Chapter 517 Apartment

The Royal Masters College is located on Queen Street. It is a learning and research institution governed and operated by the royal family. It is said that those who can study here are the future elite talents of the country. It is precisely because of this that the serial murders this time will make Scotland Yard anxious. You must know that the students here are not only of noble status, but also elite talents. If several of them die in a row, and they are murdered by others, it may be easily regarded as hostile behavior of other countries.

So the case must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise the boss of Scotland Yard will face more than just a face problem...

At present, the victims are of different ages and different subjects, and they have no personal relationship with each other, that is, they don’t know each other.

But... If you want to say, it is not completely absent.

Indeed, in a school, even if the students are good at communication, it is impossible to know every classmate.

However, there is a kind of person who must be known.

That is the teacher.

As a teacher, it is very convenient to get the files and information of students. If you go deeper, it is also easy to know where they go and where they live.

In fact, Scotland Yard has also considered this aspect, but... their investigation can only stop here.

The reason is very simple. This is the Royal Masters College, and the students trained are the top talents of the future country. If you think about it carefully, the teachers who teach students, whether in terms of identity, status or influence, are not comparable to teachers in ordinary schools. Those who teach here are basically big names in various scientific research fields. They can publish papers in top journals without any stumbling. If such big names are arrested and interrogated without any evidence, it will be a big trouble.

The police can't do it, and Duanmu Huai is naturally not qualified, but he has a way!

If it doesn't work openly, we can do it privately!

Duanmu Huai knows that students like to gossip in private the most, and they will also communicate which teacher they like and which teacher they hate. As long as he uses the skills of the Dark Raven Guard and hides in the shadows of the school to eavesdrop on the conversations of those students, he can gain a lot of intelligence.

Of course, only Duanmu Huai can do this trick. Students are sensitive and careful. Although they chat freely, if there is a stranger next to them, they will immediately become cautious. Only Duanmu Huai can hide himself so that others can't find him, so he can eavesdrop on the side.

If it were someone else, they wouldn't have this ability.

Well, but if you think about it carefully, this trick can be used in other places.

While listening to the students talking next to him, Duanmu Huai looked at the courtyard in front of him. Most of the students in the Royal Master Academy are young and beautiful girls, and they are either born into aristocrats or middle class. Unlike the open atmosphere in the New World, perhaps because of tradition or because of their status, most of the students here still wear those quite old dresses. At first glance, it feels like going back to the 19th century, which is quite fresh and beautiful.

I don't know if there are any bathrooms here, so I followed the girls in to take a look... Ahem, forget it.

In this way, Duanmu Huai wandered around the Royal Master Academy for a day, and got a lot of information from the students' gossip. However, which of these information is useful is still unknown.

At night, he was not idle, but asked Lorena to lure the snake out of the hole. After all, since the other party's target is young and beautiful girls, then Lorena must be within the other party's hunting range, right?

Lorena was also in high spirits, but she ran around the city and didn't encounter the legendary monster...

In this way, in the next week, Duanmu Huai went to the Royal Master College to search for information in the morning, and followed Lorena around the city at night to see if he could catch the murderer, but it was useless. After spending so much time, there was no effect at all... It was really speechless.

Compared to the lack of progress in the investigation, finding a house was easier. For Duanmu Huai, the house he wanted to live in was very clear, spacious, comfortable and bright. The luxury suite of the Ritz Hotel was good, but that was only for ordinary people, but it was a bit troublesome for Duanmu Huai.

But fortunately, as long as enough money was given, the problem that could be solved with money was not a problem. On the morning of the eighth day, when Duanmu Huai was having breakfast, the enthusiastic hotel manager knocked on his door.

"Ah, dear sir, you can definitely imagine what kind of good news I have brought you. God bless, I finally found an apartment that meets your requirements."

"Oh?"

Looking at the hotel manager in a well-dressed suit and a mustache in front of him, Duanmu Huai put down the cutlery in his hand.

"Are you sure? My requirements are not low."

Yes, Duanmu Huai's requirements are not high, but it depends on who he is compared with. It is not easy to find a house that can accommodate his body. Not only that, due to his height problem, Duanmu Huai can't go out by car, so he requires the house to be located in a busy street area, which is more convenient for him to walk back and forth. As we all know, the closer to the city center, the more expensive the land, and the room is almost as small as a matchbox...

"Of course, the apartment I found this time is tailor-made for you!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai became interested. He looked at the manager curiously and asked.

"Tell me about it."

"Okay, that's it..."

