Absurd Deduction Game

Chapter 50 Look, you’re still fine

Lucia has been busy with work recently. Although she was notified that her old friend Roy would come over today, she had no place to receive him other than the police station office.

Theft, conflict, fraud, it seems that after that incident began, uneasiness began to fuel the crime rate among the townspeople.

  She was really—so tired, especially her neck, which always felt like her cervical vertebrae were numb.

 “Dong dong.”

There were two knocks on the open door of her office. Lucia raised her face from the thick documents and finally saw the face she had not seen for many years.

“Hi, Roy!” She stood up in surprise, walked around the desk, opened her arms and hugged Roy, who was a head taller than her.

"Well, long time no see." Yu Xing felt Lucia's strength, which was different from the fiery-tempered policewoman he imagined. It was soft.

 He let go of Lucia and took out the box of beautifully wrapped chocolates from his handbag: "This is a gift."

Lucia showed a happy expression and reached out to take the box: "Thank you, I like it very much. Alas, it's a pity that I have been upset recently and my appetite is not good. I used to eat ten of these chocolates in one sitting!"

Yu Xing took the opportunity to observe her closely. The close-fitting uniform perfectly outlined Lucia's curvy figure. Black trousers wrapped her long legs. She had blond hair, common makeup on her face, and her neck was exposed. The wrists and wrists are a little tanned, and it looks like he often goes out to work, rather than sitting in the office.

  Martha and York followed Yu Xing, keeping silent and keeping a low profile since entering the police station.

This police station is very loose. Except for Lucia, who occupies an office alone, they only saw five police officers. They didn't know if other police officers were out on duty.

 The windows of the office were covered by curtains, making the indoor light not very good. Martha looked around in confusion. Before she could say anything, Lucia noticed her and looked surprised.

 “Oh, how come there is a child!”

"...I'm not a child, I just look small." Martha said expressionlessly, rejecting Lucia's hand that had been stretched out to her head to rub it.

Lucia laughed twice: "The little girl has such a personality, Roy, is this your sister?"

Yu Xing reached out and took off his hat to show courtesy: "No, actually...her name is Martha, and this is York. They are the two exorcists you specifically asked me to bring in your letter."

The words "exorcism" touched Lucia's nerves. Yu Xing could clearly see the corners of Lucia's eyes twitching, and her mood was obviously depressed.

"Yes, it's time to get down to business." Lucia sat down on the office chair again, and asked the three guests to move a few chairs. "My place is small, so I'm neglecting it. Well... the little girl is really an exorcist. Oh, eh, don’t glare at me.”

Under Martha's wide eyes, Lucia had no intention of continuing to doubt the exorcist's professionalism. She sighed and began to complain.

　　It turned out that the accident happened to a family living in the northernmost part of Orilon Town.

This family, whose surname is Brown, has only moved to Orilon Town for a year and lives in the largest and oldest single-family villa in the town.

The villa originally belonged to another family, but that family seemed to have encountered something and was in a hurry to move out, so they sold the house to the current Brown family at a low price.

A year has passed, and most of the time it has been peaceful. Until a month and a half ago, there were suddenly more legends about the Brown family.

  Some people say that the Brown family never leaves the house, never appears in the market, and even the neighbors rarely see them.

Other people said that every night, they could hear singing coming from that old villa, which would often stop mid-singing, followed by a shrill scream, which made people's hair stand on end.

But when she knocked on the door the next day, Mrs. Brown would ask what happened with a smile on her face, and even invite the knocker to be a guest at home.

Some people felt afraid and refused, and some people came out intact after going in, and nothing was wrong during the process.

However, the sounds in the night did not stop. Instead, they became louder and seemed to become more and more intense. What started as a person's humming turned into a chorus of a group of people.

Lucia also went to Brown's house and stayed overnight there. She found no problems. She could not arrest anyone in Brown's house. Since the rumors spread, residents in the town were uneasy and the crime rate had increased. Having no other choice, Lucia thought of Roy and some of his friends who knew how to exorcise demons.

