Text Chapter 141 The Killed Gnome
When Professor Li heard this, his face immediately turned pale: "Hey! What do you mean? Now our biggest concern is the safety of our passengers, and you're focusing on me?"
"Less nonsense! We will only be safe if we tie you up first. I pulled a thumb-thick piece of hemp rope out of my backpack and walked straight towards him. Don't resist, or I'll get a lot of pain!"
Professor Li glanced at me with a gloomy face, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Boy, you are so self-conscious, don't let me see you in the future..."
I stopped talking to him and tied his hands and feet with ropes.
He knew that he was wrong, and he couldn't beat me, so he could only let me tie him up. I tied the guy sturdy, dragged him to a chair, sat him down, clapped my hands and stood up.
"It's time to enter the cave!" The aunt suddenly pointed to the scenery outside the window and shouted.
My nerves immediately tightened to the extreme.
At the same time, a hoarse and muffled voice came from the loudspeaker—
"You're about to enter the first cave, everyone listens!"
My heart pounded, nervous and a little confused... The voice coming out of the loudspeaker turned out to be a vicissitudes of life and a serious voice, completely different from the tone of the madman when he spoke, it was not at all the tone of the previous hippie smile, the tone was more stable and mature, it was like a vicissitudes of life old man speaking!
Could it be that there is another person in the cab?!
I can't believe that these two voices are coming from the same person. But doubts are doubts, and I still listen to his next speech with straight ears.
The horn paused, and then the words came out slowly and clearly:
"There are two gnomes in the circus, the blind dwarf is shorter than the other gnome, the circus only needs one dwarf, and the shorter the circus gnome, the better."
"The two dwarfs decided to kill themselves if they were taller, but the day before they agreed to be taller, the blind dwarf, the short dwarf, had already died at home. In his house, all he found was furniture made of wood and sawdust all over the floor. ”
"Excuse me, then, who killed him?"
The last word came from the speaker, and it immediately fell silent.
"It's... What is the problem..."After listening to the question, I felt my scalp tingle and my mind went blank.
The story is very short and the things described are not complicated. I listened attentively the whole time, not missing a word or a detail. But the ending of the story was too unexpected for me, and it gave me a feeling that I couldn't get enough of it.
The ending is a huge reversal, the dwarf dwarf is definitely the victor, but he dies at home, the question is who the hell was he killed?!
While I was thinking, my uncle turned to me and said, "Before... There's a cave in front of you. There was a deep uneasiness on his swarthy face.
When I heard this, I immediately ran to the window and stuck my head out to look out.
Sure enough, the majestic mountain was already close at hand, and the swarthy cave seemed to hide an infinite crisis.
Based on my rough calculations, it is estimated that the train will enter the tunnel in less than three minutes.
If the train passes through the cave and I can't answer the question, one person will die!
"Hurry up and think of a way, you can't let that madman come here!" The uncle shouted at the crowd with a panicked face, and even the spit stars splashed out of his mouth.
The middle-aged man at the end of the crowd finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and shouted: "What the hell is this question, who knows the answer, hurry up!"
This guy should have realized that he had injured his wrist and would definitely suffer a loss in the fight, so he was afraid that he would be the next to be attacked by monsters, so he hoped to get through the cave safely.
But the passengers clearly didn't realize the urgency of the situation, and looked out the window in a daze.
Professor Li had a leisurely look, he lay on the seat and chuckled, "That's just a madman's self-amusement, look what it scares you into." ”
"Aren't you afraid of death?!" The middle-aged man stared at him in surprise.
"What ignorance, how can there be monsters in the world?! I thought about it for a moment and thought that someone must have pretended to be doing it. As he spoke, he glanced at me meaningfully: "In my opinion, this is simply a farce planned by someone." And everything he does is just to achieve his unknown end!"
"What?!" Some of the passengers were really frightened by him, staring at me with surprised eyes.
After all, any normal person does not believe in the existence of evil spirits, and of course subconsciously inclined to the answer given by a senior scholar.
The girl with the ponytail sat closest to me, her towering breasts rising and falling violently, and she stood up and said eagerly, "Why are you like this, what is going on?" Can't you just make it clear to us?!"
Auntie's face was already a little angry: "Guy, Auntie doesn't look like a bad person, you can't tell us about the matter, what are you selling!"
"Shut up!"
I threw my head up and screamed, my hands covering my ears so hard that my eyes immediately closed.
