- Who killed the robin?

It's me, Sparrow said. With my bow and arrows, I slew the robin.

……

Qiu Xuan walked out of the room, and in order not to be honest, she still symbolically changed her clothes and went out. When she reached the elevator door, she found that the young man she had met earlier, Isaac, was already waiting at the door.

"Here we are." The young man greeted her, and a strange-looking animal mask with a long beak and pointed cheeks, unnamed was placed on his head crookedly, and was not fully put on.

As if seeing Qiu Xuan looking at the mask, Isaac scratched his head a little embarrassed, took off the mask and handed it to her. "Hey, didn't I have time to hurry, and I didn't have time to prepare anything, so I took one at home and hurried down."

The animal-like mask is oddly shaped, resembling both a sharp-billed bird and a walking animal. When Qiu Xuan was looking at what kind of mask he was wearing, Isaac tilted his neck and said, "This is the Griffin, also known as the Griffin, a creature made of great magic. ”

Qiu Xuan: "That's it?" ”

Isaac: "......"

"Ahem, cough, in short, I'm just taking this casually!" He didn't seem to be able to hold his face, so he snatched the mask from Qiu Xuan's hand and put it back on his head, coughing lightly. "Let's go down, we'll divide the cake right away!"

"By the way, there's no power in my room." Qiu Xuan walked into the elevator with him, thought about it, and said casually: "I forgot the contact information of the property, do you still have it?" ”

"Didn't you pay the electricity bill?" The young man seemed to be a little puzzled, "But no, didn't you tell me at the beginning of this month that you just got a scholarship and can make up all the arrears, why did you run out of money so quickly?" ”

Feelings: Her identity in this world is still a poor student.

Qiu Xuan remembered what she had just seen in that dark room, she tried several times but couldn't succeed in powering it, and finally finished groping with a flashlight. The house was a relatively ordinary two-bedroom apartment, but the traces of life left everywhere clearly showed that only one person lived in it.

She didn't have time to rummage around for clues, for fear that if she stayed too long, she would miss the plot development downstairs. At present, with all the forces behind this proving ground having no clue, this gathering on the ground floor, which almost encompasses most of the people in the building, is bound to be very important.

When Qiu Xuan left, she saw a skirt and mask on the table facing the door in the room, as well as some bits and pieces of earrings and other gadgets, which looked very cheap, probably equivalent to the kind bought in a five-dollar store. But the things are all in the same color, it's a complete set, and it looks like it did take a lot of thought to match.

The clothes were placed in an extremely conspicuous position, and the woman dressed as a bunny girl before was right, "Afu" had obviously been preparing for tonight's masquerade for a long time. However, for unknown reasons, she didn't have time to put on that dress, but was hung upside down in the upstairs stand facing the dance floor.

Was it a deliberate revenge, or did "Aph" accidentally see something and someone wanted to shut her up?

This is a warning.

After Qiu Xuan took two steps, she began to regret why she had just put on the high heels prepared by "Afu", the soles were unglued, and she didn't feel anything when she put them on, and when she walked, she felt that a piece of rubber soles was dragging under her feet. Pap Ta Pa Ta sticks to the road, and the sound is very unpleasant.

Isaac noticed something and turned his head to look.

Qiu Xuan stood in the elevator, bent down in front of him, and broke off the heel of his shoe entirely.

Isaac: "......"

"You ......," he opened his mouth, but swallowed back at some thought. After pondering for a while, he felt that this kind of scene was not good to say, so he could only pretend not to see it and look away.

The elevator descends until it stops at the 17th floor of the road.

Waiting at the elevator door was a bloated woman with a bulging belly and her clothes, and it was impossible to tell if it was because she was pregnant or simply overweight. She was stunned for a moment when she saw the two people in the elevator, and the foot that she just wanted to step in silently retracted.

"I'm sorry, you guys go down first."

