Chapter 1659 A Glimmer of Hope (the More a Cat Eats, the Rounder Its Belly Will Be)

[September 7, Saturday, 12:24 p.m.]

The north wind was howling, and the snow was falling.

Everyone sat together in silence.

After noticing the snow, everyone found that the temperature in the room had dropped a lot. The problem was that it was summer, so everyone was wearing thin clothes, and they obviously couldn't stand such a low temperature environment. Fortunately, the study on the first floor was basically maintained in its original state, and there was a fireplace inside, so everyone came to the study and lit the fireplace, which made them feel better.

Others also took quilts and other things and wrapped them around themselves to keep warm.

"Damn it, what should we do?"

Composer Maekura finally broke the silence impatiently.

"Are we trapped here to death?"

Then he turned his head and looked at Inspector Oyama.

"Dashan, you are a policeman, right? Shouldn't you take action at this time? Are you a policeman?"

"Even if you say so..."

Facing the accusation of the composer Maekura, Inspector Dashan spread his hands speechlessly.

"Miss Duanmu didn't move, I can't do anything, maybe she will have a good idea."

"She?"

Looking at Duanmu Huai who looked like he was asleep sitting on the coffee table, the composer Maekura frowned, but when he saw the sword Duanmu Huai placed beside him, he... decisively shut up and sat down obediently.

"Mr. Dashan, do you know Xiao Ai?"

Yanai asked curiously at this time. After all, generally speaking, everyone should listen to the orders of the police at this time. But as a police inspector, Dashan actually obeyed Duanmu Huai's words, and looked like he did whatever the other party said, which really made everyone curious.

"This..."

Inspector Dashan smiled bitterly, looked at Duanmu Huai, and saw that the latter still had his eyes closed, so he spoke.

"It's nothing to say, it's just that Miss Duanmu has helped our police solve a few cases."

"Huh?"

It has to be said that Inspector Oyama's words really surprised everyone.

Duanmu Huai is very professional in playing perverted murderers in movies, but what people didn't expect is that she can actually solve cases?

"Hahaha, it's very strange, in fact, our Metropolitan Police Department also said privately that Miss Duanmu played the temperament of a murderer so much, more like a murderer than a real murderer, maybe she has a few lives on her hands... Of course, it's just talk. In fact, Miss Duanmu is also quite accomplished in solving cases. Do you remember the serial murders of the girl a few years ago?"

"Ah, I know that."

Yanami nodded, and Chitanda also showed a lingering fear expression.

"I remember that at that time, my family wanted me to go home after school and even sent a car to take me home..."

The serial murder case of a girl mentioned by Inspector Oyama happened in a small town. The case itself was very simple. The girl disappeared when she went home after school. A few days later, her body was found abandoned in an unmanned construction site or park. The murderer usually committed a crime once every half a month or a month. The stability was outrageous and caused panic in society at that time. The police tried many methods but failed to solve the case and were also under pressure from public opinion.

Later, one day, it was suddenly announced that the murderer had been caught. The means used by the other party were actually very simple. Because the murderer himself was an auxiliary police officer, he easily approached those students with this identity, and then invited them to get in the car with various excuses, and then said that he would take them home. In fact, he gave them drinks mixed with sleeping pills, and then took the victims to his secret base to kill them and then dumped the bodies.

Because he was a police officer himself and was very familiar with the police's search progress, the police could not catch him no matter how hard they tried.

"Actually, the murderer was caught by Miss Duanmu."

"Huh?"

"She disguised herself as an ordinary female student, and then hooked the murderer. After being transported back to a secret residence by the other party, she subdued him and then called the police. When we rushed over, the murderer had been tied up by Miss Duanmu and hung on the ceiling. Because the victim's blood and relics were quickly found there, he was arrested..."

"It's just that you police are too slow in handling the case."

Duanmu Huai opened his eyes and complained.

"I was filming a movie there at the time. Because of this little thing, the progress of the movie was delayed. It's useless to see you police, so I might as well do it myself."

"Xiao, Xiaoai classmate, this is too dangerous."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's complaint, Teacher Gan Xia turned pale.

"What if something goes wrong? Aren't you afraid?"

"Of course I'm not afraid. What can that guy do to me? Besides, with my appearance, the other party wouldn't think I'm the kind of person who can resist."

"That's right..."

After all, Duanmu Huai looks like the kind of Lin Daiyu who is pitiful and will fall down at the slightest breeze. Anyone who sees him would think that he is the kind of person who is soft and easy to push down.

As a result, he took out a bigger one than anyone else.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these useless things. You police officers should not come to me for no reason in the future. I'm an actor, not a detective. You come to me to solve the case without paying me, and you waste my time and brain cells. Isn't this a freeloader?"

Duanmu Huai said, staring at Chief Dashan unhappily. The latter smiled, scratched his head, and said nothing more. However, Duanmu Huai was too lazy to discuss this with him and waved his hand.

"Actually, I already have an idea of ​​how to solve our current situation."

"Really?"

Sure enough, everyone was excited after hearing this.

"Well, the conclusion is actually very simple. We can go back as long as we eliminate all these strange stories."

