Chapter 42: Rituals

There is so much entertainment on the cruise that before you know it, night falls.

Meatballs followed Caramin Lau to the presidential suite on the twelfth floor. The suite has a deck of more than 60 square meters and a private swimming pool.

David and the guests were still in the theater.

Liu Jiamin asked them to play casually first.

She drank a glass of orange juice.

She didn't expect that when she opened her eyes again, she would see a full moon.

Hanging from the canopy.

imprinted in her eyes.

It's big, it's bright.

It seems to be reachable to reach out.

So she held out her hand.

She heard the bells.

Her hand in the moonlight.

Pale.

Cold.

She felt cold.

Only cold.

She turned her head sideways with her efforts struggling, and she saw a face, her eyes closed, her wet hair sticking to her face, and her face was white and scary, it was Li Qingning, her co-occupant on the boat.

She heard the bell again.

At the same time, she seemed to have regained a little strength.

Her head lifted slightly upwards.

She saw a tall man in a black robe drawing something on the ground with a long black tube.

She squinted, trying to see.

It's a very complex pattern.

Like a magic circle.

They are sacrifices.

Maruko suddenly realized this.

To escape.

Fingers on the ground, body trying upward.

Hydroacoustics.

Yes, she was in the pool.

She pulled her body up with both hands, then moved her hands and feet together, little by little, and she remembered the location of the door.

At this time, the man in the black robe turned his head.

Eye contact.

It's David Brown.

The body froze, she couldn't move, she had to move, she had to escape, what to do, what to do......

Step by step, they approached her.

Little by little, the moonlight was blocked.

Shadows gradually loomed over her.

The door to the room opened.

She turned her head and saw Liu Jiamin walking out, her eyes lit up with a little hope, she was about to call for help, at this time she saw Liu Jiamin's eyes.

She realized that they were accomplices.

She heard the bell again.

Suddenly broke free of the restraints, ran to the guardrail under David's shocked eyes, and flipped over.

"Come back!"

She heard David's command.

The location of the tattoo on the lower back, a burning pain.

She let go of her hand.

Jump backwards.

Fall.

The sea enveloped her body.

She faintly heard the voices from the boat.

"What should I do?" Liu Jiamin asked.

"If you're dead, you're dead, and continue preparing for the ritual." David said coldly, "Look at the other girls." ”

Down. Indulge.

The crisp sound of bells rang in her ears.

Transparent silk threads emerged from the bell and wrapped around her arms.

She saw the moon again.

The moon shines through the sea and sets in her eyes.

The body has become lighter.

She gradually approached the moon.

She saw the light.

Soft and warm.

"Am I dead?" She heard her own voice.

"Nope."

She heard the answer, and the voice was somewhat familiar.

Then she saw Jiang You.

"It's you."

"That's me."

She realized that she could move, so she half-sat up.

"Upstairs, my friends, they ...... To call the police...... No, I'm going to save them......" In an instant, all the memories came back to her head.

Jiang You sat down beside her and stuffed a bottle of mineral water into her hand, "They'll be fine, it's only eleven o'clock." ”

Maruko unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip of water, she calmed down a little, and she asked, "Eleven?" ”

"Twelve o'clock, the ceremony can begin, we are here for this matter, rest assured."

"But now they ......"

"Fishing law enforcement, if the fish is not baited, then it will be in vain, and he is an American, his identity is not bad, and the evidence is not enough to rip off for a few years."

"Are you an exorcist?"

"No, I'm a people's policeman, and I received a report from an informant that someone was carrying out criminal activities on the cruise ship," Jiang You pointed to Tang Butian, who was standing against the door, "This is my leader, she is an expert, and she is in charge of this." ”

Only then did Maruko see Tang Butian.

It's so small. The delicate ones don't look like real people.

"She also changed your clothes." Jiang lobbied.

Maruko bowed her head, she was wearing a very wide striped shirt.

Tang Butian walked in front of Maruko, she showed her police officer ID, "This is a law enforcement recorder, this is a voice recorder, and now you need to be interrogated in accordance with the law." ”

"Okay."

"Why are you on a cruise?"

Maruko closes her eyes and opens them again after a few seconds.

"At the beginning of June, my agent asked me if I would like to participate in this cruise event, I originally planned to participate in the anime carnival on June 24th, the school issued a graduation certificate on July 15th, and I will return to school after returning on the 14th, and the time is just right, so I agreed."

"Broker?"

"It's Maomao."

"Real name."

Maruki thought for a moment, "Gu Wen, yes, Gu Wen." ”

"How did she describe the event to you?"

"I just need to dance."

"You believe it? So many professional shows on a cruise? ”

"The Coconut Society has always been very reputable."

"It's not credibility, it's ambition, a little benefit, in exchange for most of your life." Jiang You's voice interjected.

Maruko lowered her head again.

"Describe your experience today." Tang Butian continued to ask.

"We have a WeChat group ......"

"How many?"

"Probably, 33, and Liu Jiamin, 34."

"Go on."

Maruko organized the language, "After getting on the boat, Liu Jiamin told us that we can move freely before 9 o'clock in the evening. After afternoon tea, I went to soak in the pool for a while, then ate two pizzas in the restaurant, and after going back to my room to take a shower and change clothes, we gathered and went upstairs. ”

"And then?"

"After we arrived, there was only Carina Lau in the suite, she told me that David and his guests had not come back from the theater to watch the show, let us play on the deck for a while, she put on music, there were drinks and snacks on the deck, and the swimming pool, I drank a glass of orange juice and woke up again......"

Maruko's body shuddered.

She clasped her hands to her chest, and the whole person bent down, "David, he's drawing something like a magic circle, and then we're piled up in the pool, I, I'm climbing out, I'm ...... Then, I was found...... her body trembled violently, her upper and lower teeth pounding together, and I jumped. ”

Her legs flexed, and her whole body trembled and curled up in a ball.

"Do you remember how you were rescued?"

"I ...... I ......"

"I'm about the same, right?" Jiang You interrupted the interrogation.

"Hmm." Tang Butian pursed his lips.

"When are we going up?"

"Wait for the signal."

Tang Butian turned off the law enforcement recorder and voice recorder, "I'll go and prepare." ”

"Cheng, leave the balls to me."