Chapter 3 Chapter 3 The Black Death of a Detective

The fateful six o'clock in the afternoon is getting closer. I was reading Bunko's novel next to Wukiri to pass the time. "Murder Announcement at Ten Corners Hall" - a mystery novel, tells the story of a group of college students who were trapped on an isolated island and were killed one after another.Reading such a tense novel under such a tense situation, I feel an indescribable sense of peace in my heart, perhaps because the unique sense of tension and anxiety has gradually paralyzed my spirit. Nanamura sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, meditating.It might be quite rare for him to look so quiet and motionless.

Not far from him, Toriyao, Minase, Chashita, and Mifune were playing poker. It seemed that they were having a good time playing "Monopoly". Xinxian seems to be reading some very difficult book.His expression is always calm, as if he has already realized it, and he can feel a kind of spiritual tolerance from him. Ye He was still lazily leaning on the sofa, probably asleep.From time to time, she could hear her panting and muttering some inexplicable words to herself, which felt a little scary. Uozumi may have been busy in the front hall non-stop in order to appear like a maid.I didn't expect her to be a detective... But this way, things seemed to become more complicated.

Nanamura glanced at his watch, and I also checked the time on my phone—five minutes to go. Toriyao and the others, who have been playing poker, also became restless. "The time is coming soon." I whispered to Wuqie. Wukiri nodded slightly while retying the ribbon on the three-strand braid. The moment has finally arrived. —Crack.The moment six o'clock came, a wonderful voice resounded throughout the hall. It appears others have heard it too.I craned my neck to look around. "A door has opened." Qicun stood up. "Come with me, everyone." Qicun walked towards the direction of the voice.

There was a heavy double door over there.We followed him one after another.Nanamura put his hand on the door. "The door is unlocked," he said, holding the doorknob.He pushed the door open hard.Finally started. What exactly is waiting for us... The room behind the door should be the cafeteria. In the center of the room is a dining table, covered with a white tablecloth, and five pairs of chairs are arranged facing each other beside the dining table, with a white plate and a set of knives and forks placed in front of each chair. The ceiling is so high that it seems to connect the first and second floors.There is a balcony-like corridor on the second floor, which circles the room and overlooks the entire first floor from above. Opposite the door is the stairs leading to the balcony, with a dining table in the middle.

At first glance, the windows seem to be sealed, so you can't see the outside.Lights on the ceiling brightly illuminate the room. There was no one in the room. We walked into the cafeteria together, looked around, and looked around. There are two strange things on the left hand side of the door. One of them is an electronic display with red LCD numbers changing in the present tense. 111:57:48 The last number is decreasing, "48...47...46...".Minase and the others didn't seem to understand it yet, but I knew what the number was right away. This is the remaining time of "Black Challenge".

Next to the electronic display screen, there is a small box-shaped compartment about the size of a telephone booth.There is a door on the front of the cubicle, and it seems that it is possible to enter the box. "what is this……" "It's very dangerous, don't touch it casually..." I remind Minase.Minase's shoulders trembled, and she quickly hid away. Behind this cubicle, on the further interior wall, there is a fireplace.The stove is filled with firewood, and it looks like it can be used at any time as long as it is lit.It's just that there is heating in the room, so it seems that there is no chance to use this heater.

"Welcome everyone." A sudden electronic sound filled the room. It appears to be broadcasting throughout the hotel. "Who, who?" Minase looked around in confusion. But apart from us, no one else was seen. "I'm here, here." Although you can hear voices, you can't see people.Since this person was talking on the radio, it might be somewhere inside the radio room—"I'm here, please raise your head and have a look." I looked up to the balcony on the second floor. The balcony protruded into the room, and on the wall hung a huge portrait of a brown-haired foreigner.Although it was painted as a portrait, the person in the painting is a very rustic and unremarkable young man.The young man was staring obliquely ahead with blank eyes—"Yes, that's right!"

