"Oh my God! Oh...... Oh, my God! Lan Xi was frightened by this sudden incident and was at a loss, "It's Lao Luo!" He must be back! ”

"Don't be nervous, Lancey. ◤RSenXue_COM◥" Sean comforted her, and at the same time comforted himself, "Even if he comes back, the four of us don't have to be afraid of one of him!" ”

"But have you forgotten? He's not alone, he still has accomplices! Rancy said in fear, lowering her voice, "They'll kill us if they find us here!" ”

While the other three were panicking, Kirton was the first to regain his composure, he quickly jumped from the secret room to Lao Luo's room, turned off the lights in the room, and then quickly ran back, pulled out the bronze mirror embedded in the wall of the secret room, and slowly closed the secret door - fortunately, there was only a slight muffled sound when it closed. After that, everything fell silent. The four of them were locked up in this secret room.

Lu Hua's eyes widened and said, "Kirton, what do you think?" Does it work for us to hide here? Lao Luo will definitely come to the secret room! ”

"There's no other way." "Now there's only hope he won't come and rummage through this row of closets—hide in there—and if he opens the door in a moment, we'll all jump out and fight him!" ”

"Quick...... Fast! Then get out of there! Lancey was incoherent in panic, "I feel like he's already going this way!" ”

"You guys hide in there right now, I'll turn off the lights at the end, quick!" Kirton urged.

The three companions hurriedly ran to the closet, Lan Xi opened the middle cabinet door - fortunately it was empty - she was the first to get in, and then Lu Hua and Sean also got into the wall cabinet one after another. Sean pulled the cabinet door and said, "Kirton, quick!" ”

Kirton turned off the lights in the secret room, and the room went dark. Kirton couldn't see anything in the dark, only groped to the right by his impression, and finally found the open closet door, where Sean pulled him in and closed the door.

The cabinet was dark and damp, the air was dull and inadequate, and there was a rotten musty and foul smell. But the four of them hid inside, and completely ignored this. Their minds were focused on the outside at the moment—when their lives were in danger, everything else seemed unimportant. In the sound of each other's heavy and rapid breathing, they could feel each other's nervousness and panic.

I don't know if it was a minute, or two or three minutes later, maybe it was a longer time for them—a dull thud brought the hearts of the four people in the closet to their throats at the same time—they knew that the door to the chamber had been opened, and someone had entered!

The man turned on the light and walked slowly in the direction of the closet, and several people could clearly feel that the person was getting closer and closer to them. Every step he took was like a hammer struck them in the heart. Lan Xi felt her heart jump out of her chest, she kept chilling, and at the same time leaned subconsciously to the left, until she touched the person next to her, she retracted her shoulders a little more-

Suddenly, Lancey felt like she was frozen. The blood in her body coagulated in an instant, and it seemed to turn into a stone sculpture.

She remembered that she was the first to get into the closet, and then Lu Hua, Sean, and Kirton also hid next to each other, but they were all on her right.

Now she touched someone on the left side of her body.

Lancey felt like she couldn't breathe, and she didn't even feel like her body was in control at the moment, like a puppet being held on a string, and she mechanically and slowly turned her neck to the left little by little.

By this time, her eyes had basically adjusted to the darkness. On the far left side of the closet, she could see the blurred outline—it was a person! Or more accurately, a wide-eyed, but motionless corpse!

The blood in Lan Xi's whole body surged to the top of her head in an instant, and her whole body and cold hair stood on end as if she had been electrocuted. She was about to scream, but her two hands subconsciously covered her mouth, only to let out "Hmm! But in the empty and dead silence of the chamber, the small cry still alerted the people outside the closet, and he stopped abruptly and stood in front of the closet door.

The three Cortons obviously didn't understand what was going on, but they realized in horror that Lancy's screams had exposed all four of them!

Before he had time to think about it, Kirton decided to go with the original plan, and he whispered, "I'll open the cabinet door, be the first to rush out, and then you'll jump out right away—fight him!" ”

With that, Kirton slammed the cabinet door open, and was about to jump out to pounce on the man, but his body froze suddenly—a black muzzle pointed at his head, making him give up his reckless action. At the same time, the person standing on the ground in front of him also shocked him and couldn't move.

