After everyone opened the front door with caution, they found a panting Zhu You knocking on the door.
"Zhu You? Where did you just run away!" Qiu Yiyun breathed a sigh of relief, "We wanted to find you after we found out you were missing, but a lot happened..."
"Wait a minute!" Zhu You quickly raised his hand to stop several people who wanted to speak, "I just ran over with a figure! Did you see it? That guy looked like a bat, and he moved like he was gliding. , I’m not sure if that’s friend or foe.”
"Bat? You didn't make up some excuse to pretend to be missing, did you?" Xia Xinhe said sarcastically, "You knew the matter was going to be revealed and you made a lame excuse at the last minute? It's useless!"
"What excuse? What revelation? I found traces of an unknown creature, and I chased it to see what happened?"
"Haha, catch up? Under what circumstances do you dare to catch up? Who gave you the courage? You are not afraid of death-"
Before she finished speaking, the shotgun on Zhu You's shoulder made an arc and was instantly held in her hand. Flames burst out from the muzzle. Almost no one reacted before she fired.
The bullet passed through the crowd, and when everything passed, someone broke into a cold sweat.
Xia Xinhe touched her ear tremblingly. There was an earring hanging there, but now the ornaments on the earring had been accurately smashed.
"Rapid fire of 0.7 seconds. Unless you have specialized neural reactions, even supernatural creatures cannot react to this accuracy." Karl nodded slightly, "I read it right, you are an outstanding shooter."
"I apologize if I scared you, but I won't tolerate this guy questioning my strength." Zhu You nodded slightly to Karl, "I dare to catch up because of my confidence. It's not my turn yet. I just know People hiding in the team make irresponsible remarks.”
"Anyway, you did see a bat-like guy flying over, right? What was the reason for not shooting?" Lu Ning asked.
"I will not shoot casually until I am sure whether it is an enemy or a friend, and that bat has not shown any hostility towards me." Zhu You put the gun back on his shoulder, "But you, why did I just leave for a while, and you are like this Are you suspicious?"
"Another person is missing, and a death has been confirmed." Karl greeted and asked Zhu You to come in, "We are basically certain that this is a confrontation scene, and the devil is among us tourists."
"What?"
He told Zhu You the general story of the matter, and then everyone returned to the room. It was already close to ten o'clock, which meant that they had to stay at least until close to six o'clock in the morning for eight hours, and they had to be on guard against possible attacks at any time. Devil, many people are a little out of their minds.
Lu Ning, Fujii Yukine, Inahara Ayano, and Zhu You were in the same room. This room division was the final plan finalized by Carl and several others. The grouping was completely disrupted except for some special circumstances. If something went wrong again, the number of demon suspects could be directly reduced to a minimum.
This room was the original auxiliary bedroom, located in the dining room corridor. Lu Ning put the oil lamp on the desk in the room, took out Lima's research notes and read them. Zhu You asked out of curiosity, but Lu Ning had no intention of showing them to her.
"I can only tell you that this is something I need to study for my personal secret mission. I will not share this with others. In addition, concentrating on it can also prevent me from getting sleepy."
"Aren't you going to sleep?" Zhu You yawned, "I'm very tired after chasing you for so long."
"Then... I wish my sister to sleep first?" Inahara made the bed, "I think it would be safer for most people to be awake..."
"Unless the room is full of demons except you." Lu Ning scared her.
"It shouldn't be that bad. There are eighteen of us now. Even if all six demons are here, the probability of being divided into three in a room is quite low..."
"About 24 percent." Fujii Yukine sat against the wall, hugging her knees with her hands, and placed her own oil lamp in front of her toes. "It's actually not low."
"ah?"
"Nothing, I just calculated it based on the simplest probability. But the devil will also consider that if he acts randomly, the suspiciousness will be greatly increased, and I think there must be a devil among the three missing people, so the probability of something really happening is also Not that high.”
