Ning Hangyi: A game that must be fouled

Chapter 12 "Games That Must Foul Season [-]"

Behind Nan Tian, ​​a terrifying black figure rose slowly.

All his attention was focused on the stack of papers in his hand, and he didn't notice it at all.It wasn't until the black shadow got closer and closer and projected on the ground in front of him that he was startled and turned around abruptly.

It's Saka.She squatted halfway behind Nan Tian, ​​staring at Nan Tian with her eyes wide open.

Nan Tian broke into a cold sweat on his back.He swallowed his saliva and asked, "Why are you here?"

"That's exactly the question I wanted to ask," Saka said.

By the way, I'm in Xu Wen's room now.Only then did Nan Tian realize.He glanced at Xu Wen's corpse beside him—fortunately, the face of the corpse was covered by a corner of the bed sheet.He said to Sajia: "What were you doing behind me just now?"

"The door of this room is not locked. I walked in and saw you squatting on the ground looking at something with your back facing me. I was curious, so I walked behind you quietly, wanting to see what you were looking at."

"Why did you come to Xu Wen's room?"

Sajia stood up, avoiding Xu Wen's body as much as possible. "I didn't intend to come here. I went to your room to look for you, and found you were not there, so it occurred to me that you might be here."

"What are you looking for me for?"

Sajia pondered for a while, and said, "I'm afraid, and I want to talk to you. I want you... to accompany me."

Nan Tian was thinking, he had felt before that Sajia seemed to have a good impression of him.However, he was still puzzled. "Do you trust me so much? Are you not afraid that I am the 'host'?"

Sajia pursed her lips and remained silent for a long time. "To be honest, I can't judge who is the sponsor. I don't think anyone is alike, and sometimes I think everyone is alike." She raised her head and looked directly at Nan Tian. "Including you, I'm not sure. But... Even if you are the organizer, I will admit it."

Nan Tian looked at Sajia in surprise. "why?"

Sajia looked at Nan Tian with gentle and affectionate eyes. "I was 'invited' to this place to participate in this death game, and I live in suspicion and fear every day. I can feel that most people here only care about their own safety and interests, and are wary and hostile to others. Only you, let me feel a little warmth, when I am with you, I even have a sense of security. My instinct tells me that you are a trustworthy and dependable person.”

Nan Tian remembered that when they first entered this enclosed space, when the fourteen of them were about to sit on the fourteen chairs in the hall, Sajia seemed a little anxious.At that time, I had the urge to protect this little woman, so I took Sajia's hand and let her sit on my chair—maybe it was this insignificant little move that moved her?In any case, in this special situation, it is gratifying to be able to gain someone's trust.

Nan Tian gave Sajia a grateful look. "Thank you for your trust."

"I hope you can trust me too." Sajia looked into Nan Tian's eyes and said, "In this place, I don't expect everyone to be heart-to-heart with me, but as long as the two of us can trust each other, I will be satisfied."

Nan Tian felt her sincerity from Sajia's words.Although he was the same as Sajia - he couldn't tell whether the person in front of him was the sponsor, but he was willing to take a gamble.Forming an alliance with this gentle and pleasant little woman is much more secure than cooperating with the wily Araki Boat or the mysterious and unpredictable Chris.At least one thing - he can see that Sajia's feelings for him are sincere, and she should not hurt herself.

Thinking of this, Nan Tian said: "Okay, I hope we can treat each other sincerely, cooperate with each other, and find out the 'sponsor' together. After six days, we will leave here alive!"

"Yeah!" Sajia showed a happy expression.

Since she chose to trust Sajia, Nan Tian decided to tell Sajia her discovery and analysis of the current situation.He said, "Do you know why I came to Xu Wen's room?"

Sajia involuntarily glanced at Xu Wen's body on the ground and shivered. "I guess you want to investigate Xu Wen's body and see if you can find anything."

"No, I'm not here to investigate his body, but to investigate his room."

