Chapter 8 Chapter 6 Murder in the Chamber of Secrets

one After carefully checking that there was no one in the hallway, I took out a button from my pocket. This button fell on the floor of the cleaning room. I took advantage of the chance that no one would find it, and picked it up secretly. It was a little bigger than ordinary buttons, and it was a button of a blue coat, with a row of small silver characters engraved on it: HERMES. This is definitely the suit button on Takeshi Aozawa. When he was eating dinner, he was wearing a blue-gray suit with HERMES printed on his tie, so he was definitely wearing the same brand of clothing. It was impossible for him to arrive at the restaurant without noticing that the button had come off, so it was by no means that the button had fallen off before he had eaten his dinner.

I couldn't help sniggering in my heart. What a mean villain! This self-confessed noble guy found any reason to leave his partner and tried to sneak away to the eighth floor. The tool he used was, of course, the food delivery elevator. This button must have been accidentally ticked off when he came out of the narrow elevator. It looks like that guy has a lot of brains! Among the hostages were old men with bad hearts, weak women, young men with simple minds and well-developed limbs, and careless men full of loopholes. He must not want to be killed by terrorists because of these burdens. Will sneak away to the eighth floor to hide alone.

After successfully escaping, he did not stop the only food delivery elevator leading to the eighth floor on the eighth floor. It was definitely not for the convenience of his later partners to escape. He must be afraid that the terrorists would guess that someone fled to the eighth floor after discovering that the elevator was abnormally damaged, so he rushed to the eighth floor to find someone. Lan Zegang couldn't seal the security door and didn't have self-defense weapons, so he could only find a hidden place to hide in case he was found. He is the kind of despicable man who cleans his own door.

However, it is also human nature to kill people without doing things for themselves! I really wanted to laugh out loud, but I held back my laughter so as not to be suspected. All in all, it is more important for me to think about what to do in the future. After my original design was thwarted by Jin Tianyi and Yang Xiaolong, who liked to play tricks, most of the plans were forced to change. To be honest, it was indeed my mistake not to discover this grocery delivery elevator, but I never expected that those pig heads would allow the hostages to escape so easily. Even the police outside were designed so that I couldn't come up, and the hostages inside could escape to the eighth floor with ease!I'm really convinced by these stupid plus three terrorists.

Well what should I do next?I only have two ways to do it. The first is that I removed the blockade on the eighth floor to let terrorists in.But in the current situation, this approach is quite dangerous. Those loyal subordinates of King Cesar are now committing murders for themselves and negligence of allowing the hostages to escape. They are on the verge of semi-madness. If they are allowed to rush into the eighth floor, I can't guarantee what will happen. as a result of. The second and most sure and safe way is to solve the remaining goals by myself. Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on my forehead.

I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty. Anyway, I did it with my own hands a few years ago. Now, what is there to worry about? After the murder, the body will tremble unconsciously, and the mind will suddenly go blank, and they will keep grabbing their hair in fear and walking around in the narrow room.However, once the mood calms down, you will feel that it is nothing at all. There are more than four billion people on the earth, so it's no big deal if one or two people are missing! Some might see this as my way of avoiding condemnation and rationalizing my insanity, but no matter what, I have already established a different thinking pattern in my mind.

I have no longer been bound by social norms, and I have returned to the state of my id (ID), moving towards my purpose without confusion. No one else is present here, and I can calmly dispose of the corpse in the most perfect way. The current eighth floor is like a secret room. If I kill people here, will it attract suspicion? No!It's okay, I'm sure I'll be fine.Isn't there a whole bunch of people downstairs waiting to play the part of the killer? If someone is killed under such circumstances, everyone will definitely think that those terrorists did it. Even if I don't suspect them, I still have a protagonist who is most suitable to play the murderer King Cesar, a leader who disappears like smoke without a trace immediately after the incident is over.

good!That's it!I put my hands on my chest and start making new plans. Who should be killed first?What method do I need to use to be successful? Since that scumbag is hiding on the eighth floor, let's find him! The second person killed the cowardly man according to the predetermined plan. First, I had to create an opening that would fit King Cesar's presence. I have ordered Red to make an altar out of candles, instructing him to place the victim's heart in the mark of ∞ made out of candles. Although this method is cruel and meaningless, it is only in this way that we can convince those idiots to be loyal to me without complaint or regret, and create a strong impression of the society on the serial killings of crazy sects.

In the impression of ordinary people, a group that is extremely fanatical about someone or something must hold some kind of ceremony. This kind of ritual can inspire the believer's sense of belonging. Even the cruelest behavior will make people forget their fear and be in a state of excitement instead. This kind of behavior has a very good effect on raising awareness of accomplices. In any case, my method of killing must be brutal enough. By the way, what weapon to use?Should I risk being discovered and go back to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife? Check the time, it's eleven fifteen in the evening, and the best time for me to get back to the kitchen is thirty minutes later.

While planning, I walked into the area that will be planned as a shopping street. This shopping street is deliberately designed like a maze in order to make customers stay longer. I headed for the intricate neighborhood that should be a good place for that scumbag to hide. However, at this moment, I suddenly want a tool that can kill people. The shopping street has no stores yet, so there is no electric light, and the dim corridors are full of half-finished projects. Some floors have not yet been tiled, and wires are exposed outside the walls. . I've made it to the rest area in this area, and I still can't find a tool that can be used to kill someone.

