Absurd Deduction Game

Chapter 28 Broken Mask

Yu Xing raised his eyes and glanced at the woman's expression.

The woman just smiled and showed no other emotions. He patted Xiao Xuechen's shoulder, which was a little stiff, and said to the woman: "We slept well last night, thank you for your concern."

Xiao Xuechen reacted, showed a fake smile that Yu Xing thought was very skillful, and said, "Yes, I have a good physique and am not afraid of the cold."

  She then pulled Yu Xing’s fluffy sleeves: “Let’s go out and see what happened!”

"Okay." Putting down the bowl, Yu Xing nodded to the woman and walked out with Xiao Xuechen.

The woman stared at their backs, the smile on her face gradually weakening, until they were out of the door and her sight was blocked. She raised her hand and touched the scar on her eye.

The scar was obvious to the touch. She walked slowly to the table and looked down with her uninjured eye.

There were two bowls of millet porridge on the table. One bowl was still full, and the other bowl was more than half full. Without anyone's touch, the glutinous white porridge gradually turned red, gurgling, and began to bubble up with blood. Bubble.

 …

Based on the reaction of the villagers outside, Yu Xing could easily identify the direction of the incident. After Ju Lan left their house, he should have run towards the entrance of the village.

On the road, I met Wei Fan, who was also walking to the scene of the accident. This middle-aged man in his thirties looked like he had not slept well last night. He had faint dark circles under his eyes and looked slightly tired.

Wei Fan greeted the two of them, and Xiao Xuechen walked over and asked in a low voice: "Where are Xu Hong and Xu Yuan?"

"The two of them are staying in the house to study Feng Shui. Anyway, I don't understand what they said." Wei Fan responded, then looked at Yu Xing a few steps away, and quietly asked Xiao Xuechen, "How were you last night? "Nothing happened, right?"

“It’s a long story, but it’s generally safe.” Xiao Xuechen didn’t plan to explain it to Wei Fan from the beginning now. It would be a waste of time.

The tips of Yu Xing's ears twitched. He heard everything the other party wanted him to hear and what he didn't want him to hear.

With his eyes bent and a smile on his face, he saw a group of villagers gathered together from a distance, and quickly walked over, ignoring the two people talking.

Through the thin human wall, he saw a petite figure.

　　 is Ju Lan.

She fell to the ground with a pale face, her body was spattered with blood, and her body was covered with wounds. Many of the wounds were deep enough to show the bones, and her skin and flesh were turned out, making her look extremely miserable.

Unexpectedly, the body was discovered so early in the morning. These people did nothing and just let the body lie there.

But...what is that?

 Beside the head of Ju Lan's body, there were several large fragments.

 The fragments are white. Judging from the shape, they should be a mask when put together.

 Persona?

Yu Xing observed the villagers calmly and found that they seemed to be unable to see the broken mask next to the corpse.

 Could it be that only the deducers can see this?

“The stranger is dead...what should I do? Throw it on the mountain to feed the dogs?” At this moment, someone from the villagers said something, and many people immediately responded.

 “Of course we can’t bury him!”

“Feed the dog, this little girl is very cute, but she doesn’t look good after she dies.”

 “Why is it that only one died...”

“…” Yu Xing put his hands in the pockets of his tight jeans and glanced at the people who were talking.

Those people felt a chill on their backs, instinctively closed their mouths, and rubbed their arms in confusion.

“Village chief, who among us is going to throw away the body?” After a while, a relatively young man looked at the village chief in the crowd and asked.

The village chief prolonged his tone and seemed to be thinking: "This..."

"I'm afraid this won't be as you wish." Seeing how enthusiastically these people were discussing, as if the corpses were just for them to dispose of, Yu Xing sneered, and the sharpness on his face disappeared in a flash.

 Before coming, he just wanted to see the villagers' reaction. Now that he saw it, he had more speculations about the game.

In fact, last night was a death point in the entire game. If he and Xiao Xuechen had not found the ancestral hall and received no prompts, how many people would have gone out last night because of the coaxing and threats from ghosts or the help of their companions?

Without firm vigilance, the probability is not small.

 Seeing that only one person died, these villagers seemed disappointed.

Yu Xing walked to Ju Lan’s body and squatted down as if to protect her: “No one is allowed to touch her.”

While no one was paying attention, he quickly touched the mask fragment, and suddenly, a deduction prompt floated in his mind.

  【Acquired the information "Persona Arashi is weak" and cannot be stripped off as a sacrifice】

 After the prompt appeared, several fragments seemed to be weathered and dissipated like smoke.

It turns out that the mask will appear after the deducer dies, and it seems that the mask owner can inherit the sacrifices embedded in the mask.

Yu Xing's conclusion flashed in his mind and he raised his eyebrows.

The villagers all looked at him and were surprised: "Ah, when did you come? I didn't pay attention just now."

“Young man,” the village chief saw him and Xiao Xuechen coming, and stood up, “You have seen the situation, what do you think we should do with your friend’s body?”

Yu Xing smiled and thought to himself: He just dealt with the corpse without even mentioning finding the murderer. It seems that in this village, there is no concept of crime at all, or in other words, there are no human rules at all.