Saka opened her eyes wide. "Is there anything special about his room?"

"Yesterday (actually the day before yesterday, Nan Tian didn't realize that the time had passed zero at this time), that is, the day when Qianqiu told the story. I went to Xu Wen's room to look for him—I wanted to talk to each other in the order of numbers. Let’s talk about it personally, hoping to get some information or get some kind of inspiration.”

"Are you going to take the initiative to find out the organizer through contact with everyone?" Sajia asked.

"Yes. I don't think I can sit still any longer. I must try to uncover the true colors of the organizers in the remaining days!"

"Yes, you can't be passively restrained." Sajia said appreciatively.But after thinking about it, she showed a worried expression. "But if you do this, will you attract the attention of the sponsor and put yourself in danger?"

"I don't think so."

"why?"

"Because I haven't told the story yet."

Saka was taken aback. "What's the meaning?"

"If you think about it, the organizer took great pains to 'invite' us here just to let the 14 of us 'play' this game together, so that the game he (she) designed is successful! If because of some If someone does something that annoys him or her, and he or she kills the person before he or she can tell the story, then the game is incomplete. I think, for this paranoid and thrill-loving host Said, this must not be the result he (she) wanted. So, I can use this to investigate!" Nan Tian emphasized, "And now it seems that I am the most suitable person to do this."

"why?"

"Because I'm the 14th -- the last storyteller."

Saka opened her mouth slightly.

"Following what I just said, when I came to find Xu Wen yesterday, he really told me some very important information. He said—his room is haunted."

"What, is this room... haunted?" Sajia showed a look of fear, she hugged her shoulders, and shivered. "is this real?"

Nan Tian shook his head and said: "I think the haunting may be his illusion. But something unusual must have happened in this room! He said that sometimes he would see a black figure appearing in the room at night, and sometimes he would hear strange things. voice—and all of this is very similar to the plot in "Ghost Shadows" he told!"

Sajia was so frightened that her face turned pale and she was terrified.

Nan Tian continued: "I heard him say this, and realized that there might be something wrong with his room. So I came up with an idea - to exchange rooms with him. But Xu Wen refused. Maybe he doesn't trust me very much." Nan Tian Sighed.

Sajia said: "But, I remember you said... Xu Wen came to your room to look for you before he died-what did he want from you?"

Nan Tian thought for a moment. "By the way! He knocked on my door in a panic and said some inexplicable things. He said that I went to his room to find him at night and slept in the same room with him—here." Recalling a few Seconds, continued, "Xu Wen said that I slept on the bed and he slept under the bed. In the middle of the night, he saw a pair of eyes under the bed, staring at him. He was frightened and got up from the ground, only to find that I was not on the bed , and then came to me in horror..."

Nan Tian looked at Sajia. "You know what? What he said completely confuses me! Because I never went to him, let alone slept in the same room with him. I can only think that he had a nightmare. Then , I decided to go to his room to check, but found nothing. When I returned to my room, I found that he had died in my room! Then, Xia Houshen appeared at the door. A few minutes later, you and Ryoma, Moby Whale, Araki Shuu and others also followed the sound—that’s how it happened.”

Saka tightened her body in horror. "Before Xu Wen died, these strange things happened. It's really..."

"It's so weird, isn't it?" Nan Tian said, "Think about it, he had a nightmare, and then he came to me, and then I went to his room, and left him in my room-in this short In just a few minutes, the murderer appeared like a ghost, killed him, and then disappeared and returned to his room-all of this was as tight as a well-rehearsed stage play! If you believe me As for Xu Wen's murderer, then the bizarreness of this murder case is simply astounding!"

Nan Tian spoke with excitement. "The murderer seems to know that Xu Wen will have a nightmare, and then he will come to me. And he is sure that I will leave my room! Otherwise, how could he know that Xu Wen will stay in my room alone? And the key point is, If his purpose was to kill Xu Wen, why didn't he do it in Xu Wen's room instead of leading him to my room?"

