Chapter 32 Wipe Your Hands
Everyone around gasped in an instant.
Yin Xiu didn't open his eyes. He couldn't see anything, but he could clearly feel the woman's gaze lingering on him. Her cold gaze didn't have any murderous intent, but it was very ruthless. "Tomorrow night, it will be him."
"That won't do." The mayor's voice rang out quickly, sounding very impatient. "He's not from this town. You can't elect him."
The woman didn't leave, but laughed darkly twice. "It wasn't possible yesterday, but it's possible today."
The mayor's voice suddenly turned cold. "That won't work either. He's the one I like."
"The rules say I can, so I can." The woman laughed, her voice full of provocation. "I must choose him. What can you do? Break the rules?"
The mayor remained silent.
The woman moved again with a sneer, and slowly walked away from Yin Xiu. As she walked, the sound disappeared.
"Open your eyes!"
A reminder sounded around, the voices of the townspeople broke the silence, and Yin Xiu slowly opened his eyes.
When he raised his eyes, he was met with the indifferent gazes of the surrounding townspeople. Everyone looked at him as if he were a dead person, their eyes extremely cold.
Yin Xiu turned to look at the mayor beside him. He was looking down at something with a grim expression, his eyes dazed.
"What did she mean by choosing me?"
When Yin Xiu asked, the mayor was startled and immediately changed the subject, "It's nothing, don't worry about it..."
"Do you mean to choose me as a sacrifice?" As soon as Yin Xiu said this, the mayor's expression became complicated.
This almost verified Yin Xiu's idea. Hearing the nervous reactions of those around him, it was not difficult for him to guess that whoever the woman stopped in front of would be in trouble.
Sacrifice one person every day, and the woman will choose one herself at the end of the sacrifice on the previous day. This is probably the rule of sacrifice.
But the problem was that he was not from the town, so he should not be included in the choice of sacrifice. The woman's choice was also beyond the mayor's expectations. Before she left, she said, "It wasn't possible yesterday, but it's possible today."
What did he do today that would make him a candidate for sacrifice?
Is it just him, or all players?
"You brought me to the sacrificial ceremony just to sell me to her?" Yin Xiu gave him a meaningful look, and the mayor quickly denied it.
"She won't be chosen simply by participating in the sacrificial ceremony. If she wants, she'll still be a sacrifice even if she's in the house..." The mayor looked up at the other players in the building, "But I forgot about that. You do qualify to be a sacrifice."
"What's up?"
Yin Xiu was certain that something must have happened during the day that would affect the player's chances of becoming a sacrifice, but he didn't know what it was.
The mayor did not answer his question and did not seem to intend to say anything.
His gaze towards Yin Xiu turned dark and unclear. "At this point, I can't let you be killed by others first."
The mayor took Yin Xiu's hand again, this time without asking beforehand. He immediately began to mutter to himself, "You're a one-in-a-million work of art, and those two have no artistic talent at all. If you fall into their hands, you'll just be gnawed to pieces. It's such a waste to be eaten."
He looked at Yin Xiu and shook his head with pity, then let go of his hand and turned around, "I still have some things to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying a few incomprehensible words, he left.
The surrounding townspeople also left after completing the sacrificial ceremony. Soon, only Yin Xiu was left in the square.
He stared at the blood-stained sack left in front of the altar and the bloodstains, as if he had to speed up the progress of the copy.
After returning to the house, Yin Xiu noticed that the players had come out of their rooms and gathered on the first floor.
It seemed that because of the sacrifice ceremony just now, they could no longer sit still. Today it was Yin Xiu, and tomorrow it would be someone else among them. As long as they stayed in the copy for one more day, a player would die. The sacrifice ceremony would be held every night, and no one wanted it to be their turn.
"Thank you so much for discovering this for us, but unfortunately, you can only live until tomorrow night. Players who sell people will get their comeuppance sooner or later." One of the players sneered at Yin Xiu who was passing by.
Yin Xiu was too lazy to pay attention to them and turned to go upstairs.
As soon as he left, the man who had just spoken downstairs was suddenly grabbed by the neck by something invisible and rolled his eyes.
The surrounding players suddenly panicked and wanted to help, but they couldn't see anything and could only watch as the player was strangled by something invisible, struggled constantly, and died in front of everyone.
The lobby was silent. The players looked at each other and fell silent.
The only ones who suffered were those who spoke ill of Yin Xiu, while everyone else was fine. It seemed that Yin Xiu was indeed a weird person and should not be provoked.
After going up to the second floor, Yin Xiu stepped into the corridor and saw a dark figure standing at the end. In the depths of a long corridor with portraits hanging on both sides, Li Mo's black figure looked particularly gloomy.
His face was immersed in darkness, and he still had that fixed smile on his face. He stood motionless at the door, staring at Yin Xiu coming up, as if waiting for him.
"Is there something wrong?" Yin Xiu listened to the panicked noise downstairs, walked along the corridor, and his hand slowly fell on the hilt of the knife.
Li Mo didn't respond, but just stared at him and smiled.
Yin Xiu continued to walk forward, but his eyes darkened unconsciously, "Are you anxious too?"
The two people who have unclear intentions towards him will definitely not let a third party kill him first. They will definitely take action before tomorrow night.
The mayor's eyes were cold and unfriendly before he left, but Li Mo's plan was unknown. Now he suddenly appeared here to greet him. All Yin Xiu could think of was that he was more anxious than the mayor.
In response to his question, Li Mo still did not answer. He stood there motionless, with his body straight, his hands folded elegantly on his chest, and a smile on his face, waiting for him to approach.
The sound of footsteps slowly echoed in the corridor. The surrounding portraits were silent. The faces with closed eyes showed no reaction to Yin Xiu at this moment. The entire corridor was covered with Li Mo's breath. The cold chill spread from him and continued to spread to the entire corridor, suppressing all other strange existences.
Yin Xiu walked to the door of his room, but Li Mo still didn't move. He just stood behind him, staring at him motionlessly. His gaze made him not let down his guard at all.
"If everything is fine, I'll come in." Yin Xiu asked as he slowly raised his hand to grasp the door handle.
The moment he stretched out his hand, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and pressed against the door with a bang. Almost at the same time, Yin Xiu pulled out a small piece of knife.
The cold light flashed sharp in the night. If Li Mo's hand had reached out to him just now, his hand would definitely fall down now.
"Just tell me what you have to say." Yin Xiu froze in place, his whole body emitting alertness.
Li Mo's aura completely enveloped him from behind, and the chill almost touched his back through his clothes, making him shiver with discomfort.
"hand."
As if to relax his guard, Li Mo uttered a word softly, then his hand that was resting on the door panel fell down and held Yin Xiu's hand, pulling it over.
Yin Xiu was pulled by the hand and turned around in confusion, facing Li Mo speechlessly. Then he saw the dark-skinned man take out a square tissue from his pocket and wipe Yin Xiu's hands.
His cold fingers wiped every inch of Yin Xiu's fingers through the thin paper towel, even the gaps between his fingers. After wiping, he raised his hand and stuffed the paper into his mouth, chewed it twice, and then swallowed it.
Yin Xiu was silent for a few seconds, then realized that this hand seemed to be the hand that the mayor had just held.
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