003. Upper room
"Of course, I don't want to use extraordinary means to force people who I consider honored guests to act against their will, as the beginning of this banquet, respect is mutual, isn't it?"
The unfamiliar voice sounded suddenly, and Qiao Xiaobai, who was beside Jiang Ning, subconsciously pulled the corner of the young man's clothes at the moment when the voice sounded, and his body shrank behind him.
Jiang Ning comforted his little book lover with his hand, and frowned, although this unfamiliar voice just now was the same as an ordinary human voice, but he still heard a trace of stiffness and an extremely small electric current sound from the voice, which is a unique characteristic of electronic synthesized sound.
Before the meeting began, he was still hiding his identity, and he was not even willing to use his original voice to announce what his purpose was, and what was the so-called "extraordinary means"?
Jiang Ning had a vague bad premonition, but he couldn't say it yet.
As the minutes passed, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more solemn, and everyone began to whisper but looked towards the door of the hall in unison, all waiting.
"Sorry for being late, I'm late, I've kept you waiting."
Jiang Ning's musings were interrupted by the visitor, and he looked up a little impatiently, and the person in front of him was the same man and woman he had seen on the deck before.
As she straightened her outfit, she screamed inattentively when she stumbled and fell backwards.
Jiang Ning, who was standing by the door and was closest to her, quietly helped her with his hand, Jun Manyu smiled back with some gratitude, and then walked towards Li Hanliang, who was frowning and looking at her a little embarrassed not far away.
From the carpet that Jun Manyu walked on, Jiang Ning found the heel of a high heel, it seems that this is the root cause of Jun Manyu's stumbling and falling, he was slightly startled, and used his foot to get it to the door, in case the next daredevil, he didn't see clearly and fell again.
After Jun Manyu, a few people walked into the hall one after another, perhaps out of sensitivity to his current situation, Jiang Ning was a little instinctively afraid and impatient when he saw the white coat now, and naturally had a special initial impression of a man in a white coat among the visitors, in short, it was not good.
With the movement of the hour hand pointing to the last second hand of the number 8 o'clock, the last guest to enter the hall in the time limit of the party, that is, the masked young man Jiang Ning saw on the deck, stepped on the point unhurriedly, and Jiang Ning and the others withdrew their gaze and continued to wait for the organizer who had packaged himself very mysteriously.
The pendulum clock in the hall sounded the time, striking everyone's hearts one by one.
After the time was announced, the ceiling of the hall made a rhythmic crashing sound, as if someone was walking on the floor of the upper space with heavy steps, and then the same sound was heard from the staircase leading to the second floor outside the hall.
Everyone followed the prestige in unison, and only after seeing the feet, legs, and upper body that gradually appeared, did they breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Welcome to the banquet that the contempt has spent so much time organizing, my dear guests."
The comer was the first to make a noise, and then appeared at the door of the hall with his hands spread out, looking like a "person who is willing to make friends with the world", his eyes swept down, he was wearing a slightly flat suit, and his age did not look too big.
But when that face appeared in front of everyone, several people actually began to be restless, Jiang Ning looked around at the people present, and found that the most violent reaction was actually the pair of men and women he had seen before.
"Guests, don't be impatient, don't be impatient."
Instead of getting angry, the organizers laughed when they saw the reaction of the crowd, and seemed to be satisfied with the reaction.
"I know that the reactions of the guests to the contemptible people must be varied, because it is no exaggeration to say that I am old friends with a few of you here, but this banquet that gathers all corners of society is not here to catch up."
"Maybe the guests come here in different ways, but all the guests got the invitation and gave me face to participate in the banquet, I believe you must be very curious about the purpose of this banquet, so let me introduce myself first, my surname is Yan, and my single name is Xuan."
The organizer paused, as if waiting for the reaction of the crowd, and when he saw the uproar and even a little timidity of the people who were called guests, he continued to speak with a satisfied smile on his face.
"As you guys think, my dear guests, I have the same name as that wanted criminal from a few years ago, believe me, it's definitely not a coincidence, or in other words, I'm the serial murderer Yan Xuan who has not been caught for several years."
Yan Xuan was wanted because of the serial murder case that shocked the world a few years ago, but he was only wanted, and he had not yet reached the step of offering a reward, otherwise more people would know his name.
As a writer of suspense novels, he often looks for some real-life cases on the Internet, so Jiang Ning has naturally heard of it, but it is really an unprecedented and unique experience to observe the face of the wanted criminal in front of him so closely, and even stay in the same space with him.
Jiang Ning subconsciously took a few steps back, kept Yan Xuan at what he thought was a safe distance, and continued to stare at the man at the gate.
"I often wonder why the era I live in is not ancient, I committed such a perfect murder in my opinion, the so-called government will naturally issue a bounty, no, in that era, no matter how mediocre a person killed, he will be rewarded, so that I can see my value."
Yan Xuan slowly sorted out the buttons on his cuffs and said unhurriedly.
"You may be wondering why I reappear after a few years of disappearing and even evaporating from the world, it is because I have no inspiration, just like the inspiration that the author of a novel needs when he writes, and I am anxious to come out again in the years that have been gradually forgotten by society."
"But I found out that no matter how bizarre the murder case is, it has been written by the author of the novel, and the so-called protagonist has solved the case, no matter how I try to escape the world written by the author of the suspense novel, no matter what, it will be said to be imitated, can you understand how painful my heart is?! My friends! ”
The incoherent language, the surprisingly poor logic of the language, and even the extreme perversion of the psychological distortion, make people goosebumps.
Jiang Ning frowned, although Yan Xuan's language skills were very poor, but he understood, it was nothing more than a perverted and distorted perfectionist confession, and he regarded every killing as his masterpiece, he was really crazy.
"So I came up with this idea, to have a banquet and let you ....... Inspire me. Yan Xuan paused and laughed nervously, "Of course, I won't force the guests who don't attend the banquet, but I will bear the consequences." ”
"By the way, I forgot to mention, in order to make this banquet continue according to my ideas, I have arranged some small surprises during the banquet, hoping to be liked by you, my dearest guests."
As soon as Yan Xuan's words fell, a person rushed forward from the crowd and punched him, Yan Xuan fell to the ground in response, Jiang Ning didn't even see the person's figure clearly, and soon an abrupt rancid smell spread across the scene.
"You psychopathic and twisted madman!"