Chapter 9: The cliff before the clue

"Is that the phrase 'don't open the chamber'?" Xiaoguang asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"That's right, while keeping people from opening the room, it also sends us a message - as long as the room is not opened, despair will not escape from the room."

"Although it is also possible that the last queen who transformed into Darkrai herself escaped from the secret room, this explanation is more reasonable in comparison to someone who opened the door to the secret room."

With that, Black turned and looked at Sirona, who was following him.

"Sirona, as the regional champion of the new Olympics, you should know when the Durailay here appeared?"

"Although the news has started to spread very quickly recently, if it is the first time, it must have been a year and a half ago. However, this was only the time when the Xinao region began to know about it, not when Darkrai broke out of the secret room. ”

"Ah, thank you."

"I'm sorry, I can't help you at this time."

"There's no need to apologize for this kind of thing, and whoever is in this situation will probably be very difficult to stay calm."

"But you're calm......"

"Am I calm?" Black smiled. "But even if I'm calm, I don't think it's anything to boast about, it's better to say that people who will be scared when they see something terrible are normal people, I'm a demon king, not a human being."

"Miss Alyssa, then." After asking Sirona, Black turned to Alyssa. "In the previous 1 and a half to 2 years, who else was there in this mansion besides the previous owner?"

"No," Alyssa shook her head. "The lord is the last heir to the mansion, and he has been living alone in this castle since the death of his parents 10 years ago."

"Then another question, you should be able to answer if you have lived here for a long time, how many people in this village still know the ancient language of Sellius?"

"I'm afraid there's no one left. Since more than 100 years ago, the island has been managed by the local government of Xinao, and the inhabitants of the island have learned a new language, and in order to integrate with the outside world, people have basically not learned ancient languages. Probably only the declining royal family like the old man, and some old people who have never left the island, understand this language. ”

"I see, so it's certain that the person who opened the door to the secret room could probably only be the former owner."

"Huh? Can you be so sure now? Mei asked.

"If there is only this evidence just now, I really can't be sure, after all, it could be that someone else happened to open the secret room, but here-"

Black flashed the journal in his hand.

I saw that under the last line of the Queen's diary, a red line was drawn.

"The handwriting of the red line is completely different from the old handwriting 200 years ago, and it looks like it is newly drawn."

"There is no one who often lives in the room, who most likely knows the location of this diary, who has plenty of time to find this secret room, and who can read the ancient language of Seyrus, except the former owner."

"Wait, what does this line mean?" Mei asked. "According to Black's consideration, the previous owner opened the door of the secret room again when he knew the contents of this diary, right? He knows what despair is, but he wants to release it, what does he think? ”

"I'm afraid that he heard about the secret of the secret room from somewhere else, so he wanted to open the secret room, and after he really found the passage to the secret room and opened it, he found that what appeared inside was not what he wanted. Later, he found the diary and drew an emphasis line on it. ”

"But—" Alyssa bowed her head. "I always feel that something is wrong, if you are a master, you should not do this kind of thing."

"Of course, I don't know the former owner or how he felt when he opened the door. One thing should be certain, though—"

Black coughed lightly and concluded, "Anyway, the former owner must have known what had happened, knew Darkrai's true identity, and wanted people to know about it. Perhaps, it was because he wanted others to know that he would give up the castle to more people after his death. ”

"If that were the case, the former owner would have recorded the location of the secret room in a very conspicuous place. If he can't find it in the library, the rest of the room should be his own. ”

"Alyssa, can you take us to the previous owner's room?" Theresia asked.

"Well, the master's room is on the first floor."

In this way, Hei and the others followed behind Alyssa and walked downstairs.

And at this moment, Mei Yi suddenly held Hei's hand.

"What's wrong, Mei Yi?"

"I always feel a little nervous."

It's not that she was coquettish on purpose, Hei could feel it, and Mei Yi's cold little hands trembled a little.

"If I get killed, will Black remember me?"

"'Don't say such unlucky things,' although it is generally necessary to say so, but since you have asked, I can only reply: I will definitely remember you."

"Black—"

"That Chamber of Secrets is supposed to be the source of Darkrai's control of this castle, and if we find the secret passage and make it to the Secret Chamber, it should be over, but there is always a feeling that I don't want to."

"Here it is!"

At this moment, Alyssa took Black and the others to their destination.

"I'll open the door." Alyssa took out the key and inserted it into the keyhole.

Everyone stared at the keyhole and didn't say a word.

In the quiet space, only the sound of the key pulling the lock could be heard.

"Boom!"

The door was opened, and the moment it was opened, everyone's hearts rose to their throats again.

It was none other than the Darkrai.

"I should have said, find the murderer, but you don't seem to be going to play by the rules of the game."

Speaking in an emotionless voice, Darkrai was in front of him with a book about the secret room information written in it.

And the book, in front of Darkrai's eyes, burned with cyan flames and turned to ashes.

"Darkrai!"

Theresia bit her lip and looked at the elf in front of her, a symbol of despair.

"This is my game, and the rules are set by me, and everything you do in this castle cannot escape my sight, and although I don't intend to attack you directly, I hope you don't try to break my rules."

The clue that he had managed to find turned to ashes in front of Darkrai.

Even the clues left by the previous owner have been destroyed, and it is even more difficult to find any more clues, and even if they do, there is no guarantee that Darkrai will not destroy it as well.

"Sure enough, there is no choice but to find the murderer?" Mei Yi said with some discouragement.

