Third-rate Thriller Novelist

Chapter 37… The Hunger Hotel (5)

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On the third day, after everyone went out, they found the body lying in the corridor.

Unsurprisingly, the black-faced man’s body was also cut a few times, and all the best pieces of meat on his body were missing.

The blood-stained crowbar was thrown beside the corpse, and the often forgetful cook, as usual, dragged his cumbersome steps to the second floor and picked it up.

Except for the old couple who were forced to eat meat yesterday, most of the other tenants have not eaten for a day and night, and now they have no strength to complain. Almost all of them are in a state of despair.

Once again came to the first floor restaurant, to see the chef smirk, he launched a meat dish with oil, spread them on the rough table, this time still pointing to the old man and old lady, toughly and said, “Eat! “

It seems that he is addicted to bullying the old couple , and perhaps intimidating the vegetarians to eat human flesh will make him feel more excited.

As if she was numb, the old lady didn’t resist this time, and she didn’t even recite the Buddha’s name. She dumbly picked up the meat in front of her, shaking her hands, and sending it into her own mouth.

Succeeding in forcing them again, the chef stared at them with satisfaction, then packed up the dishes and pushed the small dining cart back.

Only the old couple sat on the seats blankly, shaking all over.

Brother and sister Luo Qing and Luo Hong, who couldn’t bear it, softly comforted the two old people who had suffered.

But soon, the chef went and returned, with a cruel and proud smile on his face, telling everyone, “Tonight’s room rate, five fingers per person.” As soon as the words came out, everyone was a little startled.

Shen Yu frowned deeply.

Five fingers?

Different from the previous eyeballs and tongues, in popular terms, animals generally only have claws and hooves, while humans have fingers.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but sink his eyes.

But the chef ignored everyone’s surprise, and after saying this, he left on his own.

Before leaving, he stopped, turned his head, and glanced at the crowd with cloudy and cold eyes, as if the butcher was selecting the lamb to be slaughtered.

The cowardly Luo brothers and sisters almost collapsed in fright. On the contrary, they was the cowardly glasses girl, after experiencing the events of last night, her eyes were still cold at this time, and the whole person was as hard as a frozen stone.

Luo Hong stood up and said in a panic, “Go to the kitchen… we found eyes and tongue in the kitchen, maybe today…”

Her words reminded everyone, Luo Qing, the old couple, The tall man and the glasses girl all stood up and flocked to the kitchen.

For a time, only Shen Yu and the red-haired girl were left in the restaurant.

“Are you not going?” Shen Yu asked.

The red-haired girl stood up lazily, “Didn’t you also not go there? In fact, we all know that the chefs must mean human fingers.” It is obvious to the naked eye that these room charges are getting more and more excessive.

She didn’t say anything, but went silently to the second floor, where there were three dead bodies.

When she came down again, she was holding six palms, each of which had exactly five fingers.

Soon, the other people who went to the kitchen returned to the dining room nervously, with only one palm in their hand.

“We only found five fingers. This palm was chopped off from me by the chef before…” The tall man gritted his teeth.

But after seeing the six palms the red-haired girl was holding, the despair on their faces instantly turned into surprise.

But the red-haired girl knocked on the tabletop, “Don’t be too happy, we have too many people .” There are eight of them alive, but only six palms of the dead, and only one is found in the kitchen, which is five fingers less.

Everyone’s ecstatic expressions stiffened on their faces, and they couldn’t help looking at each other.

In the end, the old lady said tremblingly, “You mean, one of us…needs to cut off his five fingers…”

The red-haired girl did not deny, “The remaining person either cut off his finger or couldn’t pay for the room, and was hammered by the chef at night!”

Hearing her words, the atmosphere suddenly stiffened. Everyone’s  expression was very gloomy.

But she added another sentence, “But as long as you can get out alive, the injuries suffered in the story will be healed in real life.” But this sentence did not bring much excitement. Most people looked at each other. The same vigilance, as well as vague hostility, hung on their faces.

Who wants to be abandoned, who wants to cut off his fingers alive?

Can it be cured by returning to real life? Who can guarantee? If they lose five fingers, will their chances of survival be greatly reduced, and they won’t be able to survive when they go out alive?

The atmosphere is getting more and more stiff, it is almost solidifying into ice, and an open and secret fight is about to start.

Seeing that the united hearts of the people were about to fall apart, the expression on the tall man’s face changed. He gritted his teeth severely and suddenly stood up and said loudly, “Cut my fingers!”

Everyone was shocked when the words came out. !

The tall man had his left hand cut off by the chef because he rebelled against the chef, and only his right hand was left to use. Now if he actively cuts off his fingers, wouldn’t both of his hands be crippled?

Everyone looked at the tall man, but the tall man looked directly at Shen Yu, “You helped me before. I know you are a good person. In this ghost place I trust you the most…and only you.”

“I… I want to ask, if I return to real life alive, I can recover from the injuries…Is this true?”

