Returning from the abyss

Chapter 254
Lu Ning tore off the cut clothes on her body, took out a set of the same clothes and put them on, then started Shadow Leap again and returned to the cabin by the lake, and returned to the bathroom through the trapdoor.

5 minutes.

This time is not very long, but it is enough to make some people suspicious.Lu Ning washed her hands again, and the demonization has been lifted, it's time to deal with some follow-up issues.

She walked out of the bathroom without any special expression on her face, and asked Qiu Yiyun at the door: "Where's Zhu You?"

"She said she wanted to go outside and watch, it should be at the door."

"I called you here because the three of you were staring at each other." Lu Ning frowned, opened the small door leading to the side yard, and looked outside.

"What about people?"

"Eh? She...she should be squatting at the small window over there..."

"I didn't see anyone." Lu Ning was telling the truth, she didn't see Zhu You outside the house, only the cold wind was blowing harder and harder.

"Impossible! Wait a minute, could it be..."

Before Qiu Yiyun finished speaking, a gunshot accompanied by the sound of glass shattering came from the other side of the house. It was the sound from the restaurant.Lu Ning hurriedly turned her head and knocked on the toilet door: "Sally! Have you solved it? We have to go back to the restaurant quickly!"

"What should we do? Who fired the shot? Lu Ning—"

Lu Ning kicked the door open, of course there was no one inside.

"what happened!"

There was finally a shout from the side yard. Ryo Tachikawa, Riso Sugiyama, and Ayano Inawara each ran out of the tool room with a few pieces of wood in their arms, while Lu Ning and Qiu Yiyun immediately opened the door to let the three of them in.

"We came here to use the bathroom, but Zhu You went to watch outside, and the person disappeared, and Sally was also missing inside." Lu Ning briefly described the current situation, "There was gunshots from the direction of the restaurant, but there was no chaos, it should be A little order has been preserved, we are going back now."

"Okay." Li Chuan Liangliang nodded, and stuffed the piece of wood in Lu Ning's arms, "I will go first, please follow closely and don't get lost."

The five of them ran back along the corridor at high speed, and on the way, they met Fujii Xueyin who turned back from the hot spring corridor.

"The light in the restaurant is off." Fujii Yukine said immediately after seeing the five people, "What I saw from the guest room was that the glass broke after the gunshot, the strong wind passed through the restaurant, and then thick clouds rose inside. Fog, all light is extinguished."

"How come? Even if the candles are extinguished, we still have oil lamps and flashlights!" Sugiyama said in surprise.

"It's a demon, otherwise, why would there be thick fog?" Lu Ning had already seen the fog rising from the restaurant, and it was rapidly spreading to this side. Li Chuanliang shouted "Warning", and immediately everyone was swallowed by the fog.

The fog was obviously unusual. Lu Ning stretched out her hand, but she couldn't see her palm. Immediately afterwards, the flashlight she was holding flickered twice, then went out completely, and everything fell into darkness.

"Don't mess around!" Qian Shan yelled from the opposite side of the thick fog, "Everyone beware of the surroundings! The demon has launched an attack! People in the restaurant move from the door to the yard! People in the corridor go out the door through the entrance!"

Lu Ning groped for the wall in the direction in memory, then slowly moved towards the entrance, and soon left the area of ​​dense fog, the door had been opened, Fujii Yukine and Inawara Ayano were already standing outside the door, greeting As people ran out, Lu Ning, Tachikawa Ryo, Qiu Yiyun, and Sugiyama Rio escaped from the hut through the gate in turn.

"Oops!"

As soon as she stepped out of the gate, Lu Ning suddenly turned her head and looked at the front yard covered by the fence, where several people had already run out.At some point, a flame ignited on the grill. Carl stood beside the grill with a displeased expression on his face, while Robert sprinkled some powder around the grill so that neither the wind nor the fog could invade the only gleam of fire in the dark night.

Soon, people gathered around the grill in the front yard, but they soon realized that one person hadn't escaped.

"Where did the second child go?" Qu Siyuan turned his head and wanted to run back to the restaurant, but Pan Haishu grabbed him.

