"What did you find?"
The pale fingers touched the exposed snow-white back, Su Yi felt a chill and shrank back reflexively:
"No, nothing."
For some reason, the magician deliberately took off his leather gloves and touched the butterfly bone on his back with his fingers, and even touched it with his fingertips, not quite close enough.
——What cold hands!
Su Yi immediately stood up and avoided him, feeling a little scared.
"So timid, are you afraid of me?"
The magician asked Su Yi jokingly with a clown smile on his face, and his voice was deliberately low so that only the two of them could hear it.
“…I’m not afraid.”
Su Yi denied in a low voice, and quietly moved his feet towards the young master.
The magician is the only player in the audience who does not reveal his level. He is mysterious and nobody knows his true identity. He has just unlocked a new level of truth exploration when the magician comes to provoke him. Su Yi feels a little uneasy instinctively because he does not want other players to find out that he is already far ahead.
The postman Fang heard their conversation and squatted on the ground like Su Yi to observe the hair to see if Su Yi was hiding something.
He stared at the hair for a long time but couldn't see anything.
There is really nothing to study about these hairs, and the bride is indeed a newcomer who knows nothing.
Su Yi noticed the performance of the postman Fang. It seemed that the player failed to notice the difference between the hairs. Out of caution, Su Yi glanced at his small TV to see if there was anything wrong.
Because he hid the truth, even the audience couldn't see it. No one knew what fragments of the truth he had discovered. There was almost no reasoning or analysis in the comments, and no one discovered the problem with the hair purely through observation like he did. Instead, there were many impatient comments:
[How stupid! You squatted on the ground for so long and didn’t notice anything? Speechless.]
[Who was praising this newcomer for being smart before? How could he be smart? A low IQ vase that likes to brag. Slip away.]
[There is no real achievement so far, why do you say you are smart? What was the point of using cat's eyes to see the murderer before? It was totally unnecessary.]
[And I highly doubt that he moved the dressing stool. It was not to prevent his feet from being exposed through the door gap and being spotted by people outside. He might just be short, hahaha, so it was more convenient for him to climb up on the stool to look through the peephole.]
[From the beginning till now, he has been praising his intelligence by looking at the cat's eye. I am speechless. Are the newcomers this year so lame?]
[Where did the first few come from? They are so annoying. If you don’t like this newcomer, why don’t you just watch the TV of whoever you like? Why are you scolding my wife!]
[Wow, my dear, don’t be affected by the comments above. It’s okay. We like you even if you’re stupid.]
[I am speechless. I clicked in to check out this newcomer because I heard he is quite smart, but you guys like him even though he is stupid. Can you please unify the character design? You are wasting my time!]
…
[Your small TV is becoming more and more popular. Currently, there are 401 viewers watching it. Your ranking in the newcomer area is rising. If you move up another 9 places, you will enter the top 100 newcomer recommendation area! ]
Entering the top 100 can earn you 500 gold coins and three consecutive level upgrades, which is a very generous reward for newcomers.
[You are now very close to the top 100! In this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, would you consider showing your unrivalled exploration level to the audience? ]
Su Yi looked at the barrage, and saw several words calling him an idiot. He nodded in his heart and decided to hide the exploration level and not let anyone see it.
These audiences cannot be satisfied all at once, so just lure them in first.
He rejected the suggestion of a light screen and put the small TV aside to dry.
"Come over here."
Su Yi was walking towards the young master, and Young Master Bai turned around as if he had sensed it and waved at him gently:
"Let's take a look together. There are new discoveries on this corpse."
Su Yi stepped forward quickly, and when Postman Fang heard this, he also took the opportunity to come over and watch.
"Look," Young Master Bai turned Master Bai's body over while wearing gloves, "There's a little bit of red powder on this side of the pants."
——Powder again!
Su Yi's heart skipped a beat. The thirteenth player who was "shot" by the eldest young master had yellow powder on his suit pants, but this time, Mr. Bai had red powder on his pants. This meant that it was not accidental that Mr. Bai was attacked by a ghost. The deaths of these two people were most likely caused by the murderer behind the scenes.