"I hope you and your two exorcist friends can go as tourists to investigate and see if someone is causing trouble, or..." Lucia rubbed her stiff neck, "There is still a devil at work. "

  【The main mission has been triggered】

  【Mission: Find the truth behind the strange incidents in the villa and hand over the investigation results to Lucia】

  【Side mission has been triggered】

 【Task: Complete three types of ghost information】

　　A long list of unseen prompts appeared in front of Yu Xing's eyes.

  【Ghost 1: Unknown】

  【Type: Unknown】

  【Solution: Unknown】

  【Ghost 2: Unknown】

  【Type: Unknown】

 …

 This reminder was received by all three people.

York looked at Lucia and suddenly let out a low laugh that only Martha heard: "Haha."

 “What is Brother York laughing at?” Martha leaned over and swept one of her twin ponytails across York’s fingers that were resting on the side of the chair.

York thought for a moment and moved his lips: "There is something wrong with this woman."

Yu Xing didn't know what his teammates were talking about. He just nodded to Lucia: "Okay, we'll visit later. Before that, I hope you can give me all the information you can provide."

"Well... the Brown family moved here not long ago. I have been in office for a shorter period of time, so I don't have much information. It's all here. Hey, don't spread the word, don't say I gave it to you." Lucia handed Yu Xing a thin document. Bag, rubbed her neck again, Yu Xing lowered his eyes and glanced at her collar.

 “Are you feeling unwell?” he asked.

“One thing, maybe I’m too tired.” Lucia felt a little helpless when she mentioned this. She has been weak in her arms and legs recently, her neck is sore, and she doesn’t like to see the sun very much.

Suddenly, she thought of something and jokingly said to York and Martha: "Maybe I am cursed. Two exorcists happen to be here. Why don't you take a look at me first? This handsome guy agreed. ?"

The sunny smile on York's face made people feel friendly, so Lucia silently relaxed when she looked at him.

 As for the little Martha, she has been ignored by her.

York still remembered that he had followed Detective Roy as his friend, and when he heard the suggestion, he first looked at Roy.

Yu Xing nodded towards him.

He feels that every move of this teammate named York is very comfortable. Although he has his own personality, he is very considerate of the overall situation.

"Okay, Ms. Lucia, I can take a look for you." After receiving Yu Xing's approval, York patted Martha and said, "Bao."

Martha obediently turned her back toward York.

Seeing him take out a pure black cross and a bottle of water in a glass bottle from Martha's backpack, Yu Xing's eyes wandered between the little Lolita and the tall young man. Good guy, no wonder I didn’t bring a package, the little loli had to carry all the things I needed to exorcise the devil!

Is this some kind of weird loli setting?

He himself cannot bring in normal sacrifices, and his character is a detective. Currently, there is no direct means of "exorcism", but both teammates are exorcists, so they should have some power to attack ghosts.

Yu Xing: Tsk, not happy.

York first opened the cork of the bottle of water, let Lucia stand in the open space, and sprinkled a little water in front of Lucia's feet.

Then he lifted up the cross—

 At that moment, the cold aura in Yu Xing's body moved restlessly.

This made him instantly recognize that this cross was a sacrifice!

Yu Xing: Why, tsk, I’m even more unhappy.

Little Loli pouted, ran to Yu Xing's side, and tugged on the sleeves of Yu Xing's suit.

Yu Xing thoughtfully bent down and put his ear in front of the little Lolita.

"Brother York said, Lucia is wrong." Martha's voice was sweet, like honey, and her breath brushed Yu Xing's earlobes, but Yu Xing remained unmoved.

"I know." Yu Xing replied, remembering the requirements and character design of the deduction prompt, and asked from a non-violating angle, "Has your exorcism technology improved? Is the cross useful for devils?"

Little Loli thought for a while: "Hmm..."

"The cross belongs to Brother York. I haven't used it, but it should be useful."

 The implication is that this is York's sacrifice, and she doesn't understand it.

As soon as she finished speaking, Lucia let out a scream.

Yu Xing turned his head to look and saw that York's cross did not touch Lucia at all. Only wisps of black mist spread from the center of the cross and wrapped around Lucia.

Lucia, who just now had an indifferent expression of "I'm just saying casually, what if exorcism can drive me out of my decadence" instantly showed pain. She looked at herself in horror and murmured: "How should I reply?" Shit, I feel so much pain, what happened? I’m not really cursed!”

