Chapter 24: The Door
Knock Knock Knock β
Kashiwagi Izumi knocked on the door a few times, but there was no response inside, so he tried to knock a few more times, but no one responded, no matter how many times he tried, everything was still as quiet as ever.
"Shi Zhenjun, it's me! Kashiwagi Springs! He couldn't help but shout at the door.
At this time, Uncle Ding had already walked up, and said while taking out the key: "These two little lazy worms should still be sleeping, what time is it!" β
After entering the door, the two found that the sneakers that Shi Zhen and Liema usually wear when they go out were still on the shoe rack, but their room was empty, and the two pairs of slippers were still neatly placed on the floor in front of the bed.
"Strange...... Uncle Ding thought thoughtfully, "This shouldn't be, could it be that he slipped out to play barefoot?" β
Uncle Ding turned to the window again and took a look, the window was closed very well, and it was impossible to climb out of the window.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" At this time, Bai Muquan realized that Uncle Ding's expression was wrong, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and stood there in a daze with a very ugly face, faintly revealing a kind of despair and helplessness.
"How so...... Why doesn't God let us go......" Uncle Ding, who had lost his mind, muttered to himself, "This is the second time......"
"Second ......?" Kashiwagen looked at Uncle Ding in surprise.
It turned out that Shi Zhen's parents were in a similar situation when they disappeared at that time, there was nothing unusual in the family, but people disappeared without a trace like the world evaporated, even the police couldn't find any clues, history is always strikingly similar, this time it was their son Shi Zhen's turn, and even involved in Liema.
Uncle Ding immediately called the police, but was told that it would take 24 hours for the police to intervene in the investigation, during this difficult time, Kashiwa Muquan chose to take the initiative to stay with Uncle Ding and continue to comfort him, Kashiwa Muquan knew in his heart that such a thing happened to anyone It was a fatal blow, although he didn't know Liema, but he absolutely believed in Shi Zhen, he felt that Shi Zhen would not disappear from this world so easily!
At this time, the triangular pyramid on the bedside table caught his attention, Kashiwa Muquan walked to the bedside table and picked up the thing and began to observe, and Shi Zhen's actions at the time, he tried to pick out the lamp beads suspended in the middle, Kashiwa Muquan had never seen such a finely made and very sci-fi sense of "toys", just when he stared at the lamp beads, the lamp beads suddenly flickered as if they were alive, which frightened Kashiwa Muquan's hand and the triangular pyramid immediately fell to the ground, making a dull sound.
"It's ...... Toys? Kashiwagi Quan picked up the triangular pyramid and asked Uncle Ding.
"This thing seems to have been dropped by a guest last time I was here, and then it was taken by Ding Lie's kid to play with it......" As soon as the name Ding Lie was mentioned, Uncle Ding's heart ached.
On this day, Kashiwagi Muquan did not go home, but talked to his family on the phone and told his mother what happened, and he decided to stay at Uncle Ding's house for one night before waiting for the police to arrive, so that he could accompany Uncle Ding, who was now on the verge of emotional collapse, and also try to find clues about his friend's disappearance. Although he knew that this was a bit fantastical for a junior high school student, in many detective novels in Japan, private detectives were often more capable of finding out the truth of the matter than professional police officers, and at this time, he felt that he was the omnipotent detective! This is also a unique idea of many children at this age.
Late at night, in Shi Zhen and Liema's roomβ
"Ah Quan!" A familiar voice suddenly woke up Izumi Kashiwagi, who was thoughtless and about to fall asleep.
"Ah Quan? Only Shi Zhen would call himself that. Kashiwagi Izumi thought for a moment, "Maybe it's an illusion caused by being too persistent." β
He patted his head and tried to wake himself up: "It's not okay to fall asleep like this, you have to keep looking!" β
Then he began to carefully observe everything around him, but it didn't take long for him to realize that these ordinary things in front of him had no value for investigation at all, and he sighed helplessly and laughed at himself: "No...... Maybe I'm not a detective at all! β
"Ah Quan!" The voice is ringing again! This time I definitely didn't hear it wrong, and this voice was indeed Shi Zhen! That familiar voice is also the voice of the guy who loves heroes and handsomeness!
"Shi Zhenjun, is that you?" Izumi Kashiwagi asked as she looked into the empty room.
No response......
Bai Muquan continued: "Shi Zhenjun, you give me a good listen! Whether you're there or not, I still have something to say to you. He began to sobbed excitedly, "That day, the day we caught the bad guys together, I didn't look down on you, on the contrary, I think you are amazing, you let me find what I really want, that is not the praise of adults, nor the envy of classmates, but the realization of self-worth, we can become heroes together and help those in need, so ......"
Izumi Kashiwagi clutched his fist and finally said, "So you're my Izumi Kashiwagi's best friend!" Best buddy! β
"There is progress in Chinese, 'buddies' will say it." Shi Zhen's voice came again, "Okay, okay, don't be like a little girl." β
"Huh?" Izumi Kashiwagi looked around and asked, "Where are you?" Why can't I see you? β
"Well...... Tell Uncle Ding that Liema and I are all right, and reassure him. Shi Zhen's voice came out intermittently, "Don't come to us, this place is not for ordinary people." β
At this time, Kashiwagi Quan noticed the triangular pyramid, and the lamp beads in the middle of it were flickering synchronously with the frequency of Shi Zhen's voice, he picked up the triangular pyramid and put it to his ear, and asked, "Are you missing because of this strange thing?" β
"Don't touch it!" A warning came from the triangular pyramid.
"Why ......?" Kashiwagi Izumi was about to ask, but the object in his hand had already emitted a piercing sound wave, and the light emitted by the lamp beads was strong and dazzling, and there was a void in front of him......
After hearing this, Zhou Jialiang asked, "So this is how Kashiwagen Spring came to "Disillusionment Zone"? Then why didn't he join the Dongmu Society like you, but went to the Far East Society? β
"This guy didn't teleport to the same point as me, I know that he also desperately looked for him after he was recruited, and it wasn't until he finally met him when he first participated in the battlefield, when he was already a member of the Far Eastern Society." Shi Zhen said leisurely.
"He must really want to get out of here, after all, his mother who loves him will be very anxious when she knows that he is missing, not to mention that Kashiwa Muquan is so good......" Zhou Jialiang pondered.
"That's right, in fact, most people are thinking about how to leave, after all, here, there is a feeling of being played as a monkey all the time, which is very unpleasant." Shi Zhen paused and said, "I've asked a lot of people here, and they all came here because of this triangular pyramid, and that thing is like a door, and there is more than one. β
"...... door?" Zhou Jialiang suddenly thought of one of the words on Hoffman's hand-drawn map - gate.