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Chapter 135 Locking Zulu Kui (Day1-Rainy Day-1530 PM)

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was dark and the rain was gray.

Huiyuan looked at the past through the rain curtain. The outline of the teaching building in the distance could no longer be seen clearly, and it became only a gray haze.

The place where he is now is a long-forgotten building in the Holy Knot campus, and it is also the highest point of the entire campus.

This is a Gothic monastery building that was once the main campus of the "Holy Knot Monastery", the predecessor of the women's college.But in modern times, this ancient building has been no longer used by the school for a long time. Because it was closed for a long time and lacked maintenance, its appearance was gloomy and decayed.

In the six-story top bell tower, a three-ton bell hangs above Hui Yuanchu's head. It is rusty and dusty, as if it is cast firmly on the bell frame. It seems that it will no longer be able to emit the loud sound it once did. .

This place is where Imai Rieko and Asano Eimi fell.

Just now, Hui Yuanchu had already walked around the entire clock tower.He wasn't worried about destroying any scene - anyway, Nakano had already searched the place, and if there were any important clues, he could go back and check with him.

But Nakano's judgment is only from the perspective of criminal investigation, the traces that human beings can leave.

Therefore, Hui Yuanchu still had to come here in person to see if there were any traces left by "non-human beings".

However, after turning on his spiritual vision and turning around, Hui Yuanchu did not find any valuable clues on the bell tower.

This place is very "clean".

Finally, Hui Yuanchu walked to the edge of the unobstructed platform, supported the wall and carefully stretched his upper body out of the door arch, looking directly below.

The falling raindrops formed countless white water lines, as if shooting from behind to the ground six stories below, creating circles of ripples in the continuous stagnant water.

Under the accumulated water, there was a dark red trace submerged.

"Good place." Hui Yuanchu whispered to himself.

The words came out of his mouth, and were quickly swallowed up by the dense drum-like sound of rain outside, and even he himself didn't hear much.

So, Hui Yuanchu added in his heart: "...good time."

The abandoned clock tower on a rainy night, the time and place were just right - so a week ago, Imai Rieko and Asano Eimi fell here one after another and died.

A good location refers to the remoteness of the place.The function of the building itself has been closed. Coupled with the eerie appearance and the legends brought about by the decades of closure, this dilapidated monastery building is always ignored by people intentionally or unintentionally, and no one approaches it at all. .

And good times refer to the rain that comes on and off within a week, but never completely clears up.

To be honest, the heavy rain saved the school management.

That night, the sound of rain and thunder completely covered up the sound of the two girls falling, so that no unnecessary noise was heard in the dormitory building in the distance.

The next day, the continuous heavy rain also minimized the possibility of unrelated people accidentally bumping into this scene, and also helped to quickly wash away the blood on the ground.

Therefore, until now, the death of these two Bai Qiangwei has been kept secret.

But even so, in the eyes of an insider like Hui Yuanchu, the dark red mark on the ground... was so eye-catching and dazzling.

——That was the place where Imai Rieko and Asano Eimi hit the ground.

Whether it was a coincidence or something else, the two people fell exactly at the same place.

Hui Yuanchu looked down at his feet again.The square area under his feet is the starting point for Imai Rieko and Asano Eimi.

From their current position, they took a step forward, stepped into the rainy night sky, and then fell.

I don’t know how they felt at that moment...

Hui Yuan thought this way as he raised his head again and looked at the campus under the rain curtain in the distance.

Empty and picturesque.

In an instant, he suddenly had a strong urge to "go in".

Instead of going downstairs, walk across the ground.

Instead, just take one step forward——

Probably anyone who has stood on a high place has had thoughts like this that are contrary to reason.

Therefore, someone came up with the term "flying instinct".People may be able to fly.But when the ability to fly degraded, the instinct to fly remained.

As instincts of the animal brain, they sleep at the lowest level of consciousness and are suppressed by personality.

