Returning from the abyss

Chapter 282 Open and honest

Peng Morong, Zhong Feiying, Qiu Yiyun, Zhu You.

The remaining two demons were from Lu Ning, Yi Luo, Asayama Kiyotaro and Luo Nan.

Fujii Xueyin coughed twice and opened her eyes. She almost thought she was going to die. The sniper attack from an unknown distance was too terrifying, and she had been holding back until now...

It was impossible to miss the first hit, even she herself had no defense at that time, the only explanation was that the opponent held back a little.And in that situation, there is actually room to keep one's hand instead of killing oneself, which shows that the opponent's advantage no longer cares about the views of humans.

"you're awake?"

A steady voice sounded in his ear, but Fujii almost sat up from the bed.

"Don't get excited, the wound needs rest. Even if I'm not a doctor, I have experience with injuries."

Lu Ning gently pressed Fujii Xueyin, her tone was like that of an ordinary doctor treating a patient.

"Why are you? Where is Ye Chuqing?"

"After guarding you all night, people have to rest. I just came back in the early morning. I am more qualified than her to practice medicine, right?"

There are reasons and evidence, but Fujii does not believe it.

"You came back in the early morning? Where did you go?"

"You told me, while going to the lakeside hut to complete the task now, I thought it was feasible, so I came back and packed my luggage and set off. I stayed there for eight hours and then rushed back. Who knew that so much happened in one night thing?"

Lu Ning got up and opened the curtains to let the sun shine into the room, but Fujii could only feel a burst of cold.

"You guys are pretty good at hiding it, but it's good to get rid of a demon, although there is a price to pay... At least it's tolerable."

"Can we have a good talk?"

"Okay." Lu Ning immediately pulled the chair smoothly, sat down on Fujii Xueyin's bed, and took out a bottle from her pocket.

"You should have been informed, right? Now I have prepared another bottle of the potions I invented, pain-free potions. This thing can suppress pain and injuries in a short period of time. Robert used it before, but after the effects of the potions expired, he It hurt all night, but luckily he still has some other means of treatment, otherwise the reopening of the wound would have killed him."

She put the medicine bottle in Fujii's hand, and said with a smile: "This is made from the witch's heart leaf you gave me. The effect of the medicine should be stronger, but it is not enough to make it a healing potion. You You can use it at your own discretion when."

"you……"

"Shhh." Lu Ning raised her finger and motioned to Fujii Xueyin to be quiet, "I originally planned that it would be best for you to lie down until the end of the scene, but then I calculated what would have happened at the end of the scene without you It may cause my plan to have a bad result, so it’s better to keep a little guarantee.”

"What are you going to do? Guaranteed means?" Fujii couldn't understand Lu Ning's words for a while, "You admit that you are a devil? You—"

"The identity-guessing game was the first half, and you did a good job, Fujii." Lu Ning leaned back on her chair, "But you spent so much time on it that you didn't realize that it's already our filming game. The part where the knife is called to kill. Actually, I knew that Qiu Yiyun had exposed her identity in front of you since the first day we checked that she had no injuries, but I didn't expect you to use such a strategy of concealing it and fishing. It leaves me with a lot of room to maneuver."

"You teamed up with Qiu Yiyun... No, no, since she was exposed, what you used was to use her to create confusion. I always thought it was Qiu Yiyun who killed Sally the second night, but the three of you were actually at the time. Is it doable?"

"Yes, by the way, before Qiu Yiyun, I have already completed the alliance with Zhu You. Sally will die if she goes out with the three demons, but it just happens to be my turn to do it. I think about the next move." You probably guessed it, so let me tell you something... I handed one of my car keys to Zhu You, and she naturally knows that every time I leave the RV, I find a time when no one is around to go in and take a look at me Notes left, and then my own message. Our communication has been in this state these days, so there is hardly any direct dialogue at all. For this reason, I also specially control the time frame of going out and coming back every day to leave a message. It's enough time, but you don't seem to pay much attention?"

