Don't play games with sand sculptures

The clown festival ends at twelve o'clock, and now there is only half an hour left.

Perhaps because of the high temperature, there were far fewer "clowns" at the event site. They took off their clown suits and left the event area one after another, and went to the nearby store to buy water.

Under the sun, Ruan Mang went to the milk tea shop on the street, while Bai Ti sat on the public seat and waited for her.

There was a slight smell of blood in the scorching wind, Bai Ti blushed, and sweat flowed down her neck into her clothes. She actually wanted to go to the milk tea shop, but Ruan Mang asked her to wait outside, saying she would be back soon .

When she took off the clown suit and rolled it together with the wig, she accidentally found a round number the size of a tennis ball on the back of the clown suit. The color of the clown suit was colorful, and it was hard to spot without looking carefully.

Number "13", a total of 13 players.

She was the last to enter the hotel, so the number "13"?

serial number……?

Bai Ti thought of something, and began to look for clown employees on the street who distributed sponsorship gifts.

The reason why the event was about to end was that the clown employees had almost left, and the rest of the clown employees also stood at the store door to enjoy the shade, with their backs facing the store door, and they couldn't see their backs.

At this time, a bottle of mineral water with a clown's smiling face on it was brought to Bai Ti's eyes. The water bottle was tied with a balloon string, and the hand holding the water was wearing a white glove. The red mark on the glove seemed to be stained with red paint. or something else.

Seeing the man's face clearly, the heat on Bai Ti's body instantly dissipated. She stood up, took a few steps away, and smiled: "Thank you, my roommate went to buy water."

The person who delivered the water was Mr. Clown who gave out the balloons. His wig and headgear were not removed, the foundation on his face was very white, and the clown stickers were still there. The red "mouth" was drawn to the base of the ears, and there was an inconspicuous suture.

With a smile, he persistently handed the mineral water to Betty. The balloon tied with the water bottle was orange.

Noticing the color of the balloon, Bai Ti subconsciously thought of Ruan Mang. Mr. Clown gave Ruan Mang an orange balloon, but Ruan Mang didn't take it.

Could it be that this person came here specially to deliver balloons?

impossible.

"No need, my roommate went to buy water." Bai Ti refused again, and went to the milk tea shop where Ruan Mang bought water.

Mr. Clown maintained the movement of handing the water, turned his head to watch Bai Ti trot away, and his black pupils gradually became lighter...and turned red.

He stood there for a long time, until he saw Ruan Mang coming out of the milk tea shop, then turned his head away, took the balloon off the water bottle, leaving only the mineral water bottle, and then left with the balloon and disappeared into the alley.

After wandering around the milk tea shop, Ruan Mang just borrowed two unprinted paper cups from the clerk, added some ice cubes, filled them with drinking water and came out.

She handed the ice water glass to Bai Ti: "I didn't buy milk tea, let's just drink it."

"Thank you." Bai Ti took the cup, took a sip, and said to Ruan Mang, "Turn around and let me have a look, okay?"

Ruan Mang had question marks all over his face: "...?"

Bai Ti twitched for a while before saying, "That's right, I want to see the pattern on your back."

Hearing her mention the label, Ruan Mang knew what Bai Ti wanted to see, so he turned his back to her, straightened the clothes on the back with his hands, and showed her the number in the pattern.

Number: ①

"Did you see it?" Ruan Mang asked.

"I see." Bai Ti nodded and said, "My serial number is thirteen. Is this the serial number to be slaughtered?"

Ruan Mang: "..."

Bai Ti: "Isn't it?"

Ruan Mang turned around with a smile, stretched out his hand to caress Bai Ti's face, his eyes became more gentle: "Yes, I'm dead, and you will be next."

"what?"

Ruan Mang's hands were very cold, Bai Ti's expression froze for a moment, she poured ice water into her stomach, and then looked at Ruan Mang and stopped talking.

Just when Ruan Mang was thinking about what Bai Ti would do next, Bai Ti put the paper cup back into Ruan Mang's hand and ran away without looking back, shouting while running: "It's daytime, you can't kill me!! "

Watching her run away, Ruan Mang slowly followed while drinking ice water.

Passing by the alley before, Bai Ti noticed that the clown's wallet on the ground was gone. In the alley, there was a man in a clown suit squatting with his back facing her. The man's headgear had been taken off and it was placed at his feet.

Not knowing where the courage came from, she tiptoed over to see if there was a serial number on the man's clothes.As the distance approached, her breathing also stopped, and she was somewhat surprised when she saw the number "002" on the opponent's back.

