The Game Show of Death: Demons of Reason

The clown boy finished speaking abruptly, making people doubtful.But at the end of the year, he remembered that this face had appeared in newspapers, and he was indeed Carmichael himself.The master does not entertain the guests at the banquet, but runs to the door to tease the guests he invites. It is really hard to figure out what he wants to do.

"Ah, good evening, I'm Neo. How are you doing recently?" Nian Wei already stood up straight and greeted with a smile.

"Welcome, Mr. Neo. I've had a very good time--I mean, although outsiders may think I've had a rough time, it's all superficial, and the new play has given me the mental sate to feed on. As for the fact that I spent a lot of time organizing this banquet to show everyone," Carmichael said.

At the end of the year, I have a doubt, why the premiere of the new drama is not chosen in a theater, but in a private mansion. This is not good for the box office and promotion, right?Could it be that Carmichael has grown weary of audiences and critics, or has he simply failed to negotiate the release of his script with theaters?Nian Weiji thought so, but didn't ask. "I want to quietly observe Carmichael's expressions and movements to see if he has any hidden emotions." Nian Weiji said in a low voice.

[Through "Psychological" secret cast--you find that Carmichael's tone is agitated, with an unexplainable fanaticism, and at the same time he is very nervous and restless, as if he is expecting some important and dangerous actions to be carried out. 】

"drop--"

Nian Wei has seen a light spot on his right hand. This skill test has successfully advanced the plot. Carmichael's emotions faintly reveal the omen of the new drama. As for the content and possible impact of the new drama, Carmichael has no words Not mentioned, they have to gather more information.

"It's an honor to have you here at the dinner. I've seen you at the New York theater, and you're a young and promising stage actor," Carmichael complimented, holding out a hand.Nian Wei has stretched out his hand to shake it, passed through Carmichael's image, and shook it in the void.

Carmichael withdrew his hand and stared straight at Nian Weiji with his blue eyes. Suddenly, he raised a blunt smile, turned and walked up the spiral staircase, squeezing his voice and urging: "Go to the ballroom, Fish can't wait."

Everyone followed Carmichael to the stairs.The first floor is a vast circular space with a circle of rooms on the periphery. There is a corridor facing the curved wall of the gate, leading to the back of the house. The spiral staircase is located in the middle of the first floor and only connects the first and second floors.Most of the rooms on the first floor are locked, only a few are open, and there are faint beds in the dark room, which looks like a servant's room.

The entire first floor is now silent, and the lively waltz music comes from the second floor, mixed with the noise of the crowd, and the flickering light shines on Carmichael, making him look more like a sensationalist than he is in his late years .Walking on the crumbling spiral staircase, Nian Wei always felt that the inside of the wooden staircase was decayed, and there was a creaking sound with every step he took, so he had to hold on to the handrail tightly with his hands.

A hand stretched out from behind and patted Nian Weiji's hand, and Nian Weiji heard Wei Zixu whisper, "Successful in the 'Psychology' test, right? This guy has something to hide from us. After entering the ballroom, let's ask each other separately. Michael's friends and actors in the new play, maybe there are new discoveries."

"Well," Nian Weiji nodded: "I feel that Carmichael is a smart person with high artistic sensitivity. If this kind of person is keen on doing bad things, it will be very difficult to deal with."

"I know. Carmichael . . . resembles a guy I know."

Nian Wei turned his head and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's a director—"

"Mr. Carmichael, please stop running around, the servants are too busy looking for you!" A voice with a Mexican accent interrupted Wei Zixu, and Carmichael, who was walking in the front, had already happily accepted Afterwards: "Fish, don't worry, I'm just going to bring the lost guests here."

Walking to the end of the spiral staircase, you can fully see the grand occasion on the second floor at the end of the year.In the center of the second floor is a two-story ballroom. There are several guest rooms and a billiard room to the west, and a tea room and dining room to the east. Behind them is a gorgeous concert hall connected to the living room.It was a man standing outside the door of the ballroom who was talking to Carmichael at the moment.The man is dressed as Grim Reaper, wearing a black hooded cloak, holding a scythe in his right hand and a glass of clear champagne in his left.He has short red hair and some freckles on his square face. He speaks in a natural tone and looks harmless to humans and animals.