"Miss Fujii, don't scare me..." Inahara Ayano breathed a sigh of relief, "Your stern face is really scary."
Lu Ning was very willing to agree with this statement.
"Don't worry. The devil should have tried it out tonight. Since fourteen days have been given, it means that the devil does not have the ability to kill us all in one night."
"In that case, I'm going to sleep first. If any of you are really sleepy, you can ask me to get up and take over." Zhu You lay down on the bed in the room, muttering in his mouth, and fell asleep quickly.
Lu Ning, who was studying the notes here, took out the small bottle of golden mead, tasted it briefly, and began to interpret Lima's research notes with the knowledge provided by the scene.
The night is getting darker.
Lu Ning rubbed her eyes, stretched her aching back, and turned to look at the room.
Zhu You was sound asleep, and Inahara's head slowly lowered and then suddenly raised on the floor, looking a little sleepy. Fujii Yukine was still energetic, staring at the door with her back against the wall, looking like she could get up at any time.
So she gestured to Fujii Yukine, but all she got was a shake of her head.
Few people here carry watches.
The cold wind in the middle of the night did not stop, and when I looked through the window at the opposite room, it was also pitch black. Lu Ning walked around a little, and suddenly heard subtle footsteps coming from the corridor outside.
Fujii obviously heard it too. He stretched out his hand to support the ground and squatted down. He listened attentively. The two of them made a "two" gesture at the same time.
Lu Ning opened the door a small crack. The people passing by outside did not turn on the lights, but tiptoed along the corridor toward the door. Their movements were extremely careful. If Lu Ning's hearing had not been enhanced, she would not have even noticed.
Since he acted like this, the possibility of it being a demon was greatly reduced.
"Where are you two going?"
Karl's lazy voice came from the direction of the living room, and then the lights came on in the corridor, illuminating Xia Xinhe and Duan Qing who were moving in the darkness.
"It's three o'clock, right...Professor Shen." Carl leaned against the door, turned to ask Shen's almanac in the room, and then turned his head back, "You two are finally planning to run away?"
"Is there something wrong?" Xia Xinhe said bravely, "I have lived here for eight hours, why should I take the same risk as those careless people?"
"After enjoying the benefits of everyone joining together, do you plan not to share the risks?" Carl said happily, "Are you really selfish or do you think you should do this?"
"Does it matter? I'm leaving now anyway!" Xia Xinhe avoided the question, "Do you still want to keep me? Then you are probably a devil!"
Karl waved his hand directly. At this time, the business in the corridor had woken everyone up. Some people were angry when they heard Xia Xinhe's plan, while others thought he was just like that, but they still looked at Karl.
"You can leave if you want. Don't blame me for not reminding you... I have more than one plan tonight."
Xia Xinhe didn't expect him to let her go so easily. She was stunned for a moment and didn't realize the meaning of the next sentence.
At this time, Fujii Yukine and Lu Ning also walked out of the room.
"Taking such a big risk just for a three-point escape plan is a bit too ambitious. There are several preliminary plans behind this plan." Fujii Yukine said.
"Preparatory plan?" Xia Xinhe glanced at the others blankly and found that most of them had the same look.
"Ah, I didn't say it clearly." Lu Ning also added, "After all, it's best not to say this kind of thing openly. Those who understand it will naturally understand it. It doesn't matter if they don't understand it. We are paying attention."
Karl raised his lips: "How about it? Do you want to hear what else we verified?"
"It's so mysterious, I want to hear what you have prepared secretly!" Although Xia Xinhe's tone was still very strong, what he said was completely different.
"Let's start with the most important thing first." Shen Lishu helped Ye Chuqing out of the house, his voice slightly hoarse, "What is the specific scope of staying in a lakeside cabin for eight consecutive hours?"
Ye Chuqing opened the notebook in his hand.
