Absurd Deduction Game

 Obviously, the shopkeeper was not killed by Song Xue—at least it didn't seem like it.

Ren Yi walked up to the shopkeeper with a smile on his face and told him what happened on the second floor.

"They went to your room." The shopkeeper's fingers moved on the abacus meaninglessly. After a few seconds, he shook his head with pity, "I'm so sorry, guest, today's room is full, so I'll change it if you don't have any. ”

Hearing this, Ren Yi said: "But since I paid the money, this room should be mine. If I can't change the room, then please help me deal with the uninvited things in my room."

The shopkeeper came out from behind the counter, bent down and bowed, with a smile on his face: "Oh...guest, you really flatter me, how can I dare to deal with them - I go up, and they don't tear me apart!" "

"Then refund the money." Ren Yi stretched out his hand, palm upward, "The room fee I paid will be returned to me, and in addition, three times the compensation will be given."

"This..." the shopkeeper's smile slowly faded, he stroked his beard and said slowly, "We businessmen are naturally reasonable."

"But... this guest, I think you are from out of town. You are not familiar with this place. If you withdraw your money and leave the inn, it's hard to say what will happen when it's so dark outside."

His smile gradually couldn't hide the gloating and threats. He rubbed his hands and said in a tone that was obviously bullying:

“How about we form a good relationship and you stay the night, and when you come back to the hotel tomorrow, I’ll give you a 20% discount?”

Looking at the shopkeeper who was still normal during the day, at this moment, I suddenly felt a suspicious look on his face.

Ren Yi said "Oh": "It means you won't refund my money, and you won't solve the problem for me. Shopkeeper, your business is interesting."

 No matter how beautifully said some things are, once they are pointed out bluntly, they appear to be unreasonable and extremely hypocritical.

When the shopkeeper's face darkened and he was about to say something else, Ren Yi suddenly pulled out a knife, raised his hand accurately, and cut the shopkeeper's throat with the sharp blade.

 Puff.

This sound is a bit like a knife cutting through paper.

Not a drop of blood came out. The shopkeeper covered his throat in surprise, and wisps of white smoke slowly seeped out from between his fingers.

"You don't seem to be the shopkeeper I saw during the day." Ren Yi played with his sacrificial knife in his hand and said calmly, "You are a shadow puppet."

  Will the shadow puppet die if his throat is slit?

 Perhaps so.

　　A hole was opened in the closed leather bag, and white smoke continued to flow out from the hole. The shopkeeper couldn't stop it no matter how hard he tried.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper simply gave up trying to plug the wound, which was ineffective. He stretched out a hand and pointed at him tremblingly, with viciousness on his face: "How dare you kill me?"

"Haha, you will be the shopkeeper from now on. The master will like this look!"

 After saying that, a strange little sound came from the shopkeeper's body. I don't know if it was an illusion, but the shopkeeper's face seemed to puff up.

Ren Yi paused, his pupils shrank, and he suddenly turned around and jumped.

 A loud bang.

Sawdust flew from the wooden counter, and he was pushed to the ground by the force of the impact. Thick smoke billowed, almost blocking his sight.

 The shopkeeper exploded. He turned around and saw that there were only a few pieces of broken human skin left where the shopkeeper had been standing. The human skin and the pieces of clothing were scattered everywhere. One of them should be half a face with dark eyes. Hanging on the edge of the counter, it seemed to be looking at him faintly.

Ren Yi quickly checked his body. It was clear that he had just exploded a shadow puppet, but he felt waves of dizziness in front of his eyes. However, upon inspection, there was no sign of being invaded by ghost energy.

He slowly walked back to the counter, reached out and picked up the human skin that was half the face.

 Thin and flat.

It turns out that the bumps in the eye sockets don’t exist at all, even the eyeballs are painted on.

 But no one could see the problem with the shopkeeper before.

 Speaking of which, it has been blown up like this. Will the shopkeeper still show up after he becomes the boss?

Ren Yi touched the human skin and fell into deep thought.

Song Xue said that she killed the shopkeeper, thinking that the shopkeeper no longer existed. It should be a normal "killing". She thought that the shopkeeper was a human being, so she had such an idea.

What is the difference between him and Song Xue that caused the shopkeeper to die in front of him in a way that was obviously not human? Because he acted too quickly and the shopkeeper didn't have time to pretend? Doesn't that mean that as long as the shopkeeper is prepared, he can simulate real human bloodshed and death?

Also, the shadow puppet shop owner just mentioned the "master". This master should be the person who brought them to the stage world. Could it be Master Feng or Master Wanban who dominated the conversation among the people?

Thoughts piled up in an instant, and Ren Yi only paused for a moment before taking action again.

He walked behind the tattered counter and tried to rummage for useful information, and finally found a stack of yellow talisman papers in the drawer.

The talismans drawn on this talisman paper are not common talismans. There are only two kinds. One is painted with copper locks, and the other is painted with keys. Both are made of cinnabar mixed with ink. At a glance, there is an evil atmosphere. .

The system prompted him to find a special prop, the Underworld Lock Talisman.

This talisman is specially used to open the door to ghosts. If the talisman is pasted on a normal door, if it is the kind with a copper lock, the person inside will be trapped to death. Even if the body goes out, the soul will still linger. You are not allowed to leave the house.

On the other hand, if the one with the key is posted, the rule of "allowing entry" will automatically be established, invalidating the door rules in Fengtou Town, allowing all ghosts to pass through unimpeded.

Attach the copper lock first and then the key, then the two will conflict and the effectiveness of the copper lock will be dispersed when the key charm is attached.

Ren Yi immediately took the stack of talisman papers and returned to the second floor. The deducers upstairs were almost annoyed to death by ghosts. He carefully observed their doors and found that there were indeed traces of talismans remaining. His own Half of the key charm fell under the door.

　　Probably when he violently broke down the door, he shattered the talisman.

The broken charm is hidden in the shadows and cannot be found without careful inspection. Perhaps it was hidden behind it by some ghost?

 While Ren Yi was thinking, he communicated with other deducers, divided some talismans, and used copper lock talismans to trap all the ghosts into certain rooms, leaving one room for themselves.

This sudden crisis has finally come to an end.

 After that, when he continued to study the talisman, Ren Yi found that only living people could use it.

So the talisman on their door cannot be posted by ghosts, but someone has the intention to harm them.

I'm afraid...the time when they were asleep was the time when "people" were putting up talismans outside their houses.

 (End of this chapter)