The man noticed the group and introduced him politely: "Good evening, gentlemen and ladies. My name is Eustace Fish, and I am Mr. Carmichael's secretary. I have worked for Mr. Carmichael for six years, so I am familiar with the situation here, and you can come to me if you have any questions. Let me see, are you Mr. Neo? There are also Mr. Wells, Mr. Revere, Miss King, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Madison, and Jenny Miss F, I am very glad that you can come!"

Fish didn't hold the guest list, but he called out everyone's name, and he greeted everyone friendly, which was probably the most thoughtful thing since they entered the house.Fish glanced over the crowd, called a servant, and said, "Tonight's theme is a masquerade party. In order to let all the guests have fun, we have prepared masks and costumes. If necessary, you can take them at will. use."

"Thank you." Nian Weiyi took a black feather mask and put it on, walked past Fish into the ballroom.

It was a very wide ballroom, the front wall was replaced by French windows of glass and a stone patio outside.The walls on both sides of the ballroom are inlaid with gold-plated mirror frames on the entire wall. The nearly two hundred people who are reveling in the ballroom are reflected in the mirror, making the ballroom even wider.Delicate crystal chandeliers hang upside down, sparkling like diamonds.At the end of the year, people in strange costumes and masks looked like a sea of ​​people. People danced, walked and chatted in the sea, laughed and toasted and drank together.Although the scene was created very realistically, they knew that it was just a projection of the game plot, and the joyful banquet could not change the death they would definitely face.The air was cold, and the fun of these rich people seemed superficial and fragile.

"I wish you a good time, but please be sure to enjoy the show at midnight. It is important to have fun, but don't be so happy that you lose your mind."

At the end of the year, he turned around quickly, and Carmichael smiled at him from a distance at the door, but his voice came clearly to his ears.

He said that the new play will be staged at [-] o'clock... I didn't expect it before the year, the director also said that the game will end at [-]:[-], it seems that the new play performance is the end of the game, and the content of the new play should be collected by them The point of the message.

"My dear lady, where did you get this glass of red wine? I'm just a little thirsty." A woman in an angel costume walked by Nian Wei, and Wei Zixu spoke to her naturally.

The woman stopped, her skirt was light and white, with two small feather wings attached to her back, her blond hair was wrapped in a hairnet, and the expression on her beautiful face was reserved.Hearing Wei Zixu's question, she looked at the red wine glass in her hand and said, "I took it from the servant's tray, let the servant bring it to you."

"It's a pity, it's the first time I've been in this house, and I haven't seen any servants yet, can you take me there? Oh, my name is Wells, a financial advisor." After listening to Wei Zixu's introduction carefully, the woman also returned With a smile: "Hello, Mr. Wells. My name is Jessica and I have acted in some plays."

"Hey, colleagues, hello, Miss Jessica, my name is Neo, and I'm also a stage actor. I came here with Wells." Nian Weiji interjected at the right time.

"What a coincidence, Mr. Neo, maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future." Jessica smiled softly: "Come on, I'll take you in."

Wei Zixu and Nian Weiji followed Jessica and walked into the ballroom.In the middle of the ballroom was a circular dance floor, on which many people danced, dancing solos, foxtrots, Negro twists and other dances that were not recognizable until now.There is a band on the outer edge of the dance floor, and after one song ends, it changes to another song with a different style, mobilizing people to dance on the dance floor at all times.Jessica led them around the perimeter of the dance floor, looking for the servant with the silver tray.

Wei Zixu: "Miss Jessica is very familiar with this place and seems to come here often. Are you friends with Mr. Carmichael?"

"Carmichael?" Jessica frowned: "It doesn't matter, he once wanted me to play the heroine of "Sodom", but I refused, he insulted me impulsively, I think he invited I came to this banquet to apologize for my rudeness at that time."

"Why did you refuse? Aren't Mr. Carmichael's plays very popular?" Nian Weiji asked.

