Opening a Shop in the Nightmare World

"Notes of Gushan · Postscript."

Sitting in the candlelit hall, Su Zimo took out the manuscript paper he found in the corridor on the second floor from his backpack. It was also a three-star ghost weapon that was completely invisible from the outside.

In addition to the value brought by the special ability of this ghost weapon itself, there is also a postscript belonging to "Notes on the Lonely Mountain" written on this manuscript paper.

"Editor Wu Qiushan." Su Zimo stretched out his hand to smooth the manuscript paper, and read out word by word, "The complete manuscript of "Notes on the Gushan" has been completed, and I was very satisfied at the beginning. It was all about the weird ideas of the weird old man. In his later years, he only wanted to find peace in the midst of trouble, so instead of meddling with the children's trivial matters, it would be better to walk the lonely mountain in the writing."

Su Zimo could tell that this postscript was a letter written by the old man who wrote "Notes on the Lonely Mountain" to the editor in charge. At the beginning, he held it a little, but the tone of the latter text was completely different from the previous one.

"My friend Akiyama, you have always said that the weird old man's ideas are a bit stubborn. After all, there is nothing better than good health in old age and having children and grandchildren around his knees. The weird old man once didn't take it seriously, but he just responded on the surface."

"In the middle of May, the weird old man had a grandson named Pingting, Bai Pingting."

"When Xing Zan Jin Dian was born, his body was covered with snow-covered palace clothes... The weird old man often laughed at the exaggerated words of the ancients, but when he first heard Pingting, and saw Pingting for the first time, he realized that the ancients' descriptions of babies were not exaggerated, not even as good as My Pingting is one of tens of thousands."

"I don't know the meaning of the baby's babbling, but it's like pearls falling on a jade plate, which is very pleasant."

"Babies can't recognize it yet, but their eyes are like the shimmering moon, clean and bright."

"My friend Qiushan, after many days, I wrote again. The weird old man actually felt that "Notes on the Lonely Mountain" was boring. It was just like what you said. It was meaningless and meaningless. It was all the stubborn ideas of the weird old man. It's not practical, it's better to walk around the park with Pingting, chat and have fun with strangers, and watch children play together, it's more interesting."

"Use this as a postscript, it's a business trip."

"August [-]th, sunny, writing in the house with Pingting."

"Hahahahahaha!" Su Zimo had just finished remembering what the old man had written, and the old man Fang Qin who was sitting beside him laughed out loud, watching Su Zimo blurt out, "Now I know why your grandpa likes this book so much Now, it turns out that his temper is exactly the same as the author of "Notes on the Lonely Mountain". He is obviously an old man with a weird temper, but he is also known as an "intergenerational pet". My temper is different!"

After finishing speaking, Mr. Fang Qin realized that he had slipped his mouth, and quickly looked away.

"It turns out that Grandpa Fang is really Grandpa's friend." Su Zimo had already expected something before, but now he can only be sure after listening to Mr. Fang Qin. The reason why he thinks this old man is familiar is because he met him at the funeral. Pass.

"Hmph, unfortunately and that old man grew up wearing a pair of crotch pants." Fang Qin even showed a little displeasure.

"But why..." Su Zimo was suddenly surprised.

"Why have you never seen an old man like me before?" Fang Qin seemed to have seen Su Zimo's thoughts, showing a wry smile, "I am different from your grandfather. Although I grew up together, I have a different background. There are intersections, but the paths we take are different. The most different thing is that I have been lonely all my life as an old man, and my lover left early, leaving no children and half daughters, and I am still alone.”

"Your grandpa is just bad!" Fang Qin said, blowing his beard and glaring again, "I heard that he was very angry about the children in the family, so I ran over to comfort him, but that The old man actually sunned his grandson in front of me desperately, let me watch his grandson wet the bed for a while, let me watch his grandson change diapers for a while, and let me watch his grandson blow bubbles for a while, you are not angry!"

"Grandpa is really..." Su Zimo smiled and wanted to comfort him.

"What are you laughing at? Isn't that the grandson you're talking about!" Mr. Fang Qin just finished speaking when he saw the smile on Su Zimo's face froze instantly, so he continued with satisfaction, "The old man has been in poor health for the past few years. , I have also visited a few times, but we have not officially met."

Mr. Fang Qin's words were to the point, he did not disclose any information related to Su Zimo and Mr. Su Heng, nor did he expressly state that the reason why the two failed to meet formally was because Su Zimo had been in a strange situation in recent years. state of stupidity.

"Let's go back to this epilogue." Su Zimo also quickly changed the topic. It was obviously inappropriate to "recognize relatives" when collecting clues, but the practitioners around him have been waiting quietly.

"Everyone has seen what happened on the second floor just now." Su Zimo restrained his expression and analyzed seriously, "It should be this person who makes noise on the second floor and even tries to attack us every time we return to the room." The old man turned into a ghost. It is guessed that this old man has a granddaughter who loves him very much, and even opened a door between the toy room and the study room for this purpose, just to increase the chances of being with each other. However, the old man may be seriously ill in the later stage While relying on a wheelchair, the granddaughter and other people in the villa may also have left the villa for some reason, leaving the old man here alone."

"If I were that old man, I would definitely become a fierce and fierce ghost." Xiao Huo beside him suddenly felt a little trembling, "The granddaughter I like left with her parents, leaving him alone as an old man It's fine to stay in the villa, but the servants arranged by the children are all a group of sneaky rats, from the housekeeper to the family doctor, everyone is working together, not only cheating the old man's children, but also selling all the books that the old man treasured He even locked the old man on the second floor by himself, it would be strange if he didn’t become a ghost under such circumstances!”

