Claude's classmate in the class died. He was a bloated, pale boy with a lot of freckles on his face, and he often lived alone.

The reason why Song Yiqiao was impressed by him was that he openly questioned him in class a few days ago and made discriminatory remarks against Asians, and was finally stopped by several classmates in time. You know, even though some of them are racist, they don't dare to speak out openly.

If it weren't for the identity of the professor, Song Yiqiao would have wanted to beat him up every minute so that he couldn't take care of himself.

After an unpleasant class, I didn't see him for several days, and Song Yiqiao thought that guy would never come again. Who would have expected that when I stepped through the school gate today, I heard that Claude had died in his own home.

Claude has a perverse personality, and it is said that his parents are both in business, but he has been divorced for many years. He lives alone in a nearby apartment, which is a perennial mess that is unkept, filled with death rock albums and some candles and crosses for psychic rituals.

He died of an overdose. Hemp.

No, it's actually big. Ma is not the main murderer. Claude's apartment is home to a variety of poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, scorpions, and the highly venomous Sydney funnel-web spider. He's smoking a big overdose. After the hemp, noisy music was playing, and he accidentally fell in a trance, knocking over the acrylic glass tank containing poisonous spiders. The hard glass jar was not damaged, but the flap was accidentally opened, which led to the death of Claude.

The aggressive spider crawls out of its cozy nest and gives the guy who is harassing it sleeping.

“…… He died of emphysema. ”

Officer Babino should have been a little hoarse because of staying up late, but fortunately, he had a dark complexion and couldn't see dark circles under his eyes.

Song Yiqiao couldn't help but react when he thought of that scene.

"This way of dying is really terrifying."

"Miss, you should be glad that the poisonous insects in the other glass jars did not escape, and the poisonous snakes and lizards that had been hungry for several days tried to attack like crazy, almost making our police officers go to God." Babineau rubbed his temples with a headache, "The worst thing right now is that the Sydney funnel web spider is gone, which causes great panic among the surrounding residents." We've got plenty of serum from Sydney, so be careful if you see a spider. ”

"Thanks for the reminder."

"Okay, since there is no problem, then I won't bother you, thank you for your cooperation."

Babineaux got up and left, muttering about the poisonous spider along the way. An accidental death that was a foregone conclusion, but now the scope of panic has been expanded because of spiders, which is their biggest headache, so the police officer who originally came to ask Song Yiqiao about the proof of his presence as usual unknowingly became the captain of the popular science brigade.

If a few more people are bitten and die, I'm afraid they won't have a good time.

Perhaps because of intuition, Song Yiqiao had some doubts about the cause of Claude's death - it stands to reason that Claude is a veteran and should not be so careless, if he understands that he will behave when he is in high spirits, he will definitely close the door for his life and avoid doing some dangerous things.

So......

She pushed open the door of the café, and before she had taken a few steps, the voice she least wanted to hear rang.

"Professor Song, what a coincidence, we met again."

An unhurried greeting came from behind, making Song Yiqiao's cold hair stand on end, and he subconsciously turned his head.

Hannibal, who was standing behind her at some point, smiled gracefully: "It's an honor to invite you to dinner, I think tonight will be a wonderful evening." ”

Song Yiqiao was about to make a perfunctory speech, when suddenly a young red-haired man ran from the face, he ran wildly fast, but his expression was fierce, and he was still holding a pink female satchel in his hand.

"Catch the thief!"

She was stunned, subconsciously stopped it, and accurately grabbed his collar and punched him head-on when the other party tried to attack. Hearing only a "bang", the man's nose bone was hit hard, his face was covered with nosebleeds, he curled up like a shrimp, covered his nose and screamed in pain.

The assistant police also happened to hurry up, grabbed the thief and handcuffed him.

"Thank you so much!"

"No thanks, this is what I should do."

In the face of the victim's incessant thanks, Song Yiqiao hurriedly waved her hand, and her overly enthusiastic attitude made her face look ashamed, and her white cheeks were slightly red.

Hannibal witnessed the whole process, and a strange eagerness in his eyes intensified, and in the next second, he retracted his expression and regained his usual gentle appearance, as if the cruel gaze he had just exposed was an illusion.

It's funny.

He thought.

……

The address had been given in advance, Song Yiqiao arrived at the door of the apartment with a bottle of champagne, paused, took a deep breath, and continued to ring the doorbell at the door with his previous steps.

As soon as the doorbell rang, Professor Jim pushed open the door with a big grin, and teased, "Joe, if you come any longer, I'm going to eat everything!" ”

Song Yiqiao pursed her lips and smiled, and followed into the house. The lighting is dimmed, the whole room is elegantly arranged, and the furnishings are many but not trivial, and it looks very emotional—Hannibal must have been a man with a high quality of life. The leather sofa in the living room was shiny and warm, and it looked good to the touch, and on the opposite wall were high bookshelves, on which rows of books attracted Song Yiqiao's attention, and she walked up to see a pot of green plants with delicate leaves hanging down from the top, and the curly ends were placed right in the middle of the two books.