【bite--】
Su Yi heard the prompt tone again:
[Congratulations to all players for unlocking the truth fragment: the red powder on Mr. Bai's pants, [Truth Exploration Degree] +2%]
"Mr. Bai, you are so generous." Planner Peng looked a little embarrassed. The pink details on Mr. Bai's body were discovered by other high-end players when she was a newcomer. She remembered this and shared it now in the hope that high-level players like Mr. Bai would also share their exploration at that time.
Who would have thought that the eldest young master would turn around and tell this to the bride, Su, and even say in public that he had shared it with the newlyweds for free.
The old pastor smiled at Su Yi kindly and said, "I told you long ago that you newcomers are lucky. You can follow us and get the truth exploration points for free."
Su Yi, who currently leads all players in exploration, nodded obediently and said nothing.
"It's just a little red powder." Bai Shen glanced at Mr. Bai's body coldly, "It's so obvious that someone would have noticed it even if I didn't share it."
Planner Peng silently complained, "If you are good enough, why don't you share one? Why don't you just keep talking nonsense here?" But then he changed his mind and thought that if another ghost came out later, he would have to rely on Bai Shen, so he swallowed his words.
During the brief silence, Su Yi suddenly noticed that there was a flaw in the way these high-end players thought. They were definitely more experienced than the newcomers, and they had already completed this dungeon during their rookie period and were very comfortable with the game. However, precisely because they had completed it before, they also developed a fixed mindset.
These players will more or less pay more attention to the places where they have unlocked the truth exploration degree before, and want to share information with other advanced players who come to re-brush together, rather than observing and exploring from all angles like a blank slate.
For example, these people didn't look at the broken hair on the ground just now, they were all paying attention to the death of Mr. Bai, because their previous experience in the game was to collect the fragments of truth from Mr. Bai, and no one unlocked the exploration degree from the broken hair.
Fortunately, they didn't notice the subtle differences in the hair. Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise they would have discovered that he, a newcomer, had been squatting there and silently increasing his exploration level, and he would definitely be targeted in the future.
Now the exploration degree of all players except him is 2%. Su Yi secretly glanced at his light screen, which showed 12%. The players present only had a fraction of his level.
Su Yi felt a little happy in his heart, like a cat secretly hiding some dried fish.
"Since Xiao Peng is so generous, I will share one with you too." Young Master Bai sat in a wheelchair, looking gentle and elegant:
"There is also some powder next to Mr. Bai's food box."
Miss Peng quickly walked over to check, and this was the fragment of truth that she had not collected back then. There was a little bit of blue powder in the gap between Mr. Bai’s lunch box and the lid!
Because the lid of the lunch box is also blue, if Young Master Bai hadn't mentioned it, no one would have thought of taking a look at the lunch box.
[Congratulations to all players for unlocking the truth fragment: [Blue powder in Mr. Bai's food box], the truth exploration degree is increased by another 3%]
"There are actually two kinds of powder. Does this mean that there are actually two people who want to kill Mr. Bai?" Sister Lin concluded, "But only one of the powders worked. Or, in other words, Mr. Bai died before the other one could take effect."
The old pastor: "It's very likely. The identity of the player who died before is not known yet. When we search for evidence, we can find him. The identity of Mr. Bai is very clear. Once he dies, it is obvious that the Bai family will start to divide the property. We should have several characters who have the motive to kill Mr. Bai."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Bai Sanshao and said, "Congratulations. Once Master Bai dies, you will be the one in charge of the Bai family."
Bai Shen's face turned cold: "What does it have to do with me? As long as he is alive, I am still the legitimate heir. I don't need to kill him."
"Whether it is necessary or not can be verified when everyone collects evidence." Wedding planner Ms. Peng concluded:
"Then I will briefly list a few directions for searching for evidence, and you can add to them at any time.