His mouth moved. "Ah!" I couldn't help screaming.The youth in the painting spoke! "Sister Wu, Wuqie! Look! Look! The painting is moving!" I said while tugging at Yukiri's clothes. All eyes were on the portrait, and the young man in the painting spoke again. "Hi, I'm Norman, a murderer who died almost half a century ago." Murderer——? Why is there a portrait of such a person hanging upstairs in the cafeteria? Talking about why paintings can talk. Am I dreaming? "It's not a portrait, it's an LCD screen. According to the size, it's worth about 25,000."

At some point, Nanamura was already on the balcony, standing next to the portrait and looking at it, and the speed of her actions was really amazing. "What... so it's just a picture frame outside the LCD screen." Minase said with a sigh of relief. "I don't quite understand...what's going on?" Mei Zhou tilted her head and said. "It means that the portrait displayed on the LCD screen is talking. It should be an animation effect, and the mouth of the portrait will move with the voice." "I don't quite understand, but it looks scary!" Mei Zhou timidly took a few steps back.

"Don't be so afraid. After all, I died half a century ago, and now I only exist in the painting. After all, the time has come. The much-anticipated auction is about to start. I wonder if everyone is ready? " "No, no, wait, wait. You have kept us waiting for so long, how can you obediently listen to you as soon as you say it now, and come to an auction right away. By the way, who are you?" "Then let me introduce you." Talking portraits—Norman didn't care about our opinions at all, and went on talking on his own. Is the prisoner manipulating behind the screen?

"Anyway, I have seats for everyone. How about sitting down?" We looked at each other, but no one moved.Witnessing such a wonderful and somewhat funny thing happening in front of my eyes, it seems that all senses have become dull. "I'll only introduce you once, it's better for you to sit down quickly," Norman said. We picked chairs at random and sat down.The order of the seats is based on Norman’s painting on the top of the head on the right hand side. On the side closer to the painting are Uozumi, Kiriri, Me, Toriyao and Minase, and on the opposite side are Nanamura, Night Crane, Chaxia, Meizhou and Xinxian.We are on the side closer to the lobby. "Welcome again to everyone, welcome to this exciting and mysterious auction. Now I will introduce myself, the dead murderer Norman, please take care of me." Applause came from nowhere, it sounded like some kind of sound effect.We also applauded.We were completely carried away by the atmosphere. "Now that the guests have arrived, let me say a few words about the upcoming auction." We looked up at the portrait in silence. "First of all, if you have cash on hand, can you please take it out and put it on the table. Cash is not allowed in this auction." I pulled my wallet out of my pocket and looked at the cash inside.There were still only two thousand-yuan bills, and only a little change left.I put all this money on the table as Norman said. Wuqie next to me didn't take out the money because she only had a credit card.By the way, the taxi fare we got here was all paid by her card, it seems that she did not bring any cash. The others took out the cash one after another and put it on the table. "Qian..." Yehe whispered as if in distress. "Are you okay?" I asked Ye He, and she lay down on the table pressing her temples. "If I don't have money...I feel like dying...ah, I'm going to die." "I can't wait to die too! I borrowed 200,000 yuan from a lending company, but I can't bring it to the auction. What is this?" "Is everyone okay? Oh, cheating is not allowed. Please search the people next to you to see if there is any cash hidden in them. If ladies don't want the uncle to fumble around, then the ladies Search each other. I only give you five minutes, please hurry up." We looked at each other, didn't know who started it first, but we all got up from our chairs anyway.We divided men and women and started searching separately. "Ah, old man, you bastard!" Minase yelled. "There are banknotes hidden in the underwear!" "This, this is my wife's relic!" "Don't play tricks, if the auction is closed because someone violated the rules, do you think it's okay?" "Okay, I see." There are almost half a million banknotes piled up in front of Toriyao.This man might be a liar. After searching each other, we determined that no one had any cash on them. "Very good. In this way, everyone will be on the starting line." Norman in the painting said happily.I still can't accept the situation where portraits speak. "Next, Miss Maid, can you please collect all the cash on the table." Uozumi followed his orders and stood up.Holding the hem of the apron with