But at a certain moment when people's thoughts are distracted, they will quietly slip out...

Hui Yuanchu's toes also began to rub against the edge dishonestly.

At least, if he jumped, he wouldn't die, and he could actually experience the feeling of flying for a few seconds before landing.

And flying in the rain does seem to have a different kind of "freedom" feeling...

Just when Hui Yuanchu couldn't suppress the thoughts of all kinds of years in his mind, and almost wanted to stretch out his legs to test, the sound of creaking footsteps came from the wooden stairs.

Soon, Zulu Kui, wearing glasses and with her hair in a ponytail, came upstairs.

She first bowed towards Hui Yuanchu, and then whispered softly: "Lord Hualei."

Hui Yuan had a strange expression for a moment.

"...Miss Zhe, we have no one here now."

But Zhe Lukui shook her head and continued to say to him respectfully: "Master Hualei... I will not take off my glasses after stepping out of the dormitory door."

Of course, Hui Yuan initially understood what she meant.The glasses are just a reference, what Zhe Lukui really refers to is the disguise she made with him, including appearance and relationship.

Indeed, this was their agreement from the beginning.

The dormitory is a safe house promised by the princess, a place where they can safely reveal their true colors and discuss everything without fear of prying eyes or attacks.

Outside, they need to keep their spirits up, not to let outsiders see through their disguise, and they have to be careful with their words.

However, Hui Yuan originally felt that "the bell tower on the roof of this abandoned monastery in the rain", and now this scene is also full of an atmosphere of isolation.Plus there's no third person around, so what does it matter if you take off your disguise a little?

But for Zhe Lukui, her own requirements have always been strict to this point.Once I draw a boundary at the beginning, I will definitely stick to it.

And she quickly added: "After all, I'm just an ordinary person, there's no harm in being careful."

Well, Hui Yuanchu realized that he really didn't put himself in her shoes.

Orokuchi's caution was not without reason.After all, as they discussed before the incident began, the current "inverted" identity disguise of the two people actually has another reason besides being convenient for gathering information.

"It must be shown to everyone that you are the main one between the two of us." Oroku said at the time.

"why?"

"In this way, if there are any enemies, they will attack you first." Zhe Lukui did not shy away and said what she had to say.

"..."

"Xiao Hui, do you know what is the most essential difference between us this time and the past?" Ignoring Hui's original sad expression, Zhe Lukui continued, "The difference is that we have to hide the group, so there will be no Any support - whether administrative, physical or intelligence."

"In terms of intelligence, it's okay. The academy and Rose Hall will provide alternative support."

"For you who have the power, it makes no difference whether you have equipment support or not."

"But for me, I have encountered a very serious problem." Zhe Lukui looked at him with an extremely serious expression, "—Xiao Hui, I only have you. I will lose all my support except you. "

Oroku Aoi has always said that she is just an "ordinary person" and does not have special abilities like a spiritual ascendant or a person in power. She has not received agent training. It can even be said that her physical fitness is below average... But as an important figure in the group , in order to save her life, Oro Aoi owns several pieces of 'special equipment' from the group, and can also directly summon the support of the group's leaders.

During the Tower of Endlessness incident, Haiyuan had first seen Aoi Oro summon the group leader "Suigetsu" for remote support, and also saw her using a snail-shaped space ability item.

But if they wanted to conceal the group's actions, there would definitely be no support, and Aoi Oro deliberately didn't bring those special equipment.

On the one hand, it is because the use of these special equipment needs to go through the process of application and reporting. On the other hand, Zhe Lukui also suspects that there are some back doors used to collect intelligence on those equipment.

So this time, Zhe Lukui is indeed facing possible evil spirits in a state of powerlessness to the point of being "naked".

Who knows if this evil spirit has some kind of ability to listen and monitor them?
So, indeed, the more careful they are about their identity, the safer Oriuru Aoi will be.

