to let history repeat itself so they can escape and wish upon a star. Or they sacrifice themselves to allow the trapped evil spirits to achieve enlightenment and ascension.

Clearly, the three groups a year ago chose the former when faced with the same decision.

Now——

Under the production team’s guidance, the participants are bound to choose the latter, sacrificing the little self for the greater self. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

This is just a show, and life and death are merely plays, so the guests don’t find it too difficult to decide.

When making a choice, Nora didn’t play games, throwing the torch away and choosing sacrifice. The others had hoped she’d perform some unexpected act at the end to achieve a win-win situation but were slightly disappointed when she chose so decisively, following her lead.

——Unknown to them, Nora harbored a selfish desire to simply end the filming and leave with Pedro Langley.

As dawn approached, Pedro repeatedly made his presence known over the broadcast, which was a bit annoying.

The ending process was highly procedural, with each giving a motivational speech before the production team announced "wrap" to conclude the filming of this episode.

Off-camera, Nora hurriedly changed into casual clothes in the lounge.

She shared the lounge with Diana Johnson.

Seeing Nora grab her bag to leave, Diana, buttoning her collar, widened her eyes and asked, "Nora, are you leaving?"

"Yes."

Diana seemed a bit regretful, paused, and then reminded, "Be careful on the road."

"Yes."

Just then, Diana’s assistant knocked twice on the door, poking her head in after being allowed, first acknowledging Nora, then reminding Diana, "The launch event for ’Twelve’ will be held this afternoon, time is tight, you’ll have to rest in the car."

"Oh, okay."

Diana blinked, seeming to realize something and scrambled awkwardly.

Hearing ’Twelve’, Nora paused slightly and looked back at Diana, asking with curiosity, "You’re in ’Twelve’?"

Hearing this, the assistant’s eyelid twitched, assuming Nora was annoyed at not getting a role in ’Twelve’. Whereas Diana secured a spot, Nora might feel upset.

Nora is much more popular than Diana, so avoiding conflict is wise...

The assistant threw Diana a look, hinting that she should speak modestly and ease Nora’s feelings.

Unexpectedly, Diana didn’t notice, responding bluntly, "Yes."

"Which script?"

"I’m in..."

Halfway through, Diana was about to answer when the assistant deliberately coughed, suddenly realizing the confidentiality clause, and went silent.

On one hand, she thought it was no big deal since it would be public by afternoon. On the other, considering Nora wasn’t involved in ’Twelve’ due to contract restrictions.

Feeling caught in a dilemma.

"Never mind, we’ll find out tonight."

Nora raised her eyebrows, not pressing further.

Without more words, Nora left the lounge.

"Di, shouldn’t you be a bit more mindful?" Once the lounge door closed, the assistant moved near Diana, "Nora is quite popular now, aren’t you afraid she’d hold a grudge?"

"Huh?"

Diana blinked, confused.

The assistant spoke earnestly, "Think about it, what’s the most criticized thing about her as an artist?"

"Her acting skills."

"And what’s the most anticipated drama recently?"

"’Twelve’." Diana responded naturally.

’Twelve,’ appearing with unprecedented rules and scale in the public eye, had leaked information months earlier, drawing two-thirds of the entertainment industry’s attention to this major IP.

There was even a phrase circulating in the industry — being part of it is never a loss.

Directors daring to frame ’Twelve’ as an award category aimed to make its first season a classic.

The assistant sighed, "You got into ’Twelve,’ she didn’t. Think she’d have any thoughts?"

"..."

Diana was taken aback.

After some thought, she asked, "What if Nora participated too?"

"With her acting, what director would want her?" The assistant honestly questioned without a hint of sarcasm.

Diana: "..." seems quite reasonable.

Before ’Twelve’ released the cast list, almost everyone inside and outside the industry believed——Norah had no chance of being involved with ’Twelve’ in any capacity.

And now, there was only half a day until the news that would stun both inside and outside circles was announced.

*

Leaving the lounge, Nora pulled out her phone, dialing Pedro Langley’s number.

The call had barely connected when someone approached from the front and called, "Nora."

Nora paused.

Looking carefully, it turned out to be Jerry Yates.

"What’s up?"

"You’ve learned Mechanical Techniques, haven’t you?" Jerry frowned, asking.

Chasing Rosa Sullivan, knowing she’s from a family of mechanical experts, Jerry secretly studied Mechanical Techniques, but the field’s complexity left him clueless.

Judging by the program performances of Nora and Rosa, however, ...

Nora was evidently much smoother. Rosa often struggled to solve puzzles.

Nora raised an eyebrow, nonchalantly saying, "Capital Tech’s mechanical engineering basics."

Jerry: "..."

Your school’s program might have a high bar.

The call went through, and Pedro’s voice came through her phone. Nora turned aside, discussing their meeting location before bypassing Jerry altogether.

Jerry had intended to ask Nora some serious questions, but seeing her indifferent demeanor, his expression soured, frowning as he watched her leave.

Until Nora left his sight, Jerry suddenly recalled—

Nora didn’t even attend college?!