"..."

"Of course, the weapon in my car, Zhu You, can also be used at will. She was the one who shot the window of the cottage by the lake with my spare pistol. Although I don't know the reason for her shooting, I don't need to know. There is no need to question the actions of a single-line contact middleman, especially Zhu You is a person who makes me feel at ease."

Lu Ning looked at Fujii Xueyin, and found that her expression had returned to her previous indifference.

"Okay, since you already know our previous action plans, you also know that these are useless, right? Everything I said is a void plan. As for what I want to do... it is the return of the witch. What is going on here? How many secrets are involved, please use this short time to solve it."

She reached out and touched the top of Fujii's head.

"Gunshot wounds, and injuries to internal organs, fever and other symptoms are inevitable during the self-healing process, try to wake up, Miss Detective."

Accompanied by a sense of weakness, Fujii's consciousness began to become blurred, and his mind gradually became chaotic.

"Inahara... Qu Siyuan..."

"It's been dealt with. From now on, just treat them as if they don't exist and carry out your follow-up plan. I look forward to it."

Fujii lost consciousness again.Lu Ning stood up, walked to the door, opened the door, and knocked on the door next door.

Carl opened the door with stubble on his face, rubbed his face hastily when he saw Lu Ning, and then asked, "Doctor, how is Miss Fujii?"

"He started to have a fever, which proves that her immune system is working. It's best to let her sweat as much as possible. The medicine should be changed every eight hours. I believe Miss Ye and Shirley can handle this problem well."

"Qiu Yiyun and Zhu You disappeared this morning. They should have realized that their identity as a demon has been exposed. Doctor, you should be careful in your next move."

"Actually, you are also wary of me, right? You just called me by my name at first... Forget it, that's how it is at this time." Lu Ning shook her head, "Anyway, I still have something to do, just don't be careless, see you later."

Carl nodded and watched Lu Ning go downstairs.

Lu Ning still has some things to do, this is not a lie.She needs to go to the Herman Family to get the Witch's Skeleton stored there, and she also needs to find Mi Nan who is hidden and kill him within these two days.After that, the pupil of the witch has almost been restored, the only thing missing is a witch's clothes... It can be made by human beings who have just died, and the witch has already told her how.

If nothing else happened, on the tenth day, she would be able to try the ritual of the witch's return.

Soon, she came to the gate of Herman's house.

Unlike the Turner family's seemingly special residential complex, the Herman family quite fits the old-fashioned aristocratic lifestyle in Lu Ning's impression.Behind the gate in front of you is a wide, well-kept courtyard, and even a sculpture pool is built in the center.Looking at the huge house from across the courtyard, you can still feel how much manpower and material resources it took to build it. There are some vines on the dark brown walls, and the roof eroded by the years seems to tell what the house has experienced. Such a past.

When Lu Ning walked into the courtyard, an old man with a hunchback but still in good spirits came out of the big house.He was wearing a black loose robe, there was not much hair on the top of his head, and his eyes were bright and energetic. Lu Ning stopped and looked at the old man from a distance, waiting for him to speak.

"You may have heard my name, a distant visitor, I am Edgar Herman, the former patriarch of this family."

Lu Ning recalled it for a while, and only vaguely remembered that she had heard the name from a carpenter in the town.

"Mr. Herman, since you speak to me in this tone, you probably know something."

Edgar smiled, and stretched out his hand towards the door sideways: "We should have a good talk, I don't think the outside is a good place, is it?"

Without hesitation, Lu Ning accepted Edgar's invitation.

The hospitality of the Herman family is different from that of the Turner family. All the actions of this family have a sense of slowness and slowness. The reception room where the two sit is not spacious, not even like a reception room. It is a showroom filled with all kinds of antiques.

Edgar leaned on one of the only two red velvet armchairs in the room, put his hands on the armrests naturally, and Lu Ning sat on the other one as he did.