At this moment, my eyes suddenly lit up. This is a venue about ten meters square. The surrounding benches are convenient for customers to rest after shopping. In the center of the venue is a display shelf covered with blue cloth. I approached the display stand and lifted the cloth, and a glass display case appeared in front of me. I squatted down and pressed the light button under the cabinet. I saw a piece of blue light turned on, and a model of a dark blue underwater ruins emerged. After being illuminated by art lights, it was quite realistic. I stood in front of the model and watched carefully. Suddenly, my eyes stopped on the mask hanging on the wall. The mouth of the mask was split almost to the ears, showing sharp teeth, and there was a red face and terrifying blue eyes under the matted blond hair. He is somewhat similar to Garda, the patron saint of Indonesia, and also has something in common with the stone lions in front of Japanese temples and the famous patron saint Sisa in Okinawa Prefecture. The only difference is that the expression of the mask in front of him is enough to arouse people's sense of fear. This mask is the legendary desolate king Sisa of Cyanbi Island. The legendary beast Sissa is in the shape of an animal, but King Sissa of this island is a humanoid monster. The origin of the legend is difficult to trace back, but at least the mythical beast Xisa is the patron saint handed down from ancient times. King Cesar is a word created by me. The correct way to say it should be: Kuigan.Cesar. Kuigan is a term used in Cyanbe Island, which means emperor, so I was able to successfully create a character that can be accepted by Red and others who are not from Cyanbe Island. Next, I will eliminate those who hinder me at the Deep Blue Paradise Hotel. When I was making a plan, the long-lost witch civilization and King Cesar became the best seasoning for me to implement the plan. A year ago, I first came into contact with the website made by the Shuicheng family. They were expelled from the island in order to resist the plan of the Lanze International Ocean Development Group. Soon, they were deeply involved in the game I designed, and they naturally accepted the existence of King Siza. In the process of gradually implementing the plan, even I felt that King Cesar was not a fictional character, but a character who transcended time and space and embodied him through my induction. The better the plan goes, the stronger this feeling becomes. Thinking from the other side, maybe I am the puppet manipulated by King Xiza, and all the plans are controlled by the ancient wraiths surrounded in the deep blue water, isn't it? If this is the case, then the prophecy that the planets in the universe will one day gather into a Grand Cross is beyond doubt. Perhaps what the Grand Cross wants to foretell is not the change of heaven and earth, but to convey some messages to other people like me who are incompatible with the life of the outside world. Perhaps disillusionment is the meaning of destruction brought about by the Grand Cross? As soon as I think of this, a demonic plan emerges in my mind. The mask of King Cesar and the dark blue cloth came into my eyes at the same time. Why is there a mask of King Cesar here?Why is the cloth covering the model dark blue? These strong hints all reveal an answer. I took off the mask that had been hanging on the wall as an ornament and put it on my face. I carefully fastened the straps behind the mask, and then I put the blue cloth on my body. At this time, the glass reflected my current appearance, and a living King Sisar appeared in front of my eyes. The memory of the past life lurking in my mind is like a movie I just watched yesterday, clearly appearing in my mind, slowly merging with my memory. Now I am the incarnation of King Sissa, the legendary God of Slaughter, resurrected. two At eleven ten in the evening, the shopping street on the eighth floor. Lan Ze just held back the urge to urinate, with a sad expression on his face. He had been hiding in the warehouse on the shopping street for less than half an hour, but the urge to urinate came back and forth, making him wonder if there was something wrong with his kidneys. He suddenly remembered that he hadn't read this year's medical report yet.Last year, because he took anti-acidification granules extracted from red wine, he got an A in every item of the physical examination. Thinking of this, he shook his knees irritably, and the desire to urinate became stronger again. (If I knew this would happen, I should have gone to the toilet before going up to the eighth floor.) After he fled to the eighth floor by the food delivery elevator, he decided to hide in this place where the utensils were piled up, but the smell of formaldehyde from the plywood inside the door made him feel uncomfortable. (Even if this is a warehouse where few people come in and out, it shouldn't use such cheap building materials! It must have been imported from Southeast Asia, and only cheap