Day of Imprisonment

"A murder case should be part of the second round of the plot. A man called his wife, saying a woman was killed in the next room. He also said the case had never been solved and told his wife to lock the door at home and not let strangers in," Luo Xi said.

"That's it? Just that?" Affinity didn't seem to be planning revenge at this moment. This wasn't exactly burying the hatchet, but he knew he couldn't win a fight, so it was better to concentrate on攻略 the scene plot.

Obviously, Affinity was a rational person who was serious about his work and could separate public and private matters.

He knew how to endure.

He was also the most capable among these people besides Luo Xi.

"That's all the key information," Luo Xi had just finished speaking when a commotion came from outside the door.

"Why is the administrator here?" It was the day laborer who spoke, and because the floor was wooden, everyone could hear Old Ma's heavy footsteps.

Soon, Old Ma's tall figure appeared at the door, and the people at the door quickly made way.

Old Ma walked in, his eyes sweeping over everyone before finally landing on the high school girl.

"Wang Xinyue, you are under arrest and will be executed immediately according to the rules!"

The latter looked bewildered, her face full of surprise.

"Wh-," Before the high school girl could say anything, Old Ma took out a handgun from his clothes and shot her in the head.

Bang~

The gunshot was deafening in the corridor.

The bullet pierced the high school girl's skull, blowing off a piece of the back of her head, and blood splattered all over the floor.

Thump.

The high school girl's body fell into a pool of blood. Immediately afterward, Old Ma held the gun in one hand and grabbed one of the corpse's legs with the other, dragging her away, leaving a vivid trail of blood on the floor.

Everyone was stunned.

No one dared to stop him. Old Ma was murderous at this moment.

All of this happened very quickly. Most importantly, Old Ma's actions were completely unexpected. He came over to announce the arrest of the high school girl, then drew his gun and fired.

The whole process was done in one go.

He didn't give anyone a chance to react.

And from beginning to end, he only said one sentence: 'You are under arrest and will be executed immediately!'

"Obviously, someone reported this little girl to the administrator, because Old Ma is now an 'enforcer,' and the enforcer's arrest rule is that as long as one person reports, an arrest can be made immediately, which means killing the suspect," the hook-nosed man said, his face becoming increasingly gloomy.

"Who reported her?" The tense man became tense again, his suspicious gaze sweeping over everyone. In his eyes, everyone else looked very suspicious.

"The only one who spoke to the administrator alone before was him, Robber," the day laborer said, looking at Luo Xi.

Clearly, quite a few people suspected Luo Xi at this moment.

Because he was indeed the only one who had walked over and sat on the sofa to talk to the administrator.

Maybe it was at that time that the 'report' was completed.

"It wasn't him!" Unexpectedly, the first person to speak up for Luo Xi was Affinity, who had been beaten bloody by Luo Xi.

He didn't know where he found a piece of cloth and wrapped it around his head.

"I've been盯 着 him the whole time. He only asked questions and didn't report anyone. Besides, the timing is wrong. If he had reported her, the administrator would have acted then. Even if there was a delay, he wouldn't have waited until now."

Affinity's words were still persuasive because they were based on a rational perspective.

"I can also testify that I was the closest at the time. Robber indeed didn't report anyone. He only confirmed with the administrator whether the reporting mechanism still existed," the hook-nosed man also said.

"Could it be that the administrator wanted to kill someone himself, or that the little girl inadvertently violated the rules of the scene, which led to her being killed?" The strong man reached out and wiped his face, his palm covered with blood and white brains, scaring him into quickly wiping his hand.

"But besides Robber, no one else has spoken to the administrator," the day laborer threw out what he thought was evidence.

"The act of reporting doesn't necessarily have to be done verbally. Other means are also possible. Maybe a note could be passed, saying 'who' is reporting 'who,'" Affinity's eyes swept over the others: "According to the timing, it's possible that the report was completed during the time Robber was answering the phone, so this person couldn't have been the people in the house with Robber at the time. Only the people outside the door had the opportunity to sneak over and complete the report."

"The people in the house were Robber, the dead little girl, and me, three people. At the door were the diviner and the con man. What about the others? Who noticed what you were doing at the time?"

Over there, the mature woman immediately said, "My attention was all in the house at the time. I didn't notice what the others were doing."

After speaking, she looked at the other three people.

The taciturn man, the day laborer, and the tense man.

These three people also shook their heads together.

The day laborer was anxious: "I arrived first and even planned to pick the lock. You all saw that."

"That can't prove that you didn't take advantage of the chaos to report after Robber answered the phone," the hook-nosed man's judgment was very persuasive, because this possibility couldn't be ruled out.

The real problem was after the door was broken open, during the minute or so when the phone was being answered.

"My attention was all on the opened room at the time. I didn't pay attention to anything else at all. This matter has nothing to do with me, because I have no grudges against that girl. Why would I be full enough to report her? What would I gain?" The tense man also hurriedly cleared his name.

Because the taciturn man was mute, he wasn't sure if the restrictions on him still existed at this time. He could only shake his head, and shake his head again.

Indicating, it wasn't me, and I didn't notice anyone going to report.

Several people were clearing their names and clearing their relationships.