..."Lord Hualei, maybe there really are people in this world with clairvoyance and clairvoyance." Zhe Lukui didn't know what Hui Yuan was thinking, but she just saw him silent for a moment, so she reminded him again. "We're still in the public eye."

Hui Yuanchu understood what she meant, and it was consistent with what he had just thought.

But - "the public"?
This word sounds familiar.Hui Yuanchu suddenly remembered.

——"Since I have played the role of master and servant, I will obey no matter what orders you give in public." She Lukui once said so.

...Do you want to practice it now?
The temptation of this idea was so great that he gave up thinking in an instant, raised his hand to Zhe Lukui and said, "Then - come here."

Zhe Lukui didn't ask anything, just approached him obediently as Huaye should do.

Hui Yuan initially looked at her unfamiliar meek expression, stretched out his hand and touched her face.

At the moment of skin-to-skin contact, Zhe Lukui's body tensed up for a moment, and at the same time, a sinister aura seemed to rush out from opening the lid of the box.

But the next moment, her body relaxed.

His eyes didn't change for a moment, he just stared at him pitifully.

...It was as if the strange and docile girl in front of her had put the former owner of the vicious aura, the original Oro Aoi, into a box, and then locked it tightly.

Huiyuan first came up with this idea.

He didn't take back his hand, nor did he make any more moves. He just put his hand on her cheek and felt the body temperature.

In this dense crackling rain curtain.

At this moment, he didn't think about anything, he just warmed the girl's cold cheek with the palm of his hand.

She never refused, but just looked over with soft eyes.

I don't know how much time passed before Hui Yuanchu suddenly woke up.

He withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened, but a thought came to his mind - at this place, at this time, there was something wrong with him who did this kind of thing, and with her who endured it calmly.

"Sir Hualei, can I now report to you some of the news I just got from Matsumoto-senpai?" Oroku Aoi also thoughtfully started the next topic to get over the embarrassment.

"Well, let's talk."

Half an hour ago, when Haihara and Aoi Ori decided to visit the crash site of the clock tower, they immediately contacted Sato Yoshiko and made a request.

The person sent by Yoshiko Sato was Tamami Matsumoto, who was obviously deeply trusted by her.

After Matsumoto Tamami brought the two people here, Haiyuanchu "ordered" the two Calyx to wait on the ground, and went upstairs alone to check.

Of course, Oruru Aoi will also take this opportunity to ask Matsumoto Tamami for more information that is "not suitable for writing down."

This arrangement was mainly based on the consideration that if "something" really existed on the attic, then Hui Yuan's act of turning on his spiritual vision might actually trigger some situation that ordinary people should not be exposed to.

However, after Haiyuan confirmed that there was no danger on the top floor, he notified Orulu Aoi.

Finally, after Oriuru Aoi completed the information exchange with Matsumoto Tamami and sent her away, she went upstairs to join Haiyuanchu.

"Yes, but the news is a bit trivial. I haven't had time to sort out the underlying connections. Please forgive me, Mr. Hualei... Anyway, I'm starting."

"First of all, Mr. Yoshiko Sato suspected that Ms. Imai Rieko might indeed have some reason to commit suicide, and her family knew about it. The reason was that after they were notified, they quickly made the decision not to call the police and refused to conduct an autopsy. The body was quickly cremated the next day.

"In contrast, Asano Eimi-sama's family has been hesitant. The decision not to call the police was reluctantly agreed after the school tried its best to persuade, and the autopsy has not yet been decided. Asano Eimi-sama's body... It is still stored in a secret cold storage somewhere.

"In addition, Master Yingjian was the first to discover Master Li Keiko's death.

"This is also unusual, because this place is not a place that students of the Holy Knot usually visit. But Master Yingjian notified Master Yongzi at dawn, as if he had waited until dawn for follow-up processing. generally.

"Eiko-sama said that based on Eimi-sama's behavior at that time, she suspected that Eimi-sama must have known something about Rieko-sama's death.

