Chapter 27 Twenty-six, the magician's strange skills

The night passed peacefully. At this time, Actress S had already gone home, and Mrs. K also left to go to another room. After K returned from the studio, he stayed in the ward for a while, and soon went to the living room. Yoko was fast asleep with her face turned the other way.The nurse who had nothing to do sat on the chair and dozed off from time to time.The hands of the clock on the table pointed to eleven, and wisps of smoke rose from the mosquito coils in the corner of the room. "Hey, miss, I'll wake you up if something happens, you can go to the next room to sleep for a while."

Dr. Pan Liu couldn't bear it, and patted the shoulder of the dozing nurse.She was very embarrassed and dared not leave for a long time, but when she heard the doctor say "I still have to work tomorrow", she finally got up and went to the next room.There, Mrs. K prepared a bed for the nurse. "It seems that the guy will not fulfill the agreement." Bo Yue Police Department grumbled, got up bored, stretched his body, walked to the open window, and looked out for a long while with his head stuck out in the darkness. "It's impossible to climb up to this window from the bottom. The walls on both sides are bare and there are no handles. The drainpipe is also far away, so there should be no need to worry about it... The only way to go is the door. , but there are our pistols waiting inside the door. Mr. Pan Liu, do you still insist that that guy will abide by his promise of betting on his reputation?"

The police department patted the pistol in his pocket and said contemptuously.This gun was transferred from the K Town Police Station under the doctor's reminder, and each of them hid one on their bodies. "There is still one hour before the appointed time." The doctor replied bluntly. Just like what the Boyue Police Department said, because they don't leave the room for a moment, it is completely impossible for the villains to break in.In order to pass the boredom, the two kept drinking the cold drink specially prepared by Mrs. K, so they had to go downstairs to the toilet from time to time, but even for such a short time, the doctor and the police department took turns to go, and they did not dare to be careless.

After a while, "I'm going again," the police department said with a smile and got up, "By the way, go around and see the gentlemen guarding the gate." After speaking, he went downstairs to the bathroom. The toilet is at the other end of the stairs and has to be passed through a long corridor.After the police department finished using the toilet, they unlocked the entrance door and walked towards the gate.The night air is cool and comfortable. The loyal criminal police crouched outside the door in the shade of a tree, performing their tasks while enjoying delicious meals for mosquitoes.

"Where's Nozaki?" The police department asked, and the detective stood up. "Just now he said he was going to inspect the wall behind, and he went there." He replied. The police department secretly lamented everyone's enthusiasm, walked around the corner and walked towards the back door.There, too, were two detectives faithfully performing their duties. The police department went straight back to the ward and reported the matter to the doctor, who nodded in satisfaction. "However, you can't be too careful when you meet that guy," he replied. The police department looked down on the doctor's neurotic attitude a little bit in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

The extremely bored police department felt that the hands of the clock moved forward very slowly, and it finally reached 11:50. "It will be twelve o'clock in ten minutes. I don't believe he can steal Yoko within ten minutes." The police department yawned. "You underestimate that guy too much, and you don't really know him. When has he ever missed an appointment?" The Doctor is annoyed by the Police Department's dismissive yawn. "That's because we were too careless before. Besides, the previous few times happened in the field or in the open space with a large number of people in the studio. The situation is completely different. Tonight there is absolutely no way he will succeed, we are just a few minutes away from Yoko's hospital bed It’s less than a room away, and it’s fully armed, and there are guards around, so there’s absolutely no chance for strangers to invade. Does he still have a chance? Impossible, absolutely impossible.”

The police department repeatedly emphasized this point, as if forcing themselves to agree. "Is it really impossible?" The doctor stared into the other person's eyes and said as if trying to shake his will. The police department was silent.The doctor's attitude made him feel a kind of immovable belief, which almost made him lose self-confidence. "You may wish to recall the challenge letter written by that bastard. One of them was in a fully enclosed room, a room that outsiders could never sneak into. We found his letter. Another time, as you know very well, the letter was It was sandwiched in the inner lining of the majestic police cap of the Metropolitan Police Department. These two times, according to common sense, it is absolutely impossible. However, didn't that guy easily complete this impossible task? Also, look what he did to Ms. Yoko? He made the announcement first, and then performed such an astonishing magic trick in front of us. He can change ever-changingly, sometimes as an actor, sometimes as a gray-haired old doctor. And because His methods are beyond common sense and unexpected. When have we not been deceived? Tonight is the same. It is difficult to say that he will not use any unexpected methods."

