Chapter 11 (Two in One)

But he did not go in immediately, but walked quickly to the window. There were surveillance cameras in the restaurant, and although he did not know how the murderer avoided surveillance to commit the crime, he could not go in brazenly.

Looking in from the window, the whole restaurant was empty except for a boy in school uniform who was lying face down on the dining table, looking like he was asleep.

But Su Bei knew that he was not asleep, but dead, because from this angle he could clearly see a small pool of blood under his feet, with drops of blood dripping down from above.

This should be the deceased who replaced him, and if I am not mistaken, this is also a student in Class F.

What a disaster and hardship Class F has faced...

After closing his eyes, Su Bei picked up his mobile phone to take a picture of the scene, and then without stopping, he quickly returned to the toilet.

After entering the toilet cubicle, he looked at the photo he had just taken and enlarged it to look for details.

In order for the protagonists to find the murderer, the new victim will definitely leave some clues like the original one. And there is a high possibility that the same clues will be left in the same way. After all, it takes a lot of brainpower for the comic author to conceive the plot.

Sure enough, from the photos we can see some blank cards scattered around the deceased.

This is a psychic who can conjure up cards.

After confirming that the position of the cards was no different from the original comic, Su Bei deleted the photo, switched his phone to the comic interface, and left the toilet. He then found an inconspicuous place on the road from the dormitory building to the cafeteria, leaned against the wall, and started playing with his phone.

It is now past five in the afternoon, and students are coming out of the dormitory building one after another to have dinner.

Not long after, Su Bei saw Jiang Tianming and the other two coming out. He turned off his phone and followed them decisively.

He had learned professional tracking skills, but they were useless at this time. He no longer needed to hide the fact that he was following them, and in fact, Su Bei really hoped that the three men would find out.

What’s rare about this comic is that all three main characters are smart, and there is no pure idiot.

Smart people are the best at thinking. After he said something like that right after meeting me, I would have some doubts about him.

When they see the dead body later, it will be easy for them to misunderstand him when thinking about his current tracking.

And this is exactly what Su Bei wants.

"The blond boy was following us this morning." Jiang Tianming glanced back inconspicuously and said softly.

Hearing this, Wu Mingbai became interested: "The guy who said you are a bad guy?"

Jiang Tianming told him about this after they gathered.

Jiang Tianming nodded: "It's him, his name is Su Bei. Ah Bing, have you found out anything?"

Lan Subing, whose lower face was covered by a scarf, shook her head and said in a very low voice, "Tomorrow."

Jiang Tianming and the others, who were already familiar with her taciturnity, quickly understood what she meant. This meant that the results would be available tomorrow. It was not surprising, after all, it was not even a day.

Wu Mingbai raised his eyebrows and suddenly revealed a sunny and cheerful smile.

When they saw this smile, Jiang Tianming and Lan Guangsu Bing's eyelids jumped at the same time. You know, this is Wu Mingbai's special expression when he is causing trouble, and they intuitively felt that something was going to go wrong.

However, before they could stop Wu Mingbai, the other party turned around and strode to Su Bei, with an innocent look in his brown eyes: "Excuse me, are you following us?"

Even Su Bei was slightly stunned after being asked such a straightforward question, and then he had a deeper understanding of the character of Wu Mingbai.

White cuts black, it really is true.

He smiled with interest: "Yes."

Hearing this, Wu Mingbai continued to ask like a big orange golden retriever: "Why why?"

"Because interesting things always happen around unlucky people." Su Bei said with a smile, looking like a person who enjoys watching a show.

At this time, Jiang Tianming came over. He was not angry at all because of Su Bei's ominous hint. Instead, he pushed the non-existent glasses frame and said, "If you want to watch a play, you should pay for the ticket."

"Eh, I actually need to pay money!" Su Bei was shocked.

He was indeed surprised, but not because of the money he had to pay, but because of the personality that Jiang Tianming displayed at that moment.

You have to know that in the first part, Jiang Tianming is indeed a very shrewd person, but his shrewdness is usually reflected in his heart, and he rarely speaks it out actively, let alone expresses it so lively.

Why is he so disgraced now?

But Su Bei soon figured it out. Jiang Tianming in the first part was carrying a blood feud and facing life-threatening danger, so he would naturally behave more cautiously and steadily.

Now he is on campus, so he doesn't need to be so cautious. The orphanage he was originally in was quite harmonious, and with a full month's break between the end of the last part and the beginning of this part, his personality has returned to what it should be.