builders would use this kind of building material. ) Lan Zegang is really dissatisfied with his brother's way of cutting corners in invisible places. After walking around the restaurant a few more times, Lan Zegang became more and more displeased with the behavior of the general manager's brother.Because all the restaurants are handed over to Lan Zeyu, this place will become a third-rate restaurant full of fakes. Lan Zeyu said that in order to build a comfortable and futuristic resort hotel, he kept buying some useless high-tech equipment. But Aizawa Tsuyoshi's idea is that instead of spending a lot of money on equipment that deceives children, it is better to hang a few famous paintings for decoration, at least to attract customers with taste. Whether it's potted plants, paintings, lighting, or even restaurant utensils, they are all imitations. Where in the world can you find a restaurant with so many fakes? In Europe and the United States, even one-star restaurants use Copenhagen pottery vessels used by the royal family. As for the outlying area that Lan Zegang was in charge of, that is, all the facilities on the island other than the hotel, he did it completely according to his ideas. He took great pains to import all kinds of exotic flowers and plants from abroad, and invited people on the island to build different styles of coffee houses, restaurants and docks with wood. At the beginning, it was because he insisted on following the route of high taste that the media scrambled to report on him, which made this resort stand out. (If only the interior of the restaurant can be done tastefully) The tingling sensation from the bladder made Lan Zegang more and more irritable. It's all because my brother spent a lot of money on high-tech equipment, which led to this result. He grumbled very dissatisfied. At the beginning, Lan Zeyou spent most of the money on equipment, and then reduced the security personnel costs to achieve a balance of payments. As a result, the security system that was bought with a lot of money was not controlled by terrorists. (If that incompetent elder brother is allowed to continue to lead, sooner or later, the company will have no bones left, and this incident of terrorists can be used to force him to hand over power. No!It would be great if the terrorists could kill him along with him. ) With heavy investment, the resort on Cyanbi Island is finally close to completion. It is still a question of whether it can be opened after the incident of being held hostage by terrorists. However, the main goal of Lanze International Ocean Development Group is to develop overseas resorts. Even if the first large-scale resort plan developed in China hits the rocks, it should not have much impact on the company. Needless to say, the incompetent second-generation general manager, even if the chairman's father passes away, as long as he is still alive, the company can continue to operate smoothly. He believes that he has the ability to save the negative impact caused by the harassment of Cyanbi Island by terrorists. As long as he becomes the general manager and has the power in his hands, he will immediately redesign all the equipment and make this place a first-class high-end hotel. For the coming of this day, Lan Zegang didn't think that it was a despicable act for him to leave everyone behind and run away.In order to take care of the Lanze Group, which has more than 8,000 employees, no matter how dangerous the place is, he must find a way to survive. Ahhhhhhhhh! However, his desire to urinate was approaching the limit. He really wanted to solve it directly here. Anyway, this is a building that cut corners, so it doesn't matter if he pours it with piss. (No, it’s not allowed! If terrorists smell the smell, wouldn’t that be inviting wolves into the house? And urinating in such a narrow place will stain your beloved Hermès shoes and clothes. I'd better go to the toilet.The terrorists didn't come up so fast, I should have time to go now. ) Lan Zegang resisted the urge to urinate, and gently opened the door of the warehouse. The lights outside were completely turned off, and it was as quiet as a hospital late at night. He stood on tiptoe and walked softly down the new marble-paved corridor.This kind of marble is by no means genuine from Carrara, Italy, it must have been bought cheaply from somewhere. (By the way, don't you pass the big ballroom on the way to the toilet?) From the window of the tasteless Butterfly Hall room, you can see the entrance near the main entrance of the hotel.There are lights on the front of the hotel at any time. If the police come, they must be able to see it? Lan Ze just noticed that there seemed to be someone there at the bend on the other side of the corridor. (Who is where? Could it be terrorists?) His heart was beating wildly, beating his eardrums like a drum. (If I had known someone would be here, I should have relieved myself in the warehouse just now.) Lan Ze just regretted his mistake, and carefully backed away