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Chapter 28 Detective Bai Zhi
Accompanied by the very rhythmic dance music and a very awkward feeling, Night Owl and Bai Zhi searched the kitchen together.
Although the sound of music was loud, it was obviously not enough in front of the pouring rain outside and the lightning flash that appeared from time to time.
So the other group of two people didn't notice the situation on their side, at most they vaguely heard some rather upbeat music...
The kitchen was not big. On the premise that two people searched with flashlights, the search was completed very quickly. Except for the human head in the compartment of the refrigerator, there were few other gains. However, because of the dead man in the refrigerator, someone was quite curious about the composition of the unidentified liquid that solidified in the pot.
If it weren't for Night Owl pulling him desperately, maybe he would use a shovel to scoop up the unidentified liquid in the pot to find out… Regarding this, Bai Zhi felt very regretful.
"The windows are sealed with wooden planks...to prevent water from entering?"
Glancing thoughtfully at the blinds that were nailed with a dozen or so black pieces of wood, Bai Zhi turned around and walked out of the kitchen.
There was no comparison between the efficiency of one person and the efficiency of two people. With the addition of BGM, Night Owl finally overcame her fear slightly and joined the search with a flashlight tremblingly.
Following the same method, after exploring the kitchen, Bai Zhi and Night Owl explored a toilet and a master bedroom one after another.
It seemed that no one had been to this villa for a long time. The ground was all dusty, the corners of the walls were full of spider webs.
Like the kitchen, the windows in other rooms were nailed with black wooden planks, and the mirror in the toilet was stained with a large black stain of unknown origin, which seemed a little scary under the illumination.
——Because of this, a certain night owl hid behind Bai Zhi again.
After investigating the four rooms, Bai Zhi returned to the lobby.
Dirty and shabby sofas were randomly placed, and the candles on the coffee table were still flickering. However, the snacks on the table had been scattered all over the place. The originally closed door was opened, and strong winds mixed with showers rushed into the lobby.
Looking at the snacks scattered next to the sofa, Bai Zhi frowned and realized that things were not simple.
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After closing the door again, Bai Zhi came to the sofa.
In an empty and messy lobby, all kinds of debris on the ground were piled up at random. Half of the ground near the window has been wetted by the rainwater infiltrating from the window. After mixing with thick dust on the ground, the rainwater formed several puddles of muddy water.
The dilapidated sofas were spliced into a circle in the center of the lobby, the coffee table that was broken in half was placed in the center of the sofa, and a half-burned candle was placed on the candlestick on the coffee table.
The curtains were stained with a lot of disgusting dark red substances, most of which had fallen off the walls, and only a few strips of cloth were stubbornly connected to the ceiling. The glass windows were nailed with thickly stacked wooden planks, causing the lobby to look even more gloomy.
In such a gloomy and dark environment, Bai Zhi stood by the sofa with his arms folded, and looked at this empty lobby bit by bit with his scrutiny eyes.
"Although the door was opened, there are no footprints left on the ground. It should have been blown open by the wind."
Bai Zhi's eyes moved to the sofa and coffee table, his sharp eyes captured any possible information, and he explained it in his mouth like he was talking to himself.
"There are very faint movement marks on the ground on the edge of the sofas, and there are obvious finger marks on the coffee table. There are also two other lines of messy footprints around the sofa except the footprints I left behind. One line of footprints are a little heavier, and the other line of footprints are a little lighter and seemingly a little wobbly as well. It can be seen that they were so wounded that they didn't have time to do the simple thing of closing the door."
Crouching down, Bai Zhi looked at the ground in front of him with the help of the faint light from the candles on the coffee table, and continued to speak.
"And the scattered snacks on the ground were obviously man-made. They were accidentally swept to the ground by someone in panic. It can be seen that their situation was critical at the time... Based on this, the truth of the matter is already obvious-"
A flash of lightning pierced the night sky at this time, illuminating the entire lobby in an instant. Standing up from the ground, Bai Zhi had a solemn look on his face.
"Unlike the smooth progress of our investigation, Beard Guy and Gentle Smile and Soft Heart group were obviously in danger, and one of them was even injured. Judging from the depth of the footprints, the injured one should be Gentle Smile and Soft Heart, and Beard Guy probably accidentally swept the snacks on the table to the ground while he was busy taking care of Gentle Smile and Soft Heart..."
Turning his head to look at the two people who were sitting on the opposite sofa staring blankly at him, Bai Zhi's words carried a trace of pride like a famous detective who solved the case.
"How is it? Is my deduction correct?"
Gentle Smile and Soft Heart: "..."
Beard Guy: "..."
...What is wrong with this guy! ?
Night Owl, who had probably understood the character of the teammate whose ID was Black and White, looked away silently.
Unlike Bai Zhi's group, Beard Guy's group was indeed attacked. They didn’t find anything unusual in the master bedroom and storage room, but when Beard Guy went to explore the toilet with Gentle Smile and Soft Heart, Gentle Smile and Soft Heart were attacked inexplicably.
Black finger marks slowly appeared on her neck, as if a pair of invisible hands were choking her neck tightly. If Beared Guy hadn't pulled Gentle Smile and Soft Heart out of the toilet quickly, she might’ve died in there.
After a moment of shock, Beared Guy returned to the lobby again with Gentle Smile and Soft Heart, preparing to help her treat the wound a little bit. Although the black finger marks on her necks did not seem to expand after leaving the toilet, it still looked quite scary.
As a result, when Beared Guy was dealing with Gentle Smile and Soft Heart’s injuries, Night Owl walked back in the joyful and upbeat BGM with a boombox in her arms. Before they could recover, the guy whose ID was Black and White performed a detective show in front of them as if it was real...
Gentle Smile and Soft Heart were dazed, and Beard Guy was confused.
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