All night long, except for grandma, all the weirdos in Gu Xing's house were restless.
The next morning, there was a lot of noise in the basement corridor.
Gu Xing opened his eyes, and Zaoe was still holding his chin, looking at him affectionately.
The strange thing is that there seems to be a bit of pride in this deep affection... It's strange.
Gu Xing finally discovered that as long as Zao Hui stayed by her side, her attention would be entirely on him.
It seems that the dream that night really changed her memory.
In other words, the current Gu Xing is Zao Hui's first love, her regret for not getting married as she wished, and the man who avenges her...
I fell in love with a weirdo, and no one would believe me if I told her.
There is another problem... Gu Xing discovered that when Zaohui enforced the rules, she did not need to be on site, and she was completely controlled remotely.
So, does Gu Xing want to be looked at so affectionately by Zao Hui all the time... Maybe, because Zao Hui is a monstrosity created by Gu Xing, he can still adapt to it.
But what about the people around Gu Xing?
For example, the Holy Son, such as Adachi... No matter, other people can't see Haye anyway.
It was still noisy outside...mostly the shouts of women——
"husband!"
"Where's my husband?"
"Honey, where are you?"
Yosuke went out early. Fujino and Eijiro, who were still in the room, were looking out the door, seemingly more concerned about what was going on.
Eijiro did not present today's "Take Away Proposal" immediately, which shows that the situation is indeed unusual.
what happened? Go and have a look.
Gu Xing got dressed and was about to go out when he heard a knock on the door.
"Dong dong——"
"Gu Xingjun, are you there?" was the anxious voice of the Holy Son.
Gu Xing opened the door.
The Holy Son standing at the door was originally nervous, but now he took a deep breath and said, "That's great."
"how?"
Gu Xing looked into the corridor. There were more than a dozen women and crying children standing outside. They were all neighbors in the basement.
"last night,"
The Holy Son came close to Gu Xing's ear and whispered: "All their husbands have disappeared."
Gu Xing's heart sank as he remembered what happened last night. Qiu Hui's extremely beautiful face flashed through his mind.
Too many people are missing.
A woman was anxious to find her husband, so she knocked on doors and found that not only husbands with families were missing, but many single men were also missing.
After doing the math, there were only four men surviving in the entire basement.
Gu Xing, Matsumoto Yoshiro, a young man named Kawara Satake, and a man named Hirashima Tokuo with a fierce face.
Yoshiro Matsumoto is the middle-aged man who switched rooms with Chiyo before.
He had just finished doing things in Lidu two days ago and was planning to return to his hometown soon. Unexpectedly, he encountered such a terrifying thing.
"As soon as those weird investigators finish their investigation, I will leave immediately without any regrets. The basement of the Nara apartment is too scary!"
Yoshiro Matsumoto said with a pale face.
Another survivor, Kawara Satake, Gu Xing also has some impressions.
The last time Fujino was acting weird, the old man Koizumi had switched rooms with Satake Kawahara.
After hearing that the old man died, Kawara Satake also held a funeral for the old man, placed a memorial tablet for the old man at his home, and continued to worship him every day.
In addition to the missing men, Qiu Hui, who came to see Gu Xing late last night, also disappeared.
Her room was empty, and a lot of water accumulated on the floor, flowing out from the crack in the door and flooding the nearby corridor...
Approaching Qiu Hui's room, you can smell the damp rain. It seems that as long as you open the door, you can see a continuous rain falling in the house.
A sad breath floated out from the crack in the door along with the humid air.
Several women near Qiu Hui's house smelled the smell and couldn't help sobbing.
Probably because there were too many people missing this time and the accident occurred within a short time, it was considered very rare in Li City, which has a population of more than 30 million. Therefore, more than twenty minutes later, except for the currently missing crow, almost all investigators from the Bizarre Investigation Section of the Lidu City Police Headquarters arrived at the scene.
Red Shirt, Frogman, and Saury are familiar faces to Gu Xing.
In addition, there is a man with a square face and thick eyebrows, who is said to be codenamed Zhengyi; the other is a beautiful man who looks a bit like a woman, codenamed Dongluo.
"So many men died,"
Hong Shi walked up to Gu Xing and whispered: "It's really rare that you survived. You are worthy of my choice of male... assistant... candidate, haha."
Red Shirt has subconsciously put the missing people on the death list.
From a professional point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that the missing persons in bizarre incidents will most likely not survive the disaster.
In terms of her character, she had already taken into consideration the mood of the families of the missing persons present when she spoke such hurtful words at the minimum volume that only Gu Xing could hear.
"By the way,"
Hong Shi stared at Gu Xing: "You are too evil, why do weird things happen wherever you go?
