Chapter 86: No one is there. Under the angelic face, the ugliest thing is hidden...

Ding-ding-ding——

The sound symbolizing nine o'clock rang out in the living room. The electronic clock rang deafeningly, accompanied by the "hissing" sound of electricity.

"It's over, it's over. The time has come, but there is still nothing... Let's not talk about Sister Wen for now. She has a good temper and won't do anything to us. But there is still Mr. Xiong!"

The teddy bear was completely panicked. He dropped the rag in his hand and shook Cecilia's finger, "Where is the wine you promised him?"

"If he really comes here for this reason and sees that there is no wine at home, he will definitely be furious, and then none of us will be able to escape!"

"What are you afraid of?"

Cecia was sitting on the mountain, she had the leisure to pick up the little guy and blow the dust off it. The teddy bear struggled and tried to save the situation, but Jia Dadan had already hidden in the corner of the bedroom.

9:10, 9:20, 9:30...

Time passed by minute by minute, but no one showed up. When the electronic clock reached half an hour, the system's mechanical sound sounded synchronously.

[Ding, timeout has been reached. Number of participants in the first gathering: 0. Please take the task seriously. If the seventh gathering is still unsuccessful, you will be kept in this room forever.]

"Where's Sister Wen? Isn't she here either?"

Even though the system had already announced the result, the teddy bear still looked out unwillingly, not believing that "Sister Wen" would deceive him. After looking for a long time and not seeing anyone, he reluctantly shrank back.

"She won't come."

Cecia stood up, carrying her teddy bear and Jia Dadan, and walked to the living room. The little girl was being pulled by the ears, and she was still speaking for the other person: "Something must have delayed her! She will definitely come tomorrow!"

When I walked into the living room, the numbers on the electronic clock turned red, like surging blood beads.

It was close to ten o'clock and it was already dark outside. She focused her attention on the countdown for generating the balloons.

While visiting neighbors, in addition to gathering information, she also generates balloons constantly. Once the cooldown period is over, she compares the abilities of the balloons and places the more useful one in the fixed position.

She had been saving up for a whole day, placing balloons with different abilities at the three fixed positions. But now, there was not a single ability that could be used.

"Luckily Mr. Bear didn't come, otherwise he would have torn us to pieces after seeing this empty table!"

The teddy bear lay on the table in the living room, mumbling to himself and shuddering as he spoke, "But Xia, there are only six chances left. Can we succeed?"

"I'm not worried about Sister Wen. She will definitely come next time! But for the others..."

Thinking of their failures, the little guy hesitated and almost cried, "None of the other four are reliable. Are we going to stay here forever?"

“Don’t imagine things that haven’t happened yet.”

Cecia was so annoyed that she could only speak out to comfort him, "I won't let anyone stay."

Time slowly came to 10:05, and the cooling period for generating balloons finally ended. She did not hesitate and directly selected the designated ability -

"If you don't blink, your presence will be so low that no one will notice you (D)."

She disliked this ability, but had no better choice at the moment. She could only wrap the balloon string around her hands in circles, and didn't forget to blink her eyes more in advance.

After getting everything ready, she grabbed Jia Dadan's collar and dragged him to the fifth door.

"…Are you going out again?"

As if he had a psychological trauma, Jia Dadan almost cried when he saw the door, "It's too scary outside... Can I not go..."

"Can."

Cecia agreed very readily. She moved a chair and placed it behind Jia Dadan. "But you have to watch these doors. Don't let anyone in except me."

"Will there be anyone else coming in?"

Hearing this, Jia Dabao trembled with fear, but he did not get an answer from Cecia. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to stay obediently, after all, it was more dangerous outside.

I placed my right hand on the pure white door handle, and the door opened with a click.

"Sure enough, my guess was correct."

The corners of her mouth rose, her eyes flashed with excitement, and she stepped through the door frame with her teddy bear without hesitation.

"Xia, it's so late, the neighbors should all be resting. Why don't we go to bed early and invite them tomorrow."

The teddy bear lay on her shoulder, yawning and persuading her, "If you visit them at this time, you might disturb their sleep, which will make them disgusted and even more unwilling to come to the party."

