Day of Imprisonment

"Brother Mao, don't even mention you, I was also startled, but it was just a false alarm. Actually, it was just the trash can in the locker room that caught fire, nothing serious," Luo Xi said with a smile through the door, very relaxed, showing no signs of abnormality.

"That's good. Hey, open the door and let me in. Why are you sealing the door so tightly?" Liu Mao knocked again.

Luo Xi glanced back at Du Lei and the others, then removed the object stuck in the door and opened it.

The people behind him hesitated, wanting to stop him, but it was obviously too late.

Liu Mao walked in.

In the eyes of the people in the room, it wasn't a person who had entered, but a rampaging flood, a life-threatening King Yama.

Behind him, Police Officer Song and two other police officers also walked in, their eyes scanning the surroundings.

"President Du, is everything alright?" One of the police officers asked Du Lei, his professional alertness making him aware of some unusual atmosphere. The people here were too nervous, and although they were trying their best to hide it, they couldn't escape the observation of a professional police officer.

The cigarette in the latter's mouth was never lit. He took it down again and carefully put it back into the cigarette case, smiling: "It's nothing, it's all resolved. I'm having a meeting with them, and I have to severely criticize them. They always talk about safe production and preventing problems before they happen, saying it better than singing it, but what's the result? I'm ashamed. I have a responsibility, but fortunately, there wasn't a big problem."

"President Du, should I call someone up to help clean up?" Liu Mao asked Du Lei for instructions after entering.

"Oh, this... this isn't urgent yet. We have to figure out the cause of the fire first... Wait a moment." The latter tried to appear calm, glancing at Luo Xi as he spoke.

Previously, Luo Xi had said to everyone, 'It's ten o'clock, Brother Mao is downstairs.' This kind of thing can't be hidden, and it's impossible for Liu Mao not to know.

And if he knows, it's equivalent to a direct confrontation.

The other party might turn into a ghost and kill people at any time, starting the killing spree. If that's the case, everyone present will die.

The last killing spree started too early, and he didn't get the memory card. If he gets 'shaved bald' again this time, the situation will be very bad.

Du Lei knew very well that he only had one memory card left in his hand.

If he is killed prematurely this time, then the next round will be really dangerous.

Where's Feng Kai?

That guy shouldn't have any extra memory cards left, which means that if he dies this time, he will become an amnesiac in the next round.

Although Feng Kai isn't much, he at least listens to me. Keeping him around is a helper, and losing him would be no good for me.

The strong sense of crisis made him act somewhat unnaturally. He was already wondering whether he should kill people in advance. Anyway, he already knew who the Memory Retriever was. With his methods, he was confident that he could kill two people before Liu Mao killed everyone.

That way, there would be two memory cards.

But that would be equivalent to telling Liu Mao directly that he was the Memory Retriever.

So, will I be targeted next time?

The thought of Liu Mao constantly chasing him after turning into a ghost made Du Lei feel his legs cramping. But if he doesn't act, what if Liu Mao kills people first? You have to know that when it comes to the speed of killing, who dares to compare with Liu Mao? Also, Liu Mao might have already guessed that everyone present is a Memory Retriever.

Then he will definitely act.

What should I do?

Tension and fear made Du Lei's brain go blank. At this moment, he was hesitant, cold sweat streaming down his face.

He subconsciously took out another cigarette.

Feng Kai's condition was even worse than Du Lei's. The fear and unnaturalness on this guy's face couldn't be hidden. He stood far back, his hands in his pockets, seemingly holding something.

Everyone at the scene could feel the invisible pressure and tension.

The two police officers and Police Officer Song exchanged glances. The latter winked, obviously noticing something was wrong, but they still needed to observe and see what was going on.

"Brother Mao, come here for a moment, I want to talk to you about something."

At this time, Luo Xi stepped forward and pulled Liu Mao, who looked puzzled, to the side. The two walked towards the men's locker room, and then, one after the other, they went inside.

Instantly, the pressure was greatly reduced, and several people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Du Lei was once again filled with doubt. He really couldn't figure out what Luo Xi was planning to do. He thought he had seen through the other party's intentions, but as a result, the other party always did unexpected things, making moves that he didn't expect.

He didn't know what the other party was doing at all, which meant that from the beginning, he had been led by the nose by the other party.

"Damn it, I'll kill you later!" Du Lei gritted his teeth. He didn't like things happening beyond his control, and he especially didn't like this kind of troublemaker.

But right now, he had other things to do, such as quickly sending away the few police officers who had become suspicious.

Men's locker room.

"That's true." Liu Mao nodded. He understood the reasoning behind it. At this time, he seemed to remember something and hurried forward a few steps, looking around at the blackened cabinets.

"Brother Mao, what are you looking for?" Luo Xi had been observing the other party.

"Damn, my locker is also burned." At this time, he looked at one of the most severely burned cabinets, on the verge of tears.

"President Du said that if there are any losses, the company will compensate at the original price, don't worry," Luo Xi lied.

"No, there are just a few work clothes inside, nothing important. The problem is that my medicine is also burned."

"Stomach medicine?"

"How do you know?" Liu Mao turned his head to look at Luo Xi in surprise.

"Brother Mao, have you forgotten? You told me," Luo Xi looked into the other party's eyes: "Last time, I said I forgot to bring my medicine and wanted to ask for leave. You said no need and gave me a few of the stomach pills you take. Haven't you forgotten?"