Sajia thought about it. "Maybe, he (she) wants to blame you. Or..."

Seeing that Sajia stopped talking, Nan Tian asked, "Or what?"

Sajia hesitated and said, "Could the target he wants to kill be you?"

Nan Tian was startled. "You mean, by accident, he (she) killed the wrong person?" He immediately shook his head and said, "No, I don't think so. How could this cautious organizer make such a mistake? Moreover, I also don't think Xu Wen's nightmare is a coincidence. There must be something in it."

Saka suddenly said something surprising. "How do you know that this murderer must be the sponsor?"

Nan Tian was taken aback. "What do you mean? If it's not his (her) words, what motive do other people have to kill?"

Sajia said: "Of course there is a motivation - one less person means one less competitor."

Nan Tian gasped.This was something he hadn't thought of before.He couldn't help admiring Sajia's way of thinking out of the box from the bottom of his heart.Indeed... this possibility is also there.However, he asked suspiciously: "If this is the case, why did the murderer want to kill me?"

Sajia frowned and analyzed: "There are two possibilities. One is that he killed the person who he thought might threaten his victory; the other possibility—of course, the premise is that the murderer is not the organizer—he (she) The one who wants to kill is the person he (she) thinks is the organizer!"

Nan Tian was extremely surprised: "You mean, this murderer thinks I'm the organizer?!"

"It's just a guess." Sajia said, "but think about it, there are only six days left. Before this death game is over, you must not be the only one who thinks of taking the initiative to attack."

Nan Tian suddenly found that Sajia's analysis was a very important reminder.He said in amazement: "I took the initiative and just wanted to investigate secretly. Could it be that the way someone takes the initiative is to kill the person he (she) suspects? If this is the case, it would be terrible!"

"Yes, in this case, our enemy will be more than just the host." Sajia said worriedly.

People are trapped in a closed environment, suspicious of each other, and kill each other... How can this plot be so familiar?

Seeing Nan Tian lost in thought, Shajia asked, "What are you thinking?"

Nan Tian looked at Sajia: "I thought, why is the situation we are experiencing now so similar to the story Yu Chicheng told - "The Attack of Strange Diseases"?"

Saka was taken aback. "what do you mean……"

Nan Tian frowned. "Thinking about it carefully, when Yuchicheng died, although we inspected the body and came to conclusions such as the time of death, we did not carefully examine a very important question-is this corpse must be Yuchicheng? Could the murderer be Using our psychological blind spots—the corpse found in Yu Chicheng’s room must be Yu Chicheng—to mislead us?”

Sajia opened her mouth wide, her brows furrowed deeply.

Nan Tian went on to say: "Later, no one went to Yu Chicheng's room again. We didn't think of entering that room until Long Ma finished speaking about the "Law of the Living Dead". At this time, his body disappeared strangely." ! Sajia, don't you think there might be a problem here?"

Saka's face turned pale again. "You suspect... that Yu Chicheng is not dead? The corpse we saw...is a fake?"

"This possibility is not ruled out." Nan Tian said with a stern expression, "If this is the case, then this sponsor is absolutely unexpected to all of us—the first person to 'die'——Wei Chicheng! "

"And he's hiding in the dark—maybe it's the secret room you mentioned before—coming out secretly and manipulating the game..." Sajia suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! Will we find the answer?! "

Nan Tian shook his head slowly. "Don't jump to conclusions, we have no evidence to support this inference. Moreover, the current situation is confusing. There are other things that are more difficult to explain."

"What is it?"

Nan Tian picked up from the ground the stack of papers he found under Xu Wen's bed before, and handed it to Sajia: "I just went into this room to investigate and found it under the bed, take a look."

Saka took it. "I also have this kind of manuscript paper in my room."

"Yes, each of us should have it in our room. Let's take a look at the contents."

