flame hunter

"Squeak~"

Katie unscrewed the door lock of the study, and a gust of cool air rushed in.

The heavy curtains in the study were closed tightly, covering the whole room with no light, so Katie carefully turned on the lamp beside the desk.

Even though she knew that Thomas was still at the reception, Katie was still cautious not to turn on unnecessary lights easily.Many things are hard to say, in case Thomas came back temporarily, and Si Boning didn't have a chance to inform her in time, Katie couldn't guarantee that once her deeds were revealed, Si Boning would kill herself before Thomas in order to protect herself.

Katie hoped she was worrying too much, but it was better to be careful.

Using her experience in cleaning housework, she carefully inspected every corner of the study, and finally found a crack behind a thick dictionary in the bookcase.

Katie moved the book away in surprise, and took out a small flashlight from her pocket to check it carefully, and found that it was actually a hidden compartment.

This hidden compartment is about fifteen centimeters high and ten centimeters wide, perfect for storing documents and the like.Katie was then pleasantly surprised to find that there was no combination lock in this secret compartment.Thomas must be too confident, thinking that no one would dare to enter his study and rummage through his bookcases.

Katie took out a slender silver needle from her bosom, gently tested the gap in the hidden compartment, and carefully pried it open after confirming that there was no mechanism. An antique dark red box with exquisite carvings appeared in front of Katie. Judging from the color and smell, the box was made of sandalwood, and it was lying there quietly, occupying almost all the space in the dark compartment.

Katie put on her gloves and gently took the box out.The pattern on the outside of the box is very weird, like a giant python, the body covered with scales twists and turns around each other, covering the entire box cover.Katie couldn't help shivering, desperately trying to shake off those unbearable memories about "snake".

Katie followed the exquisite curve of the snake body, and found a scary snake head with a wide mouth on one side of the wooden box. The switch of the box should be here, Katie thought, seeing that the appearance of the whole box was smooth and smooth, and there was nothing wrong with it. The protrusion tried to press down on the position of the snake's head.

"Crack" There was a crack in the center of the box body.Katie clutched her chest that was jumping faster and faster, she never expected Si Boning to win the first battle after searching for something without any result for so long.

Katie couldn't help but took two deep breaths, and then stopped her slightly trembling fingers from excitement.She gently lifted the lid of the box, and on the pale yellow velvet cushion lay a silver pistol.Katie was startled, and hurriedly took out the pistol and the cushion from the box, and groped around in the box, but couldn't find any interlayer.

Katie looked at the small pistol with disappointment. She felt familiar. It should be the same model as the one Thomas held on the plane four years ago, but the handle in front of her was studded with black pearls, which was particularly elegant and unique. .Katie couldn't help picking up the pistol and playing with it.

The natural black pearl on the handle of the gun, with the movement of Katie's palm, unexpectedly glowed with colorful luster under the light.Katie couldn't help but hold the handle of the gun, caressing the dazzling gems one by one, the moist and smooth touch makes people love it.

After a while, Katie took out a soft cloth from her pocket, carefully wiped off the fingerprints on the gun, and then reluctantly put the pistol back into the box and stuffed it into the secret compartment.

At this point, Katie had to admit that things were not as smooth as she thought.That will was not easy to find, which also shows its importance.Katie carefully put the books back on the bookcase in the original order, and suddenly thought of the wardrobe in Thomas' bedroom, and couldn't help but wonder if there was a secret room behind the bookcase.

Katie thought of the remote control in Thomas's hand that day, so she groped around the room. Katie first opened the drawer in the middle of the desk. Inside was a black notebook. Seeing that there was no remote control, she prepared to look for it in the small cabinet next to it. Turning to one side, he accidentally touched the soft cloth with which he had wiped the pistol to the ground.

Katie bent down and got under the desk to pick up the soft cloth, only to find that the center of the desk was in close contact with the floor.

Katie got up quickly, and walked around the desk. From the outside, it looked like there was a column-shaped, thick-textured table leg on each side of the desk, but when Katie got under the table again, she discovered that there was something strange inside.

There must be something strange here.Thinking about it, Katie raised her hand to knock on the extra piece of wood. The sound of "dong dong dong" was dull, and it sounded like it was solid.

Is there some secret hidden under the floor?Katie hurriedly opened the small cabinets on both sides of the desk, and seeing that it was empty, she felt more and more unreasonable.Then she turned on the flashlight, and after a while, Katie found a metal plate at the bottom of the cabinet with a row of ancient Roman numerals inlaid on it.

Katie guessed that this was the key to unlocking the secret room, and her fingers hung over the number keys hesitantly. At this time, the air in the study was almost condensed. Katie sighed and withdrew her hand helplessly.She didn't have the confidence to open the secret room. If she opened it rashly, if the alarm was triggered, she would die very quickly, which would be ugly.