The Midnight Owl

Chapter 184: White-hot

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"Carbon monoxide poisoning?" Qian Ai is now looking at his company, and there is a death trap hidden everywhere. If there is no time to set up a second reunion point, he definitely doesn't want to come back here, "Is it the kind of charcoal burning? , It’s like eating mutton in a copper hot pot, without opening the windows and ventilation, and eating less than two hours to ensure that the dishes will faint…”

"Mr. Qian, huh... You've lost your memory, and you have so much life experience..." Xu Wang put his hands on his hips to adjust his breathing, dropped his baseball cap and ran from the 3rd floor to the 10th floor in one breath, catching up with the triathlon.

There was no foul notice in the cheat sheet, nor did they ingest any suspicious food or water, plus symptoms such as drowsiness and sleepiness before the reset, except for carbon monoxide poisoning, Wu Sheng couldn't think of a second conclusion.

"Brother Sheng, is this an accident or man-made?" Kuang Jinxin frowned, his attitude was serious and serious, as if he was really taking an exam.

"It must be artificial," Qian Ai interjected, "We didn't cook hot pot in the financial room."

Xu Wang swept the back of his head angrily: "If you are hungry, go to the water dispenser to fill up with water." Eat three mouthfuls together, is this a boss or a glutton.

"If it was artificial, why?" Kuang Jinxin seemed to be asking Wu Sheng, but also thinking to himself.

"I won't know if I do it again." Chi Yingxue, who had not spoken for a long time, cut off the conversation in a mild manner.

Sure enough, Kuang Jinxin turned to him: "Do it again?"

Chi Yingxue likes him to set his eyes on himself: "Go to the financial room again, and when the time is up, you will know who is doing the trick."

Wu Sheng did not expect that the first person who thought of him together was Chi Yingxue.

Once again, it's easy to say, but it means taking a precious chance to gamble. Using themselves as a bait, winning the bet does not mean passing the exam, at most they have to do another big question, and if they lose the bet, there are only 5 chances left for them.

Time 12:30, Finance Room.

It was the same six workstations, but this time, only three people sat.

"When this fucking exam is over, the first thing I will do is to pay that kid back, even if I sell blood and sell myself!" Qian Ai slammed his fist on the table and made a thud, feeling genuine.

13 minutes ago, the blue hair was "entertained" by them again. Now Qian Ai feels more guilt for "bullying the other party" than "not paying back the money". Looking at the blue hair on that head doesn't feel dazzling anymore, it feels like a picture. Blue painting, blowing melancholy.

"I donate blood for free now..." Kuang Jinxin kindly reminded.

"You, selling yourself?" Xu Wang also kindly reminded.

Qian Ai was very concerned about the second "kindness". He rolled up his sleeves to the end and raised his arms to show his biceps: "Doubt your buddy's physical strength?"

Xu Wang was shocked by this momentum, and sincerely suggested: "Why don't you come to our company's collection department."

Waiting, especially waiting for danger to come, is always hard. The room was fine, the chatting and nonsense was over, and the only task was three people, and the lively effect of five people had to be chatted. It is more difficult for those who squat outside the house.

The finance room is at the innermost part of the staff office area, with the door facing the corridor, and other departments' offices on both sides of the corridor. Wu Sheng and Chi Yingxue are now hiding in the office area on the right as soon as they leave the financial office.

This is a multi-person office area. The glass block is frosted in the middle and transparent up and down. Wu Sheng and Chi Yingxue hid behind the workstation closest to the glass block, sat on the ground, covered their bodies with the desk, and could see the corridor floor through the transparent part under the glass block.

Time passed by, the two of them were speechless, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they looked very comfortable and harmonious.

At 14:20, a pair of feet, a pair of hands and a rubber hose appeared outside the transparent glass.

Chi Yingxue first discovered that in the past two and a half hours, he hadn't even moved, but quietly looked out of the glass. Even Wu Sheng sighed with his determination and endurance.

The man was bending over, and was slowly sending the hose, whose source was unknown, to the gap under the door of the financial room.

Frosted glass blocked his face.

If nothing is done, after another 50 minutes, the colorless and odorless gas in the hose will fill the finance room without knowing it - just like last time.

But this time, not last time.

[Owl: Someone used yo~~]

While Chi Yingxue lighted out the stationery, Wu Sheng had already rushed out of the office.

The man's hands were twisted back together by a strange force, as if bound by an invisible rope. He straightened up in shock and was confronting Wu Sheng, who rushed out.

The next second, realizing that something was wrong, he turned and ran.

It's very scientific to catch up with one's hands, but not with one's feet. But... what is the effect of the word "just capture"!