"Did you see who did it?" Carl glanced at the crowd, but no one responded. He glanced at the few people outside the fence and couldn't help shaking his head.

"The plan has been seen through."

"what?"

"Eight hours, which means that as long as we all stay here until three o'clock in the morning, we can get out immediately. We didn't plan to spend the whole night here, but now a few people have left the scope of the hut." Carl sighed, "Professor Shen, what time is it?"

"Nine twenty."

"That means the latest time to leave has been delayed until at least [-]:[-] in the morning."

"No, this is also a good thing." Fujii Xueyin said outside the fence.

"You always seem to like to go against me, but I don't hate your optimism, Miss Detective, tell me?" Carl put on his trademark smile again.

"If it is true as you said, the devil's move is to see through our plan to leave at the full eight hours, and counteract this, then we can infer a conclusion from this, the devil knows the eight-hour limit." Fujii Yukine glanced coldly at everyone, "We only used words like 'one night' and 'one night' in our communication, and didn't mention in detail how long we would stay. Residents, unless they have mind reading skills, it is impossible to carry out such targeted arrangements."

"Oh?" Carl nodded slightly.

"So...the devil is a tourist, and the devil knows the content of our mission. This is a confrontation scene, which is the result I deduced from your thoughts. And now, the most suspicious one—" She raised her finger to "Asayama Kiyotaro, the person who commanded in the chaos, you are the first object of suspicion."

"Miss Fujii..." Asayama smiled wryly, "I just said what I think is the right way, and I didn't think of any plan at three o'clock in the morning. At that time, I felt that someone needed to stand up and speak out in that situation , is that right?"

"I just said that you are suspected and there is no evidence yet, so don't panic." Fujii ignored Asayama's defense, "At the same time, I would like to ask, what happened to the few people who are not here now?"

"We went to the bathroom...Zhu You went to watch outside and disappeared... Then Sally disappeared inside too...After that, the gunshots and joined Li Chuan and the others." Qiu Yiyun narrated the matter tremblingly.

"Lu Ning, was she in when you exchanged with Sally?"

"Yes."

"How long did it take?"

"About 5 minutes, I was washing my hands, and Sally was in a hurry to use the bathroom, so I let her in. You can ask Qiu Yiyun about this, it must be about the same time."

Qiu Yiyun nodded.

"Then how long has it been since Zhu You left and disappeared?"

"About... less than 10 minutes?" Qiu Yiyun thought for a while, "I don't have a watch, so the time estimate may not be too accurate."

"Who broke the glass in the restaurant?" Fujii Xueyin quickly switched to the next question, "Would you like it?"

This time, Carl retorted: "It's not her, at least not her shotgun. I can hear the sound of the gun with my ears. It's the sound of a pistol shooting. We can go in to find bullets when the fog clears."

"The bullet passed through the two windows facing the restaurant's front yard and backyard." Lu Ning pointed to the restaurant's front yard glass that also shattered from the front yard. "Fujii saw that the backyard glass shattered."

"One shot destroyed two windows?" Qu Siyuan also turned his head and took a look, "I can see the glass clearly, and the fog has cleared? Then can we go in..."

As he said, the fog slowly cleared, and the dark restaurant finally became visible again, but it was not a good thing.

The light from the fire in the yard shines into the room through the cracked window, casting a lonely shadow on a slowly shaking body suspended from the ceiling.The wind blew through the window, causing the corpse to swing a little more, and as the rope slowly spun, it turned its face towards the front yard.

That was exactly Xue Fengchun's expression of regret.

"Second brother! Second brother!" Pan Haishu rushed directly to the window, without even going around the door, and jumped into the room while leaning on the window frame full of broken glass, and put Xue Fengchun down as quickly as possible. Qu Siyuan also yelled directly at Lu Ning: "Doctor! See what's wrong with him! Save him!"

Lu Ning and the others climbed over the fence, relit the oil lamp, and returned to the restaurant.At this time, Pan Haishu was trying his best to give Xue Fengchun first aid and artificial respiration, but all this was in vain.

"Dead." Lu Ning just checked it out and then came to a conclusion.

"What did you say--"

"Dead." Fujii Xueyin repeated, "They are all senior tourists, don't get emotional."

