When Ning Qiushui mentioned that it was related to the decay of their bodies, he clearly saw the change in the expression on Hong You's face.
It was a mixture of nervousness and fear.
He knew the fish was hooked.
What is more terrifying than death is the process of waiting for death.
Now, Hong You, who sees himself rotting little by little but has no choice but to do anything, is just waiting for death.
"Is this true?"
Ning Qiushui looked at her:
"really."
"And you should be able to see that I am actually not the person you are looking for."
When Ning Qiushui saw that the fish had taken the bait, he led the line deeper.
During this period, he had been carefully observing Hong You's micro-expressions.
Hong You stared straight at Ning Qiushui, her eyes were so scary.
"Okay, I'll tell you where your heart is."
"After we found the heart in the hospital, we divided it into two batches for safekeeping, and one batch was transferred to a hotel. As for which hotel it is, as long as you have a little brains, you will know it by checking it."
"However, you'd better be more accurate when you strike. If you don't succeed once, not only will the difficulty increase a second time or a third time, but Chu Zhu and the others will also suspect that there is a mole in the team!"
"At that time, it would be very dangerous for me to let the news out to you, and I might even get into trouble!"
Ning Qiushui smiled slightly.
"rest assured."
"I won't scare the snake away. At most, I'll check out nearby locations first, and then I'll make my move when I think I'm sure."
Hong You walked towards Ning Qiu Shui step by step and stopped about five steps away from Ning Qiu Shui. From this distance, Ning Qiu Shui could not only clearly hear Hong You's heavy and rapid breathing, but also Smell the strong stench coming out of the other person's mouth and nose.
"Now, tell me...how can I get rid of the rot in my body?!"
Ning Qiushui took a puff of cigarette calmly.
"I didn't say I would tell you 'how to cure rot', I only said I would tell you information about an important person about rot."
The two looked at each other through the smoke.
"... Let's go back to three days ago. It was the first time you came to Dusk Town, but the place where you were 'born' was very remote, and there were no people around, so you quickly noticed a man named Chen Old old man——"
As Ning Qiu Shui eloquently recounted the previous experiences of the Strangers, Hong You used the changes in her expression to tell Ning Qiu Shui that he had guessed correctly.
The corners of Hong You's mouth were twitching slightly, and his eyes were full of surprise and speculation.
"Were you...also there at that time?"
Ning Qiushui shook his head.
"No, I'm not here."
"and you……"
"My guess."
After the short conversation, Hong You felt that his body was slightly stiff.
Guess?
The NPC in front of them could restore what happened to them three days ago just by "guessing"?
"impossible……"
Hong You forced a smile.
"You must have been there, just like you were in the hospital!"
Ning Qiushui shook the hand holding the cigarette to make the smoke spread more evenly in the air.
"Miss, have you ever heard of the old saying - cleverness can lead to misunderstandings?"
"You think the 'aboriginals' of this world are all fools, so you just treat them as... NPCs?"
"What I want to tell you is that we met in the Garden of Eden two nights ago. I think you must have noticed the elevator on the first floor and the number 12 marked on it..."
Hearing this, Hong You's body shook violently and he took half a step back.
"you……"
Ning Qiushui smiled.
"Yes, I did it on purpose."
"When I tell you this, I don't want to show off to you how smart I am, but I want to tell you...how stupid you are."
"Now, let's go back to three days ago - I don't know what the old man named Chen told you, but I think you all thought he was an important NPC in the town, so you talked to him , trying to get some very important information from his mouth."
"I don't know if you noticed when you were talking to him... that he was dying."
"As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are also good. During the conversation, he may have revealed something, which made you gradually start to trust him. Then he gave a reason that you couldn't refuse, so that you did what he said. started killing people."
The more he spoke, the paler Hong You's face became and the more shocked his expression became.
"It's really easy for an old man who is about to die, still weathered, and looks like he has nothing to do with the world to gain the trust of others, right?"
"In fact, it's not just you who were fooled, I was the same."
"The only thing different from you is... I don't have a choice."
"Speaking of which, I'm quite curious. What did Mr. Chen tell you that allowed you to kill so many people at once?"
Hong You recalled what happened that day and slowly clenched his fists.
Everything started because of this old man.
If it weren't for him, they wouldn't be in the current situation.
"He told us that there is a way to quickly find the 'pot'..."
Hong You's mind was filled with anger, and he subconsciously said this.
Ning Qiushui squinted her eyes.
"The 'pot' needs a heart, and you need the 'pot', right?"
Hong You stopped talking and did not continue talking about this matter.
She no longer dared to show off her cleverness, and gradually realized the terror of the NPC in front of her. If she said one more word, the other party would probably be able to restore a lot of things. She didn't know whether the other party was an enemy or a friend now, and too many things had been exposed in advance. It's definitely not a good thing for myself.
"So what you're saying is that the reason why our bodies rot is because of this person named Mr. Chen?"
Ning Qiushui:
"There's no problem with your understanding."
Mr. Chen is indeed the direct reason for this.
But not the root cause.
"Then as long as we find this old man... we can stop the body's decay?"
Hong You's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Ning Qiushui did not give a positive answer:
"It's possible."
"That's all I can tell you."
Hong You nodded.
"Okay, I understand."
She turned around and left. After taking a few steps, Ning Qiushui stopped her again:
"By the way, when you saw Mr. Chen that night, did you see Sun Falcon?"
Hong You turned around, with a look of astonishment on his face:
"Sun Falcon?"
"Who is that?"
Ning Qiushui was silent for a while and shook her head.
"Maybe I was wrong. Just go...let's go."
Hong You's eyes flickered a few times, wanting to ask something, but she turned around and left.
After watching her leave, Ning Qiushui put out the cigarette butt and said in a voice that only he could hear:
"There are so many more people..."
