Kaleidoscope of Death

The first thing Lin Qiushi saw was the ghost standing outside the window, but the first thing he did was to pick up the top hat that fell from the treetop.It seems that for this ghost, the top hat is not indispensable. In fact, Lin Qiushi only saw him holding the hat in his hand, but never saw him put it on his head.

This is probably the biggest difference between the two ghosts, but I don't know what the difference is between the two ghosts.

Another problem is the conditions for ghosts to exchange top hats. Lin Qiushi feels that it is not easy for ghosts to exchange top hats. There must be some hidden restrictions, otherwise they must have been wiped out long ago.According to the current clue analysis, this condition is likely to be related to the missing children in the town.

Ruan Nanzhu obviously thought the same as Lin Qiushi, but his thinking was more comprehensive: "As long as a child is lost in the town, there will be fewer players in our team. According to the missing person notice you got back earlier, the child lost The order is the same as the order in which the players were lost, so we can make a bold assumption..."

Lin Qiushi added what he hadn't said: "Assuming that the condition of the Slender Ghost Shadow inheritance is that you must first find a child in the town and take him away?"

Ruan Nanzhu nodded.

Lin Qiushi propped his chin and thought.In fact, they guessed that there were no children in this small town before, but now this guess has gone wrong. There should be children in this small town, but these children may not be human anymore... Children who are not human... can still be considered children ?

This is indeed a difficult question to answer.

What's more, there is a new missing person notice on the square. If Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu's reasoning is correct, then the next victim will appear soon.

"Wait." Ruan Nanzhu said, "After tonight, you will know."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

When the two left the restaurant, they saw Dong Tianwei who had sent Lin Qiushi a message before.After hesitating for a while, he stepped forward to type out the font on his phone, and handed it to Dong Tianwei to read.

Ruan Nanzhu stood beside Lin Qiushi, but he didn't stop him.

When the two returned to their residence, he said, "Why?"

Lin Qiushi said in a low voice, "Did she help me in the end, I asked her to go to bed early tonight."

Ruan Nanzhu didn't say yes or no, he glanced at Lin Qiushi and turned to take a shower.

Lin Qiushi was lying on the bed, looking at his mobile phone in a daze, wondering which unlucky person it was tonight...

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The night is slightly cool.

The inn fell into silence.Everyone who lives here goes to bed early, wanting to enter the sweet dreams before the darkness strikes, so does Wang Tianxin.

But I don't know if he fell asleep during the day, or what happened. He fell asleep very easily on weekdays, but now he has insomnia, tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep.

Wang Tianxin turned her body sideways, looking at the empty bed on her right, feeling inexplicably scared.His female companion is Liu Ya, who was still lying on this bed the day before yesterday, chatting and laughing with him, but after only a while, Liu Ya disappeared, and now she has been missing for two days, so it seems that there is no luck.

Although Wang Tian wanted to ignore this matter, the empty bed kept reminding him.

Wang Tianxin felt a little irritable, and turned over involuntarily, facing the window, not looking at the bed anymore.

The night covered the scenery outside the window. Wang Tianxin saw the dim moonlight and desolate bushes through the glass. He felt a little uneasy and his body was a little cold. After thinking about it, he sat up from the bed and wanted to take a bath in the bathroom. Take a bath to relax your body and fall asleep as soon as possible.

Turning on the water heater, Wang Tianxin bathed in the warm water.

He adjusted the temperature of the water a little higher to get rid of the chill in his body.This was originally a very enjoyable thing, but Wang Tianxin suddenly found that the water outlet under his feet was suddenly blocked... What's the matter, Uranus mused in his heart, bent down to check the water outlet, and saw a mass of black water stuck on the water outlet black hair.

"It's disgusting, it must be Liu Ya's..." Wang Tianxin muttered, trying to pull out the hair with his hands, but when he was picking it, Wang Tianxin realized that something was wrong... The hair is too long, as if picking it out Seemingly endless, Wang Tianxin pulled for a long time, but couldn't completely pull out the hair from the spout.He realized something was wrong, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. Liu Ya... doesn't have such long hair.