Wu Sheng didn't have time to slander this, so he chased after him. He ran on his front feet, and Chi Yingxue came out on his back, just in time to see the back of the murderer: "Grey coat?"

Wu Sheng chased all the way to the elevator room, the elevator door just opened, and the gray coat plunged in. Wu Sheng was speechless, the elevator door didn't close in seconds, with his current distance he could definitely catch up...

"Bang!"

The sound of falling from high altitude shocked Wu Sheng.

He and Chi Yingxue, who had caught up, rushed to the elevator door together. Wherever there was a car, there was an empty elevator door.

Looking down with a cellphone flashlight, the real elevator stopped at the very bottom floor, and the gray coat fell on the top of the car in a twisted position - he had four arms.

Wu Sheng breathed for a while, then stretched out his arm holding the phone, and finally recognized that there was another person.

A man who was pressed down by a gray coat, most of his body was blocked, and only two slender arms were exposed.

The sound outside the house let the three people in the financial room know that the murderer was caught. They followed the sound, but only saw Wu Sheng and Chi Yingxue in a daze at the elevator entrance.

Kuang Jinxin had a bad premonition, and he quickly ran to the elevator door. Wu Sheng's cell phone flashlight was still on, illuminating the abyss-like elevator shaft.

"Lin Lin..."

Wu Sheng turned around and said, "Is that what you said, the little girl who was killed in your company?"

Kuang Jinxin wanted to say "um", but his throat tightened and he didn't make a sound. He could only open his sour eyes and nodded lightly. He remembered how Lin Lin was lying on the car, with her arms in this posture. He has been fantasizing that as long as he and Chi Yingxue don't take the elevator, Lin Lin will be fine, just like playing games to avoid side plots, it turns out that he is just deceiving himself.

Xu Wang sighed and patted his head comfortingly: "Call the police," he said to Wu Sheng, "It's not just a joke."

Wu Sheng pondered, suddenly remembered something, and looked to Chi Yingxue: "Xiao Kuang said that when the elevator broke down, the fake maintenance worker who attacked you was wearing a gray coat?"

Chi Yingxue skipped the question and pointed directly under the car: "It's him."

Wu Sheng: "The other one is a security guard?"

Chi Yingxue: "Yes."

Wu Sheng: "Then this time, where are the security guards..."

A reminder broke everyone's nerves.

The five people gathered at the elevator door turned around almost at the same time. The unpredictable huge thrust caused four of the five to fall into the elevator shaft, and the only one Qiang was clinging to the door. He didn't fall down by his own weight. Only then did he see the security uniform and the hideous face. .

Time 12:15, 18th floor, blood number 5.

The carbon monoxide trap that appeared at 14:20 was too late. This time they changed their strategy and ambushed in advance where Lin Lin might be pushed into the elevator shaft. According to the bright position Chi Yingxue saw in the transparent car, Lin Lin fell down. floor, and finally locked on the 18th floor.

That time, Chi Yingxue and Kuang Jinxin went to the stairwell to talk at 12:10, and then they met the security guard, found the flyer, and helped to clean up a "sneaky suspicious person" who was caught by the security guard. According to this calculation , the time to enter the elevator should be between 12:20-12:30.

Right now, it's 12:20.

This kind of boring work, especially when the nerves are highly tense, can be called a second as a year.

12:21.

12:22.

12:23.

12:24.

"boom."

A voice came in from outside the building, through the building and the layers of glass, when it entered the ears of the five people, it was a little dull and a little flat, and it was impossible to hear the original appearance.

But soon, the commotion on various floors and the screams outside the building mixed into an unusual noise.

"Someone jumped off the building—"

The five people followed the employees who were watching the excitement and ran to the nearest window to look out. Many onlookers had gathered downstairs. The upper floors looked down, looking like ants, and they couldn't see the person falling from the building at all.

In the end, Kuang Jinxin went back to his company on the 15th floor to confirm that it was Lin Lin.

"How could this be..." Xu Wang was a little stunned. Obviously everything happened repeatedly, his baseball cap, Qian Ai's jumping off the building, carbon monoxide trap, how did he get here and suddenly change

"An object in inertial motion can only change its trajectory by an external force," Wu Sheng raised his head, his pupils reflecting the blood-colored numbers outside the window, "We have been discovered."

Qian Ai: "You mean the bastard who harmed that girl and found that we were squatting?"

Wu Sheng said, "Yes."

Kuang Jinxin: "What should we do now?"

"Put them out directly." Wu Sheng said this to Chi Yingxue.

The latter shrugged, this action can represent "oh", "understood", "okay" and many other meanings here, which is very convenient to use.

[Owl: Someone used on you~~]

The illusion tool was used on Chi Yingxue himself. He closed his eyes and retrieved the images of the two guys' appearances from his memory. Not long after he retrieved them, two scenes entered his mind.