In other words, compared to the first part, the current Jiang Tianming is a more lively version of Jiang Tianming.

For Su Bei, the benefit of this change is that it will allow him to get closer to the protagonists more quickly. A protagonist with a relaxed attitude is much easier to approach than a cautious protagonist.

But the downside is that a lot of the experience from the first part cannot be used, and more than half of the plot he spent half a day studying is no longer useful.

Sighing silently, he made a compromise: "Okay, okay, although this is a free show that everyone can watch, who let me sneak into the backstage in advance?"

Hearing this, Jiang Tianming and the other two looked at each other. Lan Subing hid at the back and tugged at her friend's sleeve. Because there were outsiders around, she had a severe social phobia and could not speak, so she could only type on her phone.

At this time, three big words appeared on the phone screen: "I have money."

Before Su Bei could react, Wu Mingbai pulled Jiang Tianming's sleeve with a pure look on his face: "Miss Lan has money, why don't we just not take money from others?"

Jiang Tianming smiled and said hesitantly, "How about we not charge you any money?"

Anyone who really believed him would be a fool. How could Su Bei not understand that these three people were telling him that if he wanted to pay for the ticket, he didn't need to pay.

If you don't need money, then that's naturally a clue.

This just happened to coincide with his idea.

However, the same goal does not mean that he will completely indulge these three people. Su Bei smiled and exposed their little thoughts: "Stop acting, the cooperation is a bit fake."

Ignoring their innocent expressions, he continued, "For fun, I'll give you the tips you need in the future as tickets."

After hearing these words, both Wu Mingbai and Lan Subing could not help but show a look of surprise.

"A reminder of future needs", is this what they think it means?

Only Jiang Tianming's expression remained calm. He had already vaguely guessed Su Bei's special abilities based on what he had said before.

"Thank you very much. I wonder how you are going to give us this hint?" Jiang Tianming asked.

"Stand still."

As Su Bei spoke, he conjured up a gear and placed it over the heads of the three people for a while. Every time the gear reached a person's head, his face turned a little paler.

After the three people finished, he put his hands together in front of his chest, then slowly pulled them apart, and an antique bronze gear appeared suspended in the middle of his hands. It was covered with complex patterns, and looked ancient and mysterious.

Before the three of them could get closer to observe, they saw a large amount of purple-red smoke suddenly coming out of the gear, and it disappeared without a trace in a moment.

"What's going on?" Jiang Tianming was slightly surprised when he saw this scene.

Lan Subing, who was standing next to him, showed the words typed on her phone: "Failed"

She was born into a wealthy family and had more experience than her two friends. She knew that the power of prophecy was not easy to perform, and that the possibility of failure was high for a novice.

"On the contrary." Su Bei shook his head after hearing her words, "I have already given all the hints."

Hearing this, the three of them were stunned. Jiang Tianming recalled and said uncertainly: "The purple-red smoke is the hint given by your ability."

"Hmm." Su Bei nodded.

Seeing his affirmation, Jiang Tianming immediately asked: "Does this prophecy mean that we will see or need this kind of purple-red smoke in the future?"

Of course not, Su Bei thought.

This purple-red smoke actually contains two clues, one is purple-red and the other is smoke, which represent the murderer's eye color and supernatural power respectively.

The reason he was able to give this hint was entirely due to his useless supernatural power.

Su Bei's [Gear] ability allows him to independently choose the metal used to make gears. However, the rarer and more precious the metal, the fewer gears he can make.

Cesium (exclusive to the comic world) is a very active metal. Once it comes into contact with the air, it will react chemically with the air within two or three seconds, turning into purple smoke.

This was the good thing he had searched for for a long time and carefully selected before leaving to complete his plan.

As for his face turning paler and paler, it was because every time he grabbed it, he secretly produced a golden gear from his pocket. His supernatural power was consumed in large quantities, so his face turned pale, didn't it?

Now that the mission was successfully completed, Su Bei almost tried hard not to laugh out loud in order to maintain his image as a master.

But he certainly couldn't give a direct answer, so he just shrugged and said, "Who knows? Let me remind you that fate rarely gives concrete hints. It could be a hint, or it could represent an object, or even a mixture of multiple hints."

"I have a question!" Wu Mingbai, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised his hands actively, his eyes sparkling. If you haven't read the first part of the comic, you might be fooled by his little sun appearance.