Saka flipped through the pages.When she saw the sixth and seventh pages, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth. Of course Nan Tian knew why.Because on that page it says—

Newly conceived story "Guests from the Tomb" on April 4

"Oh my god, what's going on?" Sajia asked in amazement, "Isn't this the story told by Moby Dick? How could the manuscript paper recording the idea of ​​this story be in Xu Wen's room?"

"And I can tell you that this is definitely Xu Wen's handwriting." Nan Tian said, "When I came to him yesterday morning, I saw this stack of papers. I didn't look at the back at that time, so I only saw "Ghost I also praised Xu Wen for his beautiful handwriting. And he also told me that he is an old-fashioned person and has always used traditional paper and pen to write articles—proof enough that the content on this stack of paper , written in his own hand."

"My God..." Sajia said fearfully, "Xu Wen happened to be killed the night before Moby Dick told the story. Then, of course, Beluga can tell this story without any scruples. Could it be that killing Xu Wen?" The person who writes is Moby Dick? And his purpose is to get this story?"

Nan Tian frowned. "I have also thought about this possibility, but there are two points, which are a bit illogical. First, Xu Wen, as the storyteller the next night, has already finished telling his story, why should he conceive a new story? And how could the manuscript recording this story be discovered by the white whale?"

Paused for a moment, it seemed that she had specially set aside time for Sajia to think.Nan Tian continued: "The second illogical thing is, if Moby Whale got Xu Wen's story idea secretly and killed him for it, how could he still leave this stack of papers in this room? This is fatal Evidence! No matter how careless he is, it’s impossible for him to miss this point, right?”

"Indeed, this is too unreasonable..." Sajia buried her head in thought. "Could it be that someone deliberately framed Moby Whale, and at the same time created the illusion that he committed a foul?"

"The question is, how can this be done?" Nan Tian asked in confusion, "Even if someone can imitate Xu Wen's handwriting. But how could this person write these things before the white whale told the story?"

Both fell silent, deep in thought.

About a minute later, Nan Tian saw that Sajia's body trembled, and her eyes widened in horror.He quickly asked, "What's the matter?"

"Did you... hear anything?" Sajia approached Nan Tian, ​​looking around in confusion.

"What sound?" Nan Tian was concentrating on thinking just now, but didn't hear it.

"I seem to hear whispers in this room... It seems that someone is talking." Sajia hugged Nantian in fear.

"Whispering? There are only the two of us in this room now." Nan Tian looked around vigilantly, tensing his nerves.

The two of them held their breath, not daring to let out a breath.The beating of their hearts seemed to be heard in the room.But a few minutes passed, and no strange noise was heard.

Nan Tian asked Sajia: "Did you really hear someone talking just now? Did you hear me wrong?"

Sajia said somewhat uncertainly: "I...should have heard it right, and I won't have auditory hallucinations inexplicably, right?"

After being stunned for a few seconds, Nan Tian was startled suddenly—Xu Wen said that when he was in this room, he would sometimes hear some strange noises.Could it be that what Sajia heard just now was the sound of "haunted"?

Sajia obviously thought of this too, she threw herself into Nan Tian's arms, hugging him tightly, her body trembling uncontrollably.

What I have been waiting for for a long time to discover, the strange situation in Xu Wen's room, finally appeared?Nan Tian was thinking nervously.But—why did the voice only uttered for a moment, and then held its breath?

Could it be——Nan Tian suddenly thought of a possibility—the "ghost" who made the noise suddenly stopped when he realized that there were two people in the room at the moment?

Thinking of this, Nan Tian hugged Sajia's shoulders, and hurriedly asked: "Shajia, did you hear that voice clearly just now, what did you say..."

