Chapter 066: Cute creatures eating melons in the refreshment room (18)
In the restaurant kitchen, Shu Mu looked even more sharp-nosed and monkey-faced after being washed clean by a water gun.
Then, he was blown dry with hot air by an NPC in a white chef's uniform, and a mechanism was stuck on his neck, making it difficult for him to move his head out of the cage.
Then, a hemispherical metal cover was placed on Shu Mu's head, and a layer of red silk was spread on the outside of the cover.
He heard the sound of rollers sliding under his feet, and he didn't know where they were taking him.
Shu Mu became more and more panicked, and he began to spend points frantically to draw props in the system mall.
If he is lucky enough, he might be able to draw an item in time to help him escape danger.
The points were decreasing rapidly, which made him feel particularly distressed, but he couldn't care less at this time.
"Now, please enjoy our signature dish: eating live brains~"
Shu Mu heard the waiter's introduction, and the silk and metal covers on his head were removed one by one.
His little eyes widened as he saw the animal people sitting around him, staring at him greedily.
Shu Mu finally understood why no NPC took him out of the cage during the entire process.
It turned out that from the very beginning, these NPCs had no intention of eating his flesh.
He could no longer contain his fear and screamed at the top of his lungs.
A monkey-headed man heard the cry and laughed happily: "Wow, such a loud voice, it can be seen that it is a good breed!"
The waiter smiled and explained, "Yes, this is one of the most highly regarded species in the live food world. It's the 'ugly cute' species. Its brain is the most tender of all the species, and it has an excellent flavor."
Shu Mujian couldn't draw any useful items, so he wanted to reach out and activate his skills, but his head was firmly fixed and his arms were too short, so he couldn't reach out of the cage to touch the NPCs around him.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he only felt regretful that he had not acted earlier and had not spent all his points to draw props earlier.
A pig-headed man in a chef's uniform came forward, and the waiter introduced him to the guests as the best chef in the restaurant.
The pig-headed man bowed to the guests with a smile, then picked up the small hammer used for "eating brains alive."
Shu Mu's interface showed another round of ten consecutive draws, but the props he got were still not useful.
The guests heard a few crisp sounds of skulls being cracked, and they all picked up the warmed spoons and scooped up the delicious food that was as tender as tofu.
"Player Shu Mu has been eliminated. Please continue to work hard to complete the game."
In the refreshment room, Liu Tang listened to the broadcast and gradually woke up from the chaotic fragments of memory.
He was empty for a while before pulling himself away from those past memories and focusing his attention on the current copy.
He couldn't help but sigh:
[This dungeon is truly not easy. This is the second player to be eliminated.]
[If I hadn't deliberately disturbed Xiangxiang, they would have likely died as well. That would have been three players.]
[And Fang Yiran. If the frozen Putong had hit him, he would have been the fourth player.]
[By the way, there's also Lao Cheng who was dragged to the electric shock at the beginning. If he hadn't been in 'Infernal Hell', he would have been eliminated from the start.]
[Now I'm tied to the NPC's life state, which is not safe either...]
【Fortunately, Boss Mo has been safe and sound.】
When Mo Qianhe heard Liu Tang setting a goal for himself in his heart, he thought to himself, "Just shut up."
Finding Liu Tang awake, he walked over to help him up and asked with concern, "Are you still sleepy? Do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Liu Tang still felt a little dizzy, but it had eased a lot.
He answered Boss Mo's question: "It seems that the sleeping pills on the golden retriever have lost their effect. He has woken up."
Mo Qianhe became even more worried after hearing this and whispered, "I hope he can behave himself, not provoke the criminals, and not suffer too much..."
So as not to implicate their little salted fish.
When the golden retriever woke up, he found himself curled up in an extremely confined and narrow space.
He tried to move and felt that his feet and hands were bound and his mouth was taped tightly.
After struggling hard for several times and finding it futile, he tried to sense the external environment.
He could hear the sound of cars running outside the darkness and feel a slight vibration beneath him.
He usually likes to stay at home and watch various suspense movies, TV shows and novels, and he immediately understood his current situation.
For unknown reasons, he was kidnapped.
The golden retriever recalled everything that happened before he fell into a coma, and gradually realized that it was the black cat store manager who had done the deed to him.
It seems that because he has not been good at making friends since he was a child and has been cheated by others, the golden retriever was not too surprised that he was deceived by someone he just met.
Yes, how could someone as outstanding and handsome as the Black Cat store manager suddenly be nice to me?
The pink bubble in the golden retriever's heart quickly burst and dissipated, and he woke up.
It turns out that I was aiming too high, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen into such an obvious scam.
The golden retriever thought so, feeling sad and self-loathing in his heart.
However, strangely enough, he only felt a relatively mild fear.
Besides that, do you even feel a little bit excited inside?
It seemed as if something extraordinary had finally happened in his otherwise unremarkable life.
But why did the Black Cat store manager kidnap him?
The golden retriever began to guess.
Money? But he was just an ordinary worker and didn't have much savings.
Organs? Blood? But was it necessary to kidnap him entirely?
He thought about it over and over again, but couldn't find anything about himself that was worth the other party going to such great lengths to kidnap him.
On the other side, in the apartment rented by the golden retriever, the red-crowned crane checked the surveillance footage in the lobby downstairs in the community and found that the golden retriever had returned home an hour ago. The black cat had indeed come forty minutes ago, but left alone not long after.
The golden retriever did not leave the apartment again.
But there was no one at his house.
