Returning from the abyss

Chapter 249 "Silent Night"

"We inquired about the location of the hut by the lake in the morning, and went there in the afternoon. The place is about four kilometers east of the town, not too far away. If we have a car, we can get there soon."

Sally sat down and spoke excitedly.

"Do you know how surprised we were when we saw it? A hut? That's a holiday villa! It's built not far from the beach of Baisha Lake, with the jungle on the back and the lake view on the side. We went in and there was no one inside, but everything They are all very well preserved, and there is even enough food in the pantry to feed thirty people for a week! The most important thing is that there is a hot spring in the corner of the villa, a hot spring!"

"Don't talk about hot springs yet." Lu Ning raised her hand to stop her from continuing, "A well-preserved villa with food reserves but no one? This kind of place is like waiting for us to die with open arms. Dare to go?"

"Because you're going to go sooner or later?" Sally suppressed her excited tone, "Don't tell me that you don't have an option. If you want to do it, why don't you complete this task early before the devil has fully started?" But what if we want to delay until the end? Isn’t it the best choice to complete the mission in the first two days when we are at our strongest?”

"If you say that... I think it makes sense." Zhu You nodded, "Now we have a large number of people, and everyone is the most vigilant and energetic. At this time, even if we don't sleep that night No matter what the problem is, the danger can be minimized."

"Really? Right?" Sally quickly began to pull allies.

Lu Ning was not so easily persuaded: "The danger is not calculated in this way. First of all, there are more than 1000 people in the town, not including other creatures, and the devil may not necessarily set the goal for us to solve it first. But if If Baisha Lake is the headquarters of the demons, it is equivalent to the twenty or so of us going to face them directly. Second, your idea is probably just to communicate with the people on the same team, at most two of us? And both of us It's easier to talk alone - you came to us for this purpose. But sorry, if you can't convince more than half of the people, this plan is meaningless. Finally, I will never have Consider options before you have a clue, being too greedy can easily lead to accidents."

Sally stuck out her tongue: "You are really hard to convince."

"Simple, if you can talk about a group action with more than 15 people, I will participate, otherwise, it's my attitude." Lu Ning said, picked up the plate, went to the hotel owner to get some pork Come and try.

One of the characteristics of Western-style grilled meat is that the skin is rich in flavor, and the meat on the inside has no flavor at all.Lu Ning finally knew why the seasonings on the table were prepared. Probably the boss also knew about this problem, and let the guests eat one layer and sprinkle another layer for use.

She still asked the boss to cut two slices of roast meat with crispy skin, and then picked some side dishes from the side dishes such as boiled potatoes, salad, eggs, and butter, and put them on the dinner plate, and walked back to her seat.Not surprisingly, during this period of time, Sally quickly chose the object of persuasion, Carl.

The fun-loving, chic cowboy can neither refuse a villa with a beautiful view of the hot spring, nor can he refuse a lady's kind invitation.

And once Carl was convinced, it was much easier for him to convince others.

"A villa! Of course I want to take a look while I still have the energy to go. And this is a very good opportunity... Maybe we can hit the devil's vitals there! What do you think? "Carl said to everyone enthusiastically.

"If you are going..." Sugiyama Ryo glanced at Ryo Tachikawa, then nodded, "Then we will go too."

"Yes, this is a good opportunity." Asayama Kiyotaro also maintained the same opinion, "Whether the enemy will show up or not, we will definitely be able to seize an opportunity by going this way."

Qu Siyuan and the others naturally followed the opinions of the crowd, but in this way, it seemed that everyone was willing to go.

"Does that bastard want to join? If we all leave, you who stay here will become a minority." Sally even asked Xia Xinhe proudly.

Xia Xinhe's face twisted for a moment, but she still nodded silently.

"Great! In this way, it will be everyone's joint action! Now no one has any objections..."

Bang!
Before Sally finished speaking, the door of the restaurant was suddenly pushed open, and the loud noise attracted everyone's attention.The person standing there was Fujii Yukine, she still had that cold face, but there was an obvious bloodstain on her clothes from her left shoulder to her waist.