Before the question was finished, the long-lost terrifying voice suddenly sounded in the hall outside the door—it was the voice of the "sponsor" processed by the voice changer from the four speakers at the top of the house:

"Guys, I'm sorry to wake you from your slumber. The reason I'm bothering you now is because at this moment, evidence of a new 'foul' has been discovered by two of our friends. Both of them are currently on the 2nd The contestant—Xu Wen's room. If you are interested, you can rush to that room to have a look before they leave. Well, I will remind you of this, goodbye."

Oh my God——Nan Tian was incomparably astonished.He and Sajia stared at each other nervously with their eyes wide open.How is this going?Our every move is under the watchful eye of this organizer?

"What... what should we do?" Sajia looked at Nan Tian helplessly. "Surely they'll be in this room soon. We're here . . . waiting?"

Nan Tian tried his best to calm down and keep himself calm. "Yes, we haven't done anything wrong, so we don't need to hide."

Nan Tian took two steps forward, simply opened the door, and greeted the coming crowd with a generous gesture.

Half a minute later, the first person hurried to the door of this room was Ryoma.He seems to be the one who cares most about who gets fouled right now.Seeing Nan Tian and Sa Jia in Xu Wen's room, he said in surprise, "It's you two?"

Nantian and Sajia didn't answer the conversation.They stood in the middle of the room, watching everyone appear in front of them one by one, and met a lot of suspicious eyes.After a few minutes, almost everyone was there.

Arakaki walked up to Nantian and Sajia, raised his head, and looked at them with a kind of scrutiny.He glanced at Xu Wen's body on the ground again, and asked, "Why are you two here?"

Nan Tian decided to tell the truth: "I originally planned to sneak into Xu Wen's room alone to investigate his room. Sajia came to my room to find me, but found that I was not there. I guess I was here, so she came to find me .”

Arakaki narrowed his eyes and said, "Investigate this room? Why, is there something wrong with Xu Wen's room?"

"I suspect so." Nan Tian replied calmly.

"Then what did you find?"

Nan Tian handed over the stack of papers he was holding. "I found this under Xu Wen's bed just now, take a look."

Araki Zhou took the stack of papers, and the others surrounded him.Arakaki saw the summary of "Ghost Shadows and Suspicious Clouds" written on the first page, and asked, "What is this? Xu Wen's creative outline?"

"Yes. Then look down." Nan Tian said.

Araki Shuffle turned back a few pages, and when he came to the outline of the story "Guest from the Tomb", he and the people around him all stared wide-eyed.

“4月28日，新构思的故事《墓穴来客》……”千秋惊诧地张大了嘴，同时望向这个故事的讲述者——白鲸。“这是怎么回事？这不是你在几个小时前（4月29日）才讲的故事吗？怎么变成徐文在4月28日构思的故事了？”

At this moment, Moby Whale was dumbfounded and broke out in cold sweat. He stared blankly at the manuscript paper in Araki Zhou's hand, as if he was shocked and speechless.After a while, he yelled furiously: "This is... framing and framing! This story is [-]% conceived by myself!"

No one spoke.With the facts in front of them, no one is sure whether Beluga is forcibly making excuses at this moment.

White Whale clearly sensed everyone's suspicion of him.He completely lost his calm judgment, turned around and stared at Chris viciously and said, "Chris! You made things difficult on purpose before, far-fetchedly implying that my story was plagiarized, which caused everyone to doubt me for no reason. Now, again Make this so-called 'evidence'! The purpose is to put the blame on me and make me foul maliciously, right!?"

The genius boy Chris was not angered at all. He sighed helplessly, pointed to Nan Tian and said to the white whale, "Please, it's not me who found this evidence, but him. Why don't you ask, why did he come to Xu Wen?" room, and then found evidence of your 'foul' by such a coincidence?"

Chris's words obviously contained some kind of strong hint, pointing the finger at Nantian.Moby Whale seemed to have been prompted, he turned to look at Nan Tian, ​​and said, "By the way, you are even more suspicious. In the middle of the night, you sneaked into Xu Wen's room quietly, and then claimed to have found evidence proving my foul—hmph, who Do you know if you imitated Xu Wen's handwriting and framed the idea of ​​the story ("Guest from the Tomb") written on this piece of paper!"

