Looking at the expressions of everyone, Ning Qiushui was really speechless. He came to the stairs of the charnel house, pointed to the puzzle pieces on it and said:
"Don't you see that all the pieces of my puzzle are still there?"
Several people followed Ning Qiushui's gaze, and the shock on their faces not only did not fade away, but became even more intense.
"Oh no, damn it..."
Liu Chengfeng murmured.
"Brother, let me tell you something, don't be scared...two days ago, the pieces of the puzzle related to you disappeared!"
Ning Qiushui was startled.
He looked back again and carefully looked at the puzzle pieces above.
There's nothing wrong, the two fragments that belong to me are still there.
But they disappeared two days ago?
what's the situation?
Could it be... is it because he entered the Blood Gate through abnormal means?
After all the trouble, everyone finally confirmed that Ning Qiushui was not dead, and then quickly cleaned up the... spiritual field.
Following Big Beard's instructions, Ning Qiushui burned the photo of himself.
"Damn, Brother Qiu Shui, you really scared us to death!"
Tian Xun wiped his sweat.
He is the only one here besides Ning Qiushui who has entered the eighth door.
Because of this, he knew how high the mortality rate was at the eighth door, and it would not be surprising for anyone to die inside.
"Okay, it's already very late. Let's go and rest. I'll talk to you slowly about the things in the Blood Gate later... Xiaoxiao, come with me."
After hearing this, everyone stopped entangled and dispersed. Bai Xiaoxiao followed Ning Qiushui to his room.
As soon as he entered the room, Bai Xiaoxiao asked:
"Qiu Shui, what did you encounter behind the door? Why did your puzzle pieces suddenly disappear?"
Ning Qiushui shook her head:
"I'm not sure of the specific situation, probably because I didn't enter the Blood Gate through normal means."
He roughly told Bai Xiaoxiao what happened in the Blood Gate.
"...Zhao Er is not dead. He has returned to Xiangchun Mental Hospital."
"It's a pity that I didn't bring out the bronze mirror. It seems that it is not a ghost weapon."
Bai Xiaoxiao was thoughtful.
"Well... no matter what, it's good to come out alive."
"But that girl named Hong You, I seem to have heard of it somewhere..."
Bai Xiaoxiao recalled it carefully, then suddenly raised his head and said:
"Qiushui, I remembered. Hong You is from Rashomon. It seems that Tian Xun met her and her boyfriend in the seventh gate before."
"Such a coincidence, what happened next?"
"Her boyfriend died in that door... trying to save her."
Hearing this, Ning Qiushui suddenly understood why Hong You had such an expression when he asked her about the love token.
"Is this girl the department responsible for investigating and collecting information in Rashomon?"
Bai Xiaoxiao:
"Um."
"She belongs to the 'Ear'. Her position is neither big nor small. She has power in her hands."
Ning Qiushui didn't understand.
"Did she take the initiative to join 'Rashomon'?"
"I don't know about this, you have to ask her."
"Okay... I understand. You should go and have some rest. We'll talk about other things tomorrow."
Bai Xiaoxiao hummed, but as soon as she stood up, Ning Qiushui stopped her.
"Why is there blood on your back?"
Bai Xiaoxiao said "Ah", turned her head and glanced at her back.
There were indeed some blood stains there, soaking the short sleeves.
Ning Qiushui stepped forward, lifted up the clothes on her back, and saw that there were strips of incompletely solidified blood scab on Bai Xiaoxiao's smooth back.
This blood scab is not very long, but judging from the amount of bleeding, it should be very deep. It is a wound penetrated by a sharp weapon, and this location... is already very close to the heart.
"Have you encountered an assassin?"
Bai Xiaoxiao nodded, not deliberately hiding these things.
"Um."
"Fortunately, Brother Jun was around at the time. He reacted quickly enough and prevented the other party from succeeding. The person who assassinated me has been arrested, but..."
Speaking of this, Bai Xiaoxiao's expression was somewhat subtle and suspicious, which made Ning Qiushui a little curious:
"But what?"
"However, the person who assassinated me was not a killer, but a mentally ill person who escaped from Xiangchun Mental Hospital."
"Mental illness?"
"Well, the police have confirmed the identity. Afterwards, Brother Jun went to check on the guy. He was indeed a mentally ill man named Jin Cheng. He has been in Xiangchun Mental Hospital for seventeen years. It seems that he took advantage of the guard's shift change a few days ago. Escaped when..."