"Good evening, kids." Curator Xin stood at the door of the closet with a pistol in his hand, and said with a grim expression.

Unable to accept the fact in front of him, Kirton barricaded himself at the closet door. The curator took two steps back and reminded, "Don't stand in the way of the people behind, stand up." ”

After Cotton walked out, Sean, Lu Hua, and Lan Xi also came out of the closet next to each other. When they saw Pavilion Director Xin holding a pistol, the horrified expression on their faces was better than the other.

"Is that you?" Lu Hua said in disbelief, "The people who called someone to assassinate us...... It turned out to be you? ”

"Sorry to disappoint you." Director Xin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Originally, you all thought it was Lao Luo's, right?" It's a pity, it's just a little bit close, and I'll make you completely believe that Lao Luo is the murderer who absconded in fear of crime. But I really underestimated you, I didn't expect you to lie to me, hide in this library, and find the secret room—to be honest, I'm really impressed with you—and it really hurts me to kill you so clever teenagers. ”

As he spoke, he pulled open the safety cover of his pistol and aimed it at Kirton's head, who was standing at the front.

"Ah, no, no!" Lancy felt the shadow of death loom over her, and her face was pale with horror. Lu Hua also felt dizzy, and he shouted, "Why! Why are you doing this! ”

In contrast, Kirton was a little calm, he tried to control his emotions, and said to the person in front of him: "You have a gun in your hand, and none of us are your opponents, so we are not going to resist - but before we die, can you tell us - what is all this?" Why do you have to kill us? ”

Director Xin blinked: "Well, as a reward for your hard work for so long, I'll tell you the truth - actually, I didn't want to kill you from the beginning, on the contrary, I hope you all live well, if you hadn't found this secret room and found Lao Luo's body today, how would I be willing to kill you lovely teenagers?" ”

"Ah......" Lancy said, covering her mouth in fear, "the corpse...... It's Lao Luo! Did you kill him? ”

Kirton, Sean, and Lu Hua looked at Lancey, knowing what she had just found in the closet, which is why she almost screamed.

"Speaking of which, that's also the result of his meddling and self-inflicted blame." Curator Xin sneered and said, "Originally, he was his librarian well, but he didn't do anything. It's a pity that he had to stick a stick when you came to me with a book of poems. First eavesdropping at the door of my office, and by making an appointment to meet you in the oak grove, in a vain attempt to tell you some truth—but he was so careless that I was standing at the corner of the stairs when and where he had agreed with you to meet in the evening, and overheard your conversation—how could I keep him alive in this situation? Wouldn't that ruin my whole plan? ”

Kirton squinted his eyes and asked, "What is Lao Luo going to tell us so that you have to kill him?" ”

"That's a dereliction of duty." The curator shook his head and said, "I arranged for Lao Luo to live in this hut, I originally thought that he, a big man with little culture, would not be able to solve the mystery of the secret room mechanism, or rather, he would not have thought that the bronze mirror was the mechanism that opened the secret room. But I was wrong, and it was clear that he must have discovered the secret of the Chamber by accident. Moreover, his instincts may have reminded him that the secrets of the Chamber of Secrets would lead to death if they were told, so he kept it a secret from me for so many years. It wasn't until yesterday afternoon that his curiosity finally burst out and led him to my office door to eavesdrop on our conversation—and I think at that moment, he finally understood what these collections of foreign poetry hidden in the secret room were for. But unfortunately, curiosity killed him. I saw him eavesdropping at the doorway and immediately realized that he had already entered the secret room. Otherwise, why would he be interested in this book of poems? Of course, the fact that he eavesdropped on our conversation means that he knows I'm acting with you, and he might guess what I'm using you for - kids, you know why I had to get rid of him by now. ”

Lu Hua swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked tremblingly, "You use us?" What do you mean? What do we have to be used by you? ”

The curator began to laugh, an insidious, terrifying laugh that filled the room. "Clever boys, did you still think that the discovery of that book of poetry was a 'coincidence'?"