Gray coat is going down the stairs, 14F is written on the wall.

The security guard was also going down the stairs, with 15F written on the wall, more like protection than stalking.

The five are on 15F right now. Looking at each other, no one gave an order, and tacitly rushed to the stairwell!

With a bang, the door to the stairwell was slammed open. According to the time, the two of them had already descended at least two floors.

However, Wu Sheng and Kuang Jinxin both had accelerated stationery, the former caught up to the front of the gray jacket in the blink of an eye, and Kuang Jinxin was a little rusty with stationery, but he still managed to intercept the security guard.

The two threw their front and back feet on the person they intercepted, and were waiting for their later partner to bring stationery to join the battle, but in a sudden explosion, their souls returned at 12:00.

Number outside the window, 4.

3rd floor, Xu Wang: "..."

7th floor, Wu Sheng: "..."

15th floor, Kuang Jinxin: "..."

On the 16th floor, Chi Yingxue: "..."

On the rooftop of the top floor, Qian Ai: "Do you need to be so cruel!!!"

Security: "Qian, President Qian?"

Qian Ai: "Don't persuade me, I think jumping off the building is good now, really..."

Boss Qian, who was so heartbroken, finally returned to the 10th floor angrily. If he could really jump, he would be relieved. Now he jumped down, hey, I'm back again.

"The tactics are still too rough." Converging again, Wu Sheng said these four words as soon as he opened his mouth.

Chi Yingxue wanted to say sarcastic words, but held back. Not everyone can take the responsibility, being the brain of the team, let alone adjusting and improving tactics over and over again, at least he doesn't have that hobby to worry about. Since you sit back and enjoy the success, don't pick and choose.

"Let's put together the stationery now. We can't just attack, search, or defend. We need to fight in combination." Wu Sheng pulled a blank A4 piece of paper, without raising his head, "Stationary box."

The four partners obediently opened the stationery box and stretched out their arms, like good babies waiting in line in the classroom for vaccines.

Wu Sheng copied down everyone's stationery as quickly as possible, filling half a sheet of paper.

"It's not enough to restrain them, to prevent them from detonating bombs on their bodies, and also to tell the truth..." He muttered to himself, drawing circles from left to right on the paper, concentrating on it.

The four partners, who had withdrawn their arms, sat quietly beside him, watching him alone exuding the light of a scholar.

12:20, 18th floor.

The first move of the combination tactics - Kuang Jinxin, .

Although he couldn't hear the prompt, according to the tactics of meeting in advance, the onlookers also knew what Wu Sheng was using. Xu Wang, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin were all looking forward to the effect, but Chi Yingxue frowned slightly, instinctively not liking this stationery.

The magic tool takes effect.

In the air, Wu Sheng's voice appeared: "Why did you kill Lin Lin?"

There is no opening remarks, it is the core that comes up.

The onlookers are now facing Wu Sheng, and they have put on the "he is right" filter, the full name - "listen to him is right" filter.

When I was playing the combination tactics just now, my recognition and admiration for this teammate had reached its peak. Now, listening to him again, I felt that the full set of answers to this exam was about to come out.

"She knows too much." Zhonghuan was wearing a gray coat, and his eyes were erratic.

The security guard couldn't see anyone else, but he could see his companion, but his companion seemed to be smitten, answering any questions he had about the ghost-like voice in the air. He was so frightened that he even forgot to yell and scold, his face turned pale.

"What does she know?" Wu Sheng continued to ask.

Grey Jacket said, "She knew we were going to blow up the building."

Although Wu Sheng had a hunch, he was still shocked.

"Blow up the building?" Qian Ai blurted out uncontrollably.

The sudden second unfamiliar voice made the security guard shiver.

The gray coat turned a deaf ear, he seemed to only react to Wu Sheng's voice.

Wu Sheng: "Why do you do this?"

Gray coat: "It's fun, hehe, Mo Lu said that it's not exciting to play small things, and make big moves if you want to."

Wu Sheng didn't expect that in the phantom state, he could still express similar "emotions", how much paranoia was needed to leave such a deep imprint in his heart: "Who is the end?"

Grey Jacket: "Our God."

Wu Sheng: "Real name."

Gray Jacket: "I don't know."

Wu Sheng: "What does it look like?"

Gray Jacket: "I don't know."

After pondering for a few seconds, Wu Sheng suddenly changed the question: "How many people do you have?"

Grey Jacket: "Four..."

"Boom!"

A sudden crash interrupted the questioning.

Outside the window, the hanging basket swayed violently in the strong wind, hitting the glass like a bell in a monastery.

"Snapped!"