Ning Qiushui thought for a moment and said:
"There must be something fishy about this psychopath named Jin Cheng. I'll go see him tomorrow. Maybe I can dig out something."
Bai Xiaoxiao smiled bitterly.
"I feel strange too, but there's nothing I can do about it... I've already checked it out, and nothing can be found."
"After all, isn't it too unbelievable to use mental illness to kill people?"
"Well... you know what I mean, at least outside the Blood Gate."
Ning Qiushui took out some common medical items from the room and gave her a brief treatment of the open wound.
This comes from the realization of a "veterinarian".
He always puts some medicine and gauze for wound treatment in places he often goes.
Although he barely uses it.
"...You go to rest first and sleep on your stomach at night. The wound will get better overnight. I will check it tomorrow. Try not to go out these days."
Bai Xiaoxiao nodded obediently.
"Okay... I'll tell you about 'Rashomon' later."
After saying that, she took off her clothes and when she walked out of the room, she turned back and smiled at Ning Qiushui:
"Thank you."
Ning Qiushui nodded, and then Bai Xiaoxiao returned to her room.
After she left, Ning Qiushui was about to go to sleep, but his eyes were attracted by the long black river flowing in the sky.
He came to the window and stared at the sky, and suddenly realized...the fog had lifted.
Although the thick fog above their heads was relatively thin compared to the surroundings, they could not clearly see the flowing dark river in the sky under normal circumstances. If they could see it clearly now, it meant that the fog had dispersed.
"The fog has cleared... let's take this opportunity to go to the 'church'."
Since Ning Qiushui appeared as a living dead inside the door, he didn't feel tired at all, and he was more energetic after coming out. At this time, the opportunity came, so he simply went to take a look.
He put on his coat and hurried to the door of the charnel house. Everyone was asleep tonight, and Tian Xun did not stay up late. In the center of the charnel house, there was only a brazier with burning embers. After Ning Qiushui opened the door, the fog outside the charnel house was revealed. Sure enough, it receded, and the ghosts hidden in the mist also disappeared with the mist.
He took out the copper coin and carefully observed it through the copper coin eye. After confirming that there was no problem, he ran towards the church according to the route in his memory.
"It would be nice if I had a car..."
Ning Qiushui was thinking about it, should she bring a battery car or a bicycle to try on the Guishe bus.
He ran for a while and finally came to the familiar outside of the church. Through the copper coin eyes, Ning Qiushui discovered that the "green area" here was much larger than before, and even some of the original red areas around it had turned green.
The gravel on the ground is turning into a road little by little, and some small and simple but complete houses have appeared around the church.
This "old site" is being restored by some mysterious power.
After walking for a while, several monks with pale skin and their whole bodies covered in gray robes appeared on the road to the church. On the back of the gray robe is a logo similar to a cross.
After seeing Ning Qiushui, these monks would even bow slightly and nod to say hello to Ning Qiushui.
However, Ning Qiushui couldn't hear their voices. She could only hear strange whispers like "shadows" appearing in her ears.
He continued deeper and pushed open the door of the inner hall. As soon as he entered, he felt a faint sense of solemnity pervading the place.
The slender figure of the lady in black stood in the corner of the inner hall.
However, the few monks who were making pilgrimages to the central statue of the Lady in Black inside the church seemed unable to see it.
Ning Qiushui came to the lady in black and wanted to express her intention, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the lady raised her pale and thin index finger towards him and placed it on her strangely bright red lips.
Ning Qiushui understood and shut up.
He stood with the lady in black, watching the monks worshiping the statue in the center of the temple.
After about ten minutes, the monks left.
As soon as they left, the palace door was suddenly guided by a mysterious force and slowly closed.
At this time, Madam slowly turned around, stared at Ning Qiushui with her terrifying vertical pupils, and gently raised her hand to indicate that Ning Qiushui could speak.
"Madam, I have a friend..."
"..."
"Anyway...she needs an 'identity'."
After the lady in black heard this, a monk's gray robe suddenly appeared in her hand. She handed it to Ning Qiushui with a strange but friendly smile on her face.
The latter took the gray robe and looked thoughtful.
"Is it okay to just put this on her?"
The lady in black nodded slightly.
PS: There are two more updates in the afternoon. Also, the next "dungeon" is opened in the real world.
