All is not lost in Lima.
As a researcher, Lima still retains his professionalism of taking notes, although after he entered here, his notes no longer had any substantive content to say.
Most of them are praising the knowledge of witches, or they occasionally write some illogical words when they are awake. In recent days, these words have turned into words mixed with unidentifiable meanings. Judging from the shape, The symbols written on the houses become closer and closer to the cemetery.
The only thing of some value is that he records every "conversation" between the witch and him. There is no content, only the time that can be seen in the order of recording and various disgusting "praises".
Judging from the time, the witch will give Lima a new instruction about every other day. Although it seems to Lima that it is a conversation, Lu Ning can see that the witch gives the right advice at the right time, and Lima takes the initiative. Go and execute.
Lu Ning still handled this notebook in the same way as before and burned it after reading it.
The previous conversation had already made her understand a problem, a problem that neither the devil nor the tourists ignored. In addition, she also reminded herself what the truth of this world is. On this basis, it is not difficult to win. What is difficult is her own way of winning.
The witch is back and if all the tourists don’t die, they must make sure to time it well. However, in front of the final boss of a scene that can control time, can she really hit that time?
Lu Ning curled her lips and walked out of the house, then opened the front door again, and the inside returned to its previous clean and tidy state. As expected, the key must be used every time, but I don’t know how many people can pass by it once. I might as well ask another demon to come over and try together later.
Even if she couldn't, including the keys she got from Lima, she already had two, enough for her use. Maybe we can also rely on the characteristics of this house to arrange some... trouble for future visitors?
After spending a little time setting up, it was already close to noon when we returned to town. There were two young men standing guard at the east entrance, and they were stunned when they saw Lu Ning coming back.
"Doctor, are you out?"
"Didn't it get quiet yesterday? I'm going to go out for a walk to see if you can calm down. How is the situation this morning?"
The young man was a little embarrassed to be asked this question.
"Everyone was filled with indignation yesterday...actually they didn't really want to burn anyone. But if something like that happened, everyone wouldn't be in a good mood."
The death of the tourist undoubtedly brought a shadow to everyone. No one doubted the return of the witch. Now everyone can still stay sane because the mayor is not dead. Several other people also came out to stabilize the situation, but this has no effect. Will last a long time.
The days to come will become increasingly difficult.
Lu Ning would not show such emotions on her face, but the two young men comforted Lu Ning in a decent manner, and then let Lu Ning enter the town. When passing by several of the burning sites last night, I could see that those things had been dismantled, leaving only piles of ashes that had not yet been cleaned up.
Lu Ning did not go back to the hotel, but went directly to the doctor. Since the mayor was assassinated, as the only medical staff in the town, he must know the inside story.
But surprisingly, the clinic is not open today.
As far as Lu Ning knew, a doctor would sit in the clinic and work every day, seven days a week, unless he was sick. Today's closure was so unexpected that there wasn't even a notice posted at the door. She asked the nearby two families and learned that yesterday the doctor was picked up by people from the town and went to treat the mayor. He has not returned yet. Due to the sudden incident, he just closed the door and left.
After hearing the news, Lu Ning could only go directly to the mayor's house. After all, he was also a doctor, so he could always provide some convenience.
When they arrived at the mayor's house, they happened to see Shen Lishu and Ye Chuqing being sent out by a young man.
"Doctor Lu." Shen Lishu slightly arched his hand to Lu Ning, "Why are you here?"
"I'm a doctor after all. It's okay to be so messy yesterday. Now that everything has calmed down today, I should also take a look at the mayor's injury." Lu Ning glanced at the young man, "How is the treatment going?"
"It's not fatal." Ye Chuqing replied, "The assassin only had a chance to attack once, and then he was discovered. The mayor's injury needs to be rested, but he has been examined by a doctor."
"Speaking of the doctor... did he come to treat the mayor and then leave?"
Hearing this question, Shen Lishu frowned.
"The doctor left after treating the injury. It was around nine o'clock last night. Was he too tired to go to work today?"
