“No, I trust my intuition,” A said. “How about I ask Miss W to share the conclusion you just reached? Or rather, let me share what I accidentally found upstairs.”
Wu Yue made a 'please' gesture.
“This is a small paper tube I just found.” A took the contents out of her pocket and spread them in her palm. “The paper tube is cleverly placed in a corner. You know, the lighting on this staircase is very dim, making it inconvenient to go up and down, let alone look for clues. Because my button fell off, it rolled into the corner… and that’s how I found this little paper tube.”
"Have you seen what's inside?" The outside of the paper tube is hard, like a small bamboo tube carved in ancient times, the kind used for carrier pigeons.
"I've seen it." Since A-ko had the idea of forming an alliance, she didn't intend to hide it.
After A-zi's voice fell, Wu Yue had already opened the paper tube. Inside the tube was a slip of paper with a simple drawing on it: a window.
window?
"Are you familiar with this place?" Wu Yue asked A-zi. "Besides the flower-shaped windows like the ones in the room, are there any other shapes of windows here? Or is it possible to jump out of a window and go somewhere else?"
"Everyone's room is flower-shaped, except E's room has a four-pane window, and if you open E's window, you'll see a garden. I think you'll be very interested in E's room."
"oh--"
Wu Yue nodded slightly. "Who are E's neighbors?"
“D and F, but F is dead, so only D is left, and he lives on the right.”
Are there any other clues?
A shook his head. "The other clues should be with someone else."
“Let’s go find E-zi,” Wu Yue suggested.
A-zi had some doubts, but her body instinctively followed Wu Yue.
The two stopped at the door of E's room and knocked several times, but there was no response.
A pushed open E's door forcefully. Although it wasn't a good thing to do, everyone's safety was taken into consideration, so it wasn't a big deal.
E was naturally not in the room, otherwise they wouldn't have pushed the door open and entered.
Once inside, the two divided the work and began searching. The room wasn't furnished much; only a few items were visible. They searched until they reached the wardrobe, which was tall and wide, seemingly capable of holding a lot of things.
In their room, the wardrobe was naturally empty.
A barely audible thud came from inside the cabinet.
A-zi and Wu-yue exchanged a glance. A-zi crawled inside, shifted around, and suddenly realized that his hand was pressing on something.
After a moment, he calmed down and crouched down to examine the items that were also in the wardrobe.
Upon closer inspection, it was rather horrifying.
It was a person, a dead person.
"...W-zi, it's E-zi, he's dead."
A paused for a moment, then calmly emerged from the closet.
"Isn't the time not up yet? Is it okay to kill someone now?" Wu Yue frowned slightly.
"Um……"
A also fell into deep thought, "We've been in a misconception, always thinking that people will only die within two hours. That's a false impression the killer gave us. In reality... people will die within two hours."
Wu Yue paused for a moment and walked to the window of the room.
Pushing open the window, I looked down and saw a vast expanse of lilies, their delicate fragrance wafting in on the breeze.
"I know who the murderer is." The girl rubbed the footprint dust between her fingers.
"Who?" A asked.
"Don't you think D's lily scent is too strong?"
A paused for a moment, then said, "Why don't you go down and try voting?"
"Um... my rules are different from yours, I'm sorry."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the system notification sounded again.
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