"No, the world we live in right now was created by Arceus, not the guy in front of us trying to lead others into despair."

Without hesitation, Black took a step forward and stood in front of Darkrai.

"Except for the natural laws of this world, all man-imposed rules can be broken."

As if speaking as if he were talking normally, and as if he were stating an absolutely unshakable fact, Black confronted Darkrai directly.

"Let's kill each other, you might as well break the idea, a notebook or two, you destroyed it, and instead explained the fact that the secret passage is your point, and it must exist somewhere in the room. The people standing here will not give up hope, and if there is really any way to end the game, it is to defeat you! ”

There seemed to be some kind of incitement in Hei's words, and when he said this, the originally important clues were destroyed, but now they didn't seem so heavy.

"That's right," Hikari said. "Next, as long as everyone goes to look for it together, we will definitely find that secret room."

"That's right, let's go find it together." Toko said, hugging Mei Yi's shoulders. "Just follow the black, and everything will be solved."

"Well, as long as you're with Black......"

As a result, the appearance of Darkrai did not shake everyone.

Even desperate difficulties are not necessarily invincible if the angle is changed.

"Why, you haven't fallen into despair yet."

For a moment, Darkrai's voice faltered, but the next moment its eyes became sharper.

"There's no way, I was expecting you to find the real murderer, but since you don't mean it, just wait for the murderer to be killed one by one."

With that, Darkrai disappeared into the void again.

"Those who are behind me, I hope you don't give up hope, whoever is killed around you is blamed on Darkrai, who set this inexplicable rule."

"Find the passage to the Chamber of Secrets, defeat Darkrai, and even if I die, you must do the same."

"Black—" Theresia looked worried.

"It's okay, Theresia, if I, as a demon king, lose to the despair of a Celestian ruler, then that's all I need. I've already looked for the floors above the third floor, so the entrance to the secret passage must be on the first and second floors, so let's try to find this as a reference. ”

"Oh!"

Although in this dangerous situation, everyone was also called up.

"Then again—" As everyone moved, Black suddenly stopped Alyssa. "Alyssa, has this room been changed by the previous owner?"

"It's been changed, it's been changed, it's only about half a year ago? I was also surprised that my lord was seriously ill at that time, but I don't know why, but I had to change rooms at that time. ”

"That's right."

"Black, is this going to be?" Mei Yi, who heard this sentence by chance, asked as if she had thought of it.

"No, it's just that I'm slightly interested." Black forcibly interrupted the conversation.

"Black ......"

……

At Black's call, everyone began to search the rooms together, and Black himself was thinking about something in the corridor on the first floor.

"What happened again?"

Shortly after Darkrai leaves, Fuji and Hikaru return.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that Darkrai has reappeared and destroyed the clues to the secret room." Black said.

"This is a big deal, which means that the Chamber of Secrets does exist, and it is Darkrai's weakness."

"You've thought of it, too."

"Of course, I'm not stupid."

"Where's Yellow Spring?"

"That guy isn't dead, but he's also half-dead, and he's being cared for in his bedroom now." Fuji and Hikari had a displeased expression. "Obviously he wasn't killed, it's a shame that he was able to do that."

"What does that look like?"

"That guy, trying to escape from this castle with Shanaido's teleportation."

"Is it really possible to get out by teleporting?"

"The teleportation of elves is not a panacea, but it can also locate places that have recently been. With that Shanaiduo's ability, he can probably teleport back to Mio City. ”

"Well, if you can really escape, it's not a bad thing." Black analyzed. "There is one less person who will be killed, and it also shows that he is not a murderer."

"So he's stupid here, how can Darkrai, who can make a person like you who calls himself a demon king, unable to stop the teleportation escape."

"The castle to the interior of the village must be crossed by a stone bridge, and the radius from the castle to the stone bridge is controlled by Darkrai, no matter what method is used, it is impossible to get out."

"That's right—"

"Therefore, Shanaiduo just teleported to the stone bridge with Huangquan and couldn't move forward. And that fool is still trying to find a way to break through the barrier, you must know that it is still a snowstorm, how can you survive outdoors in this weather without special equipment? ”

"But the guy didn't start walking back until he realized he couldn't hold it anymore, and by the time Shanaiduo sent him back, he was already frostbitten."

"It's a blessing for that guy to have a loyal Shanaido." Hei smiled bitterly.

"It looks like you're planning to find Darkrai's secret passage, but time seems to be running out."

"When?"

"So, it's time to sleep!"

Pick up the live receiver and check the time, even though it has been confirmed that there is no signal before.

"At 10 o'clock in the evening, before I knew it, it was already this time."

"If you don't get enough sleep, your mental state will become unstable. Especially in this case, getting enough sleep is quite important. ”

"That's true, but when everyone is sleeping, it's probably the easiest time for the murderer to attack."

"It's a joke, judging from the example of the previous two shots, even if everyone doesn't sleep, it will shoot without hesitation when it wants to. After all, according to you, we don't know exactly how Meroyeta and Xiaochun were killed. ”

"Hehe," Black chuckled. "That's right, then let's go to bed early."

Re-emerging from the various rooms, Black retrieved everyone.

The killer doesn't seem to be planning to commit the crime again, and the women who followed Black all come back alive.

"Let's go to bed early, although it is not appropriate to let you rest as before at this time, but considering that this farce of Darkrai may continue tomorrow, it is not possible to keep your spirits up." (To be continued.) )