Regardless of William's obstruction, Du Ruoying raised her hand and shone the light of the flashlight on the door of the classroom.

A slightly aged male face suddenly appeared under her light.The other party was wearing a black security uniform with the Bei Yu University logo on the cuff.William remembered this person, he was the uncle who played with his mobile phone in the security booth before.

"Look, I knew it was the security guard." She broke free from his restraint with some pride, and then greeted him warmly, "Hi, Uncle Zhang, are you on the night shift tonight?"

"It's you, Xiaoying. Why did you come here? Didn't you see the cordon at the door?" Uncle Zhang took a flashlight to shine on Du Ruoying, and then on William, "I'm playing detective with your little boyfriend Is it a game?"

"Ahaha... I was discovered by you." Du Ruoying bowed her head shyly and leaned forward, then stuffed a whole cigarette into Uncle Zhang's arms, and whispered, "What a coincidence, I just bought it Your favorite big front door."

Unexpectedly, Uncle Zhang pushed the cigarette away: "No, no, there was a fire here not long ago. It's too dangerous. If you are injured by something, I can't afford it. Get out!"

"Ah? No, Uncle Zhang, I assure you, we will be very careful, even if we are hurt, we will never say anything." She continued to plead in a soft and cute voice, while re-plugging the cigarette Gave it to him, "Please, just for a moment."

"Sister, I found out why you are so disobedient today? I said - if you can't do it, you can't do it, walk around..." Uncle Zhang pulled her skirt, and dragged her out without any explanation.

"Wait." William suddenly caught up and grabbed her, and whispered to her, "Show him the 'that' we prepared in advance."

"Eh?!" Du Ruoying showed a surprised expression, "But that's—"

"Listen to me."

She had no choice but to take out a bunch of black plastic products that looked incomplete and burnt from her pocket, and said to Uncle Zhang: "Actually... Uncle Zhang, we are not playing a detective game, we really found a strange It made me realize that there may be other secrets behind the fire, so we thought about going in to see."

Seeing the hot melt glue gun, Uncle Zhang unknowingly let go of her, and wanted to get the thing she handed over, but was stopped by William in time.

Uncle Zhang had no choice but to hold back his curiosity and ask, "What strange thing did you find?"

"I picked it up in the lawn directly below this classroom. It should be part of a hot glue gun. I guess it fell out of the middle of the fire, and the degree of burning was not very violent. I checked it. I found it a bit strange, so I thought about going up to see if I could find the other half." Du Ruoying said, "I heard that the fire was caused by the hot melt glue gun, so I thought it was a clue—if the glue gun If the circuit inside the gun has really been artificially modified, then this fire is not an accident."

"Ah... so..." Uncle Zhang's voice became weak, "Can you—let me take a look?"

"This is impossible, Uncle Zhang." Du Ruoying's eyes suddenly became vigilant, "It would be very wrong for me to pick up such an important evidence with bare hands. I must not let more people make the same mistake. See—better to hand it over to the police."

"Ah...ah, that's right," Uncle Zhang smiled nervously, "You said you were looking for the other part of this glue gun, I suddenly remembered! I also picked up a suspicious thing before, little Small, black, plastic shell, a bit burnt, inside the shell is a resistance wire circuit, I don’t know if it’s the stuff you’re talking about—”

"Really, Uncle Zhang!"

"Of course it's true. Have I ever lied to you?" His smile gradually changed back to his usual kind look. Contact the police and take it away."

"Where did you put that thing?"

"you guess."

"Well, I guess it must be in that warehouse," Du Ruoying replied innocently, "It's the sports warehouse that has been abandoned for many years between the department hall and the playground. I think you usually collect waste boards there. put."

"Yes, there it is," he said, turning and walking into the darkness, "come, come with me."

The three of them walked through a secluded shortcut path and came to a desolate small one-story house. It was located next to a teaching building under construction, and on the other side was the old-fashioned fence on the campus boundary. The large red lettering on it became mottled and illegible.

This double-slope warehouse looks like it is two stories high, but in fact there is only a one-story double-height space inside.Under the moonlight, one can vaguely see a very small square side high window right above the iron gate, with a thumb-thick vertical railing embedded in it. The gap between the railings is so small that only wild cats can slip through.

Uncle Zhang took out a bunch of keys to unlock the padlock, and then pulled the huge bolt embroidered with red, and the two-page iron door was slowly opened.He flicked on the dim light switch.Through the light, one can see that the inside is full of crushed corrugated boxes, expired magazines and discarded PVC sheets. In addition, there are two barrels of well-sealed unknown liquid standing at the door.

Du Ruoying walked in with Uncle Zhang, but William still stayed outside the door.

After Uncle Zhang walked in for a few meters, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Why didn't that little brother come in together?"

"Ahaha, he's a bit of a clean freak. It's okay, let's leave him alone! It's enough for me to come in with you." Du Ruoying graciously stuffed the cigarettes to Uncle Zhang, and this time he didn't shirk.

