It is difficult for a devil to get drunk in the true sense due to his physique. Lu Ning still got up as usual the next morning, sorted out the notes on the table, then went into the hotel to buy breakfast, and sat on a seat near the window to taste it quietly.
But what happened last night fermented overnight.
People rushed to the door of the Hermann family's house to question. It was obviously a matter that could be settled with a little effort of words, but they simply chose to stay behind closed doors without giving any explanation. Some angry townspeople went to the suburbs and began destroying their farmland, while others sought justice from the mayor and the Turner family.
Although the boss was not affected too much, after the death actually occurred, the atmosphere in the town began to become panicked.
What is scary is not the corpse, but the person who made the corpse.
Someone sat down at the table with a sandwich.
"Dr. Lu Ning, have you heard the rumors in the town today?" Seitaro Asayama looked a little sad, "People are starting to die. This is not good news. The anomalies in the scene have begun to show their fangs."
"What are you worried about?" Lu Ning asked.
"Secret mission." Qianshan was also very straightforward, "Although I can't explain in detail, my mission requires a low-key investigation to be completed. The current situation is very unfavorable to me."
"Then why do you want to tell me?"
"Because you have something that we don't have yet." Qianshan smiled, "Didn't you notice? When you lend a helping hand to that boy, you have prestige here. Although you are not a local, you have Having a certain degree of voice is much better than us tourists.”
"Of course I know this kind of thing, but I can't make excessive demands on the town based on that little thing. At most, it will make my actions smoother." Lu Ning shook her head, "If I want to ask for help, why don't I come to you? Where are those teammates?"
"You seem to think that I am the captain, but in fact I am just someone like Yu Guiting." Asama explained, "The person with leadership ability in this team is Ryo Tachikawa, and the real employers are Sugiyama and Inahara. I and Fujii are both employed people.”
"Oh? I remember you are a geologist..."
"Yes, but to other people, I can also be called a researcher of occult science." Asayama spread his hands, "Fujii's identity is a young detective who inherited a detective agency. She is in urgent need of A remarkable achievement that can open up his own firm's business as publicity. As for Ryo Tachikawa, who is a good friend of the head of the Sugiyama family, I don't know his details. Sugiyama and Inari are two very famous onmyojis in this world. Descendants of the family.”
"You really sold out your teammates."
"Don't say it so harshly. I sincerely seek your cooperation. These unimportant things are just for me to express my attitude. Even if you know this, you can't use it to hurt them." Qianshan waved his hand hurriedly, "Seriously. Yes, now that it’s just the two of us, we might as well reveal the demon suspects in your mind and mine, so that we can continue to talk in detail.”
"Do you mean you don't think I'm a demon anymore?"
"I don't think you're acting like that."
Lu Ning smiled before continuing: "Thank you for your trust, but I still want to hear your point of view first."
"So far, the demons have killed two people in total, and there are two demons who have shown their power." Qianshan began to analyze, "The one who killed Xue Fengchun in the thick fog was the one who attacked us on the roof. On the other hand, assuming that all the demons are really among the tourists, there are still four demons who have not fully demonstrated their special abilities. In addition, the demons who took action that night should also include the shooter who killed Sally. The windows caused chaos in the restaurant, and the use of the green room to restrict the movement of Robert and others.”
"The night before, a demon attacked Fujii Yukine. I don't think she was lying."
"But what if she's a demon?"
Asayama crossed his fingers and felt a little uneasy: "To be honest, if this scene is regarded as a simple killing game, then among the strategies the murderers will adopt, it is not impossible that someone will jump out and lead the team to confuse the sight, right? ? And among us, Karl, Fujii Yukiyin, who are the loudest, and the mysterious Shen Lishu, there may be a devil among these three people. "
"You don't trust your teammates?"
"Because it's strange." Qianshan said, "The four people in our team all have some special powers, but she is just a fledgling detective. This is not consistent with the situation of our team, and I don't know how to hire someone." What is her purpose?"
"Then you want to say that she was not actually attacked by a demon on the first night, but she injured herself to confuse the situation?"
"Don't rule out this possibility, right? Sally and Xue Fengchun died immediately after being attacked by a demon, and Karl almost died in the hands of a demon. Why can she easily defeat the demon? Unless she also has some unknown power. , but that’s unfair.”
Lu Ning knew what Qianshan meant by unfairness.
As a detective, Fujii must have been given various abilities by the distribution center that can facilitate investigation. Giving a person an information advantage while also giving a strong self-protection ability is obviously not in line with the distribution center's habit of initially being fair to tourists.
"So, have you ever thought about another possibility?" Lu Ning paused before saying.
"Another possibility?"
"She originally had detective abilities. Behind the identity she was given on the surface, the distribution center granted her another hidden identity, and what is disclosed to you is just that she is a qualified detective on the surface. Just like you, in our eyes He was just an ordinary geologist."
"It seems that you insist that she is not a demon. I still reserve my opinion... In addition, I think the two missing persons, Luo Nan and Zhong Feiying, are both demons."
"Yeah?"
"They both disappeared to discuss the next step of the plan. I think it may be difficult for the demons to get the opportunity to communicate with each other, so they used this method to make arrangements."
"If you follow your thinking, then the demons should have been dispersed at the beginning, and every team has them?"
"Yes, that's the truth."
"These demons came to this town together? Just because of the witch?"
"No, I don't think the devil came to the town, but that he became a devil after coming to the town." Asayama waved his hand, "Remember those rumors? Among those sensational stories, there is one very key one Something has never changed, that is..."
"A woman came from outside the town." Lu Ning said what those legends have in common.
"If witches are all outsiders, why aren't devils? After all, the two must be connected, so it's understandable that they were born in the same way."