Panda was worried about the golden retriever. His mind raced, and he speculated, "Someone took the golden retriever away through some means that the surveillance cameras couldn't see."
Leopard Woman: "Whoever took the golden retriever, it wasn't the black cat."
Cheetah analyzed, "Black Cat knew the neighborhood had surveillance cameras, so he didn't do it himself, so he could clear himself of suspicion."
The red-crowned crane replayed the surveillance footage to confirm that nothing was missed. He was puzzled: "If he didn't leave from the hall, then where did he leave from..."
Panda slammed the table and said, "Underground parking lot! Check to see if any cars have come in and out since the black cat learned Mr. Jin's address!"
After setting a time limit, the red-crowned crane quickly found out that only two cars entered and left the parking lot during this period.
They observed the two vehicles in the parking lot and did not see any scene of a person being carried.
Panda pointed to one of the lanes and said, "The guy who got in this car pulled a huge suitcase into the trunk! Mr. Jin is very thin and could easily fit in this suitcase!"
The cheetah agreed with the panda's speculation and instructed the red-crowned crane, "Immediately contact the traffic management department to investigate the routes of the two vehicles. Also, check the locations and license plates of the vehicles that previously transported the cute animals."
"I'll contact the captains of the other teams. It seems the arrest operation needs to begin early."
The panda was very touched: "Thank you, Captain!"
Cheetah patted Panda's shoulder and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Human lives are at stake. Let's go back to the bureau and gather some help!"
The panda shouted, "Yes!"
Mo Qianhe finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Cheetah and his group of NPCs were preparing to take action in advance.
The same thing goes: the sooner the golden retriever is rescued, the safer Liu Tang will be.
At this time, the Black Cat store manager received a call from his subordinates.
Originally, to be on the safe side, he asked his subordinates to kidnap the golden retriever and then remember to go back and delete all the surveillance videos in the community during the same period.
Unexpectedly, when the subordinates returned, they found that the police had already retrieved the surveillance footage from the community security room.
They even went to investigate the golden retriever's home.
The subordinate reported all the situations to Black Cat in a panic.
Black Cat's pupils shrank into slits, but his voice remained steady: "It's okay, you guys retreat first. Deleting the surveillance footage was just for insurance. Even if they hadn't deleted it, they wouldn't be able to trace us back."
After hearing what the black cat said, the subordinate felt relieved and immediately left the community where the golden retriever lived.
The black cat who hung up the phone was not as calm as he was when he was talking on the phone.
He realized that the police seemed to be getting more and more intense in their investigation of him.
Mr. Jin's disappearance was inevitable, so as the last person to speak with Mr. Jin, he would inevitably be suspected.
This was within his expectations, but the police seemed to have discovered it too early, disrupting Black Cat's orderly arrangements.
If a golden retriever is missing for more than 48 hours, the police will file a case for investigation and ask him to go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation. Detaining him at the police station, even if it is not for a long time, will make him very passive.
He has to take the initiative.
Black Cat decided to go to the refreshment room to find out the eavesdropping devices and cameras secretly installed by the police, and be the first to call the police to catch Cheetah off guard. Before the other party could take formal action, Black Cat was punished for illegal investigation.
He set off quickly towards the refreshment room.
Mo Qianhe listened to the other person's footsteps and the echo in the corridor, and guessed that the other person was about to come to the refreshment room.
Lao Cheng spoke first: "We have to hide and not let him find us."
Although Fang Yiran didn't quite understand why they did this, he thought it would be a good thing to escape from the store manager, so he followed Lao Cheng's steps and hid in an empty cabinet in the locker room with several people.
The black cat quickly came to the refreshment room from the underground secret passage.
The first thing he saw was the bright light coming from the kitchen.
I could hear the beeping sound of the refrigerator door being left open for too long.
Black Cat realized that something was wrong. He quickly grabbed the gun he had purchased illegally at his waist with one hand and walked towards the kitchen in a light-footed manner.
He raised his gun and dodged, then turned towards the kitchen door.
In the dimly lit kitchen, the refrigerator door was wide open, and the light tube inside emitted a cold light, dyeing the room an ice-blue color.
After repeatedly confirming that there was no one else in the kitchen, Black Cat walked forward while paying attention to his back to check Putong's body which was gradually melting on the ground.
Looking at the high-end snacks in the refrigerator that had been mostly eaten, he roughly guessed what had happened.
"But...how did you get out of the glass house?" He muttered to himself in front of the corpse, stood up and closed the refrigerator door, ignoring the mess inside.
Black Cat didn't turn on the lights in the store rashly.
He didn't want the police who were monitoring him to notice his unusual behavior too quickly, so he patrolled the store in the dark and only felt relieved after confirming that there was no one else in the store.
Fortunately, he has very good night vision and can see everything in the store even without turning on the lights.
However, the door of the glass room was opened.
There was nothing inside.
The Black Cat store manager called out a few times in the store and rang the bell at the glass door.
Liu Tang and the other three who were hiding in the locker room felt a splitting headache when they heard the bell. They wanted to run to the manager's feet and beg for mercy, but they held back.
The black cat noticed that the shop door seemed to be open.
This was the last door Fang Yiran opened before the "master key" completely failed.
At that time, he didn't know why he had to open the door, but Mo Qianhe asked him to open it, so he opened it.
At this moment, the black cat walked out the door, looked around the street, and without shouting the names of the cute creatures loudly, he retreated.
There are only two possibilities now: either the store was robbed, or the police broke in illegally to collect evidence and deliberately faked a robbery.
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