both hands, she formed the skirt into a bag and threw all the cash into it. "Ah... Qian..." Ye He said in a voice that seemed to be dying at any moment. "My money is 553,245 yen!" Toriyao yelled at Yuzumi's back. Yuzhu ignored them and collected everyone's cash together. "Next, Miss Maid, please go to the fireplace." — a stove?I have a bad feeling. "Okay, then throw all the cash you collected into the stove." Uozumi hesitated for a moment...then following his order, he threw the cash into the stove. "There are matches and kindling on the mantel-piece. Use them to light the fire." "Hey, hey, hey!" Minase stood up abruptly, "My two hundred thousand!" "Huh—? The two hundred thousand is not yours, but the loan company's—?" Mei Zhou said with a giggle. "Pumpkin head is so noisy! You only have 300 yuan, and you may think it doesn't matter, but my money is 200,000! Bastard! Do you know how difficult it is to earn 200,000 yuan! Why do you want to light a fire and burn the banknotes?" But crime!" "Yes, yes, I also object!" "Ah...I'm going to die...money..." "Pumpkin head? Hey, what is a pumpkin head?" "Is this a government conspiracy?" The pot exploded on the dining table, and Yuzhu's reaction was indifferent, she had already started to light a fire in the stove. "Hey, stop!" Minase ran to the stove and grabbed Uozuki's shoulder, "Are you under that Norman? This auction is simply abnormal. Are you talking to the person who held this auction?" Together?" "No." Uozumi replied briefly, shook off Minase's hand, and walked away from the stove. Paper money was burning in the stove with the firewood.My two thousand dollars... "How could this be..." The painful voice from the end of the bird house echoed empty in the cafeteria. "Everyone, don't be dejected. All in all, at the auction here, a small coin of one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand is useless." "You bastard..." Minase stared fiercely at Norman's painting. "Then let's move on to the next step. Those of you who are sitting in the chairs, please try to extend your legs as far as possible. Did your toes touch anything?" We did as he said.In fact, the toes did touch something hard. I ducked under the table to check.There is a relatively large hiking bag under the dining table, and I drag the hiking bag out from under the dining table.This bag is simply too heavy. "Oh my god! What is this!" Minase was the first to shout tremblingly. There are a total of ten hiking bags, and it seems that one is prepared for each of us. I opened the mountaineering bag, and inside was tightly sealed money—a whole bundle of 10,000 yen bills.Moreover, the money was stacked into a very thick pile and wrapped in a plastic bag in the shape of a brick. Not just one bag, but many— "One bag is 10 million, there should be ten bags in it, please confirm." This is the first time I have seen such a large amount of money. "One, one... 100 million..." For some reason, Minase's voice became weeping. I can't stay out of it either.The hand I was holding the backpack trembled unconsciously. "It seems that the money is real." Yuzhu tore the packaging bag and checked the banknotes inside. "This is everyone's funds. Before the upcoming auction starts, I have prepared 100 million yen for each person. Wouldn't it be too boring if only the rich can win this game? I hope everyone To be able to participate in the auction fairly, out of this idea, I give you a small gift." "No, no, thank you very much!" Minase began to pay homage to the painting. Speaking of which, "Challenge of the Black" seems to say "1 billion in cash", so that's what it was referring to. "I want to live! I have the courage to live again!" Ye He looked radiant like never before, "With so much money, I can live forever! I want to remarry and have children as soon as possible to form a happy family! " She was a completely different person than she was just now. "It's just that, will there really be what I want at the auction? If it's all useless, even 100 million yen is useless." Mei Zhou leaned her elbows on the dining table and tilted her head. "It's unbelievable that so much money will be distributed to others." Xinxian said, crossing his arms, "I don't know what the auction items are at the auction." "Now that the preparations are complete, I'll get to the point. Listen up, everyone. It's okay to forget me, but you must remember what I said, because I will only explain the rules once, so you must listen clearly." I quickly took out the notebook. "Before the number on the electronic display turns to zero, the auction will be held at 6 pm every day. Please be careful not to be late, otherwise you will not be able to participate in the auction." The deadline is ten o'clock in the morning in five days.The auction at six o'clock in the afternoon