Paranoid Beauty reigns supreme at Infinite Game

Doctor, you are so simple, why didn't you hear the sarcasm in my words?

The noon sun was gradually setting in the west, and the warm pale golden light passed through the layers of branches and leaves, spreading the dark shadows all over the ground.

Zhu Changan stepped on his own shadow, threw a small stone, and walked on the way to the village chief's house.

"I must kill that bastard Zhu Chang'an!"

He paused, and followed the sound to look at the window of the small house on the right rear, where there was a layer of white gauze curtain, and a few vague figures were faintly revealed.

One of the figures raised his hand, the outline of the palm was not visible under the thick gauze, only a flat surface.

Zhu Changan didn't change his smile, looked away and continued walking, just muttering to himself.

"the second time."

Seeing the half-person-high totem pole in front of the village chief's house from a distance, Zhu Chang'an was silent for two seconds, and then went around to the back of the house instead of knocking on the door and entering directly.

On a big thick tree outside the backyard, Zhu Changan squatted halfway on the tree trunk, observing the movement in the house.

There is a small wooden house in the backyard of the village head’s house. It has no windows. It should be a warehouse, but besides a lock, there is also a circle of iron chains on the gate, which arouses countless reveries.

The sliding door leading to the living room from the yard is open, and the village head can be vaguely seen walking back and forth in the living room, looking anxious and preoccupied.

The room on the second floor of the village head's house has a small balcony, the glass door is half open, and thick black curtains block the view tightly.Occasionally, the wind blows and blows a corner, revealing only a dark scene in the house.

Zhu Chang'an waited for a while, but did not see the village head's son, so he moved his gaze to the second floor.

He landed lightly and silently, turned into the yard, avoided the village chief's sight, and climbed to the balcony on the second floor through the drainage pipe.

The second floor is very quiet, there is no sound at all.

Zhu Changan opened the curtain and looked inside.

The dark room was decorated in a Gothic style, filled with strange wallpaper arrangements, and there was no color other than black in the entire room.

No crosses, no garlic flavor.

There were crumbling candles and man-made formations on the floor, the same formations as those in the homes of villagers who privately worshiped vampires.

Just as Zhu Changan walked in, a person sat up on the bed placed against the wall.

Maybe it was because he was covered with a quilt, or he was rather dark, but Zhu Changan didn't notice that there was another person lying on the bed just now.

Without changing his expression, he looked up and down the young man who was tied up with ropes and had a cotton cloth stuffed in his mouth.

Judging from his appearance, this male with fierce eyes and sinister face should be Hubert, the son of the village chief.

His eyes were glowing red, his cheeks were thin and fleshless, and a small fang protruded from the side of his mouth resting on the cloth.

The other party stared at Zhu Chang'an, uttered monotonous syllables, and twisted his body, as if asking for help.

"You are Hubert?"

Zhu Chang'an didn't intend to explain it to him. Seeing Hubert's current state, he probably understood why the village chief was resistant to Priest Archie.

Hubert nodded sharply and continued to make noise.

"It's interesting that the village chief's son is a vampire."

Zhu Changan stood in front of the bed and played with the dagger comfortably. The sharp blade was only half a finger away from Hubert's cheek.

The cold wind that brushed against his cheek made him shake his head violently, and kept shrinking back until his back was against the wall.

"You look weak. Is it because the person you possess is too useless, or is it too bad for me to hide and dare not see me? Your cruel words seem to be just nonsense."

Zhu Changan observed Hubert's reaction with a half-smile.

Hubert seemed to be terrified, trembling uncontrollably, the strong young man was as timid as a mouse.

Zhu Changan half-closed his eyes, bent down and raised his hand.

A short, suppressed cry was muffled under the cotton cloth, and Hubert closed his eyes tightly.

The point of the sharp dagger was only a fingernail's distance from his eyes.

A fishy smell wafted in the air, Zhu Changan took a step back in disgust.

He returned to the balcony, but unexpectedly saw Zong Xiao and Lu Bai climbing up on the big tree he had just stayed in in the backyard.

Facing Shang Zhu Changan's gaze, Zong Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then showed a smiling face.

"There is no one in the priest's house, but we found this."

After getting down from the tree, the three shared intelligence in a remote corner.

Zong Xiao took out a torn piece of paper, "The vampire detected by the priest this year is Hubert, the son of the village chief."

The handwriting on the slip of paper was scribbled, as if he had written it in a hurry, or was shocked by the result.

Here is another sentence -

"It's very cunning, it must have avoided my eyes in some way I didn't expect!"

Lu Bai pointed to this sentence and said: "Avoid his eyes. I guess it may refer to the eye symbol on the totem, which refers to the priest's seal."

Zhu Changan raised his lips and smiled, but said nothing.

"In addition, there was a fight in the priest's house, and there were blood splatters on the wall, but the other party cleaned it up, so only a very small trace was left, which is not easy to detect."

Zong Xiao added: "I asked the neighbors who lived nearby, and they all said that they hadn't seen the priest for a few days, and the last person who went to the priest's house was the village head and a villager named Jason."

"Then the villager named Jason..."

"died."

I wish Chang'an finished speaking for Zong Xiao.

He turned to look at the village chief's backyard, "I've already been to Jason's house. He was killed by the village chief."

Lu Bai paused, propped his chin and said, "Now it seems that the priest is missing, and the village head is very suspicious. But he dealt with the priest because of Hubert, why did he kill Jason? These two people have no vengeance of."