The woman lowered her head and didn't want to meet her gaze, Qiu Xuan frowned and didn't say anything, the young man named Isaac next to her took the lead in speaking: "It's okay, you come in, if you wait for another shift, I don't know when it will take." ”

The woman seemed a little excited, but her face was still hesitant. Eventually, she stood still and hesitated for a moment, then cautiously stepped in.

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

As soon as she entered, she kept thanking her, as if what a great help Isaac had helped her to take the elevator with her. Qiu Xuan's nose moved, and she suddenly smelled a small and insignificant smell of gunsmoke.

This smell would not be perceptible if she was herself before, or ordinary people who had never been in contact with it. Even if I smell it, I think it's something strange unintentionally.

But after going through the previous trial ground of the firearm rose, Qiu Xuan was extremely sensitive to the special aura of this gunsmoke and fire.

She glanced up at the bloated woman who was still saying thank you, and the other party's face was full of cautious discomfort, and even a little humble, not like someone who would have something to do with these things.

"Did you go down to watch the fireworks?"

She interrupted the woman's thanks, seemingly casually. The woman seemed to be slightly stunned for a moment, and then said, "No, no, I'm going out to the hospital." ”

As she spoke, she raised her hand over her bulging belly. "I just felt a lot of pain in my stomach at home, it was a pain in the past, it was good and bad, it had been a while. I couldn't pay attention to it, so I thought it would be better to go to the hospital for a check-up just to be on the safe side. ”

"Isn't there anyone else in the house?"

Isaac frowned, "How do you get there yourself, take a taxi?" ”

"I, I'll drive." The woman pursed her lips, "It's okay, I've walked that road many times, and there will be no accidents." ”

Isaac still didn't seem to agree, but he struggled for a few moments, and finally didn't choose to take the initiative to promise something.

"Okay, then be careful yourself."

"Okay, okay. Thank you. The woman began to thank again. When the elevator arrived at the meeting place on the two floors, Qiu Xuan and Isaac walked out, leaving only the woman inside.

"Thank you, goodbye."

She said.

Qiu Xuan's eyebrows jumped.

She subconsciously wanted to reach out to stop the automatically closing elevator door, but the next second she was stopped by Isaac next to her, and when she came back to her senses, the woman's face disappeared into the gap, and the floor on the digital display screen also corresponded to B1.

"What do you want, you're going to see her off?"

Isaac glanced at her strangely, "Don't say you don't have a driver's license, even if you accompany her to the hospital, what can you do for her?" And, we'll miss the final touch. ”

"Must see the fireworks show?" Qiu Xuanke's words didn't mean moral kidnapping, she just felt strange. "Compared to the safety of a pregnant woman, it's acceptable to miss a performance."

Unexpectedly, after these words came out, Isaac looked at her even more strangely.

"But this banquet was organized by Mr. Fu." He said, "I have promised him that even if I have to work overtime tonight, I will definitely rush back, and now because of a pregnant woman's speech, what will Mr. Fu think of me?" ”

Qiu Xuan didn't know what that Mr. Fu would think of him, but now she finally figured out what was wrong with Isaac all along.

From the beginning to the present, this young man has always been a somewhat typical ordinary person. He will complain about working overtime late, he will be excited to look forward to the performance, and he will care a little about the acquaintances he knows, but he will stay in a range that is neither too enthusiastic nor indifferent.

The only thing he has to say is that he doesn't seem to be able to call it a question, it should be a personal personality - he seems to look down on people who live on the lower floors.

Although it is very subtle, Qiu Xuan can still feel it. His contempt is not the kind of overt expression of disgust, but is based on an invisible sense of superiority, quietly condescending.

He will talk to the woman in a seemingly amiable way, but this affinity is not a sense based on an equal relationship, but is similar to me taking the initiative to lower my body and talk to you as a way to show my approachability and identity, and in this way to elevate myself.

It's a bit like the bunny girl who talked to Qiu Xuan before.

But judging from this form, Qiu Xuan's floor is also lower than him, why doesn't he treat her like that person?

The two walked to the center of the lively hall, only to learn that Isaac had misremembered the process of the link, the birthday cake was the last to be divided, and now the fireworks show was held first. In five minutes, the show will officially begin.

