The Big Devil and the Cookie

"W-what's the situation?" Malone clutched Ludwig's clothes tightly, looking around in panic.

"The stairs are in disrepair," Ludwig replied.

"Ugh! Why are you hugging me!" Malone suddenly noticed something wrong with their posture.

"You let me hug you." Ludwig tilted his head slightly.

"I asked you to hold my arm! I'll hold you so you don't squat!" exclaimed Malone.

"Oh." Ludwig stopped immediately, and Malone fell on his back with a "bang".

"Ouch, my waist..." Malone rubbed his waist angrily, followed Ludwig, and the two continued to walk forward.

At this time, a terrified scream suddenly pierced the silence.

The two looked at each other and ran towards the direction of the screams.

There is a situation!

The two of them ran halfway, and saw the braided one of the two girls they met in the living room before, slowly retreating from a room with a face full of horror.

"Ah!!!" Turning her head and seeing Ludwig and Malone, she screamed again and ran away.

"Hahaha, there won't be any ghosts in the room." Ma Long laughed dryly, his complexion was not very good.

"Go and have a look." Ludwig said, he keenly caught the fresh smell of blood in the air, and the source of the smell of blood was the room where the braided girl ran out of.

When Ludwig and Malone came to the door of the room, they understood why the girl ran away in fear.

On the long dining table, there was a person lying on his back.

This person is none other than the boy who proposed to find food before.

"He's dead," Malone concluded after observing. "Strangled."

"Aren't you afraid?" Ludwig was a little surprised. To be honest, he didn't like to be with cowards. Malone's previous behavior made him a little impatient.

"I'm only afraid of ghosts." Malone scratched the red curly hair. "To be precise, it's the kind of translucent thing that floats around."

"..." Ludwig was inexplicable.The lowest level of the spirit body in the demon world, the attack power is not as strong as the magic plant, so what is so terrible?

[The first level: Blizzard Villa. 】

[Test objective: Identify the murderer and bring him to justice. 】

"Uh... did you hear something just now?" Malone looked into the air, "It seems... the exam has just begun."

Ludwig didn't answer, he stared at the corpse on the dining table.

"Oops, will the murderer abscond in fear of crime? Let's go to the front door to see!" Malone went to grab Ludwig's wrist, but it was in vain. He stared at his hand in a daze, strangely, It was so close just now, why didn't I catch it?

Ludwig avoided Malone's claws without a trace, his eyes fell on the half-curled hands of the corpse, the smell of blood came from here, was the corpse's hands injured?

At this time, what Ludwig and Malone did was projected from multiple angles to Tang Bing's holographic projection room on the top floor of the Central Hospital.

Light and shadow intertwined in the air to create a lifelike picture, accurately and synchronously conveying everything that Ludwig experienced. Tang Bing stood aside and looked at the two blind candidates with a smile.

"The so-called Blizzard Villa is a mode commonly used in suspense reasoning, also known as the 'island mode'. In a completely closed environment that cannot communicate with the outside world, a group of people are temporarily stranded here, unable to leave, unable to contact The outside world is watching one murder case after another." Tang Yao's voice was not emotional, he recited the encyclopedia instructions, and added, "For book lovers, the pass rate of such a mock exam is 0.09. %."

"And you passed." Tang Bing smiled.

"Because my ability is memory and data analysis." Tang Yao said lightly, "They are armed forces, and the average IQ of book pets is 80, which is at the lower middle level among human beings. They are capable of the most advanced logical reasoning in the human brain. , the book pet can be said to be helpless, so the Blizzard Villa level is also called the hell level level in the mock exam."

"It's really interesting." Tang Bing said with a smile, "With a 5.00% chance, he was drawn by my little guy. It seems that his luck is not as good as expected."

"Although the mock exam is said to be randomly selected, there are traces to follow in essence. As long as the data is calculated, you can guess what the next level will be." Tang Yao said.

Tang Bing smiled without saying a word.

Tang Yao's eyes shifted to Tang Bing: "...So the master told him to retreat in spite of difficulties."

Tang Bing didn't answer the question, but started another topic: "What do you think they will do next?"

"Watching the civilians die one by one, the killer pretending to be a civilian also faked his death and escaped. The remaining two suspect each other, kill each other, and fail the exam."

In the virtual light and shadow, Ludwig leaned forward and opened the curled up right hand of the corpse. There was a wound scratched by a sharp weapon. It was very small, and it would be difficult to find it without careful inspection.

"Huh?" Tang Bing raised his eyebrows, "It seems that our little guy found the first clue."

