Jiang Ning thought wildly, and continued to stretch out his hand to flip through the newspaper clippings, this page was the last page of the newspaper clippings.

『Dexter Hospital』

"On April 6, a key patient at Dexter Hospital disappeared, and the hospital suspects that the incident is related to a medical staff member who disappeared at the same time, and the police are now investigating the matter."

But what makes this page different from the previous one is that there are some strange annotations on the clippings.

"Patients under key care" are underlined with emphasis, "medical staff who disappeared at the same time" are drawn with wavy lines, and there are some tiny words on the side that you can tell at a glance that they are in the handwriting of girls-

"I hope they won't find out, I'll keep an eye on the newspaper's movements in the future, and I'll definitely rescue him, definitely!"

Jiang Ning didn't know who wrote this annotation, but based on the information that there were only two people in this hotel, Enoshima and himself, plus this handwriting, it is speculated that this annotation may have been written by Enoshima.

Of course, it is not excluded that it was written by a guest who had stayed at this hotel before.

However, the word "Dexter" appears in so many places, not only in newspaper clippings, but also in Enoshima's letters, so it means that so much of what I have experienced must be related to this hospital.

- Even the black-robed man should have something to do with this hospital.

Carefully recalling the information about the "Dexter Hospital" in his mind, he tried to find the relevant memories in the large section that was forcibly infused when he entered the place.

However, apart from the pain, there were only some vague impressions, but they were limited to the level of "it seems to have been heard somewhere", and they could not recall any more information.

The time limit of thirty minutes should pass quickly, Jiang Ning didn't think much about it, but continued to look at the bookcase, he wanted to sort out all the information obtained in this room as soon as possible, and then analyze it in the next reincarnation.

This is currently the most effective approach.

The walnut bookcase is filled with books and magazines of all sizes and shapes, and the bookcases are packed to the brim except for the one in the middle, which has fewer books.

The first bookcase contains books related to religion, culture, myths and legends, the middle bookcase contains several children's books, and the last bookcase contains various illustrated books and encyclopedias.

After flipping through it casually, Jiang Ning found a few books that he cared about a little.

The Myth of Sisyphus

When he first saw the name, Jiang Ning immediately thought of the painting he saw in the corridor on each floor.

That "Schrödinger"-like painting, coupled with the fact that it has been repeated so many times, is hard to remember.

The book, called The Myth of Sisyphus, tells a story of Greek mythology that reads as follows:

Sisyphus, the founder and king of Corinth, deceived the god of death so that there would be no death in the world, and Sisyphus offended the gods, who demanded that he push a boulder to the top of the mountain in order to punish Sisyphus.

And because the boulder was so heavy, he rolled down the mountain every time he didn't reach the top of the mountain, and all his previous efforts were wasted, so he kept repeating it, doing it endlessly—

The gods thought that there could be no harsher punishment than this ineffectual and hopeless labor.

The name of the second book is "Death Fairy Tale", and this naming method reminds Jiang Ning of a "Dark Fairy Tale" written by Oyi, a genius Japanese suspense novelist.

He had read that book, and he didn't know who the murderer was until the end, and he sighed when he wrote the book, and he chose this "Death Fairy Tale" entirely because Jiang Ning was a little interested in the way the name was named.

The book, which is a collection of death-related situations around the world, is so worn-out that it looks as if it has been flipped through multiple times.

Somewhat unexpectedly, a certain page was folded, like a simple bookmark, and Jiang Ning casually flipped to this page.

"The Cloak of Death"

A young man was walking on the road and saw someone slumped beside a rock, dying, and the kind young man immediately stepped forward to help the man and handed him water, which made him regain some vitality.

The man asked, "Do you know who I am?" The young man shook his head.

"I'm the Grim Reaper, and I won't spare anyone, and neither will you, but as a token of my gratitude, I'll lend you something."

The man who called himself the Grim Reaper said, and took off his coat: "As long as you put it on, you can deceive the eyes of death, so that I don't have to take you away." ”

The young man took the garment and put it on his body, and after that he lived for many, many years, until his beard and hair were gray, he took it off and left happily with death.

This story is a bit incomprehensible, Jiang Ning didn't feel anything special until the end, why did people who read this book keep turning this page?

The next one is the "Botanical Illustrated Book", which is the same as before, Jiang Ning was willing to draw it out after he found that there were folded corners.

This illustrated book is a detailed description of the characteristics of hundreds of plants and their cultural significance, and the images are vivid and easy to read, and when Jiang Ning opened it, he found that the twenty-fifth page of the book had been folded.

"Lilies"

The flower language of the white lily is: purity, elegance, nobility, solemnity, heart-to-heart, in addition, the white lily is also often seen in funeral occasions to mourn the deceased.

This was exactly the same as what Jiang Ning understood and thought before, and he continued to read on.

Hyacinth

The flower language of the purple hyacinth is: sadness, jealousy, melancholy love, apology, regret.

After the hyacinth flowering period, if it has to bloom for the second time, it is necessary to cut off the residual flowers in time so that they can bloom again, symbolizing that they can start again after losing the past.

Hyacinth, therefore, also represents "rebirth".

Mourning and rebirth?

The meaning of these two flowers is really interesting, and you can use them as foreshadowing to write in them next time you write, Jiang Ning thought.

While Jiang Ning was pondering, under the strong light of the study, he noticed that the wooden floor on the ground near the bookcase in the center had similar friction marks left by frequent movement.

Does this mark mean that there is something behind this bookcase?

Jiang Ning looked around again, and found that only the bookcase in the middle had friction marks, and nothing else.

In order to confirm his conjecture, Jiang Ning stretched out his hand to push the bookshelf, and the number of books on the bookshelf was very small, so he quickly moved it away.

Sure enough, when the bookcase in the middle was removed, there was a hidden iron door behind it, which was about one and a half meters high and inlaid on the wall.

Jiang Ning stretched out his hand and was about to open the iron door, but found that the door could not be opened as if it was locked, and a golden ring-shaped pattern was drawn on the door, with a golden key lock hole.

A golden ring?

Could it be the Ouroboros I saw on the grandfather clock before?

In addition to the keyhole and the golden ring, there is a white piece of paper on the iron door, on which is a string of unexplained characters.

Another password question?

Why is it that everyone in this space is so fond of password questions?

However, compared to the previous ones, this time it looks much simpler.

The corners of Jiang Ning's mouth twitched, he picked up the piece of paper and looked at it, and quickly found the answer.

The first line of the white paper is "0←"

The second line is "1→"

The third line is a large string of numbers mixed with decimal points "397.12,512.16,645.12,580.05,621.01,453.06,645.12,18.17"

and the last sentence in English "KEY:Xinhua Dictionary 12th Edition"