"Who said I was going to visit them?"

Under the pitch-black sky, Cecia lowered her voice and raised her hand to signal her teddy bear to keep her voice down.

They walked into Mr. Bo's door, and opposite was the villa they had visited during the day.

There was no light or sound in the villa, and the people inside seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. The night enveloped the building, adding a bit of gloom to it.

"It seems that he has fallen asleep..."

The teddy bear shrank its neck and held Cecilia tighter with its paws.

"That's good."

She stuffed the teddy bear into her pocket without saying a word, then blinked rapidly for a minute, trying to keep her eyelids open to keep herself "invisible".

Carefully avoiding the white fog, she stuck to the wall of the villa and went around to the floor-to-ceiling window at the back.

Click.

The window was easily opened.

Very good, the information observed during the day came in handy, and this place is indeed not locked.

According to the room structure in her memory, she first explored the first floor of the villa. The layout and items were the same as what she saw during the day, and no traces of other people were found.

Then she hid in the corner and closed her eyes for a while, then she went upstairs in one go.

The strange thing was that she searched almost the entire villa but couldn't find any trace of Mr. Bo.

The only place I haven't been to is the collection room.

Does he like those instruments so much? He likes them so much that he even sleeps with them at night...

Cecia was a little confused, but she still approached the door of the collection room, ready for action.

Squeak.

With just a tentative push, the door of the collection room opened mostly. The door that was locked during the day was now easily opened, as if welcoming someone's arrival.

The dark room was like the huge mouth of a wild beast, ready to swallow her up in the next second.

She took out the prepared flashlight from her pocket, pointed it at the collection room, and quickly scanned every corner inside, but still did not find Mr. Bo.

Not only that, all the neatly arranged musical instruments had disappeared, leaving only empty glass cabinets in the entire collection room.

Even the strange smell I smelled during the day became stronger, as if it was foreshadowing something.

Mr. Bo is not at home? Or is he in danger?

Thinking of the "murderer" the other party mentioned, Cecia looked solemn and searched for clues in the collection room with a flashlight.

But even though she looked inch by inch, she didn't find any signs of robbery or fighting. Every glass cabinet was intact, without even a scratch on it.

Those musical instruments seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and the only sound in the room was her gradually accelerating heartbeat.

"Xia... why don't we try another restaurant?"

In this heavy and depressing atmosphere, Teddy Bear couldn't help but stick his head out and make a suggestion.

"good."

Although she failed to find any clues at Mr. Bo's house, she did not lose heart and immediately changed her target to the next house.

But what happened next was even more bizarre.

With the help of the balloon's power, Cecia sneaked into the homes of Ms. Qian and Diandian, whom she was unable to enter during the day.

Like Mr. Bo's home, their house was empty - every room was unlocked, as if they had known someone would come.

If Mr. Bo was not at home alone, it would still be understandable, but Ms. Qian and Diandian's homes were staffed by a large number of servants: housekeepers, cleaners, chefs, etc. They all lived in the villas to serve their owners, but they were nowhere to be found at this time.

Like a ghost that only appears during the day.

"I, why don't we go back..."

After visiting three houses in a row without finding anyone, Teddy Bear was a little scared and shivered in the cold wind. "Maybe they went to someone else's party..."

"Bring the servants to the party?"

Cecilia pointed out its rhetoric and chose Ms. Wen's door for the fourth time.

This time, as soon as she walked out of the door, she saw several lights. Most of the rooms on the second floor of the villa were lit, and the warm yellow light warmed people's hearts at night.

"Fortunately, Sister Wen didn't disappear..."

Seeing this, the teddy bear also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since we can see lights here, it means that not all the neighbors will suddenly disappear at night. Maybe they just go out for something.

But Cecilia was on high alert.

Among the five neighbors, only the description of Ms. Wen is positive. The plaques of the other four people can be seen with serious character flaws.

The kind and gentle Ms. Wen is particularly different.

Therefore, she always assumed the other party with the greatest malice, suspecting that beneath that angelic face, there was a most evil soul hidden.