Isaac breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body looked a little urgent.

"I have to hurry up and say hello to Mr. Fu now." He said, "Why don't you go play by yourself?" We'll see you later under the stands, and I know there's a spot where the best view is to watch the fireworks. ”

"We'll talk about that later."

Qiu Xuan watched as the young man put on the so-called Griffin mask and disappeared into the crowd, and she looked consciously or unconsciously at the place where she had been hanging upside down, and found that the place was actually extremely ingenious.

It is blocked by the observation bar of the grandstand on the second floor of the interior, forming a natural blind spot, and those standing upstairs can see the scene below, but if they stand below and look up, they will not be able to see it anyway.

No wonder "Afu" was hung upside down for a long time without anyone noticing, the person who did it was obviously very familiar with the environment of the building, and did not act rashly.

Just thinking like this, Qiu Xuan suddenly found an extremely conspicuous figure on another level of the stands.

Why is it obvious, because the man is too tall and strong, and the whole person is as big as a walking hill, which looks out of place in comparison with the crowd.

It's the Chainsaw Man.

Chainsaw was wearing an iron-gray jumpsuit at the moment, and instead of his familiar restraint mask, his face was replaced by an ordinary king-size cotton mask, which covered the entire lower half of the tear, and it didn't look so noticeable for a while.

- Relatively less noticeable.

Noticing Qiu Xuan's undisguised gaze, the Chainsaw Man paused, and the narrow eyes above the cotton mask lowered his gaze and met his gaze.

He nodded with imperceptible frequency.

Qiu Xuan: The chainsaw will take the initiative to say hello to others!

She didn't say this, but she still paid attention to restraint. Soon, Qiu Xuan learned the identity of the chainsaw man from the people attending the banquet next to him, and he turned out to be a cleaner and security guard in charge of cleaning the building.

"That person is genetically mutated, how can anyone look like this?"

"That's it, it's scared to death! He was looking at me just now! I really can't stand it, how could such a person be arranged in the building, do you say that we should jointly appeal to get him away, I don't know when and where I will meet such a person every day, I am scared to death! ”

"But I seem to have heard that he has something to do with Mr. Fu, isn't the last protest on the 78th floor also fruitless?"

"I'm really speechless...... Forget it, forget it, just take a detour in the future, it's really scary, who knows what this kind of person has done before. ”

The chainsaw was also pretty miserable.

With this kind of integrated modern ordinary social background, can't the chainsaw man be regarded as an outlier?

Qiu Xuan sighed for him for a few seconds, but he also knew that this was all his own business, and he couldn't take care of anything. Her eyes continued to search the crowd, so far, except for Long San, the chainsaw man, and the suspicious figure of Bai Yi that Long San saw before, only the strong man Ah Guang and Ed had not yet appeared.

Five minutes later, the fireworks show started on time.

Qiu Xuan originally wanted to take the opportunity to contact Isaac for a while to see if he could dig up any more clues, but he didn't expect that the place that Isaac had agreed with at this moment was crowded, not to mention squeezing through, it was difficult to get close.

She had no choice but to stand still.

The fireworks show lasted a full 40 minutes.

Forty minutes later, when the last finishing fireworks were played as a signal to end the banquet, the atmosphere was at its peak. Everyone who didn't know each other wore strange masks and laughed, and a huge birthday cake was rolled out, with a dozen layers of tempting chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

"Let's ask our birthday star tonight to blow out the candles!"

The home crowd laughed.

Mr. Fu, the organizer who has been mentioned, stood aside and clapped his hands and laughed. It was a middle-aged man with a mediocre appearance, with only a pair of eyes that always carried the majesty of a high position, even if he was smiling.

However, the crowd waited for nearly half an hour, and Mr. Fu's son, the veritable protagonist of the banquet, never appeared.

It wasn't until the ice cream cake began to melt that a nearby waiter suddenly screamed.

Everyone looked at the inside of the huge cake, revealing a twisted human form.

n.