That person is not a player, so the numbers are different.

Just when Bai Ti thought that the man was an employee of the clown, the man suddenly turned around. There was no clown sticker on his face. He hugged the things in his arms with vigilant eyes, and chased him away in a bad tone: "Go away, this is me!" Discovered first."

Bai Ti didn't make a sound, she backed away, and didn't turn around until she left the alley.Turning around, I found that Ruan Mang was leaning against the wall next to the alley, hiding one hand behind his back, and holding a bitten ice cream in the other.

stare--

Perhaps it was because Bai Ti's gaze was too hot, Ruan Mang stretched out his hand hidden behind his back, brought the unopened ice cream to Bai Ti's eyes, and said lightly, "Do you want to exchange clues?"

"Yes!" Bai Ti took the ice cream very rudely. Before eating, she intentionally or unintentionally turned the packaging bag around, but found no pattern related to clowns.

Noticing Bai Ti's movements, Ruan Mang just smiled and changed the subject: "Have you heard the story of "The Killer and the Pickpocket"?"

Bai Ti thought about it seriously, then shook her head and said, "I've never heard of it."

"There was a killer who was taken away by pickpockets every time he finished his mission. He was very angry, but he couldn't catch the pickpockets." Ruan Mang told the story with a faint smile in his eyes: "So, he put down the money in his hand. Task, go to crowded places to meet pickpockets."

Hearing this, Bai Ti silently raised her hand, with "don't understand" written all over her face, she asked, "Is this story related to the game mission? Could it be that the clown was beaten to death by pickpockets and killers?"

Ruan Mang: "..."

Seeing Bai Ti consciously retreating away, Ruan Mang laughed angrily, and continued: "There is a rule in the killer circle, you can't attack in crowded places, and you can't attack innocent people."

The more she listened, the colder she felt, Bai Ti slowly leaned over and hugged Ruan Mang's cold arm in an attempt to "warm".

"So..." Ruan Mang looked at the clown lady who was sending out tasting cups on the street, and smiled thoughtfully: "The killer deliberately revealed the wallet with the tracker on it, and after the pickpocket took it away, he would have Find out the reason for doing it, then follow the tracker to find the pickpocket, and start to make a profit.”

Bai Ti shook, tugged at Ruan Mang's sleeve, and asked, "Can you compete for performance without a bounty?"

Ruan Mang smiled: "Silly boy, I made it up."

Bai Ti: "..."

"If it's so easy for players to guess the answer, the game company will lose face." The smile in Ruan Mang's eyes deepened, and he said, "Go back to the hotel first, take a nap in the afternoon, and play whack-a-mole at night."

"Whacking gophers?" Bai Ti didn't understand what she meant, and asked blankly, "Are we gophers?"

Ruan Mang shook his head: "No, we are people who eat melons."

Bai Ti: "...?"

When we returned to the hotel, other players had already arrived.

Zhusheng sat on the sofa playing with her mobile phone, turned her head when she heard footsteps, and waved to Ruan Mang: "Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet." Ruan Mang shook his head, "Have you bought food yet?"

Zhusheng pointed upstairs: "I put it in your room."

Bai Ti looked around and suddenly felt that there was something wrong with her roommates and neighbors. Before she could speak, Ruan Mang covered her mouth and forcibly dragged her away.

She struggled up the stairs, the moment Ruan Mang let go of her, she stretched out her hand to hook Ruan Mang's neck, and asked, "Be honest, when will you and her have sex!"

Ruan Mang: "..."

Ruan Mang glanced at Bai Ti lightly, stretched out his index finger to scratch her armpit.

"Damn it!" Bai Ti withdrew her arm abruptly, jumped away like a flea, pointed at Ruan Mang and complained in tears, "You're playing dirty!"

Ruan Mang smiled: "It's okay, I don't mind."

Bai Ti: "..." No, I don't mind.

The time in the game passed quickly, and it was dark at three o'clock.

Ruan Mang went out after eating the boxed lunch, Bai Ti ate slowly, and was still eating the boxed lunch on the balcony. When it got dark, she immediately took out her mobile phone to check the time, and her whole body was not well.

[23:30.PM]

Not only the weather, but even the built-in electronic software will also change the time accordingly, and there are only three to ten minutes left before zero.

Half an hour, is it reserved for players to go to the bathroom?

[207] Room.

Zheng Sanren was still awake after taking a nap on the bed.

Statement standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette, the clothes on his body were not changed.

