Macau, Xinhua Hotel.

Xiaoxiao was sitting on the balcony on the second floor at this time, holding a black cat in her arms, putting her delicate feet in floral splint slippers on the balcony railing, and only using the hind legs of the wooden chair to land on the ground, shaking for a while.

While petting the cat, she looked downstairs at Fulong New Street. As the sun sinks in the west, the whole old street begins to become quiet, and the long stone pavement and the Portuguese-style buildings on both sides are bathed in dim light, and it is only then that it begins to truly exude the flavor of historical Macao.

It is said that this was once a green building street, and during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, it was even the most prosperous red light district in the whole of Macau.

The Xinhua Hotel, built in 1873, has a history of more than 100 years and has been renovated several times during this time, but still retains the traditional architectural style.

Despite its name, it was very shabby, cramped, and desolate, with only two small beds as narrow as a sleeper train, a small bedside table, a small locker, a sink, and a mirror that was almost out of sight, and a note on the small window facing the street, saying "The window is broken, please don't open it". There is no air conditioning, no TV, the toilets are shared on each floor, each room is only separated by green lacquered wooden boards, and even the top is still figured out.

However, perhaps it is precisely because of this retro and decayed feeling that movies such as "Isabella", "2046" and "Butterfly" all chose this place as the filming location.

This is one of the most historic hotels in Macau, and it is also one of the cheapest hotels in Macau, and it is the first choice for countless literary and artistic youths and gamblers.

Xiaoxiao's slender fingers gently caressed the black cat's ears, and the black cat was yawning lazily.

There was no sound insulation in the room, and the sound of Ah Gong talking to someone at the counter came from outside the door, and then the footsteps approached, and a big man with a tattoo pushed the door into the room.

Xiaoxiao was not surprised to see the visitor, but maintained her usual politeness, got up and bowed, and said crisply: "Mr. David, please take care of us when we meet for the first time." ”

"I didn't expect Miss Black Cat to be so young, I really wronged you to live in such a place."

David and BlackCat are both registered names on the forums, and they don't know their real identities, and it is rumored that only the committee has a detailed account of each verified user.

"It's okay, it's just for now."

"I really didn't expect Miss Black Cat to take over such a small task herself."

Although David looked like a gang member, he used to be Qi Zihuan, and his tattoo that extended from his back to his neck was a totem of a certain witch sect. However, as he grew older, he married a wife and had children in Macau, and in recent years, he has stopped taking on tasks, and has turned to be a small boss of stacking yards under the owner of a gambling hall, and occasionally helps people from the forum to collect some mission information in Macau.

Black Cat is much less senior than his membership, but he's heard rumors about Black Cat.

Three years ago, the committee decided to expand its business in East and Southeast Asia, and the person in charge sent to Japan recommended only one Chinese girl, and this Chinese girl did three extremely difficult tasks in a row in the following six months, and each one of them was completed cleanly, making her famous in the forum.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoxiao shook his head and said, "I can't do this task now, I'm helping someone else take it." ”

"Can't do it?" David looked suspiciously at the little girl in front of him.

"Haha, it's a car accident. I was injured in a car accident a while ago and have been hospitalized, and now I can't use my abilities at all. Xiaoxiao also squinted at David.

Got into a car accident? The black cat David had heard of was terrifying, and what car could hit her, unless...... She's not really a "black cat".

David was hesitating, when he saw the black shorthair cat in the little girl's hand raise his head lazily and glance at him, a wave of fear enveloping his body.

He was also decisive, and immediately said with a correct attitude: "These are not things I should inquire about, let's talk about this task first." ”

"I heard that someone raised a little ghost?"

"Yes, there have been two murders in Macau in the past month, both of which were irregularly dug open in the stomach, and almost all the internal organs and most of the blood in the body disappeared mysteriously. Later, a member of the forum was approached by the sufferer for help, and the committee decided to issue it as a task, and I began to investigate the relevant information. ”

"Haven't there been similar homicides before?"

"It's hard to hide a case as brutal as the scene from the media in Macau, and it's almost certainly only started a month ago. After investigation, it was found that the only thing that the two victims had in common was that they both belonged to the same stacked piglets, had their own industries in the mainland, and were only brought in a year ago. They soon incurred large debts, followed by the transfer and sale of mainland industries, and finally died in Macau. ”

Xiaoxiao frowned, puzzled: "Only one year?" It is said that piglets like this should be raised for a longer period of time, and it is difficult for a person who has never gambled before to become a gambler on family property and life in a short period of time. ”

David didn't expect this little Japanese-Chinese girl to understand the twists and turns, so he nodded and said, "That's right, generally speaking, there must be a gradual and slow fall process." But these two people are very strange, except for the first time to test the waters, from the second time they have been gambling with stacking yards, so they quickly lost their family properties one after another. ”

The bottom of the table means that when a gambler loses in a hurry, he will try to use a more brutal method to make a profit. On the regular baccarat table, it is still a loss of one, but under the table, gamblers and stackers can also ignore the rules of the casino, and privately set the odds as one to three, one to five or even one to ten. For example, if a gambler chooses one to three and bets 10 million on the table and wins, in addition to the casino paying him 10 million, the stacker has to pay him 30 million.

Mainland businessmen who come to Macao for the first time are usually the elite of a certain industry, and it is impossible to play to the death like this from the beginning, and they generally have to go through a long period of cultivation and gradual guidance. And when it really comes to the stage at the bottom of the gambling table, this gambler is hopeless.

"And what do you mean by booking this hotel for me?"

"Judging from the current clues, I estimate that the third victim is very likely to live next door to you, and he has almost lost all his property, this time from relatives to cheat some money and smuggle in. Of course, he must be in some small casino now, and he won't come back without whitewashing. David was a little emotional, perhaps thinking of one of his guests, because of the long-term relationship between the stacker and the guest, there is often a very subtle emotional connection, not so simply the relationship between the pig and the butcher.

"If according to the law of the previous two cases, he has nothing to lose at this time, is it time to donate flesh and blood?"

"It should be, so we have to hurry. If you miss it this time, I don't know when there will be a clue next time. When will your friend arrive? ”

"He? He may not have decided whether to come or not. ”