Facing the hostile white whale, Nan Tian knew that he might be stunned by anger now, so he didn't care about it, but reminded: "Beluga, don't fall into the trap of the organizer. You will know after a calm analysis, no Maybe I'm putting the blame on you."

"How do you know?" said White Dick.

Nan Tian said: "Think about it, if I really want to blame you, I will obviously use a more clever way to let everyone discover this 'evidence'. How could I hold this 'evidence' in my hand, and then Through the mouth of the organizer, let you all gather here? Doesn’t this seem too deliberate? At first glance, it gives people a feeling that I am deliberately planting.”

Hearing what Nan Tian said, White Whale felt that it seemed reasonable.He thought of the people who had fouled before, and they were all like him at this moment, furious, dazed, and suspicious of everyone around him—in the hands of the host.He adjusted his emotions and calmed himself down.

At this time, Xia Houshen said: "I was thinking about a question." He looked at Nan Tian and Sa Jia. "According to what you said, the two of you came to this room quietly. Then, how did the sponsor know? Could it be that he (she) has been awake all this time, hiding in the dark and observing every move of everyone in the house ?”

Dark Fire followed Xia Houshen's words and added: "And this organizer, not only knows who is walking in the corridor, but can also see what happened in the house? Otherwise, how can he conclude that you have found evidence of foul play?"

The words of Xia Houshen and An Huo aroused everyone's thinking.After a moment of silence, Lake said, "Perhaps, there are miniature infrared cameras installed in the hall and in the room. The organizer only needs to hide in the secret room and observe the surveillance cameras."

Gott shook his head and said: "It may be possible to install a miniature camera in the hall. After all, this house is so big and the roof is high, we can't search carefully. But inside the house, I'm afraid it's impossible? Such a small space, blank walls and It's so obvious at a glance, if we had installed a tiny camera, we would have found it long ago."

"It makes sense." Qian Qiu frowned, "That's strange, if the organizer can't see the situation inside the house, how can he be sure that Nan Tian found this evidence?"

Chris thought for a while and asked Nan Tian, ​​"How many minutes did you guys stay in Xu Wen's room?"

Nan Tian checked his watch. "Half an hour."

"This is easy to explain." Chris said, "As long as the organizer can see the condition of the hall, they can judge this."

"Oh? How do you say it?" Qianqiu folded her hands on her chest and looked at Chris.

"We are now thinking about the problem from the perspective of the host." Chris said, "He (she) saw Nan Tian coming to Xu Wen's room, and then saw Sa Jia also entering this room. Then, the two of them were in this room. They stayed in the room of less than ten square meters for half an hour. Think about it, if they found nothing, how could they stay in it for so long? Obviously they found something. And if what Nan Tian said is true—these manuscripts are Under the bed, that must have been easy to find. It's not hard to explain why the organizers guessed they found evidence."

Nan Tian stared at Chris, and suddenly had a very strange feeling—why did Chris seem to be trying to excuse us on purpose?
Am I worrying too much, or... is there another reason?
While he was thinking to himself, Lake said: "I have a question—if Moby Dick was really framed—that is, the organizer intentionally put the idea of ​​"Guests in the Tomb" imitating Xu Wen's handwriting under the bed. But , why does the organizer seem to know that Nan Tian will definitely go to Xu Wen's room to investigate?"

These words made Nan Tian startled.Indeed, this is a question.How could this organizer count my actions?
An Huo asked Nan Tian: "Did you tell anyone before that you plan to go to Xu Wen's room to investigate?"

"No." Nan Tian said, "So this matter is very strange, logically it is impossible for anyone to know my action plan."

Chris moved one corner of his mouth and smiled crookedly. "Another unexplainable incident. Every mystery here is showing us one thing—our opponent, this host—is definitely an extraordinary and powerful enemy!"