York was still smiling. He put down the cross and walked to the stiff Lucia.

With his back to Yu Xing and Martha, his smile suddenly became a little more malicious. In Lucia's confused eyes, he stretched out his well-jointed index finger of his right hand and poked Lucia in the face.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 eaten.

 Lucia’s head fell to the ground, and the broken surface on her neck was so neat that there was no time for blood to flow out.

A second later, the red liquid spurted out. York quickly used the black robe he had put aside to cover it, and not a drop was splashed.

"What's wrong with me? It hurts..." Lucia's head rolled twice on the ground, and Gululu rolled to Yu Xing's feet, her amber eyes widened, and she was still asking, "It hurts, I am Cursed?"

The temperature in the office dropped a lot unknowingly, and the curtains tightly covered the outside world. Behind the three of them, the door automatically closed quietly without any wind.

 “Oh my god~” The little Loli stared and grabbed Yu Xing’s clothes, “She—”

 It seems that the little loli is not very courageous.

"Not afraid." Yu Xing touched Martha's head and looked at York, "What's wrong with Lucia?"

York turned his face, and the malicious smile at that moment was as if it had never appeared before. He still smiled brightly: "What else could have happened? He would have been dead long ago."

Yu Xing glanced around after hearing this.

The police station office was in a mess. The body without its head was standing upright. There were splashes of blood on the ground. The head stopped at Yu Xing's feet and muttered something.

The door was closed and the temperature dropped. It was obvious that something was going to happen.

 At some point in her breath, Lucia stopped chattering repeatedly.

She turned her head towards Yu Xing, blinked her eyes, and slowly shed two lines of **** tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked, "Roy, what's wrong with me?"

Yu Xing found that the ghosts in the deduction liked to target him. It was obviously not him. Did he have a hatred attraction mechanism or something?

Little Loli was keenly aware of MT No. 1, let go of Yu Xing's clothes, and ran to York. York looked at Yu Xing with an undiminished smile, as if wanting to see how Yu Xing would answer Lucia's question.

Under normal circumstances, his temperament is as gentle as the brother next door, but in this situation, he is still smiling, and there is a faint sense of disobedience.

Hmm...the mentally ill kind.

"Roy, am I the devil?" Lucia's entire face twitched, showing an expression that looked like a smile.

 Lucia smiled and said, "Roy, it hurts. What's wrong with me?"

Yu Xingxin said that your eyes are so big that you can’t see where you fell from? A headless corpse with such a good figure is standing two meters away from you. Take a quick look and you can see your own corpse. What a novel experience.

 He ​​did not say this in the end. The highlight of this deduction should be the Brown family. There was no need for him to make it more difficult for himself. Besides, the main mission also required them to bring the investigation results back to Lucia.

Yu Xing had a relaxed look in his eyes and seemed not to notice any danger. He bent down and held Lucia's head.

York's eyes sparkled with interest, while Martha trembled.

"It's okay Lucia, you're just too tired." Yu Xing's tone of coaxing Lucia was like a kindergarten teacher coaxing a child. He avoided the blood on the ground and walked to the standing body.

He adjusted the head to a suitable angle, carefully pressed it on the fracture surface and spliced ​​it together. After the splicing was completed, he looked at it carefully and stretched out his hand to correct it twice.

 Suddenly, a "complete as before" Lucia stood here.

 Lucia looked at him with tears of blood.

Yu Xing: "Look, Lucia, you are fine. It was just that you were too tired and mentally unstable. You need to rest, my friend. I will be very sad to see you exhausted."

  Lucia:…

ˆMartha Little Loli: What kind of operation is this! ? You said it so sincerely, I almost believed it, okay?

 York: Funny, Roy is like a psycho.

Lucia, who had reconnected her head and body, slowly turned her head.

 It actually got connected.

 Lucia's face gradually calmed down, the temperature in the room warmed up, and the door quietly opened.

"Oh, it's like a dream. It seems that I really need to rest." She scratched her hair, as if she had forgotten about York's exorcism, and as if she couldn't see the blood on the ground or feel the blood and tears on her face. He returned to the same state as when they first met, and sat down on the office chair carelessly.

“Go find the Browns quickly. They are at the far north end of town.”

Chapter   4000 words

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