At this moment, only one sentence echoes in my mind - how the hell did that dwarf die?
Or what is the point of this question?!
A subtle noise crept in my ears, and my eyelids squeezed down hard, and the wrinkles that squeezed out extended to the bridge of my nose.
There is no point in dealing with this rabble, and coming up with answers to questions is the key to solving the crisis.
The question logically suggests that the taller gnomes should kill the lower gnomes for a place in the circus. But my gut tells me that it's definitely not going to be that simple!
Obviously, there are some important details that don't make sense, why is there wood chips in the home of the slain gnome?
The story flashed back to my head again. I suddenly noticed that there is another characteristic of the dwarf in the mouth of the questioner - he is a blind man!
The story itself is very brief, so he certainly won't waste saliva where it doesn't make sense. Every detail should help you find out.
Killed gnomes, sawdust in the house... And blind eyes.
What kind of explanation can connect all the details?!
At the moment, my brain is running like a high-powered engine.
The noise of people in my ears grew louder and louder, and I thought to myself that time was running out, so I slowly let go of my hands.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a crisp "pop" behind me.
I turned my head and saw that in the crowd, the little girl was sitting pitifully in her seat, and the ball in her hand fell to the ground and rolled towards the southeast corner.
My eyes followed the ball forward, and I saw the old woman with a white scarf huddled in the corner.
Her back was to me, her lower body was bloated like a bag of cotton, and her whole body was shivering, and every joint seemed to tremble.
I don't know if it's my delusion, but I actually saw something squirming in the clothes around her waist...
I was shocked, why is this old woman still squatting there!? She doesn't have to act so exaggerated even if she's scared, right?
Just when I was puzzled, the horn above my head suddenly sounded, and the sound of vicissitudes of life came out:
"The train is about to enter the tunnel, now tell me the answer to my question immediately! Otherwise, the executioner will take one person with them!"
The train was moving forward at a rapid pace, and the stone wall in front of the cave could already be seen outside the window.
The uncle scanned the carriage more and more anxiously, as if the monster would jump out and bite him at any moment.
The passengers looked at me anxiously, as if they were finally feeling a little uneasy. The serious words of the questioner did not seem like a joke at all, after all, everything that was happening in front of us could no longer be explained by common sense.
The middle-aged man's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he said anxiously: "I'd rather believe it than believe it." Think about the answer to your question!"
The ponytailed girl's face turned pale, and she hurriedly said to me: "You don't need to think about it, the answer must be that the tall dwarf killed the short dwarf, you quickly tell the madman this answer!"
The rest of the passengers also nodded as if the chicken pecked rice: "Yes, yes!" This is a question to send points, and if you don't answer it right, you will send a proposition! He's playing a game with you, tell him the answer!"
Being stared at by countless eyes on my body, I took a deep breath, my trembling five fingers instantly clenched into fists, and I raised my head and shouted:
"He committed suicide!"
The words resounded like a thunderclap throughout the carriage, and everyone's bodies trembled!
"You want to kill us on purpose!"
"Why are you giving the wrong answer?"
The passengers immediately screamed and looked at me angrily and desperately.
Professor Li took the opportunity to twist his body and shouted triumphantly, "Haha! You see the true face of this kid, right? He's trying to kill you! I warned you a long time ago, but you fools don't believe me, and you deserve to be killed now, hahaha!"
The passengers sighed, and some stared at me viciously.
"Boom..."The train drove into the cave, and the entire carriage was instantly flooded with darkness.
The crowd was noisy like frightened birds, and there was a slight sobbing of the girl in her ears. "Woo, don't... Don't kill me...""Don't kill me..."
A man shouted: "That kid is obviously deliberately harming us, even if he dies, he will slaughter this bastard first!"
I didn't speak, just stood still waiting for an answer, my hands clutching a pool of sticky sweat, my palms cold.
Several men groped their way towards me, carrying slender sticks in their hands. "Teach this bastard a lesson!"
At this moment, a sharp shout suddenly sounded in the darkness—
"Correct! The train passes through the first cave: everyone in the carriage, safety!"
I let out a long breath and reached out to wipe the cold sweat from my head, only to find that the hair on my forehead was sticky with sweat.
"It's... What's going on?" The passengers were completely stunned.
Several men carrying sticks also froze in place, "This guy... Did you get it right?"
"Mon... You're right, right?"
Rapid breathing rang out in the dark carriage, and the crowd shouted in surprise after a brief silence: "We are safe!"