"But—" Zhang Shumao, who took the cigarette, bent down and rummaged twice, "You see, I am also getting old, and my memory is not good. No, I don't know what I want for that thing you want. Where did you put it. If the two of us look for it together, it won’t be as fast as the three of us together, don’t you think?”

"...Is that so?" Du Ruoying hesitated.

"Hey, young man," Uncle Zhang straightened his waist and waved to William outside the door, "Come in and help us find it!"

She was about to stop her, but William nodded knowingly, and came in very readily.

"Look here, you, look over there, let me look here." Uncle Zhang pointed them to a corner far from the door, and then he slowly retreated to a position closer to the door.

The three of them searched carefully like this.

"Uncle Zhang, are you really in this room?" Du Ruoying waved away the big mosquitoes in front of her, looking a little impatient.

"Of course it's true, I put it in this room as I remember—" Uncle Zhang replied from a distance.

As soon as the words were finished, there was a heavy metal impact suddenly behind Du Ruoying and William, and then the sound of the door lock being clicked.When they looked back, they found that Uncle Zhang had disappeared, and only the two of them were locked in the warehouse.

She hurriedly rushed up to hammer the door and shouted: "Uncle Zhang, what are you doing? Open the door!"

However, no one answered the door.

Suddenly there were rustling sounds under her feet. Du Ruoying looked down and found that the gap between the door and the transparent liquid was continuously seeping in. From the strong and pungent smell, it was not difficult to guess that it was alcohol. !

Before she could recover, William dragged her away from the door. At the same time, a string of bright flames rushed into the room along the liquid at the door, and the corrugated boxes, books and magazines passing by were very Soon it was crackling.

Realizing that something was wrong, Du Ruoying quickly took off her pair of alcohol-infused shoes and threw them away.

"It's in vain that I trust him so much, I didn't expect him to burn us to death..." She looked around, her voice gradually becoming a little desperate, "Hey, this happened when my phone was locked... Now the fire is burning So fast, it must be too late to use the phone to contact Bai Qirun... It seems that there is no tool that can be used to break the door here... What should I do?"

"What should I do? Of course there is nothing I can do." William spread his hands.

Du Ruoying looked directly into his bright red eyes, feeling a little suspicious: "I don't believe you have nothing to do."

"Student Xiaoying, I'm not a god. This is the situation. What can I do?" He shook his head and sighed, "Life sometimes ends so suddenly, it's normal, and you don't have to feel too Too bad."

Fiery tongues kept attacking them and approaching them, gradually forcing them to retreat.The heat waves in the air hit them one after another, making the burning sensation on the skin more intense.

Du Ruoying looked around anxiously, trying to find some useful tools. Her eyes suddenly fell on the pile of PVC panels beside her. Due to the high temperature, they had begun to turn black and soft and fester. .

She quickly covered her mouth and nose and said, "Not good... If this continues, we will be like that old grandfather, and will soon be killed by the poisonous gas emitted by PVC...cough...cough cough..."

"Are you scared?"

"of course……"

He smiled slightly, and while protecting his mouth and nose, he also took advantage of the opportunity to protect her in his arms: "Don't be afraid, since death is inevitable, why not find a way to distract yourself, at least you can die less pain."

"...Don't really say that we will die!"

"Fire always reminds me of some incredible stories," he whispered calmly, "I've heard that when ant families encounter an inescapable fire, they huddle together, form balls, and roll together. In the end, although the ants on the surface of the sphere were dead, the ants protected in the core survived." Then, he suddenly picked her up and walked towards the burning door.

"Hey, hey, don't you think—" Du Ruoying, who was barefoot, curled up in his arms like a little black cat, "That's ants, there are so many of them, why don't we Two people, it's...cough cough...cough...impossible! Moreover, if you choose to kill me, you can go back to the system and wait for the next player safely. There is no need to sacrifice yourself to save me ah……"

In a space full of high temperature, hypoxia, and poisonous smoke, her voice became weaker and weaker, and the tingling sensation in her throat and lungs made her cough more and more frequently.

"Sacrificing myself? What stupid things are you thinking." Seeing her in his arms getting more and more dazed, he couldn't help laughing, "Actually, I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time—after all, after studying hard for so many days Chinese, now it can finally come in handy.”

"...?!!"

Chinese?Come in handy?What's the meaning?

Could it be that reciting Chinese can put out fires and keep people safe?Why has she never heard of such a good thing?

However, William suddenly raised his voice and shouted towards the door: "Mr. outside the door, I know you are still there. I have to say that it is a very wise decision for you to choose to stay here and watch us burn alive. After all, everything is just in case.”

is Chinese? !

Du Ruoying felt that half of her consciousness was awakened suddenly.

"Hmph, what if?" Uncle Zhang sneered from outside the door.