"At least the first point to confirm is that all parts that are not indoors, including the front and back yards, should not be counted." Shen Lishu cleared his throat, "You didn't check out the props with your own mission, did you? Now I The task is still unfinished, and the old man has never left the house except for a short while when the thick fog broke out and left the restaurant and entered the front yard."
Xia Xinhe's expression felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
"In other words, you, who acted almost in the same way as Professor Shen, have not completed the task. Now that you walk out of the door, you have given up tonight." Karl raised his hand and nodded Xia Xinhe, "In addition, I also entrusted Tachikawa , Suiyama and my old friend went to verify another fact. They did not go directly to the assigned guest room, but went to the hot spring first."
"Staggering the time difference, we need to verify whether that special room is also recognized inside the lakeside cabin." Lu Ning said.
"The third thing that needs to be verified is the internal state." Fujii Yukine continued, "For example, people like you, and people with secret missions that are harmful to the team. In short, using such groupings can quickly screen people. If they don't move , that buys us time.”
“Mr. We need to figure out the judgment mode of the lake house. And this plan may not go smoothly, after all, the devil will..."
Snap.
Before Karl could finish speaking, a strange sound came from the ceiling above the people.
That's from outside.
It was like something sticky was beating on the roof. It might be called footsteps, but it didn't seem to be human at all.
Everyone heard it, so it couldn't have been a mistake. Karl also suppressed his smile, took out his pistol and pointed it in the direction of the sound above his head.
"Everyone check the people in the same room as you. Is there anyone missing? Xia Xinhe, where are Qiu Yiyun and Yiluo who live in the same room as you?" Fujii Xueyin asked coldly.
"How do I know? I didn't wake those two people up!" Xia Xinhe gritted his teeth and leaned against the wall, staring at the ceiling with Duan Qing.
The footsteps did not stop, but came towards Lu Ning's direction. The sticky feeling became stronger, and there was even the sound of some liquid hitting the roof besides the footsteps.
"Is it a demon?" Inahara and Zhu You were in the room, but they roughly understood what was happening outside.
"Not sure, check inside the study immediately..."
"We are here." Yiluo supported the trembling Qiu Yiyun and walked out of the study, "Now we only need the people from the hot spring. What is the sound on the roof?"
"We can't go out to confirm. As long as we leave this house, the time will start again." Karl said loudly, "Be alert! Unless there is some way for us not to go out and check the roof ourselves!"
After he shouted these words, a dim light suddenly lit up outside the house.
A pair of translucent cyan giant wolves appeared outside the house. Their form was not very stable, but their existence alone was a bit surprising.
Inahara stood in front of the window, holding two very simple-looking paper figures between the middle, index and ring fingers of his right hand, but the same cyan light shining on the paper figures made them no longer ordinary.
"Xingshi Tanlang, please, go check what is on the roof."
Following her voice, two ghost wolves rushed onto the roof, and then there was a sound like something hitting a puddle on the roof.
"It's a dark guy! Like a kappa! I caught him - no!" Inahara Ayano suddenly screamed, the paper man in her hand suddenly turned into a piece of paper, and the light dissipated.
At this moment, people had almost all rushed to the door of the room, and at the same time they saw the large "hair" that slowly stretched out from the top of the window, like algae.
"It's a witch! This time it's a witch!" Pan Haishu shouted excitedly. Kardang rushed into the room first and pulled Inahara away from the window, while Zhu You immediately raised his gun and pointed it at the top of the window, ready to shoot at any time.
But the other party didn't show his head.
Only the hair began to extend downwards, and soon it covered the outside of the window like a curtain. The wooden window frame made a soft sound, making the listeners' scalp numb. Everyone fled back to the corridor, only daring to watch by the door.
Finally, the window frame also "grew" hair.
The wood, which was obviously durable, shattered into pieces as if it had been corroded, and the glass lost its support and fell to the floor, making several crisp sounds. Those hairs began to flow into the room, and at the same time, the "snap" and "snap" sounds sounded again from the top of the head.
The terror is never far away.