This sentence made the four of them feel chills all over their bodies, and Lu Hua asked, "Could it be...... You've arranged it from the very beginning, intending to let us discover this book of poems? ”

"There is no doubt about it. I know you too well, Lu Hua. Every summer you come to the library to read a book, so I deliberately put a collection of poems at the front of the door

The prominence – on the rows of used book disposal shelves – is designed to help you find it and buy it home. Of course, this is only one of the ways, and if you don't find this book, I'll make you notice it and get interested in it in other ways. ”

The curator smirked and continued, "But I didn't expect the project to go so smoothly that even I couldn't believe it myself—you really became interested in this strange book of poems, and in just a few days you were able to decipher several of them, and of course, the most important of all, the 'Doomsday Prophecy' poem—and everything that followed was almost exactly what I expected, and you came to the library to check out the two books related to the poet Mars Barthes, and then you were ready to read the upcoming ' Doomsday 'is convinced, and is ready to publicize it, to convince everyone of it-"

He paused for a moment, then his face suddenly changed, and he roared furiously: "Everything was going well, if it weren't for that damn old Luo who interfered with me and disrupted my plans—the four of you have obediently become my tools, and maybe now you are doing your best to publicize the upcoming end of the world in 2012 to everyone!" ”

Hearing this, Kirton already understood a little in his heart, and he said the guess in his heart: "That book of poems...... You faked it, didn't you? You simply took advantage of the mysterious introduction to Mars Barthes in those two books to create this collection of poems in his name. In fact, there is no such thing as 'the end of the world'! ”

"Hmph." The curator sneered, "You finally get it. ”

"Original...... That's it! That book of poems was forged by you! Lu Hua forgot his fear, and a wave of anger after being deceived ignited in his heart, "No wonder the book before 2009 can 'predict' accurately—because these things have already happened!" We're actually ...... Believe that it was a prophecy made by people in the Middle Ages! ”

"But......" Sean remembered some questions, "how did you make those books as yellow and brittle as they were centuries old?" It makes people think that they are old books. ”

"What's so hard about that?" The curator sneered, "After printing them and soaking them in special chemicals, they can create an antique feeling. ”

"There's one more problem." "That book of poems didn't just predict before 2009 — it had already happened, and it was 'predicted' exactly right," Sean said. But what hasn't happened since 2009 yet, how can you write accurate prophetic poems? If the things predicted in the poetry book do not happen in these days, then this fake poetry book will not be completely worn out? Who would believe the 'doomsday prophecy' of 2012? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, the disasters predicted later in the poetry collection, our organization will definitely want to make them come true." A look of fanaticism and pride appeared on the curator's face, which made the teenagers shudder, "You can't imagine how big and powerful the organization I belong to. The members of the organization are all over the world, everywhere! Our great organization is omnipotent, and nothing can be done! Let's take this matter as an example, in 1999, the upper echelons of the organization planned this 'doomsday prophecy', and the reason why it was not implemented until 2009 is that 2012 is very close, and more people will believe and value this - you guys, isn't that the best example? ”

"It turns out that you are not doing this alone, behind you, there is a huge terrorist organization!" Lu Hua said embarrassedly.

"Don't be naïve, kids. Do you think that such a great project could be done by me alone? Let me tell you, the members of the organization are working on this project all over the world. And you guys - it's just a 'point' that I chose in this city - so even if you fail this time, that's okay. I'm going to keep going, and so are our members! ”

Kirton looked directly into the curator's eyes that gleamed with a crazy look. "What is your purpose?"

"The purpose? Good question. The curator took two steps closer and put his pistol against Kirton's forehead, and everyone tensed, "Tell me, how are you feeling right now?" Fear? Despair? Or is it a sense of oppression that can't breathe? You know now, our goal is to make everyone feel like you are! Let everyone lose faith in life, give up the pursuit of life, life is worse than death, pain is unbearable, and struggle in the abyss of despair and fear. Finally, use all evil means to get revenge on this ugly, dirty world before the 'end of the world'! ”

Cotton didn't say a word, and slowly closed his eyes, not wanting to see the ugly face distorted by paranoia.

Lancy was so nervous that her heart was pounding - the curator's crazy look showed that his emotions were on the verge of being extreme and out of control. His hand holding the gun even trembled slightly with excitement, and if he moved a little bigger, Kirton's head would immediately blossom - the situation was really at stake.