Listening to the hotel manager's story, Duanmu Huai finally understood why he was so confident. According to the hotel manager, when he was helping Duanmu Huai find a place to stay, he met an artist who was holding an exhibition. As it happened, the theme of the exhibition held by the artist was "Giant's House". He specially bought an apartment and placed huge furniture and decorations in it. According to the artist's He said that he wanted to use this method to make visitors feel the insignificance of human beings, allowing humans to re-observe their daily world from the perspective of mice or cats, thereby creating a new experience.

In order to perfectly restore daily life, the artist spent great efforts to remodel the entire apartment. Not only that, he also remodeled even vehicles and other vehicles, so that visitors can feel the feeling when they enter. The same as in the kingdom of giants. Because of this, this art exhibition is a hit and quite famous in the foggy city.

The exhibition was about to end, and Duanmu Huai happened to come here at this time, and asked the hotel manager to help him find a house. After the hotel manager learned about this, he also found the artist to discuss, and the latter learned about this. Afterwards, he was quite happy. After all, he had a headache about what to do with the exhibits after the exhibition. After all, most people don’t want furniture that is much larger than ordinary people. If Duanmu Huai is really a tall giant, then it would be just right...

Anyway, the artist was not short of money, so he also told the hotel manager that he wanted to meet Duanmu Huai. If the other party really did what the hotel manager said, then he could give the entire apartment to Duanmu Huai at his discretion.

He's not short of money anyway.

Duanmu Huai is also very interested in this. After all, after coming to this world, he really can't find any suitable residence for him. This artist may be quite crazy, but if his apartment really meets his requirements, then It's also a good choice.

So after eating breakfast, Duanmuhuai took the address he obtained from the hotel manager and came to No. 135 Birch Street.

It's not far from the Ritz Hotel. It's next to Hyde Park. You can go to other areas through the park. There are not only restaurants nearby, but also large shopping malls, and even a subway station not far away - well, this is normal, after all. This apartment is for visitors rather than residents.

No one would be bored and open an art store in an apartment area, right?

Arriving at the door of the apartment, even Duanmu Huai couldn't help but be surprised.

As the hotel manager said, the entire apartment is quite huge in appearance. The door alone looks like a city gate. It would definitely be difficult for ordinary people to open the door, but for Duanmu Huai, it was just right. Not only that, but looking at it, the windows and decorations on the first floor are much larger than those of ordinary apartments. It is indeed big enough for ordinary people, but for Duanmuhuai, it is just right.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai has secretly made up his mind to buy this place himself as long as the price is not outrageous!

Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand and knocked on the door. Soon the door opened. Then a tall and thin man with a mustache and a beret, who looked like an abnormal artist at first glance, opened the door and saw Duanmuhuai. , he was also stunned for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Ah, you must be the guest Mr. Lorenz mentioned. Just in time, please come in!"

Perhaps because of his status as an artist, this man did not have the restraint of a British gentleman, but rather the romantic enthusiasm of a Frenchman. He welcomed Duanmu Huai in with a smile, and then surrounded him curiously. change.

"When Mr. Lorenz told me, I didn't believe it. I didn't expect that there are people like you in the world... I don't know how the world you see in your eyes compares to ours. what is the difference."

"Just treat it as if you were looking at the child's room."

Duanmu Huai complained silently, and the latter nodded excitedly. Then he took Duanmu Huai directly and began to introduce his art apartment to him in detail.

In fact, the hotel manager's introduction to Duanmu Huai was incorrect. Strictly speaking, this apartment is called "Vision". The artist's original intention is to allow the audience to escape from daily life and observe the world from another angle.

So he specially renovated this apartment. Just like the hotel manager said, everything on the first floor is very large, whether it is furniture, doors or even corridors, which are more than twice the size of ordinary ones. As for the rooms on the second floor, they are the same size as ordinary people, so that the audience can have a comparison with reality after observing the giant world, while the third floor is converted from an attic. Because the first and second floors take up too much space, the space on the third floor is relatively smaller. However, this did not bother the artist. He directly transformed the third floor into a room for children. , all furniture decoration is one size smaller.

According to the artist, these are the large, medium and small horizons, so that the audience can taste and experience their daily life from all angles.

Of course, Duanmuhuai also thinks this is really fun. No wonder this artist's exhibition is so popular. However, this exhibition cannot last forever. The artist is already planning to develop his next ideas, so he originally planned to sell the apartment.

As for the furniture inside, if no one takes over, they can only be disposed of.

On the contrary, the arrival of Duanmu Huai made the artist very excited, at least... the things he carefully made don't have to be disposed of.