will not be held that day, that is to say, including today's auction, there will be up to five auctions. "By the way, you are not allowed to leave the auction house until the auction is over. However, don't worry, please enjoy this auction to the fullest, no outsiders will disturb you. By the way, although there will be no If outsiders come to disturb you, water and food are guaranteed, please rest assured." None of us spoke, all quietly listening to Norman explain his odd rules. "I will only say it once", probably his words restricted our actions. "Okay, now it's time to introduce the auction items. There is only one item for auction in this auction house every day. It's very simple, right? And the items for each auction are the same, even if you missed it last time , I still have a chance to get it next time, I hope everyone will not be discouraged and continue to challenge." ——Is it the same thing every time? What is he going to bid for? "Then I announce now that the auction item we have prepared for everyone is - the right to become a detective, that is, the 'detective right'!" "Ah—?" Everyone made a voice of obvious dissatisfaction. Disappointment and confusion appeared on the faces of Minase and Toriyao.It seems that the auction items are far from their expectations. At the same time, Kirikiri and Nanamura stared at Norman with stern expressions. "Everyone should understand about this auction, right?" Norman's drawing suddenly becomes a shadowy face, which is creepy.As if a flashlight had been shone on his face from below, that horrible face emerged from the darkness. It was indeed a face full of madness that a murderer should have. Meizhou screamed.I got goosebumps all over my body. "This is no ordinary auction, this is an extraordinary Holocaust auction." "What's going on!" Toriyao asked in embarrassment, but Norman didn't seem to have any intention of answering him. I don't know when, Norman's painting has changed back to the original appearance of the rustic youth. "By the way, I haven't introduced this auction house yet. In this ancient auction house, there is a murderer hidden. No, no, no, that person is not me, because I am dead, and now I only exist in the painting Middle. This murderer is somewhere in this hotel, and can kill everyone at any time. However, this murderer is very cautious, and he will never act recklessly. At night, he will come out to kill, every night Just kill one person." The prisoner finally bared his fangs.This odd situation made me a little dizzy. "Although this murderer is terrifying, he has a weakness, and that is the detective. The murderer cannot kill the detective, and, in order to avoid revealing his true identity, he will not commit murder in front of the detective." "What the hell are you talking about? A murderer? A detective?" It seemed that Minase and Mifune were the only ones who couldn't keep up with what Norman said. They looked confused and embarrassed. Others seem to understand it. They all understood the general meaning of this terrible auction. "You should have understood. As long as you can win the 'Detective Right' in the auction, you can become a detective that day. And the person who won the 'Detective Right' will not be the target of the murderer that night." "This, this is... what is it..." Minase's face turned pale. "Is this what was mentioned in the crime notice?" Toriyao cast a reproachful look at me, and I shook my head repeatedly. "What's the 'right to be a detective'? Isn't it the 'right not to be killed'! If you don't take pictures, you will die, right? Will I die? I don't want to die!" "I don't want to die!" "I want to live! There is so much money!" "I don't know if it's the CIA, or... Could it be NASA?" An auction revolving around "detective rights"... What is the prisoner thinking? Detectives can't be killed, this rule is very similar to "Black Challenge", this is what we call the right of detective privilege.A crafty prisoner wants to put the privilege up for auction. Why did he do this? You can become a detective if you pay for it—— This means that no matter whether you have talent or ability, anyone can become a detective. —Is it to make the detective lose his power? This kind of thing... can't let him succeed. "Everyone, please calm down!" I said, standing up. The restless crowd focused their eyes on me, and I waited until they were all quiet, and then said: "We don't need to bid for 'detective rights'!" "Huh? If you don't get the 'detective rights', you might be killed?" Minase glared at me. "No, you don't need to worry about this! Just now he said, 'Murderers will not commit murder in front of detectives'. In other words, the person who bought the 'detective rights' can gather everyone together to protect them! " "Ah... so it is like this." Mei Zhou