Zong Xiao glanced at him, "What else could it be other than murder? Jason and the village chief went to the priest's house on the same day. Isn't it easy to imagine that the village chief was murdered while witnessing the murder of the priest?"

"Uh..." Lu Bai ignored Zong Xiao's sarcasm, "Even if the priest is killed by the village chief, we still have to announce tonight who is possessed by a vampire. This time it can't be Hubert, then... "

Zhu Chang'an smiled slightly, "Isn't it obvious who it is? Who in the whole village has no status or background, and no one stands out when they are bullied?"

Lu Bai was taken aback, and immediately thought of a name.

"Eric."

"Where do you want to go?"

Zhu Changan stopped Lu Bai who turned to leave, looked at the other person's hurried appearance with great interest, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Dear doctor, you don't mean to save poor Eric, do you?"

"Since you know that he is pitiful, shouldn't it be right to save him?"

Under Lubai's gentle glasses, a pair of piercing and deep eyes looked at Zhu Changan, "I was pierced through the heart by a cross, and then burned to death. Whether it is a possessed human being or an innocent scapegoat, this is too cruel for them."

Zhu Changan blinked, and couldn't help clenching his fists against his thin lips and smiling lowly.

"Doctor, you are so simple, why didn't you hear the sarcasm in my words? But it doesn't matter, you can go if you want."

"But don't be caught by the angry villagers—"

Lu Bai looked at Zhu Chang'an silently for a few seconds, then turned and left after sighing.

The immaculate white coat stood out in the gradually dim world.

"Chang'an, have you noticed something wrong with Eric?"

The two of them had discussed Eric's strangeness before, but lacked enough clues.

"Not yet, so I have to ask you to go to Eric's house to find clues."

Zong Xiao pursed his lips, "Aren't you going with me?"

"You are so good, one person is enough. You won't let me down, right?"

"of course."

Zong Xiao responded without thinking, his bright dog eyes filled with the joy of being trusted, "I'll go now."

"Wait until the doctor takes Eric away."

Zhu Changan calculated the time in his heart, "About five minutes later."

Zong Xiao flashed a smile when he heard the words, "So you said that on purpose, asking Lu Bai to save Eric and fight for me?"

"Even if you don't say the doctor will go, it's just that the doctor can hide Eric for a while. By the way, do you have any props to track the location?"

Zong Xiao opened his inventory, and found a tracker in the corner among the knives//guns//axes and hammers all over the screen, "I have it."

The moment he finished answering, he knew what Zhu Changan wanted to do, and quietly hid his excitement, "You want to track Lubai's location after you find the clues."

Zhu Changan gave him an approving look, "And you have to make sure that Eric is caught and sent to the sacrificial place before six o'clock."

"Otherwise our mission will fail."

-

The orange halo of the sun poured down, and the sun lost its fiery temperature, bringing with it the coolness of sunset.

The two figures shuttled through the dense and gloomy woods, but they were forced to stop after seeing a group of hostile people in front of them.

"It's Eric! He's here!"

Lu Bai guarded Eric behind him, and dragged him to run deep, but he was also surrounded by villagers behind him.

They held torches in their hands and wore wizard robes, like evil wizards besieging.

Lu Bai was keenly aware of what the "sure enough" in their words meant, he frowned, and searched the crowd with sharp eyes, but he didn't see Zhu Chang'an and Zong Xiao, and there were villagers wearing wizard robes everywhere.

There were some people wearing hoods, but before he could take a closer look, the villagers forced him down the mountain to the place where the vampires were judged.

"He's not a vampire, he was framed!"

Lu Bai shouted loudly, but no one heard him.

They held Eric, poured garlic water on him continuously, and slapped his body with a cross.Eric, who was already thin, couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground.

So the villagers tied him up, threw him into a cage, and pulled him away with a cart.

Lu Bai, regarded as an accomplice of vampires, was also imprisoned.

His white coat was soaked in garlic water, and his hair was disheveled.

He alone cannot guarantee the safety of Eric in the process of forced escape.

A sense of powerlessness flooded his heart.

On the way, he saw Tao Xian and the others mixed in the crowd, their eyes were full of numbness and indifference besides gloating.

When the two were tied to the totem pole at the sacrificial site, and the strong incandescent light shone on them, the system's task completion reminder sounded, but it didn't make Lu Bai feel relaxed.

[The player triggers a new task - to rescue Eric. 】

The culprit, the village head, walked out of the crowd in a dignified manner.

"The vampires are so powerful this time that they have already affected outsiders. It seems that this year we will seal the vampires ahead of schedule."

"Because Priest Archie is still researching, I will preside over this year's sealing ceremony."

The village chief raised the torch in his hand and announced loudly, "I have decided to seal the vampires immediately! Execute them!"

The villagers cheered loudly, and no one objected.They raised the torches in their hands one after another, gathered around and prepared to set fire to the two of them.

"What an embarrassment, doctor."

The cross was already approaching their hearts, and a calm but teasing voice suddenly sounded above Lu Bai's head.

He looked up in astonishment and surprise.

Zhu Changan and Zong Xiao were standing on a tree in wizard robes and hoods.There is a figure hiding behind.

"Major Denton, do you see who this is?"

Zhu Changan made a gesture, and Zong Xiao jumped down from the tree with a person under his arm.

After everyone saw the man's appearance clearly, they all gasped.

"It's Hubert!"

"Why does he have vampire teeth!"

The village chief Danton's pupils shrank suddenly, subconsciously wanting to go forward to save his son.

"do not move."

Zhu Changan jumped down from the tree, stepped on Hubert's head, and smiled.

"If you don't want his head to burst like a watermelon."

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