Chapter 74
The dormitories at Sunflower Kindergarten are divided into student and teacher areas, with four students sharing a room and one teacher sharing a room.
Since the students are young, in order to make it easier to take care of them, the teachers' dormitories are not far from the student dormitories. They live on the same floor, about three student rooms apart.
The dormitory Yitu was assigned to was at the very edge of the second floor, just a few steps away from the dormitories of several children in his class.
After comforting a little girl who was always crying because she missed her parents, Yitu checked the four dormitories in the class.
The children had long been accustomed to the kindergarten's schedule, so they felt sleepy at a certain time and went to bed on their own. This did not cause Yi Tu much worry.
Yitu looked back at the quiet corridor behind him. From time to time, he could hear the crying of a child who was throwing a tantrum. He wondered which novice teacher was trying to save the situation.
Yitu returned to the room and closed the door. He habitually wanted to lock the door, but suddenly remembered what the head teacher Shi Min had reminded them during the day.
Strictly speaking, teachers are not allowed to lock the doors of kindergarten dormitories for long periods of time.
This is mainly to prevent students from getting up at night to find a teacher but being stopped outside.
The doors of the student dormitories are equipped with sensing devices, and the corresponding teachers' rooms have alarms to prevent students from getting lost.
Yitu thought about it and opened the door lock, then hung a string of small silver bells on the door handle.
This string of small bells was a small prop he randomly exchanged for white fifth-level fragments. It didn't have any big function, it just hung there, and it would ring non-stop at the slightest movement.
I have used Yitu’s previous card rooms several times, and every time the noise made my head buzz.
Before going to bed, he specifically adjusted the alarm's reminder mode. Whenever someone entered or left the student dormitory at night, his alarm would sound.
After all, he was a newcomer and it was difficult to find the murderer among them, so Yitu had to be vigilant.
The night was surprisingly peaceful. The wind chimes and alarm didn't ring once, and Yitu slept until dawn.
Just as he stood up and was about to go to the student dormitory to check, he heard a woman's terrified scream downstairs.
Yitu was stunned and went downstairs without thinking.
The only people standing in the hall downstairs were the head teacher Shi Min and the girl with a ponytail, Xiaoman, who also looked like they had just come down from upstairs.
At this moment, Xiaoman looked palely at the female corpse hanging in the air with a long cut on her stomach.
The scream came from her, but the head teacher standing next to her had no expression on his face.
I don't know if he was too frightened or if he really had no reaction.
At this time, the nursery rhymes playing on the cat TV hanging on the wall flickered again and again, and after a few pauses, the face of the female host popped up.
".....An urgent announcement. At 4:40 PM on xx/xx, a multiple murderer escaped from the hospital and was last seen near No. 1 Sun Road..."
".....The police have been dispatched urgently..."
The TV screen soon became dark again, the signal was interrupted, and the locally stored children's songs started playing again.
"The murderer is really, really among us!"
The moment Xiaoman saw Yitu, she couldn't help but run over and said in horror.
Soon after hearing the noise, other players came to the hall one after another and saw the scene before them.
Teacher Wen, who was originally supposed to complete the employment procedures for the trainee teachers and was the only one who knew their relevant information, was hanged on an electric fan.
She was first stabbed in the abdomen with a knife, and then the murderer brought a table, dragged the cold body, and hung it on it.
The information papers that Teacher Wen brought were all stained with bright red blood. They were pasted on the pink wall, and the blood left streaks along the wall.
There are eleven sheets of paper in total.
On the wall behind them, there were a few crooked words written in blood.
Guess who I am.
A feeling of horror and terror arose spontaneously.
There are only eleven teachers coming to Sunflower Kindergarten for internship this time.
But there was one more teacher standing in front of Shi Min out of nowhere.
"Unfortunately, I have to tell you some bad news. The murderer who escaped from the hospital is among you twelve intern teachers."
The head teacher Shi Min said with a heavy face.
"Director, such a big thing has happened. Shouldn't we call the police now?" someone asked curiously.
The person who was speaking was a young girl with wavy curls. When she was filling out her work ID card, Yitu saw that she wrote the word "Peach" in the name column.
"Teacher Taozi, you are right. We should indeed call the police first." Shi Min turned her head and looked at her with a stiff smile on her face.
"But I think the police call might not be able to get through."
Shi Min raised her phone and the upper right corner of the screen showed no signal service.
Because Sun Road is located in a remote area, the signal is always weak.
Recently, the surrounding cables were accidentally dug up by workers due to construction reasons, which caused the kindergarten's wireless network to be unable to connect.
That's why the TV hanging in the hall would jump back and forth, sometimes playing nursery rhymes and sometimes playing news.
After Shi Min finished explaining, he suggested:
"Maybe one of us should go out right now, find help and call the police."