"Is that so?" Liu Mao was only surprised, but he didn't think much of it, obviously not caring: "I was young and didn't know any better, my eating habits were irregular, and I always ate takeout, which caused problems. Luo Xi, you're still young, you have to pay more attention."

"It's nothing. Um, Brother Mao, how about you take my medicine first? The effect is about the same."

"That's fine, but I usually take it later, unless it hurts in the middle of the day, then I'll take one." As Liu Mao spoke, Luo Xi had already taken out a medicine bottle from his pocket.

There was no label on the medicine bottle, but judging from the sound inside, it was full of pills.

"I can take this now. Brother Mao, this is Chinese medicine. Although it takes effect slowly, it's very good for the stomach. You can take it even when it doesn't hurt. I usually take four pills at a time. Brother Mao, just take it according to my dosage. No water needed, just chew it."

Luo Xi handed the medicine bottle over directly.

"Okay." Liu Mao didn't seem to think much about it. He took it, unscrewed the lid, poured out four pills, stuffed them into his mouth, crunched them, and swallowed them.

"But after taking this, don't take other medicines for now, I'm afraid there will be conflicts in the medicinal properties," Luo Xi added.

He didn't have a stomachache at all. What he took out was not stomach medicine, but the medicine for his mental illness, the bottle that the courier had delivered before.

"This place needs to be cleaned up. It's burned like this." Liu Mao muttered, picking up something burned beyond recognition from the ground. After looking at it carefully for a while, he realized it was a thermos.

"By the way, Brother Mao, didn't you already talk to the police before? Why are you talking again?" Luo Xi asked seemingly casually.

"Hey, don't mention it." Liu Mao gave a wry smile: "I don't know who's playing a prank, sending me a strange email. Officer Song is still investigating and won't let me talk to anyone about it."

As he spoke, he waved his hand.

"Then I won't ask." After Luo Xi finished speaking, he looked at the messy locker room and said, "I'll call two people over to help. The two of us alone can't clean it up."

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"Okay!"

Luo Xi got up and went out.

Outside, Du Lei was still dealing with the few policemen who had obviously noticed something was wrong. They were talking near the stairwell. Feng Kai, Guo Zening, and Zhang Yanan were gathered in a corner of the work area, talking quietly.

Luo Xi frowned.

But he immediately thought of something and walked over.

Seeing Luo Xi, the three of them looked over. He didn't know what Feng Kai had said to the other two, but their eyes were obviously wary.

"Feng Kai, let's go clean up the locker room together. It's a mess over there." Luo Xi waved his hand and prepared to walk back, but he found that Feng Kai hadn't moved at all.

Immediately, he gave a questioning expression.

"Let's go!"

"Are you taking me for a fool? Liu Mao is inside. Who knows if you're going to hurt someone? You set a fire and locked the door before. I thought you had some ideas, but I didn't expect you to come up with nothing. Damn it, you're trash."

Feng Kai said in a low voice, full of hostility.

Luo Xi remained expressionless and looked at Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan.

"You two come here."

"Don't listen to him. This kid is playing you. He might kill you as soon as you go in." Feng Kai interjected to stop them.

"If you really care about them, come with us," Luo Xi sneered.

"Get the hell out of here, I..." Feng Kai just cursed when Luo Xi suddenly pounced on him, grabbing the other's neck. His other arm bent, and he hit the other's temple extremely hard with his elbow.

The hand that was grabbing his neck kept tightening.

You need to know that there were policemen over there, but because of the distance, and the problem of pillars and angles, they couldn't see here. This was also the place that Feng Kai and the others had deliberately chosen before, so that it would be convenient to talk without being noticed, but it made it convenient for Luo Xi.

Everything happened too fast. Feng Kai, whose head was hit hard and suffocated, instantly rolled his eyes and passed out.

Guo Zening was startled, and Zhang Yanan was about to shout, but Luo Xi's next words scared him back.

There was some noise over here.

The police over there glanced over, but Du Lei immediately said, "Keep your voices down."

Actively covering up.

However, he obviously didn't know the 'actual situation' here, otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have done this.

Luo Xi looked at Zhang Yanan with a smile and said in a low voice, "If you shout, Brother Mao will immediately turn into a ghost. Then we'll all die."

Zhang Yanan covered his mouth and didn't dare to shout, but the way he looked at Luo Xi was wary and alert, and a little at a loss.

"Stand still, relax. You two keep chatting. I won't hurt you. I'll even help you when I have the chance, but the premise is that you don't hurt me, otherwise, you'll die immediately." Luo Xi put the unconscious Feng Kai on the chair and quickly felt the other's trouser pocket.

Sure enough, he found a card inside, and a folding knife.

He pulled out the blade, looked at it, it was very sharp. Luo Xi immediately looked at Feng Kai's neck, thoughtfully.

This scared Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan to shiver.

They thought to themselves, is this guy going to kill someone?

A madman.

He's just a madman.

Luo Xi really planned to do this, but thinking that too much bleeding would be difficult to clean up, he could only give up.

He immediately closed the folding knife and put it away.

Then he glanced at the card.

The card was made of a special material, even a bit like some kind of soft metal sheet. The back was still a spider pattern, and the front was painted with a 'talisman' floating in the air, emitting golden light, and illustrations of some demons and ghosts fearing and avoiding it.

Lifelike.

There was also text below: [Exorcism], requires two mana to activate. When danger comes, it can protect you, but don't forget to run away, because this kind of safety is temporary.