Chiyo Dong and Qi Ming rummaged through John's study, but they didn't find any useful clues, so in order not to miss any detail, Dong even took down every book to confirm.

Nothing.

The fourth diary does not seem to be in the study.

So where will it be? There aren't many things related to John mentioned in Elsa's diary, the only weirdness is the study in that dream, and Qi Ming is almost sure that the clue is here.

What went wrong?

[Dream Traveler Shen Junyao, defeat the hidden character: Elsa, and get quest items]

The system prompt sounded, Dong clicked on the menu page, looked through it carefully, and suddenly raised his head, "I know where the problem is!" ”

"What did you find?" Qi Ming turned his head to look at her, his words were a little eager, he needed to find new clues quickly to advance to the next task stage, because time was running out, and the time left was running out until the second ghost hunt came.

"Alien space! We have to go into another dimension to get the clues. The first two clues were found by Jun Yao, at that time we should be in Aisha's different space, Jun Yao hurt her once, so she got clue one, and then she found two paintings on the wall, and by touching some kind of mechanism, clue two also appeared. The third time, in the toilet, you enter John's alien space, so you have a chance to get the third clue. So—"

"We have to go into some different dimension?" Qi Ming instantly understood what Dong meant, but how to get in? This is John's home, and it is obvious that he is going to enter John's other dimension. Unfortunately, John has already been killed by them, and the ghost death that the system clearly indicates is that he is really dead, and the system will not lie in this regard, and there is no need to lie.

"Hahaha......"

"Hahaha......"

"Ahh

The sudden noise made Qi Ming and Chiyo Dong nervous, Qi Ming took out his weapon, a terrifying mask, and Chiyo Dong also held a silver dart in his hand.

[Noh: A special prop with three forms - Hannya, Cicada Maru, and Tengu. Prajna: Psychic attack. Cicada Maru: Domain defense. Tengu: Increases friendly attacks. Each mask lasts 30 minutes and has a 2-hour cooldown. 】

[Silver Cross Dart: Attack prop, fly in the direction of the mind, 100% hit rate for a single shot, 60% hit rate for multiple shots (non-burst), more than three shots in a single shot, and randomly trigger special effects. No cooldown. Hidden Effect: Location tracking, when someone else holds a dart and breaks it, it can convey location information to the prop holder, and you can choose whether to teleport or not. 】

The two were back to back, props in hand, and looked around.

Qi Ming was the first to discover the strange point, and felt Qi Ming behind him stunned, Dong turned around, "What's wrong?" ”

"Here...... It's not the original study anymore. Qi Ming put the cicada pill mask on his face, then pointed to the books on the bookshelf and said, "When I rummaged through the books here just now, I didn't have these two. Moreover, although the other books on the shelves are said to be the same as Fang Cai's, the position in which they are placed, as well as the outer cover of the books, are different. ”

Qi Ming's memory is very good, almost the kind of unforgettable that is so good that he can selectively remember what he has seen, and if he thinks it is not important, he will filter it out, but this does not mean that he can't remember. Seeing that Qi Ming had already put on a mask, then there would be a defensive field around them, and if a ghost appeared, it would not kill them in the first place.

Dong also noticed something different about this room, because under the window, there was nothing there, but now suddenly there were two more paintings.

Oil painting.

The strange oil paintings mentioned in Elsa's diary, the oil paintings covered by the mechanisms on the walls of Elsa's study, and the oil paintings that Jun Yao has to reconfirm no matter what.

Oil painting must be the key to this hidden mission!

"Qi Ming, look back!" Dong stopped Qi Ming in surprise, Qi Ming was stunned for a moment, but he didn't mean to turn back.

"Qi Ming? Qi Ming...... Look back. Dong behind him was still talking, her breathing was in Qi Ming's ears, blowing his ears itching, but Qi Ming felt goosebumps all over his body.

Qi Ming...... Aren't you looking for clues? Why don't you look back? ”

Qi Ming didn't say a word, because he knew that the person behind him was not Chiyo Dong.

"Qi Ming, you ......"

"Don't waste your efforts, I'm not going back." Qi Ming said calmly, the cicada pill mask was still on his face, and his hand took out a scalpel from his coat pocket.

[Scalpel: Attack a prop that causes non-healing wounds and continues to bleed.] This item doubles the damage of physical ghosts, but the bleeding effect can be negated by a special healing item. 】

"You'll regret it!" The female voice whispered fiercely in his ear, and the breathing gradually disappeared in his ears, and the cold around him dissipated. Qi Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly heard a loud noise behind him, as if some mechanism had been triggered, Chiyo Dong was stunned and withdrew his hand touching the oil painting, and turned to look at Qi Ming, "There is a mechanism on the oil painting." ”

The two paintings moved on their own, swapping positions to the left and right, and then the frames slowly disappeared, and the two paintings were stacked on top of each other in a dazzling light.

Along with this blinding glow is the system beep.

[Dream traveler Chiyo Fuyu, get the hidden clue: the secret of the wishing house 4]

[The Secret of the Wishing House 4.]

November 21, 1969 Sunny

Today my father came back with an oil painting, covered with a thick black cloth, mysterious. I asked my father what it was, and he said it was a very precious painting and told me not to touch it.