slowly, wanting to go back to a safe place. But at this moment Huh? The man appeared with a very natural movement. Seeing his face, Lan Zegang breathed a sigh of relief. He is a partner, not a terrorist. It is you! Lan Zegang smiled reassuringly, and approached him.The other party also smiled and walked towards him quickly. The two shook hands, exchanged a few worried words with each other, and then walked side by side. The man persuaded Lan Zegang to gather with other people, Lan Zegang's answer was: I will go to the toilet first. But when Lan Ze just turned around and wanted to talk to the other party, he touched it!A strong impact hit Aizawa Takeshi's temple, and the violent force passed through the brain and shook the eardrum on the other side. In an instant, the scene in front of Aizen Tsuyoshi was all distorted and deformed, and his vision became blurred. All the muscles in his body were instantly paralyzed, and he knelt down. Huh?why? He really wanted to protest, but he couldn't utter a word. Lan Ze just sat down on the ground, and he saw a big white stone in front of him, dripping his blood on it. Suddenly, the big white stone disappeared, and then swung it down heavily at him. A whining sound rang deep in his ears, and after that, he couldn't hear anything. An important function in Aozawa's mind seemed to be destroyed, making his vision very narrow, as if looking through the narrow field of vision of a telescope, a large white stone suddenly approached and became extremely huge. (Ah! That’s the statue of Sissa. It’s just a marble statue placed in the rest area and stored in a glass cabinet with the relic model) Thinking of this, the third shock hit him again. Not only did he not hear any sound this time, the pain also disappeared, but his lower body was soaked in a warm liquid. Aozawa just lost control. (Ahhh! I knew it would be like this, I should have gone to the bathroom before hiding and also, the expensive suit was dirty all over my body) Lan Zegang kept thinking about these meaningless things in his mind, and his consciousness gradually sank into a deep seabed where he could never return. three At eleven twenty in the evening, the corridor on the eighth floor. That's it, the area I'm in charge of is really perfect. After finishing decorating the room, Jin Tianyi clapped his hands and stood up, talking to himself with satisfaction. At the time of the design here, considering that the landscape of the room must match the corridor with a complex structure, there are quite a lot of dead spots, so the partners who work in other places cannot be seen. After the ten people who fled to the eighth floor completed the work of blocking the stairs and elevators, everyone gathered again to discuss and then split up to prepare for the battle. Except for Aizawa Hideichiro, who has a bad heart, and Xiaolong, who was shot and wounded, the other eight men and women all have their own areas of responsibility. They used the tools and thin metal wires found in the staff toilet on the seventh floor to carefully block off the places where terrorists might invade. In addition to stopping the elevator, pulling down the fire barrier, and sealing the safety door, they also considered that the enemy might enter through the window. The eighth floor is a banquet hall and a shopping street, and there are no guest rooms for accommodation, so it is impossible for the enemy to climb in from the balcony. They assumed that some of the terrorists had received special training. In order to prevent them from climbing in through the outer wall of the building, all the open windows were locked, and the doors of the rooms with windows were locked from the outside. The doors of each room are sealed quite tightly with metal wires and the removed table legs. Even if the enemy invades through the window, the heavy doors cannot be opened unless bombs are used to blow them open. After all the blockades are completed, the next step is to be monitored separately by everyone.As long as a terrorist is found trying to climb up with a rope, immediately counterattack with heavy objects from above. Due to separate monitoring, the large banquet halls located on the east and west sides and the four small banquet halls next door did not block the entrances. From the windows of these rooms, you can see the four walls of east, west, north and south. All the staff also unanimously agreed to check the banquet hall separately every 30 minutes to completely block the enemy's invasion route. Let's go back to the meeting point! Jin Tianyi looked around and said. The reason why he kept mumbling to himself was nothing more than to dispel the restless emotions in his heart. He knew that the enemy would not have easy access to the eighth floor, but they could also use unexpected methods to get in. At this moment, Kindaichi is most worried about King Siza, the mysterious mastermind who controls the terrorists. The five terrorists all had guns on their bodies, but their heads didn't seem to be very