The female screams, full of pain, echoed for a long time, and finally gradually subsided. However, what followed was not the tranquility that followed the silence, but a more intense and depressing muffled sound; Something rolled down the stairs with a "thud", and the aftermath of the impact even pierced the soundproof walls of the hotel, making people's hearts beat flickeringly.

The two men who had just come to the top looked at each other, and both stopped with some doubts.

“…… Let's go back. Qing Jiuliu thought about it for a while, frowned and said. The cigarette in his mouth went up and down as he spoke, looking a bit like a bad boy: "The big witch can't tell the difference now, even if there is really something down there, I guess she doesn't know." ”

The bag craned its neck and looked at it for a moment, as if it was going to see through the walls; Only soon he sighed and turned and walked to the stairwell.

Don't look at Lin Sanjiu's ignorance and confusion when the Great Witch pointed out, but these two people who had no consciousness and only listened to a few ears occasionally understood them all - it can be said that the two of them probably knew the current situation better than Lin Sanjiu at this time.

"This isn't the first time you've heard this?" When walking down the stairs, Ji Shanqing confirmed it again. "Last time was with my sister?"

Kiyokuru lazily let out a muffled sound, which counted as a response.

"Whatever the source of the whistle, since it's not the first time, it may be eyeing you, or sister - hopefully the target is you." Ji Shanqing said unabashedly: "...... What do we do next? ”

"Sleep." Kiyokuru said as a matter of course, "Don't say that there is nothing now, even if someone really wants to kill me." I need to go to bed too. ”

Packet glanced at him with a neurotic look, unable to comprehend the logic for a moment.

"You don't understand. Whether there is danger or not, the comfort in front of you is the most important thing...... Oh. I hope a woman killed me—dying at the hands of a woman in bed, after all, it sounds better. ”

Ji Shanqing finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Don't be sentimental, what alcohol can do, who will bother to kill you - I suspect that it is for my sister." ”

Kiyokuru apparently didn't care about the opinion of a gift bag, and yawned and paced towards a nearby room; Ji Shanqing's eyes were quick, and he grabbed his elbow with one hand: "...... No, you'll have to come downstairs with me to see what's going on. ”

Although his combat effectiveness is not very good, it is still much stronger than the [bubble visa] of the gift bag.

The steps were dragged to a pause, and Kiyokuru glanced at him with a frown. Just now he said "let go" impatiently - but the next second, his eyes widened in surprise and he carefully looked at the gift bag: "Huh...... You're really not human, are you? No blood? ”

Ji Shanqing dragged him tightly and admitted with an unhappy face: "No." Your power can't be used on me, so you might as well go down with me and see. ”

The expression that appeared on Qing Jiuliu's face can really make soft-hearted women cry.

- Whenever he hears that he has to work, Kiyohisuru will reflexively show a painful face; But because he couldn't get rid of the gift bag, the other party was not soft-hearted, and in the end he could only babble and follow downstairs together. The two of them went to check the kitchen first. After seeing that there was nothing suspicious, at the insistence of the gift bag, I went down a few floors one by one, and soon came to the lobby on the first floor.

After there is no electric light. The lobby looks like a deep hole. Several tall floor-to-ceiling windows have been covered with wild plants, casting various elongated and distorted shadows in the dim evening skylight; As the sky outside gets darker, so does the darkness in the lobby – most of the facilities, the space. They were all engulfed in darkness and blackened, silently lurking in the shadows. It is difficult to distinguish between them.

"I hope you have a way to get out of the situation, because I can't take care of myself. I won't care about you. Kiyokuru stood in the gloomy lobby and said very sincerely, "...... By the way, did I mention that I'm afraid of the dark? ”

"I have candles." Ji Shanqing glanced at him, and then used the lighter that Qing Jiu had left that could not be turned on, and finally lit the candle in his hand. A small flame jumped to its feet, writhing in the darkness with an orange-red glow—only faint compared to the darkness of the lobby.

After walking around the lobby a few times, the two stopped at the door without finding anything.

By this time the night had become darker. When you look out of the hall, you can see only a barren and dark world, faintly painted in vague outlines under the dim inky blue sky.

It's one thing to check the environment in a hotel - after all, this is still the base of the Great Witch, but going out is different, and no one is sure how far the Great Witch's "sphere of influence" is; One of them was lazy and the other was cautious, so they just looked around at the door, and then turned around and planned to go back.

"Another false alarm." Kiyokuru had just said this lazily, when a sudden whistle suddenly told him to shut up.

A brisk and melodious whistle pierced the air, causing a faint echo in the dark lobby, and then quickly disappeared again, as if it were just from a pleasant passer-by—but no matter how you look at it, there was no third person here.

The darkness behind him fell silently, silently watching the backs of the two.

Ji Shanqing slowly turned his head to look around—even in the light of the candlelight, his lips looked a little white.

"You heard that, didn't you?" He whispered to Kiyohisa, "That voice...... It looks like it's right outside the door. ”

"I'm not deaf." Kiyokuru looked at it and couldn't help frowning.

Under his gaze, the entrance to the lobby was still empty and deadly silent; Except for the occasional gust of wind that swept through the blades of grass, blowing the dangling rags of cloth into the air, there was not even a shadow outside the door—yet the little whistling tune remained in my mind as if it could sound again at any moment.

"Why don't you hurry up?" Kiyokuru pushed the gift bag. “…… Whatever it is, let's go and sit on the floor of the Great Witch. Just use her as a door god. ”

Ji Shanqing also thought that this idea was good, and the two immediately walked quickly to the direction of the stairs - but the elevators provided to guests in the hotel were all elevators. Stairs are generally only used as fire escapes; So unlike the elevator in the center, the stairwell was far away from the lobby, hidden in the corner, and the two had to walk through the dark lobby and back down the road they came from.

