Chapter 499 A Night at the Museum

When Anthony turned his head and looked at the wall behind him, he saw a painting hanging on the wall - it was a monster that looked extremely terrifying, ferocious, and indescribable in words. At this moment, it was opening its big mouth, assuming a roaring posture, and trying to pounce towards Anthony!

This immediately startled Anthony and he took a step back hastily. At this moment, Duanmu Huai noticed his abnormality and quickly looked away.

"What's wrong?"

"I just saw a painting, and it was quite scary. It almost scared me."

Anthony breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the painting again, and then he was stunned for a moment.

Under the illumination of the flashlight, what he saw hanging on the wall in front of him was an oil painting of sunflowers, and the monster he just saw was completely missing!

"???"

Seeing this scene, Anthony was stunned.

What about painting?

"What's wrong?"

"The painting is gone. I just saw a painting of a monster rushing towards me..."

Frowning, Anthony picked up the flashlight and glanced around. But the oil paintings around are all normal. There are paintings of apples, tulips, and roses. They are basically paintings and plants. There was no monster like Anthony said.

Did I see it wrong? impossible?

Compared to Anthony's doubts, Duanmuhuai just glanced around briefly and then spoke.

"If you read it correctly, then I have an idea."

"what idea?"

"Maybe the monster that attacks humans is hidden in the painting."

"In the painting??"

"That's right."

Duanmuhuai nodded.

"We have checked the files before, and it clearly states that the time and location of the missing persons are different. The only thing in common is that they all disappeared when they were not seen. So that means that this It’s definitely not something wrong with the exhibits in any exhibition hall. It’s most likely that a monster used some method to hide itself, and then attacked when the prey was alone.”

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai slowly looked around and looked at the decorations.

"So, how can the monster hide without being discovered? If it is possessing an antique or decoration, it is easy to detect. But if it is a painting, it is different. After all, this There are oil paintings hanging everywhere in the museum. If you read it correctly, Chief Anthony, then this guy is obviously trying to attack you by hiding in the paintings."

"...I really didn't expect you to think about it so much."

Anthony turned to look at Duanmu Huai in surprise. To be honest, after being shocked by Duanmu Huai's size, he had no doubts about Duanmu Huai's combat effectiveness. But on the other hand, Anthony was very doubtful about Duanmuhuai's other abilities. After all, generally speaking, strong people have straight heads. However, Anthony did not expect that Duanmuhuai could deduce these things just through his own words. You can even tell your own conjectures.

To be honest, this kind of reasoning would be dismissed as fantasy elsewhere, but as the person in charge of U-level cases, Anthony has experienced many fantasy things.

It's nothing to go back and forth in the painting, he has seen weirder things.

"So what do we do now, are we going to find the painting?"

"No, it's too much trouble."

Facing Anthony's proposal, Duanmuhuai shook his head in denial.

"There are so many paintings in this museum, and we don't know when we are going to find it. And since the other party has this ability, maybe it will set a trap for us and deliberately deceive us. So... Lure the snake out of its hole, kill it directly, and then go see which painting has the problem.

"……………………"

Withdrawal of the preface, this solution is indeed simple and crude.

"So, you mean, we have to act separately???"

Anthony is not calm now. He has a conscience. Even if he is the police chief in charge of this, it does not mean that he has any special superpowers. If he was asked to face the elusive monster alone, he would have to worry about it if he didn't panic!

Hearing Anthony's words, Duanmuhuai rolled his eyes, then reached out and took out something from his arms and handed it to Anthony. After Anthony took it, he discovered that it was a strange decoration with a warhammer logo on it and a skull imprint in the middle.

"This is??"

"The amulet will keep you safe."

“………………………………”

Hearing Duanmuhuai's explanation, Anthony twitched the corners of his mouth and lowered his head to look at the "talisman" in front of him and the lifelike skull on it... Is this an amulet? Are you sure this isn't some cursed item?

"Thank you then."

Anthony complained in his heart and accepted Duanmuhuai's amulet. Although this thing does look weird, Anthony has experienced a lot of things, and he has seen a lot of weird and weird things, such as lizard mummies, monkey paws, shriveled children's skulls... Folk religions like Voodoo always come up with some weird amulets, but in comparison, this one is pretty normal.

In theory, it would be a waste of time for two people to search the entire museum. Fortunately, the museum itself is not big, with only four exhibition halls in total. So the two agreed to start from the lobby, walk to the left and right, and then search the AB and CD exhibition halls respectively, and then meet in the lobby.