After discovering this strange situation, Wang Tianxin put down the hair in his hands, and hurriedly wanted to leave the bathroom.But when he held the bathroom door and tried to go out, he found that the bathroom was locked from the outside.

Wang Tianxin showed a terrified look, and began to call for help loudly, but now it was midnight, and everyone was sleeping soundly, who would hear his cry for help.

Wang Tianxin became more and more frightened, and began to slam the door hard. He looked back at the water outlet, and found that water began to bubble up there... It seemed that something was about to come out of it.

"Help, help! Come, help--" Wang Tianxin's voice was hoarse, and more and more water came out of the spout, eventually accumulating a thin layer under his feet.Wang Tianxin was trembling with fear, but in such a world, no savior would appear.

A few fingers protruded from the water outlet.

The water outlet was originally small, but those slender fingers squeezed out abruptly. Behind the fingers, there was the entire palm and slender arms...

The arm was extremely long, and after stretching it out, he began to grope around the room, trying to find the people in the room. Wang Tianxin was so frightened by this scene that tears flew down his face, and his whole body trembled like chaff.

Wang Tianxin hid in a corner, praying in his heart that this thing could not find him.

But the bathroom was so big, and he could hide for a while, but not for a lifetime. Soon, that arm grabbed Wang Tianxin's foot.

Wang Tianxin wanted to break free, but felt that the arm was like an iron pillar, unable to resist at all.

He was dragged across the greasy bathroom floor toward the drain.

No matter how you think about it, a living person should not be dragged into the fist-sized water outlet, but this absurd scene is happening.

First the feet, then the calves, then the thighs and lower abdomen, bit by bit, like a spider eating its prey.Wang Tianxin's screams stopped, his eyes became dull, as if he had fallen into a strange state of mind, he didn't struggle or refuse, just kept his body stiff, and was dragged into the dark sewer in the end .

Soon, everything will be quiet, and no one will know what happened here.

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Lin Qiushi in his sleep seemed to hear a little noise, but there was a sleeping pill beside him, so he didn't wake up, but turned over a little uneasy.

Ruan Nanzhu hugged him tightly from behind, as if he was holding a child. The scorching temperature passed along his strong chest to Lin Qiushi's back. It was slightly hot, but more reassuring.

This uneasiness was only for a moment, Lin Qiushi changed into a position he liked, and fell asleep again.

The next morning, while eating breakfast, everyone quickly found the missing person. Wang Tianxin, who had always appeared early, had disappeared.

Could it be that Wang Tianxin was also taken away?Lin Qiushi showed Ruan Nanzhu what he typed, should he go and see him?

Ruan Nanzhu: "Okay, let's go and have a look."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

Others were also wondering where Wang Tianxin had gone, and seeing that they were planning to go to Wang Tianxin's residence, several people followed, including Dong Tianwei and her male companion.

Lin Qiushi guessed that Dong Tianwei and her boyfriend should have known each other outside the door, otherwise they wouldn't have such a tacit understanding.But everyone in the door has some secrets, there is no need to expose each other's cards.

Arriving at Wang Tianxin's residence, Ruan Nanzhu easily knocked open his door and saw the empty room.

"No one." Ruan Nanzhu said, "He didn't leave the hotel all day yesterday, and he must have come back at night."

Lin Qiushi walked to the door of the bathroom, held the handle of the bathroom door and gently turned it open. As soon as the door was opened, there was a strange smell in the bathroom.

There was nothing special about the bathroom, and there was no trace of anyone being there, but Lin Qiushi found Wang Tianxin's clothes in it... He seemed to have taken a shower in the bathroom.

