When Anthony turned his head to look at the wall behind him, he saw a painting hanging on the wall——— it was a monster that looked so terrifying, vicious, and indescribable in words. At this moment, it is opening its mouth wide and putting on a roaring stance, trying to pounce on Anthony!

This startled Anthony and hurriedly took a step back. At this moment, Duanmu Huai noticed his abnormality and quickly withdrew his gaze.

"What's wrong?"

"I just saw a painting that was horrible, and it almost scared me."

Anthony breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the painting again, and then he froze for a moment.

I saw that under the light of the flashlight, what was hanging on the wall in front of him was just an oil painting of sunflowers, and the monster he saw just now was completely gone!

“？？？”

Seeing this scene, Anthony was stunned.

What about painting?

"What's wrong?"

"The painting is gone, I just saw that this is a painting of a monster pounced........."

With a frown, Anthony picked up his flashlight and glanced around. But the oil paintings around are very normal, some of them are apples, some of them are tulips, some of them are roses, and they are basically paintings and plants. There was no monster like Anthony was talking about.

Am I mistaken? Impossible?

Compared with Anthony's doubts, Duanmu Huai just glanced around lightly, and then spoke.

"If you're not mistaken, then I have an idea."

"What thoughts?"

"Perhaps, the monster that attacked humans is hidden in the painting."

"In the painting??"

"That's right."

Duanmu Huai nodded.

"We have checked the dossier before, and it clearly states that the time and place of the missing people are different, and the only thing they have in common is that they all disappeared without being seen. Then it means that this is definitely not a problem with the exhibits in the exhibition hall, it is very likely that some monster uses some means to hide itself, and then attack while the prey is alone. ”

While speaking, Duanmu Huai slowly looked around, looking at the decorations.

"So, how do monsters hide from being discovered? If it's attached to an antique or ornament, it's easy to detect. However, if it is a painting, then it is different. After all, there are oil paintings hanging all over this museum, and assuming Sheriff Anthony you read that right, then this guy is obviously trying to attack you by hiding in the paintings. ”

“…………… I didn't expect you to think about it so much. ”

Anthony turned his head to look at Duanmu Huai in surprise, to be honest, after being shocked by Duanmu Huai's size, he had no doubt about Duanmu Huai's combat effectiveness. But on the other hand, Anthony was very suspicious of Duanmu Huai's ability in other aspects, after all, generally speaking, strong people have straight heads, but Anthony didn't expect that Duanmu Huai would be able to reason about these just through his own words, and even be able to say his own conjectures.

To be honest, this kind of reasoning would be dismissed as fantasy in other places, but as the person in charge of a U-level case, Anthony has experienced a lot of fantastical things.

What's it to go back and forth in the painting, he's seen something even weirder.

"So what do we do now, are we going to find that painting?"

"No, it's too much trouble."

Faced with Anthony's proposal, Duanmu Huai shook his head in denial.

"There are so many paintings in this museum, and I don't know when we will find them, and since the other party has this ability, if it is not good, it will set a trap for us and deliberately deceive us. So............... Just lure the snake out of the hole, kill it directly, and then go and see which painting has a problem.

“………………………”

The preamble is withdrawn, and the solution is indeed simple and crude.

"So, you mean, we're going to act separately???"

Anthony is not calm now, the conscience of heaven and earth, even if he is the sheriff in charge of this aspect, it does not mean that he has any special superpowers. If he wants to face the elusive monster alone, he must not panic before he sees the hell!

Hearing Anthony's words, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes, then reached out and took out something from his arms and handed it to Anthony. When Anthony took it, he realized that it was a strange ornament, with a warhammer logo on it and a skull mark in the middle.

"What is this??"

"Amulet, keep you safe."

“……………………………”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's explanation, Anthony twitched the corners of his mouth, lowered his head and looked at the "talisman" in front of him, as well as the vivid skull on it......... This is a talisman? Are you sure this isn't some curse item?

"Thank you then."

Anthony complained inwardly, and at the same time accepted Duanmu Huai's talisman. Although this thing is indeed evil in any way, Anthony has experienced many incidents, and there are many similar strange things he has seen, such as the dried corpse of a lizard, the paws of monkeys, and the shriveled skulls of children......... Folk religions like Voodoo always come up with some weird amulets, which is normal in comparison.

It stands to reason that it would be a waste of time for two people to search through the entire museum, but luckily the museum itself is not large, with only four exhibition halls in total. So the two agreed to start from the lobby, go to the left and right, and then be responsible for searching the AB and CD showrooms respectively, and then come back to the hall to meet.