"First, the identity of the thirteenth player. Why did he suddenly want to kill the bride? His forensic report will be sent to us later. We will then see what the cause of death was and whether it was Young Master Bai's shooting that caused his death."
Su Yi opened the character collection book on the light screen and turned to page 13. This player died and failed to send a business card. He wrote down the key points mentioned by Sister Peng in the suspicious column and added his own unique clues:
[Why were the muddy red-brown boots of this person replaced?]
[Where did the yellow powder on the suit pants come from? And why was it wiped off?]
Ms. Peng: “The second point is the motive for killing Mr. Bai. It would be best if the story lines of each character could be sorted out to see who would benefit most from Mr. Bai’s death.
"Next are the two truth fragments we just unlocked. Who has the red and blue powders that can kill Mr. Bai? Who can get access to these two powders?"
"Let me add one more thing." Miss Lin said, "The full name of this copy is: The Cursed Bride. So I think everyone should not miss the keyword bride when searching for evidence.
“The plot summary says that Mr. Bai has married five wives, and only the fifth wife, our Grace, is still alive. The previous four are all dead.
"And every generation of the Bai family has held their wedding here. The two brides who were to marry Young Master Bai died. The third bride, Su, also received a blood note, and the formal wedding ceremony will be held here tonight. I feel like something... bad is going to happen, so please be prepared."
"We old players don't have much to prepare for," said Ms. Peng. "Everyone knows that the wedding night...tsk tsk, it's the bloodiest."
Bloody... Su Yi was a little scared by what they said. Blood meant there might be violence. With a weak body like his, he could only wait for death when facing violence. He didn't know what misfortune would befall him.
"Stop scaring him." The magician laughed maliciously, "Look, our bride's face has turned pale."
After hearing what the magician said, everyone looked at Su Yi's face. With so many eyes cast on him, Su Yi's face suddenly became hot.
Magician: "Hey, now it's popular again!"
Su Yi bit his lower lip, feeling a little annoyed that the magician had teased him like this. Suddenly, he felt a warm force on his shoulder. The young master reached out and gently touched him:
"Don't worry. If anything really happens at the wedding, I will protect you. If it's haunted, let my third brother kill it. It will be fine."
As he spoke, Mr. Bai took off his white suit jacket and considerately put it on Su Yi's shoulders, his voice so gentle that it could drip water:
"It's cold at night, I'm worried you'll be cold."
Bai Shen, who was not far away, rolled his eyes. The disabled old man was so disgusting that he wanted to vomit after hearing it.
Su Yi actually enjoyed this, she lowered her head, shyly and timidly, as if she was a new bride, and said thank you to that disabled loser.
Bai Shen's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't open his mouth.
"If you don't like it, you can take off your coat and give it to him." Sister Lin stood next to Bai Shen and joked:
"I see Xiao Su is so thin, he needs to put on two layers of clothes to keep warm."
Baishen looked indifferent, half of his face was covered by a gold-threaded black bat mask, and his voice sounded even more noble:
"Whether he's cold or not has nothing to do with me."
Sister Lin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then she laughed. Seeing that Bai Shen was glancing at Su Xinniang while saying this, Sister Lin was even happier and tried hard for a long time to hold back the corners of her mouth from rising.
"I have a story mission on the light screen here."
Lawyer Chen suddenly said, "Young Master Bai, Young Master Bai, and Miss Grace, please follow me to Mr. Bai's study and listen to me read out the distribution of the estate."
"Hey, I have a task to do here as well." The old pastor said, "Please ask the wedding planner Peng and the maid Lin to follow me to the scene to make the final arrangements. The wedding will be officially held at 8 o'clock tonight."
“Oh~”
The magician laughed frivolously.
Bai Shen frowned. If he and the crippled waste left, wouldn't it be...
Under the funny clown mask, the magician's dark eyes were filled with an unpredictable smile. He stared at Su Yi like a wolf staring at his lamb:
"My dear, then it's just you and me here, isn't it?"
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