"Xiaohuo, you said...the butler locked the old man on the second floor?" Dr. Jin showed a thoughtful expression.

"Otherwise?" Xiaohuo spread his hands, "The old man doesn't seem to be the type to swallow his anger. If he hadn't been locked up, how could he let the housekeeper and the others run amok?"

"Little ghost can use idioms?" The lunatic sat next to Xiao Huo at some point, and patted him on the shoulder twice, "Maybe he can really get admitted to a regular university."

"What do you mean, brother Xiaohuo is a master student, okay?" Xiaohuo blushed with anger.

"Stop joking, look at Su Xiaoge over there." The lunatic gestured to Su Zimo who was sitting over there with his glasses checking the manuscript paper, "That's the face of a bully."

"No, that's a monstrous face." The corners of Xiao Huo's eyes twitched, "He looks so white, and he wears such flamboyant glasses."

In the next second, Su Zimo glanced at him.

"..."

"What brother Xiaohuo said is indeed possible." Su Zimo nodded in agreement, "After all, the blockade on the second floor is the only place we can pry in the whole villa. The windows and doors in other places look similar, but Why can't you pry it?"

"And there is a lot of food piled up in the master bedroom where the old man is." Liu Xu also frowned, "There are also a lot of metal canned food that the old man is difficult to eat, and it has not been touched at all."

After hearing Liu Xu's words, the other trainees present couldn't help showing an angry expression on their faces.

"I even have an immature guess." Su Zimo thought for a while, "If the entrance to the second floor was artificially sealed by the housekeeper, then could the door and windows of the villa be the old man who changed in this nightmare world?" Sealed after becoming a ghost?"

"We have never thought about this." Dr. Jin was also thoughtful, "We have always been used to the fact that the nightmare world is a closed space, sometimes even appearing on a street, walking You will also encounter air walls when you walk. But hearing what you said, Su Zimo, I really think that after the old man becomes a ghost in a nightmare, he may "treat him with the same way."

For some reason that only a few people knew, Bai Man and Dr. Jin actually sat on the left and right sides of Cheng Yun when they were seated this time.In some people's eyes, such a seat may be due to good feelings, but in Su Zimo's view, this should be an arrangement agreed upon by the two trainees when they were alone on the third floor.

They don't want this guy in Cheng Yun's skin to act rashly.

"I don't even want to sympathize with those guys at all." Qi Xiaomin was always warm-hearted, but now he was a little angry.

"Speaking of..."

At this time, Cheng Yun, who had become very strange from before, suddenly got up, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I found something in the maid's room before, and now I think it may be a very important clue."

Su Zimo and Bai Man did not expect Cheng Yun to say such a thing.

If Cheng Yun was really pretended to be, and if the person pretending to be Cheng Yun was really trying to avoid the experience of the No. 20 nightmare world, then the last thing he wants now is to pass the level.

The actions he will carry out at this moment are either to steal other people's ghost weapons, or to deliberately make himself fail to pass the level. These two points should be the only ones.

To help investigate any clues... It's impossible.

Bai Man and Dr. Jin got up almost instantly and stood on both sides of Cheng Yun.

The situation looked very strange for a while, and the uninformed practitioners around also felt that the atmosphere was unusual.

"I'm going now..." Cheng Yun left his seat and took a step back.

However, before he could finish his sentence, Bai Man beside him grabbed his left arm instantly, and a standard dagger was pressed against Cheng Yun's wrist.In the next second, Dr. Jin had already circled behind Cheng Yun, grabbed Cheng Yun's shoulder with one hand, and held a ghost weapon scalpel against his neck with the other.

"Hello? What are you doing!" Xiao Huo blurted out without realizing that something was wrong with Cheng Yun, "Have you been possessed by a ghost?"

"Who is a human, who is a ghost, and who is a mouse, you can decide for yourself." Bai Man twisted Cheng Yun's arm upwards, "The real Cheng Yun will never forget that he and his sister are in his wallet." Take a group photo, and I will never forget the name Cheng Xiaomeng."

"Just because of this?" Cheng Yun looked dumbfounded, "I just feel that there are some things that don't need to be said. I am different from Mr. Du over there. I don't really like to talk about things in the real world."

"Really? So you know that the girl in the photo is Cheng Xiaomeng?" Dr. Jin half-closed his eyes.

"How could my sister not know?"

But Bai Man tightened Cheng Yun's arm again, and said in an extremely cold tone: "Then as a good brother, you must at least remember that your sister's name is Cheng Jingmeng, not Cheng Xiaomeng."

"..."

"...Can't you turn a blind eye and let everyone finish this mission comfortably?" Someone who had been wearing Cheng Yun's skin suddenly sneered, "As long as you follow the script, at most It's just that a few people have suffered some losses, so why make such an ugly mess like now?"

Su Zimo then got up, just watching Cheng Yun being held hostage by two trainees without any sense of tension, suddenly felt that something was wrong, Cheng Yun's hole card might not be so simple.

The other trainees present also stood up, looking at "Cheng Yun" in surprise.

In particular, Du Xin and Qi Xiaomin, who belonged to the Shuguang Organization, looked at the team leader "Cheng Yun" whom they had always trusted and relied on in disbelief.