"Our family doesn't have too many rules. The advantage is that we don't need to discipline our children and grandchildren. The disadvantage is that no one will serve us tea in such an atmosphere." Edgar chuckled, "Miss Demon, please don't just because This kind of thing strangles the old man, it is not worth it."

"How much do you really know?"

"A lot." Edgar stroked his beard slowly, "As the only family in the town that kept the witch's torture tools from back then, we have done a lot of research on this, and we have detailed records of all previous incidents. , the previous Patriarchs must remember those things... Although Fisher was a little foolish, he remembered them all, so he became the Patriarch of the current Patriarch."

At this moment, a woman with a cold expression and an ominous white dress came in with a pot of tea.She looked very unhappy, and seemed to know that Lu Ning was a devil, but she didn't have the slightest fear.

After the two cups of tea were poured, she put the teacups by their hands, turned her head and left the room, as if she had completed some task.Edgar smiled helplessly: "Cadrina is like this, please don't take offense."

"Is she always like this?"

"If there is no accident, she will be the next head of the family, but she is unwilling to accept it, which is very troublesome." Edgar took a sip from the teacup, and then put it aside, "There is no doubt that this girl is talented no matter whether she is intelligent or not. Or her imagination far exceeds her mediocre father, which also allowed her to read all the records about witches as early as the age of 16, and use her imagination to construct the true appearance of this world."

Lu Ning glanced at the door in surprise, if so, this young girl is really a genius.

"She completely denied our plan to escape from the witch's control, and then wrote down all her conjectures. In order not to cause panic, we did not announce it, and we did not even tell people outside the family. Kadri After that, Na tried suicide several times, she said that she could not see the slightest hope for the future in countless deduction, we can't even reach the end of time, it's just a projection from a more untouchable level of existence."

Now Lu Ning is sure that her research has really touched the essence of a witch, but the more she sees, the more powerless she becomes. No wonder she has no fear of herself.

"I don't know what is the purpose of Miss Demon's visit this time?"

"I think it's better to end your subject first, Mr. Edgar. How did you stop her?"

"I told her... If you deduced the doomed future at that time, then as long as you have to see it with your own eyes, it will be a worthwhile life. As for the more untouchable existence, there is no need to think about it, and there is no need to think about it."

"In fact, you have prevented the return of the witch many times." Lu Ning said, "This is already an achievement."

"You're wrong." Edgar said politely, "It's not that we prevented the witch from returning, but because the witch failed to return, we can still exist."

"Okay, then... about your question, my purpose." Lu Ning took a sip of tea, not very sweet black tea, with a slightly astringent taste, but the aroma can cover it up.

"please say."

"First, who are the custodian and the executioner?"

"There are three custodians." Edgar held up three fingers, "Old man, Fisher, and Cadrina, only those who memorize all the materials can become custodians. We are responsible for the original materials and prototypes of torture tools." Preservation. And the executioner is the first Herman patriarch we planted in the depths of the prison."

"Planting?" Lu Ning felt a little uncomfortable hearing this word.

"Ah... Witch Heart, you must have obtained that magical plant. Apart from the cemetery, we also have a private planting area. The growth of this plant only needs corpses, so there is no need to guarantee the light and water source. Of course, with that viability, we kept his brain in there as the original patriarch requested."

"Is he crazy or are you crazy?"

"This is an urgent record, Miss Demon. When there is an uncontrollable situation, we need an 'ancient man' who understands execution to make the final decision for us. The first patriarch of the Herman family is a great person, he Gathered the knowledge of the vast majority of witches... It was in the era when resonance was the most prosperous, a large amount of forbidden knowledge circulated in the town, and he was the only one who mastered it."

"Wait... the executioner is a brain preserved with a witch's heart? Can I ask why the police station and the hunter organization can also become an important part of the town's decision-making?"

"Of course it's because not only the Hermann family kept something from that year."

(End of this chapter)