Absurd Deduction Game

Chapter 179 Alice Hell (12)—Decapitated Man

 “Peng!”

　　The sundries placed by the bathroom door were kicked over, making a muffled sound.

Yu Xing had already finished what he wanted to say. Regardless of Han Zhiyong's reaction in the cabinet, he quickly bent over and slid behind the nearest bathtub. From the corner of his eye, he saw the dark shadow outside just coming in.

That is a man with a crooked neck.

To be precise, it was a decapitated male ghost whose neck was cut off and tilted to one side, leaving only a layer of skin as a connection.

The eyes of the decapitated ghost were streaming with blood and tears, but their eyes were extremely sensitive. They were moving around in their sockets, as if they were searching for living people around them.

  【You found the "Decapitated Man", the ghost notice has been updated】

 【Ghost 3: The Beheaded Man】

  【Corresponding to tourists: Throat-cutters】

　　【Description/Source: 1. A man with a broken neck. It can be seen that the man had a handsome face when he was alive. 2. Its eyes are very flexible, and you don’t know what will happen to the people who are discovered by it. 3. Warm reminder, it is not the only one, but one of the group. 】

  【Attack method/Special ability:? ? ? 】

  【Solution:? ? ? 】

  【Notification progress: 40%】

Yu Xing glanced at it and instantly recognized that it was the corresponding ghost of Han Xinyi. Since the existing information could indeed support this conclusion, the system gave him the corresponding tourist as confirmed information.

 There was another piece of information on the notice that caught Yu Xing's attention, which was the warm reminder.

 The decapitated man is not the only one.

In other words, in this castle, the "decapitated man" is a kind of ghost, there are many of them, not just one.

Tsk, isn’t this considered a shame? It was agreed that there would be eight people and eight ghosts, but one of the ghosts was waiting with a group of companions.

 He squinted his eyes and quietly looked at the decapitated man.

At this time, the severed head was facing away from him. Yu Xing looked at it more wildly, and saw that its walking posture was very strange, and each foot was very crooked, as if it was not a flat open space under its feet, but a rugged place. Similar.

 The decapitated man moved around in the bathroom, everywhere except the central bathtub.

Yu Xing listened to its footsteps and quietly adjusted his position to ensure that he would not be discovered.

Zeng Lai on the other side breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was finally hiding.

He didn’t know what Xing’s smile meant just now. Due to the angle, he didn’t see what Xing was doing when he stayed by the closet. He only vaguely heard a few words between Xing and the middle-aged man.

 The content is unclear, but Zeng Lai suddenly realized that Xing and this man and the girl with a sweet smile should know each other.

But this is not the point. The top priority is to avoid the search of this decapitated ghost.

However, what makes people’s expressions turn ugly is that the decapitated ghost seems to be sure that there is someone here, and keeps walking around but refuses to leave.

　　The four people hiding behind the bathtub had to constantly adjust their positions without being discovered, and their hearts beat faster for a while.

 Soon, they realized that this was not going to work.

Several times, the decapitated man stood next to the bathtub. Almost if he were taller, he would have seen the living person behind the bathtub.

It really doesn’t seem to be planning to leave, and it looks like it will hang around here forever.

"No, it's too dangerous to stay here. You have to get out first." Once again dodging the approaching beheaded man, Zeng Lai mouthed to Huai on the side.

Both of them were only wearing bath towels and had no time to change clothes, but in critical moments, they didn't care whether their clothes were neat or tidy.

Huai nodded and answered in the same way: "Where's Xing?"

Zeng Lai thought for a while: "He should have followed us when he saw us running away."

The two of them reached a consensus, and as soon as they spoke, they took advantage of the beheaded man to look towards Yu Xing, and quickly moved to the back of the bathtub, which was closer to the door.

The water mist provides a certain degree of concealment, but it also leaves a thin layer of water on the ground. If you step on it with bare feet, it is impossible not to make a sound.

It was at this time that Hye followed up.

He probably didn't grasp the timing well and was a little anxious. When he saw that both people were moving, he also ran behind the next bathtub.

"Ah...who...who...!" The decapitated man turned his head sharply, his eyes widened, and his eyeballs almost fell from their sockets, which was very frightening.

It seems to have been in anger. Whether it was howling at the beginning or now that it finally spoke some human language, its tone was miserable and shrill, like the last struggle before death.