To be on the safe side, the lights are turned on throughout the museum, and the inside of the museum can be said to be brightly lit. This somewhat relieved Anthony, who held a flashlight in one hand and pressed the gun on his waist with the other, while watching the wall in front of him warily. Of course, the paintings hanging on these walls are of the unworthy kind, and many of them are even donated by local or nearby universities. Of course, no matter how valuable it is, at least these oil paintings are not ashamed to hang out, and they can be regarded as adding some humanistic atmosphere to the museum.

Of course, because of this, the paintings hanging on the walls are also varied, and there is everything. There are those who draw scenes, there are those who draw flowers and plants, and there are even some abstract ones who look like they are crazy......... All in all, the school of neurosis.

What's so nice about this thing?

Looking at an oil painting titled "Dawn" in front of him, Anthony couldn't help but complain to himself, although the title is Dawn, but this oil painting has nothing to do with the light, it looks like someone painted the white paper black, and then scribbled a few blue, yellow, and green strokes on it like he was drunk......... Well, if the person who made the painting wasn't in the museum, Anthony would have been more inclined to have been in prison for alcoholism.

There was nothing unusual about Hall C, Anthony turned around, then walked out of the exhibition hall, standing in the hallway, looking at the empty floors on both sides, he had an indescribable tension and fear. To be honest, he felt a little regretful at the moment, and he didn't know if the monster really existed...............

While thinking nonsense, Anthony entered Hall D.

However, just as he walked into the exhibition hall and walked forward, suddenly, the situation changed.

The originally open door of the exhibition hall "bang", no wind automatically, and suddenly closed. This startled Anthony, and he hurriedly turned to look at the door, but before Anthony could walk over to check what was going on, suddenly, the lights that shone throughout the exhibition hall went out. Not only that, but even the lights in the corridor outside and the exhibition hall opposite seemed to be completely extinguished at this moment.

In the blink of an eye, the entire exhibition hall became a box completely engulfed and enveloped by darkness. Only the light of the flashlight in Anthony's hand was still shining.

"Damn!!"

Seeing this scene, Anthony was taken aback, although he had already been mentally prepared for this, but when everything really happened, he still felt irrepressible fear and nervousness. He hurriedly raised his hands, leaned against the wall, held the flashlight behind his back, and raised his pistol to aim ahead.

In the dim light, Anthony couldn't see what was around him, and the whole exhibition hall seemed to be shrouded in a dark fog, and everything seemed blurry in it. Anthony could feel his heart beating wildly, and an indescribable sense of tension and fear came over him, making him almost crazy.

Gotta get out of here!

Anthony came to the window and raised his hand to try to smash the glass and escape. However, his hand did not smash against the glass, and a seemingly nonexistent, strong, soft barrier stood in front of him. completely stopped Anthony's next move, and seeing this scene, Anthony did not hesitate to raise his pistol and pull the trigger on the window.

"Bang!!"

The sound of gunfire echoed through the gloomy exhibition halls, then was completely engulfed in darkness. But there wasn't a single crack in front of me, and I didn't even know where the bullet went.

At the same time, Anthony heard a strange sound of footsteps emerging from behind him.

"Da......... Da......... Da ........."

He hurriedly turned around and held up his flashlight to shine in front of him, clenching his pistol as he gasped for breath. He wasn't sure if Duanmu Huai could hear the gunshots, but now this exhibition hall gave him a completely different feeling than before, and he even wondered if he had been swallowed up in another dimension. Maybe the other people disappeared like this, they were not there, but disappeared completely, and they themselves would be like them?

The sound of the footsteps was getting closer, but Anthony still saw nothing, his eyes widened and he looked around, trying to find the slightest clue.

Then he saw ...............

What kind of monster is that!!

The moment the flashlight shone on the black shadow, Anthony could see it clearly. No, or rather, he didn't see what it looked like at all. Because even in the light of the flashlight, you can barely see the outline of this monster, it is like a transparent creature, only a few lines and shadows belong to this world.

Luckily, everything was so transparent that Anthony couldn't make out what it looked like, but it was clear that the monster was enraged, and it let out a piercing, unpleasant roar and sped up to pounce on Anthony. And in the process, its originally translucent body also changes, showing a true posture!

"Boom !!"

Just as the monster was about to pounce in front of Anthony, a large hand clenched into a fist, suddenly emerged from behind Anthony, and then smashed into the monster with a punch, blasting it straight away!

"You've finally appeared, Dog Offal!"

At the same time, with a roar, Duanmu Huai slowly walked out of the shadows with great strides.