Absurd Deduction Game

Xixisuosuo, Xixisuosuo…

Behind the vacant earthen building in the village, Yu Xing was lying on the wall furtively, making a slight sound as the fabric of his clothes rubbed against the wall.

Zhao Yijiu, who was traveling with him, melted into the shadows and did not show his figure. Instead, he seemed to be everywhere.

This building may be the only building in the village that can be called a "building". It has three floors and is cylindrical in shape. Although each floor is not very high, it is much more exquisite than the surrounding short earth houses.

The wooden windows creaked, and the faint sounds of the conversation between the master and his apprentice could be heard inside.

Yu Xing just climbed up the outer wall to the third floor.

There is nothing on the outer wall for stepping on. Anyone who comes here at this time may not be able to understand how Yu Xing climbed so high.

Zhao Yijiu remained silent in the shadows after watching the whole process. In any case, it was really difficult for him to comment on Yu Xing, who had no image at all, clinging to the wall like a gecko.

The conversation in the building came from the second floor. The shadow puppet master was instructing his apprentices about the performance later. Several apprentices were serious and obedient in front of the master.

Yu Xing just wanted to take advantage of the fact that the theater troupe was on the second floor and go directly to the third floor to look through the prop box without them.

The first floor is the living room, and the second and third floors are rest rooms. However, after the troupe moved in, they used the third floor as a place to store their belongings. This is information that Zhao Yijiu could easily get.

He was a shadow. If he were alone, he would have squatted in front of the prop box and started rummaging through it. However, Yu Xing was about to come, so Zhao Yijiu simply concentrated on watching the gecko climb up the wall.

There is no other way. Who makes Yu Xing want to be playful? He doesn't need branches or the power of curses, so he has to climb by himself.

 The process is quite funny.

Yu Xing, who was approaching the window on the third floor, suddenly heard a very short laugh. He was silent and knocked on the shadow in front of him: "...I heard your laughter. Do you think it's okay to be in the shadow?" Just laugh?"

Zhao Yijiu, who felt like he had been hit on the head, refused to admit it: "You heard wrong."

 “Tsk.” Yu Xing turned over and climbed into the window that Zhao Yijiu had pushed open in advance, landing firmly on the ground.

 The room on the third floor was lit with lights. Although it was dim, you could still see the appearance of each item clearly.

The shadow puppets are placed in different small boxes. It can be seen that the old master respects these "partners" who make a living.

In addition, there are two boxes for clothes and one box for sundries.

Some of these boxes were open, and some were still locked. Yu Xing glanced at them and saw traces of man-made damage on some of the boxes.

Someone had searched before them - of course, Quinn from the investigation team had more time than they did to rummage through everything, and even ran away before they arrived.

 After all, they have to cooperate. If they meet on the third floor, Quinn will inevitably have to share the harvest with them.

So, in order to keep the clues to himself... or at least show them to Song Xue before deciding whether to share them or not, Quinn ran faster than a cockroach.

When Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu approached the earth building, they felt a strange but peaceful breath passing by.

 They did not see Quinn's figure, but they were sure of his presence.

 Must have taken something away.

Yu Xing stepped closer to the box containing the shadow puppets. A human figure bulged out from the shadow behind him. The pure black faded away, revealing the colorful Zhao Yijiu.

He followed a few steps away, a dark red flashing in his eyes: "What if Quinn takes away the key clue?"

Yu Xing opened an unlocked box, and inside lay a beautiful and brand-new female shadow puppet.

The female shadow puppet is dressed in luxurious palace robes, her hair is in a complicated bun, and her face is beautifully outlined with oil paint. She looks like an "actor" performing an ancient palace repertoire.

He reached out and poked it, and Yu Xing asked, "What do you want to do?"

 “Snatch it.” Zhao Yijiu said without thinking.

Yu Xing looked back at him and said, "Huh?"

Zhao Yijiu's cold face showed no guilt: "Get it back. They hid the clues, which is not good for us. If we can get it back, people like Song Xue won't interrupt cooperation because of such a trivial matter." In other words, who is selfish? There are all of them, and since they are all there, then some small tricks are within the tolerance range.

 At this time, I haven’t entered the dungeon yet, and my tolerance for small tricks is at its highest.

A smile flashed in Yu Xing's eyes and he lowered his voice: "Are you going to rob it?"

“…” Zhao Yijiu seemed to be weighing the strength of the enemy and ourselves, and then changed his mind, “I’ll steal it.”

"Hahaha..." Yu Xing smiled back at the person who had just been laughed at, "It's okay, it's okay, let's see what else is here first."

The two of them opened all the locked and unlocked shadow puppet boxes and looked through them. There were some old and new shadow puppets inside, but the oldest one was not as old as the one who pretended to be old and yellow in the mountains.

“Well, it seems that the troupe itself is not a carrier of ghosts.” Yu Xing confirmed that these shadow puppets are normal performance props and there is nothing abnormal.

 He noticed the glove box again.

 Is it here?

Just as I was about to take a look, there was a noise coming from the stairs.

It turned out that the master had finished training his apprentices, and several young apprentices were laughing and planning to come to the third floor to check the performance items one last time.

Yu Xing paused and pulled Zhao Yijiu to hide. Before he could reach the wall, he was pulled by Zhao Yijiu and melted into the shadows.

He was wrapped in Zhao Yijiu's breath, and his whole person entered a strange state. He could still feel it in his limbs, but his appearance was like a liquid, making him an intangible and invisible substance.

 Ah, it turns out that this is how Jiu Ge feels when he is in the shadow...

 Zhao Yijiu's voice floated along the shadows, very close at hand: "Huh? You seem to be thinking about me?"

Oh, being in the shadows, will even your thoughts be leaked?

Yu Xing "lowered" and looked down, but couldn't tell which part of the rich, deep black was Zhao Yijiu.

 Forget it, it’s not accurate, so I won’t fight.

The two of them were silent. The young disciples had already come up, and they didn't feel anything else in the room at all.

There were two young apprentices, two boys and two girls. The girls went to check out the box where the shadow puppets were kept, and the boys went to see the performance on a small stage with special characteristics.

"Eh? Isn't this box locked?" A girl took out the most luxurious shadow puppets and was a little surprised, "Aren't these the ones specially locked by the master?!"

"Uh..." Several other people looked over, and the eldest disciple confirmed, "Is it not damaged?"

"That's not true." The girl checked it and said, "It's fine."

"Then...it's okay. Maybe I forgot to lock it when I packed it last time. Master's memory is not very good recently." The eldest apprentice breathed a sigh of relief, "Pack it up, we won't need them for today's play."

The boy on the other side who was checking the sundries was a little careless. He glanced at it casually and closed the box: "Okay? There are still a few clothes hanging outside. Fourth Junior Sister has washed them very clean. We can take them with us when we leave tomorrow." superior."

A few people lingered for a while, and Yu Xing heard that there was nothing suspicious.

Since he was not sure what the reason for the copy was, he had no intention of dragging down the troupe, who looked like ordinary people. Furthermore, Quinn didn't know what he took away, but he didn't attract the troupe's attention.

Then... they are probably "ordinary objects" that the troupe himself didn't even care about.

When the disciples went downstairs one after another, Yu Xing cooed in the shadows, and found that it was not easy to get out of the state, so he couldn't help but say: "Let me out, Brother Jiu."

Zhao Yijiu seemed to have turned his head and took the opportunity to threaten: "Do you still want to hit me?"

　　 Yu Xing: “…”

ah? Is Zhao Yijiu really so sharp in the shadows?

 (End of this chapter)