But the seeds of suspicion had already been planted in everyone's hearts.

The trail of blood on the floor was even more obvious at this moment, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood.

"In short, someone must have reported her. Otherwise, the administrator wouldn't have killed her directly. Whoever it is, they know it in their heart. Just admit it, or the consequences will be dire when you're found out." The mature woman narrowed her eyes. The high school girl from before was no longer a killer; her profession had changed to a civilian, and she was still reported and killed.

So, what exactly is the person who reported her trying to do?

Indiscriminate killing?

The problem is, there's no point in doing that.

"Could it be a personal vendetta?" The hook-nosed man was also observing the others at this time. He muttered this to himself because, under normal circumstances, reporting others now would indeed be meaningless.

He couldn't figure it out.

And he believed that most of the people present here couldn't figure it out either.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked at that 'robber'.

This person had been very unconventional from the beginning.

The other party didn't seem to intend to join their discussion. Even when the 'merchant' (day laborer) pointed the finger at him, this person didn't even bother to defend himself.

Instead, he started searching for things in the house.

Soon, he found a black plastic bag under the bed, wrapped very tightly. After opening it, it contained gold and silver jewelry that looked very expensive.

"Tell me, would a normal person wrap their own gold and silver jewelry in a black plastic bag and stuff it under the bed?"

Luo Xi asked, looking up.

Everyone was stunned.

Everyone was discussing who had reported the high school girl, leading to her execution by the administrator, Old Ma, but this 'robber' was actually concerned about the origin of the jewelry.

It felt like they weren't on the same wavelength.

"The focus isn't on that right now," the day laborer hadn't even spoken when Luo Xi interrupted him: "No, the focus now is on this. I said just now that there was a murder case where the female neighbor living next door was killed. The case hasn't been solved yet. So, wouldn't you say that this unreasonable gold and silver jewelry could be the stolen goods from the robbery after the murder?"

"In addition, if you look closely, there are still some human tissues remaining on a certain ring. It should have torn off some skin tissue when it was pulled off too forcefully."

"..." The day laborer's expression was strange, and at this moment, he was clearly not the only one with a strange expression.

They could tell that the 'robber' was seriously discussing the clues of the case he had discovered.

But now, was this the time to discuss this?

It was like a group of friends getting together to discuss what to eat when suddenly a murderer comes and stabs one of them to death, and the others don't care at all and continue discussing whether to eat rice or noodles, and whether the hotpot should be extra spicy or mildly spicy. It was just as outrageous.

Qinhaoli stared at Luo Xi for a while, suddenly realized something, thought about it, and said: "What you said is indeed possible. Only improperly obtained wealth would be hidden in this way, but as for whether it is stolen goods, it still needs to be investigated and more evidence is needed to corroborate it."

"Then, let's go and look at other places, maybe there are more clues." Luo Xi got up and walked outside. The day laborer and the tense man at the door subconsciously made way.

Luo Xi walked out the door and walked to the side. The structure here looked like an ordinary three-bedroom apartment.

There was a bathroom in front, a study, a living room...

It felt like suddenly stepping into a model room.

There was a security door in front of the living room. Luo Xi walked over and opened it.

With a click.

A cool breeze came in from outside.

Outside was a narrow public corridor, not large in area. There was a household directly opposite, and another on the side.

There was a seal on the side door, with a piece of paper attached, reading 'Murder Scene'.

This place was more like a pre-arranged scene.

That's right.

It was originally a checkpoint scene similar to a script murder game, so it's not surprising to have such exquisite and realistic scenery.

After discovering that 'Qinhaoli' was also focusing on the case itself like the 'robber', the tense man and the others couldn't hold back any longer.

"Wait a minute, the main problem now is that someone is secretly reporting and killing innocent people indiscriminately. If we don't find this person, the next one to be reported and executed may be any one of us." The day laborer also said: "Including you, robber!"

In their opinion, nothing was more important than this.

Luo Xi was about to enter the room with the 'Murder Scene' sign when he heard the day laborer and the others, and turned back and said: "There are two possibilities for the administrator's execution of the high school girl. One is that someone killed her through reporting, but none of you seem to have reported her; the other is that no one reported her, but the administrator chose someone to execute in some random way. I'm more inclined to this possibility and think it's some kind of 'roll call' mechanism. For example, he only needs to find a cardboard box, crumple up pieces of paper with our names on them, put them in, shake it, and take one out, and execute according to the name on it."

"What... what are you talking about? This is baseless speculation, it's crazy. You're just relying on this kind of fantasy to determine that this is just the administrator's kind of bad taste?" The tense man was a little angry. He felt that Luo Xi was joking with him.

"It's not bad taste. I'm at least 90% sure of my speculation because the administrator said her name when he executed the high school girl just now, Wang Xinyue. I remember, she didn't mention her name to anyone, but the administrator knew, and he specifically called out this name during the execution. It's like a 'roll call'. Before the execution, the administrator didn't say that anyone reported her. He just said, 'Wang Xinyue, you are arrested and will be executed according to the rules.' Also, haven't you forgotten what the administrator said the name of this game we're participating in is?"

"From the beginning, this game was called 'Roll Call'!"