Roster of Demons

The public lecture was arranged in the school's cultural auditorium. It was still early, and there were no people in the auditorium, only a few students who looked like officers of the student union were setting up the venue.

There is a distribution map of the teaching buildings at the entrance of the auditorium. Gu Zhen looked up from the bottom and found the location of teaching building No. 7 where the Department of Acupuncture and Massage is located.

This university of traditional Chinese medicine in the city is well-known throughout the country. It occupies a large area, and the teaching area is completely separated from the living area. In addition to the standard facilities and libraries equipped for teaching, there are also several sports venues.

Teaching Building No. 7 is at the northeast corner of the school, 10 minutes walk from the Cultural Auditorium.It was very hot outside at this time, and Gu Zhen didn't meet anyone along the way.

Under the teaching building is a monument with the words "School of Traditional Chinese Medicine" written on it.Outside the gate is a row of glass windows for student cultural promotion, in which are posted various activities and announcements throughout the semester.

The time is recursive from left to right, and the scholarship notice at the beginning of the semester is posted on the far left.

Gu Zhen found the sophomore group along the list, and Jing Qianyao's name was ranked first. The various bonuses added up to a considerable sum, enough for a student's school and living expenses for a year.

Further to the right is a photo wall with brief introductions and life photos of the special scholarship winners in each grade.

Introduce the advantages, summarize the disadvantages, list the specialties and hobbies, and finally look forward to the future.Gu Zhen glanced at it briefly, and took a picture with his mobile phone.

The profiles of each winner are similar, but what caught his attention was the life photos attached to the profiles.

The photo of Jing Qianyao placed in the window is a Polaroid.In the photo, she is wearing sportswear and a sun hat, flying a waterfowl kite by the lake.

Gu Zhen passed by Yuanshan Lake every day on his way to and from get off work, and immediately recognized the place where the girl was flying the kite, which was by a bridge not far from his home.

And in the blank space under the photo, there is a line of small characters, writing the date of shooting and the name of the photographer.

"Kite?" Gu Zhen thought, "Is there any special meaning?"

The two-word message that Jingwei once conveyed to Little Crow was "Kite".

If Little Crow hadn't told him in advance, Gu Zhen wouldn't have noticed what the girl was doing when he saw this photo.

But for now, that commonality is useless.

Gu Zhen glanced at the time, there was still half an hour left before the lecture started, so he decided to go back to the lecture first.

When we arrived at the Cultural Auditorium, there were still 10 minutes before the start. There were already many people in the venue, and nearly two-thirds of the seats were full.The lecture was open to the whole school, and the person who arranged the venue thoughtfully divided the seats into large blocks, and posted the name of the college on the outside of each row of seats.

Gu Zhen touched the seating area where the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine was located, squinted his eyes slightly, and scanned around like a radar, finding an empty seat near the door that was convenient for retreating.

Beside him is a stylishly dressed long-haired girl, wearing make-up to give the effect of plain makeup, alone, without a companion, keeping her head down and quickly replying to the phone messages.

When Gu Zhen sat down, the girl was attracted by the noise and looked up, then her gaze stayed on Gu Zhen's face for two seconds.

Judging from Gu Zhen's years of experience on campus, the girl's first impression of him is good.

"Hello." Gu Zhen took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

The girl didn't expect him to say hello, and turned her head with some doubts: "Hello? I haven't seen you before."

"From other schools, come join in the fun." Gu Zhen smiled, "This is the first time I've heard this type of lecture. Is there anything I should pay attention to?"

The girl didn't answer directly, but asked him: "How is your grade?"

Gu Zhen shook her head truthfully: "It's not very good."

"Understood." The girl raised her head and thought for a while, then said, "Don't snore."

The girl was quite funny, Gu Zhen laughed and started chatting nonsense with her.

"Acupuncture and Tuina?" When the girl named her major, Gu Zhen was taken aback. She didn't expect her luck to be quite good today, and she won the first prize as soon as she came. "I heard that there is a girl in your department. Yue disappeared?"

"Hey, it's all rumored to have gone to a foreign school." The girl was also a little surprised, and then lowered her voice, "The missing girl is in the same grade as me, and the class next door, usually only takes public classes together. This matter Random rumors are not allowed in the school, but it is certain that a big living person has been lost for nothing, and there will be uproar. The police have already come, and they can't hide it if they want to. Everyone is chatting in private."

"Is there any inside story?" Gu Zhen showed a curious look.

"Some people guessed that she was seeking revenge." The girl said, "Nonsense, this girl is very good at studying, and she is also a very nice person. Basically, everyone I know likes her."

"Maybe someone is jealous of her receiving so many scholarships?" Gu Zhen raised a possibility.

"It's about tens of thousands of yuan. Those who can't get it, those who are jealous, can at most say a few words behind their backs. There are only a few people who are really involved in the scholarship. When the police came, they checked them one by one." The girl said, "I didn't see any Which one was taken away."

"So there's no news yet?" Gu Zhen asked, "Did you never come back?"

The girl shook her head.

Gu Zhen snorted, not knowing what else to ask.

At this time, someone in the back seat patted Gu Zhen's back, and a boy with a few streaks of yellow hair stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Are you talking about the school bully who disappeared last month?"

"Yes." Gu Zhen said, "There is no result of the chat."