"Are you injured?" Karl immediately turned his head to ask Lu Ning for help, but was stopped by Fujii Xueyin's voice: "It's not my blood."

The detective's gaze flicked over everyone's face, then back to Carl.

"Everyone was here 10 minutes ago?"

"The people present didn't leave, why?"

"Three people were absent." Fujii Xueyin continued her own words, "I was attacked on the way back. The opponent was not slow, and quickly ran away after being injured. I came to find the murderer."

"Murderer? Wait a minute, you suspect us?" Xue Fengchun was unhappy at the time.

"You are the only ones in this town who know that I am a detective, and you are the only ones who know that I have clues." Fujii Xueyin glanced at him, "When I return late from investigation, who will be afraid that their secrets will be revealed? ? You are the only ones who can do this.”

"Fujii...that's not a good way to say it." Asayama Kiyotaro hurried out to smooth things over, "Maybe you just encountered a robber, or the devil in the town found your tracks and followed you..."

"No." Fujii Xueyin immediately denied, "The probability of murder coming from someone you know is extremely high. Would you believe that a robber would deliberately murder as the first goal? And I haven't talked to anyone in the town today. There is language communication, and no investigation of any suspicious clues, so there is no possibility that the devil will find out what information I found and intend to get rid of me. In the whole town, only 21 people in the restaurant at noon know what I want to do , and only you have the motivation to do something to me."

"But you can't rule out the possibility that the witch has some way to understand our conversation?" Carl smiled, "And I warned you that it's dangerous."

"You are very strange." Fujii Xueyin took off the blood-stained coat, and the white shirt inside was not stained with any dirt, and there was more doubt in her eyes, "After I said an obvious and powerful inference, And only at the stage of evidence investigation, everyone is trying their best to deny the possibility of internal problems, what purpose do you have? How many people's secrets are harmful to this whole?"

"Because before that, such an investigation will only make the team split faster." Carl sat back on his seat and said leisurely, "Of course I suspect the insider, but I won't deliberately go to it until someone shows something obviously wrong. As for the investigation, the interpersonal relationship in a secret scene is very fragile, and maintaining such superficial peace is the best state."

"I can't accept it." Fujii Xueyin said coldly, "But I won't accuse others of their actions. Now I'm going to verify the alibi of the three people who are not here. At least one of them can't prove himself."

"Hey...before then, can I give you an invitation, Miss Detective?"

"What invitation?"

"Tomorrow night, everyone will go to complete the task of staying overnight in the lakeside cottage." Carl raised his finger, "while everyone is in a good state of mind."

"I think this is an act of death." Fujii Yukine retorted mercilessly, "Entering an area that is likely to be the enemy's base camp without knowing anything about the enemy, spending the most dangerous time of the day, no matter how you look at it It's all very stupid."

"Hahahaha! So after everyone leaves, do you want to stay in this town alone?"

"When I was attacked tonight, I was alone." Fujii Xueyin raised her chin slightly, "Anytime I am in danger, I will always be alone. It has nothing to do with several people acting together."

Carl scratched his head, and changed the phrase: "Let's put it this way, when you want to complete this task, do you want to go to the lakeside cabin alone?"

"I do not care."

Lu Ning felt that Karl had finally met an opponent.

Although I don't know if Fujii Yukine is real or just pretending, but this kind of nonchalant look is indeed the most difficult type for Karl to convince, and the other party has reasons.

She and Zhu You secretly exchanged a look, meaning only the two of them knew.

"Miss Detective, how about we make a bet?" Carl finally came up with a solution in his headache.

"I am not interested."

"...Please listen to me. I promise that there will be no danger tonight. Are you willing to bet on this with me? If nothing happens tonight, then tomorrow you will go to the lake house with us."

This time, Fujii Yukine did not immediately refute.

The point is not the content of the gambling, but that there is some information behind the topic Carl raised.

"I don't know why you insist on taking me with you."

"As I said, detectives, doctors, and professors, I will give priority to protecting these three types of people." Carl smiled and took out a bullet casing from his pocket, and flicked it at Fujii Yukine. She copied it by hand and found that it was a bullet casing A carved ornament.