bright.Kindaichi believed that this series of meticulous plans could not have been conceived by one of them. Even though they had successfully escaped to the eighth floor, Kindaichi always felt that this seemed to be part of the enemy's plan. This is known from their detailed investigation of the hotel's security equipment before destroying it, and allowing the hotel staff to escape without leaving unnecessary hostages. Because if a terrorist group with only five or six people takes too many hostages, it will not only hinder their actions, but also easily attract danger. Their trick of cutting off the telephone line for external communication is very clever. Apart from making it impossible for the hostages to communicate with the outside world, there should be more important reasons. Kindaichi believed that the planners of this whole incident wanted to drive the staff out of the hotel by cutting off the telephone line for external communication before occupying the hotel. Because the hotel has not yet officially opened, there are not many staff members. Once the communication facilities fail, most of the staff will be busy repairing and checking the cause of the damage. Besides, the only way to make calls outside the island is to find communication equipment outside the hotel, so there will be fewer staff members staying in the hotel. As for the enemy's reason for not cutting off the internal line, apart from what Zhou Fang said was difficult to cut off the internal line buried in the wall, there is actually another cunning intention. After a terrorist attack with a gun, the staff who fled in a hurry will definitely use the internal phone to convey the news. In this way, those terrorists don't have to go around to chase people away, the staff in the hotel will also convey the news by themselves, and the birds and beasts will disperse. At first glance, this seems to be a crazy act with no clear purpose, but when you think about it carefully, it may also be an intelligent crime planned by a very meticulous mind. Others should have done the same, right? Kindaichi was talking to himself, preparing to return to the assembly point. Huh? Suddenly, he saw a blue button on the red carpet in the corridor. He bent down to pick it up, only to see the silver HERMES engraved on it, which can be seen as the button of a famous brand suit. Besides, this button is not small, and it should have fallen from the suit worn by the man. ah!Isn't this the button of the suit that Aizawa is wearing? Kindaichi immediately remembered the blue-gray high-end suit of Takeshi Aizawa. At that time, Miyuki still whispered in his ear: That's from Hermes! How did the button fall in this place? His intuition told him that this was unusual. Aozawa had to comb even a single hair of his hair neatly with pomade, and he also pretended to be noble when he walked. It is absolutely impossible for such a person to appear in front of guests in a suit with buttons missing. So, this button fell here unconsciously! When everyone was hiding in the exhaust pipe on the seventh floor, Lan Zegang volunteered to find Kindaichi and the others, and disappeared from sight. When Jin Tianyi and his party all escaped to the eighth floor, the vegetable delivery elevator could no longer be used on the seventh floor. (Could it be that he had already sneaked to the eighth floor?) How despicable! As a hotel manager, he would do such a despicable act. It's horrible, Mr. Mitsui almost died because he was looking for him, and Xiaolong was shot because of it! Jin Tian scolded and looked around, he didn't see anyone, but he knew that Lan Zegang must be hiding somewhere. The place where the button fell off was the side road leading to the central area of ​​the hotel. Xiaoqian said earlier that it was planned to be built as a shopping street. Since no merchants have settled in yet, and the design is complicated, it is as scary as entering a ghost land when you walk in. (Well, there must be quite a few places to hide in there.) good!I'm going to get you out now and bring you in front of everyone! Kindaichi resentfully walked towards the dark corridor. Four The corridor where you can't see your fingers is indeed as scary as Xiaoqian said. The designer probably wanted to design it as a lively town with a southern flavor, so the walls were all painted white and decorated with tiles or Western-style tile eaves. But now the dim, empty feeling makes the entire shopping street look like a deserted ghost town. Jin Tianyi tried to imagine the scene after the opening here. He crossed his arms and muttered as he walked: I don't feel so good! He thinks the cause is the marble floor. The cold texture of the marble floor does not match the warm feeling of the walls and ceiling. It can be seen that Lan Zeyu's taste needs to be strengthened. The appearance is calm and full of urban atmosphere, Aizawa Takeshi, who sticks to unique tastes and does not pay attention to economic benefits, and Aizawa Yuichi, who can't get rid of vulgarity, but