Jessica said: "Maybe, I don't know much, I just think the plot of "Sodom" is weird and uncomfortable, so I refused. Ah, here is red wine, please take it, Mr. Wells .”

Wei Zixu picked up the red wine and continued chatting with Jessica while sipping.At the end of the year, he also reached out to get the red wine, but suddenly felt a pain in his shoulder, and turned his head to see a bird's beak pecking at himself.

"Haha, I'm sorry, my little pet is not very obedient." A man dressed as a pirate appeared next to Nian Weiyi and took the red wine first.This man wears an eye patch over his left eye, is very thin, has sunken features, and has a pirate-like arrogance on his face. The only thing he uses to tease the young is a toy parrot on his left shoulder.

Nian Weiji patted himself on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "It's really naughty. Hello, my name is Neo, and I'm a stage actor. I was a little confused when I first came to the dinner party, and the costumes weren't ready. I see Mr. Very imposing, what's your name, sir?"

"Algamon Chambers, a contributing critic for The New York Times—"

"So you are Mr. Chambers!" Nian Weiji showed a surprised expression: "I have read your comments on the New York Times, and your comments are always to the point, exactly as I feel!"

Algamon was very flattered, and proudly said: "Artistic sensitivity is the basic quality of a critic. If you can understand my comments, it shows that your aesthetic level is not bad."

The end of the year: "I'm glad you said that. I heard that Mr. Carmichael's new play is going to be on tonight. I guess you came to see the play first?"

"Hey," Algamon sneered, "what's the point of Carmichael's play? If the newspaper hadn't asked me to write a review, I wouldn't have wasted that time. Carmichael invited me tonight because he hoped that I would give him a good review." It’s just a matter of giving positive reviews to the new drama to increase its appeal to the public a little bit.”

"Oh, that's how it is." Nian Wei agreed.

Nian Weiji continued to chat with this arrogant critic for a while, but got no other useful information.He happened to see the Marquis of Jin walking through the crowd, so he took the opportunity to leave Algamon to find the Marquis of Jin.

"How is it? What did you ask?" Nian Weiji asked the Marquis of Jin.

"Ahem, it's really noisy here." Marquis Jin put his hand over his mouth and said in a low voice, "I saw Adrian, one of the actors in the new play. Look, it's the one in the flamboyant vampire costume man, he drank non-stop and was very excited. I asked him what the content of the new drama was, and he was even more excited, but he didn't reveal anything, only saying that it was 'a huge surprise'. Luckily I left It's early, otherwise he must be drunk by now."

"Oh, it's that man..." Nian Wei had stood on tiptoe to look around, but Jin Hou suddenly held him down and said, "Don't move, the heroine of the new play is coming."

Marquis Jin said that the heroine is actually not accurate, because at the end of the year, he saw two identical masked women approaching, no matter the white Greek dress they wore, tall figure or short curly blond hair, they were all exactly the same. Like copy pasted.The only difference is that one of them wears a crying face mask and the other wears a smiling face mask. They should play the goddess of tragedy and the goddess of comedy.

"They are the Morgenstern sisters, the heroine of the new play, a pair of twins." Jin Hou said.

The Morgenstern sisters passed in front of them, and the woman in the smiling mask stopped, looked up and said to Nian Weiji, "Hello, Mr. without makeup, your sight is too obvious, and it's hard to ignore."

"Hahaha, I'm sorry, because the two of you are so similar, I couldn't help but take a few more glances." Nian Weiji smiled apologetically.

"Everyone said that." The woman in the crying mask also stopped and briefly introduced: "Good evening, I'm Faith Morgenstern, this is my sister Sylvia Morgenstern, We are twins."

"Hee hee hee, the meaning of twins is that you can't live without each other~" Sylvia's mask made a shrill laugh, Fez put his arms around Sylvia's waist and said, " Yes, as long as one dies, the other will die soon~"

Nian Wei had noticed that Marquis Jin's body froze instantly.

"so......"

The voices of the two sisters were suddenly sharp, and the two pale masks faced Jinhou directly.

"Where did the other one go?"