Chapter 74 [(*^▽^*)]
He was certain that the door had not been opened by anyone before he opened it, so it was clear that unless there was some secret passage on the rooftop, the female teacher was definitely not a normal person.
He walked around the rooftop twice, making sure there were no other ways to get up there, before saying, "It seems we can't find any more clues. Are you still going to look?"
Seeing that Lin Leyou looked like he was about to leave, everyone quickly began searching for clues on the rooftop, and eventually someone actually found something.
He picked up the cigarette butt from the ground. "Looks like you just started smoking it recently. What do you guys think?"
"It seems so, but what does this have to do with the woman we just saw?"
"You only saw that woman, so this must be the cigarette she smoked, are you stupid?"
"How can you be sure it was a woman who smoked it? Maybe someone else did!"
Lin Leyou saw them arguing over a cigarette butt, but he didn't disturb them. Instead, he slowly turned around and left. Putting everything else aside, he had just seen one of the players turn around and leave the rooftop alone, heading downstairs.
Isn't this a great opportunity?
I'm wondering if it's okay to complete the task during work hours.
But it doesn't matter, because points are the most important thing to him anyway. The player who left was a female player. She seemed a little shrewd. When she came up, she was the last one to reach the rooftop.
She had been standing at the very back, trying her best to hide her presence, which is why no one noticed her leaving just now.
They might have found some clues elsewhere, or they might have used props, so they quietly left while everyone's attention was drawn to the cigarette butts over there.
She probably never imagined that Lin Leyou would see her as she left, and now Lin Leyou is following her from a distance, but she is still unaware of it.
The female player quietly walked up the stairs to the third floor, opened the door to the third-floor stairwell, and instead of going in immediately, she peeked inside to check first. Only after confirming that no one was there did she proceed.
However, she kept one hand gripping the door, keeping it open, and tried to walk as far inside as possible, seemingly to get something from inside, but she couldn't let the door close, because if she let go, the door would close by itself.
Lin Leyou appeared silently behind her and saw her holding the door tightly, then using all her strength to grab a woman's handbag that was placed at the door of a house on the third floor.
When she realized she couldn't reach it that way, she blocked the door with her foot and leaned forward, almost managing to grab it...
Just then, Lin Leyou looked around and saw that there was no one there.
He took out a stun gun and stun the female player. She was immediately paralyzed and passed out, without even seeing who attacked her.
Not long after, Lin Leyou casually left, slowly and gently closing the door behind him, and went upstairs.
On the rooftop, everyone had stopped arguing about the cigarette butt. They had been debating endlessly, but the player who felt the cigarette butt was related to the missing woman really wanted to prove his point, so he used an item to test the cigarette butt.
The result was obvious: it had nothing to do with their mission and wasted a small testing tool. Although it could only detect whether the found items were related to their mission and didn't provide any specific information, it was still a useful tool.
"I knew it! What good is a cigarette butt? Let's go, there's nothing else on this rooftop."
"Let's go then. I've been standing here in the wind for so long, I feel like my bones are filled with cold air." As he spoke, he subconsciously rubbed his arms, which were covered in goosebumps.
"It's a bit cold, let's go! Hey! Who closed the door?"
Only then did everyone realize that the door to the rooftop was closed.
"Oh no, that security guard is gone!"
"He's really gone? Did he leave and lock us on the rooftop?"
"Surely it's not that serious? He's a player just like us, what good would doing this do him?"
Just as they were arguing, the door opened, and Lin Leyou, dressed in a security guard uniform, appeared behind it, his eyes under the brim of his hat looking at them with a deep gaze.
The players on the rooftop fell silent, especially the person who had just said that Lin Leyou had escaped and they had been locked up here; they didn't even dare to glance in his direction.
"Were you... talking about me just now?"
No one expected this to happen. When they realized that it was Lin Leyou who opened the door, they were all so embarrassed that they scratched their toes on the ground.
"Um... well... we just thought it was pretty strange, how come the door was closed and you disappeared again?"
Lin Leyou said, "I think I saw a figure flash by just now, so I came to check, but when I chased after it, I didn't see anyone. When I came back, I saw that the door was closed."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, "A human figure?"