Not only the artist is very happy, Duanmu Huai is also very excited, after all, this apartment is built by the artist himself, not to mention the very exquisite style, the artist's skills are also good. What's more, in order to be perfect, the artist really made everything very huge, from the door, clothes hanger to sofa and even fireplace, recliner, and even the flower pots and tableware on the windowsill, all made to fit his own size.

For Duanmu Huai, this is simply ready to move in, nothing is missing.

As for the ordinary people's room on the second floor, it's just right for Lorena to live there, and the third floor... let the two pets Lingnu and Tutu go to cause trouble.

The two sides quickly finished the discussion. Originally, the artist planned to give the apartment directly to Duanmu Huai. According to him, he could only see people like Duanmu Huai in his dreams before, but now he didn't expect that he actually existed in reality. It's true that there are people who are better than you and there are better than you...

Hmm? Why does this sound a bit wrong?

In the end, Duanmu Huai didn't let him give it away for free. He was not short of money, and he was not short of money either. Moreover, he was not short of money. After a long discussion, the two sides finally decided to sell it at half price. Duanmu Huai also agreed. Then the two sides signed the contract, paid the money and got the key...

"By the way, sir."

Before everything was done, the artist seemed to think of something and hurriedly withdrew his hand.

"Before the complete delivery, I must remind you that this apartment... seems to have some problems."

"What problem?"

Hearing the artist's words, Duanmu Huai was stunned.

"It's like this..."

The artist also saw Duanmu Huai too excited before. Now that he calmed down, he also remembered something and hurriedly told Duanmu Huai.

It turns out that when the artist bought this apartment for an exhibition, he also bought it at a very cheap price. At that time, he was also very surprised. This place is so good, why has this apartment been vacant for so long and no one wants it, and the price is so cheap. Later, a friend of the artist asked about it and told him what happened.

It turned out that this apartment used to belong to a businessman who ran a shipping business in Fog City. At that time, his business was very big, and his family was harmonious, with a wife and a daughter.

But... Unexpected things happen... This is not right.

In short, one day, this family had an accident, and the neighbors nearby didn't see them for several days. Later, there was a disgusting and smelly smell in their house. Finally, the neighbors couldn't help but call the police. When the police came and pried open the door, they found that the businessman and his wife and daughter were dead, and their deaths were miserable.

At that time, this was also a big case in Fog City, and after the police investigation, the conclusion was even more jaw-dropping.

According to the conclusion of the police investigation, the person who killed this family was not someone else, but the daughter of the couple. She killed the couple who were sleeping with a kitchen knife, and then cut her throat and committed suicide.

When the investigation result came out, everyone was stunned. You know, the daughter was only twelve or thirteen years old. She looked very lively and lovely on weekdays. How could she kill someone? Could it be that the police made a mistake?

That's what they said, but the investigation result was this at the time. In the end, the police closed the case as suicide. This incident was only a sensation for a while, and then it was gradually forgotten.

Then the apartment was sold to another wealthy businessman.

Only half a month after this, something happened again.

This time everyone was awakened by screams in the middle of the night. When they turned on the lights and looked outside, they found that the door of the apartment was knocked open, and a fat man covered in blood stumbled out of it. Behind him was the fat man's daughter. She was only ten years old, with a hideous face and a kitchen knife in her hand. She caught up with her father and stabbed him to death on the street.

When the police arrived, the girl also took a knife and cut her throat in front of the neighbors and the police.

Everyone was terrified, and almost everyone chose to move. Many people suspected that the apartment was cursed and fled.

After that, no one lived in the apartment anymore.

I have to say that this story is quite scary, but the artist is not afraid of this, and he doesn't live here, but... the artist has to admit that this apartment is indeed evil.

According to him, there were several times when he came early the next morning and found that the furniture he had prepared had been moved or simply dismantled. He was so angry that he thought it was the gangsters nearby who made trouble, so he hired a few people to keep watch, but the next day these people were scared away, saying that the apartment was haunted.

Although similar strange things did not happen again as the exhibition became more and more lively, the artist still heard some guests say a lot of strange things.

For example, they sometimes said that they saw a girl in white pajamas lying on the bed on the third floor, and some said that the furniture in the room would move by itself. Although the artist did not see anything special every time he went there, so many people said so that he still felt a little worried.

Now that Duanmu Huai was going to buy a house to live here, he immediately remembered this incident and hurriedly told Duanmu Huai about it.

After listening to the artist's words, Duanmu Huai's eyes lit up.

Buying a satisfactory apartment, but it is haunted?

There is such a good thing?

Needless to say, I bought it!