 It is not easy to hide two adult men in a bathtub, so although the noise made by Hysteria was louder, the decapitated man noticed the place where Zeng Lai and Huai stayed. It stepped forward stiffly, its head falling to the side, and it felt like it could break completely at any time. If it approached with purpose, it was almost inevitable that they would be seen.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, Zeng Lai gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand, and threw a dice.

The dice rolled out in the mist, spinning on the ground for a long time until they rolled in front of the wardrobes, attracting the beheaded man's attention.

 “…Who is it?” it repeated this sentence and walked to the closet.

It's now!

Zeng Lai and Huai took this opportunity to rush outside the bathroom and successfully escaped.

Not to be outdone, Yiyi escaped almost at the same time. His leg was blocked by a debris. He kicked it in panic, and the debris made a muffled sound.

Yu Xing watched coldly as the decapitated man roared angrily, and then he chased the three men, bringing up a gust of cold wind.

 For a moment, he, who had no time to move, was temporarily safe.

 Oops... maybe the hysteria is a little too much.

It is too obvious to attract ghosts to chase gamblers.

 It seems that Zhen is really targeting Zeng Lai, but Yu Xing doesn’t know the reason.

 Thinking this way, he stuck his head out from behind the bathtub and glanced at the dice that had stopped spinning.

Zeng Lai's dice is a bit strange. The points on each side are as red as blood. At this moment, the solitary "one" point is pointing upward, as if it heralds the arrival of some kind of bad luck.

 The next moment, the dice disintegrated on the spot and scattered into a small handful of ashes.

Yu Xing whispered: "It seems that this is a sacrifice...Does the gambler know that he threw one out?"

This is not what he has to worry about for the time being. He doesn't know if the decapitated man will come back. In order not to be stuck in a closed space like the bathroom, he plans to leave quickly.

At the bathroom door, Yu Xing seemed to feel something and looked back.

While everyone’s attention was attracted by the decapitated man, no one noticed that the wardrobe had undergone a sudden change.

 The wood grain on the cabinet is twisted, gradually forming a vague human face.

Traces of dark red blood seeped out from the person's face. Seeing Yu Xing turn around, the person's face squirmed and put on a laughing expression.

 It's like saying...Thank you for the lock, but why don't you come in yourself?

 The ghost notice was not updated, Yu Xing smiled and ignored it.

Han Zhiyong was locked by him and couldn't get out for the time being, and Bai Mian hadn't left the cabinet yet. He didn't know if he was too timid. After thinking about it, he could only hope that the ghost in the cabinet would attack Han Zhiyong first, who had to work hard to get out. .

That’s right, Yu Xing had determined before the decapitated man came that the deducer’s entry into the closet would trigger an unknown ghost.

 The blood stains in other closets that were previously unlocked were the clues that the deduction gave them, a very obvious clue.

—If you enter the cabinet, you will be attacked by ghosts. In the end, only a pool of blood will be left, with no bones left. Of course, under normal circumstances, deducers would not be so easy to lead.

After all, if there are sacrifices nearby, you will have some resistance, unless you are unlucky, there are no sacrifices to help you escape, and you happen to encounter the corresponding ghost, and you are unable to resist.

Hence, Yu Xing didn’t think that Han Zhiyong would die in the closet. He just consumed a wave of the other party’s sacrifices and props, causing some trouble to the other party, and achieved his goal.

The only thing that was somewhat unexpected was that he didn't expect that ghosts of different types could actually cooperate with each other.

For example, the human-faced ghost in the cabinet will imitate the absurd voice and use the arrival of the decapitated man to lure the deducers into the cabinet in panic to achieve the killing conditions.

If Han Zhiyong and Bai Mian want to blame Huang Bai later, Huang Bai may die of grievance.

Yu Xing estimated that she still didn’t know what happened in the men’s bathroom.

 …

Han Zhiyong leaned against the cabinet, folded his arms and snorted coldly.

 He ​​felt that his choice was right. After the ghosts outside came, he didn't pay attention to these closets at all. He hid in the closet like he was hiding in a safe house.

 On the contrary, those who did not hide in the closet after listening to Zeng Lai's words are experiencing fright.

Had it not been for the conditions, he would have really wanted to mock Yu Xing loudly - Do you think listening to Zeng Lai is the right thing to do? Still think you have an advantage? An idiot.

Even if Yu Xing locks his cabinet door, it doesn't matter - he still has the ability to destroy a door. As long as the ghost leaves, it only takes a minute or two for him to figure it out.

Thinking of this, Han Zhiyong became more and more relaxed.