"Nine o'clock...Professor Shen, even if you have a one-day operation, you can wake up normally if you go back to rest at this time." Lu Ning's expression darkened slightly.
Shen Lishu and Ye Chuqing immediately understood what this meant.
"Dorian, do you know where the doctor's home is?" Shen Lishu turned to ask the young man. The young man seemed to understand something and immediately replied: "It's not far from his clinic, I can take you there!"
The four of them hurried to the doctor's residence, which was a small single-story house. Ye Chuqing climbed over the courtyard wall and ran to the window, looked around the house, came back and shook her head.
"No one can be seen from the windows."
Lu Ning twisted the door handle and locked it, then looked at Shen Lishu.
"Sanjiu, Shuishanjian. Everyone, be mentally prepared." Shen Lishu held a piece of bamboo between his fingers, looked up at the door, and said in a hoarse voice, "Break the door."
Ye Chuqing concentrated her energy and slapped the door handle with a palm. There was a crisp explosion, and cracks appeared around the door handle. Then there was a quick clicking sound, and the wooden door broke away from the handle and opened quietly.
There was no one in the house. The quilts in the bedroom were neatly folded, and it didn't look like anyone had come back to sleep at night. There was also a sandwich in a wooden box placed in the kitchen cabinet. It looked like it was saved for dinner and had not been touched at all.
"Look at it like this, the doctor didn't come back yesterday." Shen Lishu leaned on his crutch and sighed, "It's more likely to happen than not."
If you can't come back, then this is very interesting.
"Is it... a demon?" Ye Chuqing asked.
"It's possible. After all, if the doctor goes to treat the mayor, it's equivalent to being involved in this matter." Shen Lishu glanced at Lu Ning and said, "My little friend, it's better not to be too lenient to avoid accidents. "
Lu Ning noticed that Shen Lishu's eyes slightly turned towards the young man named Dorian twice, and then nodded, indicating that he understood.
Afterwards, Shen Lishu sent Dorian to report the news here to the mayor and several others, while he pulled a stool in the room and sat down, coughed, raised his head and smiled at Lu Ning.
"Can you tell me where you went this morning?"
"The lake house." Lu Ning said, "I want to see if the traces left before are still there, and whether the wood blocks we transported out have been restored."
"The results of it?"
"Recovered." Lu Ning also found a place to sit down and said with a frown, "Everything in that room has returned to its original state, including the items consumed before and the broken glass. These have all returned to their original appearance. There’s no need for any cleaning at all.”
"So, what about the things that were brought in later?"
"Still."
Shen Lishu pondered for a moment and then called Ye Chuqing over.
"Dr. Lu, let me explain to you that Peng Morong's death last night was not the result of Miss Fujii's behavior."
Lu Ning raised her eyebrows but said nothing.
"What I'm good at is the hexagram deduction. The accuracy is quite good, but the direction of guidance is a bit vague." Shen Lishu glanced at Ye Chuqing, "So in the past seven days, I've deduced most people. With additional confirmation and my own interpretation, I can probably determine the candidate for the devil.”
"Are you willing to tell me that that means excluding me from being a demon?" Lu Ning asked.
"Although it cannot be completely ruled out, the hexagrams obtained from you are mostly middle or lower, which indicate crisis and emergency response, and are not very similar to the hexagrams of the Demon Man." Shen Lishu chuckled, "The old man said clearly, the Demon Man The six people with the most obvious resemblances are Luo Nan, Zhong Feiying, Zhu You, Feng Hui, Qiu Yiyun and Asayama Seitaro."
"Oh? Why?"
"Luo Nan mostly wanted to kill. Although Zhong Feiying has been missing, he appeared to be successful. Zhu You and Qiu Yiyun were independent. As for Feng Hui and Qian Shan, they couldn't interpret anything from the hexagrams. They suspected that they were because of their Behavior."
"Feng Hui... do you think he asked Peng Morong to find Fujii, and then found an opportunity to break away from the team to chase him? But according to Karl, Fujii had also met Feng Hui before, and there was no reason not to kill him at that time. Fujii is a greater threat.”