has more economic concepts. The source of the dispute between these two brothers should be that they feel different . It would be nice if the two of them added up and divided by two. While thinking, Kindaichi walked towards the interior of the labyrinth-like corridor. Suddenly, his eyes widened. In front of him was a venue with a high ceiling similar to a performance center. There were a lot of tables and chairs under the stage. This should be the rest area. Huh? Kindaichi's eyes stopped at the huge glass display case in the middle, and what appeared in the blue halo were the relics he saw in the underwater aquarium. Wow it's beautiful! Jin Tianyi couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration. Against the backdrop of the dim light around, the model appears quite three-dimensional and realistic. No matter how you look at this model, it looks like the seabed ruins. It seems that the seabed here is really a part of the Witch Continent. Kindaichi stared at the glass cabinet and whispered. Suddenly, he heard the sound of clothes rubbing, so he quickly raised his head to look, and found that there seemed to be a person hiding in a corner of the pillar. (Looking at the way that person hides there coweringly, it must be Lan Zegang who is right!) As Jin Tianyi slowly approached the pillar, he was thinking about how to scold him later. Huh? Unbelievably, there was no one here! (Strange? Someone was hiding here just now! Could it be that they escaped?) As soon as Jin Tian thought of this, he was about to turn around, oh! Suddenly there was a sharp pain in the back of his head, and his body shook a few times involuntarily. The severe pain was like ringing a bell, constantly echoing in his head, and his head gradually became numb. bump!Another blow, this time the medulla, which connects the neck to the back of the head, was hit. (Oh no) Kindaichi knew that something was wrong, but he didn't even have the strength to fight back and turn around to confirm the opponent. At the moment before losing consciousness, he could only desperately imprint the shadow reflected on the glass cabinet on his retina. The assailant in the blue cloak couldn't find a trace of human features on his face. (It's a ghost! Or it's a demon!) In an instant, Jin Tianyi's whole body trembled, and the feeling of terror spread all over his body. Finally, the opponent attacked for the third time, and Kindaichi finally lost consciousness. five 11:55 p.m., Temple of Gold. After reporting the actions he had taken so far to King Cesar, Reid resisted the urge to scream and sat down in the chair without hesitation. At this moment, the annoying ancient mold was stirring deep in his ears, making him clearly feel that the vicious mold was about to erode into his brain. If this continues, he will be swallowed by mold sooner or later. Red's only expectation now is to wait for King Cesar's words of mercy. He must know as soon as possible that the mistakes he and his subordinates made were actually all in the far-sighted plan of King Caesar.Otherwise, he was afraid that he would completely collapse, and his brain would be completely destroyed by mold. Reid resisted the sense of terror seeping out of every cell in his body, and continued: "King Cesar, can you tell me the purpose of this plan?" Is the evolution going on according to your will?Letting the hostages escape, so that the second victim was not caught alive, was it all the will of the omniscient and omnipotent King Cesar? The sacred mark ∞ on the door on the eighth floor is also your plan to lure the hostages there and prepare to make a judgment yourself Before Red could finish speaking, King Cesar suddenly spoke up, preventing him from continuing. Listen up!The blood of the second living sacrifice who has fallen into hell is about to awaken the ancient souls wandering in time and space. When Reid heard these words, his whole body felt as if he was being shocked by electric shock. The three present, Ye Luo, Green, and Origi, also looked at each other in blank dismay. oh oh oh Hierro sighed in trepidation, while Green drew an ∞ shape with his fingers on his chest, just like a Christian crossing his chest, and prayed with gratitude from the bottom of his heart. What you mean is that the second sacrificer, Lan Zegang, has been convicted! Reid asked, without waiting for King Cesar to open his mouth, he immediately praised: Hehehe, it is exactly what I thought.King Cesar is indeed an all-knowing and omnipotent God, possessing a sublime wisdom that our five saints will never match Red admired the god he worshiped from the bottom of his heart. Hearing these words, King Sisar also responded: Everything is due to you five saints!But don't forget, when the stars in the sky gather into a grand cross, the time for the decisive battle will come. With less than two days to go, we must complete our last battle.The will to revive the witch kingdom is filled in this time and space, and the person who can gather those wills is the third living