Emma's makeup was a little smudged, making her look very haggard. She rushed into the restaurant hysterically, howling.

"This place is too dangerous. I need to leave immediately. There are dead people here. Oh my God... Uh, what are you doing?"

She noticed the three people eating with relish, and her expression froze.

"Of course I'm eating."

Lu Ban answered as a matter of course and pushed the plate beside him away.

"Would you like to have a couple of bites too?"

"……No."

Emma was shocked by Lu Ban's self-righteous attitude for a moment, then asked.

"How can you still eat? There's already a dead person here. Maybe there really is a monster in this house, and you will be the next to die!"

She looked at every corner of the house anxiously, fearing that some monster would suddenly crawl out from the corner and eat her alive.

"If you don't have enough food, how can you have the energy to investigate the case? Besides, we can't leave now."

Stone put the cut steak into his mouth and pointed to the storm outside the restaurant, which was gradually raging.

"The road down the mountain has been washed away by the mudslide, and the power lines and telephones have been cut off. Don't you realize that there are no lights now and we can only use candles?"

Alerted by Stone's words, Emma hurriedly looked out the window.

It was already night, and it was pitch black outside the window. All she could see were the swaying trees nearby. The road in the distance that had been washed away by the mudslide had already disappeared into the night. She hadn't seen it with her own eyes, so she didn't quite believe it. She went to the restaurant's phone and picked up the receiver. It wasn't until there was silence on the other end of the line that Emma finally accepted the fact.

"We really can't get out?"

Emma asked Stone, and the aggressive aura at the beginning had disappeared, leaving only weakness, pity and helplessness.

"Don't worry, Ms. Emma. Sheriff Holler and I have an agreement. If I don't contact him regularly, the sheriff will bring people up the mountain. If nothing unexpected happens, we will be able to see the respectable and responsible sheriff tomorrow morning."

Stone replied that he had finished his meal and was wiping the corners of his mouth with his napkin.

"Really? That's great."

Emma suddenly felt relieved. She didn't seem to be as resistant to the arrival of the police as Rum was. Instead, she was excited about her upcoming freedom.

"But how are the sheriff and his men going to get here in such heavy rain?"

the lady asked, looking out the window worriedly.

"Don't worry."

Stone didn't seem to care about the storm outside the window.

Seeing this, Emma didn't ask any more questions. Since no one seemed to be panicked, wouldn't it be uncultured if she was the only one here, anxious like an ant on a hot pan?

She did not see the body with her own eyes, but only heard the servant's notice, so she was not as distraught as Rum.

Rum glanced at his sister and felt that he was the only one who could rely on him for the family. The image of Gode's corpse just now was unforgettable to him. Whenever he closed his eyes, the twisted and hideous expression of Gode with his belly hollowed out would appear in his mind.

He would even see his stomach being torn apart by the indescribable monster, which used its yellowed teeth to tear open his abdomen, pull out his intestines, and devour them clean.

No, I shouldn't be like this.

Rum felt a little strange.

He was apparently very calm when handling affairs at his home company, but after seeing Gao De's body, he could not calm down at all. He became anxious and did many things that he would not have done before.

It’s as if I have become a puppet of my emotions, controlled by fear and timidity and no longer like myself.

At this moment, Rum also felt as if someone was whispering in his ear. The whisper made him feel anxious. The fear in his heart gradually dominated his will, making him impulsive and irritable, and lacking calm thinking.

"They just want to take your property. Those things should belong to you alone!"

"Look at that detective. He covets the inheritance left by your father. You must eradicate them as soon as possible!"

"That stupid woman only knows how to give money to those gigolos. You must kick her out of the house!"

"It's best if that guy with strong limbs and a simple mind dies. He deserves it. He deserves it the most!"

"You have to find that thing before the police come, and before that crazy shaman comes."

These whispers echoed in Rum's ears. The sound was like his own inner voice, repeating over and over again, engraved in his mind, as if his spirit would collapse if he didn't do this.

This feeling is weird, but everything seems natural.

He could only think that his greedy desires had taken over his rationality.

Rum was afraid of Stone's pistol. He didn't know what to do now. He couldn't possibly kill them before the police came tomorrow, right?

No no no, what am I thinking?

Rum turned his face away, he felt that he had become really weird.

"Where's Ms. Lily?"

Stone suddenly asked.

"She's not feeling well and is resting in her room. There's a maid looking after her. Don't worry."

The old butler said.

"It looks like Master Byron can't come either. It's best for us to stay in nearby houses tonight so that we can take care of each other if there are any problems."

Stone said.

"What's the problem?"

Emma didn't react for a moment.

"It's the murderer, Ms. Emma. The one who killed Mr. Gold, whether it's a human or a monster, must still be in this villa. No one can guarantee that he came here just to kill Mr. Gold. According to my speculation, his target should be the inheritance of Taoist Heming, because I found that Mr. Gold has books related to Taoist Heming."

Stone showed off the "Heming Bitan" in his hand.

"At least Mr. Gold didn't come here just to commemorate Mr. Browning. He once acted as an intermediary to sell this house to Mr. Browning. He should also know about Heming Taoist. This time he came to Baoyu Villa just to get a piece of the pie."

"He actually..."

Rum looked incredulous.

Emma, ​​on the other hand, did not have much emotion about what Stone said. She was just a little confused, a little frightened and scared. She sat on the sofa with a wine glass in her hand, but did not drink the red wine in the glass.

Several people stayed in the restaurant until night. Emma was the first to be unable to hold on. She yawned and was taken by the old housekeeper to the next room to rest.

Rum smoked two cigarettes, seemed to want to say something but stopped himself, and finally left the restaurant.

Apart from the servants, there were only three chosen ones left.

The storm outside the window was still raging. Stone lit the tobacco in his pipe and looked out the window deeply. In the forest illuminated by lightning and thunder, there seemed to be shadows stirring.

"Come to think of it, given the weather conditions right now, can the police really come?"

Lu Ban asked in a low voice curiously.

"Of course not."

Stone replied as a matter of course.

“I lied to them.”