"say."

"What were you doing above our heads just now?" He tilted his head curiously, which was quite cute.

Facing this question, Su Bei did not answer directly, but raised a finger and showed a business smile: "This has nothing to do with tickets. If you want to know the answer to this question, you have to pay a little price."

When Wu Mingbai heard that a "price" was needed, a hint of vigilance and understanding flashed across his eyes. He knew that this mysterious guy had inexplicably pestered them with bad intentions.

But he didn't show it on his face, and looked eager to try: "What's the price?"

Su Bei looked straight at Jiang Tianming and said, "I want you to be in a group with me in the next group activity at school."

"Ha" The three people opposite showed confused expressions at the same time.

Jiang Tianming pointed at himself and said, "You mean you want me to join your team in the next group activity?"

"No, to be precise, I am joining your team." Su Bei retorted, "If it is a two-person team, it will be you and me. If it is a multi-person team, the other teammates are up to you, just add me."

As long as I can stay with the protagonist, why would I worry about not having enough shots?

"But why do you want to..." Jiang Tianming suddenly realized halfway through his words, "Because I am the most unlucky person."

Seeing that he reacted so quickly, Su Bei had a "teaching" expression on his face, and at the same time he did not forget to "kindly" comfort the other two people: "You two don't have to be discouraged. If one day you can defeat him, I will not hesitate to be in a group with you."

"Who needs it?" Even with Lan Subing's level of social anxiety, she couldn't help but complain in a low voice at this time.

You know, because of her severe social anxiety, she used to complain in her heart, and Su Bei made an exception for her.

Facing his request, Wu Mingbai frowned and shook his head to his friend: "No need..."

He was indeed somewhat curious about the question, but he was not prepared to put his partner at risk for the answer.

However, before he could finish his words, Jiang Tianming said decisively: "I agree."

After saying that, he looked at the orange-haired boy soothingly: "It's okay, I'm also curious about the answer to this question. If he wants to have fun all the time, he won't cheat me easily, otherwise what will I do if I don't have such good fun in the future?"

When he said the last sentence, he looked towards Su Bei deliberately, and everything was said without words.

After getting a satisfactory answer, Su Bei smiled and nodded, saying meaningfully: "Don't worry, I just touched a certain point on the destiny compass above your head. Everyone has a compass representing destiny on their head, and the gears made with the aura of your destiny will have the effect of prediction."

Of course he made up this paragraph. You can tell what you are seeing by looking at it. The reason why Destiny Compass said this was, firstly, to prevent his predictions from appearing so easy, and secondly, to foreshadow the transformation of his seemingly prophetic abilities into offensive abilities.

After all, it is a prophetic ability. If you really don't need to do anything and pay no price when making the gears, it would be too fake and would easily arouse other people's suspicion.

If the reader believes what he says, then he will really be able to see the Compass of Destiny, which will be of great help to his subsequent mission.

You have to know that he will no longer have the ability to foresee things in the future. He must make good use of this only chance to at least link his supernatural powers with his destiny.

After the explanation, Su Bei did not intend to waste any more time. Although the plot would definitely start after the protagonist arrived, it would be very troublesome if someone discovered the deceased in advance.

Knowing what kind of characters comic readers like, he endured the embarrassment, gracefully knelt down, stretched out his hand in the direction of the cafeteria, and made a "please" gesture: "The curtain has been opened, it's your turn to appear."

Jiang Tianming and the other two walked towards the cafeteria together, while Su Bei followed behind them at a leisurely pace, maintaining a distance of ten meters from them. He needed to play the role of a bystander, as being too close to the protagonist would easily lead to trouble.

Because the distance was far, Wu Mingbai didn't care too much about him and whispered to Jiang Tianming: "Why did you agree to him so easily? Who knows if he was acting before. What if the next activity is a team of two? We can't help you even if we want to."

Lan Subing nodded in agreement: "The decision was made too hastily."

"On the contrary, this is actually the result of my careful consideration." Jiang Tianming glanced at Su Bei who was following far behind, and explained to his friends, "You can see from the time he made the request that he doesn't take it very seriously. After all, there is a high probability that we will reject him. If he really wants to meet this request, he will definitely choose a more irresistible time."

No one objected, so he continued in a clear and logical manner: "There are only two possibilities for him not caring about this request. Either he doesn't really have a strong obsession with teaming up with me, or he is sure to team up with me regardless of whether I agree to this request or not."