"Fujii, Luo Nan, Zhong Feiying... okay, where are the three more?"
"Zhu You, a lone person who has been missing for a while, is also very suspicious. There should be one among Professor Shen's group, and finally Carl and Robert..."
"It sounds like your list of suspects has not been finally confirmed." Lu Ning smiled, "Then let me just talk about a few people I think are suspicious."
"Um."
"You, Qiu Yiyun, Zhu You, Zhong Feiying, Luo Nan and Yi Luo."
Asayama smiled bitterly.
"In addition, I will not completely rule out the suspicion of Xia Xinhe and his wife. It is true that they have always acted as two people, but the devil decided to put the people who act together at the end not only to cover their identities, but also to ensure that one of his own Killing quota. Taking a step back and thinking about it, if the two of them are demons who testify against each other, we will not be able to judge anything suspicious about them from their actions. After all, no one will keep an eye on them all the time."
"I... understand. So, would you at least do me a little favor without doubting me?"
"Your secret mission, right? Don't worry, I think this commotion won't last long."
Lu Ning is quite confident about this.
The coffin in front of the carpenter's door has been moved, the blacksmith is sitting on the stone at the door to rest, and new goods have arrived in the grocery store. When Lu Ning walked into the empty house of Taylor's family, she encountered no obstruction.
"Identity confirmation..."
She whispered and walked to the bedroom door with brisk steps.
"Are you a demon?"
Some vague sounds came from the room.
"How did you find me?"
"Weren't you the one who stuffed a note into my hand last night when there was a crowd? What is the personal exclusive ability you obtained? Transformation?"
"Don't guess my abilities! We are teammates!" The voice in the room became louder. "I asked you to come here because you don't want to expose the secrets of our demons like those stupid bastards! You count on us How many secrets are left that haven’t been discovered by those damn guys? If this continues, within three days we won’t even have a fig leaf left!”
"I think they did a good job. They tested the abilities of so many people in one night and even killed one person. They also did a good job in the small cooperation in the restaurant."
"As a price, they gave up most of the devil's information advantage! If we weren't so eager to take action, we could even make them think this was a hunting scene!"
"The cost of not doing that is that humans easily completed the difficult optional tasks." Lu Ning chuckled, "Even if you accuse them like this, you can't cover up the fact that you failed to attack Fujii Yukine on the first night, right? Tell me. what happened?"
The demon in the room was silent for a while, and then said with a hint of hatred: "That damn woman...she has better skills than me."
"Did I hear you correctly? Or are you saying that you didn't use four times the power of the devil form to deal with her at all?"
"How could I make such a stupid mistake! Of course I tried my best to kill her! Who knew she could still react in such a situation!"
Lu Ning couldn't help but shook her head: "So you haven't accomplished anything, so why do you think you can give me orders? Just because of your smart 'inaction' that night?"
She left the door, walked to the drawer where Taylor had taken out the envelopes before, and opened the drawer. There were some letters scattered there, all of which were salary envelopes. The money and pay slips had been taken away. But she doesn't use that either.
"What good ideas do you have?" The demon inside still suppressed his anger.
"Nothing, I'm looking for clues about the witch now." Lu Ning took out all the envelopes and sorted them according to the time on them.
"Witch? Why are you looking for that? Isn't our mission clear?"
"After completing the ritual, the witch returns. Do you really understand?"
"Hey, what did I think you were saying? Wouldn't it be enough to complete the mission by killing all the humans? Do you still need to waste time and effort on exploring that illusory mission?"
"First of all, we may not be able to kill all the humans because of their strength; secondly, there are my friends there."
The demon in the room was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Your friend? Hahaha! Have you understood that this is a confrontation scene? A fight to the death? Even people from well-known large organizations will not hesitate to fight against each other in the scene. Do you have any How naive are you to be soft-hearted in a scene just because you are familiar with the other person?"
"I never show mercy when needed." Lu Ning looked at the envelopes one by one in the sunshine and continued to talk to the devil in the room, "But since the distribution center has provided a solution that doesn't require killing everyone, I want to Try it."
"I didn't expect you to be an idiot too." The demon said disdainfully, "Even if you want to let them go, they won't let you go. Their mission is to kill all six demons."
hiss.
The envelope was carefully torn open by Lu Ning. The slightly thick paper seal was made of two layers of paper tightly glued together. Through the sunlight, she could see a thin black line in each letter. Usually, It can easily be regarded as impure pulp.
"Then don't let them find out."
"Easier said than done."
Lu Ning carefully pulled out the black threads from the letter paper. They were still a little tough, so the job was easier than expected. Then she tore off a piece of paper from the note pad and carefully wrapped the black threads. , folded the envelope and put it into his arms.
"I experienced two painful failures, but it's not like I didn't learn anything." Lu Ning walked towards the door. "After the first failure, I began to try to use methods other than killing to solve the problem, and the second time After failure, I know who I want to save and don’t need to worry about the other person’s attitude towards you.”
"ah?"
"Since we don't know each other from the beginning, let's each act in our own way. We don't share the same ideas, so let's see which way we choose is the correct way to win. The winner is stronger, isn't it? "
She opened the door and walked out of the house.
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Near noon, the townspeople who blocked Herman's door finally dispersed. The mayor and several policemen were very busy, and the three people who came to help, Shen Lishu, Ye Chuqing and Yiluo, were not so relaxed.
After everything settled down, a middle-aged man with a pale face and a slightly fat figure walked out of the room. His face was calm, as if it was not a big scene at all.
"Mr. Fisher, I think you can try to solve this kind of problem yourself next time." The mayor said to the middle-aged man without complaint.