"Then it disappeared." Ruan Nanzhu stood behind Lin Qiushi and helped him say what he wanted to say, "The bathroom door was locked from the outside, oh, maybe it wasn't someone."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

"He should be taking a shower in the bathroom, and then something happened." Ruan Nanzhu checked around, his observation skills have always been amazing, and this time was no exception, he quickly discovered the strangeness, "Water outlet It was moved."

"Has the water outlet been moved?" Dong Tianwei felt ridiculous after hearing this, "How can such a big person go out from the water outlet?"

Ruan Nanzhu turned his head and glanced at her, and said in a neutral tone, "Do you think this is the real world?"

Dong Tianwei was dumbfounded.

Indeed, this is impossible in the real world, but they are inside the gate, inside the iron gate where anything can happen.This place is grotesque and full of everything. From this point of view, it seems that it is not incomprehensible that a large living person was pulled out of the water outlet abruptly.

Lin Qiushi thought of the missing person notice that appeared on the square yesterday. It seems that the white paper behind the missing person notice will be replaced with Wang Tianxin's photo...

Ruan Nanzhu got up: "I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Dong Tianwei asked.

Ruan Nanzhu glanced at her: "Call everyone here."

Moments later, the rest of the people gathered in the restaurant of the hotel.

There are only nine of the original 14 people left, and there are two newcomers among the nine. Everyone has different expressions, some are indifferent, some are afraid, and some are curious.

Lin Qiushi continued to pretend to be his little dumb girl, and handed over the job of commentary to Ruan Nanzhu.

Ruan Nanzhu told everyone their deduction directly, and told the location of the key.

Now that a new victim has appeared, as long as one more missing child is found, according to their deduction, the inheritance will continue.

Just when Lin Qiushi was thinking about where the next missing child was, Dong Tianwei said in a low voice: "I have seen the child's body."

"What?" Lin Qiushi was taken aback.

"It's just outside." Dong Tianwei said, "When I got up, I saw the corpse hanging outside... So, does this mean that the inheritance is about to start?"

And they had to take this opportunity to get the metal key inside the ghost's body, otherwise the cycle would repeat, who knew if they would be the next to die.

"You mean we have to kill that ghost?" Someone immediately expressed disapproval after hearing this, "Do you think we can compete with that thing?"

"If you can't, you have to be able." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Or you can choose to wait here to die."

The man said: "Why am I the one who died? What if I'm the last one..."

"No need to worry about it." Ruan Nanzhu raised his chin, his tone was indifferent and arrogant, "I can guarantee that my companion and I will die last, so my bet is [-]/[-], not [-]/[-] .”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

In fact, if someone else was speaking, everyone might wonder if the person was talking nonsense.But Ruan Nanzhu was telling everyone that he was not talking big, whether it was his momentum or his performance inside the door. He must have some cards in his hands.

"I agree with his proposal." Dong Tianwei's voice sounded, she didn't look like an aggressive girl, and her voice was very soft, "Of course, everyone has the right to refuse, and of course, they have to pay the price of rejection. I have found where the door is, and if we succeed in obtaining the key, the monster will definitely be enraged... You can also choose to wait inside." She smiled, her eyes seemed to be Somewhat similar to Ruan Nanzhu, he was full of contempt for those who flinched, "See if you have the ability to spare the monster guarding the door and pass through this door."

Lin Qiushi looked at her, and suddenly felt that the more powerful people in this door seemed to have something in common, such as Li Dongyuan, and Dong Tianwei who was hiding in front of her eyes... I don't know when she found the door to go out.

Whispering was passed among the crowd, and soon everyone gave their own answers.

Some people chose not to go, while others chose to go. What surprised Lin Qiushi was that the two newcomers who had just entered the door were brave and decided to follow them to get the keys.

"Can you confirm their specific inheritance time?" Dong Tianwei asked Ruan Nanzhu.

Ruan Nanzhu: "I don't know the specifics. According to the last calculation, it should be tomorrow, but in order to prevent accidents, it is best to go there in advance and guard."