The situation in the family has improved, my father has earned more money than before, and my mother is very happy and has cooked more sumptuous meals than before.

Today there is my father's favorite roast turkey, which looks particularly delicious when it is golden brown, but my father looks absent-minded.

At the dinner table, my mother was also curious about the paintings that my father had brought back.

"This is a very precious painting, a friend temporarily put it here with me, you should pay attention when you clean the study, don't touch that painting." My father's face was serious, and I was a little scared when I saw it.

It's been a long time since my father has been so serious.

After dinner, my father went up to the piano room on the second floor and stuffed me with a handful of candy, "This is the candy I promised to buy for Aisha, and I put it away." ”

I happily took the candy, but my father suddenly withdrew his hand and said seriously, "Elsa wants to promise me that you must not touch the oil paintings in the study." ”

I thought my father's behavior was too strange, but I still agreed to my father's words.

I had a dream in the evening about John, and in the dream he told a lot of interesting things, and finally he talked about an oil painting.

"My father told me not to touch the painting, but I couldn't help it."

"That's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen! More beautiful than my mother! She looks like an Oriental, wears a white dress, and smiles so well! There is a self-portrait of her in her father's study. ”

"When I saw that self-portrait...... Ah, it hurts! Father! I'm in so much pain! Don't, don't kill me......"

"Elsa, Aisha save me......"

I woke up from a dream where John's voice seemed to be still in my ears.

I remembered the woman with a black umbrella I saw when John died before, she was an Oriental, and she was very beautiful.

I think what John said before he died is very similar to what happened to me now.

I want to see that painting.

So I secretly went to the study and unveiled the oil painting covered with a black cloth.

It was a self-portrait of a woman, Oriental, with long black hair, a long white dress, and a kind smile.

That's right, the woman in this portrait is the woman I saw that day, with a black umbrella.

The lights in the study were suddenly on, and my father stood in the doorway, looking at me angrily and with pity.

I felt a hand behind me on my shoulders and a woman laughing.

It's all over.

4/4】

"Elsa says 'it's all over' at the end of the diary, and there's a woman laughing, so that means the woman in the self-portrait came out and she killed Elsa?" Chiyodon reasoned after reading Elsa's diary.

"Integrating the clues of the third diary we saw earlier, it should be like this." Qi Ming nodded in agreement, he called up the previous few diaries and read them again, "Dong, when do you think John died?" ”

"After he sneaked into the study and saw that the painting had been discovered by his father, he died within a few days of getting sick."

"So, when did Elsa die?"

"At the time of discovering that painting. Qi Ming, do you think there's something wrong with their deaths? Dong realizes that Qi Ming has questions about Aisha and John's deaths, and his questions are not so much about her as if he were asking himself.

"That's right, in fact, from these four diaries, we can deduce some things in common between John's family and Aisha's family, and these may hint at the location and secret of the 'wishing house' mentioned in the hidden mission. Their father's business was in trouble and on the verge of bankruptcy, and that was the beginning of the disaster. Because of business, both fathers locked themselves in their study and couldn't come out, and after a while, business began to turn around as if there had been some big turn, and at the same time, they brought back an oil painting. Their family was told not to touch the painting, but neither John nor Elsa listened. ”

"So they're all dead......" Dong nodded in agreement, and the commonalities were obvious so far.

"What happened to these two families is actually almost identical, but there is one difference, that is, the death of two children. John saw the painting and the woman, was discovered by his father, and died of illness after having a dream that he was killed by his father, but Aisha died on the spot. Doing the same thing under the same conditions and coming up with a different ending is impossible in the game. The same choice should be an answer. ”

"But this diary ......" Dong hesitated, she looked at the fourth diary, and always felt a little weird, "Wait, Qi Ming, the diary!" If Aisha died at the time, who wrote this diary? If Elsa had died in the study at that time, then the diary should have stopped when she dreamed that John was talking about the painting and decided to look at it. What happened in the study later, even if Aisha encountered it herself, it was impossible for a dead person to make up the diary. ”

"That's right! We misunderstood! Aisha said that everything was over, maybe that she would die like John, but at least she was still alive when she found the painting. Qi Ming suddenly realized and smiled at Dong, "That makes sense, why do you think the business of these two fathers has suddenly improved?" ”

"Combined with that strange woman's self-portrait and the prompts of the mission, would they have made a wish on this painting? It's just that it was the father who made the wish, but it was the children who died. Most importantly, although they all brought back the painting, they didn't want anyone to approach it. John and Aisha died because they opened the painting and saw the woman's self-portrait, so if the children hadn't disobeyed their father, would they still die? ”

"To get something, you have to pay a price." Qi Ming said faintly, "When I brought back the oil paintings, my fathers' wishes had already come true, so they had already paid the price. I have a conjecture ......"

"What do you say, what do fathers want to exchange? If you really don't want someone else to touch something like this, why bring it back? If it has to be brought back, then why not lock it up and hide it? Wouldn't it be too strange to pay lip service to warnings without any real action? ”

"Qi Ming, you mean that the fathers originally wanted to sacrifice the lives of their children?"