"It's right if you can't talk about it." Huang Mao is obviously a person who is keen on gossip. He looked around furtively, and then said to Gu Zhen pretending to be mysterious, "It's not a person who took that girl away."

Gu Zhen's heart skipped a beat, could this boy...

"It's the water ghost." Huang Mao added grimly, "She was spotted by the water ghost and dragged away."

"Ah?" Gu Zhen's face was full of question marks.

"When you say that, it seems really possible?" The girl turned around, thoughtful.

"I don't understand what you are talking about at all." Gu Zhen said, "How can there be ghosts in this world."

It's bad enough to have monsters, but another species will keep people alive!

"Don't believe me, I've seen it with my own eyes, it's so mysterious." The girl thought of something, with lingering fears in her heart, "Xiaoyao, hey, that's the girl. I took swimming lessons with me this semester."

The little crow gave Gu Zhen a popular science. Legend has it that Jingwei is a bird that turned into a bird after Yandi's daughter drowned in the East China Sea. She is especially afraid of water.It's fine to fly a waterfowl kite by the lake, after all, she doesn't need to touch the water, and she still takes swimming lessons?

"Did you choose your physical education class?" Gu Zhen asked.

"Yes. Freshmen and sophomores have physical education classes every semester. You have to go to the academic affairs website to choose by yourself. If there are too many subjects to sign up for, you may be squeezed out, and you can only take designated courses. I chose it myself, and she was transferred. Yes." The girl said, "She is really not suitable for swimming, and she almost didn't come out of the water on the first day."

"The water in the swimming pool is not deep, is it?" Gu Zhen said.

"Yeah. How else can I say it's mysterious." The girl said, "In the shallow water area, the water only reaches her chest when she stands up. It's as if something is holding her under the water, and she can't get up. Two lifeguards went down, and it took a long time." Pull her hard to come up."

"I know this!" Huang Mao who was sitting behind added excitedly, "Someone posted a video on the intranet. Although it was deleted in seconds, I have saved it."

Huang Mao took out his phone and rummaged through it, and quickly clicked on a video, which was placed in the gap between Gu Zhen and the girl, and showed it to them.

The video is half a minute long, and the screen is a little shaken, but it is not difficult to see the thrilling at that time.

After watching the video, the girl sighed with emotion: "Xiaoyao had swimming lessons in the morning when she disappeared. I remember very clearly that she also went to the swimming pool. But the teacher didn't dare to let her go into the water, so she warmed up on the sidelines. She seemed to be unwell that day, and left without finishing get out of class."

"This kind of police should be able to investigate?" Gu Zhen asked uncertainly.

"How could it be possible not to investigate? I have been to the swimming pool several times." The girl said, "But no matter whether the investigation finds out clues or not, the result is that the person has not returned yet."

Gu Zhen: "So..."

"So the biggest possibility is that this girl was dragged away by the water ghost." Huang Mao added in due course.

Gu Zhen: "..."

The three chatted mysteriously for a while, and stopped after the opening time.

Gu Zhen couldn't understand it. The old Chinese doctor was giving lectures on it, so he started from the beginning and sorted out the information he had gleaned all afternoon.

The monster didn't find anything unusual, only that Jingwei left a two-word message to the little crow before he disappeared.

As for ordinary people, the police must have all the clues he can ask, and they are definitely much more comprehensive than what he has.The ones that should be checked must have been checked.

So, what is there that ordinary people can't track down, but monsters will miss?

As Gu Zhen turned the pen, she felt dizzy.

He hasn't used his brain much since he was a child, and it's really difficult for him to think about such a complicated issue.

Jingwei, kites, water ghosts, swimming lessons...

Wait a moment.

Gu Zhen stopped turning the pen, as if he had touched something.It's a pity that I seriously think about it, but I can't remember it.

He simply closed his eyes, squeezed out everything in his mind, and sorted it out again.

Swimming lessons, Jingwei, messages, stray dogs...

Wait a moment! ! !

Jingwei left a message to Little Crow before she disappeared—thinking about it from another angle, she knew in advance that she was in danger? !

Jingwei and Little Crow had only known each other for half a day, and they left him a message before they disappeared, so it must be during this time that Jingwei found out that something was wrong.

She found that she had no ability to cope, so she asked Little Crow for help.But before the time the two agreed to meet, and without the contact information of the little crow, the stray dog ​​demon could only send a message.

To send out a distress signal in such a short period of time, and to leave clues, the hidden clues can only be in the places she passed by that day.

Jingwei is a bird, and the little crow is also a bird.

Is there any place on her established route that ordinary people will ignore, and monsters will not consider it?

There is only one answer - swimming pool!

Ordinary people can't find it, but monsters don't even think about it because they know Jingwei's habits!But the little crow has seen Jingwei fly a waterfowl kite, so she left such a message.

Kite = water bird kite = water = swimming pool

It's a pity that after all the calculations, Little Crow would not be willing to deal with people. I have been looking for her for so long, and I didn't even think about asking people, so I couldn't think of it from a kite to a swimming pool!

Only Gu Zhen, who gets along well with people and the little crow at the same time, can connect all these together!

Gu Zhen turned the brightness of the phone to the lowest level, sorted out the information gathered all afternoon and sent it to Little Crow.

One final addition: You can check the ceiling of the swimming pool.