"That's right," William narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, "This is in line with my profile of your criminal mind - pour alcohol directly, light the fire directly, and watch the victim trapped in the flames to confirm that he must die The ending. Simple, brutal, and made no secret of your killing intent. However, in the case of arson and murder of the old man, you chose such a complicated method—from destroying the fire sensor to getting the victim drunk and locking him up In the house, to modifying the hot glue gun, and starting the fire with wood chips, and finally igniting the alcohol-filled curtains... This is completely out of your style. After thinking about it, I can only think of one possibility- — You didn’t come up with the method of killing the old man yourself, someone planned the crime for you behind the scenes, right?”

"Hmph, so what if you know these things? You guys go to hell to discuss with that crazy old man!"

"No, the only one who will really go to hell is you." The rusty iron door was suddenly kicked open by William, and the latch immediately bounced into the dirt and weeds, making a muffled sound.

Uncle Zhang couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw William stepping out of the flames with a thick stack of flame-retardant PVC boards under his feet.

"How... how could this happen?!" He was terrified and wanted to turn around and run away, but he was kicked and fell to the ground.

William put the half-conscious Du Ruoying aside, and quickly pinned Uncle Zhang who was lying on the ground: "Are you surprised? It's nothing to be surprised about. I just secretly latched the iron door before coming in." All the screws are loose, just in case you lock them inside.” Although his voice was still gentle and gentle, the utility knife flashed between his fingers revealed his chilling killing intent, “I’m sorry, let you Effort wasted."

"You...you want to kill me? No, you dare not kill me!" Uncle Zhang shouted tremblingly, "If you kill me, you will also go to jail!"

"Then let me teach you another piece of legal common sense," William said with a smile. "If you defend yourself against a criminal act that is committing a murder, and cause casualties of the unlawful infringer, you don't need to bear any criminal responsibility. So, thank you for your kindness." Cooperate with my plan, just because you bother to burn us to death, but let me kill you openly."

The moment he swung the blade towards the opponent's carotid artery, Du Ruoying grabbed his hand.

"What are you going to do?" Du Ruoying struggled to get up from the ground.

"What—didn't you see it?" William sneered, "Of course it's to punish him."

"This kind of punishment is not correct." She replied, "Only the law can punish him, not you, cough...the things he did...don't you dare to say that you have never done it at all? You want If you want to punish yourself so much, why not punish yourself first?"

Facing her questioning, he was startled at first, then smiled relievedly, and tried to persuade her again: "However, in the fire case of the department building, we have no evidence to directly identify him. And the hot glue gun in your hand can only It's just a prop we made temporarily for clichés, and it can't be used to convict at all. If you insist on stopping me now, you won't have such a good chance in the future."

"Ahem... Who said we have no evidence?" She took out a button-sized electronic device and shook it in front of him, "What a pity, cough... This thing was originally intended to be used against you , it turned out to be cheaper for him.”

"what?"

"This is an eavesdropping device with 24-hour real-time recording and cloud backup. I have recorded all your previous conversations, and it is more than enough evidence to use as evidence to call the police and arrest him." Du Ruoying explained, "So, William , you don't act rashly, in the current situation, if you kill him again, it will be considered too defensive. When I testify in court in the future, I will not stand on your side. "

"Well, I promise you not to kill him, but there are a few questions, I'm afraid he will have to give him a little trouble before he can say." William sneered and broke Uncle Zhang's hand, "Zhang Uncle, you see, in the process of self-defense, I will inevitably be a little ignorant of the importance of my actions. If you accidentally break a few fingers or something, please don’t blame me——Now, answer me honestly, here you are Who is the person who planned the crime?"

"I won't say it...I will never say it." Uncle Zhang shook his head desperately and struggled.

"Very good." William smiled and snapped off Uncle Zhang's finger. Immediately, a sharp scream echoed in the night sky.

"I can't say it. If I say it, I will die." Uncle Zhang begged with a hoarse cry.

"It's not the answer I want to hear." Very neatly and without hesitation, the second finger was severely broken, "Look, even this kind little girl who wants to save your life , she didn't come forward to stop me, if this continues, you might break all ten of your fingers—ah, needless to say, such a strong person must have broken off all his feet Mentally prepare..."

"No! No, no, no... Please let me go! Ah—let me go!" Uncle Zhang wailed and struggled like a trapped animal with a nervous breakdown. 7K 妏敩

"Let you go? That's not okay."

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the third finger being snapped off, Uncle Zhang screamed again, his throat sounded so hoarse that he could only faintly discern breath when he spoke: "I said! I said! Stop, please, stop!"

"Then tell me quickly." William sneered and slowly squeezed Uncle Zhang's fourth finger.

"It's Lord Moriarty—it's Lord Moriarty who planned the crime for me!" A heart-piercing cry finally pierced the peaceful night sky.

The voice sounded like a throat filled with thorns, and it was so painful that it didn't seem to come from the world. It could only come from hell.It was a desperate cry for survival under the double squeeze of the most extreme fear and torture.

However, for Uncle Zhang's answer, even William felt a little unexpected.

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