"That's right." Dong Tianwei said, "Let's go to the kitchen first and see if there are any usable weapons."

A group of people went to the kitchen and found some handy tools.

Lin Qiushi got a sharp bone-piercing knife and was studying it with his head down. Dong Tianwei walked up behind him, lightly pressed his shoulder, and laughed softly: "Little dumb girl, this thing is not suitable for you. .”

Lin Qiushi's eyes showed doubts.

Dong Tianwei said: "You are suitable for wearing a beautiful skirt and watching quietly from the side. Although it can't be called regrettable, it is enough."

This sounded very strange, and when she said this, Dong Tianwei's hand gently rubbed Lin Qiushi's shoulder, and Lin Qiushi couldn't help but think about it because of the ambiguous movement. He was about to retreat, but Ruan Nanzhu acted like a protector Zizhi walked in front of him and said coldly, "Don't touch my people."

Dong Tianwei didn't bother, she showed regret, said something sorry, turned around and left.

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu and was about to ask Dong Tianwei what he meant, but Ruan Nanzhu pinched his chin and warned in a low voice: "Don't make love, you are mine."

Lin Qiushi: ...Boss, are you so happy just acting?

Ruan Nanzhu: "Did you hear that?"

What else can Lin Qiushi say, he can only nod his head, although his expression is that I really have nothing to do with you.

Ruan Nanzhu was actually smiling, but he finished his lines pretending to be serious and dedicated.Lin Qiushi secretly thought in his heart that Ruan Nanzhu should like Dong Tianwei very much, after all, there are not many passers-by who can provide him with space these days.

Everyone had almost armed themselves. In order to prevent accidents, Lin Qiushi specially found tape to wrap the weapons with his hands.After all, after watching so many movies, he has seen a lot of this kind of plot where the weapon is knocked out and then counter-killed after the unsuccessful attempt to kill.

Among the nine people, two chose to wait to die in the hotel.

When they saw them leave, the expressions of these two people were quite complicated. One of them wanted to say something, but everyone treated them with a very indifferent attitude and didn't pay attention at all.

It was just dawn, and the surrounding fog was at its thickest.

With his excellent memory, Ruan Nanzhu led everyone to find the path they walked yesterday, and headed towards the ruins.

Fortunately, there is only one road here, and there is no such thing as getting lost.

Lin Qiushi walked beside Ruan Nanzhu, carefully observing the surroundings.What he is more worried about now is the ghost without a hat, and he doesn't know how that ghost exists in the small town and what it means.

After walking for a while, the ruins Ruan Nanzhu mentioned appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone looked calm, knowing that Ruan Nanzhu should not have lied.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at the time and said, "Just wait, I don't know when he will come."

So everyone waited quietly.

Waiting for people in such a ruined environment is really not a pleasant thing. The only good news is that there are enough of them, so there is no need to be too afraid.

Lin Qiushi sat next to Ruan Nanzhu and played with his mobile phone with his head down. Ruan Nanzhu also looked at the fog in front of him and wondered what he was thinking.

Time passed by, and everything was immersed in silence.

Waiting from morning to afternoon, seeing twilight on the horizon, just when someone was about to be unable to hold back, a figure appeared in the mist... It was Wang Tianxin who disappeared last night.

He seemed to have just come from a small town, with no expression on his face, and he was far from his usual self.After he walked to the ruins, he stopped and began to wait for something.

Seeing this scene, everyone held their breath and continued to observe.

Soon, the slender ghost that Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu had seen before also appeared. He was still wearing a suit and a top hat. His slender hands and feet moved slowly on the ground, and finally stopped in front of Wang Tianxin.

"Get ready." Ruan Nanzhu said in a low voice.

Everyone raised their spirits, and Lin Qiushi squeezed the sharp weapon in his hand heavily.

Ghosting raised his hand, as Ruan Nanzhu expected, he raised his hand to hold the gentleman's hat on his head, and then began to use force, trying to take the hat off his head.