He listened with open ears, and finally heard the sound of footsteps leaving in a hurry. It seemed that someone was running away, and the ghost was chasing him.

 For a while, it was quiet outside. Both people and ghosts seemed to have gone to other places.

Han Zhiyong pushed the door open again, the wood made a rattling sound, and the lock hung outside, shaking as the door leaf shook.

 “Gada Gada…”

 his hand paused.

 No, this sound is not just coming from the wooden door.

In the darkness, Han Zhiyong's hearing became more sensitive. His hair stood on end as he discerned a sound of teeth chattering from the sound of the door.

 The key thing is that his teeth did not chatter.

Who is that?

Relying on the perception he had developed from raising ghosts, Han Zhiyong closed his eyes and tried to find the source of the sound. Unexpectedly, as soon as he closed his eyes, he was covered by a pair of cold hands.

 “Do you have a face?”

A voice so soft that it was almost inaudible sounded in his ears. It was very close, but there was no breath coming out. .

 Obviously, this is a thing that is not breathing.

Han Zhiyong trembled all over, and reached out to pull down the hands. However, when the hands covered his eyes, he found that it was not the hands covering his eyes at all, but something like a membrane.

The voice said again: "Yeah, I feel it, you have a face."

 Suddenly, Han Zhiyong felt a stinging pain between his eyebrows.

 A sharp object penetrates the skin, not deeply, and then peels off on both sides.

"Ah!" The severe pain made Han Zhiyong scream. He frantically tore off the membrane attached to his face, but because it was too slippery, he could only consciously feel the pain of the skin being peeled off.

"Oh shit…"

 Where did the Skinner come from? ?

 There was no warning at all before!

He couldn't break away, and suddenly thought of Zeng Lai's words.

 Is it really impossible to hide in the closet?

"boom!"

Han Zhiyong put his foot on the cupboard door. The cupboard shook, but it did not open because of the lock.

 “I can’t leave.”

The soft voice was filled with a smile, making Han Zhiyong angry.

 If there is no danger, a lock is nothing.

 But when haunted by ghosts, this lock might kill him directly!

 He roared angrily: "Yu Xing, just wait for me!"

Black ghosts emerged from his body, and several ghosts with painful expressions screamed and rushed to his face, tugging the film off.

Han Zhiyong felt his face relax. He immediately opened his eyes and stretched out his hand to wipe it. Blood dripped from his forehead.

"boom!"

"boom!"

At the critical moment, Han Zhiyong ignored the pain and hit the crack of the door with his shoulder. However, the wooden door of the wardrobe was really thick, and he could not see anything. He could only hear the ghost he raised and the skinned ghost entangled with each other, making each other's screams. A high-pitched neigh.

"boom!"

Finally, the lock hit the ground, and a burst of bright light came. Han Zhiyong fell to the ground, gritting his teeth and looking back.

In the open cabinet door, he saw a white "face" flying in the air, biting the ghost he raised. It had a ferocious face and sharp teeth. The sight of these teeth made his eyebrows hurt even more.

Getting out of the cabinet, Bai Lian glared at him angrily, broke away from the ghosts, and hid in the wood.

 The ghost dispersed, turned into a bead, rolled out, and stopped at Han Zhiyong's feet.

The beads were covered with cracks and looked fragile, as if they would break if touched lightly. He picked it up with a frown, got up from the ground, and muttered an unpleasant curse.

This is a sacrifice that gives him the ability to raise ghosts, but the ghost's attack power is not strong, so it is usually only used as a detection tool.

 Now...if he uses it for a while longer, he will no longer be able to use this bead in this deduction.

He took a deep breath, squeezed his swollen shoulders, and looked in the mirror.

There was a thin line of blood between his eyebrows. It must have been that if he had not had a sacrifice, his face would have been ripped off alive.

Han Zhiyong: “…”

He was tricked by Yu Xing once. Although he had already thought of killing Yu Xing, he still felt even more resentful at this time.

Hmm, people in the fallen line are unreasonable.

 He ​​endured the nausea and discomfort, took out the clothes from the upper compartment of his closet, put them on, and left the bathroom with a gloomy look.

 …

 But whether it was Zeng Lai and others or Han Zhiyong, they all forgot the existence of one person.

Haku Mian crossed his arms and squatted down in the limited space in the cabinet. The mask was on his face and he never thought of taking it off.

Even though the cabinet next door made so much noise, he remained silent.

 Until a soft voice asked him in the darkness: "Do you have a face?"

 (End of this chapter)