The doctor seemed to be admonishing the police department to underestimate the enemy, and he spoke earnestly. "It seems that you are very convinced that the villain will come." The police department suddenly felt an inexplicable fear in their hearts, and looked out the dark window and said. "I have to believe it." asserted the Doctor gravely. "Even if there are only five minutes left?" "Don't be careless for a moment before twelve o'clock sharp." The police department involuntarily stared at Yoko's sleeping posture.She was still nestled in the pure white sheet, only the back of her head was exposed, motionless.

The sound of the clock's second hand ticking past was clearly heard in the air, which shows how quiet it is tonight. A minute passed. The police department felt cold sweat seep from his armpits, and the remaining four minutes made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, and the seconds felt like years. He panicked uncharacteristically.He got up and went over to close the two windows and fasten the chains.This still couldn't make him feel at ease, so he walked to the door again, turned the key inserted in the keyhole on the door, and locked it from the inside.In this way, no one can enter the room unless the door is forced to break in.

Although the police department felt very ashamed afterwards, at this moment, he still took this naive precaution seriously. Regarding his actions, the doctor did not express any objection, but just watched silently. The closed doors and windows made the room suddenly stuffy.The sweltering heat and tension made the two of them sweat. There are three minutes. There are two minutes. The doctor and the police department let the sweat drip from the tip of their noses, staring intently at the bed.If this tension continued for another twenty or thirty minutes, both of them might go crazy. Fortunately, however, nothing happened, and it was twelve o'clock.

"Ah, finally freed." The relaxed police department stood up first.As if it were an impossible fluke to get through the night safely. He suddenly became alert, and his heart skipped a beat, as if thinking of something.Because he was afraid that the clock on the table might have been tampered with by villains.He suspected that the thieves might have deliberately moved the clock forward, so that they would think that it was past twelve o'clock and relax their guard before starting their operations. He took out his pocket watch to confirm that it was exactly twelve o'clock. "Could it be that guy's watch is slow?" The police department finally calmed down, and once they relaxed, they even joked. However, it is incredible that Dr. Pan Liu did not relax at all.He said in a more serious tone: "Do you believe that guy will break the promise?" Hearing this, the police department was stunned, and he stared blankly into the doctor's eyes.There seemed to be some strange meaning in the eyes of the latter that he did not understand. The two just stared at each other for an eerie few seconds. Yoko was sleeping on the bed, the agreed twelve o'clock had passed, and the villain obviously did not fulfill the agreement. What is the doctor still afraid of? However, the police gradually felt something was wrong. "Could it be, should it be..." A cold premonition crawled up his spine. He looked at the bed tremblingly, stammering and whispering: "Well, it could be Yoko's body, right?" He didn't have the courage to go up to the bedside to make sure Yoko was alive or dead. "Before his purpose is achieved, it should be impossible to kill her. But..." Halfway through the doctor's speech, he strode around to the other side of the bed and leaned closer to confirm Yoko's sleeping appearance. In the next moment, something weird happened, what's going on?The doctor suddenly yelled "Damn it!", grabbed Yoko by the shoulders, and dragged her out of the bed. He shook her effortlessly, and Yoko was thrown to the floor. The police department was so surprised that his face turned green, thinking that the doctor was crazy.He rushed to the doctor and hugged him from behind. "What's the matter? What's the matter?" he asked in panic. "Look for yourself! Yoko was stolen!" The doctor was so angry that he was going crazy, he slapped the police department's hand away, and shouted loudly. Bo Yue approached the woman who was lying on the ground, and confirmed the face. "Ah, isn't this a dummy?" On the ground lies the head of a female dummy.Since Yoko had been sleeping with her back to them, they didn't realize that it was a dummy for such a long time.When I picked it up, I saw that the dummy had no body and was covered with white cloth from the head down.Inside the quilt, a rolled-up cushion is disguised as a sleeping position. "We actually guarded a dummy for so long." After Dr. Pan Liu calmed down, he slumped to the chair he was sitting on and said disappointedly. The police department immediately unlocked the door, rushed out of the room and knocked on every door, called the whole house, and then rushed all the way to the place where the subordinates stood guard in front of the door.