Looking at the sky that suddenly darkened, he stated that he stubbed out the cigarette butt and looked down at the time on his phone, which was eleven forty-five.He looked back into the room, Zheng Sanren maintained his sleeping position and didn't move, he probably didn't wake up.

In just a few seconds after returning to the room from the balcony, the statement found that the time jumped to zero.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the room.

"dong dong dong"

Hearing the knock on the door, Yang Xi grabbed Jiang Xu's arm nervously, and whispered: "Is there a ghost outside? We don't seem to have brought anything to leave the activity street... We really didn't bring anything, right?" She said a little uncertain.

Jiang Xu shook his head, patted Yang Xi's back reassuringly, then pulled his arms out of bed and went to the door.Yang Xi looked at her nervously, sitting on the bed without moving.

Listening to the sound outside the door, Jiang Xu's face changed slightly. Before he could evacuate, he saw the doorknob being turned from the outside.

"click"

The door opened automatically, and Bai Ti held the bowl and met the eyes of Mr. Clown who entered the room. Looking at the orange balloon in Mr. Clown's hand, the food in his mouth suddenly tasted bad.

But soon, Mr. Clown froze for a moment, and fell forward, with Ruan Mang holding a beer bottle standing behind him.

stare--

Bai Ti swallowed the rice in her mouth, took two more bites from the bowl, and then threw the empty bowl into the garbage bag.

Ruan Mang walked into the room, put the beer bottle on the table, and then stretched out his hand to Bai Ti: "Where are the things?"

"What?" Bai Ti was puzzled.

Ruan Mang was silent for a while, pointed to Bai Ti's coat pocket, and said, "Take out the things in your pocket."

"?" Bai Ti tried to reach into her pocket to feel it, and she really felt a thin disc. When she took it out, it was a locator with a flashing red light.

No wonder Mr. Clown was able to find her to send balloons, it turned out to be this thing.

Looking at the locator, Bai Ti couldn't remember when it fell into her pocket, it was obviously thrown away by Ruan Mang.She looked at Ruan Mang blankly, shook her head and said, "I can't remember."

Ruan Mang reminded, "Who did you contact before?"

"Ah?" Bai Ti remembered that when she patted the back of the statement earlier, she didn't look at him in order to be more natural.Thinking of this, her expression changed slightly: "The netizen is right, if you come out to mess around, you will have to pay it back sooner or later."

"Be careful next time." Ruan Mang sat on the bed and said in a calm voice, "Luck will not always favor you."

"Speaking of it." Bai Ti looked at Ruan Mang with a complicated expression, "How do you know there is a location in my pocket?"

"Didn't you tell me?" Ruan Mang smiled, "I made it up."

Hearing this, Bai Ti stopped talking.

The camera returns to the [207] room.

Zheng Sanren was cornered by the clown, cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and he didn't dare to let out a breath.The clown held the statement's foot in his hand, and sniffed Zheng Sanren's head with a gloomy expression, trying to find a familiar smell—fear.

But it's a pity that apart from sweating, Zheng Sanren has no other mood swings.The clown was obviously disappointed, sniffed out cold air, and left the room dragging his feet.

After the clown left, Zheng Sanren's heart gradually accelerated, holding his breath for too long, he couldn't take it anymore.Lying back on the bed to rest, his head touched the clothes that Chen had taken off.

A strong premonition made him sit up, took the statement's coat and began to inspect it. Sure enough, there was a pinched bell pendant at the bottom of the coat, and the small hook of the pendant happened to be entangled with the suture.

In order to confirm his guess, he picked up the bell pendant and shook it, but it didn't ring.

In an instant, the coolness spread from the tailbone.

This way, room [202].

Mr. Clown, who was stunned by the wine bottle, woke up. He walked towards Ruan Mang beside the bed step by step, his eyes turned blood red, and he seemed to remember who hit him.

As soon as Ruan Mang stood up, Bai Ti pulled her back onto the bed.

"Sisters, don't panic, the way to fight fear is to face fear directly!"

"Hey……"

Before Ruan Mang could say anything, he saw Bai Ti solemnly holding Mr. Clown's hand and putting the locator into Mr. Clown's hand.

Mr. Clown: "...?"

Before Mr. Clown could react, Bai Ti quickly picked up the beer bottle and smashed the cap, and began to pour wine for Mr. Clown.

"I have endured you for a long time, and I said no more balloons!!"

"...!"

Mr. Clown struggled and reached out to Ruan Mang for help.

Ruan Mang silently covered his face, pretending not to see it.