As she spoke, she took out her gloves and mask, put them on for herself, and began to examine Xue Fengchun's body.

"It should have been attacked when the fog was filling, and she died instantly." Lu Ning walked around the table with her pockets in her pockets, and looked up at the roof. There was a beam on which the rope was tied. This action It can't be said that it is not fast, but it is not difficult for the devil.

"That's right, it was strangled to death. The murderer was very powerful. The entire neck bone was strangled by the huge force. The murder weapon is this rope." Fujii Xueyin picked up the end of the rope around Xue Fengchun's neck and took a look, "New, in this This kind of thing should not exist in the villa, which means that this thing was brought in premeditatedly."

"But... but no one saw it." Qiu Yiyun whispered, "Almost everyone has companions..."

"The clothes everyone is wearing this season are enough to cover up a rope, but since the crime was committed during that time, the people who were in the house at that time are still the most suspect."

"Have you had enough?" Qu Siyuan suddenly shouted excitedly, "Are you trying to say that my fourth child and I may also be murderers?"

"I understand your feelings, but in the absence of evidence, everyone is indeed suspected..."

"I think you are just looking for trouble!" Qu Siyuan slapped the table vigorously, "What kind of detective are you? Your method of investigation is to make everyone suspicious? Have you done anything useful so far? What do you really think? Has it been counted? Who is the murderer? Can you tell me?"

"No."

"Then you are a waste." Qu Siyuan stared at Fujii Xueyin, his eyes were bloodshot, "Tell me, Miss Detective, the truth."

"I can only draw up a preliminary list of the most suspected people, but are you sure you want me to say it in the current state?" Fujii Xueyin didn't show any disgust at Qu Siyuan's attitude, but just raised his chin, "That's it It could cause us to be completely unable to act as a team."

"For me, it can't be worse." Qu Siyuan gritted his teeth.

"Well, first of all, the biggest suspect is everyone who is currently missing, that is, Luo Nan, Zhong Feiying, Zhu You and Sally. If their bodies are not found, they might as well be regarded as enemies. In addition, we There must also be demons inside. I agree with Carl's idea. This scene is likely to be a confrontation scene between demons and humans. The only possibility is that demons have mind reading skills and arranged tactics against us. If you consider the confrontation scene , the most suspected demon among us..." She glanced inside and outside the room, "Among the six people, Qingtaro Asayama, Qiu Yiyun, Lu Ning, Feng Hui, Peng Morong, and Yiluo, there are at least three demons. "

Even Qu Siyuan didn't expect that she really made a list.

"I don't want you to ask why. Just saying this already pushed me into the ranks of demons who must kill me. I'm not going to take extra risks. As you said, considering emotional factors, I didn't send you It is listed as the main target of suspicion, but as a detective, I must first suspect everything before I can remove the suspicion. Do you have any doubts about my work?"

Qu Siyuan's hand supporting the table slowly dropped to his side.

"Sorry, I was too impulsive."

"I won't be prejudiced because of this. But I will include your performance in the judgment... Now, everyone who is suspected by me, do you have anything to say?" Fujii Xueyin asked.

"Why me..." Qiu Yiyun wanted to cry but had no tears, "Why am I still being suspected..."

"Our judgments are basically the same, but I just replaced you with me in my list." Lu Ning didn't care much, "You who have been acting alone are also very suspicious. As far as I am concerned, the reason should be that I am with you." Same."

Fujii Xueyin gave Lu Ning a meaningful look, and Lu Ning smiled back.

"Although you doubt it, I still want to find the young lady and the young master." Feng Hui has been quiet, but this time he finally spoke, "I know who I am, and I don't care about your investigation, but don't go too far .”

"If you really cared about them that much, you wouldn't let Sally go to the bathroom with those people. After all this is said, it's time for us to re-determine the next thing."

That is regrouping.

This time no one allowed anyone to leave alone. Even if there were demons mixed in, everyone agreed that the demons would not dare to attack in a crowded state unless the fog appeared again.

However, just as everyone allocated the rooms, there was a sudden knock on the door of the villa.

(End of this chapter)