Duanmu Huai said this for a reason. He just closed his eyes and rested his mind. He was not really sleeping, but amplifying his senses to try to figure out what this place was. But soon Duanmu Huai found that the atmosphere here was not right, and there was even a familiar smell.

Well, it was similar to the smell of the subspace.

As a judge, Duanmu Huai was experienced and had seen all kinds of scenes. After confirming this, Duanmu Huai understood what was going on.

They are now in the gap between reality and the subspace.

For example, the real world floats on the sea, and the subspace is the deep sea. The space where Duanmu Huai and his friends are was originally in the real world. But after they told those strange stories, they attracted the energy of the subspace for some reason, making the space centered on this house "heavier" and gradually sinking into the sea.

Therefore, to put it simply, they are now in a half-sunken ship, and it is estimated that only the mast is still exposed above the water.

Then the question is, how to make the ship float? Naturally, the ballast should be discarded——and putting it here means eliminating all the strange stories.

In this way, without the "ballast" of strange stories, this space can return to the real world.

But... I really didn't expect that I could accidentally learn about the subspace here.

Duanmu Huai was also a little puzzled about this. He had tried the rumor at Ruyue Station before, but it didn't work for him to stay up late and take the last train for several consecutive times. Duanmu Huai thought it was his own miscalculation.

But now it seems... Sure enough, there is a subspace in this world!

In this way, then the puberty syndrome can be explained!

If there were no other people here, Duanmu Huai really wanted to go out and kill people, but unfortunately... there were so many burdens around him.

I have to take them with me, which is really annoying.

But no matter what, I have to do what I should do.

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"Eliminate the ghost story? How do we do it?"

"It's very simple."

Looking at the crowd, Duanmu Huai smiled gently.

"Use yourself as bait."

"???"

"Based on the previous encounters, we can infer such a rule, that is, the ghost story will first find the person who tells the ghost story, and if there are other people nearby, they will also be involved."

At this point, Duanmu Huai pointed at the hot girl Ueda.

"For example, the story about the black-haired ghost who hanged someone that Miss Ueda told, so the black-haired ghost went to find her first. If Inspector Oyama hadn't stepped forward to stop her at that time, then the black-haired ghost might have attacked others after hanging Miss Ueda. It was the same at Yana-mi. If everyone hadn't eaten together, the curse might only have found Yana-mi, and we were all there..."

"This..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's explanation, a group of people looked at each other. In fact, the reason they gathered together was because everyone had seen horror movies and knew that whoever was left alone would die. Even the bad-tempered composer Maekura only complained a few words and didn't dare to slam the door and leave.

Everyone knows that this kind of character usually doesn't survive more than 20 minutes in horror movies.

But what they didn't expect was that it was because they gathered together that everyone was unlucky?

Is this okay?

In other words, people like Chitanda, Yanami, Inspector Oyama and producer Kuwata who tell harmless ghost stories can just go back to their rooms and sleep. Even if ghost stories come to them, there is no danger.

But it is different for others………

“From now on, I will accompany you one by one to go out and walk around the White Snow Pavilion, and by the way, find the missing old man Ueno.”

“Huh?!”

It must be said that everyone was shocked to hear Duanmu Huai’s decision. Although it is indeed important to find the missing old man Ueno, no one has the intention to find him. The reason is very simple. In this environment, any normal person can imagine a bunch of haunted house horror movies that they have seen. In such movies, to be honest, it is not safe for two people to be together, because you can’t guarantee that the other person will not be a ghost in disguise.

But a group of people together can at least give you courage!

And what Duanmu Huai is doing now is just like actively triggering a haunted incident—well, he seems to be doing this.

But the problem is...

"What should we do?"

Professor Sato asked anxiously at this moment. After all, the fighting power shown by Duanmu Huai just now has made everyone regard him as the backbone. They are not afraid because Duanmu Huai is here. After all, even if there is another ghost, Duanmu Huai can kill it with that knife.

But if he leaves...won't he and others become lambs to be slaughtered?

"Don't worry."

Duanmu Huai naturally knew what they were worried about, and comforted them. Then he pulled out the bright red sharp blade and stabbed it hard at the ground!

"Crack."

The bright red blade pierced straight into the floor. At the same time, everyone felt a warm bloody breath rushing towards them, making them shudder.

"As long as you don't leave this room, you will be safe. Remember, you can't leave no matter what."

Duanmu Huai looked at them and gave them instructions like Sun Wukong drawing a circle for his master. Then he glanced at everyone.

Then let's start with...

"Mr. Maekura, let's start with you."

"Hey? Me? Do you really want me to...?"

"What? You want to stay here forever?"

"Of course not... Hey, okay."

Maekura thought about it, sighed dejectedly, stood up like he had accepted his fate, and walked out of the study with Duanmu Huai. The others watched them leave in a daze and closed the door of the study. It was not until then that Chitanda was suddenly shocked.

"Wait, Xiao Ai didn't take a knife, so how is she going to deal with those ghost stories?!"

"……………………!?"

At this moment, everyone came back to their senses.

How could I forget this?