Wei Fan wanted to stand up, but Xiao Xuechen pulled him back and shook his head, as if he was saying something in his eyes. Xiao Xuechen’s eyes indicated: Don’t disturb the boss’s work.

 Wei Fan’s understanding of this: Let San step on the thunder, let’s see first.

So he gave up the idea of ​​stepping forward and observed the situation without saying a word.

Yu Xing looked around, and there was a hint of undoubted meaning in his polite tone: "She is a companion who came with us. Leave the body to us. You don't need too much care."

 Last night, despite Ju Lan's pleading, he did not relent. He did not feel guilty, because he was not responsible for the cause, and he should not bear the consequences.

However, as a deducer and a half companion, no matter what, we could not let this group of people treat Ju Lan's body indiscriminately.

 She looks so young, she is really unlucky to be a deduction.

Furthermore, the deceased in the village will have a funeral after the first seven days. When the outsiders die, they don’t even deserve to be buried. How should I put it... There is really a clear distinction between the two.

Hearing San Ming’s words, Xiao Xuechen tapped Wei Fan’s arm with his finger.

 Fortunately, Wei Fan's understanding was correct this time, and he walked up in a few steps.

"That's right, we all came together at least. Let's bury her." Since Wei Fan was the only man present who looked relatively strong, he took the initiative to bend down and pick up the somewhat terrifying body, and took Ju Lan with him. Stay away from this group of villagers.

The villagers seemed a little restless, but the village chief waved his hand to suppress them.

“Outlanders don’t deserve to be buried!” Someone protested in a low voice, but Yu fortunately heard it when he stood up and hadn’t gone far.

 Hmph... His eyes darkened, disgust rolling in his heart.

These words make people feel bad.

 Since it made him feel bad, then...some things have to be paid.

There was no retaliatory action for the time being. Yu Xing and Xiao Xuechen walked beside Wei Fan, walking through the village with him and into the mountains and forests.

This is not the hilltop where the ancestral hall is located. Because he didn't know if there were any taboos in this area, so in order to prevent bad changes, he and Xiao Xuechen led Wei Fan to another place by coincidence.

The plants near Guanjia Village are very withered. Whether it is the low hill to the east of the village or the mountains on other sides, the trees are withered and the grass is overgrown, and there is always a lingering air of death.

Even if he had good physical strength, Wei Fan was exhausted from carrying the body while walking on the mountain road.

"Where's the Carlos man? Why haven't you seen him?" After walking to a place far enough away and hidden enough, Wei Fan, who didn't know that Carlos had disappeared last night, could finally put down the body and wipe it on his body. He wiped the sweat from his head, looked at the blood stains on his clothes, and looked at Yu Xing with envy.

 It’s great, neither of these good-looking ones need to do any physical work!

"Carlos disappeared last night. I didn't see him in the village just now. I don't know where he went." Xiao Xuechen explained, taking the two shovels that Yu Xing passed by the village chief's house just now and quickly slipped out of it. one.

Yu Xing was the one who dug the hole. Xiao Xuechen helped with little use. After a while, Yu Xing, who felt very tired, finally dug a usable hole.

 The next step is burial.

None of the three were afraid of the corpse. Wei Fan put the corpse into the pit and filled it with soil with a shovel.

 “Ju Lan, right? Have a good trip.”

Yu Xing was not interested in talking to the corpse and sat aside to rest.

“San.” Xiao Xuechen suddenly sat next to him.

 “What’s the matter, little sister~”

"Have you received Ju Lan's mask information?" She straightened her sleeves and put her curly hair behind her head, leaving a few strands of slightly curly hair on her temples. "I don't mean anything else, I just asked out of curiosity. Does she have a sacrifice that can save her life? If so, she wouldn’t be so powerless to resist..."

Aha~

Yu Xing moved his fingers: Sister Yu is a good talker. She didn’t want to show doubts about the information about me taking away the mask, but she also wanted to confirm whether I had received Ju Lan’s sacrifice.

However, a lot of information was revealed to him in these words. At least it proved that leaving a mask behind after the deducer dies is not a small probability event, but should be inevitable.

 Otherwise Xiao Xuechen would not ask directly so naturally.

Yu Xing’s lips curled up, he was very satisfied with this young lady.

 Capable, obedient, thoughtful, not holding back, mastering the art of speaking, and doing things in a measured manner.

he likes.

 …has the potential to develop into a teammate.

"You guessed it right, Ju Lan has no sacrifice." The thoughts rushing through Yu Xing's mind lasted only a moment. He answered Xiao Xuechen's question seamlessly, and then thought about another thing.

Are sacrifices so difficult to obtain?

After all, this is not the first time that Ju Lan has participated in an investigator-type deduction game, which means that the four main missions have been completed, and there may have been several deduction games afterwards.

There were really no sacrifices in so many deduction games, and Xiao Xuechen didn't show that he was surprised.

It just so happened that he hadn’t contacted that person since he became a deduction player. After the game this time, he should ask that person about the absurd deduction game...

 (End of this chapter)