For the sake of safety, the lights in the entire museum were turned on, and the museum was brightly lit. This made Anthony feel relieved. He held a flashlight in one hand and pressed the gun on his waist with the other hand, while watching the wall in front of him vigilantly. The oil paintings hanging on these walls are of course worthless, and many are even donated from local or nearby universities. Of course, no matter how much they are worth, at least these oil paintings are not shameful to hang out, and they can also be regarded as adding some humanistic atmosphere to the museum.

Of course, because of this, the paintings hanging on the wall are also varied, with everything. There are paintings of scenery, flowers and plants, and even some abstract schools that look like psychos... In short, they are psycho schools.

What's so good about this thing?

Looking at the oil painting titled "Dawn" in front of him, Anthony couldn't help but secretly complain. Although the title is Dawn, this oil painting has nothing to do with light. It looks like someone painted white paper black, and then scribbled a few strokes of blue, yellow, and green on it like a drunk... Well, if the person who painted this painting is not in the museum, then Anthony is more inclined to think that he may be imprisoned for alcoholism.

There is nothing unusual in the C exhibition hall. Anthony turned around and then walked out of the exhibition hall. Standing in the corridor, looking at the empty floor on both sides, he had an indescribable tension and fear. To be honest, he felt that he regretted it a little bit at this moment, and he didn't know whether the monster really existed...

While thinking wildly, Anthony entered the D exhibition hall.

However, just as he walked into the exhibition hall and stepped forward, suddenly, the situation changed.

The door of the exhibition hall that was originally open "banged" and closed automatically without wind. This startled Anthony, and he turned around and looked at the door. However, before Anthony could go over to check what was going on, the lights that illuminated the entire exhibition hall suddenly went out. Not only that, but even the lights in the corridor outside and the opposite exhibition hall seemed to be completely extinguished at this moment.

In just a blink of an eye, the entire exhibition hall turned into a box that was completely swallowed and wrapped by darkness. Only the light of Anthony's flashlight was still shining.

"Damn it!!"

Seeing this scene, Anthony was shocked. Although he had been mentally prepared for this, when everything really happened, he still felt uncontrollable fear and tension. He hurriedly raised his hands, leaned against the wall, held the flashlight in reverse, raised his pistol and aimed forward.

Under the dim light, Anthony couldn't see clearly what was around him. At the moment, the entire exhibition hall seemed to be shrouded in a layer of dark fog, and everything seemed blurry in it. And Anthony could feel his heart beating wildly, and an indescribable sense of tension and fear emerged, making him almost crazy.

Must leave here!

Anthony came to the window and raised his hand to try to break the glass and escape from here. However, his hand did not hit the glass. A layer of imperceptible, solid and soft barrier blocked him. Anthony's next move was completely blocked. Seeing this scene, Anthony raised his pistol without hesitation and pulled the trigger at the window.

"Bang!!"

The gunshot echoed in the dark exhibition hall, and then was completely swallowed by the darkness. But there was no crack in front of him, and even the bullet didn't know where it went.

At the same time, Anthony heard a strange sound of footsteps emerging from behind him.

"Da... Da... Da..."

He turned around in a hurry, raised the flashlight to the front, and at the same time held the pistol tightly, gasping for breath. He was not sure whether Duanmu Huai could hear the gunshot. Now this exhibition hall gave him a completely different feeling than before. He even wondered if he had been swallowed into another space. Maybe other people disappeared in this way. They were not there, but disappeared completely. Will he be the same as them?

The sound of dragging footsteps was getting closer, but Anthony still saw nothing. He stared with wide eyes, looking around, trying to find a little clue.

Then, he saw...

What kind of monster was that! !

The moment the flashlight shone on the black shadow, Anthony saw its appearance clearly. No, or rather, he didn't see the appearance of this thing at all. Because even under the light of the flashlight, he could only barely see the outline of the monster. It was like a transparent creature, with only a few lines and shadows belonging to this world.

Fortunately, everything about it was transparent, so Anthony couldn't see its appearance clearly at all, but it was obvious that the monster was angry. It made a harsh and unpleasant roar and suddenly accelerated towards Anthony. In the process, its originally translucent body also changed, showing its true posture!

"Boom!!!"

Just as the monster was about to pounce in front of Anthony, a big hand clenched into a fist and suddenly emerged from behind Anthony, and then punched the monster, blowing it away directly!

"You finally showed up, you bastard!"

At the same time, accompanied by a roar, Duanmu Huai strode out of the shadows slowly.