"Why do I feel that you are a little smug? It seems that you are talking about yourself?" Araki Zhou narrowed his eyes and said. "We have the highest IQ here, which can be described as 'extraordinary'. I'm afraid you are the only one?"

"Mr. Araki, do you know the IQ value of each of us here?" Chris said, "My IQ value was only exposed by the media. But among the other thirteen people here, it may be hidden that we are completely A person with a super high IQ that I don't know. He (she) may not be as sharp as me, but this seemingly inconspicuous opponent is the most terrifying!"

Chris's words made everyone fall into silence.It seems that everyone is thinking about who is the powerful opponent hidden among them-all the unexplainable and weird events that have happened so far are confirming-there is such a character among them.

Suddenly, Ryoma asked, "Where's Beidou?"

Everyone looked left and right, only to realize that there are only eleven people gathered here.Apart from the dead Yu Chicheng and Xu Wen, only Beidou was missing.

"Didn't he hear the loud voice in the hall just now?" Goth said doubtfully.

Sajia said: "Bei Dou once said that once he fell asleep, even the explosion of thunder would not wake him up."

Beluga Whale frowned and thought for a few seconds, then turned around abruptly, and walked quickly towards the door.

Everyone looked at each other, as if they had guessed his plan, they walked out of the room.

Nan Tian was the last to leave.He brought Xu Wen's door together and closed it.

The white whale had already rushed to the corridor on the second floor opposite.Beidou's room is the last one on the right.The white whale came to the door of this room, slammed the door violently with his fist, and shouted loudly: "Big Dipper! Big Dipper!"

Everyone walked to the door of this room.But the white whale pounded on the door for more than a minute, but there was no response from inside.And the door was locked from the inside and couldn't be pushed open.The white whale stopped panting and said, "He's not in there!"

Sajia said, "How do you know he didn't sleep to death?"

"My intuition." The white whale frowned. "When we gathered in Xu Wen's room to discuss, he wasn't in the room!"

"Ah..." Qianqiu covered her mouth and said, "What you mean by that clearly means..."

Before the words fell, the door opened.Beidou's bare upper body was only covered with a shirt, which he hadn't had time to button up yet.He looked at the large group of people at the door in amazement and asked, "What happened?"

Saka breathed a sigh of relief. "We thought something was wrong with you."

Beitou scratched his head, looking puzzled. "I slept soundly, what's going to happen?"

"Didn't you hear the voice in the hall at first?" Xia Houshen asked.

"What sound?" Beidou opened his eyes wide.

Xia Houshen did not answer his question, and continued to ask: "Then we knocked on your door, why did you hear it again?"

"Are you 'knocking on the door'? It's like knocking down a house. How could I not hear it?"

"You said it yourself, you can't even be woken up by thunder when you're dead asleep," Sajia said.

"That's an exaggeration." Beidou said doubtfully, "what's the matter?"

"You're not pretending to be stupid, are you, Big Dipper?" White Whale said suspiciously, "Xia Houshen told you just now—the voice in the hall—haven't you figured out what this means?"

Beidou rolled his eyes a few times. "The sponsor spoke again?"

Saka nodded.Beidou asked: "What did he say?"

"Before answering your question, can I trouble you to cooperate with me?" Chris said suddenly.

Beidou stared at him blankly. "What's up?"

Chris stared at Hokuto's feet. "Can you lift up your trousers a bit? Let me see your feet."

Everyone looked at Chris in surprise, not knowing what he wanted to do.Beitou didn't know what to do, and asked, "Why?"

"Just lift up your trousers and let me see your feet," Chris said again.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Beidou could only lift up the trouser legs of both legs as Chris said.

Chris glanced at it, and immediately said: "Aren't you sleeping just now? Why are you wearing socks? Or, when you heard our knocking on the door so quickly, you didn't even fasten your clothes, so you hurriedly opened the door, but Time to put on socks - fun."