In this direction, there is a seating area with a sofa and a coffee table, and the nearest way is between the sofa and the table; Under the faint candlelight, it was already a little difficult to see the road under his feet, so Ji Shanqing had to keep his head down and squint - but before he could take a few steps, he suddenly felt the person behind him approaching. "Whew" blew out the candle flame in his hand in one breath, and suddenly made his eyes dark.

"What are you doing!" The gift bag immediately screamed and stopped in anger.

"What's wrong?" Kiyokuru quickly replied, "Where's the fire? ”

…… Ji Shanqing was stunned for a moment, and his body froze.

The drunkard's voice came clearly from his right front...... In other words, it was not Qing Jiu who blew out the fire from behind just now.

So, who is behind him?

"How did you put out your candle?" In the darkness that suddenly shrouded in. The vague figure in front of him on the right moved, and after identifying the location of the gift bag, he carefully touched it: "...... What are you doing standing still? ”

Ji Shanqing opened his mouth and suddenly reacted. Hurriedly whispered: "Don't come here!" ”

The sound echoed in the air, causing the figure not far away to stop for a moment.

Unconsciously, Ji Shanqing's back was already covered with cold sweat. His full attention was on his back. But there was silence behind him now, not even a hint of wind. There was just a dark dead silence. No matter how hard he pricked up his ears, he couldn't hear anything from anyone behind him.

Semi-tentatively. Ji Shanqing took a cautious step forward. There was only the sound of his own shallow, rapid breathing in the air—and after a pause, he took another step.

There was still no movement behind him.

Ji Shanqing's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly took this opportunity to rush out in a few steps; After accidentally being knocked on the thigh by the back of the couch a few times, he finally stumbled in front of Kiyohisa-gasping for breath, and asked in a very soft voice, "Behind me...... Anyone? ”

After waiting for a few seconds, the person in front of him still didn't make a sound, he couldn't help but raise his head subconsciously, and just wanted to say "I'll ask you", but before he could say this, he suddenly felt cold.

At this time, there was no light source inside or outside the lobby, and everything was immersed in darkness that could not be seen—and it was close enough to barely see that the figure was slowly turning its head and looking at the gift bag.

…… He remembered that Qing Jiuliu's figure seemed to be taller and thinner than this figure.

Ji Shanqing suddenly stepped back, turned around and ran; But he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, and just a few steps before he crashed into a coffee table—he took a breath of cold air in pain, but he didn't dare to stop, and rushed desperately to the door of the lobby—when he rushed out for some distance, he looked back and saw that the figure still seemed to be standing in place, wrapped in a thick darkness, motionless.

As long as you rush out and shout a few times upstairs, then the Great Witch and Lin Sanjiu will definitely be able to hear it-

However, just as he was about to pounce at the gate, Ji Shanqing suddenly stopped his steps.

"Where are you going?" Kiyokuru stood on the steps outside the gate, his whole body blurred in a shadow due to the darkness of the sky. He stretched out his hand and asked as he spoke, slowly taking steps towards Ji Shanqing: "...... Didn't you say you were going back upstairs? ”

Ji Shanqing turned around abruptly - the place where he ran just now was so dark that he couldn't see anything at this time.

…… Kiyokuru glanced at the motionless figure standing straight not far in front of him with a little confusion, and reached into his trouser pocket and pulled out a lighter.

This lighter is still the one he used when he and Lin Sanjiu were looking for an office building, and it is always difficult to hit it because it has been a long time; This time was no exception - five or six times in a row, and I couldn't even wipe out a single spark.

Just as Qing Jiuliu secretly cursed, the lighter suddenly snapped; The flames swayed in the air, and the orange-red color suddenly lit up a small square space - he looked up and saw that the figure standing not far away turned out to be just a hotel cart thrown in the middle of the lobby - the reason why it looked like a person was because there was an overcoat of an unknown guest hanging on it, and a small suitcase was placed underneath.

Did you see this thing when you came here just now? Qing Jiuliu had a doubt, and before he could take a closer look, the flames suddenly became dumb.

…… Standing alone for a while, Kiyoru always felt uncomfortable.

He pressed the valve of the lighter for a few moments, and succeeded in striking it twice, but the light lasted for a shorter time than before, and it was almost as soon as it was lit up, and then it was extinguished again—after the last flame was extinguished, Kiyokuru calmly put the lighter back in his trouser pocket, and quietly moved one foot back in the dark.

No wonder I'm uncomfortable.

…… In the faint light of the fire that flickered just now, a face that came up at some point was clinging to his right shoulder, and the staggered light and shadow flickered, making that face seem to show a smile - as soon as the fire was extinguished, the face disappeared in an instant, and once again melted into the darkness.

Although it was only a flash, that face was Ji Shanqing.

"Let's go, let's go back." Qing Jiuliu didn't turn around, nor did he look back, just walked backwards step by step; His voice still sounded steady, as if he hadn't noticed anything just now: "...... If the Great Witch waits in a hurry and comes down in person, we will suffer. ”

The words wafted through the dark lobby and eventually dissipated into the air, and there was no response, and there was no sense of any difference from what it had just been.

If he hadn't thrown the mermaid on the bed because he was in the way, maybe he wouldn't have ended up with such a headache now...... Kiyokuru thought to himself expressionlessly.

The face next to his shoulder has slowly gotten closer and closer...... Almost as soon as he blinked his eyes, he could see a pale border in the afterglow. Probably only an actor-level actor can still maintain a bland and almost sluggish expression-

As he walked past a pillar, Kiyokuru suddenly slammed his right shoulder into the pillar; At the same time, his left hand was already grabbing the face. (To be continued.) )

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