"If you don't accept it, you can return it to me until tomorrow dawn, it will be valid at any time... You have your rules, and I have mine. As long as we don't conflict, we are companions."

"I hope what you say is true."

Fujii Yukine turned her head and went upstairs.

Lu Ning also stood up immediately.

"Frankly speaking, she is right. Even in order to eliminate our suspicion, we should cooperate with the detective's investigation, right? After all, no one of us is more professional than her."

"Let me go with you. After all, we are companions. It is not my principle to still be suspicious when the other party is in danger..." Kiyotaro Asayama also stood up, "I think Fujii still needs someone to accompany him."

The two bid farewell to everyone, went upstairs, and soon found Fujii Xueyin who was knocking on Qiu Yiyun's door.

"Why did you come here?"

"I haven't seen a real detective investigation yet, at least let me witness it?" Lu Ning smiled lightly.

"I don't agree with such straightforward behavior, but you still need a witness?" Asayama Kiyotaro said.

Fujii Xueyin did not refuse, and continued to knock on the door rhythmically. Soon, the door was opened, and Qiu Yiyun came out of the room rubbing her sleepy eyes: "Huh? Miss Detective... Is there something wrong?"

"Excuse me, I was attacked on the way back and injured the attacker through counterattack. I want to confirm everyone's alibi."

Qiu Yiyun was stunned for a moment before she realized it, and immediately panicked: "No, an alibi? I was sleeping in the room before... How can I prove that I have been sleeping?"

"Simple, can you let me go in?" Fujii Xueyin was not so difficult to speak at this time, it seemed that as long as she cooperated with her investigation, she would be fully prepared for everything.

Qiu Yiyun immediately moved out of the way, and Fujii Xueyin asked for her opinion, and Lu Ning also came in. As for Kiyotaro Asayama, he could only stay outside.

"I only need to check three points, first, whether you have any wounds on your body, second, the traces of use of the facilities in this room, and third, the garbage cans and other waste disposal locations. This is very easy to handle." Fujii Xueyin closed The door, "Would you mind letting me see?"

Qiu Yiyun quickly shook her head to express that she didn't mind, and Fujii Xueyin asked Lu Ning to watch from the side. Qiu Yiyun didn't have any wounds or scars on her body, and some unhealthy pale skin didn't even have scars.

"Thank you." Fujii Xueyin took out a pair of thin cloth gloves and put them on, first checked the bedding and the surroundings of the bed, then looked inside the trash can, finally opened the window and looked down, and returned to the place in front of Qiu Yiyun. At that time, he looked a lot more serious.

"Have you really been sleeping in bed?"

"Yes... I got up and went to the bathroom..."

"When?"

Qiu Yiyun looked like she was about to cry: "How can I remember..."

"Fujii, most people wouldn't look at their watches at that time." Lu Ning said helplessly.

"Anyway, the suspicion can't be cleared yet. Luo Nan and Yu Guiting are next."

Fujii Yukine walked vigorously to the next room.But this time it was much easier, Luo Nan was resting, Yu Guiting was taking care of him, and the two claimed to be in the same room all the time.But even so, Fujii Yukine asked several questions.

"Can you be sure that Yu Guiting is always by your side when you are asleep?"

"Are you sure that Luo Nan really fell asleep when you left for a while to pick up food?"

and many more.

In this way, until she left, she only came to the conclusion that the suspicion was not ruled out.

"So? Can you identify the murderer? Or is it just for peace of mind?"

After returning to the restaurant, Karl had heard about it, so he had no choice but to ask Fujii Yukine a question.

"No, now I reject your bet."

"what?"

"Canceling may be more suitable for you. I agree with you, nothing will happen tonight. In addition, I agree to go to the lake house with you tomorrow." Fujii Yukine put the bullet casings in Carl's hand.

"Put it away, this thing is my lucky talisman, just right for someone like you who is always on the verge of danger." Carl grinned, "Welcome to join."

The truth is exactly as the two said, the night passed safely.

(End of this chapter)