As soon as Chris said this, everyone cast suspicious glances at Beitou.Beidou took a step back unconsciously, and stammered an explanation: "This...is my personal habit. I was originally a bachelor, living in a dormitory, and I was used to being sloppy. I often sleep wearing socks Yes, what's so strange about that?"

Araki Zhou said slowly: "If you want to explain this way, of course we have nothing to say."

Beidou heard that Araki Zhou obviously didn't believe him, and he didn't bother to argue, and asked, "What happened tonight?"

Dark Fire said: "Nan Tian found evidence of Moby Whale's foul in Xu Wen's room."

"Wait." White Whale said, "Can you prove that I really copied Xu Wen's idea, instead of being framed?"

Dark Fire said: "Then you have evidence to prove that you did not plagiarize and you are innocent?"

The white whale was speechless, unable to answer.After a long time, he said thoughtfully: "This matter, someone must be deliberately taking revenge on me."

Chris raised his eyebrows and pointed out sharply: "What do you mean by 'revenge'—you have done similar things before?"

The white whale was startled, as if realizing that he had made a slip of the tongue.He changed his words in a panic: "No, I mean someone is framing me."

Ryoma said: "Actually, it's not just you. Everyone who committed the foul before felt that they were framed. So what we have to do now is to find out the organizer and find out the truth of all the incidents!"

"Yes!" Nan Tian nodded in agreement. "Let's stop doubting each other now, lest we fall into the trap of the organizer."

"In that case, let's all go back to our room and rest." Xia Houshen looked at his watch. "It's almost two o'clock."

Everyone left one after another and returned to their rooms.

Seeing that everyone had dispersed, Beidou also closed the door and locked it again.

He sat on the edge of the bed, took a long breath, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the palm of his hand.

He then took off his socks, stuffed them into his shoes, and went to bed.

Near seven o'clock on the evening of the ninth day (April 4), the remaining twelve people in the house gathered in the ground-floor hall, sat in a circle of leather chairs, and the game continued.

The one who tells the story tonight is the "9" Beidou.At this moment, he seemed nervous and excited, just like a runner in the 14-meter race, eager to try, as if this moment was a long-awaited one for him.At seven o'clock, he cleared his throat and said, "Finally it's my turn to tell the story. As I said before, I am deeply honored to be selected as one of the [-] best suspense writers in China. From this In terms of perspective, I still have some thanks to the organizer, haha."

Arakaki propped his cheeks with his palms, and sighed: "I really don't know what it means."

Beidou scratched his head in embarrassment, and continued: "So, in order to be worthy of this reputation, of course I will do my best. Although I am a little-known author, the story I will tell next is carefully prepared by me. It’s been a long time, and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.”

Lake frowned slightly: "Have you been preparing for a long time? So, you didn't conceive this story in the last day or two?"

Beidou admitted: "Yes. Actually, from the first day I entered here, after I heard the rules of the game, I started to conceive this story."

Gott said with some doubts: "You started to conceive the story so early, aren't you afraid of being similar to the previous storyteller?"

Beidou thought for a while and said, "I don't think so... My story, no matter what, will not be fouled."

As soon as this remark came out, all four were shocked.Ryoma asked: "Why? You haven't said anything yet, where did you get your confidence?"

Beidou hesitated for a moment, and said, "This story should not be imagined by everyone."

"You mean, the idea of ​​your story is so unique—do you think anyone would think of the same subject?" Araki asked with his head held high, "Young man, are you too conceited?"

"Oh...how should I put it?" Beidou became a little embarrassed, "that's not what I mean...well, after listening to me, you probably know why I said that."

Chris said with great interest: "Okay, then tell me quickly."

Beidou nodded, cleared his throat again, and said, "I'm starting to tell the story. The name of the story is 'Dinon's Secret'."

(*Every story told has a significant bearing on what happened next.)
(End of this chapter)