“This, this… ..”
For a moment, there were the black and red blood words on the wall, the cold light of the knife, and the meaningful hint.
The atmosphere in the kitchen dropped to freezing point.
until... ..
"There shouldn't be such a line of words here, right?"
"Eh? Ah! No no!"
After hearing Gu Moli's question, Ren Xuan subconsciously shook his head in denial, while Gu Moli calmly walked forward, gently touched the blood words on the wall, touched the marks next to the blood words, then smelled the fingers that had touched the blood words, and after thinking for a moment, he turned around and walked back.
"... Great Detective? Did you find anything?"
"No."
Gu Moli shook his head, denying Ren Xuan's question that implied hope. However, after the other party showed disappointment, he changed the subject: "But I already know how to leave this place."
“Eh!?”
"knew!?"
“Hmm…!”
As soon as Ren Xuan finished speaking, Zhuge and Hua Qiong also showed surprise.
"Actually, I can drag it out for a while, but if I continue like this, it will probably take a long time. If I use a vivid example... Well, it will probably take about thirty-three chapters! This is really shameless, so I plan to resolve it as soon as possible."
Everyone present: “???”
“Besides, the answer is not complicated.”
"It's just that everything happened too suddenly, and many details were obscured by the tense progress of the case. If you think about it carefully afterwards, I believe you will immediately find that something is wrong. But before that, let's solve the mystery of escaping from this phantom city."
"Riddle?"
"Yes."
Gu Moli walked out of the kitchen and looked at Hua Qiong: "You still remember the curse of the Phantom Duke in the urban legend, right? Tell them about it."
"Eh? Boss, don't you remember it too?"
"Stop talking nonsense. I specially created this opportunity for you, my assistant, to show your face. Why don't you thank me?"
"Well... ."
Hua Qiong smacked his lips, but after recalling for a moment, he said, "When the midnight bell rings, the evil spirits I raised will break out of the cage and hunt in my castle. Only the one who survives can get my gift... Is that right?"
"That's right."
Gu Moli nodded: "This sentence is very similar to what we experienced before. After the midnight bell rang, cases occurred one after another, and they were all almost incredible cases, such as the perfect disappearance in the secret room and the hanging after passing through the wall."
"For the former, the incredible thing is Yun Xiaoyue's mysterious disappearance. In this small secret room, the only exit was guarded by Zhuge, but Yun Xiaoyue disappeared."
"The incredible thing about the latter is that Li Shaohua strangely passed through the wall. Li Shaohua strangely passed through the window that should have been locked, and was hanged in the air outside the room."
Gu Moli finished describing the two previous cases in the most concise language.
The subject suddenly changed.
"But the two are actually very closely related. The biggest connection is the eyewitness. Because of Li Shaohua's death, Yun Xiaoyue's death and the perfect secret room have become a mystery that is difficult to solve. But from another perspective, this may not be a murder to silence the witnesses."
"You mean... Li Shaohua is actually an accomplice, and there is another criminal at the scene!?"
"No, I didn't say that."
"Well!"
"Speaking of this..." Gu Moli pondered for a moment and said, "We will talk about the problems in these two cases later. Now let's go back to the original question, which is the curse of the Phantom Duke. Combined with our experience, there is actually a big problem here."
"What about the evil spirit in the curse?"
"Evil ghosts... Two people have already died, why do we need evil ghosts! Wait... Could it be that this was made by a player, and the evil ghost is a player's skill!?"
Gu Moli glanced at Ren Xuan who was making his own assumptions, and said with a twitch of his lips: "As expected, you are worthy of being the A-list actor. Are you still in college? Do you want to consider becoming an actor after you enter the society? With your IQ and looks, I think you can become a good comedian just standing there."
"you... !!!"
Ignoring Ren Xuan's guilty and unconfident shouting, Gu Moli brought the topic back to the topic: "So far we haven't seen anything called evil ghosts. Although the instigator behind the scenes tried hard to create that kind of atmosphere, the fact is that no evil ghosts appeared."
"Things like the perfect secret room and strange wall-penetration are just to create a supernatural atmosphere."
"Then here comes the problem."
"Since the curse mentions this, there must be a purpose. Is there anything in this house that can be called an evil spirit?"
"Evil ghost..."
Zhuge and Hua Qiong naturally turned their gaze to the door. Every player who entered the Phantom City would probably be familiar with the thing on the door. After all, that thing replaced the door handle and was attached to the door in an exaggerated way. It would be difficult to forget it.
It was the head of an evil ghost with a bloody mouth.
“It can only be this.”
"Putting this head at the exit seems to have a profound meaning..."
"... If it is a metaphor, then the evil spirit in the curse has a corresponding object. In this way, every word in the curse corresponds to a real object or behavior. As long as everything is achieved, you can become the last survivor and leave this villa...?"
Hua Qiong and Zhuge gave highly similar answers.
Gu Moli strode to the front of the evil ghost's head and said, "Action is worse than thought. Just give it a try and you will know."
After taking a quick look at the head, Gu Moli determined that the head itself was very close to the door, and like the other objects, it was almost nailed to it, and there was no way to take it off. The only gap was the bloody mouth, so Gu Moli thought for a few seconds... .
"Hey!"
... .put his hand directly into the evil ghost’s mouth.
Click!
Of course, it was not the sound of Gu Moli's hand being bitten off, but the sound of him groping all the way upwards along the bloody mouth and finally flipping a switch. The next second, the head of the evil ghost that was originally nailed to death was taken off the gate by Gu Moli so easily.
“I actually got it.”
Ren Xuan let out a light cry, but Hua Qiong and Zhuge looked serious, because Gu Moli's condition at the moment did not seem to be good. The evil ghost's head that had been taken down suddenly closed its mouth and bit Gu Moli's arm directly, preventing him from pulling his arm out!
"boss!?"
"Don't worry, this thing doesn't hurt because it's not strong."
Gu Moli expressed that he was fine, while stretching out his other hand to hold the evil ghost's head: "It's no big deal, this should just be a warning, telling me that now that I have taken it, there is no chance to give up. But it doesn't matter, I don't want to give up anyway."
Under the light, Gu Moli held the evil ghost's head. Although his posture was a little awkward and he couldn't be said to be very handsome, his tone was full of confidence and determination. Hua Qiong didn't know what others thought.
But for her.
Gu Moli at this moment... was undoubtedly the famous detective that she admired.