The tempered glass is completely shattered.

"Be careful—" At the same time as Wu Sheng shouted, he knocked down Xu Wang and Qian Ai, who were nearest to the left and right, and at the same time, he immediately went to find the armor.

Chi Yingxue brought Kuang Jinxin to the ground and hugged him into his arms.

The tempered glass shattered into countless tiny particles, which collapsed into the house, and the corners were rounded. In fact, it did not cause real harm to people.

But what came in with the shards of tempered glass, and the hanging basket.

The moment he fell to the ground, Wu Sheng had already reflexively looked for armor, but he was still a step behind.

The gondola with the broken cable was like a steel cannonball in the strong wind and the inertia of the swing, smashing into the house and hitting everyone—the office was not a big one, and no one who fell to the ground was spared.

12:00, Scarlet number 3.

All the little friends are holding back their energy, without any hesitation, they set off again and put in the exam!

It’s like having answered the last big question and was almost able to finish it, and suddenly an empty test paper was replaced, so I wish I could fill in all the previous answers from memory in one breath, and then go back to the previous round. key point.

The tactical thinking did not change, Wu Sheng replaced the stationery with the fastest speed, and then the five people perfectly copied the process of the previous round. At 12:27, they had already thrown people into the general office of Qian.

But this time, they didn't have any illusions that could induce confession.

Fortunately, what I want to know is almost the same. Now the key is - there are four people on the other side.

The one who attacked with the hanging basket was counted as one, and there was still one lurking in the building.

Waiting with bated breath, the hanging basket arrived as scheduled. Wu Sheng had used the in advance, but he didn't expect the hanging basket to break through the armor!

Worrying, often makes people careless.

12:00, Scarlet Number 2.

The gray coat, the security guard, and the murderer disguised as a hanging basket worker were finally captured by five people. In fact, with stationery, it is not difficult to deal with them. What is difficult is not knowing when the accident will happen, and the mistakes that you may make.

Wu Sheng didn't want to make mistakes again, but he couldn't relax. There were only two chances left. Once he let go, he was afraid that he would really have no chance.

"There is one person left." He looked at the four companions, "Who will it be?"

Bewildered.

The three murderers were wrapped in stationery into silkworm chrysalis and trapped in the corner. Without the illusion tool, they really didn't say a word, even if they gave them a little pain with the weapon, it was all in vain. And the five of them couldn't let go and were tortured.

"Each of us will take a look at what we have experienced when we were alone," Wu Sheng forced himself not to be impatient and calm down, "It doesn't matter if you think it is important or not, as long as you meet it, that's fine."

Xu Wang: "The secretary knocked on the door and gave me coffee, the baseball cap came to seek revenge, and the rest are all with you."

Kuang Jinxin: "I was grooming the dog, and then Chi... er, brother, I came over."

Qian Ai: "I jumped off the building, and the security guard advised me not to jump, but he rushed to save me instead of hurting me. Later, I went all the way downstairs and went back to my company... Damn," he stared, "it's the security guard! If you want to save me, you are actually pushing me on purpose!"

"Doubt first." Wu Sheng gestured to Chi Yingxue.

Chi Yingxue leaned against the wall, and the things she had experienced went through her mind like a revolving light: "I got up from my work station and walked to the door. The property was repairing the lights, and the pliers on the ladder fell off and flashed by me quickly. I only went down one floor, so I took the stairs and happened to meet the security guard who was escorting a person down. He wanted to hold me hostage and was perfectly subdued by me. Then I went to Xiao Sijin, and then it was you."

Qian Ai: "Director Chi, you really put a good word on yourself when you see a needle..."

"No," Wu Sheng's eyes flashed, "Who is the security guard holding?"

Qian Ai: "To attack Xu Wang's baseball cap, that's right."

"No way." Wu Sheng said, "Xu Wang is on the 3rd floor. The security guard is walking down with a baseball cap. How could he collide with Xiaoxue who was walking from the 16th floor to the 17th floor?"

Qian Ai: "… "

Xu Wang, Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Because this guy didn't make any real waves at all, from beginning to end, he was not within the sight of the five people.

"Three suspects," Wu Sheng summed up directly, "the security guard on the top floor, the designer who repaired the lights, and the person in the stairwell."

Xu Wang: "What do you want to do?"

Wu Sheng: "The soldiers are divided into two groups. President Qian, Xiaoxue, and Xiaokuang, you three escorted the three of them to the security monitoring room on the first floor. By the way, I will confirm that the security guard on the top floor and the person in the stairwell are there. I am not there. Go to the sixteenth floor with Xu Wang to find the maintenance person. If the person who was escorted down is still in the monitoring room, the three of you should stay still and wait for us to meet up there."