Lin Leyou was lying, of course. "Yes, but maybe I'm just being paranoid and saw things wrong?"
"Forget about this, let's leave here first."
With everyone's emotions fluctuating wildly, they really didn't want to stay on the rooftop any longer. Following the steps Lin Leyou had given them, they all left the building.
When they reached the third floor, Lin Leyou, who was at the back, glanced at the door of the stairwell twice before casually looking away.
Downstairs, Lin Leyou said, "I'm still on duty and need to patrol the neighborhood."
"I also look for clues while I'm on patrol. If you find anything, please let me know. With me here, at least a certain level of safety can be guaranteed."
With someone protecting them, they naturally had no objections.
Lin Leyou said goodbye to them, checked the time, and realized it was almost noon. He decided to go eat first. For some reason, before leaving, he subconsciously looked back at the rooftop he had just been on.
He was surprised to see the same woman again. He paused for a moment, blinked to try and see clearly, but found that there was nothing left on the rooftop.
If it were someone else, they might think they were seeing things, but Lin Leyou would never think that way. Could this elusive woman be the mastermind behind it all?
Is it really okay for the mastermind to just appear right in front of me like this? Did I find the boss so easily?
Something just doesn't feel right. Everything that happened today has a vague sense of unease, but I just can't quite put my finger on what it is.
We need to find out who this female teacher is. Only by finding out who she is and what happened to her can we deduce what the thing controlling her is and how to return it to its original state.
After finishing lunch, Lin Leyou wandered around the neighborhood, looking for lone players. Perhaps it was just his luck, but he soon spotted the male player who had questioned him on the rooftop earlier.
He was actually lingering downstairs at Building 2, seemingly hesitating about something, and he was all alone, which looked very strange.
His behavior suggests he must have found some clues, but he's afraid to investigate on his own, and he hasn't sought out other players, so...
The other person also saw Lin Leyou. "What brings you here?"
Lin Leyou, "I just happened to be patrolling around here. What's wrong? Did you find something?"
He looked around and, not finding anyone, said mysteriously, "I did find her. I just saw that woman who was on the rooftop earlier walk into this building."
"I wanted to follow them, but I was a little scared, so..."
So I'm just lingering here, unsure whether I should go in. If I had followed them in earlier, I might have found out where they live, but it's more likely I would have been killed.
He wanted to complete the mission, but he was also afraid it was a trap.
Lin Leyou: "Then why don't you go find other players? Contact them and come in together."
"Oh dear, you don't understand. I... I had a disagreement with them just now, and we even had a fight. Then I went back to them not long after. How could I possibly save face?"
Lin Leyou understood. It must be because of a disagreement about where to search that he came alone. After discovering the clue, he was unwilling to share it with them because he was disgusted that they didn't listen to him, rather than because he was too proud to admit it.
The reason he hesitated to go in earlier was because he knew he was outnumbered and outmatched. Now that he's found him, he's probably thinking of getting him to come along.
"In that case, let's go in and take a look. If we can find someone, that would be great. If not... we can ask the other residents in the building."
The other person nodded directly, "Yes, yes, let's go. I just saw her walk into Unit 3."
Lin Leyou looked at the door of Unit 3 and suddenly remembered that she had been here in the morning and heard the aunt say that a young couple who had just gotten married lived in Room 302 of Unit 3, Building 2.
They had a fight yesterday, and the man even abused the woman. He had previously looked into the couple's background. Could this be related to that?
Lin Leyou followed him slowly into the unit. He didn't feel anything, but the male player who came in with him had a big reaction. He rubbed his arms with both hands as soon as he entered the door, saying, "It's a bit cold in here."
Yeah?
Lin Leyou felt around and didn't notice that it had gotten colder, so was it just the other person's psychological reaction?
"Let's go, let's search the entire stairwell first. If we don't find it... we'll probably have to ask the residents who are out. After all, we can't just go knocking on every door in this building and asking everyone just because we're looking for something that might not even belong to someone, can we?"
"And in my opinion, even if they did knock on the door, they definitely wouldn't find it, after all..."
After all, the woman he saw might not even be human. Even if he saw her walk into the building, it didn't mean she lived in one of the apartments.
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