"There are two reasons. First, it was daytime, and Feng Hui might not be able to exert his full strength. Second, Fujii's combat effectiveness is unknown, and the traps she set were to test Feng Hui and Peng Morong respectively, and they were not discovered even if they were discovered. It can be seen. Now that one of the suspects is dead, the suspicion of the other person has increased a lot."
Lu Ning nodded, reluctantly agreeing with this judgment.
"What about Asayama Seitaro?"
"His motivation is very low. He clearly has the clue about the forest ranger, but he has not followed the clue to develop more information. He has been busy winning over others these days and convincing others to believe in him. This behavior is actually similar to Xia Xinhe, but it is It's just more hidden and easier for people to accept." Shen Lishu said.
"Where's Iroh? I remember he came here after you. Why don't you take him with you now?"
"He is a human being, but he has his own secret mission." Ye Chuqing answered for Shen Lishu, "But this is our internal problem, we do not doubt him."
"But I won't accept what you say." Lu Ning made it clear, "You know this is a secret, right? I have experienced a secret confrontation scene where some people were allowed to rebel midway, which means that this scene It is not impossible that the number of demons in the world suddenly increases. Anyone who may be harmful to me will be treated as a demon."
"That's okay, just please... Well, if you can, please don't aim to be a killer." Shen Lishu stood up with his crutches, "I know this request is a bit excessive, so if he really wants to harm you, And if I get killed, I won’t say anything..."
"So Iroh is indeed doing something bad?"
"That's not the case, but I think it will be soon."
Shen Lishu walked out of the door with the support of Ye Chuqing, but his voice did not stop.
"I can't understand this world, but my ability makes everything feel more blurry to me, and this also makes victory farther and farther away from me... Confrontation, haha, confrontation."
The old man's disappointed voice became more distant, until it seemed like a whisper from another world.
Lu Ning, who was standing alone in the room, smiled instead.
"Can't you understand? How many people can understand this world at this stage? You didn't even notice the traps in the mission. If this continues, isn't it a dead end?"
In the afternoon, an explosion occurred at the police station in the small town. All police officers on duty except Sheriff Daniel were killed. This obvious attack had completely clear the target - the powerful figures in the town.
The director was really a tough guy. Half of his arm was blown off, and even though his whole body was burned, he still had people carry him to the square. He loudly ordered the townspeople not to panic. The source of the witch was about to be found. Although he completely fainted after that.
After the doctor disappeared, people had no choice but to ask Lu Ning to deal with the chief's injuries.
The effects of anesthetics in this era were only average. The police chief woke up from the pain caused by the stimulation of alcohol and drugs. He found that Lu Ning in white robe was concentrating on treating the wound. He endured the pain and tried to talk to Lu Ning to divert his attention. force.
"Doctor, are you feeling scared?"
"What's going on in this town? To be honest, it's a bit scary with so many people dead." Lu Ning changed the cotton ball, threw the previous glass bottle aside, and looked at Daniel, "I'm scared It’s not death, I’ve seen a lot of death. What’s scary is the cause of death, and you haven’t been able to give me a convincing explanation so far.”
"Sorry, this is all related to the witch...hiss..."
"Just endure the pain. I won't bring any anesthetics with me when I travel, and the doctor in town is missing." Although Lu Ning said this, her hands were a little lighter.
"Doctor...we are already looking for him." Daniel gritted his teeth and said, "This town has been cursed by the witch. We are actively looking for ways to escape, but to no avail."
"Adams told me." Lu Ning nodded, "I also heard the witch's voice. Adams told me this is called resonance. Do you know about this?"
"Did you experience 'resonance'?" Daniel almost got up from the bed in excitement, but he pulled at his wound and lay down with a cry of pain. He could only ask, "What did the witch say to you?"
"Ah...wait a moment." Lu Ning glanced at the wound that was bleeding again, shook her head and walked to the medical cabinet to take out the medicine again. She also thought about the crazy words in Lima's notes in her mind.
You can really make it up at will.