After hearing this, both of them understood what he meant. If Su Bei had no obsession with teaming up with him, he probably wouldn't do anything to him.

And if it is the second possibility, then it doesn't matter whether you refuse or not, you might as well take this opportunity to collect more clues.

"Well, then we have to agree." After accepting his reason, the two stopped asking questions. Lan Subing asked another question: "What he just said about the destiny compass, did you feel anything wrong?"

"Is it a lie that I didn't tell him?"

"It's not that wrong." She shook her head, took out her phone and started typing. After finishing, she sent it to the small group of three people.

——"When he explained the action, he said, 'Don't worry, I just touched the compass of your destiny'. If there is nothing wrong with the action, why did he specifically say 'Don't worry'? It makes me feel like the action itself can cause harm to us, but he just didn't do it."

Possessing the power of [Word Spirit], she is very sensitive to language and successfully discovered the small foreshadowing left by Su Bei.

Jiang Tianming fell into deep thought after hearing this. After a moment, he muttered to himself: "...If it's okay to touch it, then why not just take it away?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them thought of a certain possibility at the same time, and all showed shocked expressions.

If you can touch it, you can probably take it away. If the Destiny Compass is taken away, what will happen to this person?

Although this is just a kind of unfounded divergent thinking, they all think that this is meaningless speculation. However, it is indeed meaningless to speculate on this matter now, and it is more realistic to discuss the "big drama" mentioned by Su Bei.

"Whatever the 'big drama' is, it should have happened in the cafeteria." Wu Mingbai looked towards the cafeteria in the distance with a serious look in his eyes.

Jiang Tianming thought so too, but seeing the two friends' nervous expressions, he comforted them, "It's okay. If an enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. Are we still afraid of this?"

That's true. They just defeated a powerful superpower and brought down a transnational underground organization before school started. What could they be afraid of in a safe school?

The three of them felt relieved. Lan Subing grumbled quietly, "We were definitely fooled by Su Bei's attitude."

The three of them walked into the cafeteria while chatting and laughing. Although they were not so nervous just now, the moment they entered the cafeteria, they still put away their smiles and looked around vigilantly.

However, the cafeteria was bustling with students, some getting their meals, some chatting, and it seemed like there was nothing wrong.

After looking at each other, the three of them got their meals at the same window, and then found a relatively quiet place to sit down. There was only one student sleeping here, so it should be the place where nothing could go wrong.

At this time, Su Bei, who was already sitting in a corner, sneered at the "good place" that the three protagonists had carefully selected.

As expected of the plot, they sat next to the deceased.

He, who already knew the condition of the deceased, could easily see a small pool of black blood on the ground, but other students who did not know that the other person was dead found it difficult to notice this.

But perhaps it was for the sake of the plot, otherwise it would be hard for Su Bei to understand why in such a big cafeteria, no one noticed that the person was dead, not even the person sitting next to the deceased.

Thinking of this, a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.

Although the atmosphere here is full of human life, this scene still makes him doubt whether this is a real world.

Are they all puppets that can be manipulated at will?

Pressing his forehead, Su Bei quickly adjusted his mentality. After all, even if he was just a puppet, he wanted to live well. In this case, he shouldn't complain for no reason. You know, he still has a life-threatening situation to go through, so how can he have time to think about the meaning of life here?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sneer again. But this time he wasn't mocking the protagonists, but himself.

"Ah! What's going on?" Suddenly, a girl screamed.

Su Bei raised his head in the predetermined direction without hesitation, and as expected, he saw the dead person lying on the ground. In addition to the protagonists, there was also a girl who covered her mouth with her hands and looked panicked.

At this time, Jiang Tianming finally saw the blood on the ground. He looked at the bloodstains on the dead man's chest and heart, and had a bad guess in his mind.

Then he seemed to realize something, first raised his head and searched quickly. Su Bei guessed that he was looking for him. After all, when encountering this matter, even a fool should be able to associate it with what he just said, "watching the show."

However, Jiang Tianming did not find it. After looking around, he decisively squatted beside the deceased to check.

He placed his finger under the dead man's nose and gave the result with a serious face after a moment: "No breathing, this person is dead."

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Protagonists: If I had known, I wouldn’t have come to the cafeteria to eat today (#-.-)

Double update is here, the next one should be someday next week. Regarding the question about the update rules that some little cuties asked me about, I haven't thought about it yet, I will tell you in Chapter V!

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