sacrifice. King Caesar took advantage of the opportunity to say the name of the third victim, and at the same time greatly praised the saints gathered in front of him. Finally, he declared to all the saints: when the blood of the third living victim was drained, the moment when his heart bathed in blood was offered to the altar was the day when the kingdom would be revived.The stupid and corrupt modern civilization will collapse under the catastrophe brought by the Grand Cross. At the same time, the Kingdom of the Witch will be resurrected! six At midnight, the small banquet hall on the east side. Eight people were assembled in the as-yet-unnamed small ballroom on the east side of the hotel because it was on the southeast side of the hotel, closest to the security gate. Zhou Fang said that the security door is the place where terrorists are most likely to invade, and it is also the only entrance through which external rescue can come in. Another reason is that this room can monitor the east wall, and there is only a corridor separated from the butterfly hall on the north side, taking advantage of the terrain. As for the unblocked rooms, there are a total of the Arrow Wheel Hall in the southwest corner and the Small Banquet Hall in the northwest corner, as well as the Butterfly Hall in the northeast corner and the Small Banquet Hall in the southeast corner. Since the enemy may climb the walls and invade through the windows, everyone decided to patrol the four halls every thirty minutes. However, in order to save the walking time in the middle, everyone chose this small banquet hall located in the southeast corner, which occupies a convenient location, as the gathering place. Only in this way, the distance to patrol the Arrowwheel Hall in the opposite direction and the small banquet hall in the northwest corner is relatively longer. Even if you use a small jog, it will take four or five minutes. Therefore, when you want to go to these two rooms, you have to go in groups of two or three people. If something really happens, if it is too late to use the internal phone to contact, at least someone can come back and inform others. Why hasn't Ah Yi come back yet? Miyuki looked down the corridor. Mitsui and Fujishima had come back five minutes ago, and Suho had also appeared just now, and now the only one who didn't show up was Jin Tianichi. what happened?Is something not going well? A bad premonition suddenly appeared in Miyuki's heart. (Could it be that he was captured by terrorists who broke through the siege?) Thinking wildly will only lead to panic, Miyuki then bit her lower lip tightly and said to herself. (That kind of thing will never happen to Hajime!) But the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt in her heart, and she couldn't help but think of all the bad luck that happened to Kindaichi before. Miyuki really didn't understand why bad luck always happened to Kindaichi. (It's okay, Ah Yi won't be caught by the enemy so easily, he will be safe and sound.) Miyuki prayed secretly in her heart, and the tears were uncontrollable, almost welling up in her eyes. Seeing Miyuki's uneasy look, Xiaoqian said softly: Miyuki, do you want to drink water? She stood up as she spoke. If you see Kindaichi, you can bring him back by the way.He is a person who demands perfection in everything, so he must not know where to delay. if only that was the case Meixue blurted out the worries in her heart, and as soon as she said the words, she quickly explained for herself: Ah!That's right, Ah Yi is more careful, so he must be worried, so he checked very carefully.It's almost time, we should call him back! I'm good to go. Zhou Fang prevents Miyuki and Xiaoqian from going out. How can I let you two girls go?What if you encounter terrorists? Zhou Fang, we'll be fine. Xiaoqian comforted him. It is impossible for terrorists to come up here, otherwise they would have appeared long ago. that's right Could he be lost? Mitsui guessed. Hearing his words, Xiaoqian couldn't help laughing out loud: How is it possible?He is not a child!But if he entered the shopping street, he might really get lost. That place is like a haunted house. Once I went to explore it alone because I was greedy for fun. There were neither shops nor lights. Every place looked similar. I walked and got lost without knowing it. Later, I still found someone to rescue me through the radio. Miyuki nodded with her arms folded and said, "Shopping Street Well, Hajime might want to explore there.Since he was a child, Ha Yi liked empty houses where no one lived in them.I remember when I was teaching outdoors in elementary school, he once ran into a cave on the coast and couldn't get out, which caused quite a commotion!His curiosity is particularly strong, and the possibility of going on an adventure is quite high. Thinking of this, Miyuki felt a little relieved. If this was the case, Miyuki felt that Kindaichi was really inappropriate, so she couldn't help muttering: In this tense moment, why didn't he restrain his curiosity? But maybe he thought of a good way to get out of here. Because Kindaichi can always think of ways that ordinary people can't think of, and then save everyone's lives at the most critical moment. Just wait another five minutes. If he hasn't come back, we'll go find him again. 