Let me do the math - you were there when Grandma Satomi killed Fujino, and the case was handled by crow; you were there when Fujino knocked on the door, you were there when the taxi was weird, and you were there when the delivery boy was weird, and this new weirdness last night You are here too.
Good guy, I experienced five weird events in such a short period of time. Among them, Fujino, Taxi, and this one last night, even you almost died!
Hey, Gu Xingsang, could you..."
Hong Shi looked Gu Xing up and down, "Is he related to these weirdos in some way?"
"..."
What could Gu Xing do? He actually didn't want to do this... If he had to blame, he could only blame fate.
"Stop talking nonsense,"
The frogman on the side said: "It's almost fair to say that Gu Xing has a weird physique."
To put it this way, it would be safer to be a grotesque relative. Gu Xing secretly poked and complained.
"Don't be too nervous,"
The frogman enlightened Gu Xing, "The so-called weird physique does not mean that weird things will come to you, or that weird rules will always be triggered. It means that people with this kind of physique are prone to weird events happening around them...
The reason for this weird physique is said to be related to the individual's body magnetic field and genes, but it has not yet been fully researched and demonstrated by the research institute.
Although this kind of constitution is relatively rare, there are some typical cases in major cities... We also have more than a dozen registered in Lidu City. You can also register it later. "
The Frog Man's suggestion of having a weird physique was really not a joke, and the other party really recognized Gu Xing as having that physique.
Gu Xing was numb.
"Saury from our investigation class, you saw it last time when the taxi was weird, right?"
The frogman continued talking,
"He used to be a typical recruiter with weird physiques, and he was particularly powerful at it. Then after suddenly reading the comics, he gradually stopped doing it.
Red Shirt used to recruit weird physiques, but they weren't as powerful as Saury's. Therefore, Hong Shi had always had a particularly bad temper in the past, and his mouth was extremely poisonous. "
Bad temper in the past...?
Gu Xing looked at Hong Shi, who curled his lips in disdain.
Does that mean it's not bad now?
"I feel much better now," the frogman said. "You don't know that when Hong Shi and I met for the first time, I almost wanted to kill her."
"How come it's all about me..." Hong Shi said: "If you have something nice to say, just say it. If you don't have something nice to say, just shut your mouth."
"Okay,"
The frogman smiled and said, "I'm not as knowledgeable as you."
He looked at Gu Xing: "It's strange to say that although you have such a weird physique, you will often be unlucky enough to encounter all kinds of weird things.
But the amazing thing is that people with this kind of physique are also the most likely to survive weird events among all people. They have a higher chance of survival than our weird investigators. Do you think this is annoying or not? "
"Come on, that's total survivorship bias,"
Red Shirt snorted,
"It's not that people with weird physiques make it easier to survive. It's that people who continue to survive in horrific and weird events are judged to have weird physiques, okay?
Look at all the weird incidents I've experienced in the past. I almost died on every occasion.
Including those so-called ordinary people with grotesque physiques, who didn't tremble in grotesque events and try their best to survive?
When one day they accidentally die in a weird incident, the researchers will not count them as having weird physiques, but will count them in the statistics of weird deaths. Does this inference count? "
"You can't say that. If you carefully look through the files of those people with weird physiques, you will find that they are born...or, in other words, have luck far higher than ordinary people, and can circumvent weird rules..."
The frogman was retorting.
Gu Xing raised his hand, "Can I ask a question?"
"Um?"
"According to the precedent of Saury, is it possible to change the weird physique by reading the comics?"
"I can only say that there is a chance..."
Hong Shi said: "But we have done experiments and asked people with weird physiques to follow hundreds of anime series, and they have watched all the famous ones on the market.
Especially comics like Conan, who has a physique similar to that of a god of death, and murders follow him wherever he goes. I have read it dozens of times... Some people think he is a member of the Ke Ai Party, and some people think he is a New Lan Party member.
There are also some experimenters who are almost regarded as crime-solving experts, but——
It's useless, not at all. You have to continue to use weird moves when you should. "
"actually,"
The frogman patted Gu Xing's shoulder, "Why do you want to change your weird physique?
Those ordinary people who are involved in weird events can basically just wait for death, but people with weird physiques often pass by, or the weird rules are not triggered at all, and they can just sit back and watch with a relaxed attitude. How is this? of luck.
To be honest, I really wish I had this kind of physique. "
"I can stand and talk without pain in my back."
Hong Shi said angrily: "I've already said it's survivor bias! If you really want that so-called weird physique, then well, now, please change with Gu Xingsang."
"Hey, aren't you being unreasonable? If I could, I would have swapped it with your old self...or maybe just swap it with Saury. Wouldn't it be more powerful?"
The two began an endless, sterile turn-based bickering.
