Its eyes moved slightly when it heard the footsteps, but it still stared at the puppet in front of it.
"It's a perfect fit. What is the origin of this headless puppet...and who fit it together with the cursed nightmare."
Tang Yiling carefully looked at the lifeless puppet in front of him, then turned to look at Curse Nightmare who was still staring at the puppet. "Is it man-made, or is this curse a coincidence?"
Thoughts began to flow endlessly in his mind, but then he temporarily suppressed these thoughts in his heart. After all, the top priority is to find a way to escape from this weird back room of Hotel No. 414.
Tang Yiling's hands kept groping in his pockets, and finally found only a few cigarettes of different types and sizes in a plastic box, and an old-fashioned pulley lighter with only one-fifth of the fuel left. .
"Well, I'm sorry, the current environment does not allow it. However, this is the best I can do at the moment..."
"Wipe! Chi!!!"
As the flint on the lighter flickered, a bright flame ignited on the lighter. Tang Yiling picked up the three cigarettes that were relatively flush in his hand, lit them immediately, and leaned against the piled plant ashes.
The flames of the three cigarettes were extremely bright in the circle; the burning speed of the cigarettes was obviously much faster than natural combustion.
"Ahem!!"
Tang Yiling covered her mouth and nose and tried to stay away from the smoke to prevent the pungent smell of smoke from contaminating her clothes. However, after some inner struggle, Tang Yiling finally did not move his position.
"I am not a professional counterpart; all I have done is to keep myself away from danger; after all... there are still people waiting for me to go home."
Tang Yiling was squatting half-crouched outside the gray circle of vegetation, speaking softly, as if he was trying to escape the curse in front of him, or just telling his past.
The length of the three cigarettes quickly shrunk as Tang Yiling whispered; in the end, the only remaining flame ignited the circle of plant ash that surrounded the curse.
At the same time, the talisman on the cursed nightmare spontaneously ignited without fire, and along with the rekindled plant ashes, turned into a fireball completely enveloped in white smoke and flames.
Fire and smoke completely enveloped Cursed Nightmare's head. The original blood redness and malice seemed to be burned out by the flames, and were taken away from Cursed Nightmare's body by the white smoke.
"...mu...mu" Chongming's eyes stared at Tang Yiling in front of him, and his mouth seemed to make an unknown sound.
"mu?"
Tang Yiling looked at the curse nightmare with some surprise, but the ashes of the vegetation on the ground burned up together with the curse nightmare. The white smoke that gathered in one place also dissipated as the nightmare disappeared.
The head of the cursed nightmare had already left this room that was actually a cage along with the white smoke of the fire. Only a small group of dark mixed things remained on the spot, so dazzling that Tang Yiling could not ignore its existence.
(What is "mu"? Is it a single character in a word, or does it refer to something or a person's name in particular)
Tang Yiling took out an empty small glass bottle, wrapped the dark mixture with a small piece of red cloth, stuffed it into the small glass bottle, sealed it, and placed it in a separate small pocket in the messenger bag.
After doing all this, Tang Yiling stood up and rubbed his temples, which were suffering from a headache due to the questions and the smell of smoke. "The questions are really coming one after another. We were promised to be a beginner, but why did it end up like this!"
Turning around and seeing the headless puppet lying on the ground, Tang Yiling felt another headache for no reason. "Alas, there is still another problem that has not yet been solved..."
"Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!"
The smoke alarm siren quickly spread throughout the room; the fire protection systems in all rooms began spraying high-pressure water at the same time.
After a while, the originally dry and tidy room now perfectly interpreted the original meaning of the word "water overflowing the golden mountain"!
But when the hotel staff arrived and opened the door, they were stunned on the spot; they saw a young man wearing a black windbreaker and holding a black umbrella, holding a suitcase with one hand and drowning the suitcase. The wheel stood still in the water.
"Uh, this guest..."
As soon as the staff member opened his mouth, Tang Yiling walked out of the room, stepping on the water under his feet, walked to the side and leaned against the wall to wait quietly.
Looking at the silent young man, the staff didn't say much. After all, there are so many guests here, so it's not surprising to encounter some weird-tempered guests.
and……
The staff member who was conducting the inspection had already entered the room to conduct the inspection. Another staff member raised his head and glanced at the number plate of the guest room.
"Is it Room 414? No matter how bizarre things are, as long as they are related to Room 414, it won't seem strange."
After the inspection, all fire protection systems in the house were turned off; the staff checked the room very carefully, even leaving some places where it was impossible to hide items.
"Sorry, guest, can you please let us check your belongings?" The police officers who came with the staff also upheld their work attitude and began to conduct routine inspections on Tang Yiling.
"Well, feel free to do that."
Tang Yiling didn't say much, but simply agreed and opened the suitcase cooperatively.
Not only that, he also cooperated very well and took out all his pockets, backpack, and cross-body bag.
But what surprised them was that, let alone lighters or cigarettes, there was not even a trace of smoke smell on Tang Yiling.
"It seems that your smoke alarm still has an aging problem, and this guest is not to blame."
The somewhat plump police officer smiled and looked at the staff who had just emerged from the heavy rain and was still a little overwhelmed, and said no more.
"I'm really sorry, please make an extra trip."
The hotel manager found the right moment, trotted over, smiled apologetically and handed the police officers a full box of cigarettes. And in front of everyone, he reprimanded his employees for their inaction.
Tang Yiling raised his head from time to time and looked at the manager and police officers who were joking on the side with the corner of his eyes. Then he lowered his head and continued to watch the recording of the UP host's live broadcast that he missed last night.
After everyone dispersed, the hotel manager breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the cleaners who were working in the room, and then walked towards Tang Yiling who had been waiting aside.
"Sorry to keep this guest waiting."
There was a smile on the manager's face again, "We will calculate all your losses and refund you together with your remaining expenses. If you still want to continue to stay in our hotel, I can also arrange a new one for you." Guest room. I wonder if you are satisfied with the result."
Looking at the manager's smiling expression, Tang Yiling didn't say much, just nodded lightly. "It's free of charge if I change the room. I have something else to do, so I'll refund the money as soon as possible."
"Okay! Please come with me."
The manager led the way, took Tang Yiling to the front desk, and handed the remaining money into Tang Yiling's hands.
"Go slowly, don't send me away."
The manager watched Tang Yiling walk out of the hotel door with a smile; only after the figure completely disappeared from his eyes did he put away the smile on his face and turned to look at the deputy manager behind the desk expressionlessly.
"The wiring in the tail room of No. 414 is seriously aging, so it will be temporarily closed to the public."
"Uh, manager, if you do this, will your superiors agree?"
"I will report to him truthfully later. If he can endure the continuous complaints and rectifications, I have no objection!"
After saying that, the manager took a big step and left the crowded hotel lobby. The assistant manager and the front desk employee were left looking at each other.
Tang Yiling walked out of the hotel, pulling her suitcase and walking aimlessly on the snow-covered streets.
A few hundred meters away from the hotel in the middle of the street, a red car was parked on the side of the road. A woman with long red hair was standing next to the car, waiting for someone.
With a beep, the trunk of the red car slowly opened. Tang Yiling pulled the suitcase and waited quietly for the trunk to be fully opened.
After the trunk was fully opened, another suitcase with a slightly damp surface was lying quietly in the trunk of the red car.
"boom!"
It wasn't until the trunk of the car was completely locked that Tang Yiling quickly walked towards the passenger door.