"But please, teachers, do not leave the kindergarten together. Our students are very young and it would be dangerous if they were not supervised by teachers, especially since the murderer is among us..."
"While we are trying to find the murderer, we are also trying to ensure the safety of the students. Otherwise, if something happens to the children, the kindergarten will not be able to explain to the parents."
When Shi Min said this, she was so calm that she was almost inhuman, even though she was trying hard to smile.
Probably because it is a low-level field, the NPCs are not as realistic as those in mid- to high-level fields. Shi Min behaves more like a task issuer rather than a kindergarten principal who cares about children.
After Shi Min finished saying these words, she walked towards the door on her own.
Only twelve players were left standing, looking at each other with deep suspicion in their eyes.
"Who killed Teacher Wen? Anyone who can get up so early is obviously a murderer."
The middle-aged man in formal attire was named Ah Cheng. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. His face was sallow and he looked unwell.
"Everyone's dormitories are not together, so no one knows who is the first to get up." Taozi frowned.
"Well, he was the first one to arrive in the hall!"
At this time, Xiaoman, who was standing next to Yitu, suddenly pointed at him and spoke.
Everyone's eyes instantly shifted to Yitu, who was also slightly surprised.
He looked at Xiaoman, who had a ponytail and an ordinary face. The man's eyes were slightly evasive and he looked very weak.
"You're the first person standing in the hall, aren't you?" Yitu said with a smile, "You were here before I came, weren't you?"
Xiaoman bit her lip and said, "I came here with the headmaster. I didn't have the time to commit the crime. If you don't believe me, go ask the headmaster! I've been with her since I got up..."
"What do you want to do with the principal? To be different or to curry favor?" Xu Heng smiled at her.
Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained:
"How is that possible! I'm looking for the principal to get a more detailed understanding of the children in the class. I don't even know their names."
"If you don't believe me, just look!"
Xiaoman quickly picked up the information that the head teacher had put down from a stool nearby and showed it to others.
That was indeed the personal information of students in each class, with detailed records of the students' class names and even their home addresses.
"We need to pass the internship assessment, so aren't students the key point..."
Xiaoman's voice became lower and lower as he spoke, as if he didn't know what he had done wrong.
Yitu frowned slightly. This person was not as simple as he had imagined.
When he first arrived on the first day, Xiaoman's words and behavior gave people the feeling of a novice player.
But Yitu doesn't think so now. This person grasped the key to passing the game right from the start, which is to ensure the safety of students in order to pass the internship assessment.
As for how many students actually survived and what condition the students were in to be considered to have passed the assessment, they have no way of knowing now.
But Xiaoman immediately asked the principal for the students' information. What did she want to do?
You should know that these data are not just for her class, but for all twelve classes combined.
"You are very smart. I thought you didn't know it." Xu Heng nodded in agreement and gave affirmative praise.
A hint of unnaturalness flashed across Xiaoman's face, and she didn't respond to him.
However, because of Xu Heng's words, the others looked at Xiaoman with a bit of scrutiny in their eyes.
"The murderer must be very strong to be able to hang an adult from an electric fan."
Ding Rong said, "I don't think a woman can do this."
"What's wrong with women?" Some male players complained:
"Do you really think that players selected by the system in the card game will behave like ordinary people in real life?"
"Forget about the privileges the card room grants to murderers. Just look at the normal players. Who doesn't have a few props and skill cards?"
"Female players can also hang people up, it's too early for you to make such a conclusion!"
Ding Rong didn't know how to refute for a moment after being confronted by that person. Xu Heng stood opposite him, watching his embarrassing look and laughing arrogantly.
Hu Zao Zao wanted to help him out. "Right now, we still don't know whether the murderer is an NPC or a player. If it's a player, the possibility of it being a woman is really low."
"After all, I can't drag a grown man up there."
After hearing this, Xiaoman also echoed.
Everyone is eager to prove themselves right now, so even if it can eliminate some candidates, it will be a good thing.
At this moment, Xu Heng suddenly smiled and said:
"You said the murderer...does he know that he is a murderer?"
When they heard this, their faces froze, and Ah Cheng, holding the handkerchief, couldn't help but curse under his breath.
If a murderer doesn't know that he is a murderer, then what is the difference between him and other people?
Apart from the unconscious killing, there is definitely no difference.
Because deep down he believes that he is not a murderer, he will not feel guilty or nervous. This kind of disguise is the most perfect and unrecognizable disguise.
"Werewolf game?" Another male teacher had a strange look on his face every day.
No one answered him, and everyone fell into the dilemma of doubting others and themselves at the same time.
Only Xu Heng looked through the information Xiaoman handed over without any worries.
This guy's skill card is very strong. No matter who the murderer is, it makes no difference to him.
Because his card had already determined that he was the traitor among them.
Yitu withdrew his gaze from Xu Heng and spoke carefully:
"Let's go to the door and check the situation first."
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