Gu Xing had no intention of getting involved, so he simply went to hide away.
Gu Xing secretly consulted Xiaodong about the idea of having a weird physique.
Xiaodong’s answer is:
[What’s the trick to get a weird physique? don't know】
[However, as a grotesque describer, isn’t it natural that various grotesques often appear around me? You should have had this awareness a long time ago, and there will be more in the future. Hey! Please be mentally prepared]
"..."
All right.
Gu Xing thought for a while, and it was quite good to be regarded as a so-called "weird physique" by the weird investigators.
In this way, all the weird events that happen around him in the future can be attributed to this weird physique.
More convenient, safer and more aboveboard.
The result of the discussion between Red Shirt and Frogman was that they registered Gu Xing on the "Lidu City Registration for Recruiting People with Weird Physiques."
In the future, we can use Gu Xing's fate trajectory to see whether it is survivor bias or whether people with this physique are really lucky.
From the perspective of the two people's respective affiliations, if Gu Xing is lucky to survive, it will prove that the frogman's point of view is correct, and Gu Xing is really blessed with great luck.
If Gu Xing dies in a weird incident one day, it would be survivor bias, and Hong Shi is right. This woman is really... unlucky...
This time, Gu Xing had to take sides. He supports the frogmen.
"I said Gu Xingsang,"
After the quarrel with the frogman, Hong Shi pulled Gu Xing aside again, and then began to persuade him earnestly——
"At this point, I think you should seriously consider joining our Bizarre Investigation Class."
"Why? Wow...that's true. Do you know that you have a weird physique that is full of bad luck?"
"Okay, do you really want to insist on staying in the Criminal Division? Have you thought about the colleagues in the Criminal Division? This kind of physique may bring bad luck to everyone... Just look at the last taxi incident. "
"Our weird investigation class is different. We are exposed to weird incidents every day. Who has no worse luck than the other?"
"Yes, I said that recruiting weird physiques is survivor bias, but what if I'm wrong?"
"Oh, you should think about it again..."
Gu Xing was speechless, and then he couldn't get enough of it.
Next, all the residents in the basement were questioned separately, and Gu Xing also told the truth about what happened last night.
It was Hong Shi and Frogman who were responsible for understanding the situation with Gu Xing.
After listening to Gu Xing's story, Hong Shi's eyes shone.
"Okay, Gu Xingsang, I really saw you right. It was the same last time..."
"Last time?"
The frogman on the side widened his eyes.
"Ahem, cough, cough," Hongshan quickly cleared his throat, "Last time Fujino was weird, Gu Xingsang's performance was very good.
By the way, are you really not tempted by such a beautiful beauty? He really doesn’t look like a normal man in our country...hahaha..."
"Hey, hey, hey!" The frogman slammed the table.
In addition to Gu Xing, the results of the interviews of the other three surviving men in the basement, Kawara Satake, Matsumoto Yoshiro, and Hirashima Tokuo, also came out.
As expected, the three of them also experienced Qiu Hui's knocking on the door last night.
The first one, Yoshiro Matsumoto.
He originally planned to agree to Qiu Hui's request and go to make repairs, but when he was about to go out, he thought of his good wife far away in his hometown, and felt that it was not appropriate for him to rush into a strange woman's room late at night.
And, to be honest, he is also a normal man, and Qiu Hui is so beautiful.
If the other party gave a little hint during the repair process, Matsumoto Yoshiro would find it difficult not to get ahead of himself.
Therefore, Matsumoto Yoshiro politely rejected the other party's request and said: If you can, please bear with Miss Qiu Hui tonight, and then help repair it tomorrow morning when the light is better.
Qiu Hui agreed, and Matsumoto Yoshiro survived the crisis safely.
Afterwards, Yoshiro Matsumoto called his wife and kept asking her questions. As he talked, he started sobbing, which made his wife confused.
The second one is Kawahara Satake.
He simply didn't open the door.
Before Qiu Hui looked at Kawara Satake's door, the memorial tablet of Elder Jingquan that was originally placed on the sacrificial table suddenly fell down.
Kawahara Satake instinctively thought that this was a reminder from the old man Iizumi, and the person who knocked on the door in the middle of the night was most likely to have malicious intentions, so he pretended to be asleep, and the person knocked on the door repeatedly and ignored it.
During this period, he felt that his will was wavering several times and couldn't help but open the door.
In the darkness, he seemed to see old man Jingquan blocking the door of his room, shaking his head at him with a nervous look on his face.
My restless heart gradually calmed down, and I was lucky enough to escape the disaster.
The third one is Tokuo Hirashima.
His experience was even more bizarre.
Around early this morning, Tokuo Hirashima got up to go to the toilet and found that his face in the mirror turned into that of his late ex-wife...