The simulated examination room, Blizzard Villa.

Murder scene.

A sound of messy footsteps came from the door of the room, and the two girls and the only remaining boy appeared there, and the braided girl cried, "It's them!"

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Malone immediately turned his head, with his hands behind his back, and grabbed Ludwig, signaling him not to touch the corpse in public.

"I went out to look for the toilet, but I didn't expect to see... woo woo..." The braided girl blocked her mouth with her fist, trembling with fright.

"It's okay, just take your time." The other girl with short hair that reached her ears obviously calmed down a bit. She lightly patted the braided girl's shoulder and comforted her softly.

"I saw Xiao Liu and Xiao Liu dead. I was very scared and ran out from here immediately. When I turned around, I saw the two of them standing there." The braided girl looked at Malone and Ludwig in fear, "There is no one else around here, they, they must have killed Xiao Liu!"

"Wait, stop talking nonsense!" Malone was angry, "Then you ran out of the room, wouldn't you be more suspicious?!"

"You spitting blood! I'm a girl, how can I kill people?" The braided girl immediately retorted sharply.

"Then isn't the guy behind you a boy? He went to find food with your little Liu, why don't you suspect him?" Malone's brain speed was extremely fast at this time.

The girl with braided braids stared, as if she had realized something suddenly, and immediately took a step forward, avoiding the boy behind her, and looked back at him in surprise: "Yes, yes, you obviously walked with Xiao Liu!"

"We separated halfway." The boy smiled wryly, "Besides, Xiao Liu and I are roommates, why should I kill him?"

"I know!" Malone suddenly raised a finger, "There is only one truth."

At this time, Tang Bing frowned slightly outside the virtual screen. Why is the IQ of the book pet in the plot department so high now?

Tang Yao also lowered his head and glanced at the bracelet: "Ma Long, Sun Shaotao's third book favorite from the drama department, the skill is to engrave actions, and the intelligence rating is...C."

"The murderer is hiding somewhere in the villa. He should be a homicidal maniac. The only way we can deal with it now is to follow me and protect everyone!" Malone snapped. He patted his chest, "Don't worry, I have learned a new deadly move, I named it 'Electric Kick', the kick is like lightning, and the hit is like an electric shock, heh heh heh..."

Ludwig: "..." This name is so ugly.

The other three looked at Malone suspiciously, but there was no other way right now. It was true that everyone should not separate. At least, the murderer dared not show up in public because he was afraid of their numbers.

Off-screen, Tang Bing laughed lowly: "The book pets in the drama department are getting more and more stupid."

"...Where is it cute?" Tang Yao remained expressionless.

"How many people do you think they will die?"

"Total extinction."

"Oh? It seems that your opinion has not changed." Tang Bing said with a smile, "I think Xiaolu may behave differently."

In the examination room, everyone gathered together.

"Let's go to the front door now, maybe the murderer has escaped?" Malone suggested.

"No...the blizzard is already very heavy outside, no one can go out in such bad weather, that, that murderer should have been here all the time." The braided girl said.

"Really?" Malone hesitated.

"The bridge from this cliff to the outside world has been broken by the wind and snow. Even if he can run out, he can't go down the mountain. He can only be frozen to death. Besides, who would walk around outside in such weather? Is it?" The short-haired girl rolled her eyes.

Knowing that the murderer would not escape, Malone was relieved. In this way, his exam goal will be completed soon: "Let's go for a walk, anyway, we are all together, with my protection, we are not afraid of him." .”

"But... that murderer might be hiding here." The braided girl was still very scared, "And we haven't believed you yet, in case you..."

"Gulu~" Someone's stomach growled.

Ludwig, who had been silent all this time, said at this moment: "Aren't you going to find something to eat?"

"That's right," Malone cast a grateful glance at Ludwig, "I don't know how long this snowstorm will last, let's look around for food."

Everyone acted collectively and walked for most of the day, but it was safe and sound, and nothing went wrong.

However, there was no food to be found.

"We won't starve to death here..." the braided girl sobbed again.

"No." The short-haired girl put her arms around her shoulders and comforted her in a low voice.

"I..." The braided girl suddenly lowered her voice, and whispered something close to the short-haired girl's ear.

"Well, it's best not to act separately, or let them go together and wait outside." The short-haired girl said.

"Okay, okay." The braided girl blushed.

Ma Long turned around suspiciously, and after questioning, he realized that the girl with braided braids had been holding herself back from going to the bathroom, and that she was in a hurry to urinate, so they collectively moved to the door of the bathroom on the second floor, just as everyone needed to solve their physical problems, Then they temporarily dispersed at the door of the toilet.