三井提議道，這時，原本坐在宴會用的椅子上眺望窗外的藤島，忽然轉過頭說：不行，我們不能掉以輕心。 他的目光和躺在地板上的小龍視線相遇。 雖然金田一還沒有回來，但是我想還是先跟大家說一下比較好 小龍緊皺著眉頭，忍受著疼痛支起身體說道。 yes!起初我覺得等大家都沒事了再說比較好，但是照這樣下去，總不能永遠都不說。 藤島站起來，走到躺在小龍旁邊的藍澤秀一郎身邊蹲下來。 由里繪被殺了嗎？ 秀一郎緩緩開口問道。 聽見他的疑問，美雪感覺現場的空氣在一瞬間凍結起來。 藤島壓低聲音回答：是。那些恐怖份子全都瘋了，他們殺人的手法非常殘忍，我實在不知道該怎麼形容 藤島，我想知道，請你告訴我實際的情況。 秀一郎要求著。 but 藤島猶豫地看著小龍。 It doesn't matter. 秀一郎堅決地說，臉上沒有絲毫動搖的神色。 美雪突然想起秀一郎在排氣管裡說過的話：她真是運氣不好，嫁給一個活不了多久的資產家當老婆已經夠衰了，沒想到居然還會 美雪神色黯然地低頭思忖。 （由里繪的一生究竟是怎麼回事？ 不被人愛，也沒有愛過人，還嫁給一個老得足夠當她父親的男人，最後又莫名其妙地被殺害。 為甚麼被殺的人會是她？她真的是恐怖份子瘋狂行動的犧牲品嗎？ ) 美雪試著臆測金田一對這件事的想法。 （阿一他是怎麼想的呢？他會不會認為由里繪是因為別的原因而被殺害？） 不讓美雪有時間多想，藤島描述由里繪死狀的聲音打斷她的思緒。 她的心臟被挖出來，屍體被放在用桌子疊成的祭壇上 一想到那副令人作噁的慘狀，藤島無法繼續說下去。 在場沒有人說得出話來，恐怖已經取代原本悲傷的情緒。 我、我去找阿一回來！ 美雪準備往門口衝去的當兒，藤島抓住她的肩膀制止道：不行！我不是說過不能掉以輕心嗎？我瞭解你的心情，更何況這裡有這麼多男人，沒必要讓你一個女孩子去冒險。 他說著，看了三井和周防一眼。 讓我們三個去找吧！金田一會沒事的。 三井邊說邊走向門口。 我們到商店街分頭搜尋，就算他會迷路，也一定是在那裡面 yes!I am coming too. 周防跟在三井身後說。 I am coming too. 小龍想要起身，卻被三井抓住負傷的手腕強壓回去。 you can't go! it hurts! 小龍不禁痛得叫出來。 你可是受了槍傷的人，好不容易才止住血。如果你現在到處亂跑，那麼難保傷口不會因此裂開化膿。我是醫生，我絕對不會讓你去冒險的。 but 小龍還想再說甚麼，藤島卻搶先道：三井說的對，況且你對飯店的設計又不熟，這一點，我和周防、三井就比你佔優勢。商店街的地形已經夠複雜了，你甚麼都不知道，小心自己找木乃伊反而變成木乃伊。 你這是甚麼意思啊？ 小龍不明白日本的比喻，藤島馬上為他解說：意思是說偷木乃伊的人因為逃不出複雜的古墓區，最後連自己都死在裡面，變成木乃伊。簡單的說就是你想去找金田一，結果自己也在裡面迷路的意思。 聽完他的解釋，小龍這才乖乖躺回地上。 That's it.周防、三井，我們分頭去尋找金田一，不過要在那個迷宮般的商店街找人可有得辛苦囉！ 正當三人準備離去的時候你們等一下。 和小龍一樣躺在地上的秀一郎叫住他們，神情痛苦地抬起上半身說：優，你不是這間飯店的負責人嗎？居然還站在那裡發呆，還不趕快帶路！ 是、是！ 藍澤優像只驚弓之鳥，連忙站起來向大家解釋：非常抱歉，因為家父受傷了，我想陪在他身邊，所以 你留在我身邊幹甚麼？還不如醫學院出身的三井來得有用。 三井聽了他的話，趕緊答腔：董事長，您別擔心，我們馬上就回來了。 三井，你要不要留下來？ 想到秀一郎的病，藤島詢問他的意見。 三井連忙搖搖頭說：不，商店街實在是太大了，幫忙的人手當然是越多越好。小茜，你不介意吧？ 三井直呼小茜的名字。 文也，你不要擔心我，我會好好照顧爸爸的。爸爸，你說好不好？ 小茜故意直呼三井的名字窺伺父親的反應，秀一郎則沉默地點點頭回應。 看見這一幕，周防有些鬱悶地說：那就請三井先生用內線跟這裡保持聯絡。 說完，他率先離開房間，藤島和三井也隨後離去，最後一個走的是心不甘情不願的藍澤優。 這時候，宴會廳只剩小龍、秀一郎、小茜、美雪和星野秘書五人。 seven 金田一在一陣陣微弱的衝擊下醒過來，他強忍著劇烈的頭痛，慢慢睜開眼睛。 最先映入眼簾的是地毯，背部則是牆壁的觸感，由此可見，他應該是靠在牆壁上滑落下來而甦醒。 （這裡是甚麼地方？） 這裡暗得像海底一樣，藍白色的光線像生物般蠢蠢欲動。 （好像是誰偷襲我？ 我在那個像鬼城一樣的商店街被一個穿著披風的不明人物我、我想起來了，那是甚麼東西啊？ ) 金田一激動地想站起身，這才發現自己全身被緊緊捆綁住。他由觸覺判斷，綁住自己的應該是細塑膠繩。 儘管他雙手雙腳都被綁住，身體完全無法動彈，不過他還是極力扭動上半身環顧四周。 室內沒有任何照明，不過在搖晃的藍色燈光照射下，勉強可以看出周圍的模樣。 這個寬闊的空間裡頭有一張圓桌和一扇大窗，還有一個發出藍光的水族箱，裡面有幾尾橘紅色的魚悠哉地游來游去。 （這裡是箭輪廳，那是今天早上小茜帶我來看過放在箭輪廳的水族箱） 金田一的意識越來越清楚，已經可以慢慢掌握自己現在的情況。 （一定是被那個穿著藍色披風的人綁到這裡，可是他的目的是甚麼？ 那個穿著藍色披風的人又是誰？ ) 金田一的頭越想越痛，思緒又開始變得混亂起來。 （可惡！別再痛了，我得盡快想辦法逃出這裡。） 金田一努力恢復冷靜觀察周圍的環境。 水族箱的燈光無法讓他看清楚整個室內的狀況，但是對面那塊黑暗的地方應該不會有人躲著。 金田一不知道偷襲他的怪人在哪裡。 （我得趁現在趕快想辦法我的手腳被綁住，根本無法開門，就算逃出去，也不能做甚麼。 美雪他們在飯店的另一邊，要是這樣爬出去，萬一又遇到那個怪人，那我不就真的完了可惡！我一定要先把這個塑膠繩解開。 ) 金田一拚命想把束縛解開，但是卻一點用也沒有。 他再度觀察四周。 （有沒有甚麼有用的東西，好比刀子之類的） 突然間，他的目光停留在角落一張不顯眼的小桌子上，他的頭腦開始靈活地轉動。 雖然他在黑暗中完全看不到，不過他確信那張桌子一定是電話台。 他小心注意周圍的情況，像毛毛蟲一樣往桌子的方向移動。最後，他利用牆壁支起身體。 （果然是電話！我可以用這個跟美雪他們聯絡，尋求救援。 美雪他們那個房間的房號是我記得好像是東側的小會議室） 金田一集中眼力凝視話機上寫著房間號碼的卡片。 他努力睜大眼睛，好不容易終於看清楚上面的號碼８００１。 （這裡是８００１室。我記得美雪他們的房間是在我這間的最右邊，那一間的房號是對了，用順時針方向增加數字不就行了。 問題是，八樓究竟有多少房間啊？我記得另一邊好像有一間同樣形式的大房間，好像是叫蝴蝶廳到那裡為止有多少房間呢？ ) 金田一絞盡腦汁思考。 他企圖回想今天早上小茜帶他們參觀八樓的記憶。 （以順時鐘方向算起，安全門的隔壁是一個小宴會廳接下來好像有五個差不多的宴會廳然後我們就走到電梯前面，接下來又有三個宴會廳對了，那個大宴會廳就在更前面，那麼美雪他們的房間是在隔著走廊的對面，從這裡開始數應該是第十一個房間，８００１再加上１１是８０１２。） 金田一背對著電話，用被縛住的手拿起話筒放在桌上，然而不靈活的手差點握不住話筒掉在地上，金田一嚇得出了一身冷汗。 他不知道藍色披風怪人何時會回來，在心中告誡自己萬萬不能發出聲音。 可是金田一實在太緊張了，一雙手還是不由自主地顫抖著。 （內線電話應該是直接播號碼就可以吧？） 他用手指摸索鍵盤，依序按下８０１２四個按鍵，再把耳朵貼在桌上的話筒旁邊。 話筒響了三聲之後，接起電話回應的是位女性。 eight 午夜零點十五分，八樓東側小宴會廳。 突如其來的電話鈴聲嚇得美雪從椅子上跳起來。 剛上廁所回來的星野秘書正好經過電話旁邊，當她伸手想接起電話時，卻被美雪制止住。 I'll pick it up! 美雪一抱搶過話筒。 Hello?Hello? 她精神百倍地回答。 Hello?Is it Miyuki?你是美雪嗎？ Hajime!Where are you?What are you doing?你知道大家都很擔心你嗎？藤島先生他們剛才才跑出去找你 金田一的聲音有些沙啞，不是聽得很清楚，不過美雪一聽就知道是他。 美雪，你聽我說，我被一個莫名其妙的人綁架了，現在被關在箭輪廳。 What did you say? 聽見他的話，美雪手上的話筒差點掉下來。 How are you doing?Are you hurt? 還好，不過手腳都被綁住，你趕快找人過來救我哇！ 金田一突然驚叫一聲，美雪的臉色立刻變白。 Hajime!Hajime! 她驚恐萬分地大喊金田一的名字。 Who are you?Wow 話筒那端傳來爭執的聲音之後，電話旋即被人切斷。 Hajime! 美雪將話筒丟往一邊，立刻衝出去。 來到門口時，正巧遇見上廁所回來的小茜和秀一郎，還有前去尋找金田一的藤島。 美雪，你怎麼了？ 小茜拉住神色驚慌的美雪問道。 阿一他他被綁架了就在箭輪廳裡 她好不容易擠出這幾個字。 接著，她甩開小茜的手，飛快地往走廊另一端跑去。 小茜，美雪怎麼了？ 幾乎是同時，背後傳來一個男人的聲音。 文也，金田一好像發生意外了，他在箭輪廳裡 小茜緊張地回答。 下一刻，小龍也跑出來想幫忙，可是美雪死命地向前狂奔，身後緊跟著凌亂的腳步聲和呼喚聲。 她一邊奔跑一邊祈禱。 （老天爺，求求你一定要保佑阿一平安無事！） Huh?美雪，發生甚麼事了？ 這時，周防從走廊另一邊走過來，表情驚愕地對她說話，可是美雪無暇回答他，與他擦身而過，直往前面的角落奔去再向右轉。 嶄新的走廊上鋪著長毛地毯，使得美雪奔跑的速度減弱許多。 （有個來路不明的人正在對阿一不利，他會不會是那些恐怖份子的夥伴？） 除此之外，美雪實在想不出金田一會被人綁架的理由。 此刻，藤島說過的話不斷浮現在她的腦海裡。 （由里繪的心臟被人挖出來，屍體當作祭品放在祭壇上） 這段駭人的想像不停地考驗著美雪的神智。 為了擺脫掉恐怖的聯想，美雪加快速度拚命往前跑。 當下，她腦子裡想的只有一件事。 （阿一會死！） 這四個字是支撐美雪跑向金田一被綁架的地方的原動力。 一會兒，陸陸續續有腳步聲從後面追上來，其中一個追上美雪，並且超越她小龍顧不得身上的槍傷，用極快的速度拉開他跟美雪之間的距離。 Kindaichi! 小龍大叫著，跑步的速度並不因此而減緩。 從剛才他們的房間到箭輪廳足足有三百公尺的距離，美雪的體力已經超出極限。 因為這段走廊不是一直線，中間有不少角落要轉彎，每轉一次彎就會減緩奔跑的速度，再加上美雪腳下穿的是有跟鞋子，跑起來更加不順。 可是為了金田一的安全，即使身後的男人一一超越她，她也絕不放慢速度，期望在第一時間見到他。 跑了三、四分鐘之後，美雪終於到達箭輪廳，她一口氣衝進房間裡。 這間幾乎完全黑暗的室內，僅靠著水族箱裡發出的微弱藍光來照明。 Hajime! 美雪大叫著，聲音在空曠的房間裡迴盪，但卻沒有人回應。 突然間，有人把電燈打開，天花板上放射出暖黃色的光線，原本一片黑暗的室內顛時大放光明。 美雪環顧著大約有一個小體育館大的空間，努力找尋金田一的身影。 在她的左手邊是一整排的水族箱，美麗的橘紅色箭輪魚在裡面優遊自在地游著。 然而，第一個映入美雪眼裡的，卻是在房間正中央，一個放在舖著白桌巾的桌子上的紅黑色物體。 那個東西只有一個拳頭大，乍看之下，分辨不出那是甚麼東西。 沒來由地，美雪忽然想起先前藤島述說由里繪慘死的情景心臟！ 那個東西就是人的心臟一想到這裡，美雪的意識也隨之沉入無底深淵中。