Please charm this NPC

With a casual sigh, the investigators withdrew their cheap sympathy. Shi Shiran stood at the door of the villa, waiting for his little partner to open the door for him.

About 10 minutes later, the gate of the villa was opened, and Wang Xucheng appeared in front of them anxiously.

Ran Wenyu and Yang Ping suddenly realized something was wrong: "What's wrong?!"

"It's Xie Tan, he was also revenged by the cat." Wang Xucheng had a weird expression on his face, and he didn't know whether he was relieved or worried about the uncontrolled development of the plot.

Hearing what Wang Xucheng said, Ran Wenyu and Yang Ping immediately became anxious. The three of them hurried into the villa, and then saw the unconscious Xie Tan on the stairs on the first floor.

"I checked him just now. He should have rolled down the stairs on the second floor." Wang Xucheng sighed, "I gave him first aid, and his life is not in danger for the time being, but he may have knocked his head, so he couldn't wake up " After a pause, he pointed to Xie Tan, who was in a strange posture, "Besides, his left leg was broken, his right shoulder was dislocated, and there were dozens of scratches on his body. Judging from the size of the scratches and this module Judging by the subject matter, I feel I can be reasonably sure that it was left by the cat."

Following Wang Xucheng's instructions, the investigators circled around Xie Tan and fully agreed with his speculation.

Xie Tan looked quite embarrassed, he was wearing silk pajamas, it must have happened suddenly while he was sleeping.His feet were bare. The investigators found his two slippers on the road from the master bedroom of the villa to the stairs on the second floor, which proved that Xie Tan ran all the way from his bedroom to the stairs in a panic, and even lost his slippers on the way. I don't even care about being run away.Under such circumstances, it is not incomprehensible for Xie Tan to step on the ground and fall down the stairs.

As for what scares him so much, just look at the large and small scratches all over his body.

"...Is that the black cat?" Yang Ping frowned.

"I don't think so." Ran Wenyu shook his head, "From last night to this morning, that black cat has been staying in the teacher's manor."

"But it can run back to the villa while you're sleeping, right?" Yang Ping asked back.

Ran Wenyu pondered for a moment: "Although I think it is unlikely, it cannot be completely ruled out."

"If we had known that something would happen to Xie Tan last night, we shouldn't have been so stubborn, and we should have lived with the cheek." Yang Ping sighed, "Now, I feel that the situation is more complicated—revenge by the cat, could it be that Xie Tan is also in private Ever abused a cat?"

"Since we missed the important plot last night, the only way we know now is to ask Xie Tan directly." Ran Wenyu took out his phone, "First of all, we have to wake him up, or should I call an ambulance?"

"...If the ambulance comes, how should we explain it?" Wang Xucheng had a headache, "Don't forget, we broke into the house through the window this time."

"However, if we wake him up, do you think Xie Tan won't sue us for trespassing? He was already holding on to our pigtails because we lost his son. This time, he probably won't let us go." I won't let it go." Ran Wenyu shrugged his shoulders.

"This is simply revenge!" Yang Ping was indignant.

"Anyway, for people like Xie Tan, I think it's safer to assume the worst." Ran Wenyu sighed.

Murder is not enough, and imprisonment is not enough. After discussing for a long time, the investigators found no better way. In the end, they decided to go the regular way, so as not to make mistakes again and again. .

Of course, before calling an ambulance, Wang Xucheng dug out the villa key he had returned to Xie Tan yesterday, pretending that he had not returned it.

The ambulance arrived soon, and the well-trained medical staff carried Wang Xucheng into the ambulance, and the investigators followed closely behind.

The whole treatment process was very quick. Two hours later, the investigators waiting in the hospital corridor were told by the doctor that Xie Tan was awake, but due to the trauma to his head, his thinking was a little confused.

After getting the doctor's permission, the investigators entered Xie Tan's ward, and saw Xie Tan who was covered in gauze all over his body, with his left leg hanging high, looking even more embarrassed.