She carefully skimmed through the bibliography and was overwhelmed by Hannibal's vast amount of knowledge.

"Any questions, Professor Song?"

Hannibal always appeared behind her coldly, and Song Yiqiao was used to his elusive movements.

"No...... Nothing, sorry I was presumptuous. ”

"It's okay, you can relax here, please come with me to the living room."

The setting of the dining table is also very particular, and Song Yiqiao has to suspect that Hannibal is in the late stage of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the slightest angle is not biased. A large handful of delicate lilies of the valley and irises were placed in vases, and the table was filled with porcelain-white plates, silver knives and forks, neatly stacked napkins, and well-wiped goblets...... And, of course, two bottles of Peterrusburg Bordeaux.

He pulled out a chair and let Song Yiqiao sit inside. Then, as the two of them watched, he glanced at the stew pan and, after confirming the timing, set the thick foie gras and smoked salmon in their original place, and the beautiful hollandaise sauce was served with the tender freshwater shellfish.

Mrs. Hudson is as proficient as Hannibal, but the biggest difference between the two is that the former uses ordinary ingredients to make the most delicious food, and today's dinner is a very picky selection of ingredients.

Song Yiqiao silently admonished himself to be careful, but he couldn't help but drop a few drops of lemon juice on the well-fried steak and feed it into his mouth with satisfaction. The steak is refreshing and tender, and the fruity aroma of lemon stimulates the taste buds.

Halfway through the meal, Professor Jim raised his glass.

After saying the polite words, Song Yiqiao clinked glasses with the two of them one after another, and took a sip of it, barely drinking it. She was still afraid that there would be some deadly drugs in it, and she was careful that the words of the Ten Thousand Year Ship could be used to save her life at any time.

After a pleasant dinner, she asked for directions to the bathroom and went in to tidy up her appearance. After opening the door, Song Yiqiao was about to leave, when something suddenly caught her attention.

…… Is it a spider?

She leaned her head over, and saw a fluffy black spider through the glass, with thick limbs, and it was terrifying to look at. At this moment, the spider moved, Song Yiqiao's heart tightened, and when she was about to take a closer look, one hand cut off her sight.

"Professor Song, it turns out that you are here."

Hannibal's expression was smiling.

Song Yiqiao took a step back vigilantly: "It was you who killed Claude." ”

"It's not quite right, I'm just interested in his collection. Look, what does this spider look like? ”

Hannibal didn't know how to do it, but he actually took the poisonous spider out of it, and the spider looked obedient and had no intention of attacking.

"You're crazy!" Song Yiqiao's voice trembled a little, "This spider can kill you in dozens of minutes!" ”

"It won't."

In contrast, Hannibal's expression is calm, casual as if he is holding a toy with a spider. His true face, hidden beneath the harmless mask, was revealed, and his back reflected on the wall seemed to open its bloody mouth, ready to strike a fatal blow at the real dinner like a deadly spider.

"What about Professor Jim? What did you do to him? ”

"Don't worry, he's sleeping soundly."

“…… What exactly do you want to do? ”

Hannibal took a step forward, and unsurprisingly saw Song Yiqiao retreating right after, he laughed and said in a very gentle tone: "Hey, don't worry, I just wanted to ask a question." ”

“……”

His voice was firm, not like a question: "You seem to know me." ”

As soon as the words fell, Song Yiqiao's eyes lit up, and she saw Hannibal trying to attack her. She nimbly dodged and dealt him a heavy blow as she did with a thief today—

Hit!

Before she could fight back again, suddenly, there was a tingling sensation in her arm that couldn't be ignored. She subconsciously looked down and saw that the Sydney funnel web spider was clinging to her white skin, giving a painful kiss of death!

Song Yiqiao endured nausea and fear and slapped it to the ground and crushed it, as soon as this action was done, the muscles in her body began to twitch, the spasm became bigger and bigger, and it became difficult to breathe, and she couldn't even restrain the tremor of her upper and lower teeth.

The lacrimal glands worked endlessly, Song Yiqiao couldn't see clearly, and the tears gushing out had already drowned out a qiē. She couldn't breathe, her eyes were a little dazed, but she still insisted on standing.

"Hannibal......" her lips trembled, still squeezing out word by word, "I...... I will...... Kill ...... You ......"

After saying that, her strong willpower was finally crushed by the paralyzing poison, and her body trembled and collapsed in a strange embrace, trembling like crazy.

A pleasant voice came from overhead, as if blurred through layers of mist: "...... I believe you. ”