Chapter 21: The Death Trap
"Catch him!" I subconsciously turned around and rushed out of the room with the dark shadow.
The shadow was so fast that I couldn't see the guy's shadow as soon as I ran into the corridor.
Now, I am almost 100% sure that one of the death notices on the wall represents Ji Huahua upstairs, and as for who the other trailer represents, I haven't figured it out for a while.
It could be me, it could be everyone in this orphanage.
I used the walkie-talkie in my hand to notify the police officers who were still on the third floor, and asked them to pay attention to protecting Ji Huahua's safety.
However, there was no reply from the other end of the intercom.
This undoubtedly made my tense heart hang even tighter.
Because of the heavy rain, it is impossible for the city bureau to send additional police officers in the short term. Now, most of the officers are on the second floor, and I don't know what's going on on the third floor.
There was a power outage in the welfare home, and there must have been something wrong with the power supply in the basement.
Unfortunately, the whole orphanage is now dark, and we can only barely see the surroundings with the lighting equipment in our hands, which undoubtedly brings great convenience to the murderer's actions in the future.
When I rushed into the entrance of the building, I happened to meet the gold-rimmed glasses and climbed up.
Outside the window, heavy rain poured down, mixed with strong winds, howling. Several windows were shattered by the strong wind, and the rain carried strong winds and did not wash into the corridors.
With just such a little effort, the whole person of gold-rimmed glasses was completely drenched in heavy rain.
He wiped a handful of rain and told me that Uncle Fang was only a little injured and that there was nothing serious, and that the top priority was to grab the white coat as soon as possible.
Hearing that Uncle Fang was fine, my hanging heart finally let go a little. In this situation, one more person is one more strength, and I took him with me and rushed to the third floor.
The three floors of the building were also dark, and the two police officers who were originally responsible for guarding the place all fell in the corridor, unconscious, and the walkie-talkie on the side was also smashed by man, and they could not continue to use it at all.
Leaned over and found that the two officers were surrounded by a strong smell of cyanide.
I guess the other party used something similar to ether to knock down the two detectives and make them incapacitated at the same time.
"It's okay, I just passed out, and my life is not in danger." Lin Xiaoxue, who caught up behind, said slowly. Before she could finish speaking, she pointed to the passage of the three-story building again, revealing a surprised look.
I picked up my flashlight and looked in the direction of her finger, only to see that the fence gate at the top of the staircase on the third floor was completely locked by a huge iron lock, and in this case, we could not pass through it at all.
Is this what the murderer did?
"Get out of the way, I'll come!" Gold-rill glasses volunteered to take out a police pistol and walked up, intending to violently disassemble and force in.
With the power of a 9mm revolver, it is not a problem to break that kind of lock. However, the more I looked at the fence in front of me, the more I felt that something was wrong, and suddenly, I saw the water stain under the foot of the gold-rimmed glasses, which seemed to be shining with color.
He aimed at the chain and was about to pull the trigger, but I held it down with my hand.
"Wait, don't move!"
"How.. What's wrong? Gold-rimmed glasses were a little frightened, and it could be seen that he didn't use a gun much, so he was very nervous, and even the gesture of holding and grabbing was not standard.
"Why is there such a big puddle of water under your feet?"
"I'm not scared to pee, it's all rain outside!"
I closed the safety bolt of his pistol, stepped forward, turned the flashlight to its brightest brightness, and looked at it carefully.
By the time I could see the ground clearly, cold sweat unconsciously overflowed from my back.
The large water stain in front of the fence gate was not rainwater at all, but gasoline mixed with rainwater!
Gasoline is less dense than water, so when the two are mixed, the gasoline will float on the surface. If you shine a little with light, it will show a different color on the surface.
No, it wasn't just the water stain, I realized that even the entire fence gate was completely doused with gasoline.
Just now, as long as the gold-rimmed glasses dared to point at the lock and pull the trigger, such a large amount of gasoline would be swallowed by the flames in an instant, and he would become a charred corpse.
Moreover, the other party used a large amount of cyanide in the corridor, just to use its smell to cover up the strong smell of gasoline, waiting for us to get into the death trap he designed.
What a sinister intention, such a vicious plan! The murderer wanted to kill Ji Huahua alone.
I told all my analysis, and everyone present was speechless. Especially the gold-rimmed glasses on the side, the whole face was so frightened that he couldn't even hold the gun steadily.
Just now, he was only one step away from death.
However, a new question arose in my mind. Set up mannequins, leave death notices in red letters, captivate police officers in the aisles, and design death traps with gasoline. Either way, it's not something that can be done easily.
How long has it been since that white coat slipped into the welfare home, how could he do so many things alone?
A terrible conjecture came to mind. Unless, in the welfare home, his accomplices were mixed in early in the morning!
"Goofy, no gun, how do we open this lock?" Lin Xiaoxue was a little anxious, there was not much time before the death notice given by the murderer, and it was impossible for us to find another route to enter the third floor.
I looked at the fence gate, and suddenly I had an idea to ask the police officer below to tear down a table from the classroom and bring a stick. When the murderer killed Wang Li, he used a wooden stick and a wet cloth to twist the steel, thus creating the illusion of murder in a closed room.
Now, we can also use his method to twist the fence gate and rush into the third floor!
It is said that there is a lot of strength in numbers, and with the power of wooden sticks and the squeezing of a wet cloth, the structure of the middle piece of the fence gate is quickly deformed.
The fence gate of the welfare home, which was built a long time ago, was not strong in itself, and with a little force, the middle piece of the structure completely collapsed, and a passage appeared that was just large enough for one person to enter.
I was worried about Ji Huahua in my heart, so I took the flashlight and rushed in.
In the dark corridor, there were still two or three police officers, all unconscious, and they were probably stunned by ether. Now, I don't have time to check on their health, so I can only ask the people who come from behind to help.
The nursing room was less than a hundred meters away, and yet, in the darkness, it seemed to be extended indefinitely. Finally, I went around the last corner, but I heard a woman's scream in the dark corridor.
The nursing room was right in front of me, and I rushed into it with all my strength, holding a flashlight directly in the direction of the bed.
I saw a woman in red, holding Ji Huahua and standing in the corner. Huahua's eyes were closed, her body and face were covered in blood, and the situation did not look optimistic.
Seeing this, my heart was broken.
"Bastard, the police have surrounded this place, you have the right to remain silent, but every word you say now will become evidence in court, acquaintance, let go of that kid!"
I've been practicing this fluent rhetoric for a long time in case I need it, and now I shout it out, thinking that it can deter the other party. Unexpectedly, the guy in red was not only unmoved, but yelled at me.
"What? Damn, see clearly, it's me! ”
Hey, it's a little weak, but it's a familiar voice! I turned the beam up and shone it on the woman in red.
, the woman in red in front of her is actually Lin Jie!
Lin Jie looked very badly injured, her neck and arms were all wrapped in strips of temporarily torn white cloth, and despite this, the wounds were still oozing blood. Because of excessive blood loss, her face turned pale, but despite this, Lin Jie's hands still protected Ji Huahua in her arms to prevent her from being hurt at all.
"What's going on?"
"Don't mention it, give me a cigarette first!" I smoked a Hongtashan and handed it to her, Lin Jie took the cigarette, slowly lit it, and immediately began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog.
Ji Huahua in her arms, with her eyes closed, just like an ordinary girl, fell asleep happily in her mother's arms. Thankfully, she didn't get any harm.