Although this scene was horrific, Ruan Nanzhu had vaccinated everyone in advance, so everyone only paled and did not overreact.

Ghosting used more and more force, and finally tore the top hat off his scalp abruptly. Just when he was about to hand the top hat to Wang Tianxin, Ruan Nanzhu gave an order: "Go!" rushed over.

The ghost seemed to be frightened by the sudden appearance of the crowd, he took a few steps back, let out an angry roar, grabbed the two of them with his slender hands, and fell heavily to the side.

Lin Qiushi dodged Ghost Shadow's hand and set his target on the top hat. Wang Tianxin didn't seem to care about the surrounding situation at all, and kept his eyes on the top hat. Seeing this, Lin Qiushi swooped and grabbed the top hat in his hand.

"Give it to me!!" Wang Tianxin shouted angrily.

Lin Qiushi grabbed the top hat and ran away, followed by Wang Tianxin, looking as if he was going to tear Lin Qiushi to pieces.

At the same time, other people have started a war with the ghost. The ghost is so powerful that normal people are no match for him at all.But fortunately, after losing his top hat, his strength began to decline rapidly.

His body began to wither, as if the flesh and blood were continuously evaporating, leaving only a layer of wrinkled skin.

Ruan Nanzhu stopped the crowd who were still about to charge up, and said, "It's alright, stay away from him——Qiuqiu, come to me!"

Lin Qiushi slipped away from Wang Tianxin all the way with his top hat like walking a dog. Now he was relieved to hear Ruan Nanzhu's call, and hurried towards Ruan Nanzhu's side.It's also thanks to him exercising regularly, otherwise he would have died countless times when encountering this kind of thing.

Wang Tianxin completely ignored the people around him, and his only goal was the top hat in Lin Qiushi's hand.

This time Ruan Nanzhu didn't show mercy, and directly stabbed him in the foot.

Wang Tianxin screamed in pain, but Lin Qiushi noticed that there was no blood flowing from his wound at all—Wang Tianxin should not be human anymore.

Ruan Nanzhu also saw Wang Tianxin's wound and made a judgment in his heart. After Wang Tianxin was injured, his speed did not slow down. Instead, he tried to rush towards Lin Qiushi as if he was irritated.

Ruan Nanzhu sneered, swung the sharp blade in his hand, and cut off Wang Tianxin's head directly.

But after Wang Tianxin's head fell to the ground, his body continued to move independently, and his eyes stared at Ruan Nanzhu with a look of resentment.

"I found the key!!" Dong Tianwei's voice came, "Come on, let's go back to town!"

Ruan Nanzhu asked, "Where is the door?"

Dong Tianwei said: "Under the square notice board!"

After getting the key, the group cheered and ran towards the town. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu ignored Wang Tianxin and ran quickly behind the crowd.

Everyone was out of breath when they ran to the small town, but when they arrived at the square of the small town, they were stunned by the sight before them.

I saw a tall figure in front of the notice board in the small town. The figure was wearing black clothes and had slender hands and feet. The only difference was that he didn't wear the black top hat.At this time, he was grinning, showing the rows of fine teeth, and showing them a weird smile...

Dong Tianwei lost her voice when she saw this thing: "How could there be another——"

Just as she was speaking, the ghost reached out and grabbed one of them directly, then threw it high, and threw that person into the sky.

There was a clatter, the sound of a human body falling. The person who was thrown into the sky was very unlucky, and lost his breath immediately after landing on the back of his head.

"Give it back to me..." Ghost Ying said three words, and then fixed his eyes on Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi looked down and found that the black top hat that had been thrown away just now appeared in his hand again at some point.

Ruan Nanzhu grabbed the hat and said to Dong Tianwei, "Go and open the door, I'll lead him away!"

Dong Tianwei gritted her teeth and nodded heavily.

The author has something to say: Ghost Shadow: Hold it high, hold it high.

Everyone: ... People want money for being cute, but you are dying for being cute.