Lan Xi didn't want the curator to dwell on the crazy thoughts just now, she took two steps forward, trying to divert the topic: "Since you want to use us to achieve the purpose of promoting the 'end of the world', why do you want to send a killer to assassinate us after killing Lao Luo?" ”

"I'll answer that question." Cotton showed unusual calmness, "That killer didn't really want to kill us at all, he just went to the oak forest to put on a show - the purpose is to mislead us and make us think that Lao Luo wants to kill us - to portray the dead Lao Luo as the murderer behind the scenes, you are really clever, Director Xin." ”

"You're also very clever - I really admire you for having such extraordinary wisdom and extraordinary logical analysis skills as a teenager. But—" the curator slowly took two steps back, "Unfortunately, it's all over. I've answered all the confusion in your minds, and it's time to send you on your way. ”

"No, don't!" Lancy held her breath in horror as she felt the Grim Reaper coming upon them. She leaned closer to Director Xin. The middle-aged man immediately moved the muzzle of the gun to her, "Don't move!" It would be unwise to act rashly now. ”

"It's not wise to wait to be beaten to death by you." Sean and Lu Hua also came closer, "Instead of being killed by you, it's better to fight with you!" ”

"Then you can try it!" The curator yelled ferociously, pointed his pistol at Kirton's head, and pulled the trigger.

"No ——!" Lancy screamed in a heart-rending scream—but he didn't hear the gunshot, and Kirton was still standing unharmed. Everyone was stunned.

The curator looked at the pistol, a little panicked, and he pulled the trigger several times in a row, but the pistol only made a "click, click" sound, and no bullets came. He flipped the pistol around in a panic, trying to figure out the cause of the mute fire.

"I'm guessing you're looking for this, right?" Kirton unhurriedly pulled a handful of bullets out of his trouser pocket, "I'm sorry - I found this pistol in a drawer before you came, and, as I've been in the habit of fiddling with all kinds of pistols since I was four years old, I dropped all the bullets - just to be on the safe side." Kirton crooked his lips and smiled, "Looks like that's a good habit, isn't it, Director Xin?" ”

"Ah——!h The curator yelled in rage, slammed his pistol into the ground, and lunged at Lancy frantically. Before the three of Cotton could react, he had already smashed Lancy's head and screamed, "Don't come here, or I'll break her neck!" ”

Everyone didn't expect this madman to be so vicious when he was cornered, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

The curator dragged Lan Xi backwards, trying to kidnap her and flee from here. But what he didn't expect was that Lancy jerked her hands upward, pushing the curator's arms away, and then quickly turned around and struck the curator in the chin with a swift left hook, causing him to stagger a few steps backwards and hit the wall, almost knocking him to the ground. Sean saw the opportunity and rushed forward and threw the curator to the ground. Lu Hua, who has never used his fists and feet on weekdays, doesn't know where to give birth to courage, "Ah! After screaming, he pounced on the curator.

"How many of you...... Little Bunny! Curator Qingjin screamed openly, launched a frenzy, and actually overturned Sean and Lu Hua at the same time, struggled to get up from the ground, and was about to pounce on him like a mad dog, but Kirton, who was two meters away from him, shouted: "Don't move!" ”

The curator's movements immediately froze - in front of him, Kirton raised his pistol and glared at him angrily, and rebuked with a resolute expression: "There are bullets in the chamber of the gun, don't move if you want to die!" ”

The curator's face contorted, and he stared at Kirton through gritted teeth, but he could only stand motionless due to the threat of a pistol.

Lu Hua grinned and stood up from the ground and straightened his glasses. He, along with Sean and Lancey, gathered around Kirton. Lu Hua said to Lan Xi with admiration while falling on his sore shoulder, "It's really yours, Lan Xi." I didn't expect you to be so good - that uppercut is so beautiful! ”

"I told you a long time ago - sooner or later I'm going to show you how good female martial artists are." Lancey shook her head from side to side like a victorious boxer and said, "That uppercut was Vanessa's move. ”

Kirton raised his pistol, staring

Squinted and said, "Sean, call the police." ”

Hearing this, the curator's body trembled, as if he wanted to make a move, but Kirton raised his eyebrows and calmly said:

"Don't move, it's not wise to act rashly now."