Shen Yu was silent for a long while looking at his scorching gaze, but he nodded and said, “Premise is that you able to get out alive, but if two hands are disabled, you do not… “

Tall man shook his head, spit out a long breath, interrupted his next words, “That’s enough!”

” If I can get out alive, I am still a man with sound limbs. If I can’t make it through, just go and accompany my two good brothers. No matter what, its better than the cripple now!”

He smiled bleakly, stretched out his right hand, gritted his teeth, and squeezed a word from his teeth, “I don’t have another hand, who can help me?”

Luo brothers and sisters, old couple, glasses girl and others were frozen in place, almost looking at the heroic gaze, looking at the tall man who took the initiative to sacrifice.

Even the red-haired girl could not help but sigh, to fetch a kitchen knife, stepped forward, she used a hand to hold the wrist, the other hand raised high, sharp blade…

“Wait!”

At the moment when the kitchen knife was about to fall, Shen Yu suddenly stopped.

Everyone turned their heads to look at him, but saw him frown, meditating for a while, and then said word by word, “I withdraw, the number of these fingers is enough.” The red-haired girl was taken aback, and then stared with an incredible look. She said, “Are you crazy? I don’t think this is a good idea.”

There are only two of them who are still alive in the story, and they can only rely on them to collect clues, end the plot, and find a way out.

Tall man is just spectator, even if they are disabled, they will have no effect on the development of the plot.

If they find an exit, they can bring the tall man back to real life, and the tall man can heal.

But if Shen Yu is disabled, and an experienced novelist is missing to collect and analyze clues, the red-haired girl is alone and hard to support, maybe everyone will be in this story.

She looked at Shen Yu almost annoyed, “Did I meet a saint in the novel? These one or two suddenly all ran out to be heroes!”

Shen Yu shook his head and said, “I don’t want these fingers, and don’t plan to chop off my own fingers. You don’t need to worry about me.”

However, at the moment when the red-haired girl raised the kitchen knife, a bold idea suddenly appeared in his heart and prepared tonight. Try it out.

The red-haired girl stared at him angrily, and finally threw the kitchen knife in her hand to the ground in frustration.

The “clang” sound of the blade landing also awakened other people who were also in a daze, especially the tall man.

The tall man looked at Shen Yu with a complicated expression, but stopped talking.

Shen Yu didn’t pay attention to the different eyes of everyone, but instead sat on the sofa on the first floor and watched the news.

On that old TV, the same video was broadcast back and forth, and the news was all trivial things from 800 years ago.

There is a small bookcase under the TV with several old books stacked in it, almost all of which are related to medical knowledge, making it even more boring.

Seeing that he was so confident, everyone had no choice but to disperse.

For a whole day, Shen Yu kept staring at that old TV, and he refused to move. Only occasionally, he would go to the bookcase under the TV, find a few books, and then return to the sofa to continue reading.

As time passed, the night came, and everyone returned to their rooms anxiously.

The burly chef came on time and collected room rates one by one again.

After the red-haired girl handed out five fingers, she looked nervously at the room where Shen Yu was.

The door was still closed, the lights were not even turned on, and the room was completely dark.

Her heart was raised involuntarily, but there was no other way but to watch the chef walk towards Shen Yu’s door.

She went back to the room, closed the door tightly, and couldn’t bear to look any longer.

Outside the corridor, the chef looked at the closed door, his ugly cheeks twisted and smiled, and he said to himself: “Another… who doesn’t pay for the house !” Without hesitation, he kicked the door open. In the darkness, he walked into the house.

The air was filled with a bloody smell.

With the light outside the corridor, the chef vaguely saw a person lying on the bed, wearing Shen Yu’s clothes, as if he had already fallen into a dream, and the sound of the door being kicked did not wake him up.

The chef grinned, showing white teeth, raised the crowbar in his hand, and slammed it at the person on the bed.

The dull sound of striking the flesh sounded again in the deadly night. Everyone who hasn’t slept, after hearing this sound, can’t help but feel nervous.

Everyone understands that Shen Yu is already horrible.

Maybe when they go out tomorrow morning, they will be able to see his miserable dead body.

The blood-stained crowbar slammed down, and the smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger, until the opponent’s head was completely mashed, and the chef stopped.

He seems to feel great today!

The skull, which used to take a lot of effort to smash, was easily smashed into a puddle of flesh today.

The prey that was smashed did not even make disgusting struggles and cries, but honestly remained motionless.

The chef licked his lips, dropped the blood-stained crowbar, cut off the meat from the prey in the dark, and left happily.

The room returned to silence, only darkness remained, and a bloody corpse on the bed.

After a while, the fallen bed sheet suddenly moved.

Shen Yu lifted the sheets and got out from under the bed swiftly.

He has been betting.

The chef’s innate intelligence is low, and his eyes are not very good. At night, he often needs to squint to see people.

He was betting whether the other party could distinguish the sleeping living person from the dead person.

The chef… even the other tenants did not seem to have discovered that among the three previous dead bodies,  suddenly one was missing tonight.

Fortunately, he won the bet.