stopped crying immediately.Yet others seemed to doubt my words. Why?Why didn't they agree with me. In this game, shouldn't he be the first to buy the "detective right" in order to protect everyone? "You want to protect everyone as a detective, of course it's okay. But please think from the perspective of other people." Xinxian said calmly. "For others, it means entrusting their life and death to someone other than themselves. It's not that easy to do." "This..." I hesitated. "As long as everyone trusts each other..." "We've just met. Will there be such a relationship of trust between us? In fact, I don't know you very well. Even if the 'detective authority' is given to you, you may not be able to protect everyone. You have May betray us. I said these are the conclusions that ordinary people would draw, not to say that I don't believe you." "Yes..." I lowered my head. "I was too arbitrary, sorry." "Speaking of which, what the hell is going on here? Could it be some kind of vicious prank show? I've never heard of such a strange thing. It's incredible!" Minase yelled at Norman. If this auction is the "Black Challenge" designed by the criminals... then things will be extremely troublesome. "By the way!" Norman began to speak again. "The 'Detective Right' is only valid for one day. If another person bids for the 'Detective Right' at the auction on the second day, then the 'Detective Right' will be transferred." If you want to be a detective all the time, you must bid for the "detective right" at every auction... Is that what it means? "Okay, do you understand what I said? Considering that some people may go into the left ear and come out of the right ear, and some people may not understand at all, I will summarize it for you into three main points. As long as you understand these three points , should be able to follow what I said." Rule 1 - The auction will bid for "detective rights" each time. Rule 2 - The Killer will kill one person per night. But people with "detective powers" will not be killed.In addition, killings will not be carried out in front of people with "detective powers". Rule 3 - "Detective Right" is valid until the next auction. "I have one thing I want to confirm." Nanamura raised her right hand slightly and said. "It will be troublesome if you add rules or change the rules later. I want you to assure us that the rules will not be changed in the future." However, Norman remained silent about what Nanamura said. "Hey! Talk!" Minase called out.But Norman still didn't speak. "I told you to talk!" "Enough." Qicun interrupted him. "I see." "Huh? What do you understand...?" "According to my opinion, the prisoner should not break the rules by himself. He is so thoughtful, which is the best evidence. Another point is that the prisoner himself enjoys the game, and he will not spontaneously make damage behavior of the game." "Wh, what game..." "Have you finished speaking, everyone?" Norman said. "This concludes the basic introduction of the auction. Next, I would like to announce the daily schedule of the auction house. Are you ready with paper and pen?" AM7:00 get up PM6: 00 Auction starts PM10: 00 to bed "Oh, it seems that you don't need to write it down, it's easy to remember, right? By the way, only tonight's dinner will be prepared for you, and the rest is up to you." dinner tonight?Will it be prepared by Yuzhu next, or is it already ready? Even so, I wouldn't eat it, because the food might be poisoned. "By the way, I won't do such unsightly things as poisoning, please rest assured." Norman said he seemed to read my mind. It seems that the word "poison" does not appear on the challenge letter as a murder weapon. Even so, it doesn't mean that the other party won't use poison.Only items purchased by the inmate from the Victims of Crime Relief Committee will be listed on the challenge letter, and items prepared by the inmate will not be listed. "Okay, because everyone has to participate in the auction for several days, we have prepared comfortable guest rooms for you. However, there are a few precautions about the guest rooms, please listen carefully. First of all, there is a premise, that is, from ten o'clock in the evening to the morning During the night at seven o'clock, everyone's room will be completely sealed, and the door cannot be opened no matter from the inside or the outside." Can't open it from the inside?This is in fact imprisoned. "That's the rule, please abide by it. Then, at ten o'clock in the evening when the door is blocked, you must stay in your room at that time. This is the access control. If you violate the access control, you will be punished severely. Once Violation of access control will be deemed as giving up participation in the auction, and no longer has the right to participate in future auctions. In