Although Xie Tan had woken up, he was still in a trance.The investigators swayed in front of him and called a few times, but none of them caught Xie Tan's attention—he seemed to be completely immersed in his own world, indifferent to everything around him.

Xie Tan in this state obviously couldn't answer the investigators' questions, and everyone was at a loss for a moment.Yang Ping thought for a moment, then poked Ran Wenyu: "Wenyu, why don't you use the magic of the 'Wizard Token'?"

Ran Wenyu was also considering the feasibility of this magic, and nodded immediately upon hearing this.

KP: [Ran Wenyu uses the magic "Wizard Token" on Xie Tan, which consumes 1 point of mana and 1 point of sanity.Since Xie Tan is currently in a state of confusion, unable to resist willpower, the magic will automatically succeed.Investigator Ran Wenyu can issue an order to Xie Tan. 】

The investigators' eyes lit up immediately.Ran Wenyu couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me, what happened last night?"

Xie Tan's originally dazed eyes became more and more empty. He muttered to himself, his anger was like gossamer, forcing the investigators to lean over and stick to his mouth, so that they could hear what he said more clearly. .

Xie Tan: "...a black cat, it's a black cat...it broke into my house suddenly, and attacked me like crazy...it was it, it was it...I wanted to escape, but I fell down the stairs, black cat! Black cat! "

Xie Tan spoke incoherently. As he recalled the horrible scene last night, his emotions gradually became agitated, and he even struggled to get up from the hospital bed, shivering into a ball.

The ward suddenly became chaotic. Doctors and nurses rushed over, and it took a long time to finally control Xie Tan and stabilize his emotions. The investigators were naturally kicked out of the ward, scolded bloody, and ordered They are not allowed to disturb Xie Tan's recuperation until Xie Tan is really awake.

After escaping from the hospital in an extremely embarrassing situation, the investigators breathed a sigh of relief when they got into the car.

"So, it is indeed that black cat?" Yang Ping was extremely puzzled, "It ran to seek revenge on Xie Tan in the middle of the night? Could it be that Xie Tan also participated in cat abuse? Or, the black cat also thinks that Xie Tan is the culprit?"

The investigators were puzzled. They always felt that a simple module with a clear main line had developed to the present, but the plot became more and more confusing.

"Next, what should we do? Xie Tan was seriously injured and hospitalized and lost consciousness. Do we need to continue to track down Xie Yunyuan's whereabouts?" Wang Xucheng scratched his hair, "If we want to investigate, where should we start?"

Admittedly, this is another unsolvable problem.

Now, there are more and more puzzles, and it is definitely impossible for the group to get together. They have to bite the bullet and continue to investigate, but they have lost the way forward.

"...Let's go back to Xie Tan's villa again." Ran Wenyu suggested after a long time.Facing the puzzled eyes of his friends, he expressed his thoughts, "Chen Jiling said, Xie Yunyuan buried the cat in the backyard, and I want to dig it out to see."

Yang Ping and Wang Xucheng stared at Ran Wenyu with horror on their faces.

Ran Wenyu scratched his cheek: "What, what's wrong?"

"That cat is buried in the ground, why don't you dig it out?" Yang Ping frowned, "Aren't you afraid that the black cat will retaliate against you?"

Ran Wenyu hesitated for a moment: "It's human's way of saying that it's safe to put a cat in the ground. Do cats... pay attention to this? I just think that we have nothing else to do now. Since Chen Jiling mentioned that cat, maybe it is also a thing that can be explored." plot point?"

Yang Ping was thoughtful.

"Let's do it this way." Wang Xucheng made a final decision, nodded, and then started the car.

"You two are really not afraid of being targeted by black cats?" Yang Ping smiled wryly.

Wang Xucheng hooked the corners of his lips and glanced at Ran Wenyu with meaningful eyes.

