"ah-------!!!"
The sharp sound tore through the silence of Phantom City, and instantly brought everyone's relaxed mood to a climax.
“What’s going on!?”
“Get out of the way!”
Boom! Zhuge shouted as he slammed his body against the toilet door. How could he be called a professional? He seemed to have found the right angle and the right amount of force. He used all his strength to ram the toilet door open.
However... ..
The scene behind the broken door made everyone fall into silence.
... ..Blood.
As if it was a free sale, the flaming blood was splashed all over the small bathroom. Apart from the toilet, the blood also covered the walls, windows, and even the ceiling. In this bright red world, Li Shaohua was also covered in blood, sitting on the ground in a daze.
There was no sign of Yun Xiaoyue.
"What on earth happened!?"
"Where's Yun Xiaoyue!?"
"Hello!"
Zhuge was the first to step forward and directly grabbed Li Shaohua by the collar, and with a thunderous roar, he called back Li Shaohua's soul. Gradually, the light of vitality returned to her eyes, but it was accompanied by an indescribable violent tremor.
"Dead... dead... dead! She's dead!"
"ah.!!!"
Li Shaohua subconsciously curled up her body, folded her arms across her chest, and pressed her head down deeply. The blood that had stained her black hair also flowed out, leaving a series of slightly scary bloodstains on her face. For a moment, even Zhuge was a little frightened by this scene.
"... ..Calm down, calm down first."
"Don't panic... Tell me, what happened just now?"
"Don't be too nervous..."
Zhuge was well-trained after all. Although he was also frightened, he quickly adjusted his mood. He did not yell at Li Shaohua. Instead, he took a deep breath, squatted in front of Li Shaohua, helped him up, and led him from the bathroom to the sofa in the living room, while comforting him softly.
On the other side, Gu Moli, Hua Qiong, and Ren Xuan also witnessed this scene with serious expressions.
Especially Ren Xuan.
"No, no way... How could it be possible... to be dead...?"
The blond young man still looked like he had not accepted the current situation, and the strong smell of blood and Li Shaohua's miserable appearance made him look even paler.
That’s not all.
Even behind Gu Moli, Hua Qiong showed a somewhat disgusted look, but compared to that, she was more worried and frightened about the situation.
Only Gu Moli.
He regained his composure faster than anyone else, but the situation at the scene made him even more chilled.
Yun Xiaoyue is missing.
Li Shaohua said she was dead.
There was a terrifying amount of blood on the wall, otherwise it would not have been possible to create such a horrific scene.
But....why
Gu Moli, who had always rejected gods, demons and monsters, absolutely did not believe that this was the curse of the Phantom Duke. This thought only flashed through his mind, and then he returned to the case itself. There was no doubt that if what Li Shaohua said was true, Yun Xiaoyue was murdered.
However... Li Shaohua was accompanying her inside the door, and Zhuge was listening outside the door. Under the double supervision, even the conditions for a secret room were not met. If we had to say, Yun Xiaoyue would probably only be given the opportunity to be "alone" when Li Shaohua turned around in the toilet out of politeness.
It only takes a moment to turn around.
Yun Xiaoyue disappeared
The blood in the body was spilled all over the toilet
Was he sucked into the toilet?!
This is impossible!
Gu Moli thought desperately but could not get any answer. If it was not explained by gods or monsters, then this toilet would be a perfect secret room.
... .In that case.
Gu Moli turned his gaze and looked at Li Shaohua as a matter of course. There was no doubt that if there was no need for a supernatural explanation, Li Shaohua, who was in the same secret room as Yun Xiaoyue, was the biggest suspect. And thinking back, it seemed that she was the one who took the initiative to ask to accompany Yun Xiaoyue to the toilet.
On the other side, Li Shaohua seemed to have finally come back to her senses from her trembling and loss of voice. She stretched out both hands at the same time, almost cupping the water that Zhuge handed over. After taking a few gulps, she slowly spoke: "... I don't know, I really don't know anything, I just heard some sound..."
"Don't be anxious. Speak carefully and slowly."
"Drink some more water."
Zhuge and Hua Qiong surrounded Li Shaohua, comforting him while also forming a double-team. It was obvious that they were not completely without suspicion of Li Shaohua. Li Shaohua nodded without noticing, drank a few sips of water, and took several deep breaths before calming down again.
"... I know you are unlikely to believe it."
"But I really don't know anything."
"After I accompanied Xiaoyue in, I turned around. After all, it's too rude to stare at others using the toilet... But when I heard a sound behind me, I immediately turned my head..."
"What did you see?"
"I... I didn't see... .!"
Li Shaohua's voice rose again, as if he recalled the situation at that time, and his body trembled again: "The moment I turned around, I only saw blood! It was like someone was standing in front of me and pouring a bucket of blood on me! I didn't see anything! The whole vision was red!"
"At that time, I subconsciously raised my hand to cover it, and when I put my hand down..."
"... Yun Xiaoyue disappeared?"
"Yes... ."
Li Shaohua seemed to understand that this statement was extremely weird, but it was indeed her real experience, and she had nothing to add.
Gu Moli, who was standing next to her, listened to her explanation with a frown on his face.
Disappear in an instant
As if someone had splashed blood on him from the front
this... ..
The conditions of the perfect secret room remain unchanged. Yun Xiaoyue herself is missing. If Li Shaohua is not lying, then... .
Yun Xiaoyue!
Is she really dead? The only ordinary person among the six... is she really an ordinary person
... .Tsk!
How did she do it? Disappearing in such a perfect secret room, and in such a short time, with a person standing right next to her, it doesn't make sense! Whether it was murder or being murdered, Yun Xiaoyue's disappearance was something that could not be understood by common sense.
While Gu Moli was deep in thought, on the other side, Ren Xuan had completely lost his patience.
"Even if you say so..."
"... But you were the only one with that woman at the time, weren't you?"
"If you really want to kill someone."
"You are the one most likely to take action, right?"
... ... .Silence.
Li Shaohua opened his eyes wide and looked at Ren Xuan in disbelief: "You said it was me!?"
“Yes, that’s right.”
Ren Xuan's answer was not very confident: "It's not impossible to hide the body, using skills or something..."
“Nonsense!”
Li Shaohua seemed a little hysterical: "I am a player! Players can't kill people, okay! I..."
"... That's not right."
Perhaps because of the crisis, although Ren Xuan's face was pale and his body was shaking, his thoughts were very clear. After being yelled at by Li Shaohua, his voice unconsciously became louder: "It's just that you are not allowed to kill people with the exchanged abilities, right?! You just need to use ordinary people's methods..."
"... Then use the player's skills to fake the scene, hide the body, splash blood and so on..."
"... ..Isn't this enough?"
At this moment, the atmosphere among the crowd instantly dropped to freezing point.