order to avoid such consequences, everyone must pay more attention to access control." I was locked in my room at night, and I couldn't do anything in this state. "I have another important thing to say. I said just now that the room will be locked at night, but in fact, someone has the master key." The master key... Could it be! "That's right, that person is a murderer." "Hey, hey, what a mess! Doesn't this mean that only the murderer can move freely!" "Hey, don't panic. At night, the murderer can indeed move freely in the hotel and kill people freely, but... don't forget that there are detectives around. The murderer is not the only one who has the master key. The master key will also be given to the person who bought the 'detective right' at the auction that day." Sure enough, this is the case... Only detectives can protect others.A murderer cannot kill in front of a detective. That is to say, the detective can use the master key to rush to the victim before the murderer arrives, so that the crime can be prevented. There is no doubt that this is the right of a detective - no, it is an obligation. "By the way, detectives must also abide by the access control. If you are not in your room at ten o'clock in the evening, the 'detective rights' you have finally obtained will be lost. Please pay attention to this. However, although there is access control , it doesn't mean you have to stay in the room after ten o'clock in the evening. If you don't have the master key, the result can only be like this, but if the detective wants to, he can leave the room freely and take other people out of the room It doesn't matter. The so-called access control, in simple terms, this rule stipulates that you must stay in the room at the moment when the door is closed, and the actions after that are entirely up to the detective and the murderer." I have a full page in my notebook. I didn't expect the "Black Challenge" to be so troublesome...Compared with the last time, the prisoners this time like to beat around the bush. And because of that - it's also undeniably creepy. "I've introduced so much, it's time to end. I've almost finished what I want to tell you... Ah, that's right, I forgot the most important thing." Norman said jokingly.However, his voice is electronically synthesized, and no emotion can be felt from his words. "After the number on the electronic display turns to zero, those who are still alive can take away the funds they held at that time. How about it? This rule is great, isn't it immediately motivated?" That is to say, if you don't use your money at all, and you live an extra 110 hours, can you get a full 100 million yuan? "Want to review the rules? I really can't do anything about you, so let me briefly summarize it for you." Rule 4 During the night time between 10:00 pm and 7:00 am, the guest room will be blocked.At ten o'clock at night, everyone must stay in their rooms. Rule 5 The killer has the master key.In addition, the owner of the "detective right" also has the master key. Rule 6 As long as you survive safely, the rest of the funds will be yours. "How is it? Have everyone's hearts been captured by the Detective Auction? Not only can you experience the fun of the game, but you can also get money. You are so lucky." "What luck, stop joking!" Minase threatened the painting. "Okay, let me finally introduce the format of the auction. The next auction will be conducted in the form of anonymous bidding. After the auction starts, everyone will enter the compartment over there one by one in order, and then Bidding. Whoever bids how much is not known until the result is out. The minimum unit of payment is one million yuan. Be careful not to break the seal of one million yuan. Be sure to collect all the money before bidding. In addition, once the money is paid, it cannot be returned, everyone should pay attention. Because if the auction item is not auctioned, the money paid will be wasted.” "This auction is really too much. If you don't bid for the product, it will be a waste of money." Toriyao observed the expressions of the people around him.His eyes were different from before, it was a look of trying to preemptively attack. "Also, if there is more than one highest bidder, the money used for the bidding will be invalidated, and the bidding will start from the beginning again. To be clear, this is a waste of effort, so please try to avoid it. No one wants to get it so hard Is the money you get wasted?" I looked down at the money in my hand. Next, is it really necessary to participate in the auction in order to obtain the "detective right"?Detective is a talent and a way of life, not something that can be bought or sold. "When the auction is over, the whistle will be sounded to inform everyone. After the people who entered the