——This is a capable person who has successfully charmed the black cat. With Ran Wenyu around, no matter how angry the black cat is, it is probably just a small toss and won't really hit them hard.

There were three investigators, two to one, and the minority obeyed the majority. Even if Yang Ping was full of resistance, she had to follow Wang Xucheng and Ran Wenyu to the backyard of Xie Tan's villa.

The backyard of the villa is relatively large, but according to Chen Jiling's description, she was standing behind the bedroom window and could see Xie Yunyuan's every move clearly, which also gave the investigators a general scope of excavation.

Yang Ping was unwilling to dig the cat, so Ran Wenyu asked her to go to the master bedroom to show them the approximate direction.The investigators originally thought that this would be a laborious task that would take a lot of time, but they did not expect to follow Yang Ping's command to turn around and quickly locked on to the excavation site.

There is only one nanny in Xie Tan's villa, and it is already the limit to keep the villa's rooms clean, and he really doesn't have the energy to take care of the big backyard.Therefore, the backyard is almost overgrown with weeds, and all kinds of tenacious plants grow wildly without any scruples. However, there is not much plant in one area, which seems to be the result of frequent turning of the soil.

This land is hidden in the lush vegetation, and it will not be discovered by others. Only after pulling away the messy plants, can we get a glimpse of this strangeness.

Ran Wenyu and Wang Xucheng looked at each other and immediately decided to start here.

They had previously found tools such as shovels in the storage room of the villa, and now they were digging very quickly.Seeing that they had discovered something so quickly, Yang Ping couldn't help running down curiously to watch.

After digging a few shovels, the investigators felt that they touched something different from the soil.

Not daring to continue digging, Ran Wenyu and Wang Xucheng put on thick gloves, squatted down, and carefully dug with bare hands. What they dug up next surprised everyone.

——They originally thought they would dig out a cat's skeleton, but it turned out that there was definitely more than just a cat buried in this pit.

The investigators looked at the piles of bones in the pit, and even the fur that hadn't completely rotted on the top layer, they were all speechless for a while.

They were silent for a long time, and stretched out their hands to carefully take out the complete or fragmented cat carcasses and bones from the pit. Even Yang Ping, who hadn't planned to intervene, put on gloves, squatted down, and took these poor little guys out of the pit. The last thing left was dusted off and placed on the tablecloth that was also taken out of the storage room.

This sorting lasted until the afternoon. Although they were hungry, the investigators had no appetite at all.

Due to the passage of time, the burial place was frequently turned over, so most of the cat's bones were mixed together, and it was impossible to tell who was who.But counting the skulls of cats, there are at least 20 cats buried here.

"What a beast!" Yang Ping squatted next to the pile of small bones, gritted her teeth and cursed, tears fell drop by drop, and she couldn't stop it no matter what.Obviously yesterday she still had some sympathy for the child who was influenced by the original family and went astray, but now, this sympathy has completely vanished.

Ran Wenyu and Wang Xucheng stood beside Yang Ping silently. After a while, seeing that Yang Ping had almost vented her emotions, Ran Wenyu leaned down and patted her shoulder lightly: "Okay, calm down, this is all imitation." Group plot. These cats, like NPCs, don't really exist."

"I know, I just can't help it." Yang Ping raised her red eyes and sniffed, "And, in reality, the same thing must exist, right?"

Ran Wenyu sighed, not knowing how to answer.

At this time, a black cat suddenly jumped from the high courtyard wall, landed lightly and soundlessly, walked to the side of the pile of bones in front of the investigator, lowered its head, and let out a sad "whooping" sound.

As if in response, weeping cat meows came from all directions, sad and melodious, but it made the hairs stand on end.

The investigators couldn't care less about being sad, they all looked up in horror, and then they were shocked to find that there were nearly a hundred cats of different sizes and colors squatting on the wall of the yard, all with their heads down. He looked at them quietly.

Three investigators: "…………………"

——It’s a long life, they won’t be torn apart by this group of cats, right? !