Malone thought, with just a few partition doors, there shouldn't be any trouble.

He was humming a little song while squatting on the toilet. Since he knew that the focus of the mission was to find the murderer, not hide and seek with ghosts, his mood improved a lot.

Squatting and squatting, Malone suddenly saw a pair of familiar feet walking under the fender, obviously walking out: "Ludwig, are you done? Wait for me a while!"

Ludwig walked out without making a sound.

Malone's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Ludwig discovered something?That's right, Ludwig also looked at the corpse's hand, there seemed to be something in the palm...?No, no, he had to catch up to see what happened.

Malone immediately lifted his trousers and chased him out.

He saw Ludwig's figure at the door, and he entered the opposite door—is that the women's toilet?

"Tut tsk tsk." Malone shook his head, "I didn't expect you to be this kind of Ludwig."

After tsk, he also walked to the door of the women's toilet, hesitating whether to go in, when he heard a scream from inside.

"Ah! You, why did you come in?" It was the short-haired girl's voice.

"Exam." Ludwig said two words briefly, and there was a loud "bang" in the women's room.

Malone rushed in, and saw that the broken water pipe was spraying water, and the girl with short hair was covered in water, staring at the toilet door in panic.

On the other side of the toilet door, a girl with braids was sitting on the ground, half of her face was dripping with blood, and the glaring scarlet stretched down her forehead and neck. The amount of bleeding seemed to be dying.

Apart from the two of them, Ludwig was the only one left in the women's room. It was self-explanatory who the murderer was.

Malone immediately rushed up and twisted the short-haired girl's arm, pressing her against the wall: "Okay, the murderer turned out to be you—!"

"Are you crazy?" The short-haired girl struggled desperately, "Of course not me!"

"Who else would it be if it wasn't you!" Malone roared, "There is no third...fourth, no, fifth person here! Isn't it, Ludwig?" Malone looked at Ludwig proudly go.

Unexpectedly, Ludwig did not say a word, picked up a broken water pipe from the ground, dragged it towards the girl with twisted braids covered in blood, and the metal end scratched the ground, making a piercing sound.

The girl with braided braids showed horror and her face was as pale as paper: "Help, save me..."

What's the situation? ?Malone was completely stunned. His first reaction was that Ludwig was the murderer. However, when the murderer committed the murder for the first time, Ludwig was clearly with him, so how could he be divided into two people? ?What the hell is going on here? ?Malone's head was completely bewildered.

"You killed people." Ludwig fixedly stared at the braided girl.

"???" Malone felt that his auditory hallucinations were a little serious.

The short-haired girl also looked over there in amazement, obviously the braided girl was seriously injured, how could she be a murderer?

The braided girl also stared blankly at Ludwig, she seemed to be about to faint under the serious injury and blow.

[Candidate 101892 identifies the murderer, please state the reason. 】

The electronic sound of the system sounded in the women's toilet and was transmitted to the holographic projection room at the same time.

"Impossible..." Tang Yao finally showed a surprised expression. He looked at the influence in the void, opened his lips slightly, and muttered to himself, "Based on his intelligence rating, it is impossible to find the murderer after only one person dies. Yes, he should be... just guessing."

"But he guessed right." Tang Bing touched his chin, as if he found it very interesting.

"This does not conform to the data calculation, the probability...it shouldn't be like this, it should be completely wiped out." Tang Yao sweated on his forehead, with a look of fear on his face, "I, did I make a mistake? Impossible, the data is You can't go wrong!"

Tang Yao, who has always been calm and rational, is most afraid of making mistakes.Seeing this, Tang Bing frowned slightly and said, "Go out."

"No, I don't believe it. I want to see how he states the reasons. It is absolutely impossible for him to judge through such a small wound that it was the wound left by the victim who caught the murderer's hairpin while struggling!" Tang Yao stared at it intently. There is no real Ludwig in the void, "In order to cover up the break of the hairpin, the murderer deliberately pretended to be injured, so that no one would suspect her...and the scratches in her hair!——These, one Ordinary book pets, absolutely can't tell!"

silence.

Ludwig was silent.

The electronic voice began to urge: [Candidate 101895, please state the reason, otherwise the designation will be considered invalid and the exam will fail. 】

"How could she be the murderer, Ludwig, are you crazy?" Malone was about to be driven crazy by him.

The short-haired girl looked over in confusion, and even the boy who ran in later was waiting for Ludwig's answer.

[The countdown starts, 10, 9, 8...]

"Intuition." Ludwig said, staring at the braided girl.