"But unfortunately, considering Master Yingjian's emotions, Master Eiko did not ask further questions at the time... But he did not expect that just two days later, Master Yingjian would also fall to his death."

"This time, the notifier...is Ijuin Ayano."

Hui Yuanchu raised his head in shock: "Huh?"

"Actually, Ijuin Ayano has a very good relationship with Eimi-sama. There have been rumors that Eimi-sama originally intended to recognize Ijuin Ayano as his 'sister', but she just needed to wait until Rieko-sama graduated and she was promoted to 'elder sister' herself. "

Haiyuan frowned: "No, I mean - Ijuin clearly doesn't know that Imai Rieko and Asano Eimi are dead?"

Ijuin Ayano still thought that the two Bai Qiangwei sisters were traveling together.

Oriuru Aoi explained: "Yes, because it is actually like this: Lord Eimi left a scheduled message for Ijuin Ayano the night before. Early the next morning, Ijuin Ayano saw the message and followed the instructions in the message. Asked to relay this sentence to Master Yongzi.

"As for the content of the message, Ijuin Ayano did not become suspicious and just conveyed it. But Yoshiko-sama immediately realized that something was wrong when she saw the message. When she hurriedly came here to check, she found Ying. I saw that the Lord also fell to his death."

Ijuin doesn’t know, but Yoshiko Sato knows?Hui Yuan initially guessed what the content of the message was related to.

Orokuchi didn't show off, and said directly: "That message is-'Sorry, Rongzi-sama, Rieko-sama set off the day before yesterday, and I can't catch up if I don't catch up. I've done my best to finish the work at hand, and I'll ask you for the rest." You help'."

"That's all, Mr. Hualei." Zhe Lukui finally finished his report.

...So that's how it was, from these seemingly messy information, Hui Yuanchu smelled something interesting.

He quickly developed an intuition: behind Imai Rieko and Asano Eimi, there are still some things related to family affairs hidden, so these contents are "not suitable for writing down."

But what it is specifically requires some mental effort to analyze - forget it, Hui Yuanchu gave up thinking without hesitation.

Seeing Orokui staring at his eyes that kept flashing, Haiyuan knew what she had guessed.

So when it comes to using your brain, just leave it to Oroku Aoi.

"Go back and talk." He turned around calmly and walked downstairs.

What Oroku Aoi said just now are all actual facts, and there is no harm in saying them.

And if you want to deduce a certain truth from it, or start to really discuss countermeasures, you must go back to the safe house.

"Yes." Zhe Lukui responded softly and followed him silently.

After walking downstairs and locking the digital door lock of the monastery again, Hui Yuanchu stepped into the rain, while Zhe Lukui silently followed behind him, holding up an umbrella for him.

Soon, the two passed through the desolate northwest district where the abandoned monastery was located, and set foot on the main road leading to the central district.

It was raining heavily and it was class time, so there were no other pedestrians on the main road.

But in the distance, a girl from the Holy Knot, raising her arms and holding a dirty cloth on her head to protect herself from the rain, rushed towards the two of them.

At first glance, it was just a poor child without an umbrella.

Huiyuan didn't pay attention at first, and soon passed by the girl.

But after taking a few steps, Orokui suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed his arm tightly.

The kind that snaps into the flesh tightly.

"...Lord Hualei, there is something that requires your decision." Her voice was filled with fear.

Hui Yuan was surprised at first and wanted to stop and look back at Zulu Kui's condition.

But at this time, I heard her say: "No, please keep walking and don't look back. Don't act strange, just listen to me."

So Hui Yuanchu stepped out again after a slight pause, and at the same time said softly: "You say it."

Behind her, Oroku Aoi took a deep breath, and then said: "The person just now...the girl who passed us by."

"Ah."

"I saw the man's face emerging from under the canvas."

"Ok?"

"She only has half a intact face...but she is Asano Eimi."

(End of this chapter)