compartment before come out, if no one enters the compartment within ten minutes, the auction will automatically end. Please pay attention." If someone enters the cubicle, then everyone must follow into the cubicle, that's what it means. "Oh, it seems that it took a lot of time. Then it's about time for the auction to start... Although I want to say this, I just said that I will prepare dinner for everyone tonight. This is also to relieve everyone's tension Thank you, I invite everyone to dinner now, I don’t know what you like. Miss maid, I need you to do some preparations, please come to me.” Uozumi frowned for a moment, but she seemed to have changed her mind immediately.She stood up and went up to the balcony as Norman ordered.She probably thought that if she acted inappropriately as a maid, her identity as a detective might be exposed. Yuzhu came to Norman's painting. "Then let me prepare dinner tonight." In the next instant, Norman's painting turned into that creepy murderer. Then—there was a crackling sound, as if something had exploded. What the hell happened?Yuzhu standing on the balcony bent his body and staggered. We watched her strange behavior intently.It was a kind of comical, unrealistic dance, and we couldn't do anything but watch the dancers on the stage quietly. At this time, as if they were chasing after the victory, there was another sound-gunshot. Yuzhu finally couldn't support his body anymore, and leaned against the railing of the balcony all of a sudden, and just fell down like this, falling towards us. With a loud noise, Yuzhu fell from the balcony onto the dining table. Where she landed was where her backpack was. She was on her back, with her hands on her belly. The white apron was stained red with blood. Obviously, two holes had been opened on her body.Her face was pale and her eyesight was blurry. "Miss Uozumi," just as I was about to reach out to her—her whole body suddenly burst into flames. Yuzhu turned into a huge fireball, and I involuntarily backed away.Yuzu had not moved at all, the room was filled with a physically disgusting smell, and black smoke came out. In the face of this overwhelming flame, we are helpless and can only watch from the sidelines.My thinking stopped completely, and I even had a feeling like I was dreaming. "Quickly put out the fire!" Qicun said loudly. "Wrap her in your shirt!" His voice brought me back to my senses, I took off my coat as he said, and threw it towards the fire.The only ones who did the same thing as me were Wukiri and Nanamimura. After the three coats encased the fish, the fire abated because our coats cut off the air which was the condition of the fire.Afterwards, Qicun patted his shirt and extinguished the small fire. It ended up burning for nearly ten minutes. After everything was over, I looked at Yuzhu again—it was a small body that was scorched black. You don't need to look to know that she is dead. "Today's dish is roasted whole maid." Norman's ruthless voice sounded. The painting of the murderer changed back to the original appearance of the rustic youth. "It's too, too miserable..." Mei Zhou choked up and watched Yuzhu. "This, this must be a national conspiracy!" After tea, I panicked.Even Ye He widened his eyes and was speechless. "The maid sacrificed herself to provide us with dinner. Unfortunately, it seems that she is no longer able to participate in the auction. It is a good thing that there is one less competitor." "Why did you do such a thing..." Minase said while kneeling on the ground, weeping. "If you think this auction is just a joke, then I'm going to have a headache. I want you to know that this game is for real. I just accidentally killed someone. I haven't done it in almost half a century. This kind of thing. Anyway, everyone was dubious before this, right?" "...You don't have to kill anyone." Toriyao squinted his eyes at the burnt body of Uozumi. "I won't be participating in any auctions anymore, let me go home... Woohoo, I want to go home!" Mei Zhou cried out in grief. Minase next to her was also crying loudly.Under the tea, it seemed as if he was chanting a scripture, and he muttered some wonderful incantations in his mouth.Our minds are in turmoil. 在此之前，我们差不多都是在被牵着鼻子走，但是目睹鱼住的死亡之后，我们现在终于知道，自己已经迷失在了无法回头的黑暗中。 “顺便说一件事，女仆小姐的死亡是没有算在每晚杀一人的规则内的，这是例外。因为她不是被杀的，而是被料理了。此外，死者是不能参加拍卖会的，这是理所应当的，对吧。为了防止不公平，我要回收死者的资金。不管谁都行，来个人把她的登山包丢进暖炉里吧。” 七村把鱼住尸体下面的登山包拖了出来。 然而可想而知，登山包还没丢进暖炉，就已经被烧成焦炭了。里面的东西也烧得一点不剩，全部都化成了灰。 七村按照诺曼所说，把登山包放到暖炉里面。就这样，鱼住的资金跟她的灵魂一样，都被烧光了。 参加拍卖会的人一下子就从十个人变成了九个。 “来吧！让我们开始第一场拍卖会吧。在门禁时间来到的晚上十点之前，大家要完成出价。顺带一提，在此之后，我是不会再出现在你们面前的，反正我也不是什么重要角色。我要回妈妈那里去了，接下来将会有简单的指示文字指引各位的，加油，祝你们好运。” 诺曼的画消失了，液晶屏幕变成了一片漆黑。我呆呆地注视着鱼住的尸体。 鱼住小姐…… 我们不知不觉间被这里的气氛所控制，在参加游戏的时候，就已经出现被害者了。 这就是“黑之挑战”吗。我可能太小看犯人了。我可能把拼上性命的意义看得太轻了。 一个人这么轻易就被杀了，轻易得令人吃惊。 死亡就近在眼前。我双腿发抖，自己却拿它们毫无办法。